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So , I have an idea I want to test out, I want to print out a word in the console without using the acutall letters that the word contains.
Example: I want to type out "TEST" in the console, is it possible to do that without using the letters in the code, like.. not just create a string and name it X and then print out the string cause then the letters would still be typed when I assigned the string.
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On Monday, I chose the seven media-type people/entities who had a terrific 2012. Alas, we live in a world that requires balance; there is a yin to every yang, a Garfunkel to every Simon, a Tiki to every Ronde, a Creed to every Nirvana, a Stallone to every Streep. So, regrettably, we now look at the seven media-type people/entities that had a poor 2012 or made 2012 worse for the rest of us.
Herman Edwards. It's not really fair to single out Herman Edwards for ESPN's brief -- well, maybe not that brief -- slide into Tim Tebow Dementia (Tim-entia, as ESPN might have called it, were they not so gripped by the disease). Certainly, the whole network went lunatic there for a while. But I still somehow feel like nobody lost their dignity more than Edwards. Part of this is because Edwards was one of the few people over there who had dignity to lose (Marcellus Wiley probably qualifies here too). But most of it is because the guy, responding to corporate fiat, so willing to please the bosses, put on a birthday hat and sang "Happy Birthday" and ate cake because it was the birthday of the Jets' third-string quarterback. The bottom video at this link is one of the most depressing sports clips I've ever seen. No one should have to go through that.
The "First Take" Dopes. Sure, what Rob Parker said about RGIII was idiotic, but the whole debacle took away from the central fact about "First Take": It's making our world of sports dumber. Keep in mind that the show has been playing this race-baiting game for years; a friend once joked that the show should be called, "Black Men Justifiably Yelling at Horrible Things that Skip Bayless Says to Bait Them (and Therefore the Audience)." It's revealing that the voice of reason in the Parker incident was Stephen A. Smith. If that guy is the one who restores order and logical discourse, it's time to reevaluate how you arrived at this point. The problem is not that "First Take" is awful; every industry has hucksters aiming at the lowest, lamest, easiest fruit in the orchard to score quick, cynical profits. Most industries see this for the dreck that it is -- even when it's successful dreck -- and know that you need to balance the lowest-common-denominator approach with at least obligatory nods at quality, at discourse, at value. The problem is that, in the same way everyone in sports blindly aped the successful "Pardon the Interruption" (which led to "Around the Horn"), everyone now is trying to copy the "success" of "First Take." (And it's key to put "success" in quotes there.) It's horrifying to ponder what the Xerox'd, third-level removed, "Around the Horn"-esque version of "First Take" could possibly be. My guess: a show with monkeys throwing feces at each other, or maybe two people hitting themselves in the head with rocks.
Lynn Hoppes. ESPN's resident entertainment writer is such a minor figure at the network that putting him on this list (or putting him through the ringer so thoroughly as Deadspin regularly does) seems beside the point, piling on… eradicating an ant with an atom bomb. But the scary part about Hoppes' apparently thriving existence at ESPN is how it can feel sometimes like a representative of just how far that place has fallen. When you have John Walsh -- Inside Sports founder John Walsh! Rolling Stone managing editor John Walsh! The guy who's supposed to be the grownup over there John Walsh -- telling a journalism class (of all places) that Deadspin has gone after Hoppes' plagarism and hackery because of a "rumor" he heard about a dispute over a girl, a "rumor" immediately and hilariously debunked… you know you've got concerns. Lynn Hoppes is not the problem at ESPN. Lynn Hoppes -- who once defended Dan Snyder! -- is, however, the most worrisome, and glaring, symptom.
Rick Reilly. Reilly has a distinct advantage over everyone else on this list in that he has been great before and therefore could perhaps be great again. But I doubt many are holding their breath for that to happen, as I've covered in detail. Perhaps he can garner some tips from Steve Young.
T.J. Simers. Simers used to be the snide, this-is-all-kind-of-silly-isn't-it? palate-cleansing columnist for the L.A. Times. He was derivative, but had his appeal. Now, though? Now he's the guy who goes into locker rooms and press conferences just to call everyone a jackass and then pretends it somehow resembles "journalism." At least when Skip Bayless trolls, he's smart enough to get TV money for it. (And doesn't pretend he's above it all.) I'm not sure what Simers is trying to prove, other than that a huge number of people enter the world of sportswriting because they love sports, only to retire hating everything and everyone associated with it.
The Sporting News. I say this as someone who still writes for the organization occasionally -- at least until they read this, maybe! -- and deeply admires many members of the editorial staff: They can talk all they want about SN just going through a "transition," but the fact is, the print publication that has been around for 126 years no longer exists. I don't blame them entirely for this -- 'tis the way of the industry, and hey, I obviously love the world of online -- but we should probably all stop pretending we aren't losing something important and lasting, no matter the (justifiable) business reasons. There are still lots of smart, devoted people working there; it's just sad, that's all. That said, if you decided you had a hard time having much sympathy for the organization that published this, I'd understand where you were coming from.
Isiah Thomas. He was just hired by NBA TV as an analyst, which means I can include him on this media worst-of list now. Because Isiah Thomas must be included on all worst-of lists. I think it's a law now.
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I had more fun writing the best-of-2012 column. Remember, this column is meant as a valve, a release, for when you're yelling at your television during games, or, after reading a particular column, you're pounding your fists into your computer. Obviously, I'll need your help to do that. Anything you want me to write about, let me know, through email or Twitter. I am at your beck and call.


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NHL Odds Breakdown
If you're considering diving into the handicapping and sports betting world, you first need to get a firm grasp of the basics. Bankroll management is, of course, paramount to success, but so too is having a solid understanding of the different wager types and determining which angle will give you the best chances of cashing.
To help you on your way, we've broken down four of the most popular types of bets in hockey, starting with money lines
Easily the most targeted type of wager, money line betting is when you are choosing the final outcome of a game. Suppose the Chicago Blackhawks are at home against the Nashville Predators and that sportsbooks have them listed at -130 on the money line. Nashville, meanwhile, is quoted at +130.
In this example, the Blackhawks would be considered the "favorites", as denoted by the "-" in the posted number. The Predators would be the underdogs (+) in this situation.
What do the numbers actually mean? Referring back to the Chicago example, if you were really confident in their chances of winning and don't mind paying a little extra, you would essentially be risking $1.30 to get back every $1.00 you wager. On the other side of things, if you believe the Predators are the play, you would be putting up $1.00 to win $1.30 if you took them on the money line.
If you don't have a strong feeling with regards to picking the winner in a matchup, you can always take a different route by trying to forecast whether the total number of goals will fall OVER or UNDER the number that sportsbooks have made available.
In the NHL, you will most commonly see either 5 or 5.5 goals on the board, with the latter number suggesting we could see more of a high-tempo, higher-scoring game. Whenever two top-notch goalies are scheduled to be between the pipes, or if two extremely good defensive teams are matched up, you'd likely see a lower number posted.
For those willing to take on a little more risk (or the opposite), you can satisfy that craving by attacking puck lines. Like run lines in MLB betting, you'd be selecting a team to win by at least two runs, in return for a better payout.
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Continuity is a big thing in Pittsburgh.
That's why news of a contract extension for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin almost feels anti-climactic.
The Steelers announced the move on their official website Tuesday, noting that the deal extended Tomlin through the 2016 season. There were two years left on his previous deal.
"We are pleased to announce that Mike Tomlin will remain with the Steelers for at least five more years," Steelers President Art Rooney II said in the statement. "Mike is one of the top head coaches in the National Football League and we are thrilled he will continue to lead our team as we pursue another Super Bowl title."
The 40-year-old Tomlin has an impressive resume in such a short time. He's entering his sixth season as an NFL head coach, and already has a Super Bowl (from his second season) and a 55-25 regular season record.
That includes four playoff trips in five years, with two Super Bowl appearances.
"I am excited that I will continue to be the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers for years to come," said Tomlin. "I am grateful to the Steelers organization for the opportunity I have been given over the past five years to work and live in this great city, and I am excited to continue to work to bring another championship to the Steelers and the city of Pittsburgh."
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Spelling and grammar do matter, according to consumers
If you don't think the public at large cares about your lack of editorial diligence, you're wrong.
I was in a meeting to discuss marketing plans for a new organization. The founder of the company had already developed some collateral he was showing off. I immediately noticed a problem with the punctuation. When I pointed out the error, I was dismissed. Nobody cares, I was told.
It's disconcerting for a grammar geek to be confronted with a cavalier attitude toward language. Watching the shift to real-time digital communication hasn't made me any happier. New media properties seem wholly unconcerned with proofreading, popular social media personalities don't know the difference between your and you're, and even long-standing mainstream publishers, in their haste to be speedy, seem to be fine with an increased incidence of typos, misused words, and grammar/spelling/punctuation gaffes. And don't get me started on the errors posted by community managers and other stewards of brands online.
So it is with a certain amount of sanctimonious glee that I am able to point out that customers don't like spelling and grammar mistakes. According to one survey, poor spelling/grammar is the transgression most likely to damage consumer opinion of a brand in social media.
Disruptive Communications asked 1,003 UK consumers what they hate about brands they follow in the social space. All the answers produced enthusiastic agreement from me. Nearly 25 percent said posts and updates are too "salesy." Nearly 13 percent said posting too often was an irritant (although 7.2 percent didn't like brands that failed to post often enough). And all those tweets that brands send out in an attempt to be funny? Trying too hard to provoke a chuckle rankles 12.5 percent of respondents.
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At the top of the list is poor spelling or grammar, which rankles 42.5 percent of respondents, almost twice that of the next most annoying behavior. Lest you think that only older fuddy-duddies sniff at a misplaced modifier or a misused apostrophe, it ranked as the second most disturbing behavior among 18- to 24-year-olds. (Companies that don't post often enough was No. 1 with the younger demographic, but only by 1.2 percentage points.)
Gender didn't make a difference, either. Bad grammar and misspelling bothered 38.9 percent of women and 39.6 percent of men.
Despite the clear preference among consumers for correct language use, brands seem fine tossing out mistake-riddled posts and updates.
Of course, it's important not to become too pedantic, given that language is an ever-changing thing. There seems to be some buzz right now over the use of literally, as in "I was literally jumping out of my skin." For some of us, that usage would be acceptable only if a skinless body stood above the skin he or she had shed moments before.
The figurative use of literally is even listed in Merriam-Webster: "Used to acknowledge that something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling." Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo covered this confounding acceptable use on their Slate podcast, Lexicon Valley, and Kristin Piombino wrote about it for Ragan.com.
Creative or risky use of language is fine, as long as the writer knows that's what she's doing. James Joyce stomped on the conventions of grammar, after all, but he did so knowing full well what the rules were. The mistakes that pepper brands' online content aren't like that. They're just mistakes, the result of writers who don't know better and/or a failure to apply any kind of editing to copy before it's posted.
Would it really kill us to use the tools of our trade correctly? It's not hard to learn the basics, or to check your usage if you're unsure
Based on the Disruptive Communications study, you can't just shrug it off by labeling misuse as "authentic" or proclaiming that social media doesn't require attention to formality.
It's pissing off your fans. That should be enough to make you want to start making sure you're getting it right.
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Police identify man killed in Union Station parking garage accident
Man dies after getting pinned by own truck
Kansas City, Mo., Police have identified the man that was killed in an accident in a Union Station parking garage on Wednesday morning.
Police said Leonard A. Prestia, 68, of Gladstone, was driving a white Ford truck and exiting the parking garage at about 11:30 a.m. when he apparently dropped money outside his vehicle.
When Prestia tried to lean out to retrieve the money the vehicle lurched forward, causing the door to close and pin the driver.
Prestia was pronounced dead at the scene. Two juvenile passengers that were also in the truck were not injured.
Union Station officials released this statement about the accident:
"Union Station officials were saddened to learn about an accident that occurred late this morning while the driver of a pickup truck was leaving the Union Station parking garage. The driver of the truck died following the accident. A full investigation of this accident is under way, and no other details will be available until the investigation is completed. The man's name has not been released, pending notification of his relatives. Everyone associated with Union Station expresses their deepest sympathy to the gentleman's family. Sincere appreciation also is extended to the first responders to the scene of the accident. "


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- Art can be tricky because it's really about personal taste, buyer Tom Delavan said.
- Framing doesn't have to cost a fortune -- do it yourself options give you control
- Reproductions look at home in the company of similarly colored or sized pictures
Tom Delavan, an art buyer who specializes in fine contemporary art, also has an incredible knack for making affordable art look sophisticated. We asked him how to decorate the walls without robbing a bank.
Real Simple: How did you develop your art expertise?
Tom Delavan: After business school, I became intrigued by the art world and ended up at a training program at Sotheby's, where I was later hired as a contemporary-art specialist. Then I helped found the Gramercy Art Fair, in New York City, which is now the Armory Show.
Real Simple: You're also a designer.
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Delavan: Yes. I was curating art for a client when he asked me to decorate his home. That led to work for the home-design magazine Domino. Now I'm the creative director of the shopping site Gilt Home.
Real Simiple: Can you tell us why art is so tricky?
Delavan: Because it's truly about personal taste. It's more art than science.
Real Simple: What if you don't know what your taste is?
Delavan: You can figure it out. Gather images of rooms you're drawn to and take a look at the kind of art in them. Maybe it's all watercolors—or black-and-white photos.
Real Simple: Then what?
Delavan: Think about your space. There shouldn't be a disconnect between the decor and the art. If you have a glamorous room, for example, you don't want flea-market art in beat-up frames. It would be better to go with something more polished, with a gold or silver frame.
Real Simple: Fill in the blank: Types of art that tend to look good at all price points include ________.
Delvaan: Black-and-white photography, graphic posters, small drawings, and sketches. Nice, large figurative paintings are hard to find at a low price, so maybe steer clear of those.
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Real Simple: What sites do you like for affordable art?
Delavan: Artriver.com has some fantastic modern-art prints, and momastore.org is great for fine-art prints. Gilt Home has nice reproductions of iconic art from McGaw Graphics and mixed-media work from artists like Parvez Taj.
Real Simple: What's the difference between posters and prints?
Delavan: Posters are reproductions that are unlimited in number; prints are often limited editions signed and numbered by the artist.
Real Simple: How do you make posters look their absolute best?
Delavan: Some have text on the bottom. If you cut that off before framing, they can look so much better.
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Real Simple: Any rules of thumb on framing?
Delavan: Affordable art should have affordable frames. Affordable ornate frames are usually not good, so I would stick with simple, thin black or white frames. What you want to avoid is taking your $60 poster to a frame shop for a $300 frame.
Real Simple: But doesn't framing cost a fortune no matter what?
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Delavan: Check out wholesaleposterframes.com. You give them the size of your art, and they send you a frame that you put together. It's easy—I've done it. It looks almost like a custom frame.
Real Simple: Say that you want to fill the space above a sofa and you have a budget of $200.
Delavan: I would bring a family photo that doesn't look staged—something candid or abstract—to Staples and have it blown up to about 30 by 40 inches, then frame it. Black and white feels more artsy, so that's one way to make it cooler.
Real Simple: What if you have $500?
Delavan: Get three works by the same artist, frame them the same way, and hang them in a row.
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Real Simple: How about a bigger budget, like $2,000?
Delavan: Look at local galleries. Prints and photos tend to be the least expensive options. Most places let you take things on approval. You may have to pay, but you can get a refund if the piece doesn't work.
Real Simple: How do you put together a wall of art?
Delavan: There should be some commonality, like a consistent color palette or size. If there isn't, frame all the art the same so that the look is unified. On the wall in my home office, I have reproductions of Robert Indiana's Love and Roy Lichtenstein's Ball of Twine 1963. It's charming to add a postcard, a calendar, or even kid art. Some of my favorite works are by four-year-old friends.Real Simple: Any secret sources that we might not think of?
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Delavan: Museum shops. If you go to an exhibition and love it, see if there's a cool object or poster. Sometimes they're hokey, so don't pick the most iconic thing, like a reproduction of Michelangelo's David. Go for something less obvious, less recognizable.
Real Simple: Some people recommend shopping student shows at art schools. Any advice on this?
Delavan: I would focus on pieces that are conceptual or abstract—big swashes of paint or something really geometric—because students are just starting to develop their technical skills.
Real Simple: Bottom-line it for us.
Delavan: Art should make you happy. Sometimes people buy things to impress others, but you damn well better like the pieces on your wall when you come home. Good art collectors know to shop from the heart, and that applies at any price.


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Labor and birth occurs over three stages. The first stage is the beginning of contractions that gradually increase in intensity and frequency. Stage two is active labor and pushing that ends with the birth. The third stage is the pass of the placenta. The first two stages in particular are physically taxing and painful for the mother as contractions of the uterus work to position the baby for birth. There are many options to help manage pain and anxiety through labor and delivery such as focused breathing techniques (eg, Lamaze), coaching, medications, and anesthesia. Immersion in warm water, another less commonly used method, is believed to help the mother relax and provide some buoyancy to make it easier to move about. While this technique has been used for many years, it has only recently become more available in traditional birthing centers.
The Cochrane Library group reviewed several past studies to assess the benefits and risks of water immersion during labor and birth. The review, published in the Cochrane Database , found that water immersion in the first stage of labor increased the mother's relaxation and decreased the need for pain medication. The study also found no increased risk of illness or death of the mother and baby with a water birth.
About the Study
The systematic review included 11 previously published randomized trials . The trials all compared labor and/or births in water to labor and births on dry land. A total of 3,146 births were reviewed. Compared to the women that did not participate in water immersion, during the first stage of labor:
- 4% fewer women in the water immersion group needed anesthesia ( epidural, spinal ).
- In one trial, 22% fewer women in the water immersion group reported moderate to severe pain.
When comparing both groups there was no significant difference in delivery complications, cesarean deliveries , and infections in the mother. There was also no significant difference in the health of the infant or the likelihood of infant complications. None of the studies evaluated the effect of water immersion during the third stage of labor or reviewed the different tubs available for water births.
How Does This Affect You?
The trials included in this study were high quality studies which meant their results are considered reliable. However, there was limited information on some outcomes in these studies. For example, the majority of studies, nine out of the eleven, only examined the first stage of labor and only two studies reviewed the benefits of water immersion for the second stage of labor and birth. Overall, water immersion does appear to help reduce pain and anxiety for the birth mother. Relaxation is felt to improve the progression of labor. While the information available showed no increase in health risks for the mother or the baby, researchers did encourage further study because of the low number of trials focused on water births (stage 2).
Water immersion labor and birth are becoming available in more birthing centers. If you are interested in having the warm bath available for your labor or birth, talk to your obstetrician. This method is not ideal for all pregnancies and should be avoided for mothers who:
- Have been diagnosed with herpes or other infections
- Experience excessive bleeding, toxemia, or preeclampsia
- Are expecting an early birth (eg, twins)
Keep in mind that the birthing experience is different for each woman. If you have options to choose from, seek out a birth center or professional that can help you with your choices. While a birth plan is recommended, keep in mind that your baby may have plans of his or her own and changes may be needed as the labor and birth progresses.
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I thought about taking it to a luthier I've used a number of times for various instruments. But I'll wait and see how it feels/plays.
I hope you're right, although several reviews said the action was too high and couldn't be adjusted without causing other issues (buzzing).
A decent luthier will not end up with buzzes and if he does he knows how to fix that.
... I read the one and two star reviews first. They are the most important to me.
Just gotta keep buying them.
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Norman Regional Health System is Oklahoma's first and only Diabetic Limb Salvage Program. This comprehensive approach to improve healing of diabetic ulcers and decreased amputation rates utilizes a multispecialty team developed to address the needs of this special patient group in a timely manner.
Diabetics have a 10 times higher rate of amputation than non-diabetics, according to the American Diabetes Association, and 85% of amputations are preceded by non-healing foot ulcers.
"Diabetes and wounds are a dangerous combination: even a small sore on the foot can lead to a leg amputation," said Karen Richie, Nurse Navigator Oklahoma Wound Center. "Oklahoma has a very high rate of both diabetes and leg amputations. But, the good news is that the Norman Regional Hospital System is waging war on diabetic wounds. The Diabetic Limb Salvage program is the state's first comprehensive program dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of diabetic wounds. By using a team approach we are making a difference."
Oklahoma has a higher diabetes rate than the national average. Diabetic wounds have the potential to get worse quickly. A small sore on the foot or leg can easily end in amputation without the proper care. Norman Regional's DLS program involves multiple specialists working as a team to address the many needs of diabetic patients. The specialists working with the program include: Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine/Hospitalists, Orthopedic Surgery, Podiatry, Vascular, Wound Care, and others who augment the patient's treatment including experts in the fields of diabetes, nutrition, and tobacco cessation.
The inpatient program is coordinated by the DLS nurse navigator to ensure patients and their families understand their specific treatment plan. The Oklahoma Wound Center, located at the Norman Regional Heart Plaza, is the central hub for the outpatient DLS program. The Center provides advanced wound care including hyperbaric oxygen therapy and specialized dressings such as negative pressure wound therapy, biological alternative tissue, and total contact casting. For more information on Norman Regiona's Diabetic Limb Salvage Program, call (405) 515-0025.


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So the computation I was running since thanksgiving was getting nowhere (finding degree 19 polynomials which are equal to 1 on x+y=1, which have fewest possible terms (11) and which have only positive coefficients, we know that there are finitely many, the trick is to find them). My code didn't really have good status updates. Well it does tell you exactly where it is, but it takes a bit of computation to really see how it's progressing, so I didn't do that until a few days ago since I thought it was going way too slow.
And low and behold, it was going way too slow. I computed that it should take another 3-7 years or so (different parts of the search space take different times so it's a bit hard to estimate). That was a bummer. That was about 10 times longer than I thought it should be. At first I was a bit resigned to this reality, but the next day I started to look into it, and one thing I figured out after running a bunch of tests was that one shortcut I was using was never triggered. The idea is that we need to find when a certain matrix with integer coefficients has 1 dimensional nullspace. Doing the integer row reduction is done with gmp, and is reasonably fast. But since we do this many times over and most of these matrices are simply full rank (no null space), we don't really need to do the whole computation. So what we can do (and this is a useful trick to know), is to first do all computation in some small finite field, e.g. do everything mod p for some small prime p. If a matrix is full rank mod p, it is full rank. The computation can be done rather quickly this way and you don't even have to involve modulo computation, since all the possible computations you can just precompute first and just build up a big table, so instead of two multiplications, an addition, and finding the remainder, you just look up in a table. Anyway, that gets us quite a bit of a speed up.
Now the thing is that I was using mod 19, since that worked for lower degrees. One thing I forgot when I started the run (remember this was a few years since I looked at this code and ran it last time), is that the modulus cannot be the same as the degree. The matrices we need to work with have most terms divisible by the degree. So moding out by 19 essentially always made the matrix all 0 (except for a few 1s scattered around). So these matrices were essentially always singular and the shortcut never triggered. So after doing a useless mod 19 calculation we had to do the actual integer arithmetic. That's why it was slow. Damnit!
Well the calculations were not wrong, I just did a lot more computation than needed. After a small amount of testing it seemed that mod 23 was a good finite field to proceed in, so I restarted the code. Suddenly 3-7 years turned into first estimating 90 days and after running things for a day, that turned into an estimate of 30 days.
Then I noticed one more thing (and Danny pointed this out too), that his code used symmetry and just threw out half of the nonsymmetric polynomials, since the computations are the same. I remembered that my code didn't do it. It didn't make much sense if the longest run we did was 5 days on one core (for code that is only ever run once or twice, small speedups are somewhat pointless). I implemented this idea and it seems to achieve 33% reduction in time (there's still the checking for symmetry, and there are of course symemtric polynomials, so that's probably close to where we can get). So anyway, I guess within 20 days we should have the answer.
After it finsihes, I still have one more speedup up my sleeve. It could be that I can do the row reduction really fast mod 2 by using binary operations (each row would be an unsigned int). Not sure what speedup I can achieve though, at best 90%, since that's how many cases mod 2 catches. While mod 23 or so catches essentially everything. So the idea is to do mod 2, then mod 23, and only then if the matrix is still singular do the integer arithmetic. If the speedup is another 50%, and my most optimistic estimates hold, that would put degree 21 within the realm of possibility, though at least half a year on 4 cores. That's is, within something I'd be willing to run.
So, the mood went from "I'll probably give up n d=19 soon" to "maybe d=21 is possible". All this just by using a different prime 🙂


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The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders -- a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council who cast ballots, 61 percent supported the proposal drafted by the governing Executive Committee. The policy change takes effect Jan. 1.
"Within our movement, everyone agrees on one thing, no matter how you feel about this issue, kids are better off in scouting. Our vision is to serve every kid. We want every kid to have a place where they can grow," said Wayne Perry, BSA National President.
However, the outcome will not end the bitter debate over the Scouts' membership policy. Liberal Scout leaders -- while supporting the proposal to accept gay youth -- have made clear they want the ban on gay adults lifted as well.
In contrast, conservatives with the Scouts -- including some churches that sponsor Scout units -- wanted to continue excluding gay youths, in some cases threatening to defect if the ban were lifted.
"The Boys Scouts of America has been built upon the values of faith and family for more than 100 years and today's decision contradicts generations of tradition in the name of political correctness. While I will always cherish my time as a scout and the life lessons I learned, I am greatly disappointed with this decision," said Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in a statement.
"We are deeply saddened," said Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee after learning of the result. "Homosexual behavior is incompatible with the principles enshrined in the Scout oath and Scout law."
The Assemblies of God, another conservative denomination, said the policy change "will lead to a mass exodus from the Boy Scout program."
The result was welcomed by many gay-rights groups, which joined in the call for an end to the ban on gay adults.
"I'm so proud of how far we've come, but until there's a place for everyone in Scouting, my work will continue," said Jennifer Tyrrell, who's ouster as a Cub Scout den leader in Ohio because she is lesbian launched a national protest movement.
Eric Hay, 22, an Eagle Scout, said he has been working for a policy change for some time.
"I'm excited to move forward and continue [Scouting] because I'm bisexual," he said. "And I'd love to be able to do something with Scouts some time in the future. It would mean a lot to me."
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But other members, such as 13-year-old Sean Metcalf, have reservations.
"I hope to stay in Scouting, but it depends if my parents feel it's safe or not," he said.
His father, David, an adult leader for his son's troop, said his family would pay close attention to how the rule change is implemented and "be prepared to do what we have to do to protect our sons."
"It could be, the ultimate, is to leave the organization," he said.
The vote followed what the BSA described as "the most comprehensive listening exercise in Scouting's history" to gauge opinions within the community.
The BSA could also take a hit financially. Many Scout units in conservative areas fear their local donors will stop giving if the ban on gay youth is lifted.
The BSA executive committee suggested a plan in January to give sponsors of local Scout units the option of admitting gays as both youth members and adult leaders or continuing to exclude them. However, the plan won little praise, and the BSA changed course after assessing responses to surveys sent out starting in February to members of the Scouting community.
Of the more than 200,000 leaders, parents and youth members who responded, 61 percent supported the current policy of excluding gays, while 34 percent opposed it. However, most parents of young Scouts, as well as youth members themselves, opposed the ban.
The proposal approved Thursday was seen as a compromise, and the Scouts stressed that they would not condone sexual conduct by any Scout -- gay or straight.
"The Boy Scouts of America will not sacrifice its mission, or the youth served by the movement, by allowing the organization to be consumed by a single, divisive, and unresolved societal issue," a BSA statement said.
Since the executive committee just completed a lengthy review process, "there are no plans for further review on this matter," the group said.
The BSA's overall "traditional youth membership" -- Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers -- is now about 2.6 million, compared with more than 4 million in peak years of the past. It also has about 1 million adult leaders and volunteers.
Of the more than 100,000 Scouting units in the U.S., 70 percent are chartered by religious institutions.
Those include liberal churches opposed to any ban on gays, but some of the largest sponsors are relatively conservative denominations that have previously supported the broad ban -- notably the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Southern Baptist churches.
The BSA, which celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010, has long excluded both gays and atheists.
Protests over the no-gays policy gained momentum in 2000, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the BSA's right to exclude gays. Scout units lost sponsorships by public schools and other entities that adhered to nondiscrimination policies, and several local Scout councils made public their displeasure with the policy.
The Boy Scouts of America released the following statement Thursday afternoon:
"For 103 years, the Boy Scouts of America has been a part of the fabric of this nation, with a focus on working together to deliver the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training.
Based on growing input from within the Scouting family, the BSA leadership chose to conduct an additional review of the organization's long-standing membership policy and its impact on Scouting's mission. This review created an outpouring of feedback from the Scouting family and the American public, from both those who agree with the current policy and those who support a change.
Today, following this review, the most comprehensive listening exercise in Scouting's history the approximate 1,400 voting members of the Boy Scouts of America's National Council approved a resolution to remove the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone. The resolution also reinforces that Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether heterosexual or homosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting. A change to the current membership policy for adult leaders was not under consideration; thus, the policy for adults remains in place. The BSA thanks all the national voting members who participated in this process and vote.
This policy change is effective Jan. 1, 2014, allowing the Boy Scouts of America the transition time needed to communicate and implement this policy to its approximately 116,000 Scouting units.
The Boy Scouts of America will not sacrifice its mission, or the youth served by the movement, by allowing the organization to be consumed by a single, divisive, and unresolved societal issue. As the National Executive Committee just completed a lengthy review process, there are no plans for further review on this matter.
While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting. Going forward, our Scouting family will continue to focus on reaching and serving youth in order to help them grow into good, strong citizens. America's youth need Scouting, and by focusing on the goals that unite us, we can continue to accomplish incredible things for young people and the communities we serve."
NBC 5's Ben Russell contributed to this report.


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Summary Meeting Notes: December 20, 2012, Neighborhood Centers PEG Meeting
Summary Meeting Notes: December 20, 2012 Neighborhood Centers PEG
Meeting Date: December 20, 2012
Time: 8:00 to 10:30 a.m.
PEG Attendees: Kate Allen, Jason Barnstead-Long, Andre Baugh, Kristin Cooper, Alan DeLaTorre, Betty Dominguez, Ivy Dunlap, Allen Field, Bob Granger, Denver Igarta, Carol Mayer-Reed, Rick Michaelson, Jennifer Moore, Dora Perry, Nick Sauvie, Alison Stoll
Other Attendees: Linda Nettekoven, Chris Smith, Terry Parker, Steph Routh, Heather Hoell, Kim Brown, Elisabeth Varga, Renate Powell, Ellen Burr, Tamara DeRidder, Tony Jordon, Steve Gutmann, Kim Brown, John Urbanowski.
Key Points and Outcomes
- PEG members support bringing the policy framework from the Portland Plan's "Portland is a place for all generations" concept into the Comprehensive Plan, including its policy provisions for expanding physically-accessible housing options, prioritizing age-friendly and accessible housing in centers, cultivating centers as accessible places, and improving major transit streets as safer and more accessible places.
- PEG members were of a consensus that current policy and implementation approaches regarding off-street parking for multidwelling development need to be modified. PEG members encouraged consideration of a range approaches, including linking exemptions to transportation and parking management strategies or to the provision of affordable or accessible housing units, or that some parking should be required beyond a certain project size threshold.
Welcome, Introductions and Overview (8:00 a.m.)
Presenter:Steve Faust, Facilitator; Bill Cunningham, BPS
Summary: Following introductions, Steve reviewed the agenda noting the time allocated for public comment. He also reminded the PEG and other attendees that the purpose of the PEG is to comment on draft policy language developed by City staff with guidance from the Portland Plan. Bill informed the PEG that a working draft of the Comprehensive Plan will be available in January. Public workshops will take place in February and March.
Age-Friendly City Policy Framework (8:15 a.m.)
Presenters: Alan DeLaTorre, PSU Institute on Aging, and Bill Cunningham, BPS
Summary: Alan provided an overview of demographic changes andPortland's Age-FriendlyCity efforts, coordinated by the Institute of Aging at Portland State University. Bill followed this with a review of the Portland Plan's age-friendly city policy direction and its incorporation into Comprehensive Plan policies for centers. PEG discussion:
- PEG members support moving the policy framework from the Portland Plan's "Portland is a place for all generations" concept into the Comprehensive Plan. Among the policy directions are expansion of physically-accessible housing options, prioritizing age-friendly and accessible housing in centers, cultivating centers as accessible places, and improving civic corridors (major transit streets) as safer and more accessible places.
- Public plazas and open spaces play an important role in centers and should be within ¼-mile of older residents and people with disabilities. Current two-acre minimum requirements for parks make it difficult to find locations for parks in centers. Allow for smaller types of parks in centers. Every neighborhood center should have a public plaza or other gathering place.
- Foster partnerships with medical institutions to bring facilities into centers.
- Consider ways to attract older adults to Portland to support economic development in neighborhood centers.
- New housing in centers should be designed for older adults, instead of just younger people. Need to include more affordable senior housing.
- Inventory the age-friendly features of various centers, such as water fountains, restrooms and benches.
- Inventory the supply of existing accessible housing relative to demand. Assess where demographic and housing turnover is happening and identify areas susceptible to gentrification and opportunities for senior housing.
- To provide for culturally-diverse communities, need to accommodate multi-generational housing.
- Provide best practices guidance on physically-accessible housing design. Incorporate best practices into incentives for creating accessible housing.
- Should establish a "safe routes to centers" program, highlighting safe ways to access centers and neighborhood business districts. Consider a shuttle service to and between centers.
- Improve physically-accessible van service to expand mobility options in large parts of the city that are not in centers and not on transit corridors.
- Much of our transit planning is based on travel to work. Need to rethink this to better accommodate access to local services and destinations, which are the majority of travel.
Meeting Handouts and Presentations
Apartments and Parking (9:10 a.m.)
Presenters: Matt Wickstrom and Bill Cunningham, BPS
Summary: Matt presented the results of a study on parking requirements for multifamily development and public comment from a Planning and Sustainability Commission (PSC) forum held November 13th. Bill reminded the PEG that this discussion would focus on parking. Related issues, such as building design and scale, will be discussed at future meetings. PEG discussion:
- Develop a nuanced policy approach to parking that is more responsive to how parking, infrastructure, and transportation options vary across the city.
- Some new apartment developments provide an opportunity to engage developers in considering older adults and people with disabilities as potential renters. Some new developments are including elevators and adaptable/accessible units.
- On-street parking utilization surveys do not indicate whether or not on-street parking for seniors and families with children is conveniently located.
- There should be housing variety in every center. Affordability of housing units needs to be a consideration. New developments need to include some family units.
- Many businesses do not provide off-street parking, adding to the competition for on-street parking and negatively impacting nearby residents.
- Costs of providing parking, especially on small sites, can reduce the feasibility of development. Consider the perspective of developers in future discussions.
- Be more inclusive and bring a greater diversity of people into this discussion.
- Apartments without parking may be more of an issue in East Portland, which lacks sidewalks, services, and less convenient transit.
- Consider parking impacts on businesses, which will not thrive if customers can't find parking. Consider the perspective of retailers in future discussions.
- Consider approaches for designing ground-level parking to be adaptable to conversion to active uses.
- There was consensus among PEG members that current policy and implementation approaches regarding off-street parking need to be modified. However, there was no consensus about any singular approach. The range of ideas included:
- Consider inclusionary zoning for larger projects, perhaps tying affordable housing requirements to building floor-to-area-ratios or to off-street parking exemptions.
- Allow waivers to parking, but only if transportation demand management (TDM) strategies are part of the project.
- Minimum parking requirements are needed, between .3 and .6 spaces per unit.
- Reduce parking requirements in exchange for providing affordable or accessible housing.
- Encourage shared parking arrangements to make more efficient use of existing parking. Consider allowing homeowners to rent their garages or driveways for parking.
- In the 1980s,Portlandconsidered fees "in-lieu-of" providing off-street parking. Should revisit this approach.
- Consider linking exemptions to parking to local availability of on-street parking, presence of sidewalks, transit and other area-specific conditions.
Meeting Handouts and Presentations
Public Comment (10:10 a.m.)
- Broaden this conversation to include management of parking (shared parking, employee parking strategies, etc.)
- Among the recommendations of the community-based Apartment Parking Task Force are that thresholds should be established for parking requirements, demolition delay is needed to allow old houses to be saved, and four-story buildings should step down in scale to adjacent housing.
- It is wrong for developers to profit at expense of neighbors. Require parking to accommodate the fact that most trips are by car and families with children drive more.
- Need incentives for affordable housing. Focus on TDM strategies instead of parking requirements. Need context-sensitive strategies.
- Car ownership is declining. Requiring parking has long term impacts and forces car-oriented development. Focus on TDM strategies and permit parking, instead of parking requirements.
- New development is an affirmation that people want to live in a vibrant neighborhood business district. Strategies need to acknowledge that businesses need to accommodate customers who arrive by car, link parking exemptions to pedestrian improvements, consider impacts to businesses, and improve notification to business associations when new developments are proposed.
- Parking minimums are not the best solution and are too blunt a tool. Focus on TDM to manage the existing parking supply instead of creating more parking. Get rid of free on-street parking to foster more efficient use of parking resources. Price parking allow for market solutions.
- Want to accommodate growth and more people, but am concerned about impacts on neighborhoods and the amount of residential development taking place in areas intended to be commercial areas. A holistic approach is needed. Parking permit fees are not a good idea, as would add to neighbors' burdens.
- Consider pricing parking, permit programs, acknowledging that parking is never really free and that those using parking should pay for it. Parking for retail is necessary – should be both priced and available. Allow more shared parking and consider allowing "driveway rentals".
- Old houses in his neighborhood don't have off-street parking, new development without parking will add to the problem, which will make it hard to rent existing apartments.
Next Steps (10:25 a.m.)
Presenter: Steve Faust
Summary: The next Neighborhood Centers PEG meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 17th at 8 am. PEG members indicated that the current meeting date and time works well so no changes are needed.
Adjourn (10:30 a.m.)
For more information, please contact Bill Cunningham, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-4203 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Steve Faust, Facilitator at 503-278-3456 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Jewish history of Zimbabwe begins at the end of the 1800's. The country, then known as Rhodesia, was a British colony, with a Jewish community made up mostly of Jews from Eastern Europe, mostly Russia and Lithuania. These early Jews in Rhodesia moved quickly to establish themselves in their new homeland.
In 1894, they formed their first synagogue, which was a tent in the city of Bulawayo. This synagogue was home to about 20 Jews. The following year, 1895, a second community established a synagogue in Salisbury (Harare). Finally in 1901, a third was established in Gwelo. These first Jews, mostly Ashkenazic, numbered about 400 at the turn of the century.
In the 1920's and 30's Sephardic Jews began arriving in Rhodesia from Rhodes, later joined before World War II by German refugees fleeing the Nazis. After the end of the war, Jews arrived from places such as South Africa and the British Isles, hoping to benefit from the prosperity that was being felt in Rhodesia. The Jewish population peaked at around 7500 people by the 1960's.
The years from 1964 to 1980, saw a great deal of unrest within Rhodesia, which eventually led to the Civil War that resulted in the country becoming the independent Republic of Zimbabwe on 18 Apr, 1980.
One of the amazing things about the records of the Jews of the area, is that many of them survive. One example of this is Zimbabwe, Death Registers, 1890-1977, which have now been added to the free databases at http://www.familysearch.org/. This database includes all you were recorded, not just the Jewish citizens.
In order to find the records, visit http://www.familysearch.org/ and find the world map on the main page.
Once there, click on the map of Africa or the word Africa. This will bring up a listing of all the databases for the continent of Africa. Included in those, will be the following,
While the databases are not searchable by name they can be browsed by date, the second database has over 328,000 images, which if one is patient, can yield a great deal of information. The record below is the record of Harry Rosenberg also known as Harry Rose, who died on 27 Oct 1918. The record includes the names of his parents, Harris and Muriel, as well as his wife Mabel Frances. Also, further down can be found the name of his son, Geoffrey Gabriel Samuel Rosenberg.
What a great source these free databases are for anyone looking for family in the records of Zimbabwe.


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Has anyone come across any really good rhyming dictionaries? If so, what makes it worth having/bookmarking? (eg. completeness/ease of use/absence of really sketchy suggestions)
Have added a verse tag. Also removed the community-wiki tag, as per this thread in meta. – Neil Fein Nov 21 '10 at 18:27
You just type in a word, then select one of the following. Then you have a full list of things to use!
- Rhymes
- Near Rhymes
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Definition
- Related words
- Similar sounding
- Homophones
- Match consonants only
- Match these letters
- Check spelling of
- a word Search for pictures
- Search in Shakespeare
- Search for quotes
Webster's New World Rhyming Dictionary: Clement Wood's Updated
This is the rhyming dictionary I turn to first. It's an update to Clement Wood's classic 1943 reference. The phonetic distribution of words took me a while to learn, but it's a great, fast system once you get a feel for it. My only complaint about this update is that it's too large to fit in a guitar case. (I'm comparing it to my paperback of the original Clement Wood.)
Part I of this book is the rhyming dictionary itself. Part II is titled "Guidelines for Effective Rhyme", and the first chapter is the closest I've seen to an Elements of Style for poets and lyricists. Later chapters are a little dry, but they covers the history of rhyme forms, and definitions of stanza forms. Clement Wood could have learned to "omit needless words" here, but it is a good reference.
The Song-Writer's Rhyming Dictionary, by Sammy Cahn
Out of print, worth looking for. The introduction alone, an essay by the author about the process of lyric writing, is worth the purchase price. The dictionary itself feels like it was hand=picked, and I suspect it was whittled down from a longer list.
I see someone recommends Rhymezone. I've been using it since my copy of Wood's fell apart and it's no substitute: it has multipe repetitions, vast numbers of words that sound as though they were invented by a desperate rhyming dictionary editor, and their idea of what rhymes with what is plain weird. In what variety of English does "what" rhyme with "butt"? It's ugly to look at too.
http://www.rhymedesk.com is quite good. It has more extensive list of near rhymes than on other sites. Also you can conveniently write your texts and search for words on the same page.
http://rhymebrain.com works well for most words, and also provides near-rhymes.
WikiRhymer --- operated by songwriter and it's user-editable. It has pure rhymes, end rhymes, near rhymes, rhyming phrases.
i use www.prime-rhyme.com, a simple yet rich with quality rhymes.


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Sam (Michael Angarano) crashes the weekend festivities at the home of a famous documentarian (Lee Pace) in an effort to win the man's fiance (Uma Thurman). Opens April 8.
We don't waste our time on anything not worth your time. We celebrate the best of what's coming on film and TV. We cheer when our expectations are met and criticize when we're let down.


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Reality TV
Reality show educates the producers and entertains audiences. by Liz Getman '09
Dave Newberg '09 doesn't normally like to get his hands dirty. But last March he spent a Saturday afternoon digging through trash at a junkyard in Binghamton, New York, searching for a car tire, hubcap, and interior roof...


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About once a month, Dave Kopel produces a free e-mail Newsletter containing short summaries and links to important new research and writing involving the Second Amendment and firearms policy. The newsletter also reports on Kopel's latest writing.
The content of this newsletter is produced by the Second Amendment Project at the Independence Institute, a think tank in Golden, Colorado. The newsletter is electronically distributed by the Second Amendment Foundation in Bellevue, Washington. Thus, the Second Amendment Foundation will be given your e-mail address.
Archive of past issues.
Dave Kopel's Second Amendment Newsletter. April 23, 2003.
Dave Kopel's Second Amendment Project is based at the Independence
Institute, a free-market think tank in Golden, Colorado.
1. New by Kopel. Monograph debunks claim that 500,000 people every year
are killed by small arms. NRO article debunks "Bowling for Columbine."
Amicus brief in school gun picture censorship case. Journal article on UN
effort to ban guns for "non-state actors." NPR on the NAACP vs. Guns.
"Smart" gun mandate in New Jersey. Dangers of pacifism.
2. Kopel's Corner. Short NRO items on the NAACP case, nit-picking
on John Lott, and Kalashnikov logo-gear.
3. Culture: "Bowling for Columbine" backlash.
4. International: Oh, Canada! Plus pro-gun Israeli court decision.
5. Hunting: Wisconsin voters add right to hunt to state constitution.
6. CCW: Lott on armed pilots; Cramer on Sean Penn; Shall Issue
enacted in New Mexico.
7. Research, Scholarship, Information: Harvard Law School debate.
New Outdoor Wire daily e-mail.
8. Technology: Danforth Commission Waco re-enactment may be bogus,
FLIR expert says.
Global Deaths from Firearms: Searching for Plausible Estimates.
With Paul Gallant & Joanne D. Eisen.
Firearms prohibition advocates claim that firearms kill 500,000
around the world every year. This factoid is clearly untrue, and
the assumptions used to create the statistic mask the significant
dangers of firearms prohibition.
The UN Small Arms Conference
SAIS Review, vol 23, no. 1
The SAIS Review is published by the Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies
National Public Radio, The Tavis Smiley Show.
Kopel interviewed for 4/9/03 program on the NAACP's
lawsuit against the firearms industry.
A Moriori Lesson. A Brief History of Pacifism.
National Review Online. Apr. 11, 2003.
With Paul Gallant & Joanne D. Eisen.
When a Pacific tribe adopted complete pacifism, everything
was fine—until another tribe invaded.
Bowling Truths. Michael Moore's Mocking.
National Review Online. Apr. 4, 2003.
Deconstructing the dishonest "documentary"
"Smart Guns": New Jersey's new "smart gun" law proves that a gun ban
by any other name still has the same devastating results.
America's 1st Freedom, March 2003.
Independence Institute Amicus Brief
In the case of Newsom v. Albermarle, a middle school threatened to
punish a student for wearing a NRA shooting sports camp t-shirt.
An Independence Institute amicus brief for the Fourth Circuit Court of
appeals argues that shooting sports are wholesome and promote good
character, and that speech promoting shooting sports cannot
rationally be censored in a public school.
Coming soon: Kopel and retired Marine helicopter pilot David Petteys
on the TSA's efforts to constrict the armed pilots program. National
Review online.
"Ballistic Fingerprinting: Not Ready for Prime Time." By Kopel and
Sterling Burnett, National Center for Policy Analysis.
NAACP VS. GUNS [Dave Kopel] Yesterday was opening day for the NAACP's
lawsuit against the firearms industry, in the Brooklyn court of
federal Judge Jack Weinstein. The NAACP attempted to portray the
lawsuit as not hostile to gun ownership. The NAACP attorney told the
jury, according to the transcript:
"Certainly the NAACP of all organizations in this country
understands and respects the constitutional right to bear arms.
Upon the NAACP's founding on 1909 in New York City, soon
thereafter it took up its first criminal law case In Ossien, Michigan,
where a black male, Mr. Sweet, was charged with killing a white
supremacist along with several accomplices. The court, to rule
out Mr. Sweet and his family to be pushed out of their
home in Michigan, it was in that case that the presiding judge, to
uphold Mr. Sweet's right to be with his family, coined the popular
phrase 'a man's home is his castle.'"
One might take the attorney's claim about upholding the constitutional
right to arms a little more seriously if he were more scrupulous
about the facts. In Detroit (Not "Ossien") Michigan in 1925-26,
the NAACP and Clarence Darrow came to the defense of Dr. Ossian Sweet,
and his family. The Sweets were black people who a black man who had
fatally shot a man in a white mob which was attacking their home because Dr. Sweet had moved into an all-white neighborhood.
The phrase "a man's home is his castle," while certainly relevant to
the Sweet case, first appears in a 1499 case which arose during the
reign of Henry VII.
Notwithstanding the nice, half-way accurate beginning, the NAACP
lawyer then turned to such a harsh and emotional attack on the gun
industry that Judge Weinstein repeatedly interrupted him to announce
that the attorney was wrong in what he was telling the jury that the
case was about. At the end of the NAACP opening statement, Judge
Weinstein addressed the jury and told them: "Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you. I want to emphasize the case is not a case about
segregation or discrimination; is that clear? It's not a case about
lobbying, getting particular legislation or not getting it. Is that
The attorney's comparison of the firearms industry to people who
drown babies in rivers was not corrected by the judge.
NIT-PICKING [Dave Kopel]
Today's Sunday New York Times includes a cartoon about Michael
Bellesiles and John Lott, accusing them of moral equivalence. It's a
hard claim to make since Bellesiles's book was a fabrication through
and through, as Clayton Cramer has proven.
In contrast, the Lott controversy involves only a single sentence in his
book, and the rest of the book is supported by detailed data which Lott
has made available to many dozens of researchers. But I think the worst
thing about the cartoon is that it shows the continuing decline of quality
editing at the Times. The on-line version of the cartoon refers to
"knit-picking" scholars who questioned Lott. People who pay attention
to small details are not like people who pick at knitted fabric; the
proper word is "nit-picking"--a metaphor for picking tiny lice eggs
(nits) out of hair. Nit-picking, both literally and figuratively is a
very important activity. During my father's 22-year career in the
Colorado legislature, he was known as the body's chief nit-picker,
which meant that he paid careful attention to how proposed statutes
were worded, so that sloppy language did not cause unintended
problems. (He also worked on scores of bigger projects, authoring
many major bills, and serving for a while as House Judiciary
Chairman, and as Assistant Minority Leader). Nit-pickers get rid of
problems which are tiny now but which will cause serious trouble
later if they are not removed. Let's not confuse much-needed
nit-pickers which the pointlessly destructive people who distress
knitted clothing.
NOT JUST GUNS [Dave Kopel] Gun companies such as Smith & Wesson have
long enjoyed a profitable sideline selling logo items. Now, Mikhail
Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, is getting into the business.
He's just signed a deal with a German company to sell "manly" items
such as snowboards, umbrellas, shaving foam, watches, penknives, and
a vodka cocktail. "The articles are very similar to my rifle:
reliable, easy to use and indestructible," he says.
David T. Hardy provides extensive analysis of the
(in)accuracy of "Bowling for Columbine"
"Ugly Truth About Bowling for Columbine"
Mike Dunnagan
The fact-free "documentary" is Leftist fantasy.
Campaign to revoke "Bowling" documentary Oscar,
on the grounds that Academy rules prohibit deliberate
deception and falsehood in a documentary
Reason Magazine thanks Michael Moore
for enlivening an otherwise dull Oscar night:
NewsMax.Com's editors offer their 'Hot Topics' view of Michael Moore,
suggesting that his search for 'Stupid White Men' begin close to home:
Attorney and Talk-Show host Debbie Schlussel compares Michael Moore's
fictions with those he attributed to President Bush in his
Oscar-night episode:
An Australian editorialist's observations that Michael Moore's
disdain for the United States and Capitalism do not serve to prevent
him from enjoying the benefits of either, traits shared by other
'alienated' critics:
Fake gun lands costumed 6th grader five-day suspension.
Student carried a gun prop from a school play
Summary of the Battle of King's Mountain, one of the battles
in the great movie "The Patriot"
Dr. Ted Morton Presents his research on the Canadian government's
violations of Canada's Charter of Right and Freedoms,
in the Firearms Act. This is a six-page summary of his paper:
Committee Testimony with Respect to the Government's Proposals
to Control "Inexplosive Ammunition Components"
37th Parliament, 2nd Session, Legislative Committee on Bill C-17
February 20, 2003
Two Canadian Academics, W.T. Stanbury and Gary Mauser
demonstrate the financial and practical inefficiency of
Canada's ongoing efforts to restrict firearms freedoms.
The President of the Canadian Coalition for Gun Control rebuts
the above article's criticism of Canada's hugely
expensive and over-budget registry of firearms owners. "A reality
check on the gun registry: Canada's gun control law is a long-term
investment in our security."
Two articles by W.T. Stanbury and Allan Smithies summarize Canada's
history of firearms ownership and regulation.
Part I: 1867-1945
Part II: 1945-1995
The parents of two children murdered with outlawed weapons in Britain
urge violators of the national gun ban to surrender their
already-prohibited weapons during an amnesty:
The Jerusalem District Court orders a the state to restore an Israeli
citizen's ability to carry weapons in self-defense, and to pay
restitution for depriving him of his due rights:
Wisconsin Hunting Amendment.
Wisconsin voters add state constitutional amendment, with over
80% support:
"The people have the right to fish, hunt, trap, and take game
subject only to reasonable restrictions as prescribed by law
Similar referenda campaigns are under way in Indiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska and New York.
Wisconsin Voters Support Sportsmen - Nebraska and Missouri would like
similar results
Montana House Bill 306.
Approved the legislature as a referendum for the Nov. 2004 ballot:
If voters approve, Article IX of Montana Constitution would
have a new section:
Section 6. Preservation of harvest heritage. The opportunity to
harvest wild fish and wild game animals is a heritage that shall
forever be preserved to the individual citizens of the state and does
not create a right to trespass on private property or diminution of
other private rights.
Double Standard in 'Arbitrary Carry.'
From Clayton Cramer: Marin County, California, refuses carry
permit applications from judges, but granted a permit to Sean Penn,
despite a recent violent misdemeanor conviction.
New Mexico becomes 34th state to adopt "Shall Issue" CCW Law
Arming of Pilots Is Way Overdue
By John Lott
Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2003
7. Research, Scholarship, and Information
Survey of Gun Collection and Use among Three Groups of
Veteran Patients Admitted to Veterans Affairs Hospital Treatment Programs
Southern Medical Journal, 96(3): 240-243; Mar 2003
Thomas W. Freeman, MD; Vincent Roca, PHD; Tim Kimbrell, MD
Veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder own more
guns than veterans who are schizophrenics or substance abusers.
Studying "exposure" to firearms: household ownership v access
R M Ikeda, L L Dahlberg, M-j Kresnow, J J Sacks and J A Mercy
Injury Prevention, 2003;9:53-57
Owning a gun is not equivalent to having access to a gun within
10 minutes or less, and vice versa.
This treatment points out that a survey respondent asserting the mere
ownership of a firearm should not be equated with the ability or
opportunity to employ one in a crisis situation.
RealPlayer video Gun Policy and the Second Amendment
debate featuring Eugene Volokh, Alan Dershowitz, and Dennis Henigan.
4/8/2003, Harvard Law School
The Outdoor Wire, a free daily e-mail briefing service,
provides news from non-profit organizations such
as NSSF, from the various governing bodies in the shooting sports,
and from outdoor businesses.
Sample Issue:
Free Subscription Form:
8. Technology
When a Gun Is More Than a Gun: The U.S. Army will soon be equipping
individual soldiers with thermobaric weaponry. These weapons are
several orders of magnitude more destructive than previous military
A South African inventor claims to have invented a 'smart
gun' that could only be operated by a single individual.
Former San Jose police officer Leroy Pyle.
Famous 1989 videotape explaining that the difference between "assault
Weapons" and other guns is purely cosmetic.
Now available on the web, in a variety of formats.
Expert: Government science failed at Waco
Says conclusion agents did not fire weapons possibly pre-determined
Jon Dougherty
April 12, 2003
Independent expert says Danforth Commission re-enactment may
Not be valid.
This newsletter was prepared for electronic publication by Dr. Rob S.
Dr. Rice, no relation to Ann, is a historian, writer and factotum of matters
electronic to David Kopel.


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With all the furor about its sudden online leak, it's easy to forget that with NO LOVE DEEP WEB, Death Grips have done something that about a million other rap crews have done: Released an album's worth of material for free online. There's a whole garden industry of that happening nowadays, and it's called mixtapes. If I was the demon in charge of all major labels, I'd be way more pissed that Rick Ross released Rich Forever, an actual accessible A-list rap album that would've probably sold a couple of hundred thousand in its first week, as a mixtape than I would about Death Grips throwing a blaring cluster-bomb of a record, something that was never going to make a cent for anyone, online with no notice. Granted, most rappers don't throw dick pics on their mixtape covers or explicitly bait their labels when they drop those tapes. But effectively speaking, NO LOVE DEEP WEB is basically just a mixtape. And if you listen to it as a mixtape rather than as a burst of anti-corporate rebellion, it's still a pretty fascinating and confounding thing.
Death Grips are a rap group the same way that Lightning Bolt is a metal band. They keep a few of their genre's signifiers in place: bass thuds, rhythmic spoken lyrics, the word "fuck." But they use them for entirely different ends: To create nerve-jangling noise squalls, things that seem custom-designed to bring on headaches. MC Stefan Burnett is an unhinged ranter, not a rapper — closer to Suicidal Tendencies' Mike Muir on "Institutionalized" than he is to, like, J. Cole, or even to Gunplay. Weirdly, the group canceled months worth of tour dates to write NO LOVE DEEP WEB, but the thing bears absolutely no traces of writerly consideration; like their other two full-lengths, it's mostly MC Stefan Burnett barking agitation over beats that seem to be waging massive and bloody internal battles. I feel a bit weird calling it Mixtape Of The Week, when I have a lot more fun listening to things like Young Dro's Ralph Lauren Reefa or ST 2 Lettaz' unheralded a-couple-of-weeks-old R.E.B.E.L. EP. And maybe I'll write about those two tapes in future weeks, especially if things get slow. But NO LOVE DEEP WEB, for all its attention-grabbing theatrics plays with some heavy musical ideas, and I just can't shake it. It's an album that rattles around in your brain even when it's not playing.
Death Grips get called political a lot, but as far as I can tell, Burnett sums up the album's entire message on "Lock Your Doors": "I got some shit to say, just for the fuck of it." This, of course, doesn't count as a message, and if Burnett mentions any real issues on the album, he roars them so loudly that I can't figure out what he's saying. But the parts of NO LOVE that stick with me are the ones where Burnett's voice simply fades into the instrumental landscape, which is as pretty as it is ugly. "Artificial Death In The West," the track that ends NO LOVE, is immediately my favorite Death Grips song: A sticky keyboard drone that sputters and scrapes without ever losing its ominous grandeur. And that track's sensibility, all barely-contained paranoid confusion, hangs all over NO LOVE. It's an album about feeling your thoughts fly in every direction and realizing that it's probably not OK to feel like that. It's an angry album, I guess, but it's really more of an anxious one, and it evokes that feeling where you know there's way too much going on in your life that you can't control and so this not-unpleasant broken fuzz thing just absorbs all your thoughts.
Also, I think it's pretty funny that there's a song called "Hunger Games."
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Nov. 28, 2003
Head Coach Jerry Smith
Opening Statement: "I want to congratulate the Tar Heels in their victory today and wish them good luck in the College Cup next weekend. I thought they played very well today, very hard. I'm very proud of my team. I thought we also played very well, very hard. I thought it was a game in which the score didn't necessarily reflect the game. There were a couple of key moments in the first half that North Carolina did a good job of taking advantage of... particularly the timing of the second goal. It's always though to take a goal like that right before halftime. Especially on the road. I thought Leslie Osborne made a great play defensively. Unfortunately the referee didn't see it that way and North Carolina did a good job of taking advantage of that opportunity. Certainly, 2-0 is a lot tougher to deal with at halftime than 1-0. I thought our kids played well. They did what we asked them to do and I'm very proud of them. I'm very disappointed for my seniors that they don't get a chance to come back to the College Cup next weekend, but it's been a tough road for us. We played the No. 1 team in the country all last year in Stanford, then ranked Arizona State, then dethrone the national champions on the road, and then to come here... things added up. We didn't even get California weather today."
On the weather: "The weather was a huge factor. We have tactics for North Carolina that in our previously three matches, they worked pretty well. What we had to employ today was more due to the weather than anything else. We never play a high offside trap-haven't done it one time all year-but the wind was tough enough that we felt we'd get pinned in if we didn't. Things like that really change the game for us. It took us out of our comfort zone."
On playing a tough draw: "It's mentally demanding. Every single game, not being able to make one mistake. Physically it's the same, and you can recover from those, but it's really the drain on you mentally. You're playing such tough teams, that you really have to, game-to-game, put together a precise game play. Playing at Portland, coming back, and coming to play here... Fetzer's always a tough place to play. It just wears you down. But I thought our kids had a good spirit, they felt good and were confident. I really liked what I saw in our team I the first half. I think it eventually just wore us down a little bit."
On the statistics: "One thing you have to know about our team. We talk about taking less shots and scoring more goals. We're not a team that's going to take a ton of shots. We work for quality shots. Ball control and working for a great shot... if you look at the rest of the stats, we're pretty even... corner kicks, fouls and saves. The game is even except for shots. Again, our team is not trying to get big numbers in that category. If you look at it, it was a fairly even game. I don't think the score reflects the tightness of the game. And these are the kinds of games we enjoy with North Carolina. Usually they're at the Final Four."
On the seedings: "I'll go on record that we were very surprised with our number nine seeding. Every single poll in the country has us as number three. I have no idea with how we ended with the number nine seed. In my 17 years at Santa Clara, and 15 years of going to the NCAA Tournament, by far this has been the toughest draw we have ever had. There is nothing that comes even close to it. The past three national champions have to play each other before they get to the Final Four? That's the toughest thing I've ever had and I just don't understand it. I feel bad for the kids. Like Carolina, we have high expectations... and we have expectations to be playing in the final week of the year, and we're not this year...that's a very tough pill for us to swallow, to be honest with you."
On trying to make history today: "We looked at it as a wonderful opportunity for our team. We're the first team to do a lot of things to North Carolina... maybe we would have been the first team to keep them from the Final Four today... for me, winning the national championship, you've got to do it against North Carolina. This year, whether you do it in the quarterfinals, semifinals, or finals, you're going to have to play them in the state of North Carolina. We just missed the opportunity to have another first on our resume. There's a lot of talk about the Carolina dynasty. We looked at it as an opportunity to put an end to that, at least for the moment."
Senior Defender Chardonnay Poole
"I feel that Carolina is a team that puts a lot of pressure on you in the back. They have a high work rate and really hustle up there and they're ready to capitalize on opponent's mistakes, and that's what happened in our game today.
"I think it has helped the sport of soccer. There is a way to beat Carolina. I think people have been scared of the past, of the legacy Carolina holds. I am fortunate to be on a team that has beaten North Carolina. And that's something that I will always remember. It's going to continue to be a great rivalry in the future, and maybe open up doors for other teams to."
Junior Midfielder Leslie Osborne
"Their whole front line is working hard all the time, just waiting for us to mess up. They showed how they capitalized on that tonight. I envy how hard they work off the ball. I don't know if I can say they are the best team we've played this year, but they've definitely put on the best pressure.
"It's good for girls to see schools other than North Carolina win championships. I think we have a different style of play than North Carolina and I think it's fun for everyone to see the different styles of soccer. We gave them a good game today I think that no matter what, it's good that other teams can step up and win the national championship too."


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This weeks theme is: A Submission Dance!
Submission Dance Performed for the girl's true Master, each dance is different and unique, as is each Freeperson. It can be done in many ways, from the kajira allowing her hands to roam her own body in throbbing lust for her Master, to the girl writhing in desire and submitting at His feet.
"Dancer of Gor" p. 190
Each dancer starts their OWN POST posting their submission dance posting their submission dance, in the dance contest forum.
You have up to 1 week to submit a dance, OR if 10 dances are posted no more dances will be accepted! After the submission times ends, each contestant will be given a number and a poll will be posted where the gorums folks can vote! Poll closes after 1 week.
Winner gets a 200L Gift Cert to "The Virgin Harlot" and 1000L!
One Dance per person.