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As we're slowly getting back to normal in New York, cell service is still spotty (though better than feared) in a lot of areas. And apparently the only place in Alphabet City (the east side in southern Manhattan) to get service is this ONE corner. It's like a wireless internet watering hole, just without the crocodiles waiting just below the surface to devour unsuspecting iPhone owners.
[Zach Mack] Thanks Ray!


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April 23, 2009 by Lifepainter
After a too long time away from my paints, brushes, and the messy operation that is oil painting, yesterday I completed two paintings. The paintings I've accomplished grow fewer and fewer over the years since 2006. Lots of reasons why, but I hope this change in momentum means 'I'm Back'!
I sought out the old painting clothes and found I've outgrown them (that means I weigh more now than I did when last I wore them). Time to set aside another set of painting attire, in larger size.
Painted this scene in 16 x 20 size. And then painted the scene again in 11 x 14 size, although it has variables from the larger size, making both 'originals'.
I took photo of the larger size and the paint is still Wet!
The house just doesn't have much accommodation room for paintings to dry. There is the cat who can jump up anywhere, so the paintings need to be in a room with a door that closes. And as I looked around the house, I see we don't have many 'roooms' that have doors that close. Then there is the odor of oil painting that can permeate the air. If I'm going to paint frequently, I need to figure out the logistics for these challenges.
So we put the Wet Painting on top of a wardrobe (a place the cat has not yet figured out how to climb) and I snapped a few photos … not very good photos due to the angle of looking up at the painting, and the paint is still ….. well Wet!

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Monday, February 14, 2011
Talk about some sore Laker losers
So you get beat. You talk about it with the media. You move on.
That's not how it went with the Lakers' two biggest names Monday night, though, after Charlotte's 109-89 whipping of the Lakers. (Here's my column about the game).
Total time allocated by Lakers coach Phil Jackson and Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant to the media Monday after the loss: Ten seconds.
Those 10 seconds all came courtesy of Jackson, who took no questions at his "press conference." He walked out of the Lakers' locker room, looked at the assembled media (which included me) and said: "I just have one thing to say: I am very disappointed in our performance tonight. We are embarrassed about what we did and that's it." Then he walked off.
As I noted in my column about the game, Jackson's entire statement could have fit inside a standard, 140-character "tweet." It was apparently one of the shortest -- if not the shortest -- postgame press conference Jackson has ever held as Laker coach.
But that was 10 seconds more than Kobe, who ducked the media entirely, leaving the locker room before it officially opened to reporters and never reappearing.
Ah, well. The Lakers are a proud and talented bunch, and losing eight of their last 10 to the Bobcats must gnaw at them. And the way they lost was surprising, I'm sure -- the 2-time NBA defending champs hardly ever play that badly. (And the Bobcats rarely play that well).
But still, it struck me as a "sore loser" sort of thing. Doesn't Jackson owe the general NBA fan a better explanation for his team's performance than those 10 seconds? Shouldn't Kobe say something?
It happens. It's not a huge deal, I know. I also know I've lost some games in my own small-time sporting career in which I didn't want to talk to anybody afterward. I just wanted to sulk, or think, or something.
And it should be fairly noted that there were many Lakers -- Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest and Derek Fisher among them -- who addressed the media at length after the game.
But still... I thought Jackson and Kobe -- and I respect both of them greatly for all they've done in the NBA -- should have behaved better Monday.
20 comments:
Really! What a joke!
I think I can say that they are very big sore losers in about 10 seconds! SORE LOSERS! Ha! Ha!
Way to kick it to 'em Bobcats!
- February 15, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Let me get this right: Jackson and Bryant owe us an explanation for losing and not saying much to the press in the town they lost in makes them sore losers? Why? Because they robbed you of the chance gloat at their expense? If anything, this story justifies their not speaking to the Charlotte media.
- February 15, 2011 at 6:48 AM
Anon at 6:48: Yeah they do owe their team and fans an explanation as to why the crappy Bobcats have OWNED them. I believe it is customary for players and coaches to be available to the press after games isn't it? Do you truly think that the local media were going to gloat? Why should we gloat? We've kicked their butts 8 out of the last 10 games. Jackson and Bryant are both whiny little babies. Kudos for the rest of the Laker team for taking questions in defeat like men.
- February 15, 2011 at 7:02 AM
Oh and kudos to Scott for calling them out! I guess their true colors are showing.
- February 15, 2011 at 7:04 AM
Its all because of Kobe's Charlotte curse. When we drafted him he refused to play here so everytime he comes back he gets his rear end handed to him.
- February 15, 2011 at 7:08 AM
You're such a jerk Fowler!! Aside from the Kobe/Jackson side of this story, was it really necessary to try to dig the Cats? They rarely play that well?? Obviously you've missed at least the last Atlanta game, and both of the Chicago games this season. Sure, the Cats have some problems with consistentcy, but is the trash talk really necessary??
- February 15, 2011 at 7:37 AM
Anon 7:08 - that is not accurate. Before the '95 draft had even started, the Hornets had arranged with the Lakers that if Kobe was available with the 13th pick, we would draft Kobe and trade him to LA for Vlade Divac. There was no John Elway "I will never play in that city" declaration.
And yes, Kobe & Zen were very poor sports by refusing to talk. At least the other guys Scott noted were willing to talk about the game.
- February 15, 2011 at 8:02 AM
The way the Bobcats have owned the Lakers is quite a phenomenon. I'm sure Kobe and Big Phil don't like to talk about it much.
- February 15, 2011 at 9:01 AM
I don't think Scott was trashing the Bobcats.
He was simply saying that the Bobcats don't normally play well enough to beat the Lakers by 20, and the Lakers usually don't play badly enough to lose by 20.
I think everyone could agree. We are 9th in the Eastern Conference. Not the defending champions. I feel we are better than our record, and will finish better than 9th. But we aren't expected to go around trashing the elite teams by 20 every night.
People are way too sensitive on here, I've noticed. If I said the sky was blue, someone would post that they hate me because blue makes them sad and I shouldn't say that!
- February 15, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Congrats bobcats. See you in the playoffs. O wait never mind.
- February 15, 2011 at 10:19 AM
You couldn't be further off from the truth. Kobe's manager did indeed info the media and the Hornets brass that he would never play here. He info them that he would play overseas before coming to Charlotte. Get your facts straight.
- February 15, 2011 at 10:39 AM
I think the Lakers problems go past the Bobcats. They just have not been playing well and Jackson is sick
of it. Same with Kobe. The Lakers issue is whether they can turn it around for the playoffs. Because right now, they are not an elite team.
- February 15, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Anon at 10:19,
Who do you pull for? The Lakers? Let me guess you also pull for the Cowboys and Yankees. Enjoy that bandwagon and we'll enjoy beating your butt every time the Bobcats play the Lakers.
Oh and if you forgot, we were in the playoffs last year and have a great chance of being there again this year. Too bad we aren't in the Western conference though. It would be nice to play the Lakers in the first round and basically have a bye.
- February 15, 2011 at 11:42 AM
You are wrong about Kobe. As the guy above me said, Kobe(whether through his manager or not) said he would not play in Charlotte. Get your facts straight.
- February 15, 2011 at 11:46 AM
- Jim said...
Sore Losers?? Come on now Scott. Both Jackson and Kobe are very competitive and losing stinks. They don't owe the press any explanation. Sometimes it is better to walk away then say something they may regret. Would you not agree? Obviously not.
The NBA schedule is grueling and takes it's toll on both the players and coaches. You have the spotlight on you all the time. They might have needed some down time to collect their thoughts and emotions. I think what Jackson stated was appropriate, summed it up in just a few words and he was ready to move on. Sounds like you need to do the same!!
PS: Great job Bobcats. Scott should be writing more about the win, then this stupid column.
- February 15, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Phil can be a jerk with the media sometimes, and obviously he was unhappy last night and just didn't want to deal with it. I will give you that it was in poor taste for him to do so.
However... Kobe skipping out on talking to the media COULD be that he was being a poor sport, or it could have something to do with the fact that he was a gametime decision due to "chills and aches" that are normally associated with flu symptoms.
Excellent journalism to jump to conclusions that enrage fans, though.
- February 15, 2011 at 12:40 PM
We all need to calm down. Phil and KB24 has won a lot of games and chips in this league.I think more than anything they have grown tired of Ron Ron shooting and Pau's weakness in the post. How do stand seven feet tall and let Nazi M dominate u and score at will. The team must develop a pulse before its too late and kobe and Phil knows that.
- February 15, 2011 at 1:28 PM
- February 15, 2011 at 1:32 PM
Bobcats own the Lakers. I hate the excuses made: The Lakers are on a road trip, the Lakers played Boston and Orlando, the Lakers only care about the playoffs.
Man up Lakers. Bobcats own the Lakers, especially the past 5 years.
- February 15, 2011 at 9:04 PM
On a side note where did they find the Person and Gantt trash for the sports dept? Are they gay lovers doing the union? What idiots.
JR should make both do something useless like shine NFL owners shoes or wash their underwear but stay away from their know nothing football drivel. Must be pals of Sorehead.
- February 16, 2011 at 12:24 PM


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Hey guys,
I have just finished my first of three years in an informatics apprenticeship and I thought it would be a good idea to do something during the holidays to improve my Java and Networking skills. Thats why I started to read a book about Java Servers and Servlets, but unfortunately I'm already having some trouble. Right in the beginning of the book, there is a programme, in which a self created HTTP-Server should respond to a GET-request and it just doesnt want to work for me as it should.
When I'm starting the programme and enter http://localhost:8080/index.html (they say you should create an index.html somewhere in your workspace, so the server has something to respond) the only output that I get in my eclipse is:
"Request: GET / HTTP/1.1
404 Not Found"
Ok. So the server is at least getting the request, which can be seen in the first line "Request: GET / HTTP/1.1". But I have really no idea what I should do, to make the server respond to the request by showing the index.html, which is how its meant to work.
I'm still a newbie with all that stuff so I hope there are some nice guys out there who can share some of their experience with me, cause I'm really not finding an answer for that problem by myself.
Btw here's the code for that programme:
Thanks already for all your efforts!package httpServer;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
public class OneShotHttpd{
public final static int HTTP_PORT = 8080;
public static void main(String[] args){
ServerSocket listen = new ServerSocket(HTTP_PORT);
Socket client = listen.accept();
BufferedReader is = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
String request = is.readLine();
System.out.println("Request: " + request);
StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(request);
if((st.countTokens()==3) && st.nextToken().equals("GET")){
request = st.nextToken().substring(1);
if(request.endsWith("/") || request.equals(""))
request += "index.html";
sendDocument(os, request);
System.err.println("400 Bad Request");
catch(IOException ioe){
System.err.println("Fehler: " + ioe.toString());
public static void sendDocument(DataOutputStream out, String file) throws IOException{
BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while((len = in.read(buf, 0, 1024)) != -1){
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System.err.println("404 Not Found");


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Google Mars HiRISE base images for Opportunity
Google Mars HiRISE base images for Opportunity
Sep 28 2010, 09:23 PM
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Because it has become a forum FAQ, I've created this sticky thread containing information on where to obtain new base images for Opportunity's traverse for Google Mars, and for discussion on creating new ones. I will continue to add links to new base image layers to this first post as they become available.
New users: Download this 4-MB kml file and open it in Google Earth
Then go to the last post in the Opportunity Route Map thread for the latest traverse map
You need to download the new KML file each time in order to follow Opportunity's peregrinations.
Google Mars comes with a color base image mosaic created from HRSC imagery. In addition, there is an inset full-resolution HiRISE image covering the area from the landing site at Eagle crater, through Victoria, up to the point between sol 2040 and 2041 (just west of Mackinac) where Opportunity drove off the map.
Unfortunately, this Victoria crater HiRISE layer included within Google Mars is not perfectly registered to the HRSC base map. As far as is known, there is nothing to be done about that. Both John Cody's image layers and Eduardo Tesheiner's traverse maps are aligned with the inset HiRISE layer included with Google Mars, NOT to the HRSC base map.
In June 2009 SFJCody posted a reduced-resolution mosaic of HiRISE tiles that cover the entire future traverse area including Endeavour's rim. I have made some small modifications to that map and have hosted it in a single file here (17 MB). Download the file, run Google Earth, select the Mars view, and File>Open the KMZ to view it.
In September 2009 SFJCody posted another HiRISE base image, this one at full resolution, covering the Western Route and reaching not quite all the way to Santa Maria. Here is a link to the kml file (4 MB). Here is a link to a zipped version if you'd prefer to have it locally (256 MB) and I also wrote a blog entry about it.
During the discussion below, in late 2010, I created a small tile that covers just the immediate area around Santa Maria. Here is a link to the kml file covering that region.
In February 2011 Eduardo Tesheiner provided another set of base images covering the area from Santa Maria to Endeavour's rim. Here is a link to the kml file. If you would like to work from a local copy, you can download this 75 MB zip file and unzip it to a folder on your drive, then open the file PSP_010341_1775_RED.kml within it.
All three base images can be loaded at once using this kml file (the same one that is linked to at the very top of this post).
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Ethics: Food and Animal Rights
Controversial bioethicist Peter Singer, the distinguished speaker in the humanities, has definite ideas about our diet. by Liz Getman '09
Around noon each day, parking lots of fast food restaurants and mini-marts are filled with people looking for a quick and inexpensive meal. For many, convenience is a primary factor in food choice.
"We don't think about issues involved in how our food is produced," pointed out philosopher and author Peter Singer during his December visit to campus as the distinguished speaker in the humanities, hosted by the School of Humanities and Sciences. "What we eat is still, for many people, on the periphery of ethics. There is something seriously wrong with this attitude."
Singer, who is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values at Princeton University, delivered a lecture, "The Ethics of What We Eat," to a full house in Emerson Suites. A controversial ethicist known for his human and animal rights activism, Singer discussed common immoral practices of industrial farms and the effect of food choices on animals, humans, and the environment. "If the average U.S. consumer switched from a typical American diet to a vegan [pronounced VEEgun]* diet with the same calories, it would save 1.5 tons of carbon emissions each year," he said. "Seventy percent of U.S. grain is fed to animals. This wastes food [for people], rather than producing it."
Singer recently released his book The Way We Eat, but is perhaps best known for his now-classic 1975 book Animal Liberation. He argues that although differences exist between nonhuman animals and humans, nonhuman animals should not be mistreated by humans and should not suffer because of human interests. Humans, he maintains, are guilty of "speciesism," a form of discrimination similar to racism and sexism. Singer believes humans should liberate animals by freeing them from confining farms and processing plants, and refusing to slaughter them for food.
Craig Duncan, assistant professor of philosophy and religion, uses Singer's works in his ethics classes because his arguments are relevant to controversial issues of today. "He's a proactive thinker," Duncan says. "He gets people to reconsider beliefs they might have taken for granted until they've read his work." Duncan admits that while they spur discussion, Singer's ideas are sometimes "hard to swallow for students. They tend to find his demands [concerning food choices] excessive." Singer suggests the simplest way to become a more ethical eater is to eliminate meat and dairy products from one's diet and live a vegan lifestyle. "If you're not prepared to take time to examine [food] labels," he says, "then give up animal products altogether. It's simple: our diet should no longer be reliant on the exploitation of animals."
Frederik Kaufman, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, says becoming vegan may not be so simple for people. "There are easier ways we can make better food choices," he says, such as eating organic foods, eating less in general, refusing to buy factory-farmed or processed products, and buying fairly traded goods — all ethical choices, which Singer encouraged the College audience to adapt at least.
Kaufman, who first proposed Singer's visit in 1999, says he wanted to bring him to IC because he is one of today's most influential philosophers. "He's an academic celebrity," Kaufman says. "He's as much a part of moral philosophy as Plato or Aristotle because he shows you the deducible course of action and proceeds by rational analysis."
Alejandro Chavarria '11 says Singer's lecture influenced him to become a vegetarian and think more about where his food comes from. "We think humans — who are also animals — deserve to be treated equally," he says. "But somehow that goes out the window when it comes to nonhuman animals, and it shouldn't. I've held that view all my life, but it took Singer to make me realize my hypocrisy in still eating meat."
Singer, who is vegan and says he always tries to make conscientious choices, points out that he is
"not fanatical about it. I don't think it's a matter of personal piety. It's
saying I don't want to give my money and support to something that hurts animals."
* One who consumes and uses no products issued from animals, including eggs, dairy, honey, fur, leather, wool, down, and products tested on animals


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June 20, 2012, 3:57 pm
Grand Cochon crowns new "king of pork" at Aspen Food & Wine Classic
We asked Andra Zeppelin, a Denver blogger who writes French Press Memos, to cover the Grand Cochon event at last weekend's Food & Wine Classic in Aspen (see more of our coverage in The Denver Post and on this blog).
Here's her report:
The 30th annual Food & Wine Classic wrapped up Sunday night in Aspen with the Grand Cochon competition in the Hotel Jerome.
Now in its fourth year, Grand Cochon is the finale of 10 nationwide events branded Cochon 555. The mission of Cochon is to increase awareness of heritage pig breeds.