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This short documentary depicts Christmas time in Montreal. The milling crowds, department store Santas, Brink's messengers, kindergarten angels and boisterous nightclubs all combine to make a vivid portrait of the holidays.
What exactly goes on in a large Canadian city in the last few days before Christmas? Using this premise, an NFB film crew (featuring cameraman Michel Brault) was dispatched throughout Montreal just before Christmas 1957 to film what was happening, including the shopping frenzy and general merry making. The film would eventually be broadcast as part of the Candid Eye television series a year later and would be singled out as one of the best examples of direct cinema ever made at the NFB. The BBC would broadcast the film on Christmas Day 1959.Albert Ohayon
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Thanks for the great memories! I am the second choir boy on the left hand side. Lorne W. West was an amazing Organist and Choirmaster. In fact our choir was one of the best in Canada in 1958!None, 9 Feb 2019
What a great glimpse into our past so well captured by the NFB! A national treasure!farmer77, 20 Dec 2018
An excellent film to watch in anticipation of any holiday. However, I prefer the version without the commentary.sixam, 17 Apr 2014


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Oct 12 2004, 12:09 PM
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Ok, so I just finished up some work and decided to give you guys another update.
Here are 7 images that show the front page, part of the admin section, the project page and part of the process of adding a release. As promised, I will also explain how you add a release to a project.
To make it easy, we'll start with the first image, which is the front page:
It's just a shot of the front page with the current releases. I currently have it set to display 'at least' 20 releases. It will display every single update from that day, but if it hasn't hit at least 20 it will keep displaying until it reaches 20 or it runs out of records. I decided against showing screenshots on the front page for obvious reasons.
As well, I'm logged in under the admin account there, so you can see a little 'Admin CP' link next to my name. Here is a screenshot from the admin section:
Everything under the 'Manage Sections' part is complete. As promised, everything is dynamic. Everything can easily be added, edited, and eventually deleted. 'Flagged Project' is for when projects want to be deleted. If the user has not submitted any files, they are free to delete their project. As soon as a file has been released though, they must flag it to be deleted. That way the mods and admins can decide whether or not they want to just get rid of a project.
Everything else is pretty self-explanatory. 'Site Shut-down' will let us disable the site incase the need arises. 'Site Locks' will let us lock certain sections, and 'System Alert' will span a red messagebox at the top of the site incase something is happening and we absolutely need the users to know.
The next thing on the list is the project page:
You can see that everything that needs to be displayed is displayed. As well, here is a shot when the project owner views their project page:
Now you can see the differences between the two. One thing I've yet to add is disabling/editing branches, as well as disabling/editing releases. Neither of these causes the file to be erased. That is always left up to the admin.
Finally, I'll show and explain how to add a release. After clicking on 'Add Release', first thing you have to do is select a branch:
If there were more branches there, they'd be listed. After clicking on the branch name, you are sent to the following page:
At this step, you must upload your file. After thinking about how I wanted users to submit files, I decided that I don't like browser uploads. Most browsers don't show any kind of progress bar when uploading a file, so you have no idea if the connection has timed out or how far into the process you are. That's why org and I decided it'd probably be best if we set up an anonymous ftp. You log into the ftp and click on the 'uploads' directory. You cannot view any files in the directory; only upload. If anyone is getting a sense of deja vu, it's because Sourceforge uses this I think it works great, so I decided to implement this. You have to follow a very simple naming convention and adding more filetype support is as easy as updating a variable. Once you have uploaded your file and you have named it correctly, you are shown this screen:
If your project has more than one Rom or Processor in its support list, they'd be displayed here and you'd have the option of selecting those. You are limited to only 1 selection here. After you hit 'next', you are at this screen:
This is where you can tell people what libraries are in your project. If you guys remember, we had spoken about making it so when you download a file, you select which rom you have and it cross-references the list of libraries included in that rom to the list of libraries required by the project. If any libraries are missing from your rom, you are told so you can download those as well. Also, you can see the other fields required for the release as well as the option of not displaying on frontpage/informing subscribers.
That's about all the images I have for you so far. Sorry they are so large. There is much more done, but I felt those are the most important to show right now. Ignore any names of libraries or processors or roms or whatnot. All that was made up and can easily be changed in the admin section.
Anyways, I'm gonna get back to work
Please let me know any comments/complains..
Oct 12 2004, 01:00 PM
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Voting -> will users have to leave a comment if they vote? Hope so, would be a useful way to get some feedback I reckon.
Looks great.
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QUOTE(lardman @ Oct 12 2004, 04:00 PM)
Voting -> will users have to leave a comment if they vote? Hope so, would be a useful way to get some feedback I reckon.
Looks great.
Ahh, I didn't think of leaving comments like that. I was just going to let them leave comments without anything else. That's an excellent idea though.
So the answer now is yes, they have to vote if they are to leave comments and vica versa
Oct 13 2004, 02:40 AM
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Its all starting to look very nice dz, keep up the good work!
Thanks for keeping us posted on your progress.
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29 June 2011
To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die...
photos by Tom b.
- vintage dress
- vintage woven oxfords
- vintage Coach purse
- Fletcher for Lyell cardigan
- listening to: The Smiths - "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"
Do you remember the other day when I mentioned that when we were in LA we visited the bench that was featured in 500 Days of Summer? Well, here we are! For those of you wondering it's in Angel's Knoll park in downtown LA; right next to the trolley that goes up the hill. Once you get into the park it's sort of hard to miss the bench since there's a pretty conspicuous plaque on the back of it. After we snapped a few photos there were some other folks who came along and were clearing doing the same thing we were. It's apparently quite the attraction.
After sitting in the park for a bit and enjoying the view we walked over to the Bradbury Building, one of our favorites in all of Los Angeles. It wasn't our first visit but I'm always awed every time we go. Once when we visited we were the only people there and the guard let us ride the elevator up to the top (there may have been a small bribe involved in that). It's probably best known as the Blade Runner building but once we were there we realized that it also has a 500 Days of Summer connection. It's where Tom goes for his job interview at the end of the movie.
22 comments:
- Xoxo ☺ said...
Lovely dress Sally! xo
- June 29, 2011
- dahhlayne said...
That park is definitely such a hidden gem! My friends and I had so much fun snapping photos when we discovered that bench. Gasp, I wish I had visited the Bradbury building. It looks so gorgeous in there!
- June 29, 2011
- Michelle Loreto said...
Oh, love how you've paired the dress with those brogues! Brogues are such a classic shoe that go with anything.
x Michelle | thefeatherden.net
- June 29, 2011
- Cel said...
That dress is beautiful! It looks so comfy. And it's so awesome you get to visit that building, hope I can do that someday.
- June 29, 2011
- Anonymous said...
When I read the title I immediatly knew that your post would be about the 500 days of Summer bench ;)Brilliant, thanks for sharing!
- June 29, 2011
- Unknown said...
Aw! That's amazing! I want to get a picture on that bench too! I love that movie.
- June 29, 2011
- Anonymous said...
That dress is so cute!
- June 29, 2011
- Unknown said...
Wow. I love that dress (and I would die for those shoes).
Such a perfect outfit.
Deer. Lady
- June 29, 2011
- Caitlin Rose said...
omg I'm so glad you mentioned that building! I remember it from the movie, and thought is was the coolest building ever!
You look lovely as well : )
- June 29, 2011
- Melissa said...
this is my favorite activity to do in Los angeles! you should check out the blade runner house next time you're in LA - if you haven't been already! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennis_House
- June 29, 2011
- BaronessVonVintage said...
LOVE this post! Awesome!
- June 29, 2011
- Bri said...
Great summer dress, fantastic shots!
- June 29, 2011
- Anonymous said...
I love how your hair, the woodwork, your oxfords have all become one in this gorgeous caramel-y brown shade. Beautiful architectural photography.
Twitter - @ishrattrishna
- June 29, 2011
- Joy said...
I don't find dying particularly romantic but gorgeous photographs. I can't believe you found that bench!
- June 30, 2011
- Maria said...
I like very mcuh that shoes, and this are the places where i want to go, i seen it on the film 500 days of summer :)
- June 30, 2011
- fille aux cheveux de lin said...
cute dress, such a lovely print!
- June 30, 2011
- LUU H. said...
the smiths title! yey!
- June 30, 2011
- Selma Selimovic said...
Love the song from The Smiths!
I am big fan of your blog!
- June 30, 2011
- Mei-li said...
no wayyyyy aaaa you were exactly where the movie was filming aaaaaa it's so cool ! and this building where the last scene is, is so beautiful !!!!!!
aa love it
- June 30, 2011
- InFocus said...
This is a well crafted post. The Smith's line drew me in, the well-chosen bench kept my attention & that dress... Wow! Lovely work!
- July 01, 2011
- Unknown said...
when i saw the 1st photo 500 days of summer came into my head, then the second photo, am sure this time that that is the place. I love that movie and I love you. i really do. i seldom comment but that doesn't mean i care less. bec you're def one of my fave bloggers.
ps, your photos are the awesome-st.
- July 04, 2011
- Minna said...
I love the movie 500 days of summer, and I can only be crazy about those photos. So lovely, well done!
Lots of love
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The 'gamification' of news, and how it can be relevant
One of the somewhat-obnoxious buzzwords going around the South by Southwest Interactive Festival is the "gamification" of, well, everything, including the gamification of news. In a nutshell, that means taking video-game style processes and applying them to everything, from the way we educate our children to the way we keep up with what's going on in the community. Location-based service game SCVNGR's "Chief Ninja" Seth Priebatsch's keynote address on Saturday afternoon was all about using game mechanics to interest people to do important but often-mundane tasks (such as succeeding at school).
Some news organizations, notably The Huffington Post, have been keen to figure out how to add game mechanics to online news in hopes of gaining reader loyalty and increasing clicks. Users can earn points by reading articles or play HuffPo's "Predict the News" feature, which launched at the end of last year.
"Gamification" is a goofy made-up word, but its idea, I believe, has merits. The key, as Gowalla CEO Josh Williams put it during a SXSW panel on Monday, is to make the game useful and relevant to real people, not just the early adopter crowds that attend SXSW.
Foursquare has about 7.5 million users, and Gowalla has about 1 million. Both have been around for two years and have been pushing their services pretty hard. What will it take to push those numbers into nationwide acceptance? Relevance.
Williams, who says he dislikes the term "gamification," said Monday that virtual "badges are bullshit." He said to truly reach the masses, these services have to go beyond "checking in" to places or earning virtual badges. For his part, Williams says he wants Gowalla's service to mean something to people's lives. He said the goal of Gowalla is to help people explore the world around them and archive vacations, complete with pictures, comments and more — all put into a neat little box that you can review.
Williams makes a lot of sense. There's some fun to becoming the "mayor" of a location on Foursquare. There's also some fun to collecting virtual items for your passport on Gowalla. However, it takes earning good discounts, archiving valuable memories or gaining valuable content — something — to make it worthwhile to the general population. Gowalla, for instance, worked with TOMS Shoes and AT&T to give Gowalla users a chance to earn a pair of shoes (which also means TOMS gives a pair to a needy child somewhere in the world). That's value that will make people want to keep using your service.
That got me to thinking about what value a news organization could offer by making the news more of a game. There's no question that mobile and location are going to be an even bigger part of the landscape in the years to come as more people get better smart phones (and as the smart phones continue to evolve at a blistering pace).
So, what if news organizations started adding location data to each URL? This idea came up while I was chatting with Gowalla developer Rob Mack at a party later Monday night. Imagine a reader using her smart phone to open your news app while she's sitting at a coffee shop. Instead of just the latest, or even hand-picked top stories, appearing on the main page, what if it had a section that showed news that was relevant to the area around that coffee shop? What if the "game" were that users get points for reading the news about all sections of the city (as they travel and check your stories, a map fills in, showing they saw the latest news for that area)? The game mechanic added in could also just be to show which of their Facebook friends had read the same stories, at the same location. So when you log into the app at that coffee shop, it tells you that three of your friends read the news from your site from that same shop. Users could also leave comments on the story that are location-specific or just a tip about the coffee shop (which could be displayed next to your news organization's review, which also could appear thanks to location tagging).
This wouldn't be "gamification" just for the sake of having a game. Users would get value in return — relevant, targeted news content and a communal experience.
Other ideas I have for using location to "gamifiy" the news include a fun online mobile scavenger hunt or tagging user photos and news tips at locations, which could appear on a news organization's website. Or what about giving users a virtual tour of your city, using your news content? That's exactly what I did for the Statesman — I set up virtual "trips" on Gowalla using the Statesman's content to get people to explore Austin.
It's not just the newsroom that needs to be thinking about this. Priebatsch pointed out in his keynote that the reason Groupon is so successful is because it uses game mechanics effectively to hook users. It gives out a "free lunch" by giving steep discounts, it has a time element (clock is ticking on each deal), and it encourages team play by having a "tipping point" before the deal is active. And Groupon is moving into news organization's advertising territory in a hurry. Why can't news organizations, which already have the retailer relationships set up, and the news content to make the app worth using, fight to take it back? Some are trying various Groupon-like services, including my parent company CMGd, which created DealSwarm. What's the next step, though? If I could guess, it would be adding that element of location to the mix. There's huge potential for advertising when it comes to location-based information and gamification. News organizations are used to reaching local retailers, and location is a natural when it comes to shopping. Imagine that that same woman sitting in a coffee shop reading your news learns, thanks to a banner ad or some type of alert, that there's a sale two blocks away.
These might sound like far-down-the-road ideas, but more and more people are using smart phones in lieu of computers (or newsprint or TV stations, for that matter). It's time to start thinking about how news organizations can add value in this space. Williams said that a new location-based service starts up "every week" but we forget about them almost as fast. The reason they go away — they don't focus on value. News organizations have something they don't — good content. They just need to think about how to use it in new ways … and make it, dare I say, a game.
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Baseball Hall of Fame 2014: Maddux, Glavine, Thomas elected
Former Atlanta Braves pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame when results of BBWAA voting were announced Wednesday afternoon. Former Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas also was elected in his first year of eligibility.
Maddux received 97.2 percent of the votes cast by BBWAA members while Glavine came in at 91.9 percent and Thomas at 83.7 percent. Candidates need 75 percent of the vote to be elected.
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The trio will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27 along with managers Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Tony La Russa, elected last month by the expansion-era committee. Maddux and Glavine played under Cox for most of their careers.
"It's exciting for me to go in with my teammate," Maddux said.
Falling two votes short of election was former Houston Astros star Craig Biggio, who got 74.8 percent of the vote), matching Nellie Fox in 1985 and Pie Traynor in 1947 for the smallest margin to just miss. Biggio appeared on 388 ballots in his initial appearance last year and appears to be on track to gain election next year.
Also not making the cut: Mike Piazza (62.2 percent) and former Detroit Tigers ace Jack Morris (61.5 percent) in his last year of eligibility.
Maddux and Glavine become the first starting pitchers to be elected in their first year since Nolan Ryan in 1999 (Dennis Eckersley was elected in 2004 primarily because of his years as a reliever).
Maddux won 355 games with a 3.16 ERA over a 23-year career that lasted from 1986 to 2008. The eight-time All-Star won four Cy Young awards (three with the Braves and one with the Chicago Cubs) and led the NL in ERA four times and wins three times. He also pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres.
Glavine was 305-203 with a 3.54 ERA over 22 seasons (16 with the Braves, five with the New York Mets). He led the NL in wins five times and won two Cy Young awards.
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Thomas was a two-time AL MVP winner (1993 and 1994 with the White Sox) who hit .301/.419/.555 with 521 homers over 19 seasons. The five-time All-Star led the AL in OPS four times and ranks 14th all-time in career OPS. He becomes the first player to be elected who played a majority of his games at designated hitter (more than 1,300 of his 2,322 games were at DH; the rest were at first base).
Controversy over how to evaluate stars tainted by the Steroids Era continued to impact the vote totals of players with stellar statistics. In their second appearances on the ballot, Roger Clemens dropped from 37.6 percent to 35.4, Barry Bonds from 36.2 to 34.7 and Sammy Sosa from 12.5 to 7.2.
Appearing for the eighth time, Mark McGwire fell from 16.9 to 11.0. Rafael Palmeiro will be dropped from future ballots after falling to 25 votes and 4.4 percent — below the 5 percent threshold necessary to remain eligible for next year's vote.
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Illegal immigrants should celebrate the Fourth "by going home," says Jared Taylor, editor of "American Renaissance," a publication that argues against easing immigration laws.
—Wall Street Journal
David Dunn, 75, and his older brother were raised by their mother, a nurse, in a single-parent home in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Because Mr. Dunn received crucial help on his educational journey, he felt like he wanted to help others as well…. He read about Brother Brian Carty…of the De La Salle Academy—a middle school kids for lower-income households… Brother Carty referred him to SSP.
Wall Streeter Peter Flanagan founded SSP [Student Sponsor Partners] in 1986 with the idea of providing a high-quality education…to kids who don't qualify for the scholarships that target academic stars. Mr. Dunn's latest commitment brings his total SSP pledges to more than $6 million. To date, Mr.Dunn has helped more than 100 kids graduate private high school by paying their tuitions and nearly all—about 96%—have gone on to collage.
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I don't know Jared Taylor—the "go home" immigrant basher quoted above (from a long and, ultimately, affirming article about immigrants in America, called "Torn on the Fourth of July").
But I'd guess he's never waited on tables or painted houses or cut lawns or built stone walls for a living—because that is the work of many of the immigrants he'd like to send back to where they presumably belong.
And I'd bet he doesn't own a restaurant—after all, as Chef Anthony Bourdain says (in his very funny, eye-opening book, "Kitchen Confidential"), a good chef should speak Spanish, because that's the native language of most kitchens.
And I'd be surprised if Mr. Taylor has relatives who were born south of the border, as was my cousin's wife.
Precisely what makes my cousin's wife different than my grandfather's wife—born in Sweden but not forced to "go home" by Mr. Taylor's forebears—is hardly clear to me, except that one has brown skin, while my grandmother had white skin. (The hypocrisy of the anti-immigration mob is not a subtle thing.)
Now, as I said, I don't know Mr. Taylor, who seems to me to be about the worst we have to offer.
But I don't know David Dunn, either—yet, whereas Mr. Taylor wants to send the rabble home, Mr. Dunn, as described in a brief but powerful story in the same section of today's Journal as "Torn on the Fourth of July," has embraced the rabble by offering their underprivileged children a good education.
And Mr. Dunn did this, according to the Journal, with the help of Peter Flanagan.
Unlike Mr. Taylor or Mr. Dunn, I do know Peter Flanagan. Descended from immigrants, as we all in one way or another have been, Peter has given more of himself to the cause of helping inner city school children get a chance to learn—and, therefore, succeed—than any person I know.
Peter happens to be among the best we have to offer—and David Dunn ranks right up there with him. We're lucky their forebears decided to come to America.
And luckier still they were allowed to stay.
Jeff Matthews
I Am Not Making This Up
© 2006 Jeff Matthews
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16 comments:
- hedged said...
"The hypocrisy of the anti-immigration mob is not a subtle thing."
"Hypocrisy" is not the right word to use here. I have found that most anti-immigration types I would say are quite open in their belief that Mexican culture is inferior to whatever it is they believe to be "native" American culture...so naturally an anti-immigration view is internally consistent with the rest of their belief structure.
- DaleW said...
Our historic acceptance of immigrants is a cornerstone of this country's comparative advantage. As the world becomes more competitive in areas where geography, natural resources, and past attributes matter less and less, our open-door policy will rise in importance to maintaining a growing standard of living in this country. In addition, immigration is a vital component in maintaining some sort of health in the ratio of workers to retirees, which will also increase in importance.
- Bamass said...
I'm saddened to read yet another example of a normally very thoughtful person falling into the current trend of either overlooking or outright scorning the "illegal" part of "illegal immigration".
Apparently what is considered the enlightened view in America in 2006 is that the throngs who passed through Ellis Island over the decades are no better than, have no more right to what this country has to offer, and in absolutely no way should be given any more consideration than those who sneak into this country across the desert in direct violation of our laws.
I miss the America where the law mattered.
- RDS said...
1. Believing in borders and an orderly, lawful immigration process does not make a person a racist or xenophobe. Name calling does not add credibility to an argument.
2. Our public schools, prisons, and hospitals in the SW are not being overrun by immigrants from Sweeden, Asia, Europe, or Africa.
3. Let's recognize that all potential immigrants offer varying degrees of impact and value to US society. Different cultures assimulate differently.
4. I'm noticing that people on the high end of the economic sprectra and who are insulated from any requirement of social services tend to take the high road on the immigration debate while others who may need public schools, social security, etc see the 10% of mexico that resides in the US as theives.
5. I wasn't poor enough or smart enough to receive college assistance, but I did mow plenty of grass to pay my tuition. White kids mow grass too.
- medford1 said...
ca·nard "canard" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (k-närd)
1. An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story.
Straw man: A straw man argument is a logical fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position. To "set up a straw man" or "set up a straw-man argument" is to create a position that is easy to refute, then attribute that position to the opponent. A straw-man argument can be a successful rhetorical technique (that is, it may succeed in persuading people) but it is in fact misleading, since the argument actually presented by the opponent has not been refuted.
Please, where are we supposed to begin if you support an orderly and legal immigration policy you are racist? While if you feel sorry for the poor brown kid who snuck across the border you are moraly superior? boring, disingenuous.
Your white therefore you won't stoop to washing dishes and mowing lawns. Yawn - you have to do better than that.
Why not tell us why all these employers should be able to exploit the illegals, paying them low wages under the table? Why not tell us why we shouldn't have control of who comes in and out of our country?
When the cheapshots, canards and strawman arguments stop we'll know you guys are ready to talk.
- Tadahito Iguchi said...
The implication in your post that Mexican immigrants, many of whom are here in violation of our laws, do jobs that US citizens won't is facile at best. It ignores the economic reality that if hordes of illegal immigrants weren't here to bid down the prices offered for those positions, many US citizens would take the positions. Supply and demand, Jeff.
In addition, I would like to echo the sentiment that suggesting that we enforce our current immigration laws is not necessarily racist, and labelling it as such generally retards intellectual debate regarding a complex issue. Perhaps you are being a little emotional and less than rational about the issue because it hits close to home.
- Jeff Matthews said...
Emotion has nothing to do with it...but supply and demand has everything to do with it.
Let's be honest: illegal immigrants meet a demand for cheap labor that most Americans don't want to perform.
So go ahead. Send them all home. Every one of 'em.
Who'll cut the grass at Mariner Sands? Who'll trim the palm trees at Great Heron Island? Who'll wash the wheels at the Splash Car Wash? Who'll cook the eggs-over-easy at the Plaza Diner? Who'll clean the toilets at the Barnes & Noble at 6 a.m.?
If the anti-illegals really believe there are hordes of good old fashioned third-generation Americans waiting for those jobs, then I suggest they send them all home and see what happens.
My bet is the CPI doesn't stop at 5%. My bet it goes to double-digits before we decide that maybe there's a reason for them being here in the first place.
- ljr said...
nonsense, it is not about skin color. (There are lots of "white" Mexicans by the way.)
It's about culture and legality.
The US used to be a nation of shared values and culture. That culture was basically European in orientation. And folks with that cultural orientation, or wanting to adopt that orientation, were welcome. As were folks of wealth or education, the presumption being that educated folk would quickly accomodate to our culture.
The illegals are not typically adapting to our culture. They are neither wealthy nor well educated. They typically live in enclaves that repeat the peasant culture they left behind. They often do not bother to learn even rudimentary English.
So, they weaken the fabric of shared culture and values that used to define the US.
(By the way, my wife is Mexican.)
- whydibuy said...
Jeff also leaves out, in his slanted piece, that in CA a large majority in state prisons are ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. I guess they also didn't want the low wage jobs. Jeff is apparently not concerned about those LEGAL IMMIGRANTS that waited years and went through the LEGAL channels to become a citizen. What a farce it is to those doing it legally to see that those who escaped the border guards are considered welcome here by Jeff types. As for helping our economy, many are paid under the table avoiding taxes even though they burden the public services such as hospital and police and prisons. And they damage businessmen trying to do it legally. A home improvement relative tells me that roofers here often have several workmen paid under the table and they carry workmens comp on only one person since the rest are offically not employed by him. And if you want to do it legally, you are sh*t out of luck since theres no way you can compete with fully taxed wages and full workmens comp.Jeff reveals himself to be what I call a long distance liberal. He loves ghetto people and ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS and the like for everyone else but when it comes to him, his family and his house, he chooses to live ( allocate his capital ) in a lily white area with no crime (probably gated community), his kids go to a lily white private school, and he wouldn't dare drive to work in an area populated with the kind he spouted about. Yeah, jeff. Move to a LA mex community, buy a house in its midst and send your kids to a school dominated by these minorities and see what happens to 'em. It might change your fairy tale view of the real thing. Long Distance Liberal.
- johnlichtenstein said...
Jeff M, you might really be surprised by the number of people from Mexico or whose parents are from Mexico who are border hawks. Even people who came here illegally. It's not the majority oppinion but it's hardly unheard of. Pull up the ladder, I am all right.
- Tadahito Iguchi said...
I'm glad you agree with me that one effect of this wave of illegal immigration is to bid down the price of jobs requiring unskilled labor. That's the implication of your bet, and gives the truth to the lie that illegals are taking jobs others don't want. Really, they're bidding down the price of such jobs.
Glad we cleared that up. Now, if you can refrain in the future from the knee-jerk reaction of labelling those in favor of enforcing our immigration laws racists, we'll be getting somewhere.
- bubbles said...
I'll throw in my two cents. First of all I'm pro-immigration, but against illegal immigration. As Bamass pointed out there is a difference.
Jeff is right about being careful what you wish for, because illegal immigrants do fill the need for cheap labor and if all the illegals were rounded up and shipped back to Mexico labor costs would rise dramatically to attract workers to fill these job vacancies and some businesses would simply fail.
I live in the southwest and as RDS points out illegal immigrants are over-running schools, prisons, and hospitals. Before moving to the southwest I ran my family's farm in Michigan where we had apple orchards. We relied on migrant workers who were probably to be honest mostly here illegally though all their documents were very good. This is probably not a surprise to anyone, but picking apples is not an appealing job; its hard work and its seasonal. What was amazing is how these migrants knew the tricks to keep more money in their pockets, lying about the number of dependents and getting the most out of social services by timing their pregnancies so their child would be born in Michigan, so they would get free health care.
In my humble opinion most everyone has received some sort of benefit from these cheap laborers, but the upper middle to wealthy class as well as businesses that don't require skilled labor have benefited the most.
I would love to see a study done on the net benefit of illegal immigration comparing the benefits of cheap labor keeping inflation low versus the cost that these illegal immigrants have on our social programs.
This is only a guess, but I believe in the long run the net cost is going to be greater than the benefit we receive from these illegal immigrants.
- humaninvestor said...
I think Medford1 said it best. If someone lets themself into your house overnight are you supposed to be accomodating because they decided to make you breakfast or cut your lawn? They are an intruder who has no right to be in your house! How can we possibly be remotely safe in this country when the stream of illegals continues to flow? You can argue that borders or the number of legal immigrants allowed into the country are arbitrary. What makes all of the high and mighty so sure they are all here to work? None of them end up in jail? They are all good law abiding non-citizens? Really? How is the social security system supposed to support them when they aren't paying into the system. Oops, I forgot. They'll all become legal and having enough of a voting block 20 years from now to ensure they'll get social security. Good luck paying for that. This has ALWAYS been about the cheap labor. Funny how the unions haven't figured out that the bottom continues to stay low because we've insourced cheap labor. Jeff, maybe it's time you and your buddies higher LEGAL nannies and landscapers. Oddly enough, if you forego exploiting the illegals and pay a decent wage - legal citizens will show up to do the work. Try it. Pass the idea along to others supporting the underground.
- gz said...
..... americans do not want to perform manual labor leaving to mexicans ....
americans who are not rich suffer from illegal immigrations and rich americans lecture them about their bigotry while they enjoy the lawn mowed, nanny and fancy restaurants run with cheap illegal labor
Jeff Matthews lives in a world where the labour market is tight with his cute little stories from friends even though income and employment statistics show the opposite
the average income of "legal" male americans under 35 has DECLINED by -19% in the last 25 years thanks to globalization but also 25 or 30 millions of illegal immigrants that virtually make impossible to "whites" (but also increasingly blacks) who are not educated to make a living
I suggest Jeff leaves once in a while the 90% white area from where he writes with moral superiority and visits Mexifornia, the areas of California where mexicans are the majority and for some reason look now a lot like Mexico in any aspect
I am Italian but lived in L.A. as a student and I do not think I can go back now where I was leaving then and not because I cannot learns Spanish
- taylorfedrates said...
Who did the work 30 years ago?
Answer that question and you begin to see the problem- maybe we shouldn't be talking about illegal immigration in terms of social service costs (huge), BUT IN TERMS OF JOBS FOR OUR POOR.
The conundrum is that the illegal immigrants are for the most part hard working people who just want a better life- now the criminal networks that import them into the USA and *sell* them to employers are the problem. Been to Iowa lately and seen who is cutting the pork and beef?
Business is staining itself with a criminal Golden Age mentality versus the workers- exactly what drove the creation of the unions in this country and what will drive them again. Especially when this recession bites and the policital classes begin pandering to the lcd whose wages have been trashed by workers brought here specifically to lower the wages of the uneducated.
I can hardly wait to see how ugly this will all get. Hope none of your children will be competing with the next wave of even cheaper starving workers from the failed socialist paradise of Mexico and points further south.
- Unknown said...
We are stupid, arguing about immigration and spending billions for ineffectual law enforcement/border patrol programs when we need and benefit from the immigrant labor force. Let's save that money and act like Americans by making more money. Eliminate the stupid border fence crap and set up employment agencies on the borders. If you need a job and live south of the border, apply with an employment agency. If there's a job and there will be, you are registered by Homeland Insecurity, finger printed, etc and matched with an employer. The hiring company pays a fee to the employment agency and everybody involved pays taxes. The hiring companies are tasked with keeping tabs on their new employees and again everyone involved pays taxes. What's the problem? Everybody is employed, registered and paying taxes and shopping at Wal-Mart. STOP wasting money on silly & lousy border security.


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Have you seen Apple's Front Row application and Cover Flow effects? Then you've seen Core Animation at work. It's about making applications that give strong visual feedback through movement and morphing, rather than repainting panels. This comprehensive guide will get you up to speed quickly and take you into the depths of this new technology.
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Core Animation for Mac OS X and the iPhone
Creating Compelling Dynamic User Interfaces
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Pages: 200
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Mac OS X Leopard introduces a fantastic new technology that makes writing applications with animated and cinematic user interfaces much easier. We'll explore this new technology by starting with the
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Some Bay Area hospitals and pharmacies began reporting temporary vaccine shortages Friday, just as California health officials sounded the alarm over the recent spate of swine flu deaths and urged people to get vaccinated.
State officials said they weren't aware of any such shortages, but corporate spokesmen for both CVS and Walgreens on Friday confirmed that some stores had run out of flu vaccines because of the high demand — and that it would take about 48 hours to get new supplies.
At Kaiser Permanente's Santa Clara hospital, the lines for flu shots for adults and children were both 20 deep Friday afternoon, while other Bay Area residents rushed into their local pharmacies.
Two more H1N1 "swine flu" deaths were reported Friday by Alameda County, bringing the county's recent toll to three. Seven Bay Area counties and Santa Cruz County have reported 13 deaths, including a 23-year-old Sonoma County man who had no apparent underlying health problems.
"When young people start dying, you kind of start taking it seriously," said 65-year-old Roanne Hobizal, among those lined up for a flu shot at a Pleasanton Safeway pharmacy on Friday afternoon.
H1N1 appears to be the predominant strain so far this flu season, and that concerns state health officials because unlike other influenza strains, swine flu can result in lethal pneumonia even in young, healthy people.
During the 2009-10 flu season, at least 203,000 people died worldwide in the swine flu pandemic, including more than 600 Californians.
At Kaiser Santa Clara, Dawna Dougherty waited for her shot with her three sons: Jacob, 12, Scott, 10, and 8-month-old Jack. The Santa Clara resident said the family went to Kaiser after hearing news reports about flu deaths and worrisome accounts from a friend who works in a hospital emergency room.
"She has seen lots of flu infections in otherwise healthy adults," Dougherty said. "I don't want to end up in the emergency department barely able to breathe."
The long wait for flu shots around the Bay Area was good news to state public health officials, who during a Friday morning news conference warned that the number of fatalities in California is rising rapidly and "exceeding what is expected for this time of year."
"If we get more people to get vaccinated now, I can assure that the curve (in numbers) will abate, and we will prevent many more illnesses," said Dr. Gil Chavez, a deputy director of the California Department of Public Health.
A Kaiser spokesman said the hospital system has experienced some spot shortages of vaccines but is moving supplies between facilities to meet demand. Kaiser has also ordered thousands of additional doses from suppliers and expects to receive them starting Monday.
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"I'm spending so much time here, I may as we'll just sleep here," he quipped, as five customers sat waiting for a shot. Jardin said the store was not facing any shortages of the vaccine.
But at a nearby CVS, a pharmacy tech said the store had run out and wouldn't be getting any more flu vaccine until Thursday.
While county health officials around the state have been reporting flu-related deaths since the new year began, the state on Friday confirmed only those flu deaths through Jan. 4, the halfway point of the flu season that begins in late September.
Only seven deaths were recorded through that date, even though counties have reported at least 28 since then.
The flu fatalities confirmed by the state were in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Lassen and Stanislaus counties. All but one was attributed to the H1N1 virus, Chavez said.
After the swine flu pandemic of 2009-10, California required influenza deaths in people under 65 to be reported to the state's public health department, so the number of flu-related deaths at the end of the flu season could actually be higher.
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While an uptick in flu cases is expected in January and February, Chavez noted that it's "trending up a little earlier than last year."
State figures show that the swine flu pandemic that hit in 2009-10 resulted in the deaths of 607 people, 539 of them under age 65.
In 2010-11, reported flu deaths totaled 89; in 2011-12, it was 51; and in 2012-13, 106 people under 65 died of the flu.
Traditional flu strains hit older people more severely, Chavez said, "but H1N1 does not discriminate on the basis of age. Everyone may have a bad outcome."
State health officials say shots are recommended for those 6 months or older, and particularly for those people at higher risk of severe influenza, including the elderly, pregnant women and anyone with underlying medical conditions. The vaccine takes about two weeks before it becomes effective.
Standing next to the elevators at Kaiser Santa Clara, Dougherty and Jacob made windmills with their arms that had just been injected.
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His brother disagreed.
"Didn't feel a thing," Scott said.
"I'm not an alarmist," said their mother. "I'm not worried about death from the flu. I'm worried about serious illness. I don't want the whole family getting sick."
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McDonald's french fries wars; or, just because they're old Asian men doesn't mean they're right
There was an interesting story in today's New York Times (yes, I know that sounds like an oxymoron, but still. . . .) about a war between a McDonald's and some elderly Asian men. The men want to treat the fast-food franchise like a fin de siècle Viennese coffee house, where one could buy cup for coffee and, by doing so, essentially rent a chair for a day. The McDonald's ownership is hostile to this, saying that its business model isn't built to accommodate daily chair rentals for $1.39 in french fries:
For the past several months, a number of elderly Korean patrons and this McDonald's they frequent have been battling over the benches inside. The restaurant says the people who colonize the seats on a daily basis are quashing business, taking up tables for hours while splitting a small packet of French fries ($1.39); the group say they are customers and entitled to take their time. A lot of time.
"Do you think you can drink a large coffee within 20 minutes?" David Choi, 77, said. "No, it's impossible."
And though they have treated the corner restaurant as their own personal meeting place for more than five years, they say, the situation has escalated in recent months. The police said there had been four 911 calls since November requesting the removal of the entrenched older patrons. Officers have stopped in as frequently as three times a day while on patrol, according to the patrons, who sidle away only to boomerang right back. Medium cups of coffee ($1.09 each) have been spilled; harsh words have been exchanged. And still — proud, defiant and stuck in their ways — they file in each morning, staging a de facto sit-in amid the McNuggets.
I'm with McDonald's on this one. Not only is it a fast food model, which by definition precludes linger, but as a business it still has the right to assert that an invitation to enter the business premises for the purpose of buying and consuming food cannot be construed as an invitation to buy minimal food and then occupy the premises indefinitely. And it makes no difference that old Asian men can be seen as sympathetic characters. This is a form of theft insofar as the men are wrongfully depriving the franchise of revenue. Despite laws and court decisions mandating that Christians make gay wedding cakes or party balloons, the law probably hasn't gone so far that it insists that a restaurant customer gets to dictate to the business how to manage its tables.
As for me, after having read the article, I'm really craving an order of McDonald's Chicken Tenders (3 pieces), with a regular Coke, and a side of fries. Yum. Don Quixote and I used to have that about once a month, and I always enjoyed it tremendously. As far as I'm concerned, there is not a single restaurant in Marin County (possibly in the whole Bay Area) that makes better french fries than McDonald's does.


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The week in review
Best insta-trend: Not since the "Oracle of Bacon" emerged in 1996 (to measure connections between actors) has a UVA-based trend caused as many smiles as "High Five Day," whose third annual celebration is slated for April 15.
Best dialogue: City police meet with outraged community members April 12 over the so-called "buccal" swabbing in the search for the serial rapist that has caused over 600 black males to give a DNA sample.
Best parody of Condi Rice: Janet Jackson appears on Saturday Night Live April 10 and– you guessed it– faux flashes the camera.
Best employment news: The Labor Department says April 8 that unemployment is at its lowest level nationally since January 2001. Just don't tell that to hard-hit Southside Virginia.
Best get for Orange County: Defense contractor Aerojet-General Corporation expects to add 149 new, non-minimum wage-paying jobs to its expanded facility in that county, John Yellig reports in the Daily Progress.
Best get for DMB's manager: Coran Capshaw adds the former Technicolor plant in pastoral Greene County to his burgeoning real estate empire, paying $1.6 million, according to Olympia Meola in the Progress.
Briefest escape: A Louisa man takes off for four hours April 12 while being driven to court. Police suspect his girlfriend may have slipped him a handcuff key, Julie Stavitski reports in the Progress.
Best name for the man on the lam: Yah Yah Rueben-Elijah Veney.
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vu: For the second time in less than two years, the pastor of Holy Comforter Catholic Church is put on leave following allegations of sexual abuse. The Rev. Dennis Murphy stepped in in August 2002, when Father Julian Goodman resigned over charges he molested a boy in the 1970s. Murphy is on leave pending an investigation.
Best second act: UVA's current Student Council President Daisy Lundy, the victim of an alleged attack a year ago, has been nominated by the incoming president, Noah Sullivan, to be chief of staff.
Worst driving: UVA police officer Jeremy Tabler is charged with felonious assault with a motor vehicle when he allegedly strikes the woman he lives with in Staunton April 4 as he tries to leave their home with a dog the woman claims is hers, according to the Progress.
Worst loss of a civil rights leader: Raymond Lee Bell, who ran J.F. Bell Funeral Home and helped desegregate Charlottesville schools, dies April 3 on his 77th birthday.
Most visitors: Monticello greets its 25-millionth visitors– the Wang family of Cresskill, New Jersey– April 9 and gives them a basket of Monticello memorabilia and lifetime passes.
Best way to get free trees: Join the National Arbor Day Foundation, which is giving away 10 shade trees, including a red oak, weeping willow, and river birch– to each new member who contributes $10 by April 30.
Worst news for Ivy Leaguers: Princeton vows to curb grade inflation and reduce the number of As from 46 percent to 35 percent.
Best self-Caesarean: A 40-year-old woman in Mexico who lives eight hours from the nearest hospital downs three glasses of liquor and delivers a healthy boy using a kitchen knife, the Washington Post reports.
Worst case of "if thy right eye offend thee...": A man accused of killing his son, estranged wife, and her daughter in Sherman, Texas, plucks out his own eye. According to the Post, Andre L. Thomas, 21, quotes Mark 9:47: "And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell."


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Dish Chairman Ergen on Wireless Networks
Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen says the company would have liked to have built its own network, but since getting its license has taken so long it may need to partner.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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As Design Manager for Leapfrog I build relationships with partners to identify opportunities for innovative co-design projects that aim to transform their consultation processes. I work closely with our partners at the Glasgow School of Art and undertake regular working trips to the Highlands.
Before joining ImaginationLancaster I was with Creative Lancashire for over 5 years, Lancashire's business led support service for creative businesses. During this we delivered Blaze an ambitious 3 year youth led Cultural Olympiad project where young people took the lead in decision making. Seeing the impact this had on their confidence and skills I realised that developing innovative user led approaches to the design of projects or services was where were my interests lay.
In 2012 I became Design Manager for the PROUD project at ImaginationLancaster. The tools and approaches we developed through PROUD to make public consultations more effective and creative transformed the council's approach to consultation and engagement. This became the starting point for the development of Leapfrog.


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Shanna Moakler Gossip
Shanna Moakler gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Lilo: MySpace Secrets?
Someone is claiming to have hacked into her MySpace, posting a series of email exchanges with Greek Stav, Samantha Ronson, Shanna Moakler, and Paris Hilton and other girlfriends. The ones between her and Stav mainly consist of "F&ck you's" back and forth. Her messages to girlfriends are playful but still profane. Full Story
Pro-Love for Punched Paris
A catfight is the best.smut.ever. Look... against my Lilo, it"s Freckles all the way. Against Brenda Walsh, I"ll take Brenda. But against some roughneck who partied her way to divorce... this time I"ll throw some love to Paree who was apparently socked in the mouth last night by none other than Shanna Moakler, soon-to-be ex wife of Travis Barker, one time beauty queen, all time drama queen. Full Story
The Daily Ugly: The Curse of People Magazine?
I"m starting to think we might be on to something. They say that there"s a curse with In Style Magazine, that if you"re engaged and if you appear on the cover with a wedding dress on, you don"t end up getting married. Then of course there"s the MTV thing: Nick & Jess, Carmen & Dave, that Moakler woman & Travis…all went bust, all sold on television. Full Story


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When to use abstract versus specific messages looks at recent studies that used political messages to gauge how effective they are
The question tackled by these studies in paper by Hakkyun Kim and his colleagues in the Journal of Consumer Research was when "influencers" are better off using vague, abstract high level messages -- ones that are more about "why" -- versus concrete, specific, implementation oriented messages -- ones that are "how" to get things done.The studies went on to note that there's a time difference apparent in how political messages are received: Abstract, inspiring talk works fine when the election is far off, but the closer you get to the ballot box deadline, citizens seem to prefer more concrete promises. The researchers liken it to travel for a vacation, where you might be convinced by vague promises of sunsets at first, but are more likely to want to see an activity schedule or something more concrete the week before you depart.
While it's not possible to extrapolate the findings to the workplace, this study made me think of commencement speeches, which are traditionally long on high-minded abstractions and short on what's actually about to happen to the graduates. Most commencement speakers aim for the high, inspiring and abstract road. That's why I so enjoyed reading 10 things your commencement speaker won't tell you, a list as concrete as the sidewalk. Here's an example that urges the graduates to worry less about doing something grand and positive, and more about not doing any harm:
Everyone will tell you that you can change the world. They are right, but remember that "changing the world" also can include things like skirting financial regulations and selling unhealthy foods to increasingly obese children. I am not asking you to cure cancer. I am just asking you not to spread it.That's certainly all about the "how" for the audience. The article is excerpted from a book that's out this week, 10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said by Charles Wheelan, whose first job out of college was working as a speechwriter to the governor of Maine--a job that involved writing words of wisdom for graduations, when he was just 23 himself. Consider that, graduates!


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I like Mondays.
May I present …
… my Monday Morning Meeting.
We started in on the zinfandels first. The tasters:
Paul Draper (CEO, Head Winemaker)
Eric Baugher (VP of Winemaking, Monte Bello)
David Amadia (VP Sales & Marketing)
Mark Vernon (President & COO)
Ryan Moore (Director, Direct-to-Consumer Retail Sales)
The wines:
And some tasting note sketches:
2004 Ridge Vineyards York Creek Zinfandel
Nice, bright red ruby tones in the glass, fairly substantial bowl-side glaze, comparatively short, medium-speed legs — Slightly ripe nose, w/ sweet red menthol strains, a trace of anise, and an appealingly mild earthiness — Fairly mineraly tannins, though also somewhat powdery in character, mid to slightly low fruit tones, a nicely mitigated acidity, and a comparatively lean finish, tho still some good structure present; acid on the back-end is vibrant, tannins are still youthful.
2005 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs
Nice pluot tones in the bowl, w/ a refined glaze and quick, slender legs. Very, very clear and pristine translucence.A bit tight on the nose at first, though it opens up a tad with time; an unusual, almost grapefruit-esque citricity in and amongst some dirt and forestation in the nose; a touch herbaceous. Beautiful, round, warm mouthfeel, good acidity, firm but integrated tannins. A pleasantly "sappy" character; sweet but not sweet, viscous but not viscous, piney but not green; herbality is in fact almost perfectly integrated. Great food wine, excellent at table! A more "European" style of zinfandel; w/ the focus being on finesse, balance, acidity.
2005 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville
Lovely bright, red, clear magenta tones in the bowl, with a beautiful, pale salmon-fuschia halo. Medium-glaze, fairly rapid legs. Lots of tobacco and cedar, cherry, concentrated plum. Fairly sharp, crisp, intense cherry, lazer-precise fruit, acidity has def. come forward, lots of gravel and mineral. The least ripe this wine has ever shown, and accordingly very, very delicious. Some plum skin showing towards the finish, w/ strong notes of boysenberries, and a trace of thin and sensorial smoke. Really bright finish, lively acid, slight grippiness to the still young tannins.
2006 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Estate Zinfandel
Very black core, clear garnet middle, magenta to salmon to pale fushcia halo. Remarkable striation to the tones in the glass; some 8-10 easily identifiable rings of hue cycling outwards. Fairly tarry character to the low-end of the aromatics, with a sense of dense fruit — Black and brambly and earthy mid-palate. Very structured, w/ good acid on the back-end. Sightly herbaceous notes throughout, and still a tad adolescent structurally.
2006 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs
Very nice, even-keeled color profile, minimal striation/variation, very good clarity, fairly brightly hued. Very pale, very pretty and subtle and fragile pink halo. Medium glaze bowl-side, with fairly quick and agile legs. Ever so slightly more dirtier and funkier nose, but in a very appealing way — Nicely autumnal fig quality to the mid-palate, w/ more of a sense of dried fruit and nut butter tones; especially a trace of hazelnut — Richer mouthfeel, very concentrated and compressed. Some meat and flesh to the mouthfeel, w/ more somber acid than, say, the Geyserville, but still percolating, particularly on the finish.
2006 Ridge Vineyards Geyserville
Darkish tones overall in the bowl, w/ a concentrated and dark core, ringed by a bright ruby outer striation; a very pretty, very concentrated halo — pretty intensely concentrated on the nose, with lots of baking herbs present amongst the fruit — Very autumnal, with hints of pistachio and roasted chestnut; very nice stone fruit presence mid-palate, bright acidity, very focused and precise fruit, though somewhat dark in character — A bit blacker, w/ some resin notes. Overall, very mysterious and autumnal and rich and exotic, w/ an almost chutney-like character. Possibly the most pleasantly delicious suprise of the lot, as I hadn't tasted this vintage in some time …
Then, after a break for liberal samplings of Watsonville Sourdough and Ridge Vineyards Olive Oil, it was on to the Monte Bellos …
And more tasting notes sketches:
2007 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello
Warm, elegant, beautiful plum hues in the bowl, brilliant lighter ruby on the limn, very controlled and elegant glaze with somewhat svelter legs — Beautiful; very pretty fruit, very accessible aromatics — Very refined, mentholated, herbaceous, along with richer fruit, a dense core, black-hearted and piratic of spirit, yet graceful, elegant, and demure in practice — Unbelievably firm tannins, but so compressed, so graceful; as if balletic in a boxer's body — Great evolution to date; lots of raspberry notes, and overall, perfectly balanced.
2000 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello
Beautiful, fresh young appearance, perfectly ruby-toned, w/ a pale, salmon-skin halo, and a slightly thickish glaze — A little intense on the nose, but very excellent cool-climate style; some menthol and eucalyptus, with a fiery exoticness — Seems to be showing more of its cab franc on the nose at this point, and accordingly a great herbality coming through — Perfection of mouthfeel; very round, w/ good focus, and a good spread across the palate. A slight citricty to the acidity in the finish, but overall, pretty classically Bordeaux in character. That said, is admittedly in a bit of an awkward adolescent stage; lots of elbows and knees; good cab franc up front, good cool climate aromatics, and great rusticity and structure to the finish, but mid-palate fruit is still coming in and out of focus. Clearly a stunning vintage, but probably 10 years away from full flower.
1999 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello
Ah, the 99! Such a sexy, dirty, groovy, funky, sly and appealing vintage …Slinky and low and jazzy aromatics; subterranean and slick of style, hints of decadence and groove and purity… Good plummy middle, anchored by an almost neopolitan triad of cocoa, cream, and berry –Spryer and brighter fruit as the wine moves cross-palate; comparatively leaner, brighter acidity on the finish, tho balanced against the still-lingering dirtier funkier character. Proportions are pretty much perfect; a great, rustic Monte Bello with very controlled balance and precision.
1995 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello
Nice and rich and thick and juicy fruit-dense visuals, perfect ruby limn; really rich glaze, thick and gravitas-laden legs — Fleshy, forward, strong aromatics; muscular, meaty, dense — Some cedar and wood and bark aromatics leading into a plummier, sweeter, astonishingly fresh, lightly playful mixed harvest berry profile on the palate — Still lots of forward tannin present, and still great acidity; just a lot of wine in the glass; pound for pound, a VERY intense offering that continues its VERY slow pace towards long-term high excellence.
I DO know why I DO like Mondays …
Categories: Bordeaux varietals, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Geyserville, Lytton, Lytton Springs, Monte Bello, Paul Draper, RIDGE Staff, Tasting Flights, Tasting Notes, Varietals & Blends, Zinfandel


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Johnson, Patrick, Pastrana among drivers featured in special BMS March weekend ticket packages with driver Q&A sessions included
Kahne, Sadler, Dillon also participating
Making sure race fans have the ultimate experience when they visit the World's Fastest Half-Mile always is the number one priority for Bristol Motor Speedway officials.
To that end, BMS unveiled a new initiative last August that allowed guests the opportunity to sit front and center for a session of question and answers with some of NASCAR's top drivers. Wildly popular, the Q&A sessions return for the upcoming Food City 500 race weekend, March 16-18.
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and 2010 Food City winner Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Danica Patrick, Elliott Sadler, X Games sensation Travis Pastrana, and 2011 Camping World Truck Series champ Austin Dillon all are participating in the race day events.
Along with a cap and the Q&A, which takes place in Hospitality Village, the Johnson and Kahne packages include a ticket to Sunday's Food City 500, while Saturday's packages, which feature Patrick, Pastrana, Sadler and Dillon, include a ticket good for two races March 17.
Johnson's Q&A is designed for the younger race fan, although adults also are welcome. As part of Johnson's session, kids take part in a Lowe's Build and Grow workshop and receive a car to assemble, with some guidance from Johnson. The workshop is limited to the first 100 kids for whom packages are purchased.
The Q&A packages for kids start at $48 while adult prices begin at $80 for both the Johnson and Kahne ticket packages.
Saturday's packages for Patrick, Sadler and Dillon start at $37 for kids and $67 for adults. The Patrick package includes a t-shirt, instead of a cap.
Space is limited for the question-and-answer sessions, however, so interested fans are encouraged to purchase now.
The ticket packages are available now and may be purchased by calling the BMS ticket office at 423-BRISTOL or 1-866-415-4158. Fans should inform the BMS ticket agent with whom they speak which driver package they are interested in purchasing.
iBelong members (Bristol Motor Speedway season ticket holders) and current ticket holders for March weekend events can add the driver Q&A for only $15.
BMS season tickets, which include the Food City 500 (March 18) and IRWIN Tools Night Race (Aug. 25) Sprint Cup races, as well as the Nationwide events and the K&N race, also are on sale. Pricing for all four races begins at just $175 in the Wallace Tower.
A March race weekend package also is available starting at $99 that includes the Food City 500 and the Nationwide/K&N Pro Series East events. A package in the Wallace Tower for both Sprint Cup races also is now available for $99, while packages for fans 15 and younger are available for the March races at half price. Lower row seating for the Food City 500 is available, with tickets starting at $65.


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SAN JOSE — A man driving a stolen vehicle led the California Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase Tuesday night that ended when he crashed into a home while getting off the freeway at Union Avenue, according to authorities.
The driver of the white 1992 Toyota Camry, identified as a 32-year-old Alameda man, was arrested after he hit a concrete wall while failing to negotiate a curve while exiting southbound Highway 85 at Union Avenue. The driver also smashed into a residence and then ran off before being arrested by the CHP.
The Camry had been reported stolen out of San Rafael, according to the CHP.
At 9:41 p.m., San Jose CHP units were told a high-speed pursuit was heading towards the San Jose area on southbound Highway 85. The CHP units took over the pursuit from Redwood City CHP at De Anza Boulevard as the Camry reached speed of 110 mph.
As the Camry took the Union Avenue off ramp, officers canceled their pursuit of the vehicle because of the potential danger of a high-speed chase on city streets, according to the CHP. But the Toyota could negotiate the curve in the roadway and collided with a concrete wall and then a residence on Samaritan Drive, about 100 feet from the end of the off ramp.
The driver, who was not identified by the CHP, was booked into Santa Clara County jail on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of stolen property, and felony evading.


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The following requirements should be met before starting this tutorial:
- HTML & PHP Knowledge
- PHP-enabled host
- Ability to upload
To simplify the process this tutorial will be divided into steps, beginning with the creation of the upload form.
Create a new HTML file and add the following code snippet:
  <form action="fileUpload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> Filename: <input type="file" name="file" id="file" />
 <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Upload" /> </form>
The enctype attribute of the form defines the type of content we are working with. By using multipart/form-data for this attribute we are able to work with binary data (which we will need for the file to be uploaded).
In the first input tag you notice the following attribute: file. This allows us to process a file for input. That way, the user can select the file they wish to send.
The action attribute of the form is: "fileUpload.php". That is the file that will be processed when this form is submitted (when the "Upload" button is clicked).
The next step involves creating the upload script. Create a PHP file and call it: fileUpload.php. Note that you do not have to give it this name, but it must match the name in our HTML document's form action.
Add the following code snippet in your PHP file:
<?php // Check for any errors. if ($_FILES["file"]["error"] > 0) { print("Error: ". $_FILES["file"]["error"]); } else { // Display statistics. print("Uploaded: " . $_FILES["file"]["name"]. "
"); print("Type: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
"); print("Size: " . $_FILES["file"]["type"] . "
"); // Save file to permanent location. move_uploaded_file($_FILES["file"]["tmp_name"], "uploads/" . $_FILES["file"]["name"]); } ?>
move_uploaded_file(...) is required because our file is uploaded to a temporary location. Once the script ends, it will be deleted. By using move_uploaded_file(...) we move it to a permanent location relative to the file's name.
We can do some modifications to our upload script like setting file type and size restrictions. To do this we'll be comparing the following superglobals with certain values:
Here is a small snippet that demonstrates how to check if the file is a gif file.
if (_$FILES["file"]["type"] == "image/gif") print("The file is a gif image.");
This snippet checks if the file size exceeds 1 megabyte:
if (_$FILES["file"]["size"] < 1000000) print("File size: " . $_FILES["file"]["size"] . ".
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Nicole Schuyler
Class of 2015
GIS intern
Nicole is a sophomore from Greensboro, MD. A Business Management and Mathematics double-major, she is also a Career Ambassador for the Career Center and the Secretary of Cleopatra's Sisters. This is Nicole's first year working in the GIS Office as an accountant. Nicole controls timesheet input and keeps track of the times spent on all the office projects.


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Why Worry?...
Father, I pray that you touch the hearts of those that are burdened with worries and give them rest. - TCJ -Amen
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My name is Tamica C. Jerome. I am a mother, sister, friend and a wife. If it were up to me I would read, read and read some more. I am a student and will always be as I enjoy learning. I am approachable, compassionate, loyal, and at times audacious. If I had to describe myself in one word though, that word would be strong. To quote Confucius: "If I am walking with two men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself."
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dbphp necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 32 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
This logo shall relate to acupuncture when looked at! I will be used on the web but also as logo in an application.
Distal Akupunktur
Desired Color Scheme:
Your choise, feel free
Desired Style:
PROFESSIONAL nice look, maybe glossy
Accepted File Formats:
Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
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Need a logo like one of these but more realistic or as silhouet, lines - the choise is yours! Also need details underneath. When looking at logo you should not be able to see that the logo is created from the pic above (link).
Patients are sitting in recliner with bare skin on arms (from elbow to fingertips) and on legs (knee to toes) when they are treated with acupuncture.
This is for a community clinic so many patients are in the room at the same time (all sitting in recliners) so there could be more than 1 person on logo.
The word Distal Akupunktur has to be part of logo.
If recliner creates a problem then post a logo without it. Even better would be a logo with and without.
Should be made as a illustrator file.
All ideas are welcome.
Let's get creative.
Thanks :o)
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