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BS Alert: PBOCS system creators claim that the 2010 Census operations were successful…Lies, lies, and more lies!Monday, October 25th, 2010
To any investors out there, this is as much of a bull-shit alert as I can possibly give you. As MyTwoCensus has repeatedly noted, and the Census Bureau has repeatedly acknowledged, the PBOCS systems used during 2010 Census operations were complete failures that created problems resulting in severely delayed operations (thousands of workers sat around waiting for assignments) and mismanaged data (2010 Census forms had to be manually imported at a snail's pace, and who knows how many of these never made it into the system at all…). But the PR teams below state otherwise:
Rally helps ICS deliver mandated requirements 50% faster using 1/3 staff of previous efforts and demonstrates best practices for improving U.S. government's outsourced IT operations
WASHINGTON and BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Rally®, the leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM), and ICS, a proven 8(a) information technology contractor, today announced that Rally's Agile ALM platform played a central role in the success of ICS's work in support of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 decennial census.
Rally Unlimited Edition enabled the 2010 Census Agile ICS software development team to deliver the Census Bureau's paper-based operations control system (PBOCS) software over 50% faster than delivery times of the 2000 or the 1990 census software, with just 1/3 of the staff. By tracking its software development process with Rally, ICS not only delivered software requirements and met immovable deadlines, but exceeded expectations by delivering an additional software module.
"The efficiencies we realized with Rally are a perfect example of the change being driven within the government to improve the performance of IT operations across the board," said Khurram Shah, ICS founding partner and chief strategy officer. "The velocity and productivity gains Rally brought to the 2010 Census Agile ICS development team enabled us to deliver applications that processed more data at a much faster rate than during previous Census operations."
About the United States Census
The United States Census is a decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution to gather statistics on the U.S. population. The data collected helps determine the number of seats states have in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the 2010 Census, this data also helps communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year.
"Because Census deadlines are mandated by the Constitution, there's no question that the execution, performance and timing of our software development operation was critical," said Erika Peace, technical project manager at ICS. "Rally provided the right tools at the right time so we could cost-effectively deliver technology more accurately aligned with our client's business objectives."
Software development requirements are defined by the mandate that decennial U.S. Census figures are based on actual counts of every person dwelling in U.S. residential structures. Delivery dates are immovable, as the Census Bureau is required by law to report the nation's population and the allotment of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives for each state by the end of December. The 2010 Census Agile ICS software development team also had to adapt to changing requirements and unique circumstances, such as the challenges around accurately counting "group quarters," like college students living in dormitories.
Solution and Results
The 2010 Census Agile ICS software development team brought in Agile development practices to deliver 12 key requirements for the Census Bureau's paper-based operations control system (PBOCS) software. By implementing Rally Unlimited Edition to provide the real-time status, progress and quality of the Census Bureau's software development processes, the Agile ICS team over-delivered ahead of schedule – completing all requirements in just 18 months with just 1/3 of the staff.
"By taking advantage of Rally's Agile ALM platform, the 2010 Census Agile ICS software development team was able to help the Census Bureau improve the speed and accuracy of the 2010 census-taking process in response to the ever-increasing population of the United States," said Ryan Martens, Rally's founder and CTO. "Demonstrating that Agile practices meet federal schedule performance index requirements allows Rally's Agile ALM platform to align with government projects."
In order to achieve critical requirements within the allotted timeframe, every incremental build resulted in shippable, working software. The 2010 Census Agile ICS software development team used Rally to meet changing requirements, build incrementally and turn deliverables around quickly. Requirements, acceptance tests and source code changes were tracked in Rally's Agile ALM platform, giving the team rapid feedback on the status and quality of each build.
Rally's powerful reporting capabilities were critical for providing data analysis, progress reports and status updates to government officials on a daily basis. Providing real-time visibility to senior government officials was vital for making informed decisions, assessing scope change and tracking team progress to delivery.
While addressing the National Press Club, Census Bureau Director Dr. Robert Groves summed up the importance of the PBOCS software delivered by ICS and how well it was performing when he said, "This software system, called the Paper-Based Operation Control System (PBOCS), performs various functions that are really crucial for the non-response follow-up phase…we're processing at rates that we never imagined we could process." (1)
Government Agile Success Tour
Rally is hosting a special edition of its Agile Success Tour on October 21, 2010 in Bedford, MA for those working in Federal contracting environments. This free, interactive half-day seminar is intended for anyone who is adopting or considering adopting Agile development practices for government software projects. Northrop Grumman and Rally Software will discuss real-life Agile implementation stories from the Department of Defense, civilian agencies, and state and local governments.
About ICS
ICS is a certified 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) founded in 2003 by seasoned technology professionals. ICS has proven an innovative designing experience that is client-focused, developing quality solutions in mission critical environments in the public and private sector.
ICS is comprised of experienced management and technically agile professionals with diverse competencies, creating a collaborative program and project management environment for clients. The size of the organization, coupled with the focused range of services performed, enables the company to rapidly source and retain thoroughly trained, certified professionals with tested, measurable performance and proven experience.
About Rally
Rally is the recognized leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM). We are dedicated to helping organizations embrace Agile and Lean development practices that increase the pace of innovation and improve product quality. According to a study by QSM Associates, software-driven companies that rely on Rally's Agile ALM products and services are 50% faster to market and 25% more productive than industry averages. The company's experienced services group, including training through Agile University, guides companies through the organizational change required to become innovative, Agile businesses. Rally's products, including AgileZen, currently support more than 3,000 corporate customers, 76,000 projects and 138,000 users in 60 countries. For more information, visit www.rallydev.com.
(1) Dr. Groves briefing at the National Press Club on June 2nd, 2010; transcript available here.
Rally, the Rally logo, Rally Software Development, and AgileZen are trademarks of Rally Software Development Corp. Third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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The world's greatest ground? A photographic centenary celebration of Highbury
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4. Here come the crowds
Good Friday, 14 April 1933: A huge crowd crams into Highbury for the visit of Sheffield Wednesday. After a faltering February of one win in four games (albeit an 8-0 win over Blackburn) and a miserable March of one draw and three losses, Arsenal had seen their lead cut to one point, but had got back on track with a 5-0 win over title rivals Aston Villa and a 4-3 victory at Middlesbrough. The Good Friday crowd would be rewarded with a 4-2 win over Wednesday… and many would come back again the next day for a 2-0 win over Portsmouth which all but guaranteed the title.
By now, the crowds descending on Highbury knew exactly where to go on the Tube, after Chapman had persuaded the London Underground to rename the Gillespie Road station to Arsenal - the only stop on the network to be named after a football team.
Arsenal had followed up their 1930 FA Cup win with the League title in 1931 - the first time they had been champions of England. The following season they had finished second, two points behind Everton, but roared back to take the title in 1933 with a campaign which racked up 118 goals to just 61 conceded - the third lowest that season: it was an era in which defences were certainly were not on top. Hats off to that.


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Another New Connecticut .NET User Group!
Hot on the heels of the announcement of the Southern CT .NET User Group (in Shelton, CT) comes more great news for those of you in southern CT.
The Fairfield/WestChester .NET Users Group has been created to join the efforts of the former UCONN .NET User Group with the Westchester .NET User Group. Their first meeting will be on June 5 from 6-9 PM in Stamford, CT, and will be on "Spring .NET and AOP" with Jean Barmash (of Infusion Development).
Full details of the session and direction to the event are at the group's site, http://fairfieldwestchester.net/


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The war over the "war on Christmas" has always been a lopsided battle. On one side, a vocal set of conservative culture warriors works itself into a frenzy every December, pouncing on high-profile targets who prefer using the word "holiday" where "Christmas" used to suffice. The other side is a less-passionate, unorganized set of actors: elected officials, school administrators, office managers, and retail workers who, for the most part, just want to make sure everyone feels welcome during the holiday season. The annual bout of wintery bluster is tiring; at this point, both sides should work to defuse the controversy instead of fanning the flames.
The conservative attack dogs ought to remember that the Christmas spirit is best expressed through charity, forgiveness, and merriment
The Rhode Island controversy flared up again last week, when Chafee's spokesperson announced that, this year, the governor would not be attending the state's tree-lighting ceremony so that he could focus on more important matters. In the end, tempers rose for naught: It turns out that Chafee's representative had misspoken; the governor attended the ceremony.
Religious activists and the media are now trying to pin down whether Chafee will again dig in his heels and refuse to use the term Christmas tree. They should drop the issue, and Chafee — as well as other public officials who find themselves in similar lose-lose situations — should brush aside the questions. Ignoring the "war on Christmas" is the best way to eliminate it altogether.


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What to make of this year's Heisman race?
In my 10 seasons covering the trophy, I've never seen a race this unsettled this late in the process.
Every candidate has at least two major drawbacks that in any other year would probably be disqualifying. In the end, it may come down to which candidate ends up dominating his region while appearing on just enough ballots nationwide to eke out a win. I envision the results of this race looking a lot like that of 2001, when Eric Crouch won the Heisman with just one region and 770 points (the lowest winning total since Terry Baker won with 707 points in 1962) while five other candidates totaled over 200.
Let's do a rundown of what we're dealing with.
— The tentative front runner, Jameis Winston of Florida State, has a major legal issue hanging over him that could potentially derail his candidacy. That issue is unlikely to be resolved one way or the other before Thanksgiving, which means that the decision could come just as the Seminoles begin preparations for the ACC title game. If he is not charged, then I think it's likely that enough Heisman voters will give him the benefit of the doubt to enable him to win the trophy. Even then, he's going to have a hard time benefiting much from what he does on the field from here on out because FSU's remaining schedule includes the worst Florida team since 1979 and Duke in the ACC title game — hardly the type of matchups that will compel voters to tune in. Of course, if he is charged with a felony, he will likely be dropped from the majority of ballots and voters will look elsewhere.
— AJ McCarron of Alabama seems to be the safest candidate. After all, he's the quarterback for the No. 1 team and a well-known and proven commodity. But to win he'll have to overcome his relatively lackluster production and the perception that he's not really the engine that drives Alabama's success. Big games in his remaining matchups against Auburn and in the SEC title game could help him change that perception just enough to tilt the race in his direction. I have a feeling that, while he's likely to appear on a lot of ballots, he'll need to finish strong in his home region (the South) to have a shot at winning. That means putting distance between himself and Winston and Manziel — a tall order indeed.
— The conventional wisdom is that Bryce Petty of Baylor is now out of the race as a result of his team's crushing defeat at the hands of Oklahoma State. But Petty has two more games left to add to his still-impressive resume and his one loss may not be that fatal given that none of the other candidates have been able to pull away from the pack either. The narrative aiding Petty until tonight was that he was leading an unstoppable offense on a Cinderella charge to an undefeated season. That's now gone and all he's got left are his numbers and, potentially, the best season in school history. But that attribute doesn't capture the imagination of voters around the country the way it might with, say, a more traditional power. The problem with Petty is that he never got a chance to break out of his status as a quality regional candidate — he lost that shot tonight. But in a really close race with a lot of candidates getting support, it's possible that he wins his region and remains a viable contender so long as he finishes strong against TCU and Texas.
— Is Marcus Mariota out of the race after throwing his first two interceptions of the season in his team's second loss, this one a 42-16 drubbing by Arizona? I believe so. But, again, with so many candidates having so many weaknesses and the race likely coming down to hard-core regionalism, it's still possible that Mariota's production and name recognition could attract enough voters out West to give him influence over the final outcome. With Oregon now out of the Pac-12 title game, I can't see a path to victory, but I can see him getting to New York.
— Heismandment No. 9 looks to be safe for another year and I'd venture to guess that if Johnny Manziel can't overturn it, who will? Johnny Football had perhaps his worst game in his team's loss to LSU and won't win that second Heisman, but if he rebounds with a great outing against Missouri, I think there's enough sentiment in his favor out there to allow him to have a respectable showing in this race. People know how good he is, even if they don't think he had the most outstanding season this time around. He might end up weakening Winston (assuming he's not charged) and McCarron in the South region while also sapping Petty's strength in the Southwest. I think he's headed to New York and will likely finish third.
— All the chaos of the day opens up the door for perhaps the most unlikely Heisman candidate in recent memory. I'm talking running back Andre Williams of Boston College. I don't think he was on anyone's radar until this weekend and I think most voters still don't know who he is. But I suspect that is about to change (BC will need to give him a boost). After all, he's now eclipsed the 2,000-yard rushing mark with one game yet to play. With so many flawed candidates arrayed against him, I think voters might be more inclined to overlook his team's 7-4 record — keep in mind Toby Gerhart of Stanford was on an 8-4 team in 2009 and he was the runner up in the vote by the closest margin in Heisman history. And it helps that his recent rushing explosion has spurred his team to a four-game win streak. There's a possibility that Williams captures the vote in the Northeast and does well in the Mid-Atlantic as well. Again, in a close race spread out over several candidates, the winner might not need to capture more than one region. (Note: I think it's interesting that the ACC could have two Heisman finalists this year after not having a single one since 2000)
— There are definite cases to be made for Jordan Lynch and Derek Carr, but I don't expect them to be able to get enough national support to make it to New York. Ironically, Lynch and Carr did not benefit much from today's meltdowns since the lack of a consensus Heisman front runner is more likely to depress their vote totals. The presence of a clear cut winner usually makes it easier for a voter to take a flyer on a player like Lynch or Carr by putting them in the 2nd or 3rd spots on their ballot. But with so many options still remaining and voters still undecided on a leader, they are likely to be crowded out a bit by the remaining group of contenders. I expect Lynch to influence who wins the MidWest, while Carr will obviously be a factor in the West, but I can't see either winning their region.
Yes, there are still games to play that will decide this thing. It seems that anything that can happen will happen, which is why we might end up with one of most suspense-filled races in Heisman history before all is said and done.
How would the race go if the vote was held right now? I think it would look something like this (don't quote me…it'll probably change next week):
1. Jameis Winston
2. AJ McCarron
3. Johnny Manziel
4. Bryce Petty
5. Andre Williams
6. Marcus Mariota
7. Jordan Lynch
8. Ka'Deem Carey
9. Derek Carr
10. Tajh Boyd


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Math prodigy Shankutala Devi in 2007.
Shakuntala Devi, an Indian mathematical wizard known as "the human computer" for her ability to make incredibly swift calculations, died on Sunday in Bangalore, India. She was 83.
The cause was respiratory and cardiac problems, said D. C. Shivadev, a trustee of the Shakuntala Devi Educational Foundation Public Trust.
Ms. Devi demonstrated her mathematical gifts around the world, at colleges, in theaters and on radio and television. In 1977, at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, she extracted the 23rd root of a 201-digit number in 50 seconds, beating a Univac computer, which took 62 seconds.
In 1980, she correctly multiplied two 13-digit numbers in only 28 seconds at the Imperial College in London. The feat, which earned her a place in the 1982 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, was even more remarkable because it included the time to recite the 26-digit solution.
The New York Times
Problems solved by Ms. Devi during a demonstration in 1976, as they appeared in The New York Times.
(The numbers, selected at random by a computer, were 7,686,369,774,870 and 2,465,099,745,779. The answer was 18,947,668,177,995,426,462,773,730.)
Shakuntala Devi was born in Bangalore on Nov. 4, 1929. Her father was a trapeze artist and lion tamer in a circus. Survivors include a daughter and two grandchildren.
She was about 3 and playing cards with her father when he discovered that she was a mathematical prodigy with an uncanny ability to memorize numbers. By the time she was 5, she had become an expert at solving math problems.
Ms. Devi won fame demonstrating her math skills at the circus, and later in road shows arranged by her father.
"I had become the sole breadwinner of my family, and the responsibility was a huge one for a young child," she once said. "At the age of 6, I gave my first major show at the University of Mysore, and this was the beginning of my marathon of public performances."
She toured Europe in 1950. When she appeared on the BBC, her answer to a difficult calculation was different from the interviewer's. It turned out that she was right. Similarly, at the University of Rome, one of her answers to a problem was found to be wrong, until the experts re-examined their own calculations.
When Ms. Devi performed in New York in 1976, an article in The New York Times marveled at her abilities: "She could give you the cube root of 188,132,517 — or almost any other number — in the time it took to ask the question. If you gave her any date in the last century, she would tell you what day of the week it fell on."
In a 1990 journal article about Ms. Devi, Arthur R. Jensen, a researcher on human intelligence at the University of California, Berkeley, noted that unlike the Dustin Hoffman character in the movie "Rain Man," an autistic savant who was also a mathematical prodigy, "Devi comes across as alert, extroverted, affable and articulate."
He posited that for Ms. Devi, "the manipulation of numbers is apparently like a native language, whereas for most of us arithmetic calculation is at best like the foreign language we learned in school." But he added that she built on her inherent skills through intense practice as a child.
Ms. Devi was also a successful astrologer, cookbook author and novelist.
More tech and science from NYTimes.com:
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- You're the Boss Blog: Putting a Dollar Value on a Facebook Fan
- MetroPCS Shareholders Approve Merger With T-Mobile USA
- Sprint Narrows Loss but Loses Subscribers
This story, "Shakuntala Devi, 'Human Computer,' Dies in India at 83," first appeared in The New York Times. Copyright 2013 The New York Times Company.


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Do Pirate Sites Really Make That Much Money? Um... No
from the and-again deptOne of the key refrains from the supporters of PIPA and SOPA in pushing for those bills was about how "foreign pirates" were profiting off of American industry. However, as we've suggested plenty of times in the past, there's little evidence that there's really that much money to be made running such sites. Even more amusing, of course, is that the MPAA/RIAA folks have to both argue that "people just want stuff for free," and that these sites are raking in money from subscription fees at the same time -- an internal contradiction they never explain. I've asked MPAA officials directly (including on stage at the Filmmaker's Forum event last year) that if these lockers are really making so much money, why doesn't Hollywood just set up their own and rake in all that cash. The only answer they give, which doesn't actually answer the question, is that it's cheaper for cyberlockers since they don't pay royalties. But that's got nothing to do with why the Hollywood studios don't get this money for themselves. Of course, the real reason -- somewhat implicit from the MPAA's comments -- is that it knows these sites don't make that much money.
Researcher Joe Karaganis, who did the famed SSRC Media Piracy report, has just come out with a new report talking about just how little these so-called "rogue sites" actually make.
Now, some will immediately claim that this is ridiculous given the videos and photos we've all seen in the last week of police confiscating dozens of expensive luxury cars from the $30 million mansion owned by Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom (er... Schmitz). However, as Karaganis points out, it really doesn't look like Megaupload made that much money from infringement, and even if it was, it seemed that widespread competition and the growing commodity of online storage would make the company less and less profitable. Even so, the actual details of the indictment show numbers much, much lower than what the industry has been claiming, and simply gives much more credence to the fact that Hollywood's estimates of "losses" are complete bunk:
It's easy to see how Kim Dotcom got rich by being an early entrant in the cloud storage market, in the only part of the business that required a lot of large file transfers. (Much the same is true of broadband adoption, for which piracy has always been the early killer app—especially outside the US where legal web services are still underdeveloped.) As a subscription business selling a scarce commodity, Megaupload's revenues were many times larger than the largest torrent or link sites. In 2010, execs at Paramount Pictures estimated (in testimony to Congress) its profits at between $41 million and $300 million per year, with the range reflecting different assumptions about its subscription rate. The Justice Department's recent indictment put the number below the low end of the range—committing to only $175 million in total revenues since 2005–under $30 million/year–and reflecting a roughly 7-1 split between subscriptions and advertising. There are no estimates of how much of this came from legal sources.$30 million a year is still decent -- but for one of the largest sites on the internet, it's actually pretty dismal, compared to what other sites of that size can earn. The fact that Dotcom was an egotistical show-off who loved throwing around money doesn't really mean that much. Hell, it's pretty easy to find any number of entertainment industry folks who are just as bad, if not worse, in just how ostentatious they are with their wealth. But people don't automatically assume that Jay-Z is a criminal because he spends $1.5 million to close off an entire floor of a hospital for the birth of his daughter. Megaupload may have broken the law, but to automatically jump from saying that because it made some money, to it's all because of infringement, is a leap in logic without facts. But, more to the point, if Megaupload was such a huge portion of the problem -- as the US Chamber of Commerce has insisted -- the fact that we're talking about just $30 million in revenue (some of which is from legit sources) really suggests that very few are making much money in the "piracy" business (despite the horror stories about pirates rolling in cash and funding terrorists and organized crime).
In contrast, it's hard to see how this model remains lucrative. Storage costs are falling rapidly, and there are no barriers to entry or significant network effects. For a comparable market, look to the highly competitive web hosting business rather than search engines or operating systems, which have more characteristics of natural monopolies. Many companies–including Megaupload–already give large amounts of storage away. Many compete for "premium" users, either with inducements or bundling with other services.
Karaganis went looking for more detailed numbers, and in almost every case, it looked like being involved with such a service was not a particularly profitable endeavor:
- The Swedish trial of The Pirate Bay trial in 2009 became an occasion for all sorts of competing estimates of revenues. Record industry group IFPI estimated the site's revenues at $3 million per year. The MPAA described $5 million in revenues. But prosecutors endorsed a much lower number: $170,000 from advertising (against what the defense characterized as $112,000/year in server/bandwidth costs and $100,000 per year in revenue). This is for a site that appears consistently among the top 100 visited sites in the world.
- NinjaVideo, a Brooklyn-based movie indexing site whose owners were arrested in 2011, was alleged by prosecutors to have made $500,000 in 2½ years. After the site began to make money, the four administrators split the revenue, netting around $33,000/year each after expenses. http://prospect.org/article/ninja-our-sites . Hana Beshara, the site's primary owner, was sentenced to 22 months in prison under the US No Electronic Theft (NET) Act.
- Brian McCarthy, the owner of Channelsurfing.net, a Texas-based sports streaming site, was alleged by prosecutors to have made $90,000 over five years. http://prospect.org/article/ninja-our-sites He also faces jail time and fines under the NET Act.
- Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made some partial revenue estimates for targets of its 2010 domain name seizure program, Operation In Our Sites, based on information from advertising network Valueclick. According to ICE investigators, Torrentfinder, a BitTorrent site, made about $15,000 in ad revenue from Valueclick over a year in 2008-2009. Onsmash, a music link site, made around $2,500 in 2009-2010.
The picture that emerges from the survey is one of financially fragile but low cost operations, dependent on volunteer labor, subsidized by users and founders, and characterized by a strong sense of mission to make work more widely available within fan communities. Few such sites make or seek to make money. Many are specialized communities exchanging media of particular types, genres, or languages. A site like NinjaVideo began this way, but grew into a larger, revenue-making operation.The key point here is that all of these efforts to "follow the money" or cut off the money flow probably doesn't matter all that much to many of the people running these sites. They're not in it for the money, but for other reasons. All in all, it seems pretty clear that there just isn't that much money in running a "rogue site" -- contrary to what the supporters of these bills will tell you.
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Chrome Extensions are the code components used for adding new or enhanced features in the Chrome Web browser. In other words, the functionality of the browser relies substantially on add-ons or plugins to Chrome. In this article, we explain what an extension consists of, how it can be developed, and then we provide a sample extension to illustrate the techniques.
The Anatomy of Chrome Extensions
A Chrome extension is a zipped bundle of files HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and related extension files. Extensions are essentially Web pages, and they can use all the APIs that Chrome provides to Web pages, from
XMLHttpRequest to JSON to HTML5.
A Chrome extension comprises the following files:
- A manifest file (mandatory).
- One or more HTML files (mandatory) such as background.html, popup.html.
- One or more JavaScript files (optional).
- Any other files your extension needs for example, image files (optional).
Before going into details of the extension's components, let's see how to load and view an extension. Assuming you have all the extension-related files:
- Create a folder anywhere on your system to hold the above files..
- Go to the Extensions Management page in Chrome by clicking the wrench icon and choosing Tools > Extensions, and click on Developer mode option.
- Use the Load unpacked extension button and specify the extension folder. This step will load the extension.
- If the extension is valid, its icon appears next to the address bar, and information about the extension appears in the extensions page.
The extension is now ready to be used. Clicking on the extension's icon (next to the address bar) enables interaction with the extension. Note that this page provides options to Reload/Uninstall options for the extension. Now, we'll examine the contents of the extensions.
The Manifest File
The manifest file, called "manifest.json," provides information about the extension such as the most important files and the capabilities that the extension uses.
If you're not familiar with JSON, it stands for JavaScript Object Notation, and it's a lightweight text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange in JavaScript. In this way, it serves as an alternative to XML. It is used for representing simple data structures and associative arrays, called objects. It is language-independent, with parsers available for most languages. JSON files are denoted by the extension ".json." JSON is often used for serializing and transmitting structured data over a network connection. Here's a typical manifest file:
manifest.json { "name": "Kz_FACE_LIFT", "version": "1.1", "description": "Kz FACE_LIFT PLUG-IN.", "background_page": "background.html", "options_page": "options.html", "browser_action": { "default_icon": "images/clock.png", "popup": "popup.html" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["<all_urls>"], "js": ["page.js"] } "icons" : { "48": "a_48.jpg", "128": "a_128.jpg" }
The manifest file is the heart of the Chrome extension. It contains several name-value pairs specifying what functions are to be performed by whom. The attributes name, version and description are metadata for the extension, whereas the attributes
background_page, options_page and content-scripts give information about the files that will be holding the corresponding logic (which will be described later).
browser_action attribute, which is a composite JSON object (that is, made up of one or more JSON objects) is a way of specifying the user interface (UI) to the extension. It holds the details of the image button or the UI that will be provided to the user to access the extension: It has the child attribute
default_icon that specifies the icon to be used next to the URL in the address bar; and the child attribute popup contains the name of the HTML file that will be displayed when you click on the icon in the address bar.
The composite attribute icons specify the images that are to be displayed at various places. The child attribute 48 specifies the image/icon that is to be displayed during the installation and uninstallation process of the extension. The child attribute 128 specifies the image/icon that is to be displayed in the chrome://extensions page where details of all the installed extensions are listed. The child attribute 16 has the same functionality as the
default_icon attribute.
Extensions get the user interface in the following two ways:
- Browser action: An extension that enhances the functionality of the browser irrespective of the pages. As long as the browser is running, the extension will be there. It adds an action item to the browser. The action item is added in the browser's toolbar in the aforementioned sample manifest file.
- Page action: An extension that enhances the functionality of the browser depending on the Web page being visited. That is, it will be active as long as that page (or any page from that domain ) is open in the browser. It adds an action item to some of the pages that depends on the program logic. The action item is added in the address bar for valid page addresses.
At most, an extension can have either one browser action or one page action.
The main logic of the extension resides in the background.html file. When an extension needs to have a single long-running script to perform some task, background pages are the solution. Although it is an HTML file, its purpose is not used to add a GUI to the extension. Everything in this file is housed inside a <
script> tag or contains a reference to a JavaScript file that holds the main logic.
This file exists for the lifetime of extension, and only one instance of it per extension is active at a time. For extensions with only background work to do, the UI is implemented by dumb views. That is, the view collects any data from the background page as needed and displays it on click. The manifest.json file specifies which HTML file will hold the background processing logic. It does this via the attribute
A sample background.html is shown here:
<html> <body> <script src="script.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> chrome.tabs.onSelectionChanged.addListener(myFun4); chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(myFun4); var val = 10 ; //declare a sample variable </script> </body>


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Matt Bomer in 'The New Normal'
In Tuesday's episode of The New Normal, Bryan (Andrew Rannells) and David (Justin Bartha) are contemplating expanding their family, with Goldie's help of course, but when they see that their single friend Gary (Michael Hitchcock) aspires to what they have, they try to help. White Collar's Matt Bomer guest-stars as Bryan's ex, Monty, a legendary party boy the couple attempts to set up with Gary so that their lonely pal can start on the path to his own family. But don't ever trust a guy named Monty! He has his own plans for procreation, and they just might include Goldie (Georgia King.)
Clearly he's let himself go since he dated Bryan!
"The Goldie Rush" episode airs tomorrow night at 9:30 on NBC.
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Usually the user manual of the tech gadgets we buy comes on a CD in PDF format. Sometimes there is also a printed copy included. This was my case, but it came in the wrong language. If I wanted the spanish manual, I would have needed to return the camera and wait longer to have it again. So that was not an acceptable option. I have tried to understand portuguese, but unsuccessfull. I have tried without the manual and it was ok for standard features, but... ok, let's print the manual.
The size of the manual is such that four pages fit well on an a4 paper. I have used:
pdf2ps Manual.pdf psselect -p3-185 Manual.ps sel.ps psbook sel.ps | pstops 8:0,1,4,5,2,3,6,7 | psnup -4 -pa4 -b-5cm >out.ps
- First line converts it to postscript.
- Second line removes some problematic unusefull pages.
- Third line:
- psbook arranges pages to be folded when printed two on each side of paper.
- pstops arranges pages to have 4 on each side (cutted on the middle and folded each pair.
- psnup effectively puts 4 pages on each final a4 page with '-b-5cm' used to remove the excesive individual margins of original pages.
- psbook arranges pages to be folded when printed two on each side of paper.
More advanced info on making impositions with pstops.


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Free-electron laser
A free-electron laser (FEL), is a type of laser whose lasing medium consists of very-high-speed electrons moving freely through a magnetic structure,[1] hence the term free electron.[2] The free-electron laser is tunable and has the widest frequency range of any laser type,[3] currently ranging in wavelength from microwaves, through terahertz radiation and infrared, to the visible spectrum, ultraviolet, and X-ray.[4]
The term free-electron lasers was coined by John Madey in 1976 at Stanford University.[5] The work emanates from research done by Hans Motz and his coworkers, who built an undulator at Stanford in 1953,[6][7] using the wiggler magnetic configuration which is the heart of a free electron laser. Madey used a 43-MeV electron beam[8] and 5 m long wiggler to amplify a signal.
Beam creation
To create an FEL, a beam of electrons is accelerated to almost the speed of light. The beam passes through an undulator, a side to side magnetic field produced by a periodic arrangement of magnets with alternating poles across the beam path. The direction of the beam is called the longitudinal direction, while the direction across the beam path is called transverse. This array of magnets is called an undulator or a wiggler, because it forces the electrons in the beam to wiggle transversely along a sinusoidal path about the axis of the undulator.
The transverse acceleration of the electrons across this path results in the release of photons (synchrotron radiation), which are monochromatic but still incoherent, because the electromagnetic waves from randomly distributed electrons interfere constructively and destructively in time, and the resulting radiation power scales linearly with the number of electrons. If an external laser is provided or if the synchrotron radiation becomes sufficiently strong, the transverse electric field of the radiation beam interacts with the transverse electron current created by the sinusoidal wiggling motion, causing some electrons to gain and others to lose energy to the optical field via the ponderomotive force.
This energy modulation evolves into electron density (current) modulations with a period of one optical wavelength. The electrons are thus clumped, called microbunches, separated by one optical wavelength along the axis. Whereas conventional undulators would cause the electrons to radiate independently, the radiation emitted by the bunched electrons are in phase, and the fields add together coherently.
The FEL radiation intensity grows, causing additional microbunching of the electrons, which continue to radiate in phase with each other.[9] This process continues until the electrons are completely microbunched and the radiation reaches a saturated power several orders of magnitude higher than that of the undulator radiation.
The wavelength of the radiation emitted can be readily tuned by adjusting the energy of the electron beam or the magnetic-field strength of the undulators.
FELs are relativistic machines. The wavelength of the emitted radiation, , is given by [10]
- ,
or when the wiggler strength parameter K, discussed below, is small
- ,
where is the undulator wavelength (the spatial period of the magnetic field), is the relativistic Lorentz factor and the proportionality constant depends on the undulator geometry and is of the order of 1.
This formula can be understood as a combination of two relativistic effects. Imagine you are sitting on an electron passing through the undulator. Due to Lorentz contraction the undulator is shortened by a factor and the electron experiences much shorter undulator wavelength . However, the radiation emitted at this wavelength is observed in the laboratory frame of reference and the relativistic Doppler effect brings the second factor to the above formula. Rigorous derivation from Maxwell's equations gives the divisor of 2 and the proportionality constant. In an x-ray FEL the typical undulator wavelength of 1 cm is transformed to x-ray wavelengths on the order of 1 nm by ≈ 2000, i.e. the electrons have to travel with the speed of 0.9999998c.
Wiggler strength parameter K
K, a dimensionless parameter, tells the wiggler strength as the relationship between the length of a period and the radius of bend,[11]
where is the bending radius, is the applied magnetic field and the electron mass.
Quantum effects
In most cases, the theory of classical electromagnetism adequately accounts for the behavior of free electron lasers.[12] For sufficiently short wavelengths, quantum effects of electron recoil and shot noise may have to be considered.[13]
Large facilities required
Free-electron lasers require the use of an electron accelerator with its associated shielding, as accelerated electrons can be a radiation hazard if not properly contained. These accelerators are typically powered by klystrons, which require a high voltage supply. The electron beam must be maintained in a vacuum which requires the use of numerous vacuum pumps along the beam path. While this equipment is bulky and expensive, free-electron lasers can achieve very high peak powers, and the tunability of FELs makes them highly desirable in many disciplines, including chemistry, structure determination of molecules in biology, medical diagnosis, and nondestructive testing.
X-ray laser without mirrors
The lack of a material to make mirrors that can reflect extreme ultraviolet and x-rays means that FELs at these frequencies cannot use a resonant cavity like other lasers, which reflects the radiation so it makes multiple passes through the undulator. Consequently, in an X-ray FEL the output beam is produced by a single pass of radiation through the undulator; there must be enough amplification over a single pass to produce an adequately bright beam.
X-ray free electron lasers use long undulators. The underlying principle of the intense pulses from the X-ray laser lies in the principle of self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE), which leads to the microbunching. Initially all electrons are distributed evenly and they emit incoherent spontaneous radiation only. Through the interaction of this radiation and the electrons' oscillations, they drift into microbunches separated by a distance equal to one radiation wavelength. Through this interaction, all electrons begin emitting coherent radiation in phase. All emitted radiation can reinforce itself perfectly whereby wave crests and wave troughs are always superimposed on one another in the best possible way. This results in an exponential increase of emitted radiation power, leading to high beam intensities and laser-like properties.[14] Examples of facilities operating on the SASE FEL principle include the Free electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH), the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the European x-ray free electron laser (XFEL) in Hamburg, the SPring-8 Compact SASE Source (SCSS), the SwissFEL at the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland) and, as of 2011, the SACLA at the RIKEN Harima Institute in Japan.
Self seeding
One problem with SASE FELs is the lack of temporal coherence due to a noisy startup process. To avoid this, one can "seed" an FEL with a laser tuned to the resonance of the FEL. Such a temporally coherent seed can be produced by more conventional means, such as by high-harmonic generation (HHG) using an optical laser pulse. This results in coherent amplification of the input signal; in effect, the output laser quality is characterized by the seed. While HHG seeds are available at wavelengths down to the extreme ultraviolet, seeding is not feasible at x-ray wavelengths due to the lack of conventional x-ray lasers. In late 2010, in Italy, the seeded-FEL source FERMI@Elettra [15] started commissioning, at the Sincrotrone Trieste Laboratory. FERMI@Elettra is a single-pass FEL user-facility covering the wavelength range from 100 nm (12 eV) to 10 nm (124 eV), located next to the third-generation synchrotron radiation facility ELETTRA in Trieste, Italy. The advent of femtosecond lasers has revolutionized many areas of science from solid state physics to biology.
In 2012, scientists working on the LCLS overcame the seeding limitation for x-ray wavelengths by self-seeding the laser with its own beam after being filtered through a diamond monochromator. The resulting intensity and monochromaticity of the beam were unprecedented and allowed new experiments to be conducted involving manipulating atoms and imaging molecules. Other labs around the world are incorporating the technique into their equipment.[16][17]
Research by Glenn Edwards and colleagues at Vanderbilt University's FEL Center in 1994 found that soft tissues including skin, cornea, and brain tissue could be cut, or ablated, using infrared FEL wavelengths around 6.45 micrometres with minimal collateral damage to adjacent tissue.[18][19] This led to surgeries on humans, the first ever using a free-electron laser. Starting in 1999, Copeland and Konrad performed three surgeries in which they resected meningioma brain tumors.[20] Beginning in 2000, Joos and Mawn performed five surgeries that cut a window in the sheath of the optic nerve, to test the efficacy for optic nerve sheath fenestration.[21] These eight surgeries produced results consistent with the standard of care and with the added benefit of minimal collateral damage. A review of FELs for medical uses is given in the 1st edition of Tunable Laser Applications.[22]
Fat removal
Several small, clinical lasers tunable in the 6 to 7 micrometre range with pulse structure and energy to give minimal collateral damage in soft tissue were created.[citation needed] At Vanderbilt, there exists a Raman shifted system pumped by an Alexandrite laser.[23]
Rox Anderson proposed the medical application of the free-electron laser in melting fats without harming the overlying skin.[24] At infrared wavelengths, water in tissue was heated by the laser, but at wavelengths corresponding to 915, 1210 and 1720 nm, subsurface lipids were differentially heated more strongly than water. The possible applications of this selective photothermolysis (heating tissues using light) include the selective destruction of sebum lipids to treat acne, as well as targeting other lipids associated with cellulite and body fat as well as fatty plaques that form in arteries which can help treat atherosclerosis and heart disease.[25]
Exceptionally bright and fast X-rays can image proteins using a sheet just one molecule thick. This technique allows first-time imaging of proteins that do not stack in a way that allows imaging by conventional techniques, 25% of the total number of proteins. Resolutions of 0.8 nm have been achieved with pulse durations of 30 femtoseconds. To get a clear view resolution of 0.1–0.3 nm is required. The short pulse durations prevented the lasers from destroying the molecules. The bright, fast X-rays were produced at the Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC. As of 2014 LCLS was the world's most powerful X-ray FEL.[26]
FEL technology is being evaluated by the US Navy as a candidate for an antiaircraft and missile directed-energy weapon. The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility's FEL has demonstrated over 14 kW power output.[27] Compact multi-megawatt class FEL weapons are undergoing research.[28] On June 9, 2009 the Office of Naval Research announced it had awarded Raytheon a contract to develop a 100 kW experimental FEL.[29] On March 18, 2010 Boeing Directed Energy Systems announced the completion of an initial design for U.S. Naval use.[30] A prototype FEL system was demonstrated, with a full-power prototype scheduled by 2018.[31]
See also
- Bremsstrahlung
- Cyclotron radiation
- Electron wake
- Gyrotron
- International Linear Collider
- Synchrotron radiation
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- ↑ F. J. Duarte (Ed.), Tunable Lasers Handbook (Academic, New York, 1995) Chapter 9.
- ↑ "New Era of Research Begins as World's First Hard X-ray Laser Achieves "First Light"". SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. April 21, 2009. Retrieved 2013-11-06.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Hans Motz, W. Thon, R.N. Whitehurst, Experiments on radiation by fast electron beams, Journal of Applied Physics, 24(7):826-833, 1953.
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- ↑ Glenn S. Edwards et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74 (2003) 3207
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Further reading
- Madey, John, "Stimulated emission of bremsstrahlung in a periodic magnetic field". J. Appl. Phys. 42, 1906 (1971)
- Madey, John, Stimulated emission of radiation in periodically deflected electron beam, US Patent 38 22 410,1974
- Boscolo, et al., "Free-Electron Lasers and Masers on Curved Paths". Appl. Phys., (Germany), vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 46–51, May 1979.
- Deacon et al., "First Operation of a Free-Electron Laser". Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 38, No. 16, Apr. 1977, pp. 892–894.
- Elias, et al., "Observation of Stimulated Emission of Radiation by Relativistic Electrons in a Spatially Periodic Transverse Magnetic Field", Phys. Rev. Lett., 36 (13), 1976, p. 717.
- Gover, "Operation Regimes of Cerenkov-Smith-Purcell Free Electron Lasers and T. W. Amplifiers". Optics Communications, vol. 26, No. 3, Sep. 1978, pp. 375–379.
- Gover, "Collective and Single Electron Interactions of Electron Beams with Electromagnetic Waves and Free Electrons Lasers". App. Phys. 16 (1978), p. 121.
- "The FEL Program at Jefferson Lab" [1]
- Brau, Charles (1990). "Free-Electron Lasers". Boston: Academic Press, Inc.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Paolo Luchini, Hans Motz, Undulators and Free-electron Lasers, Oxford University Press, 1990.
External links
- Lightsources.org
- FERMI, the new FEL at the ELETTRA synchrotron in Triest
- Free-Electron Laser Open Book (National Academies Press)
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Free-Electron Laser research and applications
- European XFEL
- PSI SwissFEL
- SPring-8 Compact SASE Source
- Electron beam transport system and diagnostics of the Dresden FEL
- The Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments FELIX
- W. M. Keck Free Electron Laser Center
- Jefferson Lab's Free-Electron Laser Program
- Free-Electron Lasers: The Next Generation by Davide Castelvecchi New Scientist, January 21, 2006
- Airborne megawatt class free-electron laser for defense and security
- FERMI@Elettra Free-Electron Laser Project
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL)


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just a question.
What happens if I use 2 or more different shippers who have different maximum weight for package?
I think ZC can't manage this. So I must hide number of boxes and specify maximum weight for package and costs not really as they are from the shippers but arrange them finding the best 'set' that suite my expeditions, correct?
Question for dev team: Is it planned some work on shipping in next versions?


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When I say any light is better than none, I mean it. Recently I have seen (barely) cyclists pedaling along at night with NO lights and NO reflectors, wearing dark clothing. These people will not contribute to the gene pool, if they keep that up.
So when my aging tail light's on/off button became non-functional, I had to buy a new one. I purchased two lights for two bikes, both Blackburn brand lights – the Click and the Mars 3.0.
Blackburn has a reputation from making bike racks since 1977 and has since expanded to everything under the sun.
I initially wanted to use the Mars on my daily road bike, but it proved to be a complicated affair. You can orient the light vertically or horizontally. Horizontal mounting is easy, but vertical mounting is a chore.
You have to disassemble parts and reinstall. Then I discovered the light wasn't vertical but at an angle and I didn't like that. The screw clamp also seemed over-complicated.
In contrast, the Click has a rubberband-style clamp. It's oh-so easy to mount. It's also easy to turn on and off. Just press on the light face and it's on. One click gives a solid light and two clicks a blinking light.
I settled on the Click. It's plenty bright and battery life matches the Mars.
Click costs about $15 and the Mars 3.0 about $17.
One final note. I'm not a fan of the blindingly bright flashing front white lights. Some are so bright they distract drivers, based on personal experience.
While I don't know of flashing bike lights being tested in court, flashing lights are supposed to be used only on emergency vehicles. I don't think a flashing red light on a bike is a problem, but I do believe flashing front lights should not be used.
Flashing lights are OK on bicycles, at least in California, because according to the vehicle code bikes are not vehicles: VC Section 670. A "vehicle" is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Flashing lights, by the way, double battery life.


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"We expect to be moving into our new headquarters in the first quarter of 2018," said Founder and CEO of Engel & Völkers AG, Christian Völkers, in a video interview. The new company headquarters is being built as part of a new development in Hamburg's HafenCity district – a joint venture between Quantum Immobilien AG and Engel & Völkers AG.
The project also encompasses the "STRANDHAUS by Richard Meier" with premium freehold apartments, and a building designated for rental apartments. The architectural design of the entire project is the work of the internationally renowned architecture firm Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP New York.


text: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 Student Assembly Leaders Discuss the Brand and Interprofessional Professionalism APTA's Student Assembly leadership shared their views and personal experiences in a video-recorded panel discussion at PT 2012 about how the "Move Forward" brand provides a foundation for professionalism and interprofessional professionalism. Student Assembly President Colleen Sullivan, PT, DPT, Director Samantha Letizio, PT, DPT, Nominating Committee member Chukuemeka Nwigwe, PT, DPT, Secretary Leiselle Pilgrim, PT, DPT, and Treasurer Ken Swantek, PT, DPT, composed the panel, which was moderated by APTA Lead Academic Affairs Specialist Jody Frost, PT, DPT, PhD. View the video on www.apta.org/BrandBeat. Comments Disappointing and ironic we couldn't afford a professional film editor for a video on professionalism. I'd be embarrassed to share this video with anyone. : ( Posted by Matthew J. Taylor, PT, PhD on 8/11/2012 11:45 AM


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To misquote a popular saying, "You don't want to be up ____'s Creek with an inflatable canoe." Fortunately, that saying is not applicable to the Sevylor Colorado Hunting / Fishing Canoe.
Sevylor's Colorado Hunting and Fishing Canoe, while being inflatable, is quite easily one of the most rugged units we've ever had the chance to test out in the field. The advantages to a quality inflatable canoe are thrice fold, with the unit's incomparable mobility when bundled up, convenience and thoroughly rugged design. You'd be hard pressed to encounter a scenario the Colorado canoe cannot man-handle.
The Colorado can be paddled by canoe or kayak paddle, although we'd suggest a kayaking paddle. But the increased movement will come at a cost: your legs get dripped on incessantly. For an inflatable, tracking in this unit is without difficulty, and one shouldn't expect to do any better with a competitor's unit. The construction is near military grade and for every horror story you may have heard about an inflatable canoe the Colorado will provide you with 5 countering any questions you may have about the longevity of the unit. A novice can easily stand upright in the canoe. The crowning point of the Colorado canoe however is the price. An exceptionally great bargain that cannot be beat out for the quality and construction you're receiving.
For all the praise the unit receives, it is not without flaws. I would have appreciated seeing an additional skeg or possibly one larger skeg for deep waters. There is an outer layer which is home to the PVC chambers, this is certainly neat but will collect water overall, increasing the weight and drying time. The foot pump should be immediately replaced with a sturdier model.
The most pragmatic advice about the Colorado canoe: don't be a fool. You should not be whitewater rafting with this canoe; by contrast, it can take a severe beating but be smart. If you're 4 miles out and this is your only way home, avoid that patch of sharp rocks. Regardless, it is the author's opinion that the Colorado will hold up but I'd rather not have anyone lost in the woods based on this review.
Generally, the concept of an inflatable canoe is a turn off. Sevylor has taken a giant step in creating an admirable unit with all the pros and very few cons of a traditional inflatable.


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Okay, this isn't really fluffy, but since it's a non-fat-related meme, and we are in the midst of the Pre-holiday Cavalcade of Fluff, I'm categorizing it as such.
The lovely Harriet Brown said some very kind things about my writing and tagged me with a "Roar for Powerful Words." What I love about this meme, other than the flattery, is that as you pass it along, you're supposed to include three requirements for powerful writing. In reading through the Roar posts, I've already found one tip I'd never seen put into words before, which I think is fucking brilliant. From Lisa Romeo, who tagged Harriet:
Remember that no one cares. About you. About your story. But that readers really do care about themselves. The really good nonfiction writers help the readers find themselves in our stories.
I think that's entirely true of the really good fiction writers, too. If I can't relate to the characters, I don't give a rat's ass what happens to them, which means I don't give a rat's ass about your book. You can write the prettiest sentences in the world, but if your characters are flat or stereotypical or so misanthropic I hope they die in a fire, I won't make it past page 20. (Yes, I'm looking at you, literary writers who think you're above such "commercial" concerns as, you know, telling a story well.)
Anyway. Having thought neither long nor hard about this question, here are my three requirements.
1. Know what you do well, and what you don't.
Along the same lines of giving up The Fantasy of Being Thin, one of my biggest breakthroughs as a writer was giving up the fantasy of being brilliant, mind-bendingly complex, witty, heartbreaking, wildly original, lyrical, literary, accessible, suspenseful, insightful, challenging, and commercially successful, all at the same time. There are only a couple things on that list I actually do well — and notably, being lyrical, literary, wildly original and mind-bendingly complex are not among them. If I'm good at anything (and that is, of course, debatable), it's telling fairly simple stories with wit and heart. But I didn't want to acknowledge that for the longest fucking time, because A) "Heart" is so friggin' cheesy (so unliterary!), and B) Applying humor to serious subjects means sitting through a lot of workshops where people go, "I don't get it! I mean, am I supposed to care about her, or think this is funny?" BOTH, YOU FUCKING DOLT. Eventually, though, I had to admit that doing what I'm good at — and not straining to do anything else — tends to make my stories a lot more fun to read. Go fig.
2. If you "don't write for other people," then put it in a goddamned drawer and be done with it.
Of all the standard Novice Writer Defense Mechanisms, none irritates me quite like, "I only write for myself, not for other people." HORSESHIT. Writers write to be read — and secretly, we write to be loved. If you really only write to please yourself, then why are we having this conversation? Why am I even aware that you're a writer? You write because you want people to read it and love you for it, even if you know there's little chance anyone ever will. But you claim you only write for yourself because that makes it easier to dismiss criticism and refuse to consider why your writing isn't connecting with your intended audience.
And I believe the most common reason for that is, you have no clue who your intended audience is, so you're not offering them anything they want. See Lisa Romeo's rule above.
You must know your readership — and if you don't have one yet, you must imagine a specific one and write to it. This doesn't mean not writing for yourself, necessarily — my imaginary (and, to the extent that it exists, real) audience is pretty much "people (mostly women) who would like hanging out with me, and vice versa." It can be as simple as that. But it can't be "I write for myself" — because that leads to writing that's about as engaging as detailed accounts of other people's dreams — and crucially, it also can't be "I write for everyone!" which is, I suspect, what people who claim to write only for themselves really believe down deep.
No story is so universal or so well-told that it won't anger some people and bore the shit out of others. So once you've figured out what you're good at and started doing much more of that than anything else, the next step is figuring out what kind of people would be charmed by what you're good at, rather than angered or bored. Then you keep those people in the back of your mind with every word you write. You're expecting them to read this eventually (yes, you are), so it's only common courtesy to give them something worth their time, you know?
Which brings us to…
3. Accept that you can't please all of the people all of the time.
In order to establish a "voice" worth reading, you have to be willing to alienate some people, piss some people off, be called all sorts of nasty names, be accused alternately of hackery and pretentiousness, etc. I mean, think about it, y'all — J.K. Rowling has about the broadest possible appeal of any contemporary writer, and she's gotten all of the above a gazillion times over. Your blog is not bloody likely to find a more universally receptive audience than she's got. So once you've acknowledged that you secretly write to be loved, you then have to accept that not everyone who reads your work will love it, or you. Them's the breaks.
Off the top of my head, I can immediately think of two writing habits I have that draw a lot of criticism — and that's without even getting into subject matter. First, I've got the pottymouth to end all fucking pottymouths. Second, I never know when to shut up. (As much as I appreciate Harriet's "less is more" advice, keeping things short and sweet is on the long list of things I do not do well as a writer, so I don't even try anymore, beyond reasonable editing.) But rather than make my writing child-friendly or force myself to cut ten paragraphs out of every post because some people insist that would make my shit more readable, I just keep doing what I do — swearing like a longshoreman and rambling like my dad — because that's what I do well, and enough people seem to like it.
Enough people is the key. If no one at all read my blog, I'd have some serious thinking to do about whether my writing achieves its purpose. But enough people read it that I know I'm doing what I set out to do: reaching my intended audience. And anyone outside my intended audience can suck it, quite frankly.
So there you go. Yeah, it's pretty much three variations on the same basic concept, but it's an important concept, sez me.
On with the tagging.
For the first three, I'm going to semi-cheat and tag people I went to grad school with, because I know they'll have interesting takes on this question.
Gemellen went to school for poetry but can also write prose like a motherfucker, which only makes me hate her a little bit. Her blog is a lot of personal fragments and proto-poems, but she's drawn an audience well beyond her friends because — following what shall henceforth be known as The Romeo Rule — even when it's totally about her, it's also about anyone who's ever been sad and frustrated with no end in sight, to the point of being sick of themselves and the goddamned world and the sickness itself. Also, she is awesome, and she knows things.
Paula Cisewski is also a poet — and teacher and mother and punk rock girl, and the person who introduced me to Al. One of the reasons she can write such amazing poems is that she has an uncanny ability to distill great, huge insights down to about 5 words — which will either crack your shit up or make you gasp. Sometimes both. So I look forward to seeing what she has to say about powerful writing, 'cause I imagine she'll say it in about 1/100 of the words I've used here, and it will be smarter. (Also, go buy her book.)
Screwsan, better known around here as "sumac," is a sex advice columnist-cum-literary blogger-cum-personal blogger, and also a fiction writer who graduated before me, despite being much younger than me, which only makes me hate her a little bit. Lady's got opinions. Which happen to be smart, funny, deliciously mean to the people who deserve it, and compassionate toward everyone else. Just the way I like my opinions.
Next, on to people I only know from the blogosphere. One or both Hoydens, consider yourselves tagged. Tigtog and Lauredhel are two of the fiercest smarty-pants, skeptics, and feminists in my feed reader. Even when I go on a temporary political blog fast for my sanity, I can't resist checking what's up at Hoyden about Town. Not just because I am constantly charmed by the Aussie slang, even.
Finally, of course I need to round things out (geddit?) with a fat blogger. Dear Everyone on the Fatosphere Feed: You deserve a roar, and you are most welcome to consider this yours. But since I'm supposed to tag 5 people (and am counting the Hoydens as 1), I'll single somebody out.
Meowser, you're it. No one in the Fatosphere makes me think, "That's exactly what I would have said — only SO MUCH FUNNIER!" as frequently as you do. Tell us how you do it, woman.


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Other volunteers went door to door, checking on neighbors or serving meals or handing out necessities at one of the many distribution stations that dotted the city after the storm. As the weeks stretched on, holiday toy drives and fundraisers were launched.
"The Knights of Columbus … opened their doors to all who needed it," McNally said. "They became a central hub for the Red Cross and a source of hot food and camaraderie to a West End desperately in need."
Days after the storm, Sean Sullivan, owner of Swingbelly's, the West End barbecue joint, which was destroyed by floodwater, teamed up with Shine's bar and set up a grill in front of Sullivan's boarded-up restaurant on West Beech Street, where he cooked ribs, flipped burgers and served beer.
"[Shine's] was set to celebrate its centennial anniversary the Saturday after the storm hit," McNally said. "By Thursday, the bar's two young owners cast aside their own concerns about the business's survival and were operating a full-fledged soup and supply kitchen for anyone that needed it. Shine's was quite literally the only beacon of light, hope and normalcy for West End residents in the days immediately following the storm. They didn't stop until Thanksgiving."
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Most nonprofits are 501(c)(3) organizations, which means they are formed for religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes and are eligible for federal and state tax exemptions. To create a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, first you need to form a Hawaii corporation, then you apply for tax-exempt status from the IRS and the State of Hawaii. Here are the details.
In Hawaii, your nonprofit corporation must have three or more directors.
The name of your nonprofit corporation cannot be the same as the name of another nonprofit corporation on file with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. To see if your proposed name is available, you can search Hawaii's name database at www.hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/breg.
You will need to create and file nonprofit articles of incorporation with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs office. The articles of incorporation need to include basic information such as your nonprofit's name, your nonprofit's statement of purpose, certain provisions required for state and federal tax-exempt purposes, and the name and address of your registered agent (the person to whom legal notices should be sent).
The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs should have a nonprofit articles of incorporation form -- either a fill-in-the-blank form or a sample on which you can base your articles. To ensure that you'll receive 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status when you apply with the IRS, you'll need to include specific language to ensure that you'll receive tax-exempt status, such as a clause dedicating the nonprofit's assets to another 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization should your nonprofit end. Your state form may include these provisions already but, if yours doesn't, consult a legal self-help guide such as How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation, by Anthony Mancuso (Nolo), to make sure your articles comply with Hawaii's nonprofit laws.
You'll need to prepare bylaws that comply with Hawaii law and contain the rules and procedures your corporation will follow for holding meetings, electing officers and directors, and taking care of other corporate formalities required in Hawaii. For more information, see Nolo's article Nonprofit Formation Documents: Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Organizational Minutes or, for help creating your bylaws, see Nolo's book How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation, by Anthony Mancuso (Nolo). Your bylaws do not need to be filed with the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs -- they are your internal operating manual.
Your first board meeting is usually referred to as the organizational meeting of the board. The board should take such actions as:
After the meeting is completed, minutes of the meeting should be created.
You should set up a corporate records binder for your nonprofit to hold important document such as articles of incorporation, bylaws, and minutes of meetings. For more information, as well as minutes forms, consent forms, and other resolutions, see Nonprofit Meetings, Minutes & Records, by Anthony Mancuso (Nolo).
Now that you have created your nonprofit corporation, you can obtain your federal and Hawaii state tax exemptions. Here are the three steps you must take to obtain your tax-exempt status:
To obtain federal tax-exempt status from the IRS, you will need to complete and file IRS Form 1023, Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This long and detailed form asks for lots of information about your organization, including its history, finances, organizational structure, governance policies, operations, activities, and more. For line-by-line instructions on how to complete the Form 1023, see How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation, by Anthony Mancuso (Nolo).
Smaller nonprofits may be eligible to file Form 1023-EZ, Streamlined Application for Recognition of Exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This is a much simpler, shorter form that is filed online. Only smaller nonprofits--those with projected annual gross receipts of less than $50,000 and total assets of less than $250,000--are eligible to use the streamlined 1023-EZ application.
See the IRS website for more information on the Form 1023 and Form 1023-EZ filing requirements.
Once you have your federal tax exemption, you need to obtain your Hawaii state tax exemption. This may include exemptions from income, property, sales, and other state taxes. Hawaii's tax agency will have a form you need to file to obtain your state tax exemption.
Depending on your activities and the size of your organization, you may need to register with the Hawaii attorney general before doing any fundraising activities. Check with Hawaii's attorney general website at http://hawaii.gov/ag/charities for additional rules or, for more information about fundraising registration requirements, see Nonprofit Fundraising Registration: The 50-State Guide, by Stephen Fishman (Nolo).
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New York City's "MWBE" program is designed to promote government contracting opportunities for businesses owned by minorities and women. Our "Emerging Business Enterprise" program is designed to promote such opportunities for businesses owned by persons who are "socially and economically disadvantaged."[i] Firms owned by persons in groups for which MBE or WBE goals have not been established may be able to qualify for certification as "emerging business enterprises."
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• Peter Gammons thinks Prince Fielder would be willing to accept a short-term deal. Fielder disagrees.
• The Andrew Bailey trade really pissed off Oakland's fan base.
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CHUD recently asked could-be The Boys director Adam McKay if he'd want Simon Pegg — who was the inspiration for protagonist Wee Hughie — for the film. McKay's not signed on definitely, but he's all for the idea.
Here's the exchange CHUD's Devin Faraci had with McKay:
[McKay] told me: 'I haven't officially signed on yet, so I haven't had any conversations with anyone, but he's got to do it. It has to be.'
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Speaking of muddled, here's the response I got from DDOT after complaining about the caution tape at Madison Place, NW.
In any case, thanks to DDOT for getting back to me, especially concerning something that (I rightly supposed) they have no control over. But I'm going to go ahead and call BS on the answer giving to the member of their Bike Team. Here are just a few of the reasons that the rationale of "speeding bicyclists can hurt security guards" is bunk.
1. Guards are mostly in the booth, protected by bicyclists by something called walls.
2. If there was actually a vehicle stopped at the checkpoint, a bicyclist couldn't "speed" through. The bicyclist would be stopped by vehicle.
3. There's maybe about 2 to 3 feet between the security bollars (if you can call 6 inch diameter metal poles bollards) and there's no way a bicyclist is going to "speed" through. And furthermore, if a bicyclist was to actually speed through, there'd be no one there to potentially hazard (because they'd be inside the security checkpoint, surrounded by walls)
4. The access, as a result of the security bollards, is already quite fettered and removing the tape still wouldn't give bicyclists unfettered access to the area. It would just allow them regular access.
5. So let me get this straight: it's crucial that we preserve the safety of security guards by imperiling bicyclists and pedestrians forced to share a too narrow sidewalk. I mean, if that's the actual calculus and someone has deliberately decided that this is a worthwhile tradeoff, that's fine. But let's at least be clear about what's happening here.
In conclusion, this supposed rationale is considerably less than convincing. This is a case of someone taking offense to theoretically being hazarded by bicyclists than an attempt to actual think critically about an issue. As we're all aware, bicyclists are a public safety menace.
I had two goals for getting down Massachusetts that fed into my larger goal of not getting seriously injured.
1. Stay upright
2. Not ram into the back of anything.
And I did both of these things, thankfully. There was only once when I had the genuinely terrible feeling of not being able to stop in time and it was when I was confronted with a driver looking to change lanes when the person in front of him stopped to turn left. Luckily he saw me in time (thanks yellow jacket!?) and stayed put. In the rain, I don't really mess around with going fast or riding anywhere but in the middle of the travel lane. Most drivers, I think, understand and vaguely sympathize (or at least give a wide berth).
Look for breaks between cars in slowed and stopped traffic. That normally portends something, like someone you can't see pulling out of a driveway. That seems like a useful suggestion, right?
Lights. You really need them. In fact, I'm peeved at a good portion of the DC bike set for not having them. Invisibility in the dark is no cycle chic. It's cycle stupid. Yeah, it's fairly early in the gets-dark-early season, but that's not much of an excuse. Would gentle scolding get you to get lights? Maybe continued and cruel mockery? Rigorous police enforcement? How about this?
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I don't think there's anything better than rain to remind you how crappy some roads are. Downtown on 11th is just a mess. Not so much potholes as cauldronholes (not a technical term) that extend almost across the entire block. Just bad news for bicycling.
I got a sad, empathetic look from the Capitol Hill police/security (I don't know which) person who guards the three cones that block the lane at the base of the hill on Constitution as I was forced to slow to a near stop and then merge (for 5 feet) into the next-over travel lane after two speeding cars prevented me from doing such until they passed. I'd prefer you just not have cones there. Maybe I'll take it up with DDOT and learn that the cones are there to protect the guy standing in the middle of the lane to protect the cones. It's like an MC Escher drawing of traffic control.