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Denver, CO – Devan Dubnyk stopped all 36 shots he faced as Edmonton claimed a 4-0 victory over Colorado at Pepsi Center.
Shawn Horcoff, Sam Gagner, Magnus Paajarvi and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins all lit the lamp for the Oilers, who won the final two contests of a nine-game road trip.
Ales Hemsky finished with two assists as Edmonton returns home to host Detroit on Friday after a 3-4-2 stretch away from northern Alberta.
"It feels like we spent a long time on the road, but it's a productive time for us," Horcoff said. "There was so much gloom and doom going into Chicago. I'm really proud and impressed with our guys and how we responded."
Semyon Varlamov made 27 saves in defeat for the Avalanche, who couldn't maintain momentum from back-to-back wins over Chicago and San Jose.
Horcoff opened the scoring for the visitors at 11:20 of the first period, breaking free up the middle when Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog fell over, and scoring on the forehand.
Gagner doubled the advantage less than five minutes later by knocking in a Ryan Whitney rebound from inside the crease.
Paajarvi made it 3-0 when he broke up the left wing, and followed up his own rebound by batting the puck out of midair and past Varlamov with 7:44 left in the second period.
Nugent-Hopkins provided a four-goal edge for the visitors on a power play just after the 6 1/2-minute mark of the final period.
Dubnyk made 13 saves in the opening 20 minutes, 13 in the middle frame and 10 in the third to score the clean sheet.
"We came out hard the first five minutes, they go up 1-0 and then 2-0 and we got away from our game," Landeskog said. "We just let them run away with this one. We had two emotional wins and we have to feed off the momentum."
Game Notes
Dubnyk recorded his fifth career whitewash, Edmonton's first this season, and his first since Mar. 14, 2012 against Columbus (3-0) ... Nugent-Hopkins snapped a 12-game goal drought, dating back to his lone score this season, on Feb. 16 vs. Colorado.


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About LookingBerger, John More by this author...£14.99
As a novelist, essayist, and cultural historian, John Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence and arresting insight whose work amounts to a subtle, powerful critique of the canons of our civilization. In About Looking he explores our role as observers to reveal new layers of meaning in what we see. How do the animals we look at in zoos remind us of a relationship between man and beast all but lost in the twentieth century? What is it about looking at war photographs that doubles their already potent violence? How do the nudes of Rodin betray the threats to his authority and potency posed by clay and flesh? And how does solitude inform the art of Giacometti? In asking these and other questions, Berger alters the vision of anyone who reads his work.


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Time Again for Repayable Taxes?News at Home
tags: Robert E. Wright, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, taxes, repayable taxes
Robert E. Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and the author of fifteen books, including "Corporation Nation," forthcoming from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Denarius of Sabina Augusta, Roman Republic era. Credit: Dartmouth College.
Today, legislators facing budget deficits must decide the degree to which to cut spending, increase taxes, or borrow. All three can have negative effects on the economy and legislators' individual prospects for re-election. Gridlock has resulted on more than one occasion.
Until a few centuries ago, governments regularly resorted to additional fiscal techniques. One was to pillage other countries. That does not work well anymore because most wealth today takes the form of flighty human capital, not easily appropriated physical stuff. Moreover, wars have grown too expensive and too destructive to make them paying propositions.
Another ancient technique for smoothing government revenue was to sell government-owned assets, including the proverbial crown-jewels and monopoly privileges on salt or trading rights with distant continents. That hoary tool, however, does not sit well with many people today who for some reason immediately imagine the sale of national parks or aircraft carrier task forces. (One does wonder, though, how much a 99-year lease on the interstate highway system, with reasonable toll restrictions, would bring in a Vickrey auction.)
Two other ancient mechanisms of government finance, forced loans and repayable taxes, are perhaps more palatable. Policymakers sometimes used forced loans out of necessity, when nobody wanted to lend to the government, at least on the terms it was willing to give. Forced loans were also used, however, to align the interests of a broad swathe of the population with the interests of the government. Taxpayers often plot rebellion but government creditors seek stability so that default premiums stay low and bond prices stay up.
Repayable taxes created even stronger ties between citizens and governments, essentially making them business partners. Bondholders seek stability but so long as interest payments are punctually met they remain content. Holders of repayable taxes, by contrast, want their government to maximize its efficiency so that they receive the largest repayments possible.
Governments cannot default on repayable taxes because, like stock dividends, they are contingent on some measure of profitability. That means, however, that repayable taxes do not exert as much pressure for budget discipline on policymakers as government bonds do.
Repayable taxes date back at least to 187 B.C., when the Roman Republic repaid 22.5 million denarii (1 denarius = 3.9 grams of silver) of the taxes it used to fund a successful looting spree. Its successor, the Roman Empire, lived and eventually died by conquest. Centuries after the fall of Rome, the city states of the Apennine Peninsula, including Florence, Genoa, and Venice, returned to their roots and used forced loans and repayable taxes to fund their own wars of independence and empire.
Over time, the forced loans of the Italian city-states began to trade in secondary markets. They came to be preferred to repayable taxes due to their superior liquidity and their more predictable cash flows. (Principal payments remained uncertain but interest generally fell due annually.) Moreover, foreigners eventually could purchase forced loans without causing too much consternation, driving additional demand.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Dutch extended the Italian city state loan model by favoring voluntary loans over compulsory ones and by promising repayment of principal in all events, a promise that to be credible required a dedicated, non-refundable tax base. The Netherlands fared well under the system and emerged from its long war of independence from the Hapsburgs as the first global super power.
When the time came to establish their own modern nation-states in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the British and American governments emulated the Dutch model. Unsurprisingly, sovereign bonds soon came to reign supreme while repayable taxes faded first from use and then from collective memory. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.
But another saying asserts that history repeats itself, or, in Mark Twain's famous iteration, that it at least rhymes. Could repayable taxes reappear in the modern world? Could they be used to eliminate the deficit and spark, not victory in war as in days of yore, but economic growth? Would Republicans consent to higher taxes on the wealthy if the extra taxes were repayable in the event of robust economic growth (and hence increased government receipts) in the future?
The answer may lay in the fate of John Maynard Keynes's 1939 proposal, made in his book How to Pay for the War: A Radical Plan for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to fund World War II with repayable taxes that took the form of compulsory savings. Under his plan, workers would have had money withheld from their pay and returned to them at some point in the future with some positive rate of interest that depended on how costly the war became. Many economists liked the idea but politicians ensured that the scheme played only a small role in the public finances of Britain, Canada, and South Africa.
In the United States, President Franklin Roosevelt decided it was better to cajole workers into buying low yielding savings bonds. He was right in the sense that hatred of Hitler and Tojo proved sufficient to successfully prosecute the war. Today, by contrast, national sentiment on important policy issues is much more divided.
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Saturday, January 29
Saturday Dose of Cute: Snugglebunny is a Messy Eater
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Tuesday, May 1
Farm Photo: 5/1/07
Hard At Work In The Greenhouse
Things have been busy.
A year of Farm Photos ago:
5/1/06: Abstract Farm Crap
4/30/06: Robin Is Busted Nesting In My New Garden Bed
4/29/06: Eat Together, Sleep Together
4/28/06: Snugglebunny's Twin Girls Always Stay Together
4/27/06: Color Coordinated In The Garden
WCB#47: Molly Doodlebug
And Weekend Dog (& Donkey) Blogging
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- Anonymous5/01/2007 5:21 PM
Hope things are starting to slow down - probably ramping up with growing season. This picture was worth the wait though - you can almost here him buzzing!ReplyDelete
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Wonderful photo, Susan.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/02/2007 5:38 AM
Guess the Colony Collapse Disorder hasn't hit your bees, huh? Ours appear to be a fine shape as well. Happy Spring!ReplyDelete
Great photo. I'm happy to see you have bees.ReplyDelete
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Great photo! At least it's proof that not ALL of the bees have disappeared this year (although that looks like it might be a bumblebee? Can't quite tell...)ReplyDelete
Your picture make me happy.ReplyDelete
Thank you. :)
Love the photo..I was out trying to zoom in on a bee spent an hour but none of the shots were clear! Now you can tell how much time I have on my hands ...chasing a bee for an hour!I am so Happy that the bees are flying around here! hugs NGReplyDelete
With all the sad (and scary) news about the bees it's great to see bees that are happily doing what they are meant to do! Thanks!ReplyDelete
I love the first radishes of spring. They are such a happy little thing to come up so obligingly and so early.ReplyDelete
One of my cocker spaniels, Fat Buddy, has a particular weakness for radishes. He'll also defend the cucumber patch like it's a t-bone. Anyway, he seems to have a preference for exactly when they are ready for him to dig and eat. He's particularly fond of French Breakfast radishes. Not sure what that's about.
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The Secret Beyond Matter
Turkey's increasing influence in recent times and the way it has come to occupy the leading position in its region may be misinterpreted, particularly by some people in the Western community, leading to unnecessary concerns entering the agenda.
Turkey's historic legacy and existing political, economic and geographical conditions make it the natural leader, not just of this region, but of a very wide one ranging from Chad to Indonesia and from Sudan to China, and of the whole Islamic world. However, today is in the part, Turkey's conception of leadership is one based on truth and justice, that protects the innocent, that follows a rational and moderate line, that embraces not just Muslims but people of all faiths and beliefs, that treats everyone with love and protects everyone's fundamental human rights and that seeks to establish peace and well-being for all communities.
Turkey does not possess the conception of leadership based on the oppression of peoples seen in certain colonialist empires in the past. There has never been a conception of administration that conflicted with, oppressed or exploited other peoples in Turkish history. The Turks brought with them a civilization based on love, compassion and understanding wherever they went, and never sought to impose their own culture and beliefs. In the times of both the Seljuk and Ottoman empires this conception of justice and affection the like of which was unknown in the Europe of the time predominated right across the empires. At a time when Jews and Muslims were persecuted and forced to convert, when those who refused were killed or exiled, Jews, Christians and Muslims under the Ottoman flag lived together in peace and brotherhood. Jews persecuted in Europe were rescued by ships specially assigned by the Ottoman sultan, and an environment was established for these ruthlessly oppressed people in which they could live in peace and security and worship in freedom. In the same way, Christians weary of the oppression of different sects found the warmth and understanding they sought under in lands under Ottoman rule. Anyone looking at history through unbiased eyes will clearly see this, a result of superior moral values based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah of our Prophet (saas). (For further details on the subject, see www.turkishislamicunion.com )
Today, too, Turkey is a role model for the Islamic world with its conception of Islam that is in complete harmony with the moral values of the Qur'an and will protect the rights of Jews and Christians in the finest manner. With its laic and democratic nature it will establish a climate in which people holding different ideas can express these freely and create a conception in which everyone is treated as a first-class citizen. With its devotion to justice it will protect the wronged, though that protection will come about in the most rational, moderate and reasonable manner. As required by the moral values of the Qur'an it will protect the rights of all who feel the need, not just those of one particular community, section of society, ethnic group, belief or sect. It will act as older brother to Christians and Jews, as well as Muslims. It will build a climate in which Armenians and Greek, Russians and Americans, Israelis and Europeans and China and India can all live in the most comfortable, secure and peaceful manner. Under Turkish leadership, everyone will benefit, not just the Turkish nation or the Muslim world.
Turkey's conception of leadership is not based on racial superiority or the idea of "we want to be the leader and everyone must obey us." Turkey's conception of leadership is not one that incites conflict and prepares the ground for anarchy and terror. Turkey's conception of leadership is not an unbending one that encourages a failure to resolve problems. Turkey's conception of understanding is one that demands to serve and suffer hardship, that seeks peace and well-being for others even if it experiences troubles itself, that is based on self-sacrifice and altruism and that is peaceable and full of love.
The Turkish-Islamic world, that knew and longs for the peace and security it enjoyed in Ottoman times, is aware that that Turkey is best suited to the role of leadership over this wide territory and population. Turkey will bring all the sects in the Islamic world together as brothers, will unite all communities and conceptions around a moderate and reasonable line and will prevent terror, radicalism and violence. It will be an effective bridge between East and West and will have the spiritual power to eliminate prejudices and doubts that various parties hold regarding one another. No other country apart from Turkey has the historical, political and cultural infrastructure to perform this task. It is for these reasons that Turkey is the only answer to the question "Who should be the leader?" in the Turkish-Islamic world. Turkey is also the answer to the question to be asked in the West of "Who do you want to see as leader in this region?" Because all rational people of good conscience and common sense are aware that Turkish leadership will benefit both the Turkish-Islamic world and Western civilization.
The period ahead of us will be one in which Turkish spiritual leadership increasingly grows and develops, as frequently stated by both Western and Eastern thinkers. However, it needs to be reiterated that this is a spiritual leadership, one that takes the form of an older brother. That leadership will guarantee peace, tranquility, well-being and security. United under Turkish leadership, the Turkish-Islamic world will embrace the whole world with love and affection and enable a very wealthy, highly developed and enlightened civilization to be constructed. Our hope is for this union, that will manifest the love, compassion and justice of Allah in the finest manner, to come about at once and to be instrumental in the immediate ending of all negativities that inflict pain and suffering on people.


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David Petraeus, the retired four-star general who led the U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, abruptly resigned Friday as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair.
The resignation shocked Washington's intelligence and political communities, bringing a sudden end to the public career of the best-known general of the post-9/11 wars.
Petraeus, who turned 60 on Wednesday, said in a statement to CIA employees that he had asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to allow him to resign and on Friday the president accepted. Petraeus said he had shown "extremely poor judgment" in having the affair.
"Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours," the retired general said. He has been married for 38 years to Holly Petraeus, whom he met when he was a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. She was the daughter of the academy superintendent.
Obama said in a statement that the general had provided "extraordinary service to the United States for decades" and had given a lifetime of service that "made our country safer and stronger." Obama called him "one of the outstanding general officers of his generation."
The president said that CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell would serve as acting director. "I am completely confident that the CIA will continue to thrive and carry out its essential mission," Obama said.
For the director of the CIA, being engaged in an extramarital affair is considered a serious breach of security and a counterintelligence threat. If a foreign government had learned of the affair, the reasoning goes, Petraeus or the person with whom he was involved could have been blackmailed. Military justice considers conduct such as an extramarital affair to be possible grounds for court martial.
Holly Petraeus is known for her work helping military families. She joined the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to set up an office dedicated to helping service members with financial issues.
Though Obama made no direct mention of Petraeus' reason for resigning, he offered his thoughts and prayers to the general and his wife, saying that Holly Petraeus had "done so much to help military families through her own work. I wish them the very best at this difficult time."
Petraeus said in his statement to CIA employees, "Teddy Roosevelt once observed that life's greatest gift is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing. I will always treasure my opportunity to have done that with you, and I will always regret the circumstances that brought that work with you to an end."
The director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said Petraeus' departure represented "the loss of one of our nation's most respected public servants. From his long, illustrious Army career to his leadership at the helm of CIA, Dave has redefined what it means to serve and sacrifice for one's country."
Former CIA officer Bruce Riedel, now with the Brookings Institution, noted that other directors have "resigned under unpleasant and unflattering circumstances."
CIA Director Jim Woolsey left "under embarrassing circumstances over the discovery of a KGB mole, and director John Deutch left after putting some classified information on his home computer," Riedel said
Before Obama brought Petraeus to the CIA, he was credited with salvaging the U.S. war in Iraq.
"His inspirational leadership and his genius were directly responsible - after years of failure - for the success of the surge in Iraq," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Friday.
President George W. Bush sent Petraeus to Iraq in February 2007, at the peak of sectarian violence, to turn things around as head of U.S. forces. He oversaw an influx of 30,000 U.S. troops and moved troops out of big bases so they could work more closely with Iraqi forces scattered throughout Baghdad.
Petraeus' success was credited with paving the way for the eventual U.S. withdrawal.
After Iraq, Bush made Petraeus commander of U.S. Central Command, overseeing all U.S. military operations in the greater Middle East, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.
When the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, was relieved of duty in June 2010 for comments in a magazine story, Obama asked Petraeus to take over in Kabul and the general quickly agreed.
In the months that followed, Petraeus helped lead the push to add more U.S. troops to that war and dramatically boost the effort to train Afghan soldiers and police.
House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King, R-N.Y., said he regretted Petraeus' resignation, calling him "one of America's most outstanding and distinguished military leaders and a true American patriot."
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein also regretted the resignation but gave Morell high marks, too.
"I wish President Obama had not accepted this resignation, but I understand and respect the decision," she said.
Associated Press writers Wendy Benjaminson, Ken Thomas, Donna Cassata and Anne Flaherty contributed to this report.
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text: A University of Iowa professor is making a case for a new eating disorder she calls purging disorder. The disorder is similar to bulimia nervosa in that both syndromes involve eating, then trying to compensate for the calories. What sets the disorders apart is the amount of food consumed and the way people compensate for what they eat. Women with purging disorder eat normal or even small amounts of food and then purge, often by vomiting. Women with bulimia have large, out of control binge eating episodes followed by purging, fasting or excessive exercise. "Purging disorder is new in the sense that it has not been officially recognized as a unique condition in the classification of eating disorders," said Pamela Keel, associate professor of psychology in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, "But it's not a new problem. Women were struggling with purging disorder long before we began studying it." In a paper published this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry, Keel shares the results of a study indicating that purging disorder is a significant problem in women that is distinct from bulimia. Keel recruited participants for three groups: women without eating disorders, women who purge to compensate for binge episodes and women with purging disorder who purge to control their weight or shape but do not have binge episodes. Participants came from the Boston and Iowa City/Cedar Rapids areas and were within a healthy weight range. The women completed self-report questionnaires and clinical interviews. They also had blood drawn before and after consuming a liquid test meal and reported their feelings throughout the meal, including feelings of fullness, hunger, sadness or tension. Keel discovered that women with purging disorder tend to share some characteristics with bulimics: Both experience greater depression, anxiety, dieting and body image disturbance than women without eating disorders. But the study also provided evidence that purging disorder is a distinct illness. Women with purging disorder differed from women with bulimia on a physiological mechanism that influences food intake. Those with purging disorder also reported greater fullness and stomach discomfort after eating compared to women with bulimia and women without eating disorders. Keel said more research on purging disorder is needed to better understand the condition and to support its inclusion in the classification of eating disorders. "Because we tend to only study formally defined disorders, this creates a gap between the problems people have and what we know about those problems," Keel said. "Identifying this disorder would stimulate research on its causes, treatment and prevention, which could alleviate the distress and impairment women with the illness suffer." Keel is working on a follow-up study which will explore why some women feel the need to purge after eating what most people would regard as a normal or even small amount of food. She hopes this information will provide insight into what types of treatments may be effective for purging disorder. "Right now there are no evidence-based treatments for purging disorder," Keel said. "It would be a disservice to women with purging disorder to assume that treatments that work for bulimia nervosa will work for purging disorder, given the differences we found between the syndromes. Additional research is crucial for advancing our understanding of purging disorder." University of Iowa (Health Sciences) 5141 Westlawn Iowa City, IA 52242 United States University of Iowa


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When George Will wrote in his March 2 column that conservatives might want to consider "Plan B" for stopping Obama, it almost sounded like he thought the White House wasn't winnable. That's certainly how Rush Limbaugh interpreted it, for example. Today, on ABC's "This Week," Will clarified that his call to focus on winning majorities in the House and Senate was not meant to imply he thought conservatives should give up on the White House.
"My position then, as now, was there may come a point, I said, when political assets being finite — enthusiasm, time and money — you might want to concentrate on getting all of the gavels of the committees of Congress in the Republican hands because Obama can't be beaten by these people," Will said. "It's not yet time to do that."
Will said that there were reasons for Republicans to keep fighting for the White House. In particular, the fact that Obama's poll numbers were so closely impacted by fluctuations in gas prices, Will said, should give Republicans hope.
"What Haley [Barbour] said a moment ago is right," Will continued. "I mean, things are going badly for Republicans. Things are going reasonably well in the economy, at least by the normal metrics. The president's job approval is going down, driven by gas for Pete's sake, which tells you how fragile and brittle his support is there. So, at this point, I would say no, keep fighting, but prepare to retrench."
This topic is tricky. Where should conservatives focus their resources? Their legislative priorities likely can't or won't be fully accomplished if Republicans don't achieve majorities in both chambers of Congress in addition to the White House. We can't ignore congressional races. But risking the presidency for the sake of the House or Senate seems even more foolish. Consider Obamacare, for example. More than likely, no Democratic chamber would ever vote to repeal it, but Obama will certainly never sign a repeal bill. Nor does Obama much care if he crosses constitutional boundaries to legislate from the executive branch. Yes, Obama has got to go. Any of the remaining GOP candidates would be better. If, in concentrating resources on the presidential election, conservatives are unable to take back the Senate or retain the House, then they regroup.
At that point, it would make sense for conservatives to pour the majority of their resources into issue advocacy, into convincing Democrats one by one to vote for conservative solutions. Paul Ryan's practically-one-man mission to reform Medicare and his success at acquiring at least some Democratic supporters proves that it's possible to sell well-thought-out solutions even to those who are initially resistant. With a Republican in the White House, Democrats would feel even freer to cross the aisle. Right now, Democrats have to worry not only about their own reelections, but about how their votes affect the president's reelection bid. At times, they might even cross their constituents so as not to cross the president and the party. The temptation to do that would lessen with a Republican president, which means that, if conservatives can convince their neighbors to adopt conservative ideas and to put pressure on legislators to adopt them as well, they might be able to accomplish wonders with a Republican president and divided Congress.


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…and the Law of Unintended Consequences: "Former President George W. Bush has declined an invitation to join President Barack Obama at a New York City ceremony later this week marking the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, NBC News reported on Tuesday." The – 'ostensible' is too strong a word; 'primary' probably works better – reason is that former President Bush chooses to not emulate Jimmy Carter's horrible example by insinuating himself into national affairs; but there's certainly speculation as to what the secondary reasons are. Allahpundit's suggestion that Bush desires to avoid what AP didn't, but I will, call a Wellstone funeral-style campaign op makes a certain amount of sense. Then again, so does Instapundit's commenter's observation that perhaps Bush didn't feel like being insulted to his face by President Obama, in much the same way that Obama went after Rep. Paul Ryan and the US Supreme Court in venues where they had to sit there and take the hits. I favor the latter as being the secondary reason.
And that's where the Law of Unintended Consequences kicks in. It is actually very likely that President Obama has no intention of listening to the fools on his side who want to use the event for Bush-bashing, if only because it's not the antiwar movement that the President needs to woo right now; even their protesters are committed to voting for him*. Obama needs independents and the disaffected portion of his 2008 vote, and those two demographics like seeing their Presidents take the high road. So you'd think that he'd take it, right?
But we don't actually know that the President is going to be that smart (more accurately, that he's going to be that not-dumb); tomorrow's speech could possibly be yet another endless exercise in tedious sniping and dull hyper-partisanship. And if Obama isn't going to be that smart, and Bush had gone… well. That would have been the last straw. I know that this is incomprehensible to many on the Left, but more people than the Left thinks still like George W. Bush – and watching him have to sit there silently while his successor tries (unsuccessfully) to bully him would touch them (us) off. And that would be bad for the President, because by and large the people who still like Bush have been holding back a bit on going after Obama hammer and tongs on national security.
Again, is it high probability that Obama will be stupid tomorrow? …Again, no. But because it isn't zero probability, it's too risky; which means that Obama's feel-good bullying attempts have pretty much eliminated a chance at a nice, bipartisan celebration that would have given him some credibility with independent voters on national security.
Karma. It's what's for dinner.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
*Even though they've just validated waterboarding as a valid technique in the GWOT.


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A recent trip to Germany with a pocketful of ancient postcards produced a few comparisons of things past and present of which this is one. Allied bombing and subsequent reconstruction has obliterated many of the landmarks and street profiles in the Wuppertal area and this example was a rare success – perhaps assisted by the fact that the postcard looks to be of post-war origin. The location is on Tannenbergstrasse, just outside Robert-Daum-Platz station on the much photographed Schwebebahn monorail. The distant view appears much changed but the foreground buildings seem to have survived the last half century or so unscathed. As for the Schwebebahn – it is such a miraculous survivor from a distant age of engineering experimentation that we shall return to it for a more detailed look.
Monday, 30 April 2012
Past and Present No. 7: Wuppertal
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Labels: Germany, past and present, postcards, transport, wuppertal
Monday, 16 April 2012
Past and Present No. 6: Charonne
This little exercise in comparison is located in Charonne in north-east Paris, described in loving detail in parisinvisible as the last authentic village in Paris. The church of Saint-Germain de Charonne has retained all its character as a village parish church and almost uniquely in Paris still stands in its own burial ground. The postcard and photograph are separated by a century and apart from the removal of the cast iron vespasienne almost nothing has changed. The church is on rue de Bagnolet, almost opposite the former Gare de Charonne (now a nightclub) served by the long defunct Petite Ceinture orbital railway. The photograph below shows the tracks of la Petite Ceinture disappearing into the gloom of the tunnel in the direction of Ménilmontant.
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Labels: paris, past and present, petite ceinture, postcards
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Sense and Sexibility
Visual culture documentaries are few and far between so it seems churlish to complain, unless of course, Waldemar Januszczak is involved. Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau (BBC4) had its moments (which we shall return to) and was never less than beautifully photographed but the presentation, while avoiding the routine excesses of BBC presenters (foaming at the mouth über-enthusiasm, shouting and staring madly over the shoulders while marching away from the viewer) did little to inform and interpret.
Presenter Stephen Smith was rarely out of shot and tried a little too hard to impress with a poker-faced air of nonchalant flippancy. It would be ungenerous to imply that his commentary was devoid of all interest but the suspicion remained that the over-riding concern was self-promotion, polishing up the brand. Jonathan Meades remains the undisputed master of this territory over which he presides with an armoury of aphoristic excess that Mr Smith could never aspire to.
The idea put forward that Art Nouveau exploded into existence out of a clear blue sky is seriously misleading. Notwithstanding the need for a simple narrative where television is concerned, the links with Seurat and Signac, with Jules Cheret and Toulouse-Lautrec, with Maurice Denis and Paul Sérusier, with La Revue Blanche deserve acknowledgement. What makes Art Nouveau so fascinating is the speed with which it travelled from city to city via the media of print and photogravure, becoming a trans-national style more rapidly than anything that preceded it. Even as it peaked, below the radar Braque and Picasso were developing Cubism and when its brief time was up, it crashed and burned with equal velocity. And in that sense it seems to be the first art movement of the Twentieth Century, and the rise of the ephemeral rather than, as claimed, the last art movement of the Nineteenth Century.
So – the good bits. Émile Gallée and his struggle to reconcile his socialism with his reliance upon a wealthy clientele for his exquisite ornamental glass made an interesting case-study. There's a parallel with William Morris although Morris would never share Gallée's enthusiasm for mass production. The tale of Mary Watts and her extraordinary architectural tribute (the Watts Chapel) to her lugubrious and less talented spouse, the original Man Who Came to Dinner, G F Watts, was a useful corrective. In a similar way Margaret MacDonald was given her due as an equal partner of her husband, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. But the real highlights resulted in the ability of television cameras to explore architectural forms and amplify the hidden detail, especially Olbrich's Vienna Secession Building. Even better was the cherry-picker aerial examination of the forbidden Palais Stoclet, inside which the co-owners remain insolubly locked in dispute with one another and the Belgian authorities for whom it is the most enormous conservation headache.
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Orange Alert Affects D.C. Airspace, Sports Events…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Tuesday raised its "national threat level" from Elevated to High risk of terrorist attack (for those of you with color vision, that's Level Orange). What it means to you: Waivers that allow access to the 15-mile "no-fly" zone around Washington, D.C., will be suspended, security officials told AOPA and EAA Tuesday afternoon. Also, waivers for sport stadium overflights will be suspended, and Tipton Airport in Fort Meade, Md., will be re-established as the gateway for aircraft flying into the three GA airports in the D.C. area (College Park, Hyde Field, and Potomac Airport). At Tipton, TSA staff will screen aircraft and passengers. Pilots were asked to exercise extra vigilance in and around airports, and to carefully check NOTAMs before flying. Enjoy the new rules in all their glory on the FAA's Special Interest NOTAMs page. In a statement, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge did not specifically mention aircraft as a means of attack, but said tactics to be used against "soft targets" could include "small arm equipped assault teams, large vehicle borne improvised explosive devices, and suicide bombers." He added that "there is not credible, specific information with respect to targets or method of attack." Ridge noted that all citizens should be vigilant during public events and in crowded areas, and implied that the raised threat level would persist at least through the holiday weekend. "For all Americans, we recommend that you continue with your plans for work or leisure," Ridge said. If your plans include flying an airplane in the D.C. area, though, that could be tough to do.
…While Mainstream Fears Persist…
The enemy wears a mask and there are those who think that mask looks just like … you. An editorial in last Thursday's USA Today characterized small aircraft as a high-risk threat to homeland security but drew a quick response from GAMA prez Ed Bolen. The newspaper said that "little has been done to prevent attacks by the nation's 200,000 private aircraft" and pilots can "elude detection" easily. Bolen quickly fired off a response, saying that plenty has been done to enhance GA security. He told the editorial board about the Airport Watch program, the federal rule mandating that pilots must carry a photo ID, and new restrictions on foreign-registered GA aircraft. "The Department of Homeland Security and the general aviation industry are working together to analyze and assess the threats to our nation and define appropriate security measures," Bolen wrote.
…And DC-3 Airports Find Ways To Adapt
Even before this week's latest round of restrictions, the "DC-3" GA airports near Washington, D.C., lost more than $8 million. They are struggling to survive, but none is giving up, The Washington Post reported Monday. The three small airports — Potomac Airfield, Washington Executive Airport/Hyde Field, and College Park Airport — were closed for six months after 9/11, and then saddled with security rules that restricted access. With the "threat level" heightened again, it's clear those restrictions are not going to ease anytime soon. Nevertheless, the owners of Potomac and Hyde Field say they're not looking to sell out and they're finding ways to adapt. "We've always been an upbeat, progressive location," Potomac co-owner David Wartofsky told the Post. "There are still occasionally hiccups, but nothing earth-shattering." Wartofsky said he's adopted new marketing strategies and makes sure airport users are kept abreast of the regulations. At Hyde Field in Clinton, Md., developers have made offers to buy up the property, but the owner declined. Airport manager Stan Fetter told the Post the field could survive as a GA business. "Nobody wants to sell out at this point," Fetter said. "We're doing the best we can, and we still think we have the ashes of a viable airport." College Park Airport is publicly owned and subsidized.
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Centennial Of Flight Update
Wright Model "B" Crashes In Virginia…
The Wright Experience's reproduction of a Wright Model "B" crashed into a treetop Monday evening near Warrenton, Va., with airplane builder Ken Hyde at the controls. (This is not the reproduction of the 1903 Flyer that is scheduled to fly at Kitty Hawk in December.) Hyde was treated for injuries including a broken arm and released from the hospital. "I was dodging trees and power lines trying to get back to the airport," Hyde told the local newspaper, the Fauquier Times-Democrat. The aircraft had taken off inadvertently during a taxi test. The reproduction flies with an original Wright engine, and is being used for a NOVA documentary, "Inventing the Flying Machine," that will air later this year on public television. The airplane was retrieved from the tree with a cherry picker, and will be repaired. The 1911 Model "B" was the Wrights' most popular airplane, and was used for instruction at schools including the Wrights', the US Army's, and others established by former Wright pilots.
…Rare Appearance Of Three Jet Teams Set For Dayton Air Show…
If your travel plans for 2003 include a celebration of the first 100 years of powered flight, Dayton, Ohio's "Inventing Flight" events in July hope to get your attention. Among the highlights of the two-and-a-half week festival: A four-day air show, July 17-20, with all three North American military jet demonstration teams flying each day — an unprecedented event in air show history, according to the organizers. The US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds and the Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds will show their best. Among other highlights: a "spectacular" Grand Opening, July 3; a balloon rally, July 4-7; a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, July 11-13; a Pioneers of Flight Homecoming, hosted by Harrison Ford at the National Aviation Hall of Fame, July 19; and lots more. Dayton knows all too well that the Wright brothers are associated with the dunes near Kitty Hawk in the public consciousness, but the Wrights' bicycle shop and their home were in Dayton and the city hopes to teach that to the world this summer. Advance tickets and visitor info can be found online.
…Tickets Now On Sale For Centennial Celebration At Kitty Hawk
If you're thinking far, far ahead — to the coming winter — you can get your tickets online now for the Centennial events scheduled for Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 13-17. The celebrations are centered at the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills, and include exhibits, displays, and air shows. At a ceremony yesterday, the National Park Service opened its new 20,000-square-foot First Flight Centennial Pavilion at the Memorial, which will provide space for exhibits, meetings, concerts, and special events. On December 17, at exactly 10:35 a.m., the EAA's reproduction of the Wright 1903 Flyer will attempt to repeat the historic first flight. A 100-airplane flyover will follow. The National Park Service is selling one-day tickets for $10 and five-day tickets for $25. For more information, visit the First Flight Centennial Web site. Visit the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau for up-to-date accommodation information, or to request a Visitors Guide.
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Parachutes Prove Golden In Aviation Sales
Stories of financial hardship are all too common in the world of GA businesses, so numbers like "56 percent growth" tend to stand out. That number led a press release last week from Ballistic Recovery Systems (BRS), of South St. Paul, Minn., which reported gross revenues up 56 percent from the same quarter a year ago. The company credited strong sales to certified manufacturers for the upsurge, especially Cirrus Design. CEO Mark Thomas told AVweb on Tuesday that BRS is also working on certifying a parachute system for the Cessna 182, and its chute for the 172 is ready to go and just starting deliveries. "That's going to be our next big seller," Thomas said. Also in development is a system for the Light Sport Aircraft category and for heavier Experimental airplanes, up to 1,800 pounds. "We want to get them out there," Thomas said of the chutes. Cirrus Design has delivered over 800 aircraft, every one of them equipped with a BRS system. BRS is also increasing sales to the European Union, helped out by a favorable exchange rate. The company got its start designing and manufacturing parachutes for ultralights and Experimental aircraft.
BWI Controllers Complete Potomac TRACON Staffing
Forty air traffic controllers from Baltimore have moved into the FAA's new approach facility in Warrenton, Va., joining controllers from four other airports. The facility, called the Potomac Consolidated TRACON (Terminal Radar Approach Control), opened last December to serve the busy Baltimore-Washington area airspace. The BWI newcomers join controllers from Washington Dulles International, Reagan Washington National, Richmond International, Baltimore-Washington International and Andrews Air Force Base. About 300 FAA employees at the center now handle about 5,000 flights a day in 23,000 square miles of airspace covering parts of five states. Later this year, the FAA will begin implementing a redesign of the Potomac airspace in the Baltimore-Washington area. The FAA says the new design will allow aircraft to fly more direct routings, reach higher altitudes more quickly on departure and stay at higher altitudes for a longer time on arrival. The redesign will result in less noise at the surface and an estimated $25 million in annual fuel savings. "Programs such as this are a key component in our effort to safely increase aviation system capacity by 30 percent in the next decade," FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey said in a news release. The new TRACON cost about $110 million.
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CAP Pilots Direct Coast Guard To Cuban Refugees
Two Civil Air Patrol pilots flying with an experimental digital imaging system made an unexpected discovery off the Florida Keys last month, and used the equipment to help the Coast Guard locate three Cuban refugees. "I looked down and saw what appeared to be a dark gray raft carrying people," said Terry Raymond, one of the CAP crew aboard a Cessna 206. "I grabbed the camera and got the best shots possible." The digital images were transmitted via satellite phone to the Coast Guard within two minutes, and the Coast Guard dispatched a cutter to intercept the raft. "This technology significantly improves CAP's capabilities in reconnaissance as well as search and rescue," said Col. Drew Alexa, who heads CAP's Advanced Technologies Group. "The equipment is far less bulky than our older photography systems. With this new digital imaging system, we need only carry a digital camera, a laptop and the system itself. The whole system weighs only about 12 pounds." CAP hopes to purchase several of the new digital imaging systems to be used across the country. A Coast Guard spokesman said worsening weather approaching the Keys would have endangered the rafters' lives had they not been picked up. The three refugees were uninjured and were repatriated to Cuba.
Shuttle Designer Faget: Time To Retire The Orbiter
Another call to retire the space shuttle fleet has been heard, this time from Max Faget, a former NASA engineer who helped to design the spacecraft, the LA Times reported on Monday. "We ought to just stop going into space until we get a good vehicle," Faget told the Times. "If we aren't willing to spend the money to do that, then we should be ashamed of ourselves." NASA officials told the Times the shuttle has been upgraded and modernized in the 30 years since Faget worked on the original design. However, NASA engineers said Faget is "a giant in the space community whose opinions are worth more than anybody else's," according to the Times. Others have been joining in this refrain, including Texas Congressman Joe Barton, who said earlier this month he won't support any further funding for the manned shuttle program. "We need to spend the money on building an advanced orbiter or space plane, of the best and safest technology," he said. NASA says it needs the shuttle to complete the International Space Station. For now, the Russian Soyuz capsule is providing the only access back and forth to the ISS. "It is like going down the highway and thumbing a ride," said Faget. "You can do it, but it isn't the best way to get around. It is really admitting defeat."
NOTE:Curious to learn more about Max Faget's role in aviation history? Check out this interview with PBS's NOVA, and a reprinted feature story from the late Omni magazine.
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Tower, I'm Ready For Takeoff … No Need To Cry About It
British pilots who tuned their aircraft radios to listen to ATC near London's Luton Airport instead heard the sounds of a crying toddler, The Sun reported on Monday. A baby listening monitor in the child's room somehow was interfering with the airwaves. Government inspectors traced the interference to a home near the airport, The Sun reported. Lisa Stapsley, the child's mother, said she was shocked when the inspectors knocked on her door. "It was like something out of Ghostbusters. It totally freaked me out." The trouble was traced to a monitor in her 13-month-old daughter's bedroom. The Stapsleys now just leave the door open a crack instead.
On The Fly…
An NTSB preliminary report on the fatal crash during a test flight of a Sino Swearingen jet on April 26 in Texas has been posted online…
The Organization of Black Airline Pilots will hold its annual convention August 14-16 at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers…
The remains of an Oregon pilot from World War II were found in the wreckage of a B-25 in the mountains of Indonesia, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. Lt. Philip Miller's remains will be flown home for a military burial in Arlington National Cemetery…
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AVweb's Picture Of The Week…
We received over 100 pictures last week. Congratulations to this week's winner, Mike Hanson, of Westminster, Calif. His photo titled "Launching Out of Long Beach (LGB)" captures the pure fun of flying a classic Stearman. You can almost see the smile on Mike's face as he waves to the camera while flying out of the Long Beach airport (LGB). Great picture Mike! Your AVweb hat is on the way.
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AVweb's Question Of The Week…
We received over 400 responses to our question last week on GA glass cockpits. Close to half (42 percent) of those responding indicated the benefit of a GA glass cockpit package depended more on their currency rather than the equipment installed. Only 5 percent did not like the use of this high-tech platform, while 19 percent stressed the actual equipment installed would be the deciding factor.
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Mobile is the new frontier of videoconferencing, with several vendors bringing mobile devices into the fold for video meetings. Polycom is set to become the latest, with high-definition calling capability on the Apple iPad, Motorola Xoom and Galaxy Tab.
While the demand for large-scale videoconferencing systems has been limited by high cost and space requirements, mobile devices are becoming a growing part of enterprise computing. Videoconferencing vendors are now introducing ways to pull mobile workers using those devices into video meetings with their colleagues.
On Tuesday at the CTIA Enterprise & Applications trade show in San Diego, Polycom introduced its RealPresence Mobile software, which extends its RealPresence videoconferencing system to the three high-profile tablets. The software can send and receive video at 30 frames per second and 720p HD on the devices—at least over Wi-Fi connection—and provides the scale and management tools that enterprises demand, according to the company.
Several videoconferencing vendors have lined up recently to include mobile users in standard video meetings. Last week, Radvision announced availability of its Scopia Mobile V3 videoconferencing and data collaboration app for Apple's iOS platform. Logitech's LifeSize division also offers videoconferencing for the iPhones and iPads. Polycom rival Cisco Systems has placed a bet on its own Cius tablet as a mobile videoconferencing platform.
Polycom's RealPresence platform, announced last month, is designed to orchestrate video conferences across a wide range of platforms. It incorporates many existing Polycom infrastructure products.
By using standards including H.264, H.323, SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) and the Cisco-backed TIP (Telepresence Interoperability Protocol), RealPresence can work with endpoints from third parties including Cisco and Radvision, said Jim Kruger, senior vice president of solutions marketing. RealPresence runs on Polycom's UC Intelligent Core, which can scale up to reach 75,000 devices and handle 25,000 concurrent calls, according to Polycom.
RealPresence Mobile extends the reach of the new platform to mobile devices. When users join meetings on a tablet, they will see participants from other videoconferencing systems in HD, and the tablet user will appear in HD on those other systems. If there are multiple other participants, they can all appear on a divided screen on the tablet. Image quality depends on cellular or Wi-Fi signal strength and can step down if the signal weakens, Kruger said.
The RealPresence Mobile apps for iOS and Android will be free, but enterprises will have to pay to use them with other types of video endpoints over RealPresence, Kruger said.


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The so-called CSV (Comma Separated Values) format is the most common import and export format for spreadsheets and databases. CSV format was used for many years prior to attempts to describe the format in a standardized way in RFC 4180. The lack of a well-defined standard means that subtle differences often exist in the data produced and consumed by different applications. These differences can make it annoying to process CSV files from multiple sources. Still, while the delimiters and quoting characters vary, the overall format is similar enough that it is possible to write a single module which can efficiently manipulate such data, hiding the details of reading and writing the data from the programmer.
The csv module implements classes to read and write tabular data in CSV format. It allows programmers to say, "write this data in the format preferred by Excel," or "read data from this file which was generated by Excel," without knowing the precise details of the CSV format used by Excel. Programmers can also describe the CSV formats understood by other applications or define their own special-purpose CSV formats.
The csv module's reader and writer objects read and write sequences. Programmers can also read and write data in dictionary form using the DictReader and DictWriter classes.
See also
The csv module defines the following functions:
Return a reader object which will iterate over lines in the given csvfile. csvfile can be any object which supports the iterator protocol and returns a string each time its __next__() method is called — file objects and list objects are both suitable. If csvfile is a file object, it should be opened with newline=''. [1] An optional dialect parameter can be given which is used to define a set of parameters specific to a particular CSV dialect. It may be an instance of a subclass of the Dialect class or one of the strings returned by the list_dialects() function. The other optional fmtparams keyword arguments can be given to override individual formatting parameters in the current dialect. For full details about the dialect and formatting parameters, see section Dialects and Formatting Parameters.
Each row read from the csv file is returned as a list of strings. No automatic data type conversion is performed unless the QUOTE_NONNUMERIC format option is specified (in which case unquoted fields are transformed into floats).
A short usage example:
>>> import csv
>>> with open('eggs.csv', newline='') as csvfile:
... spamreader = csv.reader(csvfile, delimiter=' ', quotechar='|')
... for row in spamreader:
... print(', '.join(row))
Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Baked Beans
Spam, Lovely Spam, Wonderful Spam
Return a writer object responsible for converting the user's data into delimited strings on the given file-like object. csvfile can be any object with a write() method. If csvfile is a file object, it should be opened with newline='' [1]. An optional dialect parameter can be given which is used to define a set of parameters specific to a particular CSV dialect. It may be an instance of a subclass of the Dialect class or one of the strings returned by the list_dialects() function. The other optional fmtparams keyword arguments can be given to override individual formatting parameters in the current dialect. For full details about the dialect and formatting parameters, see section Dialects and Formatting Parameters. To make it as easy as possible to interface with modules which implement the DB API, the value None is written as the empty string. While this isn't a reversible transformation, it makes it easier to dump SQL NULL data values to CSV files without preprocessing the data returned from a cursor.fetch* call. All other non-string data are stringified with str() before being written.
A short usage example:
import csv
with open('eggs.csv', 'w', newline='') as csvfile:
spamwriter = csv.writer(csvfile, delimiter=' ',
quotechar='|', quoting=csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL)
spamwriter.writerow(['Spam'] * 5 + ['Baked Beans'])
spamwriter.writerow(['Spam', 'Lovely Spam', 'Wonderful Spam'])
Associate dialect with name. name must be a string. The dialect can be specified either by passing a sub-class of Dialect, or by fmtparams keyword arguments, or both, with keyword arguments overriding parameters of the dialect. For full details about the dialect and formatting parameters, see section Dialects and Formatting Parameters.
Delete the dialect associated with name from the dialect registry. An Error is raised if name is not a registered dialect name.
Return the dialect associated with name. An Error is raised if name is not a registered dialect name. This function returns an immutable Dialect.
Return the names of all registered dialects.
Returns the current maximum field size allowed by the parser. If new_limit is given, this becomes the new limit.
The csv module defines the following classes:
Create an object which operates like a regular reader but maps the information read into a dict whose keys are given by the optional fieldnames parameter. The fieldnames parameter is a sequence whose elements are associated with the fields of the input data in order. These elements become the keys of the resulting dictionary. If the fieldnames parameter is omitted, the values in the first row of the csvfile will be used as the fieldnames. If the row read has more fields than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining data is added as a sequence keyed by the value of restkey. If the row read has fewer fields than the fieldnames sequence, the remaining keys take the value of the optional restval parameter. Any other optional or keyword arguments are passed to the underlying reader instance.
Create an object which operates like a regular writer but maps dictionaries onto output rows. The fieldnames parameter is a sequence of keys that identify the order in which values in the dictionary passed to the writerow() method are written to the csvfile. The optional restval parameter specifies the value to be written if the dictionary is missing a key in fieldnames. If the dictionary passed to the writerow() method contains a key not found in fieldnames, the optional extrasaction parameter indicates what action to take. If it is set to 'raise' a ValueError is raised. If it is set to 'ignore', extra values in the dictionary are ignored. Any other optional or keyword arguments are passed to the underlying writer instance.
Note that unlike the DictReader class, the fieldnames parameter of the DictWriter is not optional. Since Python's dict objects are not ordered, there is not enough information available to deduce the order in which the row should be written to the csvfile.
The Dialect class is a container class relied on primarily for its attributes, which are used to define the parameters for a specific reader or writer instance.
The excel class defines the usual properties of an Excel-generated CSV file. It is registered with the dialect name 'excel'.
The excel_tab class defines the usual properties of an Excel-generated TAB-delimited file. It is registered with the dialect name 'excel-tab'.
The unix_dialect class defines the usual properties of a CSV file generated on UNIX systems, i.e. using '\n' as line terminator and quoting all fields. It is registered with the dialect name 'unix'.
New in version 3.2.
The Sniffer class is used to deduce the format of a CSV file.
The Sniffer class provides two methods:
Analyze the given sample and return a Dialect subclass reflecting the parameters found. If the optional delimiters parameter is given, it is interpreted as a string containing possible valid delimiter characters.
An example for Sniffer use:
with open('example.csv') as csvfile:
dialect = csv.Sniffer().sniff(csvfile.read(1024))
reader = csv.reader(csvfile, dialect)
# ... process CSV file contents here ...
The csv module defines the following constants:
Instructs writer objects to only quote those fields which contain special characters such as delimiter, quotechar or any of the characters in lineterminator.
Instructs writer objects to quote all non-numeric fields.
Instructs the reader to convert all non-quoted fields to type float.
Instructs writer objects to never quote fields. When the current delimiter occurs in output data it is preceded by the current escapechar character. If escapechar is not set, the writer will raise Error if any characters that require escaping are encountered.
Instructs reader to perform no special processing of quote characters.
The csv module defines the following exception:
Raised by any of the functions when an error is detected.
To make it easier to specify the format of input and output records, specific formatting parameters are grouped together into dialects. A dialect is a subclass of the Dialect class having a set of specific methods and a single validate() method. When creating reader or writer objects, the programmer can specify a string or a subclass of the Dialect class as the dialect parameter. In addition to, or instead of, the dialect parameter, the programmer can also specify individual formatting parameters, which have the same names as the attributes defined below for the Dialect class.
Dialects support the following attributes:
A one-character string used to separate fields. It defaults to ','.
Controls how instances of quotechar appearing inside a field should be themselves be quoted. When True, the character is doubled. When False, the escapechar is used as a prefix to the quotechar. It defaults to True.
On output, if doublequote is False and no escapechar is set, Error is raised if a quotechar is found in a field.
A one-character string used by the writer to escape the delimiter if quoting is set to QUOTE_NONE and the quotechar if doublequote is False. On reading, the escapechar removes any special meaning from the following character. It defaults to None, which disables escaping.
The string used to terminate lines produced by the writer. It defaults to '\r\n'.
The reader is hard-coded to recognise either '\r' or '\n' as end-of-line, and ignores lineterminator. This behavior may change in the future.
A one-character string used to quote fields containing special characters, such as the delimiter or quotechar, or which contain new-line characters. It defaults to '"'.
Controls when quotes should be generated by the writer and recognised by the reader. It can take on any of the QUOTE_* constants (see section Module Contents) and defaults to QUOTE_MINIMAL.
When True, whitespace immediately following the delimiter is ignored. The default is False.
Reader objects (DictReader instances and objects returned by the reader() function) have the following public methods:
Return the next row of the reader's iterable object as a list, parsed according to the current dialect. Usually you should call this as next(reader).
Reader objects have the following public attributes:
A read-only description of the dialect in use by the parser.
The number of lines read from the source iterator. This is not the same as the number of records returned, as records can span multiple lines.
DictReader objects have the following public attribute:
If not passed as a parameter when creating the object, this attribute is initialized upon first access or when the first record is read from the file.
Writer objects (DictWriter instances and objects returned by the writer() function) have the following public methods. A row must be a sequence of strings or numbers for Writer objects and a dictionary mapping fieldnames to strings or numbers (by passing them through str() first) for DictWriter objects. Note that complex numbers are written out surrounded by parens. This may cause some problems for other programs which read CSV files (assuming they support complex numbers at all).
Write the row parameter to the writer's file object, formatted according to the current dialect.
Write all the rows parameters (a list of row objects as described above) to the writer's file object, formatted according to the current dialect.
Writer objects have the following public attribute:
A read-only description of the dialect in use by the writer.
DictWriter objects have the following public method:
Write a row with the field names (as specified in the constructor).
New in version 3.2.
The simplest example of reading a CSV file:
import csv
with open('some.csv', newline='') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
for row in reader:
Reading a file with an alternate format:
import csv
with open('passwd', newline='') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f, delimiter=':', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
for row in reader:
The corresponding simplest possible writing example is:
import csv
with open('some.csv', 'w', newline='') as f:
writer = csv.writer(f)
Since open() is used to open a CSV file for reading, the file will by default be decoded into unicode using the system default encoding (see locale.getpreferredencoding()). To decode a file using a different encoding, use the encoding argument of open:
import csv
with open('some.csv', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
for row in reader:
The same applies to writing in something other than the system default encoding: specify the encoding argument when opening the output file.
Registering a new dialect:
import csv
csv.register_dialect('unixpwd', delimiter=':', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
with open('passwd', newline='') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f, 'unixpwd')
A slightly more advanced use of the reader — catching and reporting errors:
import csv, sys
filename = 'some.csv'
with open(filename, newline='') as f:
reader = csv.reader(f)
for row in reader:
except csv.Error as e:
sys.exit('file {}, line {}: {}'.format(filename, reader.line_num, e))
And while the module doesn't directly support parsing strings, it can easily be done:
import csv
for row in csv.reader(['one,two,three']):
|(1, 2) If newline='' is not specified, newlines embedded inside quoted fields will not be interpreted correctly, and on platforms that use \r\n linendings on write an extra \r will be added. It should always be safe to specify newline='', since the csv module does its own (universal) newline handling.


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After a week of diligent tracking, a four mile hike, a dance class, and several miles walked on breaks at work, I…
lost a whopping .2 of a pound
I'm frustrated. Not gonna lie. Thinking about canceling Weight Watchers on the spot and drowning my sorrows in peeps, guacamole and Mike's Hard Lemonade. But I'm not going to do that. I calmly met with my Weight Watchers leader after the meeting and we went over a few things.
The first thing is we agreed to reduce my daily points target by two points. This means eating less. The second thing is, I can't use any of my "extra" or "flex" points. That sucks. Those are usually my weekend enjoyment points, where I'll have a hard cider or a cupcake or popcorn.I've also been instructed to eat a maximum of three pieces of fruit a day.
I have mixed feelings about this all. First, I'm pissed that my second go around on the new Weight Watchers Points Plus system is turning out the same as the first. I'm paying for the plan because, ya know, even their copyrighted tagline is, "because it works." Clearly it doesn't work in a one size fits all way. I'm supposed to be able to follow the plan and have 49 extra points and all my daily points that the calculator decides for me… and I can't. I'm supposed to be able to eat unlimited fruit. And I can't. I'm not saying it doesn't work at all, because it obviously does… for people like my friends KjPugs, WonderWall, A Bit of This and All the Weigh. These people have rocked the plan, and lost tons of weight, and it was more than just the plan – it was their dedication, blood, sweat and tears. I'm not saying I'm following the plan perfectly, because I'm sure sometimes my measurements are off or I track something as less than it is – but I think I'm at about 90% genuine compliance.
Am I just not compatible with Weight Watchers? I'm really fed up, but I'm going to try at least for a month with the no flex/extra points, less fruit and lower daily points target. If after a month I'm still honest to goodness trying and not seeing results, I gotta move on. I see my nutritionist early next week, and I can't wait to dive into my tracking history with her and see what knowledge she can give me. I successfully lost 30 pounds in 2008 under her instruction, so I know she can steer me in the right direction.
I think the hardest thing about this is trying to figure out why, a couple times, I've managed to lose 2.8 pounds a week. The only thing I've discovered is that was a week I didn't use flex points – so hopefully this will do the trick. Still… kind of crappy. What do you think I should do? Keep at it and see if these tweaks will do the trick? Abandon Weight Watchers and go back to sensible eating and exercise without a plan? Say screw it and accept my zaftig unhealthy weight? 🙂 Choices, Choices… I gotta lose the weight because there's something coming up in the near future that will require a fit and healthy body- and NO, for the love of god, I am not pregnant.
I'll share the exciting news in the next post 🙂 Have a marvelous Monday!


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A source close to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi now confirms that Pelosi was told in February 2003 by her intelligence aide, Michael Sheehy, that waterboarding was actually used on CIA detainee Abu Zubaydah.
Source says Nancy Pelosi didn't object about waterboard usage because she wasn't personally briefed about it.
This appears to contradict Pelosi's account that she was never told waterboarding actually happened, only that the administration was considering using it.
Sheehy attended a briefing in which waterboarding was discussed in February 2003, with Rep. Jane Harman, D-California, who took over Pelosi's spot as the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
This source says Pelosi didn't object when she learned that waterboarding was being used because she had not been personally briefed about it -- only her aide had been told.
The source said Pelosi supported a letter that Harman sent to the administration at the time raising concerns. The source asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of matters discussed in classified intelligence briefings.
Pelosi admits attending one briefing in September 2002, but at a news conference last month, she was adamant that she did not know waterboarding was used.
"At that or any other briefing, and that was the only briefing that I was briefed on in that regard, we were not -- I repeat, we were not -- told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used, " Pelosi said on April 23.
Some Republicans have called for Pelosi to testify at congressional hearings.
The number two House Democrat -- Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland -- said Tuesday, "I think the facts need to get out" regarding what members of Congress had been told about harsh interrogations.
But when asked whether Pelosi testifying would be appropriate, Hoyer did not directly answer the question, saying, "The issue is what was done. If you don't have the facts pounded on the table, they (Republicans) are pounding on the table, or they are pounding on Speaker Pelosi. Take your pick. But they are doing so as a distraction, as a distraction from what was done in this case."
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