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Speech to Text to APEX
Posted by Tyler Muth on May 11, 2008
One of my favorite online services is Jott. Think of Jott as an online list manager (task or todo lists) that you can call from your phone. Jott does an amazing job of recognizing what you say, then translating that to text and delivering it as an email and text message as well as storing it on jott.com. I use it all the time in the car when I have an idea or need to remember something. My wife and I have even used it occasionally for jotting a short grocery list to each other (don't worry, she knew she was marrying a geek pretty early in the relationship). I was playing around with some of the partner applications called "Jott Links" such as 30 Boxes, Google Calendar, and Twitter. I also noticed a custom link, allowing developers to create their own Jott partner applications (more info on the Jott Developer page). Hmmm, I'm a developer…I also think voice input is a VERY cool concept…
So, with a little help from Matt at Jott, I put together a sample of integrating Jott with APEX. This allows you to input data into a database table while on the go with nothing but a phone.
- Sign up for an account on Jott. Note: don't use your bank password as they are storing your password in clear text, not a hash of it, which they will hopefully change soon.
- Create a new Custom Jott Link called APEX. The 2 URLs you will use are to PL/SQL procedures that are exposed on the Internet.
- You'll be redirected to an APEX application where you can enter any username. When you hit register, this username will be mapped to your userkey from jott. This just allows you to identify who the jotts belong to.
- Now, when you call Jott, you can perform the following:
- (Jott) Who would like to Jott?
- (You) APEX
- (Jott) Beep (and some other stuff)
- (You) Remember to blog about integration between Jott and APEX
- Jott will translate your voice message to text, then post it back to a PL/SQL package on your server.
Here are some screenshots from this process:
If you want to try out my sample application with out downloading it…
- Sign up for an account on jott.com
- Configure a custom link
- Link Name: APEX
- Setup UTL: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/tyler.jott.register
- Link URL: http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/tyler.jott.message
- When you save the link, you'll be redirected to my APEX application
- Enter any username, just remember it, as you'll need it later to see your jotts. This application uses open door authentication, so you can login with any username and no password. The key here is that your jotts will show up under your username.
- Call Jott and Jott a message to APEX
- Access your message at the following URL:
The following is just the package body, not the spec or the DDL, which are included in the APEX application as "supporting objects" (download link at bottom of this post):
create or replace package body jott as
function check_ip(
p_ip in varchar2)
return boolean
— check that the IP of the host calling this package is in the range 18.104.22.168-204
if regexp_instr(p_ip,'^69\.12\.107\.(200|201|202|203|204)$' ) = 1 then
return true;
return false;
end if;
end check_ip;
function sanitize(
p_input varchar2)
return varchar2
— Replace characters that could be used for SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting with spaces
return regexp_replace(p_input,'[;|"|-|<|>|/]',' ');
end sanitize;
procedure message(
UserKey in varchar2 default null,
Message in varchar2 default null,
listen in varchar2 default null,
CreationDate in varchar2 default null,
creationdateutc in varchar2 default null,
confidence in varchar2 default null,
audio in varchar2 default null)
l_username varchar2(255);
l_message varchar2(1000);
if not check_ip(owa_util.get_cgi_env('REMOTE_ADDR')) then
htp.p('This package only accepts posts from jott.com');
end if;
for c1 in (select local_username from jott_user_mapping where jott_userkey = UserKey)
l_username := c1.local_username;
end loop;
if l_username is null then
htp.p('Error! This Jott account is not registered yet.');
l_message := sanitize(message);
insert into jotts(username,UserKey,Message,listen,CreationDate,creationdateutc,audio,confidence)
'APEX Link: '||g_url||g_app_number||':1′);
end if;
end message;
procedure register(
UserKey in varchar2 default null,
userid in varchar2 default null,
endpointid in varchar2 default null,
postbackurl in varchar2 default null)
l_new_id varchar2(32);
if g_app_number = 12345 then
htp.p('Error! Application Number (g_app_number) must be set in the JOTT package.');
end if;
delete from jott_temp where created_on < sysdate - interval '1' hour; insert into jott_temp (jott_userkey,jott_userid,jott_postbackurl) values (UserKey,userid,postbackurl) returning id into l_new_id; owa_util.status_line(301, null,FALSE); owa_util.redirect_url('f?p='||g_app_number||':200:::::P200_ID:'||l_new_id, TRUE); end register; end jott; /[/sourcecode] Make sure you edit the package spec after installation and change the g_app_number and g_url globals. You download either the APEX Application (which includes all of the DDL) or just the table and package DDL here.
20 Responses to "Speech to Text to APEX"
May 11, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Cool post, yet another example of the limitless possibilities offered through Apex. I could see some cool implementation of this that would really take my users by surprise. Thanks for the info.
May 12, 2008 at 4:13 am
Tyler, that's really cool! To bad that's not available here in Europe 😦
May 12, 2008 at 4:36 am
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May 12, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I went through your instructions and it kept failing at Step 3. when I hit the "save" button it kept coming up with a 404 Error. I actually logged off Jott and back on again and there were multiple Custom Links configured so deleted all but one. When I edited the one remaining link it correctly went to your application.
Now I can Jott away with glee 🙂
Yet another marvelous example of using APEX in creative ways.
May 15, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Excellent information. Thank you for this!
This opens up a lot of ideas, especially if in future Jott could post into distinct table columns or APEX form fields, ie:
JOTT: "What do you want to Jott?"
Me: Buy stock
JOTT: Which stock?
Me: Oracle
JOTT: How many?
Me: 10,000
JOTT: Limit price?
Me: 21.75
JOTT: Got it!
May 17, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I agree that there is no limit here. I tried to configured it by following the instructions, and it works well without any issue. Thanks Tyler.
As DBA, I think this can be used for database management and monitoring; for example, to check database export status, object count, etc. So I created a package where it just simply executing a defined SQL statement and send its output back.
Part of Package
if lower(p_cmd) like 'select all object%' then
select count(*) into l_return_val from all_objects;
end if;
return l_return_val;
In the jot package, I just added the return result into the returned message.
l_return := sql_cmd.exec_sql_cmd(l_message);
It is not pretty but it seems to work fine.
Output sample-
Jott to APEX (APEX): Select all objects.
Select all objects.
Thanks again for a great post.
May 18, 2008 at 11:14 am
Looks really cool, but is your demo still up? When configuring the custom link, the redirect to:
yielded a 404:
Not Found
The requested URL /pls/otn/tyler.jott.register was not found on this server.
Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.3.0.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server Server at htmldb.oracle.com Port 80
May 18, 2008 at 11:24 am
Really, really cool! It was on my list to try this with Jott and now I don't have to – many thanks for the time saver Tyler! (P.S. I had the same problem as #4 David Peake above – 404 – and the same solution – log out of Jott and edit the custom link. Would be interesting to know what is going on there since a typical user would be stymied by the experience and likely give up).
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It takes guts these days to just be honest when it comes to Israel.
One of my favorite female patriots and defenders of liberty's just cause is Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs. She likes to say "Truth is the new hate speech."
And that's true! Say what's obvious – that the Emporer is BUCK NAKED – and everyone will call you a fraud! Even tho, right there on the White House lawn, there he is! Buck naked pomp – with very little circumstance!
Sometimes ya just gotta sing that song.. whether it's about naked emporers or hungry pythons (my song), ya just gotta excercise that divinely-granted freedom of speech.
Hippie rocker Alanis Morissette sang her song in Israel – under threat of death by all those Hamas-blinded freaks who think "Jihad is our way" (which is actually in the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas creeds). Shouldn't have been any big deal, but hateful ideologies want to make her being free to sing where she wants into an international scandal.
But in reality it's just a woman singing her song – a song of love, no less!
Rock on, Alanis.
Alanis isn't a believer in Yeshua (yet!), but she is obviously deeply invested in answering the hard questions of world unrest. Pray for her continued joy, protection and enlightenment..
Elightenment which can only come from the true light, Yeshua, the Bridgroom King and Singer of the Song of all songs.


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Jan. 31, 2018, 6:00 a.m.
Why: If somebody asked you to compress the best of California into 72 acres, make it abundantly kid-friendly and persuade thousands of people to spend long hours and big money there, you might crack under the pressure. (Admit it, you're already uncomfortable.)
That was Disney's mission with this park. And Disney failed … at first. But since that awkward debut in 2001, when attendance fell far short of expectations, the park people have been steadily changing and fixing this place. Even if you're skeptical about all things Disney (as some people are), you'll probably get a kick out of this cartoon version of our state.
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Jan. 8, 2018, 6:00 a.m.
- Central Coast
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It meets Highway 1 at Kirk Creek, about 4 miles south of Lucia.
Dec. 31, 2017, 5:00 a.m.
- Family-friendly
- L.A. County
Why: Every real downtown has a park to serve as urban backyard, and Grand Park is more proof that L.A.'s downtown is getting realer by the day.
What: The 12-acre park connects the Music Center at the top of Bunker Hill with City Hall at the bottom. (Yes, you can go to City Hall's 27th floor observation deck and it's free). The park isn't really new -- there's been open space for decades on these blocks between government buildings. But a dramatic redesign in 2012 put a far better spin on the area, and it doesn't hurt that neighboring Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels arrived in 2002, Disney Hall in 2003 and the Broad Museum in 2015.
Besides its welcome green expanses and flanking playground and dog-run areas, Grand Park includes a fountain (with splash pad for kids), an adjacent Starbucks, plenty of places to sit and a busy schedule of holiday events and live shows. Picnicking is encouraged. Protesting is permitted. Food trucks come for lunch most Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. There's midday yoga on many Wednesdays and Fridays. In October and November, the park hosts Día de los Muertos altars and art; in November and December, holiday lights.
Dec. 30, 2017, 6:00 a.m.
- Family-friendly
- Central Coast
Why: McWay Falls, the splashiest attraction in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, roars down 80 feet from granite and redwoods to a creamy Big Sur beach and implausibly turquoise cove. It's the cascade that other waterfalls want to be. It's also a perfectly impossible California destination, because you can't stand under these falls. There's no safe way to the beach.
What: The hike is more of a stroll, really. It's about half a mile, mostly flat. (And the rest of the park remains mostly closed because of mudslides and other damage done by the Soberanes Fire of 2016.) Once you've passed through a short tunnel under Highway 1 and made a right turn, you'll soon be standing on a rocky perch where a house once stood, looking south to the beach and falls.
This is an invitation to chill. For one thing, the trail has ended. Also, like Yosemite Falls — which led off our California Bucket List project on Jan. 1 — McWay Falls is a sort of perpetuity made plain. The water keeps coming, even if it's in short supply elsewhere. And the cell reception is so rotten that you'll probably never get an Instagram photo posted from here.
Dec. 29, 2017, 6:00 a.m.
- S.F. Bay Area
Why: Simplicity and complexity meet in the Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco, and the marriage is a harmonious celebration of architecture and intellect.
What: The 1895 Swedenborgian Church of San Francisco, a national historic landmark in Pacific Heights, is an Arts and Crafts building designed by several architects, including Bernard Maybeck, who created the Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915 in San Francisco.
Inside the walls are rustic redwood, found often in Arts and Crafts buildings and consistent with the Swedenborgian appreciation of natural objects, according to the 1969 book "Here Today: San Francisco's Architectural Heritage." The chairs are maple, "made by hand, without the use of nails, and their seats were woven of tule rushes from the Sacramento River Delta," the book says.
Dec. 28, 2017, 6:00 a.m.
- Inland Empire
Why: If you're intimidated by the word "spa," Glen Ivy is the place for you. It feels accessible, not exclusive, meaning you can sit back and relax.
What: Which is what you want to do. There are 19 pools to try, including the mineral pools, the star attraction in the early days of the late 1800s when you could soak in them for 25 cents.
Today, you start by getting a locker for your street clothes and putting on your swim suit in a well-appointed area that includes changing rooms, showers and big, lighted mirrors where you'll find hairdryers you'll want later in the day.
Dec. 27, 2017, 6:00 a.m.
- Family-friendly
- San Diego County
Why: The Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum in Carlsbad is novel and quirky – and proof that good things come in small packages.
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There are hundreds of works from around the world on display, and docents to describe the intricacies and makers of each. Try to time your visit to coincide with a tour of the machine shop/engine room for a little extra oomph.


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"See me," read the note in my typewriter. My news director boss wanted to talk to me in his office, door closed. That was never a good sign.
Maybe he was going to commend me for my boundless enthusiasm as a TV reporter, my joie de vive on live TV. Anchoring the early morning news, I had finished writing my script early. Actually, I hadn't written enough and had finished reading it on-air two minutes early. For 20 long seconds, I stared at the camera.
What to do? Read "Horton Hears a Who?" No, I simply said, "Okay, let's review the top stories of the day." Then I just read my script again. How's that for thinking under pressure? Yes, my being there mattered—a whole lot. That's what drew me to broadcasting in the first place.
The boss was mad at me for another reason. It was my disappointing performance as a night-side reporter. I was slacking on the job. I had failed to submit a story for the 11 o'clock news. Not a word.
The boss just didn't get it. It wasn't my fault that nothing happened. No news. No fires. No accidents. No city government. Nothing. Not even the lights burning in city hall amounted to anything. That's right, I listened to an entire city council-meeting and got nothing. They hadn't done anything except bore each other to tears, and me too.
Nothing I could imagine could make their meeting interesting to me or anyone else. So I had just left and called it a night.
My boss was furious. How could you have a newscast with no news? "If the city council didn't doing anything, just report that they didn't do anything," he barked. My response: Dust mites don't do anything either, but that doesn't make them newsworthy.
I had missed the point. My being on the job mattered. I'd better start writing stuff.
I've had reason this year to wonder if my being here matters. Gone are lots of things that helped remind me of that. I knew I mattered because Nina told me. I'd give anything to hear her once again chewing me out for buying another baseball collectible. Maybe that's why I bought them—just to hear her voice. Because now they don't matter.
Unfortunately, we often rely on artificial things to remind us of our relevance. We think we matter by our paycheck or the number of our "likes" on Facebook. In fact, social media is what it is because lots of people want to believe they matter. It's the same for jailhouse gangs.
As you read this, I'll be returning from a place where small things count for a lot. In the small Caribbean village I visit, it is enough just to be alive. For a child, a glove and a pair of shoes make life all the sweeter. Somehow, they are learning on their own.
I will keep going there until I figure out how they do it, and why it is still so much harder for us. I'll let you know what I am learning.
It helps to follow the examples of others who know they matter. Fr. Eric Freed smiles when he hears a baby cry—someone else's baby. In its own way, it is reminding him that he matters too. You don't need much to know the same thing.
How's that for a headline? Film at eleven.


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Masala Omelet
Made this for breakfast today. Eggs are always good to eat in whatever form they are made. Ingredients Egg – 3 Onion – 1 – ...
Made this for breakfast today. Eggs are always good to eat in whatever form they are made.
Egg – 3Onion – 1 – finely chopped
Green chillies – 2 finely choppedCoriander leaves – 2 tbsp – chopped
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Platelet Rich Fibrin (PRF) is produced from your own blood and is exceptionally rich in platelets – these contain growth factors and enhance blood clotting to help heal wounds. These growth factors stimulate stem cells to rapidly produce new tissue, promoting healing and rebuilding of bone and lost tissues.
AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE: PRF is a second-generation technique and doesn't require any external anti-clotting factors or other biochemical manipulation of the blood to produce, as compared to PRP (platelet rich plasma).
The process
Blood is collected at the beginning of the procedure in special test tubes and spun in a customised centrifuge.
The blood can be processed in 2 ways, producing a solid fibrin-rich plug (PRF) or a liquid, injectable form (iPRF).
PRF can be made into a membrane and is used to enhance healing and new bone formation
- following extractions
- in periodontal bone loss around teeth.
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Theo Boguszewski, Founder of the Hoover Dam Collective
"I think the the HDC is a great example of young people coming together to create their own opportunities in a difficult and often isolating city. I love that the HDC is centered around community- we give artists the opportunity to network and form relationships with other artists."
"I have been living the neighborhood for over fours years and have watched it change greatly. I am excited to be part of a growing arts community and I want to share the HDC with the neighborhood and encourage locals to get involved."
Neighborhood of Residence: Crown Heights!
Theo's Profile on The Dance Enthusiast
Location of Shoot: Outside Prospect Heights Beer Works on Washington Ave.
Theo Boguszewski is involved in producing The Hoover Dam Collective Presents FallOut on Saturday, September 27th at 8pm in Prospect Heights. More info here.


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So I think I should make a new list. Why? Simply as an exercise in self-reflection. I figure that the list was more important when I was single and dating because you're meeting tons of new people and you're trying to seem as attractive and interesting as possible. I don't have that issues anymore but I think it's still a good idea to reflect on who you are as now rather than relying on previous creating personas.
Here are the main three points from the old list (mid-twenties):
- Reading. I used to read lots of novels and non-fiction books. Today, not so much. I read probably just as much but it's online articles, opinion pieces, and such. Still read comic books, but don't spend hours or days just re-reading them (I've actually been thinking about what to do with my collection since it seems to be just sitting there. There's no real monetary value in them). I will say I'm probably more informed about current events than I was previously, but that's probably because of the Internet.
- Music. I was OBSESSED with popular music. I still have opinions and like/dislike things but I don't spend nearly as much time listening to music. Two main causes - podcasts and communing. My listening habits have shifted to podcasts instead of music. Making dinner, doing laundry, etc now have a soundtrack of people talking rather musical instruments. Also I don't a long commune anymore so the 1-2 hours a day I'd spend in transit don't happen anymore. Also my job isn't headphone friendly (meaning I don't have hours in front of screen doing work that I can put background music on for). Add to the fact I don't spend all my free time seeking out new music means it's less of a factor in my life now.
- Camping. I don't camp as much as I used to but I'm spending more time outdoors these days. Thought I was an indoor kid (re-writing personal history to delete all the time I spent outside in my childhood) but it seems I'm a hybrid indoor/outdoor kid. While in school (high school & university), I spent a lot of time camping. After that it was less and less.
- Education. It was all I had known. Didn't have a career so academic status and culture were very important to me. Saw education as a sign of intelligence. Now, I know it isn't that.
Ok, enough with the past. Let's see what my new list would look like.
- Using Technology
- Exploration (trying new foods, visiting new places, seeing what's around the corner)
- Comic Book Culture (not general nerd culture; I'm focused on comic-related stuff)
- Sharing Interests (telling stories, explaining a topic/subject)
I'm going to leave this as is right now. I'm need some more time to consider exactly what I'm saying with these points.


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The Ravens traded tackle Bryant McKinnie to the Dolphins on Monday, a couple of weeks after trading for Eugene Monroe and installing him at the left tackle spot previously held by McKinnine.
Those two trades may not be the end of the changes to the Ravens. Coach John Harbaugh said Monday that the team will be considering all options for getting better during their bye week and that could mean shuffling personnel, schemes or both before they return to the field.
"We'll do whatever it takes," Harbaugh said, via Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun. "We'll trade guys, we'll cut guys, we'll sign guys, we'll coach guys, we'll change schemes. It doesn't matter. We have to find a way to get better. That's the business we're in. We've got the men for the job. I like our guys but that's what we've got to continue to work on. This week's a chance to really focus on that."
Harbaugh pointed to the special teams units as a place where the Ravens have to improve and that changing the players is one possibility about how to do that. This year's trades show the Ravens are willing to shake things up during the season, something they also did last year when they fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron in the final weeks of the regular season.
Nothing that dramatic may be in the cards this year, but it doesn't sound like they're ruing out too much in Baltimore.


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Continuing on my weekly theme, haunted and evil dolls, I thought of this film, which I thought was pretty good and almost forgot about until I was looking up videos on haunted dolls!
Starring Donnie Wahlberg, Amber Valetta, and the ridiculously hot and pretty, Ryan Kwatten, who you might know as Jason Stackhouse from True blood, Dead Silence, a 2007 film created by the same team that made Saw, follows the story of Detective Lipton investigation of the murder of Jamie's wife (Ryan Kwatten, mmmmm). Jamie goes back to his hometown to investigate answers regarding why and how his wife was killed. The reason may be connected to the ghost of a murdered ventriloquist, Mary Shaw.
Oh, wait, this pic isn't even from Dead Silence, oops. You can check out some trailers, clips, and interviews below. I love all the main character's actors in this flick and its very creepy. Dummies have always creeped me out even before I read R.L. Stine's Night of the Living Dummy on my way to Disney Land when I was a pregnant teenager with angry parents. Kicker is, I could have stayed home, but its not like I could drink and party so yeah, Disney Land and morning sickness and R.L. Stine, yay!


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Found your ideal dream car? Then all you need is the best cheap car finance to pay for it. We all know buying a new car can be an expensive time and finding the cheapest car finance can take forever if you do it yourself, However, by going online and finding a specialist website that is designed to offer the most comprehensive cheap car finance around, you can get access to cheap car finance deals, quickly and hassle-free.
Dealing with car finance can be a mind boggling experience, we can often become confused with all the figures and wording that surrounds it, as the majority of policies are stuffed with technical jargon. However, a specialist website will not only be able to find the cheapest loan available but will also wade through the jargon for you. They will be able to offer advice with regards to terms, conditions, and payments whilst ensuring all the small print is explained, which ensures that you get cheap car finance while securing a quality product.
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The Transitions Diet claims to help you get rid of unwanted pounds through your participation in the program's unconventional lifestyle adjustment methods, according to the diet's website. While on the Transitions Diet, you can eat foods you prepare yourself, and consume the company's portion-controlled meals and weight-loss shakes to supplement your diet.
The Transitions Diet is a weight-loss program that claims to teach you how to make healthy choices while you eat a typical, diverse diet, according to the diet's website. The diet company says that the Transitions Diet is different from other meal plans because it does more than provide you with a list of foods you can and cannot eat. Furthermore, you can participate in the diet on your own or as part of a 12-week group workshop that helps you gain support from other Transitions Diet members.
The Transitions Lifestyle System offers a total-system weight-loss approach that includes weight-management supplements, meal plans, behavior modification education and a low glycemic index, or GI, diet, according to the diet's website. Low-glycemic diets lead you to eat foods that are believed to prevent drastic increases in your blood sugar level, according to MayoClinic.com, which might help you lose weight and prevent you from getting diabetes. The program also includes 30-day journals that help you record your exercise regimen, menu selections and lists of high, moderate and low GI foods.
You join the Transitions Lifestyle System through a monthly subscription that you can cancel at any time, according to the diet's website. Once you pay for your first month, you receive access to an exercise planner and exercise demonstrations to help you design your own fitness regimen. You also receive a personalized online meal planner, email access to company representatives, individualized tracking tools and access to the company's online archives which include numerous behavior modification techniques. These behavior modification techniques include learning how to balance your body-mind connection, how to give up sweets and how to stay on track with your weight-loss goals.
While on the diet, you are encouraged to eat low GI foods such as 100 percent stone-ground wheat, legumes and sweet potatoes. You are also encouraged not to eat, or to severely limit your intake of, high GI foods such as white potatoes, white bread and bran flakes. You can eat lean proteins, such as chicken and fish, while on the diet.
Furthermore, the Transitions Diet recommends that you take all or some of the company's seven different types of supplements every day to help you lose weight. These supplements include Transitions Thyroid Support, which the company claims promotes healthy thyroid function. The company also recommends that you take its product Thermochrome, which it claims helps to boost your energy and suppress your appetite, according to the diet's website.
Although the program does provide you with low GI meal planning assistance, the company also offers weight-loss shakes that it recommends you drink in place of breakfast. It also offers packaged portion-controlled meals that you can eat for breakfast and lunch.
Behavior modification programs help obese people lose moderate amounts of weight, says researcher J.P. Foreyt of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in the "Annals of Internal Medicine." Foreyt says that obese people who underwent behavioral modification treatments lasting 18 weeks lost an average of 21 pounds. He also says that 66 percent of subjects studied maintained their weight loss after one year.
Talk to your doctor about your weight loss goals in relation to the Transitions Diet before you begin the program. You might have special dietary or lifestyle needs that the diet does not support, or you may need to visit your doctor regularly for medical supervision while on the diet. Furthermore, the Transitions Thyroid Support Formula contains holy basil, an herb that might cause serious bleeding if you take it with a blood-thinning medication such as warfarin, says the University of Maryland Medical Center. Finally, the company's Thermochrone supplement contains Hoodia, an herb that you should not take if you have diabetes or high blood pressure, says Drugs.com.


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To make a flavorful, basic sweet bread dough, combine 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 package quick-rise yeast and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Heat 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 cup softened butter and 1/4 cup water in a saucepan until it reaches 120 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit.
Add the warmed milk mixture to the flour and yeast, mixing everything together until the dry ingredients are moistened. Add 1 egg and an additional 1 cup of flour. Beat the mixture until it forms a smooth dough. Shape the dough into a ball, cover the bowl, and let the dough rest for approximately 10 minutes.
To make Bon Appetit's master sweet dough, warm 2/3 cup whole milk, transfer it to a measuring cup, and stir in 1 tablespoon sugar. Sprinkle 1 3/4 teaspoons yeast over the top, whisking the mixture to combine the ingredients. Allow it to rest for five minutes before adding 2 large eggs.In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine 4 tablespoons sugar, 2 3/4 cups flour and 1 teaspoon salt.
Turn the mixer to low speed, and add the warm milk along with 1/2 cup softened butter. Mix the dough on medium speed for one minute, then on medium-high for five minutes.Brush the inside of a bowl with melted butter before placing the dough inside. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let it rise for approximately 1 1/2 hours.


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Here comes your bailout for the financially-mismanaged Chicago Public Schools
Remember all of the drama over whether the Illinois legislature would vote to override the governor's veto of the income tax increase?
It's about to happen again.
The budget that House Speaker Michael Madigan pushed through the Democrat-controlled legislature contains a provision that says school districts will only get their state funding if the money is doled out to school districts with a new "evidence-based" formula. That formula happens to be spelled out in Senate Bill 1, a piece of legislation that Democrats are calling the "Evidence-Based Funding for Student Success Act."
Sounds wonderful, right? How can anyone be opposed to evidence, or the success of students?
What they really should call it is the "Downstate Taxpayers Bail Out Chicago's Broke Schools Act."
Supporters of the bill say Illinois' school funding formula needs to be changed because it's not fair to poor school districts. Any guess which school district in Illinois is really, really hurting for cash? Why yes, it's the Chicago Public Schools district, which is flat-broke and has started putting together a budget for the upcoming school year that counts on an extra $300 million coming in through the new formula.
Why is the Chicago school system in such a money mess? For one, their teacher pension fund has a shortfall of about $9 billion. Yes, that's $9 billion, with a "B." After years of kicking the can down the road and skipping payments to the pension fund, they've had to use all sorts of financial tricks to try to come up with this year's $700 million payment to the fund.
The House and the Senate have already passed Senate Bill 1 — with some of our local lawmakers voting in favor of it — but Gov. Bruce Rauner has vowed to veto it. Then we'll be back in another situation where Madigan has to try to round up enough votes to override the veto.
The first general state aid payment to school districts for the upcoming year is due Aug. 10. And nobody wants to see schools shut down. So expect to see Rauner and Madigan playing another very public, high-stakes game of chicken. Remember, November 2018 is right around the corner, and this vote is another way to sway how you think.


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This is the last night I will have a couch of my own to sit on. It's 11:05 p.m.; not much time left. But, I am enjoying this seat now.
We're moving, which you may have surmised from the opening of this post. We're moving, and with that move comes other responsibilities. I had to finish up some paperwork for my job today, but my wife was able to allow for that time to happen, so that's a huge thank you to her. The rest of my house looks like it's more of a warehouse than it is. We leave on Friday (out of the house), Saturday we fly back home, and July we are planning on taking a trip East – like Way East…The Orient, east (though those details are still working themselves out).
That's where the storm is coming in.
Summer – it's one of the major reasons I got into teaching in the first place. Among teachers there is a saying; the three best reasons to become a teacher are June, July, and August. This I agree with to some extent. In high school I thought I knew it all (my wife has a theory that suggests that at all stages of life we always think we have life figured out – hard to disagree with that one). I wouldn't say that I knew for certain that I wanted to be a teacher, but I did think that the whole teaching gig was pretty good, just because of the vacations – and after becoming a teacher, I was right.
Now, I wasn't totally aware of all the stuff that a teacher does in the job (it's certainly not just hang out in a classroom with students – thought that is the best part of my job, I would say….aside from the vacation, of course). But, then again, who can know that aside from people who are teachers.
The year went well. I had great students; learned a ton from others; and was able to explore the area a bit.
As far as all things geekery, I have not been able to get a good table-top game in for a long time, and I finished Fallout 4 and some other games. I did hear about the new Fallout 76 coming out, which I'm looking forward to, and I'm also looking forward to hearing about what comes out for E3 in a few days.
Jer and I just finished our podcast on Lord of Chaos, Book VI in the Wheel of Time series. You can catch it on our site at Across the Wheel, or on Youtube here. We finished one and started on the next one – A Crown of Swords.
Writing – yes. That's always going to be my answer. Yes. There may be times when I don't get any words in or only get a scant smattering of what I'd like to get in, but the fact remains, yes. It's coming.
I did write a short story called "Puzzle" if any of you would like to take a look at it. I'd be happy to send it your way if you can pass me some of your thoughts on it. It's under 2K, so pretty short. All is well in the world, folks.
Catch you Kool Kats later.


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- [Instructor] Most Linux administration is done in the shell. Having a better understanding of the shell and system processes can help us work faster and be more productive. Welcome to Linux: Shells and Processes. I'm Grant McWilliams, computer science instructor and Linux enthusiast. In this course, we'll learn about Linux shells and their environments. We'll learn how to customize our shell to make working in Linux more enjoyable. Then we'll learn some shell tips and tricks including batch expansions, plus command and variable substitution. We'll learn how to create complex administration tools by stacking simpler commands together using named and unnamed pipes and redirects.
Then we'll turn our attention to processes and learn how to start, pause and end them. We'll learn how to make processes play nice with each other and forcibly remove those that don't. We'll learn to schedule one-time tasks as well as reoccurring jobs. Lastly, we'll cover complex systemd services, learn to get more information on them, and manage their running states. I love Linux, and I'm excited to teach you about it, so let's get started.
- Write the command that will take you to the most recent directory.
- Write the command that brings back the arguments and options from the previous line.
- Explain what extended globs can do.
- Identify the access.conf line that will restrict all users from using the cron service except for the user named bob.
- List the line that will get a list of only running services.
- Identify what typing 'systemctl enable crond' will do.


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The HHSO is strongly committed to music education for the youth of the community. It offers various programs including music training, music enjoyment, and has fostered partnerships with various organizations and schools.
Partnership with Local Elementary Schools – Music Bridges
The HHSO began a new project this past season entitled Music Bridges. The goal of this project is to bring musicians to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders in the Beaufort School System, reaching 10000 students, and give them an opportunity to meet professional musicians, learn about musical instruments, and hear an orchestra perform
Partnership with the Hilton Head Boys and Girls Club
This partnership offers violin instruction in an after school program at the Boys and Girls Club of Hilton Head for youngsters in grades K through 5. At this time that program is in dire need of new violins since the program continues to grow through the grades. Many of the smaller size violins are in need of repair and there is a constant need for new and repaired bows. The symphony hires teachers and assistants for this program.
HHSO Youth Concerto Competition:
Since 2007, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra has sponsored a Youth Concerto Competition for the Southeastern Region of the United States. Its purpose is to provide talented young musician the opportunity to perform standard orchestral repertoire from memory before an audience. The winners have an opportunity for recitals and opportunity as a soloist with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra. This year the 10 competitors will compete for cash prizes and engagements at St. Luke's Church on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 1:30 pm. Tickets are available at the door or you may call the the office at 843-842-2055.
Educational Programs in Schools
John Morris Russell's passion for music education has made him one of North America's leaders in orchestral educational programming. Since beginning his tenure with the HH Symphony Orchestra, he has visited numerous local classrooms introducing students to musical sounds and instruments in the hopes of encouraging the appreciation of classical music.
As part of that effort, students are invited each year to attend The Hilton Head International Piano Competition with 12-15 of the competitors traveling across the county to area schools to perform during the week of the competition. The HHSO also sends its guest artists to area schools to perform. These performers seem to benefit as much from this opportunity as do the thousands of students who see these competitors and guest artists. New this year, HHSO musicians will visit schools during each concert week to provide solo ensemble and full orchestra performances. Students will be exposed to a graduated program that teaches them about instruments, musical themes, tones, composers and instrument families.


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A letter with instructions and codes for creating a parent account can be requested from the elementary building secretary or secondary guidance office at which your child attends.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Spooky Jell-O
This fun little Jell-O was my sister-in-laws idea. She brought the Jell-O to our Sunday dinner. It was grape flavor with whole pears in it. I didn't think anything of it when her daughter brought it in and sat it on the counter. When Echo arrived she asked if I liked the Halloween Jell-O. She then informed me the pears reminded her of skulls. I said they need eyes, so we added mini chocolate chips for kicks. Then everyone that passed it said those are cute ghost! Oh well, skulls or ghost it is all in fun and spooky! I was surprised that the grape flavor with the pear was actually okay together. I just had to post it! Use Echo's creative idea to make a fun Halloween Jell-O! The kids will love it!
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Leo Berz Joins CTEMS' Board of Directors
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I'm thrilled to be joining the CTEMS Board of Directors, and view this as my opportunity to pay back this great industry for all it has given me over the years. CTEMS is one of the industry associations helping to shape, develop, and disseminate collective knowledge throughout the telecom industry. Along with TEMIA, CTEMS is helping to improve the products and services offered by vendors in the industry, create a community to help drive change, and address common problems.
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We came across this video in Big Think.
We were so pleased to hear Joi Ito, Executive Director of the MIT Media Lab, communicating the importance of adopting a wide-angle point of view (WEadership practice #1) and facilitating connections between people (WEadership practice #2).
We liked the same quote author Meagan Erickson did:
"The world is full of expertise," says Joi Ito, "What it lacks is agility and context."
Thanks to Joi Ito for his brilliance and humility and to Big Think for sharing it.


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The position will be with the Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) supporting NASA's Human Systems Engineering Department at Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, through technical support for provisioning tasks supporting the flight food system for International Space Station. Tasks include supporting provisioning activities, research and product development related to space flight food systems. Activities include, but are not limited to, oversight of freezedried food production, assistance with product development, sensory evaluation, literature research, preparation and review of technical reports, presentations, and charts. Participation in outreach events, tours, and other activities scheduled by the Public Affairs and Education Offices is also required.
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- Oversight of freezedried food production at the Space Food Systems Laboratory, and participation in provisioning activities related to the ISS flight food system, including preparation of facility, food preparation, flight packaging, quality assurance testing, and container stowage.
- Participation in product development activities, sensory evaluation, literature research, preparation and review of technical reports, presentations, and charts, as assigned.
- Participation in outreach events, tours, and other activities scheduled by the Public Affairs and Education Offices, or requested by the NASA customer.
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|Sarah Coburn with Katie Rose (left) and Ruby (right)
Sarah Coburn stars as Elvira in Boston Lyric Opera's production of Bellini's I Puritani, through May 11. Sarah is also a wife and a mother of two. In between rehearsing, performing, and traveling, Sarah makes time to watch and sing along with Disney's Frozen alongside her two daughters, Katie Rose (4) and Ruby (almost 2), and sometimes interviews with the Boston Globe while they giggle and play nearby.
BLO: How do you balance your thriving career and continued artistic pursuit with being a young mom?
SC: Young mom? Thanks! I am still overwhelmed by the challenges that come with trying to be a wife, mom, homemaker, opera singer, expert traveler and employer. It is tricky to keep it all balanced. Actually, it is impossible. I think our generation of working moms is going crazy trying to be and have it all. We technically can have it all, but I think we risk sacrificing our joy in the process.
BLO: Your most memorable moment of the two worlds colliding (mommy and artist)?
SC: My big "having it all" moment- literally running back and forth between rehearsals and my apartment in Los Angeles, while I was rehearsing for TWO operas and nursing a 10-week-old. I remember thinking, "Am I crazy?" while jogging home on the overpass.
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BLO: What was it like to perform while pregnant?
SC: Singing while pregnant was great for me…in the later months. The pressure of the baby gave me a nice cushion of support for singing. There were some drawbacks as well- breathlessness and constant visits to the restroom. When I was six months pregnant with Katie Rose, I was singing Gilda and Portland Opera didn't have a restroom stage left. So, they rented a port-a-potty for me and set it up stage left. How is that for the diva treatment?
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BLO: Have Ruby and Katie Rose seen you perform on stage?
SC: My oldest, Katie Rose, has seen a few performances, and loves to come backstage. She is still a bit young to understand that when Mom is feeling sad or upset on stage, that I am really going to be ok. She doesn't like it when other characters are mean to her mom! Last week, my husband brought her into the wings for the very end of the performance. When I saw her little face during the bows, I melted. At that point, I am usually recounting to myself all of the things that went badly during the performance and how I don't really deserve an ovation. When I saw her, all I felt was joy and gratitude.
BLO: Do you think they might follow in your footsteps with a career in opera?
SC: I don't know. We shall see. I don't care what they end up doing; I just want them to have joy and to know how much they are loved.
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Endnotes for Great Powers, Chapter Eight
Chapter 8. The Strategic Realignment: Resurrecting the Progressive Agenda
The Undeniable Trajectory: The Devil We Knew
352. Cultural critic Susan Faludi's 2007 book . . . too Oprah-ish, too emasculated.
See Susan Faludi, The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2007), pp. 1-88 and 116-64.
353. In his polemic The Enemy at Home . . . attacks from Islamic fundamentalists.
Dinesh D'Souza, The Enemy at Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11 (New York: Doubleday, 2007).
353. Delving deeper into the American psyche . . . hostage-taking "savages," is no myth.
See Faludi, The Terror Dream, pp. 199-216 and 241-86.
354. But when you read Faludi's . . . die in combat while serving in the U.S. military.
Faludi, The Terror Dream, pp. 165-95.
354. As Faludi concedes, much of this retraditionalization . . . irony were greatly exaggerated.
Faludi, The Terror Dream, pp. 142-64 and 287-96.
354. Within five years, we had processed . . . the CW network's Aliens in America.
See Christopher Mason, "Little Sensitivity Lesson on the Prairie: A Canadian Sitcom Pokes Fun at Muslim Stereotypes," New York Times, January 16, 2007; and Bill Keveney, "Aliens Shows Its Serious Side: Muslim Character Seen as Positive Influence," USA Today, October 1, 2007.
355. As always, given our uniquely synthetic . . . such religions as "children of Abraham."
See Prothero, Religious Literacy, p. 155.
355. The attacks of 9/11 were a classic case of "chosen trauma" . . . these events.
On this concept, my thanks to Richard Landes, Boston University.
356. We "contaminate" the Arab world . . . while the locals assume infinite time.
On this subject, see director Ric Burns's fantastic documentary, The Way West: How the West Was Lost & Won, 1845-1893 (1995), and Margaret Walsh, The American West: Visions and Revisions (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
356. Just as in our wars of today, America's . . . seventh-century pre-economic paradise.
See Yenne, Indian Wars, pp. 109-299.
The American System Perturbed: Katrina and the Gore Counternarrative
357. If they had, as General David Petraeus told me . . . completely sealed their pessimism.
December 8, 2005, interview for Barnett, "Monks of War."
358. According to former General Electric CEO Jack Welch . . . push to fix real problems.
Jack Welch, "The Five Stages of Crisis-Management: After Katrina--and a Hurricane of Debate--a Well-Worn Pattern Emerges," Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2005.
358. Over 1,800 people had been killed . . . government donations from all over the world.
See Blaine Harden and Shankar Vedantam, "Many Displaced by Katrina Turn to Relatives for Shelter," Washington Post, September 8, 2005; Savage, Takeover, pp. 262-63, and 317-18; and Rick Jervis, "New Orleans May Have Hit a Plateau," USA Today, August 4, 2008.
359. Mexican troops, providing emergency aid . . . for the first time since 1846.
See "Mexican Troops Aid Katrina Efforts," Associated Press, September 8, 2005.
359. Wal-Mart's network prowess was . . . demand for recovery would be substantial.
See Colby Bosh, "In Wal-Mart We Trust," National Post, March 28, 2008; and Del Jones, "Next Time: Companies Are Pleased with Their Responses to Hurricane Katrina, but the Disaster Has Some Re-examining Their Plans," USA Today, Octo-ber 4, 2005.
359. Erik Prince's Blackwater . . . services aimed at domestic disaster operations.
June 2, 2006 interview with Erik Prince, Moyock, North Carolina.
359. But the aspect of Katrina . . . Diamond's bestselling book of the same name.
For Diamond's own postmortem, see Beata Mostafavi, "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Jared Diamond, Has Warning for America During His Speech at Mott Community College in Flint," Flint Journal, April 18, 2008.
360. Enter Al Gore, the perfect vessel . . . to President Bush's "global war on terror."
See Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth (New York: Rodale Books, 2006).
361. As part of this project on globalization's future . . . arising from Asia's rapid development.
Find the planning document and results of this exercise on my website: www.thomaspmbarnett.com/projects/newrulesset/nrs_index.html
362. Three years later, Danish economist Bj√∏rn Lomborg . . . Nobel Prize-winning experts.
See Bj√∏rn Lomborg, editor, Global Crises, Global Solutions (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 1-9.
362. Lomborg later repeated the exercise . . . youth representatives from across the planet.
See Bj√∏rn Lomborg, Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007), pp. 44-46.
363. I would love to see humanity focus . . . Gap "colonialists"--the Chinese.
My thanks to Matthew Garcia, NASA, for the "blue revolution" concept. On the Chinese, see "The New Colonialists: China's Hunger for Natural Resources Is Causing More Problems at Home Than Abroad," The Economist, March 15, 2008.
364. As Lomborg argues . . . of life and the environment" for future generations.
Lomborg, Cool It, p. 9.
365. Human history . . . in hot climes than keep them warm in cold ones.
Lomborg, Cool It, pp. 13-19.
365. By 2100, average personal incomes . . . that equates to $27,000 today.
Lomborg, Cool It, pp. 47-48.
365. What we know from human history . . . you get per capita income above $3,000.
Barnett, Pentagon's New Map, p. 239.
365. We also know that as incomes rise . . . and move toward political pluralism.
See Yale University's Environmental Performance Index, found online at epi.yale.edu/Home.
365. Indeed, as Fareed Zakaria argues, democracies . . . slide back toward authoritarianism.
Zakaria, Future of Freedom, p. 70.
365. Sadly, the only sheer limit we can cite . . . seems to top out at roughly $20,000 per capita.
Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007), p. 375.
365. Major urban areas, as Lomborg notes . . . still die from the cold than from the heat!
Lomborg, Cool It, pp. 20-21.
365. Whether you're talking rising sea levels . . . "CO2 knob" down as far as possible.
Lomborg, Cool It, p. 41.
366. Lomborg sums up . . . with climate policies and a lot more with social policies."
Lomborg, Cool It, p. 113.
366. My favorite recent example was the horrors of Darfur . . . blamed on global warming.
See Ban Ki Moon (United Nations Secretary-General), "A Climate Culprit in Darfur," Washington Post, June 16, 2007.
The New Rules: From "United We Stand" to Demographic Demagoguery
370. By 2025, rapidly aging Europe . . . the United States and its historical Western allies."
See Nicholas Eberstadt, "America the Fertile," Washington Post, May 6, 2007.
370. Between them, China and India have placed . . . well connected politically.
See Chanda, Bound Together, p. 169.
371. Europe's challenge is to facilitate . . . ran for parliamentary seats in record numbers.
See Molly Moore, "New French Political Cry: Liberté, Egalité, Diversité: Minorities Run for Parliament in Record Numbers," Washington Post, June 10, 2007.
371. For every frightened pundit (see Mark Steyn's . . . and southward in coming decades.
See Mark Steyn, America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It (Washington, DC: Regnery, 2006); and Khanna, Second World, pp. 3-9, 36-46, and 60-61.
371. Some will argue that Europe . . . hardly the end of the world as we know it.
See Elisabeth Rosenthal, "European Union's Plunging Birthrates Spread Eastward," New York Times, September 4, 2006.
371. In fact, Spain's recent "open border" . . . globalization's stagnant backwaters.
See "Spain: Immigrants Welcome; How Spain's Open-Border Policy Is Driving an Economic and Social Revival," BusinessWeek, May 21, 2007.
372. Between 1978 and 2002 . . . for every decade they remained in the country.
See "French Lessons: How to Create a Muslim Underclass," Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2005.
372. The same financial . . . home buyers in America over the next two decades.
See Haya El Nasser, "Analysis Finds Boom in Hispanics' Home Buying: Low Interest Rates, Flexible Loan Rules Contribute to Spike," USA Today, May 11, 2006.
372. Only 40 percent of Mexican immigrants . . . Hispanics do the same.
See "Of Meat, Mexicans and Social Mobility: Among the Very Poor, the American Dream Is Alive and Well," The Economist, June 17, 2006; and Linda Chavez, "The Great Assimilation Machine," Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2007.
373. Immigrant Latinos open new businesses at a rate three times the national norm.
"Of Meat, Mexicans and Social Mobility," The Economist.
373. They're also replenishing the ranks . . . economy's skyrocketing demand for food.
See Frederick Kunkle, "The Changing Face of Farm Labor: Frederick Dairy Reflects Growing Importance of Latino Immigrants," Washington Post, September 15, 2005.
373. If you're a Boomer heading . . . same schooling as their white counterparts.
See Miriam Jordan, "Boomers' Good Life Tied to Better Life for Immigrants," Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2007.
373. Hell, if serving in our military gets you . . . equally utilitarian golden ticket.
See Thomas L. Friedman, "Laughing and Crying," New York Times, May 23, 2007.
373. As Michael Barone points out . . . the flow diminished spectacularly.
Michael Barone, "The Newest Americans," Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2006.
374. So the answer isn't building a bigger wall . . . Berlin Wall across its entire history.
See Chanda, Bound Together, p. 213.
The New Normal: Apocalypse Soon
377. A good example is the theory of "peak oil."
The article that started it all is M. K. Hubbert, "Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels," presented before the Spring Meeting of the Southern District, American Petroleum Institute, Plaza Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, March 7-9, 1956.
378. Cambridge Energy Research Associates . . . requirements notwithstanding.
See Cambridge Energy Resource Associates, "Why the 'Peak Oil' Theory Falls Down--Myths, Legends, and the Future of Oil Resources," November 10, 2006, found online at cera.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0236-821_ITM.
378. Probably the strongest recent . . . America"--italics and exclamation points included!
Friedman, Hot, Flat, and Crowded, p. 9.
380. At the Cold War's end, Asia . . . global demand center, dislodging North America.
See data from the U.S. Department of Energy's International Energy Outlook 2006 report (the 2007 report did not include a chart on global oil trade), found online at www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/archive/ieo06/pdf/tbl4.pdf.
380. Indonesia became a net importer . . . oil company to foreign direct investment.
See Peter Millard and David Luhnow, "Crunch Time for Mexican Oil: Political Will Lacking for Production Overhaul as Output Tumbles," Wall Street Journal, February 15, 2008.
380. His latest scheme involves Venezuela's . . . import foodstuffs currently in short supply.
See Simon Romero, "Venezuela's Gas Prices Remain Low, but the Political Costs May Be Rising," Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2007.
380. Because the NOCs own roughly 90 percent . . . to finance these on their own.
See Guy Chazan and Russell Gold, "Big Oil's Not-So-Big Growth Plans: With New Reserves Harder to Snag, Western Firms Could Opt for Smaller Role," Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2008.
381. When Chevron . . . went from 65,000 barrels a day to over 200,000.
Jad Mouawad, "Oil Innovations Pump New Life into Old Wells," New York Times, March 5, 2008.
382. Simply put, it's hard to imagine Asia quadrupling . . . even if it could import enough oil.
See Gordon Fairclough and Shai Oster, "As China's Auto Market Booms, Leaders Clash over Heavy Toll: Vehicles Foul Air, Jam Streets but Plump Local Coffers; Restrictions Remain Few," Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2006.
382. The world took over a century to field its first billion cars . . . existing oil fields.
Iain Carson and Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future (New York: Twelve, 2007), p. 197.
382. Other experts take a more optimistic tack . . . fuel-cell ultralights (got that?).
Amory Lovins et al., Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs, and Security (Snowmass, CO: Rocky Mountain Institute, 2007), p. 241.
382. As automotive visionary . . . oil use is inevitable; the only question is how fast."
Lovins et al., Winning the Oil Endgame, p. 228.
383. Lovins notes that most shifts "down" . . . but hardly disappearing altogether.
Lovins et al., Winning the Oil Endgame, p. 229.
383. Lovins thinks it will happen in roughly half that time, or by 2030.
Lovins et al., Winning the Oil Endgame, p. 229.
383. As noted Chinese expert Elizabeth Economy . . . the biodiversity of the country."
Elizabeth C. Economy, The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004), p. 28.
384. As it is, the Chinese Communist Party . . . focused on protecting the environment.
Economy, River Runs Black, p. 130.
384. In general, Economy finds . . . so long as access to new technology is facilitated.
Economy, River Runs Black, p. 16.
385. Already, we can see a serious "green awakening" . . . seniormost leadership.
See "Visions of Ecopolis: China Has Ambitious Plans to Build a Model 'Eco-City' Near Shanghai. How Green Will It Be?" The Economist, September 23, 2006; Jane Spencer, "How Weak Pollution Controls May Be Causing a Drag on China's Economic Growth," Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2006; Ariana Eunjung Cha, "In China, a Green Awakening: City Clamps Down on the Polluting Factories That Built Its Economy," Washington Post, October 6, 2007; and Jen Phillips, "China's Green Movement," Mother Jones, December 11, 2007.
385. As a recent World Bank study pointed out . . . the least amount of corruption.
See David Dollar, "China's Golden Cities," Newsweek, July 10, 2006.
385. When the first oil shocks struck in the 1970s . . . was not surpassed until 1989.
See the chart, Lovins et al., Winning the Oil Endgame, p. 15.
386. Lovins himself likes to point out . . . moving the car's occupants forward.
Cited in Carson and Vaitheeswaran, Zoom, p. 37.
The Global Accelerant: The Greatest Awakening
387. Worse, abundance allows for "chosen families" . . . iron logic of "given families."
See Dough Muder, "Red Family, Blue Family," February 2005, found online at www.gurus.com/dougdeb/politics/209.html.
390. Religion, at its core . . . to the needs of the people in their time.
For a fascinating exploration of this function in early Christianity, see Daniel H. Abbott, Revolutionary Strategies in Early Christianity (Ann Arbor, MI: Nimble Books LLC, 2008).
391. America's Second Great Awakening . . . revivalism with those of republicanism."
Prothero, Religious Literacy, pp. 89-90.
391. By that, Prothero means that evangelical . . . influx of the Roman Catholic Irish).
Prothero, Religious Literacy, p. 70.
391. This is the essential compromise . . . and Jesus the Messiah, respectively).
See Mark Lilla, The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007), p. 30.
391. In this sense, Prothero argues . . . supremacy and granting all freedom of operation.
Prothero, Religious Literacy, p. 25.
392. A good New Core country . . . and increasingly from the Gap to the Core.
See Kevin Sullivan, "Foreign Missionaries Find Fertile Ground in Europe: Singaporean Pastor Fires Up Staid Danes," Washington Post, June 11, 2007; and Leslie Hook, "Further Fervor: Missionaries Go from East to West," Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2007.
395. As French Islamic expert Olivier Roy . . . within globalization as a whole.
Olivier Roy (translated by George Holoch), Secularism Confronts Islam (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007), pp. vii-xiii and 73-77.
395. Again, America represents the leading edge . . . same faith his entire life--to date).
See Michelle Boorsteing and Jacqueline L. Salmon, "In Major Poll, U.S. Religious Identity Appears Very Slippery," Washington Post, February 26, 2008.
396. According to Roy, it is . . . and (5) highly communitarian by choice instead of heritage.
Roy, Secularism Confronts Islam, p. 69.
The Inescapable Realignment: Resurrecting the Progressive Agenda
397. By doing so, America has made possible . . . for the first time in human history.
See Clark, Farewell to Alms, pp. 1-16.
398. But here's the trick: As long as man stayed Malthusian . . . A Farewell to Alms.
Clark, Farewell to Alms, pp. 19-39.
398. By 2020, the global middle class should . . . (a tenfold increase in a generation's time).
See Naim, "Can the World Afford a Middle Class?"
400. In that process of network . . . wrung out of the system.
In many ways, this is the "green revolution" that Thomas Friedman now craves for the United States in its global leadership role in this worldwide era of frontier integration; see his Hot, Flat, and Crowded, pp. 170-99.
The consumption shift
400. Right now the advanced Old Core West . . . 32 times higher than the rest of the world.
See Jared Diamond, "What's Your Consumption Factor?" New York Times, Janu-ary 2, 2007.
400. As Jared Diamond . . . "living standards are not tightly coupled to consumption rates."
Diamond, "What's Your Consumption Factor?"
401. So, as Jeffrey Sachs argues . . . a condition he dubs "globalization without trust."
Sachs, Common Wealth, p. 7.
The food and water shift
401. Here's the lay of the land when it comes . . . sub-Saharan Africa at 17, and Europe at 12.
See Anthony Faiola, "The Economics of Hunger: A Brutal Convergence of Events Has Hit an Unprepared Global Market," Washington Post, April 27, 2008.
401. The Middle East imports just over three-quarters . . . imports half that percentage.
See Anthony Faiola, "In Mauritania, Every Meal Becomes a Sacrifice," Washington Post, April 28, 2008.
402. Basically, the tech-rich regions that are net . . . will do decidedly worse--save Europe.
See Lomborg, Cool It (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007), pp. 103-5.
402. This is why farmers in the Dakotas . . . advanced agricultural system.
See John W. Miller, "In Ukraine, Mavericks Gamble on Scarce Land," Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2008, and Andrew E. Kramer, "Russia's Lazy Collective Farms Are a Hot Capitalist Property," New York Times, August 31, 2008.
402. It is also why the Chinese government . . . foreign lands with nobody noticing.
See Jamil Anderlini, "Beijing Looks at Foreign Fields in Push to Guarantee Food
Supplies: China Losing Its Ability to Be Self-Sufficient," Financial Times, May 9, 2008; and Meena Janardhan, "Gulf Eyes Oil-for-Food Pacts," Asian Times, June 20, 2008.
402. Good luck with that transparent strategy . . . can rise to as high as four-fifths.
See Faiola, "Economics of Hunger" and "Every Meal Becomes a Sacrifice."
402. Today, only a small fraction of worldwide . . . 7 percent of rice and 12 percent of corn.
See Faiola, "Economics of Hunger."
The transportation shift
403. As Iain Carson and Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran . . . threshold of economic pain has lowered.
Carson and Vaitheeswaran, Zoom, pp. 1 and 10.
403. Because China will soon become . . . to make Asia their future global center of R&D.
See Gordon Fairclough, "Bill Ford Jr.: For Auto Makers, China Is the New Frontier," Wall Street Journal, October 27, 2006; Keith Bradsher, "China's Automakers, With Beijing's Prodding, Show Alternative-Fuel Cars: An Unexpected Array of Hybrids as Well as Hydrogen Power," New York Times, April 21, 2007; Amy Chozick, "Japan's Auto Giants Steer Toward China: Toyota, Nissan, Honda Refocus Their Efforts as U.S. Demand Slows," Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2007; Fairclough, "China Is Becoming Chrysler's Test Track for Growth," Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2007; and Rebecca Blumenstein, "GM to Invest in Green Technology in China: Move Shows How Important Nation Is to the Auto Industry," Wall Street Journal, Octo-ber 30, 2007.
The energy shift
404. So one of the key items . . . generation of electricity across the planet.
For a nonideological take on nuclear power's future promise, see Gwyneth Cravens, Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007).
The communications shift
405. The first billion users of Internet and wireless . . . New Core and Gap markets.
On this, see Michael S. Malone, "Taking On the World," Wall Street Journal, April 5-6, 2008.
405. The key goal for America . . . lot of people will be able to live and work anywhere.
On this, see Andreas Kluth, "Nomads: A Special Report on Mobile Telecoms," The Economist, April 12, 2008.
The urbanization shift
406. The planet as a whole has just reached . . . vast majority of the world's network traffic.
On this, see Amy Meyers Jaffe, "The Coastal-Cities Phenomenon," Esquire, Octo-ber 2006.
The feminization shift
407. This emerging market trend . . . in advanced economies.
Chart: "Balancing the Scales of Justice: More Women Are Attending U.S. Law Schools," USA Today, June 27, 2008.
The health shift
408. This could be a source of great political . . . they nor their governments can afford."
Robert J. Shapiro, Futurecast: How Superpowers, Populations, and Globalization Will Change the Way You Live and Work (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008), pp. 247-66.
The market shift
409. They see four strategies as paramount . . . in natural resources ("natural capital").
See Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins, Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (Boston: Little, Brown, 1999), pp. 1-21.
The governance shift
409. The political scientist Francis Fukuyama divides . . . the strength of their power.
Francis Fukuyama, State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004), pp. 15-16.
410. The new emerging consensus . . . overall culture of respect for legality.
See "Order in the Jungle: The Rule of Law Has Become a Big Idea in Economics. But It Has Had Its Difficulties," The Economist, March 15, 2008.
410. One crucial caveat here . . . to influence this global debate is slowly diminishing.
See Adam Liptak, "U.S. Court, a Longtime Beacon, Is Now Guiding Fewer Nations," New York Times, September 18, 2008.
The Better Normal: The Great Compromise
414. If you accept this minimal rule set . . . in defense of these proposed global rules.
My thanks to Jerome E. Barnett for this concept.
414. In sum, we won't use force unless . . . employment--as in, every round fired.
For an example of what this must ultimately resemble down the road, see Al Baker, "11 Years of Police Gunfire, in Painstaking Detail," New York Times, May 8, 2008.


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Steel Craft Technologies, an ISO 9001-2015 certified steel service center located in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area, continues to raise industry standards for quality steel products along with on time delivery. With our two state of the art facilities totaling 160,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, team of qualified staff, and with over 25 years of experience in the steel industry, we are here to exceed your company's expectations. Steel Craft Technologies strives for excellence daily by consistently producing quality steel products that always include "best-in-class" customer service.
We offer the following products
and in-house, value added services:
- Precision Flame & Plasma Cut Shapes
- Carbon & Alloy Plate
- Blanchard & Precision Grinding
- CNC Machining
- Die Sets & Die Set Kits
- Large Fabrications & Weldments
- Shot Blasting
- Heat Stress Relieving & Annealing