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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Tuesday warned Congress against waiting until the last minute to raise the nation's limit on borrowing, saying a misstep could irrevocably damage the economy.
"We cannot afford for Congress to gamble with the full faith and credit of the United States," Lew told the Economic Club of Washington, a business forum.
The government has been scraping up against its $16.7 trillion debt limit since May but has avoided defaulting on any bills by employing emergency measures to manage its cash, such as suspending investments in pension funds for federal workers.
Lew repeated a warning he made last month that Treasury would run out of borrowing options around mid-October, when he said that Treasury would be left with only around $50 billion in cash on hand. Default could come soon after that.
As America runs lows on cash there is a risk investors could lose confidence in Washington and stop reinvesting in U.S. government debt. Every Thursday, the Treasury pays investors back about $100 billion that investors immediately lend back to the government, a process known as rolling over the debt.
"If U.S. bond holders decided that they wanted to be repaid rather than continuing to roll over their investments, we could unexpectedly dissipate our entire cash balance," Lew said.
Any default on the nation's debts could be calamitous for the U.S. economy. A default would rock Wall Street and hurt businesses and families by fueling a sharp increase in interest rates.
Washington tempted disaster during a heated debate over the debt ceiling in 2011. The debate roiled financial markets and helped prompt credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's to strip America of its prized top-tier rating.
The White House has vowed not to negotiate over the debt ceiling, but Republicans this year are nevertheless trying to use the need to raise the debt limit as leverage for their goal to reduce the size of government.
Republicans in the House of Representatives last week considered a plan to tie raising the debt ceiling to withholding funds for President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul, but put off a vote because the party's most fiscally conservative members felt the plan lacked teeth.
Taking aim at the divisions among Republicans, Lew said it was pointless for a minority in one house of Congress to think it can call the shots in the debate.
"The reality is that's not going to happen, and the sooner they understand that the better," he said.
Even if the government retains the bond market's trust through mid-October, Lew said it would be dangerous for Congress to wait until then to raise the debt limit. That's because it is impossible to know for certain how much money will enter and leave public coffers on any given day.
The government could begin defaulting on its obligations between the end of October and the middle of November if the debt ceiling is not raised, Congressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf said on Tuesday.
If that were to happen, Lew said it would not be possible to prioritize payments among the many people to whom America owes money, from retirees drawing government pensions to bond holders.
"I am anxious," Lew said, although he said at least it appeared that no congressional leaders appeared to think default was a reasonable course of action.
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R&B sensation Frank Ocean broke into tears after coming out as a gay man because he was so happy to finally open up about his sexuality.
The star put up a post on his Tumblr in July saying that his first love was a man, and Ocean admits he was so overwhelmed with relief he started crying the moment he revealed the news to his followers.
He tells GQ magazine, "The night I posted it, I cried like a f— baby. It was like all the frequency just clicked to a change in my head. All the receptors were now receiving a different signal, and I was happy. I hadn't been happy in so long. I've been sad again since, but it's a totally different take on sad. There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness."
And the singer insists he was stunned to receive such love and support from fellow artists like Beyonce and Russell Simmons – because he worried his confession might end his career.
He adds, "I had those fears. In black music, we've got so many leaps and bounds to make with acceptance and tolerance in regard to that issue. It reflects something just ingrained."

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Monday, September 21, 2009
last baby
We were done bringing children into the world.
End of story.
Yes, well, he had said that with Elle and Grace too, but this time he sounded really final. Really serious. He was done.
The problem was that right at that moment I was in my newborn rapture stage. You see, when I have a newborn I sink into this baby bliss where no matter how hard I try I cannot soak in that baby enough. The expressions. The curled up body. The breathing. The crying. I love it all. (Dave can vouch for me on that. I go a little crazy....hmmm...maybe that's why he was done.) Right when I have a newborn is when I.W.A.N. hits the most, except at that time it's an acronym for "I Want Another Newborn."
Not that the newborn I am holding isn't enough...quite the contrary. That newborn fills my heart to the very brim. But the thought of my little newborn Claire being the last newborn made me feel like I just got kicked in the stomach. We had to have another one. I had to feel that kicking inside again. I had to have one pregnancy where I knew it was the last. I had to have that closure. I mean, she was number four for crying out loud. And didn't we agree to seven before we got married??
So after a couple years of really trying to be "done" for Dave's sake, realizing I just couldn't do it, and getting on my knees and begging for two whole years, Dave and I made a pact:
If we had one more baby I would really be done. That didn't mean I wouldn't yearn for another one. I would just feel at peace. I promised. And I knew it was right.
So along came Lu.
And when she was born, even though I was prepared, I went through a tough adjustment. Yes, I knew she was my last, and really and truly, I felt at peace. Five was the new seven for me and it felt right. Dave and I, together, felt that our family was complete.
But I held her a little longer than my others. I loved getting up with her when she woke up at night. I watched in awe as my children drank her in with me. There's nothing like having a newborn in your home.
I was really protective of my time with her. I became a little bit anti-social. I just wanted to soak in this baby with all my might.
And I did.
So, fast forward a few years. Because she's my last I envisioned I'd be able to hold onto her for so long. I'd draw out when she'd have to go to school as long as I could. She would be my little partner for so long and we'd go everywhere together.
So, although it's exactly what we prayed for, it seems like there's something wrong with the fact that she started school today.
With sisters who are a little too excited for her:And a whole group of friends following her around before school started. Man, she is loved.
Little did I know that when I planned on clinging on to her for dear life at the end of my baby career, that she'd need more than just me. I hadn't factored into my plan that she would have a syndrome that would be helped immensely by me letting go a little bit, a littler earlier than I was ready.
Although I'm so happy for her because she's going to get so much help there, there's something that seems just plain wrong with with sending a girl to "school" who still sleeps in a crib and who needs to pack along some diapers in her backpack.
But I must keep in mind that it's only for two-and-a-half hours.
I'm excited to have my new plan of getting all my busywork done in those hours so I can really be with my kids at the end of the day. And, surprisingly, I'm ok with the house being quiet as a tomb today as I get some things done.
But it makes me sad that it's the end of an era. I mourn the end of the babyhood in our family. I wish it didn't have to go quite so quick!
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Now that just made me cry, she is so precious and so blessed to have such a wonderful family!ReplyDelete
Ok seriously. Could she be any cuter with that backpack on surrounded by all those kids like a little social butterfly? I get you on the whole last baby thing. I couldn't wait for my two oldest to get independent. Now my baby just started walking and I am so incredibly sad that she is getting big...*sigh*ReplyDelete
It is so weird to think she will be at school everyday! It will be great for her and great for you to have that time. I have a really hard time with my kids growing up. It makes me really sad to think that we will not have a little one running around the house ever again. I have noticed that I try really hard to make the time I have with my kids more meaningful since they are gone all day. Lucy is such a doll! She will do great and I bet you will transition in to this new stage of life and actually enjoy it:)ReplyDelete
Hmmmm! Sweet post. Tears here! What an adorable and blessed child!ReplyDelete
oh man, am I in the IWAN stage. My Dave still needs a little convincing, but my baby isn't a baby anymore and I need a baby in my house... He's not saying we're done, he's just saying, "let's find out where we are going to be in a year before we add that crazy sickness and sleeplessness into our mix." plus our house is way too small for us as it is. it'll come soon enough I guess.ReplyDelete
I am tearing up as I type this. I too love everything about babie-hood. Sleepless nights, feedings, craziness, I just love it. I would have loved to do it again and again.ReplyDelete
I also just recently came to the conclusion that we are done with growing our family. I have 2 great girls and a wonderful hubby. But I have lost 4 babies. With one, I was 5 1/2 months pregnant. So as I read your post, it reminds me that I too am done. Not because I want to be but because I think its best.
Today I am adjusting. My little one is at school for a FULL day. I miss her. She'll be fine. I'll be fine. But I miss her. We have that same dress Lu has on. Its so cute and comfy.
Hope your morning was great.
I am the same way with my baby. It is her last year of preschool and I am mourning that our time is coming to a close but super excited about the adventure ahead. What an exciting time for her!ReplyDelete
I think you might be my twin.ReplyDelete
What a big day! Shawni, she is too cute for words. It is hard to let go, especially that last one. I am so glad she got into the preschool. What a blessing!ReplyDelete
So bitter sweet. Just another LDS mom here who enjoys your blog. I found you through your wonderful new book.ReplyDelete
Sometime you've gotta share where you get all your and your girls' cute jewelry. Love the "L" pendant she is wearing. So sweet.
That is me too this year. Sending my youngest off...it's hard stuff.ReplyDelete
So PRECIOUS! Lucy cheeks will melt many hearts. What a cutie.ReplyDelete
I meant to say, "Lucy's..." At least the church is still true:)ReplyDelete
She looks so cute and grown-up! Hooray for Lucy's first day of school. We are so excited for her!ReplyDelete
Come on over in 7 & a half months.ReplyDelete
I hate it that my kids are growing up so fast, but that's why I love photography, so I can maybe relive it over & over. We'll see.
And you're doing such a great job of documenting Lu!
so did you feel that it was right to be done because it was going to keep peace in your marriage or because you had a confirming experience/feeling that it was right? i'm always looking for insight on this subject.ReplyDelete
I guess I shouldn't have read the comments first before making mine.......I got to your friend, Katy's comments and just about died laughing! What a hoot she is!ReplyDelete
Now I forgot what I was going to say.....
Oh, yes.......I have been reading your blog for awhile now.....hope you don't mind......but this was the first post that really compelled me to comment......I really and truly could relate!!!! What a beautiful way of putting it.
Your children are all SO adorable! And so are you! : D
(Mom of 6, who didn't ever think she would even want 1, until she had one. ; D )
I'm a closet reader who LOVES your stories and pictures. And this post was so tender...it made me tear-up. With three boys and a husband who says "we're done", I can feel your pain. IWAN is very real!! Your little Lucy is such a doll and I sure know it's hard letting go. Thanks for your blog!ReplyDelete
Love reading your blog and hearing about your sweet family. I bet Lucy loves school. They are so social at this age. As soon as Eliza sees someone who she knows they are her friend and she goes crazy. Miss you guysReplyDelete
This made me choke up. She is beautiful. And so is your unique love for your children. xoReplyDelete
Just crying a little bit over here, Shawni! Lu is one amazing little gift.ReplyDelete
i just blogged about your book. thought you should know that its STILL impacting my life.ReplyDelete
So well put. I have newborn lust too and it's really the only thing that can send me into feelings of envy. I don't think I will ever get over it, even when I'm 82.ReplyDelete
Lucy is just SO cute. Her little hand around that stuffed animal is the most precious thing ever...she still has baby hands...all chubby and soft.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog. You are talented and inspiring in so many ways and it brightens my day to read your thoughts about life and family. I am expecting number 6 and wondering if this is it. It is hard to think of being done with a season of your life. This post brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing your feelings with us.ReplyDelete
I SO get it Shawni. I'm still just hoping for "one more" baby. :) I don't know what I'll do when mine goes to school. You're a great Mommy with so much love to share. What lucky kids you have! --DarcyReplyDelete
Oh my good gosh golly I WANT TO PINCH ME THOSE CHEEKS!!!!!ReplyDelete
Sending much love your way. Thank you for sharing your wonderful family with us.ReplyDelete
I'm excited to hear more about how Lucy is doing in school...bet she's eating it up! Can't wait to see you all again.ReplyDelete
I SO needed this today.ReplyDelete
I am right smack in the middle of baby faze and today has been hard. I watch all my sisters go to lunch while their kids are off to school, they run errands, and catch up with house work all while listening to the music THEY want (no Baby Einstein in the background)! :) Sometimes I LONG for that stage of my life to come faster, but I know it will come too fast and I know I need to soak up this baby faze while I can. Im just not as good at it as you are.
Thanks for reminding me.
At the beginning of your post, I felt like I was reading my life. I thought we'd have 7 children, too. My husband (I thought) agreed. When our 3rd was 2, I was ready for another, when he thought we were done--WHAT??? No, no, you didn't tell me before we had #3 that she was our last. I was angry for a while, but then it softened. I knew in my heart it wasn't my last, but if I could be patient enough, he would come around. He did, and #4 is 5 months old. I am in the process of soaking it all in, because I have a peace that this is our last (barring divine intervention). My heart breaks for you to let go a little, but delights that you will get your "stuff" done and devote the soaking in time with the rest of your day. I enjoy all you share on your blog, and don't feel like you need to comment b/c after all--you don't know me:)ReplyDelete
I can see why it would be hard to have a "last baby" in your family - your kids are gorgeous and the last one is certainly no exception.ReplyDelete
I enjoy your blog - thanks for sharing.
Beautiful post! Glad I stopped by your blog.ReplyDelete
Oh, me too, me too. I wish it was easy to be done...I'll always want another, I think.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 6, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Everything about this post is adorable.ReplyDelete
And I totally, 110% get your newborn infatuation. I was EXACTLY like that. I still to this day do not undertand when people say that they hate the newborn stage. I think babies should stay newborn for at least six months. That first six weeks flies by WAY too fast!
Beautiful post. She is adorable. I am sure glad I stopped by and glad MMB featured you today. Good Luck!ReplyDelete
I just finished reading "A mother's book of secret's" and had to jump on here and tell you thanks. What a great book! So many inspiring insights and ideas. My parents have many of your parents books. Yes, I even had the gunny bag eat my toys a few times during those growing up years. :) I now have my own gunny bag! I just wanted to stop by and tell you thanks for such a great book!ReplyDelete


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Worst pre-washout washout: When all else fails, blame it on the grounds. Despite battling through the heat of a pennant race, the Richmond Braves cannot even enjoy home field advantage in their attempt to hold off the Durham Bulls for the South Division title. Unplayable field conditions allegedly caused by poor drainage at the Diamond drive the Braves to Norfolk's Harbor Park. And all this is before the flood of August 30. The Braves have not played a true home game since August 8.
Closest to perfection: The UVA women's soccer and field hockey teams open their seasons with weekend triumphs. The No. 7 soccer team controls the entire field as they hammer East Carolina 4-0 Friday night, August 27, and then welcome Miami to the ACC with an another 4-0 shutout two days later. "Even though we've posted 4-0 results to start, we still have a lot to improve on both sides of the ball," coach Steve Swanson tells the Progress. The field hockey team, meanwhile, jumps all over Bucknell for an 8-2 victory on the August 29, and then holds down Appalachian State for a 3-0 win the next day.
Bad News Birds: The Orioles finally staunch the bleeding with an August 29 victory, ending an atrocious 12-game losing streak. "We battle and battle, and things just don't work out," second basemen Luis Lopez tells MLB.com. "It's like we're standing in quicksand."
Worst transformation: Many thought coach Joe Gibbs had the Redskins headed back to glory days after an impressive 17-0 shutout over the Miami Dolphins. Then on August 27, after kicking an early field goal on the road against the St. Louis Rams, the Skins suffer a humilitating 28-3 drubbing.
Most Golden Girl: UVA basketball alumni Dawn Staley captures her third career gold medal as Team USA completes an undefeated run on the world's center stage.
The Week Ahead
Friday, 9/3 @7:30pm & Sunday, 9/5 @2:30
Virginia Soccer Classic
Ranked eighth in the nation, the UVA men's soccer team opens its home schedule with the annual Virginia Soccer Classic. Two weekend games are on the slate at Klöckner Stadium as the Hoos take on Marshall Friday evening and Long Island Sunday afternoon. $6 adults, $4 youth.
Friday, 9/3 @ 7pm
Redskins Preseason Finale vs. Atlanta Falcons
Fans have had no idea what to expect when their beloved Skins, 2-2, take the field. Catch one last look at the team before the season officially opens next weekend. Game's sold out as usual, but scalpers are three deep.
Saturday, 9/4 @ noon
UVA Football @ Temple
The much-anticipated home opener against North Carolina comes next week, but the 19th ranked Cavs cannot look too far ahead as they travel to Philadelphia to open the season against the Temple Owls. Good seats available from the UVA ticket office– about $40.
Friday, 9/3 @ 7pm vs. Charlotte Knights
& Monday, 9/6 @ 1pm vs. Norfolk Tides
Richmond Braves
At least that's what the schedule says now; whether the games actually take place is another story. The Braves still manage to lead the division into the final week without even playing in their home park. (At press time, 24 hours after Gaston drenched Richmond, the Braves' website was promising a September 1 doubleheader at the Diamond!) Whether at the Diamond or Harbor Park, enjoy the action as the Braves prepare for playoff baseball for the first time in nine years. Be sure to take redeem all your rainout tickets too! Plenty of fresh tickets available. ($3-9)


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Font Size ReduxNovember 28, 2003
Phew. We're turning over the font size issue so vigorously it's gone green.
An on-screen style switcher was due on this site sometime down the pipeline, but I rushed it in response to the discussion. See right-hand sidebar — if things are funky, reload.
Here is every way this site now caters to potential font size problems:
- All fonts are defined in relative units so that even IE can scale them.
- Two style sheets exist, one with units defined, and one that bases units on your default browser size.
- You can switch between these with any browser capable of style sheet switching.
- You can choose a style and make it persistent by hitting one of the buttons on the right, thanks to the magic of cookies.
The only potential group that might still have a problem with all of this are an insignificantly miniscule fraction of users who disable scripting/cookies, retain CSS, leave their browser default at 16px, can't read the text, and refuse to suffer the inconvenience of hitting two keys upon entering, and two keys upon leaving this site.
I've yet to write the alternate page that will load if scripting is disabled and the links are hit, but rest assured, that's coming too.
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Thanks Dave :) This rocks.
(bugette - with the larger type, the bottom of the preview / post buttons overlap, and this box is a little bigger than the container, so there are weird effects when you reach the end of the line. They could be Mozilla bugs of course).
Argh… by 'this box' I mean the comment box, and by 'overlap' I mean 'are cut off at the bottom'. Must not post when tired…
Sorry to be a nitpicker, but am I alone in thinking the icons are a bit confusing, as they seem to just be upper/lower case, meaning you would be switching to all caps? I know that seems silly, but I'm sure there are some AOL people out there who would do it :)
No, you're not alone. I think it's extremely suggestive of a case transformation.
I'm just nitpicking because it's an easy fix :)
I admit, I noticed the potentialy confusing icons, as well. Aside from that, though, the style-switching works great. Also, the icons are beautiful – just a little confusing. :)
Great work!
Yup, I was here to say what Erik said.
Apart from that, I think it's a really nice addition.
You'll get over it. Obviously we all figured out what they do, yeah?
Thanks for the alternate stylesheet, but I have two issues remaining:
1. The buttons. I figured it out, but why confuse people unneccessarily?
2. The images. Perhaps the alternate stylesheet could turn off FIR.
1) Why not?
2) I have a grand scheme. Patience.
I have a feeling you'll be able to finish the alternate stylesheet before my vision starts to dwindle, so as long as you have the intent to do it, I have been appeased.
Can't help but enjoy your responses above, Dave. Made me smile.
Besides that, I'm in agreement on the icon letters thing.
Random thought, but is the addition of a style sheet switcher which increases font size the best/only way around this problem?
I also didn't find the lower case upper case thing confusing…although I can see where the other guys are coming from
Thanks for the styleswitcher buttons Dave! Would it be possible to add a button for a text size inbetween the existing small and large setting? Only the text when set larger is a tad /too/ large. You might also want to add an even larger size for users who think the opposite!
The main problem with a larger size is that the column width remains quite small, compared with the available screen estate. (That's saying nicely that there's lots of wasted space either side, that I wish the text would expand into, so I didn't have to scroll so much.) :-)
Next all you have to do is add a button to change the font family. Oh, and one to alter the background colours. And one to swap the layout left to right. And one to…. ok, ok, I'll stop!
(BTW, the large size reverts to small again when Previewing a post.)
Chris: this is a basic solution for a font larger than the standard. Dave should not be responsible for custom-tailoring the site for users' exact needs. Any customization beyond an alternate stylesheet for larger fonts should be done by the user.
It's amusing to me that nowhere is the "give an inch, they'll want a mile" maxim truer than on the web. Perhaps that's because the barriers between author and audience are generally lower. But perhaps it's also because seeing a response to a particular request is a catalyst for further requests… I'm not sure, I've just observed it often enough to spot the trend.
Joel - what's the problem with persistence? There are layout quirks, but I believe if you've got cookies enabled it should work as expected. Though I've heard OmniWeb isn't picking up any style at all…
Come on, you know you have to have an option to horizontally flip the site.
And while you're at it, where's the Hebrew version?
Ooh, you're right, I'm totally slacking on my daily translations. Shame on me. One English -> Hebrew dictionary added to my Amazon cart! Stay tuned for Assyrian, Malaysian, and Tlingit.
Maybe you can apply a sniffer script that will redirect the user to the right page with the right CSS file *evil grin*
Thanks for the font size switcher! Despite having pretty good vision, I always zoom up small text on websites since I like to keep my face a healthy 3 ft. away from the screen. It's good to have the convenience of a persistent setting to keep it that way. (Wait, it *is* persistent, right? …Damn, it appears not to be, which greatly reduces its utility.)
Another little problem – in Safari with the large font size, the "about mezzoblue" text wraps and screws up the menu appearance. My solution would be to not size the menu text up so much, since it isn't used as often, but I suppose you could also increase the menu width.
I'm having the same effect.
Thanks for adding the larger font style sheet. Not that I mind using Ctl+ constantly, but I believe there are many like me that strain all day trying to make out what's on the screen before giving in to Ctl+. Any sign of consciousness raising on this issue among web designers is very welcome.
Good work with the two style sheets. I've had to do the same on many client sites, just too many 'hey my websites broken' e-mails when someone in a clients office accidentally changes the default font on their I.E. 5 or 5.5 (I'm lucky if they have 6).
For most we've even gone so far as to set the cookie for the pixel size in the computers of the clients office (little do they know) and put the switcher on the 'Accessibility' page.
For clarity we used text on the unstyled buttons (as they are in the accessibility page, not on the sidebar of every page): 'resizable font size' and '16px base font size'.
Good ol' real world solutions.
I am a web dev guy myself and sympathize with your dilemma, but I have to wonder whether people who are so unsophisticated as to be unaware of the browser's built-in enlarge/reduce will be clued in enough to pick up on the resize icon meaning either. I'm currently building a site for an accessible construction firm. The owner is probably physically a good representative of his audience - a bifocal wearer in his early 60's. Even he hadn't the slightest clue he could change typesizes. If the people who work in the industry are willfully ignorant, what chance do we have of reaching the rest of the hoi polloi?
Mark, that's the breakdown between doing the best you can, and diminishing returns. Let me turn it around, and ask, what about the client who regards the large clunky fonts as being inelegant and unprofessional, when compared to a ton of other sites? Image is everything, as the maxim goes. It's at least as valid a concern, since the client is the one writing the paycheque; obviously accessibility doesn't mean anything if the site isn't built in the first place.
Setting a default size that balances client concern, designer perogative, and user requirements is what we're dealing with. This is a social problem, more than anything; look at how far I've gone with my stylesheets on this site - that's about the best it can be done, technologically. The rest is education of those who have special concerns. Is the designer responsible for that? They can do their best, but in the end I believe the user has to take some ownership of their own problem.
Don't forget that IE6 does have an option to "Ignore font sizes specified on web pages". It's under Tools, Internet Options, Accessibility button.
Dave, your site is weird in IE6 for me right now. Every time I hover over the header, it blanks and reloads it! Same for all the icons on the row below. Anyone else seeing this or is it just my setup?
you have to edit your temporary files settings in internet option in IE - just check to fetch pages automatically instead of checking every time you visit the page�
Already on automatic, but the resizing icons keep 'blinking' on hover. BTW, those resizing Icons should probably be Az+ and Az-. :)
And while we're on the topic, I never had a problem with your content's font size, but I still retain that the font in the images are still too small (ie latest projects>>>>>).
I can confirm what chris hester mentions too - I've had that problem for a while with this site and photomatt's site. They're the only two sites that I surf to that do it.
p.s. my cache settings are fine! I've had the problem since the hosting debacle and the switch.
I too am browsing with IE6 and am getting the reload behaviour (same as Chris and Lenny.) My cache setting is set to 'automatic'. I've also noticed that nothing from mezzoblue is staying in my Temporary Internet Files. Other sites seem to be caching fine though…
Very mysterious…
you have to edit your temporary files settings in internet option in IE - just check to fetch pages automatically instead of checking every time you visit the page….
Well, it looks like the persistence started working. I blame quirks in Safari. Looks great! (Other than the menu wrapping :)
What you've done works well, Dave, and does you credit as it makes things a little easier for some *without compromising the appearance of the page* (and what could we say about a designer who was prepared to?). Generally, my personal preference would be for a slightly larger font, but the default seems to be right for this page. The page simply does not look so good with the big font. Command + in Safari gives me an in-between choice that's easier to read. But the default still looks best. Perhaps it is partly related to there being quite a lot of text on the page.
I think some people fail to grasp the complexity of the issue and think there is one simple answer that can apply in every situation. There never is. Not on the Web; nor in life. But you covered that in "No Happy Medium".
On a different but related point, I wonder if it is worth adding that more and more I see people saying that WCAG require ems for fonts. Actually, they don't; and it would be bizarre if they did, as the spec. provides for other sizing methods.
The Guidelines actually make no distinction between sizing fonts and sizing, say, boxes but merely state a preference for "relative rather than absolute units" (Guideline 3, checkpoint 3.4). (No rationale is offered, and people often make possibly mistaken assumptions about why.)
But the Guidelines also *explicity* mention accessible designs that use absolute units:
"If absolute units are used, validate that the rendered content is usable."
(And they provide a link -
- to show how to do that.)
The BBC News uses a fixed width container:
Perhaps it is so that the average user browsing in a single window in IE with the favorites open at the side gets a full display which yet won't jump and re-arrange itself, if he closes the favorites! Seriously, I'm sure they have good reasons. But provided they follow WCAG's "validation" guidelines they _may_ and still qualify as accessible. Fixed-widths aren't "banned" by the W3C - how could they be when the spec. provides the means to use them?
Awareness of these issues is a good thing. But I think people who want to criticize others' sites should inform themselves better.
"Capital letter A" and "lowercase letter a" really don't scream "size controls" to me. Yes, once you've read this post and realized what they are, people can figure them out, but the average user coming to this site just won't get it, unless they read this archived post first.
It's poor usability. You really should have something which is a better symbol for changing the font sizes.
Also, you may want to consider putting these types of accessibility aids "up front" in the source, rather than at the end of the document. Whenever possible (and I know it's possible for you, using CSS!), you should try to make the accessibility aids the easiest features to reach.


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Swimming Pool Blog
by Sean Griffin, December 16, 2011
Pool Slide Installation
Your swimming pool may not have been originally constructed with accessories like a diving board or a pool slide, but it's never too late to add that extra piece of deck equipment to enhance your swimming pool experience. Swimming Pool slides are becoming ever more popular because of the numerous color and design options, ease of installation, and safety factor. If you are adamant about diving and are interested in installing dive rocks, a jumping platform, or a diving board you will want to consult with a construction expert to confirm that the pool depth and slope are equipped and safe for swimmers to take the plunge. Installing a swimming pool slide can bring years of enjoyment to kids…..and even adults!
Design options for installing swimming pool slides are infinite. With Build Your Own Slide (BYOS) options you can create your personalized and unique water feature. Slide designs are sometimes built into the surrounding landscaping which is normally done when the pool is renovated or newly constructed. Other slide installations are "stand alone"" and are mounted onto the pool decking at the base of the support legs and the climbing ladder.
Anchoring the slide and constructing the slide itself will be somewhat straight forward after following the instructions and correctly measuring out where you will be placing the slide. Before installing your pool slide, you will need to consider the water safety envelope to ensure the proper volume of water you will be sliding into. If you don't have enough pool decking you can always extend the pool deck to create the sufficient spacing to install the pool slide. If your swimming pool deck has pavers you will need to remove them and construct a concrete base that is able to have the slide base mount to.
What most homeowners and even pool guys have complications with is discreetly supplying the water supply line to the slide. More current pool slides will be equipped to handle a higher volume of water to increase the enjoyment of the slide. The gallons of water flow per minute required are usually higher than what can be produced from a common ¾" garden hose. I have seen DIY pool owners install a water supply in almost every form. Flexable PVC plumbing and poly piping that snakes around and over the entire pool deck creating a tripping hazard and also serving as an eyesore. The correct way to ensure your slide is receiving the necessary water flow is to have the correct pipe diameter plumbed from your pool equipment underneath the decking. Forcing pool plumbing through compact earth underneath the pool deck can be trying. There are several methods that can be used. Interfab has a nice video on installing a water stub pipe that shows the return line being forced though using PVC piping and water pressure.
Safe practice when using the pool slide will ensure no one gets hurt. Avoid having multiple people standing on the slide at one time. Pay attention to the weight limit put forth by the manufacturer. Never go head first down a pool slide and always go in the sitting position. Never walk on a slide and before going down ensure the landing area is clear of other swimmers.
If you are designing your swimming pool or are thinking about having a pool constructed and don't have the budget to work in a pool slide you can have the pool builder plumb in a designated return water supply line before the pool decking is poured. At a later date the slide installation will be that much easier. No need to try and tunnel under the existing decking!


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I started working on a smaller project for rapid-fire prototyping, μEngine. Currently it's a pretty basic project. It provides the basic framework for detecting that a shared object has changed, unloading the current version from memory, loading the new library, resolving the required symbols, and continuing the "rendering" loop (which actually doesn't perform any OpenGL rendering yet.)
Here's an example of the engine running:
~/uengine/src (master) $ make && ./uengine make: Nothing to be done for `all'. ... .libs/libuengine.so 0xdeadbeef 0xdeadbeef 0xdeadbeef 0xdeadbeef ... .libs/libuengine.so 0xcafebabe 0xcafebabe 0xcafebabe 0xcafebabe ... .libs/libuengine.so 0x0 $
While the engine was running, I edited libuengine.c, which is compiled by Automake into a shared object:
$ sed -i 's/0xdeadbeef/0xcafebabe/' libuengine.c && make CC libuengine.lo CCLD libuengine.la
Now I want to terminate the program (and I'm too lazy to have written a signal handler yet) so μEngine's main-loop is setup to terminate when dlsym_main returns a zero value.
$ sed -i 's/0xcafebabe/0x0/' libuengine.c && make CC libuengine.lo CCLD libuengine.la
μEngine also links with libengine (which provides all of the math/geometry/etc functionality for Trinity), libdecl (which provides access to id Software style declaration files), and liblwo2 (which, well, loads LWO2 model files.)
This little experiment is far from complete. I still need to setup an OpenGL and GLX context, handle X11 input, and keep track of any ARB fp/vp or GLSL programs loaded. GPU programs will be reloaded in much the same way as the shared object itself.
There is of course a few frames delay between invocation of make and the new library being loaded, because should stat fail to obtain the file modification time (because it's still being written out) μEngine just continues with the old shared library until stat succeeds. The modification time is checked every "frame."
I think this should help with faster prototyping, since μEngine has the ability to access all of the assets and libengine library functions that Trinity can, but without the requirement of loading all the assets for a full world map into memory at start up.


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G'day all!
Say I've got this function that connects to the mysql database -
Then I call it from here -PHP Code:
function sqli_connect($username, $password) {
$connection = mysqli_connect("localhost", $username, $password);
//Test connection to database
if(mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo "Installation error: Could not connect to database.";
How can I give it the connection variable from the function?Code:<?php sqli_connect('****', '****'); //Create the databases if(mysqli_query($connection,"CREATE DATABASE my_db")) { //Executes mysqli query and tests for a return of true at the same time echo "Database my_db created successfully"; } else { echo "Error creating database: " . mysqli_error($con); } ?>
Thanks all


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I like Darcs. Really. It is easy to learn and use and for smallish projects I never had any real problems. Unfortunately, it still has some performance problems and it is likely that some operations will never be fast.
An extreme example of where you run into those problems is the GHC repository. It consists of over 18500 patches and spans over 12 years of history. When I tried to build the latest version I ran into a linker error which I know I didn't get with the snapshot from one month ago. As GHC builds take quite a while I wanted to use an efficient way to find which exact change introduced the problem. More precisely I wanted
git bisect.
I know that Don had converted Darcs repositories to Git in order to get ohloh statistics, but he reported that this process was rather painful. It took four weeks(!) to convert the GHC repository.
So, I looked what tools were out there, and how to improve them. I know that there is Tailor, but I looked at darcs-to-git by Steve Purcell first and found it very hackable. I didn't like that it saved the Darcs patch ID in the Git commit message, so I changed that and I extended it to properly translate Darcs escape sequences. I also added a parameter to only pull a number of patches at the same time, so that I can import a big repository in stages and I allowed custom mapping from committer names to other committer names. I used this to map various pseudonyms to (a unique) full name and email address. (I hope no one minds being credited with his or her full name. ;) )
It worked rather well for smallish repositories (a bit less than 2000 patches) but I had serious problems to get it to work with GHC.
- Darcs has a bug on case-insensitive volumes (which OS X uses by default), so Steve suggested using a case-sensitive sparse image. This works, but it is probably a bit slower. I tried running it on my FreeBSD home server, but it has only 256 MB of RAM (usually fine for a home file server) so Darcs ran out of space and eventually got killed by the OS. (Getting Darcs to compile on my server was an adventure in itself--first a few hours to update the ports tree, then one more to compile GHC 6.8 which then just failed to install...) Fortunately, my Laptop has 2 GB, so it works fine there.
- At startup darcs-to-git reads the full Darcs patch inventory. For such a big repo as GHC this takes over a minute (and lots of RAM). Caching it in a file didn't seem to help much. I could have lived with that, but there was a more serious problem: the approach used by darcs-to-git (and, it seems, also by Tailor) doesn't work!
- darcs-to-git pulls one patch at a time by giving it's ID to
darcs pull --match 'hash ...id...', then
git adds the changes on the Git side and
git commits it with the appropriate commit message. The patches are pulled in the order in which they were applied in the source repo, so any dependencies should be fulfilled. Nevertheless, Darcs refused to apply some patches -- silently. Darcs just determined that I didn't want to pull any patches and didn't do anything. This is most likely a Darcs bug, but I heard it was only a known bug for some development version of Darcs 2 (I used Darcs 1.0.9 at that time). Anyways, that didn't work; it failed at about patch 30 of the GHC repository.
- OK. So instead of pulling patches by ID we could fake user interaction. Something like this:
$ echo "yd" | darcs pull source-repoThe input corresponds to "Yes, I want to pull this patch" and "Ok, I'm done and want to pull all the selected patches". This works reliably and also has the advantage that we don't have to read the whole history up front but instead can just retrieve the info for the last applied patch via
darcs changes --last 1 --xml
- By now you might have guessed, though, that this still didn't work very well. It took about 60 seconds per patch (with about 1 second of this used by Git), resulting in estimated 13 days(!) CPU time for the full repository.
- Interestingly, most of those 60 seconds are spent before any patch choice is displayed, so apparently Darcs is doing something to calculate which patches to show. After that, displaying more choices is relatively quick. Apparently, the startup time depends on the number of patches
not yet pulled.
This leads to the following trick.
We use two intermediate repositories. We use one to pull several patches at a time from the source repository. I use 15 patches, ie.:
$ cd tmp/ghc.pull $ echo "yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyd" | darcs pull /path/to/ghcWe now could import from this intermediate repository into Git, since the startup time to pull from this repo is now much lower. However, we'd like to already start and pull the next 15 patches into the temporary repository. Pulling from and into the same repo at the same time doesn't work (Dars locks the repo), so we also need to mirror this temporary repository. A
cp -r would work, but as the repository grows larger, this would do unnecessary work. So I just pull the changes at once.
$ cd /tmp/ghc.pull_mirror $ darcs pull --all /tmp/ghc.pull # this is pretty quick nowNow we can import into our git mirror from there, and already start pulling the next 15 patches (proper term for this is "macro pipelining", I believe).
$ cd /path/to/ghc.git $ ./darcs-to-git /tmp/ghc.pull_mirror & # run in background $ cd /tmp/ghc.pull $ echo "yyyy..." # etcOf course, before pulling from the first mirror into the second mirror we have to make sure that
darcs-to-git has finished pulling from the second mirror. I have implemented this as a shell script on top of darcs-to-git, but I may move it into darcs-to-git at some point.
My fork of darcs-to-git as well as Steve's main repo are both available at Github. I haven't pushed all of my local changes yet, but I plan to implement pulling dars patches "interactively" as a possible option for darcs-to-git, so maybe check the repo in a week or two.
With this approach I am down to about 200 seconds per 15 patches or about 68 hours fo the 18500 patches of the GHC repo which is just below the promised three days. (Of course, YMMV)
So the moral of this story? Darcs is very slow for biggish repositories, especially for rarely used border cases (such as pulling patches one by one). It may be possible to fix them, but I doubt that this will be easy. I tried using the new hashed format and the darcs-2 format, but converting the GHC repo didn't work for me. I certainly hope that things get better, and I plan to help at least a little by submitting several bug reports in the next couple of days about the problems I ran into in the past days. Let's see what happens.
Oh, and Darcs needs a killer-app like Github!


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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which maintains the US's nuclear weapons stockpile, awarded Siemens Government Technologies the contract to construct the 11.5MW Pantex wind farm — the largest developed by a federal department.
The installation will consist of five Siemens 2.3MW turbines located on 1,500 acres of government-owned property east of the Pantex plant in Amarillo, Texas.
The project, which is due to be completed by July 2014, is expected to generate an average of $2.8million in energy savings annually over its 18-year contract, covering more than half of the annual electricity needs for the Pantex plant.
Officials from NNSA, the US energy department, the Environmental Protection Agency and Siemens gathered at the site to break ground on the project.
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We have some exciting news for you. B.o.B's very first MTV Unplugged is now up online here. You have to check this out. Robin Thicke, Melanie Fiona and Janelle Monae make guest appearances as Bobby Ray performs all your favorite tracks off the album.
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text: Howard Stern says he has no plans to take over "Late Night" in New York from host Jimmy Fallon if Fallon leaves to head up "The Tonight Show." Rumors have circulated in recent weeks claiming NBC is making plans for Jay Leno's imminent -- but as-yet-unannounced -- retirement from "Tonight" after his current contract expires next year. One scenario being floated in the media has Fallon replacing Leno, while Stern takes over for Fallon. "First of all, what an insult," the Huffington Post reported Stern said on his SiriusXM radio show this week. "[After] all the years of my career. I'm, like, the biggest guy in radio. I've done film. I've done television ... I mean, they act like I'm some kind of [expletive] beginner or something. Maybe if I'm really nice to NBC, they'll let me take over Carson Daly's show at like 2 o'clock in the morning." In addition to working on his own radio show, Stern also is a judge on NBC's talent competition series "America's Got Talent."


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BERKELEY, Calif., May 19, 2014 – Sanjay Mehrotra, president, chief executive officer and co-founder of SanDisk, delivered a commencement address to graduates of the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering on May 18, 2014. Mehrotra's speech detailed his own journey and related the lessons he has learned along the way from an international student to the head of a Fortune 500 company that is recognized as a global leader in flash storage solutions.
Born and raised in India, Mehrotra first relayed to the graduates lessons he learned from his father about the importance of tenacity. Though now a member of the UC Berkeley Engineering Advisory Board, Mehrotra shared the difficulties he faced in first obtaining a student visa after his application was denied multiple times and how his father overcame the bureaucracy.
"My Dad's tenacious conviction, courage, and his boldness, not only on that day at the Embassy but also throughout his life, has become my mantra: never, ever give up," said Mehrotra. "If you have a dream, if you have a conviction, if you believe in something passionately, reach down deep within yourself and don't take no for an answer!"
Mehrotra's speech next focused on imparting three crucial pieces of knowledge that he has accrued along the way.
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"Take risks, be adventurous. Don't wait for all the answers. Get started now. But don't be reckless! Find a smart and responsible way to do it faster, better, cheaper. I'm not a gambling man, but believe me, your quest will be much more exciting when you place big bets, and then win. You'll lose a few times too, and that's OK."
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In his closing, Mehrotra challenged graduates to envision the future that they will help create:
"Thirty-four years ago, I sat where you are sitting today. Even though I couldn't possibly imagine then what 2014 would really be like, let me now challenge you to imagine thirty-four years from now," he said. "…Of course, no one knows. However, what I do know is that many of you as Cal graduates will be pioneering and shaping the world on your journey. So, congratulations, graduates! …Go and amaze us."
The commencement follows a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the university's newly renovated SanDisk Computing Lab. Renovations to the lab and Cory Hall were funded by a $1 million donation from SanDisk to the UC Berkeley College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The company also recently announced recipients for the 2013-2014 SanDisk Scholars Program, which provided more than $1 million in scholarships and grants to nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate university students in the United States to support their pursuit of degrees in a science, technology, engineering or mathematics discipline.
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We just don't know who that man will be.
Look, they are going all-out to get Nnamdi Asomugha, which is what any smart team in their position would do.
You can't have a position of desperate need and ignore the best player on the board at that position.
Once again, money is not an issue. The Texans can afford him.
They will put pressure on Asomugha to make the call. They won't be outbid. If he chooses to go elsewhere, it will not be for a lack of trying.
This isn't a Chris Bosh situation, where Bosh wasn't remotely interested in coming to Houston to play for the Rockets. Daryl Morey was about as close to landing Bosh as a young Steve Urkel was to getting Laura Winslow.
The Texans are legitimate players in this one. Today might be decision day.
And relax with the panic, fans. Players can't sign until Friday evening, and they can't suit up at practice until next Thursday. Let it play out, see what happens, then react. There are plenty good players out there. The Texans aren't going to miss out on upgrading their secondary by going after the very best.
If your credit isn't good enough to buy that Ferarri, you can't go down the street and pick up a Mustang on the way home. And anything would be better than that beat-up Pinto you drove around last season.
Don't be like the jokers who all offseason said the Texans have no chance of landing a top cornerback. Or the ones who then decided that the Texans couldn't fit Asomugha under the salary cap. (Note, the Jets have more money spent on the cap than the Texans, and they might even have a slight lead in the chase for Asomugha.)
If the Texans didn't make a good faith attempt to sign Asomugha, they would be doing a disservice to their fans. If you accept that (and based on ticket sales since the franchise began, apparently many of you do), then fine.
You know I'm as honest about these things as anyone in town. If they didn't have a legit shot at landing Asomugha, or if he had let it be known that he was not at all interested or only using the Texans to drive up the price, or if going after Asomugha meant the Texans would lose out on getting a quality cornerback, I'd point that out. None of those is the case.
The interesting thing about the pursuit of Nnamdi (and if you follow me on Twitter, you'd know my best take on it is borrowed from Buford T. Justice at the 1:45 mark) is that it should drive up the price tag for Johnathan Joseph. That is why you've heard little about the Bengals' free agent cornerback. He is waiting to see what Asomugha gets to set the market.
It is arguable that the top four free agent cornerbacks are still available, and that doesn't include Nate Clements, who has been told that he will be released by the 49ers. It would be shocking if the Texans don't get one of the top three corners. They should get one of the top two, but I'm not going to put that heat on them, or slam them for not getting it done, until they actually don't get it done.
As for Clements, I'm not a huge fan.
If you have ever heard his teammates make fun of his "Lockdown" nickname, you'd know why. That said, he would be an upgrade on what the Texans had before, but in a way, so would Chris Bosh. With the NBA lockout, can't believe Rick Smith hasn't sent a caravan of Texans fans to Bosh's house to see if the 6-9 forward wanted to moonlight as a 6-9 shutdown corner.


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In the spirit of feedback, I emailed Roelof Botha out of the blue, after reading an article on him from Forbes a few months back. Even though he passed on taking next steps right now for investment, he was a complete gentleman, and got back to me on an incredibly timely basis. He gave me a look, and we emailed back and forth.
At the end of the day, that's all you can ask for. I think sometimes both sides forget we are all on the same team, and one is nothing without the other. Having been on our side, I think Roelof relates better than others, and I have respect for him.PRIVATE: Members Only


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I've always believed that to whom much is given, much is required.
So I was intrigued by a situation a reader raised in a recent online discussion. It made me think about how little we are trained in how to help people we believe are in need. There is lots of great advice on how to give smartly to charitable organizations, but people don't get much instruction about the giving that takes place on a personal level.
Under the subject line "Being Neighborly," the reader wrote: "We live in a modest neighborhood next to an elderly widow. Often when I take her shopping, she will say she'd love to have something, but then say, 'It is so expensive, dear.' More often than not, I will buy it for her. My husband, son and other neighbors routinely mow her yard, shovel her walk and do small maintenance jobs on her house. She will sometimes offer them a dollar or two, but they always decline.
"So imagine my amazement when I inadvertently opened her bank statement to discover that her checking account has mid-five figures and her savings account and CDs total mid-six figures! (We use the same bank and the mailman mistakenly put her statement in our box.) That's many times our family's holdings. She should be paying for my food, not the other way around, and she can clearly afford to hire her own yard care and repair people."
The reader said she taped up the envelope and wrote "opened by mistake," and returned it to her neighbor's mailbox.
"Other than ignoring her pleas of poverty when shopping, is there anything else I can/should do?" she asked. "My husband says to let it drop, but I'd like our efforts to go to help those genuinely in need."
There is a good lesson in this story.
Never make assumptions when it comes to people's assets. It's not a sign of need just because someone may express dismay at the price of things. It's not a sign you are destitute if you only offer a few dollars when someone volunteers to mow your yard.
Because you can't know someone's full financial situation by what they say or do, you should be careful about doling out cash or paying for things in the spirit of altruism.
Based on my own mistakes, here is what I do now if someone asks for financial assistance:
• Determine whether you are in a position to help. Don't take on someone else's money problems if you're living paycheck to paycheck. Charity really does begin at home. Otherwise, if you find out later your money wasn't needed, you will feel like a sucker. Once you've got a good handle on your own finances, you may discover that you have additional funds that can be allocated to help someone individually. This could be money above any funds you set aside to give to charitable organizations.
• Ask if the person needs your help. I know this sounds simple, but being frugal doesn't mean you're broke. The reader could have avoided feeling she was being taken advantage of by simply asking her neighbor if she needed the stuff she was buying for her. She could have said something like, "You always talk about things being so expensive. Is that because you're frugal, or are you in need? I'd like to help you if you need the money."
• Ask for proof. Before I shell out any money, I sit down with the person and look over their finances. My money — when I give it — comes with the requirement that you be open and honest about your financial situation.
• Look for other resources to help the person. You don't want to set up a situation where you are likely to be doling out money long-term.
Finally, if you've determined there is a need and you can afford to help, make sure the money is used for that need. I once offered to help a struggling mother who had lost her job. Other than unemployment compensation, she had exhausted all other avenues for help. She had gone through all her savings. My husband and I decided to assist by paying a utility bill for two months. But I called the company and made arrangements to directly pay on her behalf.
As for the reader, I agree with her husband. Let it go, but learn the lesson. Besides, her efforts weren't in vain. She wasn't being a chump. She was being neighborly, and that's priceless.
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Would you guys ever believe I´d defend or agree with a Femin-Nazi? OFC you wouldn´t as you know me...
But here we go, the unthinkable happened, I 100% agree with the worst of them all: Alice Schwarzer of Germany.
She is one of the few speaking out against the islam religion, and hammers home some hard truth into german political corrected brainwashed heads:
"A Cologne police officer recently told me seventy or eighty percent of the rapes were committed by Turks in Cologne*. I (Alice Schwarzer) asked him: Why did not you say that so that we can go to the root of the problem? He (police officer) replied: We are not allowed to say so Mrs. Schwarzer, this counts as racism."
Go Pegida, stand up for our rights, and if we need to fight for our freedom, we will fight!
* Important info: Yet "only" 15% of the population in Cologne are Turks (1), of whom at least 96 % are moslems (2)
Great friendly and peaceful religion, this islam.
The whole interview:
Use google translator, it´s working ok to understand her points in general ...
(1) Link:http://www.stadt-koeln.de/mediaasset/content/pdf15/koeln_in_zahlen_-_einwohner_2011.pdf
(2) Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey#Religion


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Kendall and I were traveling through Windsor VT last week, coming home from Plattsburgh and decided to stop in and see what all the fuss was about at the Harpoon Brewery. Dennis (our resident Vermont Woods Studios local craft beer expert) had mentioned it a few times -- plus it was hot and sunny and we were thirsty!
What a great place: Harpoon's outdoor beer garden is a new addition to their brewery that sits on the banks of the Connecticut River in Windsor VT. It's one of Vermont's 21 craft breweries, including Long Trail, Magic Hat Otter Creek Switchback and Trout River and well worth a stop if you're traveling anywhere near the White River Junction area.
At the beer garden you can relax with one of the dozen or so varieties of locally made beer. The menu includes your favorite pub fare such as paninis, salads, burgers and wings.
Want to learn more about Vermont craft beers? Wikipedia has a nice write-up but a better way might be to experience the beers at one of our many craft beer festivals. Two are on tap in September (Mount Snow Brewers Festival and SIPtemberfest in Fayston VT) and one in October (Killington Brewfest). We'll hope to see you there!


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ROCKFORD - Tom Busse doesn't hesitate when asked what has changed in manufacturing since he started working for his father's company in 1982 while still in high school.
"The magic world of computers," said Busse, who now is president of Rockford Toolcraft. The company has 350 employees designing and building heavy gauge stamping dies and running production metal stampings and assemblies.
"Almost everything is computer controlled from die design to inspection process, all done with some (Computer Aided Design software)," Busse added. "Let's start in engineering. It used to be three drawing boards and a bunch of pencils. Now, we have 15 CAD stations with six kinds of software. It costs thousands each year just for licensing. But what it can do is worth it."
Jere Eyer, managing director at Northern Precision Plastics in Belvidere said the greater computerization and automation has made for a more exacting product.
"If you had a car a couple of decades ago you'd see some gaps," Eyer said. "Now, everything is within a tight tolerance - 10 one-thousands of an inch."
Eyer said some of Northern Precision Plastics customers have specialized scanners to measure the dimensions of what they receive against the large prints to know instantly if his company fulfilled its quality requirements.
Northern Precision Plastics is a custom manufacturer of plastic injection molded parts, with about 40 employees making things such as injection molded armrests for riding mowers, thermoformed parts trays for food service machinery and thermoformed polysterene front fascias for slot machines.
Computers also have made it easier to find - and lose - customers.
"It's easier to get your name out there from an advertising standpoint," Eyer said. "In the past 24 to 36 months we've gotten some good leads from our website. Our business in Macau, China, has really taken off. Macau is becoming a bigger gaming center than Las Vegas.
"But it's also easier for customers to find other vendors and compare pricing. There's a lot more pressure on pricing."
Tino Oldani, president and CEO of Ingersoll Machine Tools, has been in the manufacturing business long enough to see how an airplane is built change three times.
"When I started out airplanes were made with parts riveted together. Thousands and thousands of smaller parts riveted together," Oldani said. "The big evolution in aerospace came from Europe and that was to make these complex parts out of one piece of aluminum. You would take the aluminum and machine the material away until you had the part you wanted.
"Now, we have evolved to adding material," said Oldani, who took over Ingersoll Machine Tools in 2003. He immediately made developing automated fiber placement machines - which essentially compresses thin strands of materials together to form parts - the core focus of the company. "We are adding material to form composite parts that are even lighter, but harder and very strong."
Ingersoll Machine Tools now employs 192 people in Rockford, making massive machines for customers such as Mitsubishi, United Technologies and NASA.
John Lewis, a former economist at Northern Illinois University who now runs a consulting firm in Sycamore, said the transition to composite materials is crucial for a Rock River Valley manufacturing industry that constantly evolves to thrive since the 1860s.
"Rockford has done a better job than most communities in maintaining its manufacturing industry and that's mainly because manufacturers here have shown an ability to transform over time," Lewis said. "Rockford has gone from furniture to machine tools to fasteners to aerospace."
In the 1880s, Rockford was the second largest producer of furniture in the U.S. trailing just Grand Rapids, Mich. By the 1970s, this area was called the screw capital of the world because we were home to such major fastener companies as National Lock, Rockford Products, Camcar Textron and Elco Industries.
Today, with such aerospace suppliers as UTC Aerospace Systems, Woodward Inc., GE Aviation and Honeywell International, the Rock River Valley is one of the 10 largest aerospace markets in the U.S.
"The next innovation Rockford manufacturers need to embrace more is working with composite materials," Lewis said. "That's the direction you are seeing the industry going and there are some companies going in that direction. Rockford needs to see more of that transformation."
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Once you've had a moment to take in the beauty of those bonnie, bonnie banks, you're going to want to decide what to do while visiting Loch Lomond - the options are plentiful!
It's one of the best places in the country to try thrilling watersports activities, including jet-skiing, water skiing and kayaking. For nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts, there are mountains, cycle paths, tree top adventures and forest trails to conquer, as well as a scattering of islands to explore.
After a leisurely day out? Then take a relaxing loch cruise to admire the breathtaking scenery, or visit Loch Lomond Shores. It's packed with a whole host of amazing things for families to enjoy - think sealife, falconry, segway safaris, shopping and more.


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Primero que nada tu pingüino debe tener 45 días o más.
Después vas a la Ski Village y das click en Tours. Te apareceran unas preguntas, aquí les dejo las respuestas:1.)Which room has a cuckoo clock?
A:Ski Lodge
2.)Which of these rooms doesn't have music playing in the background?
A:Pet Shop
3.)What's the name of the big fish in Ice Fishing?
4.)In what room can you find old copies of the Penguin Times?
A:Boiler Room
5.)Which puffle can catch on fire?
6.)How does the pink puffle play?
A:Skips with a skipping rope
7.)Which of these rooms does NOT have a game in it?
A:The Beach
8.)How do you get a pin?
A:Walk on top of it
9.)What's the name of Captain Rockhopper's ship?
A:The Migrator
10.)What item is always hidden in a different place in the clothing catalog every month?
A:The Viking Helmet
11.)How much does it cost to buy a player card background?
12.)How many sled racing track are there?
13.)What item is thrown out of the truck in level 4 of Bean Counters?
A:A flower Pot
14.)Which of these games has a shark in it?
A: Ice Fishing
15.)What day does the newspaper come out?
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The early years of school are critical to future academic success. Children in the primary grades (kindergarten through grade three) participate in an academic program designed to meet the needs of young children. They learn to read, express their thoughts through writing and critical thinking, and work with numbers and mathematical operations. Children are also engaged in inquiry-based thinking through the disciplines of science and social studies. Opportunities are available to participate in the arts, engage in physical activity, access computer technology, and make use of extensive library collections.
While children in the primary grades are learning to read, write, and compute – children in grades four and five are applying these basic skills as they read to learn, write to communicate, use numbers to solve problems, and think critically in all areas of the curriculum including technology, the arts, physical education, and the use of the library.


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The Jewish history of the State of Alabama is as old as the United States itself. As early as the 1750's and 60's, a number of Jews called Mobile home. Later, in the 1820's, the first permanent Jewish community in Alabama was
The Jewish community of Mobile was large enough that in 1841 they purchased their own cemetery. In January of 1844, Congregation Shaarai Shomayim u-Maskil el Dol was chartered.
The longtime president of the Congregation was Israel Jones, who was a London born tobacco merchant.
Another very prominent Jew in Mobile was Rabbi James Koppel Gutheim, who was originally from New Orleans. On 14 December 1858, Emilie Jones, the daughter of Israel Jones married James Koppel Gutheim in Mobile, Alabama.
The record of that marriage (below) is part of a collection of marriage records from the State of Alabama, that have now been added to the Historical Records Collections at Familysearch.org.
The collection, Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950, has over 1,000,000 marriage records and is name search able. In the later years of the collection, the records give much more information. The record below is the marriage in 1948, of Karl Bernard Friedman and Gladys Marie Cohen.


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MILLBURY � A police officer fired last summer on charges of harassment will return to her job after an arbitrator overturned the Board of Selectmen's decision.
On Aug. 29, the board terminated Detective Kimberly Brothers from the Police Department during an executive session. According to Selectman E. Bernard Plante, board chairman, Detective Brothers was dismissed after an outside hearing officer found credible the charges of citizens who alleged they were harassed by her while she was on duty.
Mr. Plante said late Monday that the town received the decision from arbitrator Timothy J. Buckalew of Westboro on Friday afternoon.
"The arbitrator did not sustain the charges against her," Mr. Plante said.
He did not know yet when Ms. Brothers would return to the department.
Town officials did not release the details of the charges against Detective Brothers last summer, but Mr. Plante said, "When the (former) chief brings it to the board as police commissioners, you have to address it."
Detective Brothers was placed on administrative leave in spring 2012 after a special investigator completed a seven-month probe into alleged misconduct by another member of the Police Department, Officer Daniel Daly. One of the 10 allegations against Officer Daly, engaging in conduct unbecoming an officer, was sustained. An arbitrator has since overturned that ruling and exonerated Officer Daly.
Efforts to reach Ms. Brothers Monday evening were not successful.
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ASU alum Barry Bonds raises his arms after blasting his 660th home run into McCovey Cove in San Francisco.
April 12, 2004
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Barry Bonds hit his 660th home run Monday to tie godfather Willie Mays for third on baseball's career list.
Bonds connected in the fifth inning on a 3-1 pitch from Milwaukee's Matt Kinney and sent the ball over the right-field wall into McCovey Cove for his second homer of the season, a three-run shot that traveled an estimated 442 feet . It was the 28th time Bonds has homered into the cove.
The 39-year-old Bonds was greeted at home by several teammates and he stepped on the plate and raised both hands in the air.
Mays also greeted the six-time NL MVP with a hug and a kiss outside the dugout and presented his godson with a torch decorated with 25 tiny diamonds, symbolic of the number Bonds wears. Both Bonds and Mays carried the torch before the 2002 Olympics.
Bonds came back out of the dugout and waved to the fans in each direction as they cheered, "Barry! Barry!" and gave him a standing ovation.
Children along the left-field wall bowed to Bonds when he came out to play the field in the top of the sixth.
In his next at-bat, Bonds blooped a double to left field in the seventh.
Hank Aaron leads the career list with 755 home runs, followed by Babe Ruth with 714.
When asked during spring training whether he can pass Aaron, his hero, Bonds quickly answered: "I think I can do anything. ... I'm going for it all."
Mays hit his 660th on Aug. 17, 1973, as a member of the New York Mets at Shea Stadium off Cincinnati's Don Gullett.
Bonds, who holds the single-season homer record with 73 in 2001, went five games without a homer after hitting one last Monday at Houston.
He has repeatedly said he'd like to pass Mays at home, and the Giants began a 10-game homestand Monday with a three-game series against the Brewers.


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