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In honor of National Donut Day, I give you:
13 Ways To Wreck a Perfectly Good Donut
(Because what are donuts, really, except small, holey cakes? That are deep-fried? I rest my case.)
1) Add poop:
4) Put One Freaky Eye On It:
("I'm meeeel-ting!")
5) Put Four Freaky Teeth On It:
(Then tell kids it's the Easter Bunny.)
(Hang on, what fresh abomination is this?)
11) Misspell it:
12) Or do this to it:
13) Or, if all else fails, this:
"I'm sorry, but could I get a little more frosting on this? And maybe another waffle cone? With a cream pie on top? And some Gummi Bears? And one of those King Cakes? And then wrap it in a few dozen pancakes? Yeaaaah, that'd be greeeeeat."
Thanks to April R., Amy N., Susanna C., Ashley W., Aubrey L., Janet V., Sarah B., Malisa I., Jennifer S., Rachel K., Carol G., Sheriden C., & Rivit, and no, I won't make you one of those, because a girl's got to have standards. Plus I'm fresh out of King Cakes.


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Financial Questions
Service Questions
Appointment Questions
How do I make an appointment?
To make an appointment at Callier Center Dallas, please call 214-905-3030; to make an appointment at Callier Center Richardson, please call 972-883-3630.
Where are you located?
Callier Center Dallas is located at 1996 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX 75235. Callier Center Richardson is located at 2895 Facilities Way, Richardson, TX 75080. Visit the contact us page for more information.
Can a speech-language pathologist come to my house?
All services are clinic-based, except for occasional consultative services in the home that are associated with some of our group programs.
What are your hours of operation?
Hours of operation are generally from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Occasionally, appointments can be made earlier or later based on therapists' schedules and availability.
I work. Can I arrange for someone else to bring my child?
For evaluations, a parent/caregiver is required to be present. For therapy, depending on your child and the program you are enrolled in, you may not be required to be present all of the time. However, communication with the professionals helping your child is an important aspect of the therapy. Parent education components provide the bridge to generalization of skills. There are no transportation services at the Callier Center so you will need to make arrangements on your own.
I live very close to Callier Richardson, but the program listed that seems most appropriate is at Callier Dallas. Do you have similar programs in both locations?
Each program is unique and they are not necessarily duplicated in each center. However, if you speak with one of the speech-language pathologists, they may be able to help you access the services you need.
Financial Questions
How much does an evaluation cost? Individual therapy? Group therapy?
Costs for services vary based on the type of service and the time involved. Please call the front desk at Callier Center Dallas at 214-905-3030 or Callier Center Richardson 972-883-3630 to inquire about specific services.
Will insurance cover the cost?
There is variability among insurance companies and policies depending on the service you are pursuing. We encourage you to check with your insurer first. Other questions regarding fees and reimbursement procedures can be directed to our business office who can assist you.
Do you offer any financial assistance?
We provide sliding scale fees for patients who meet financial qualifications. Scholarship funding may also be available, which can be discussed with your therapist and is decided on a case-by-case basis.
Service Questions
I/my child is having a problem with speech and language or feeding. What should I do first?
Make an appointment for an evaluation with one of our speech-language pathologists. To make an appointment at Callier Center Dallas, please call 214-905-3030; to make an appointment at Callier Center Richardson, please call 972-883-3630.
Should I have a speech and language evaluation if I've already had one completed?
It depends—this is decided on a case-by-case basis and can be discussed with a speech-language pathologist to discern if another evaluation is needed prior to scheduling.
How do I know if my toddler is just a late bloomer or if they truly have a speech and language delay or disorder?
If you are concerned, it is often beneficial to pursue a speech/language evaluation for us to be able to answer this question. In addition, it is suggested that you check developmental milestone information regarding your child's speech and language skills
What happens during a speech/language/feeding evaluation? How long does it take?
An evaluation generally lasts between one and a half to two hours in length. A therapist will discuss case history information with you, gather formal and informal assessment information, and discuss results and recommendations with you. After two to three weeks, you will receive a written report of the results.
Should I have an audiological evaluation completed?
If you or your child has not had a hearing test, one is highly recommended to assess for possible audiological causes of communication disorders.
How do I get into an individual or group therapy program?
For individual therapy, please call our front desk to make an evaluation appointment. For group therapy, please contact the supervising speech-language pathologist of the particular group you are interested in, and she will review intake procedures with you.
Do you have a wait list?
This can vary depending on the service you are requesting, the therapist you are requesting, and your availability for scheduling. For example, we generally carry a wait list for after school individual therapy appointments, as these times are very popular.
What do you do in therapy? How long is each appointment? How often?
This varies widely depending on age, diagnosis and profile of each patient. For all therapy services, a therapeutic plan is developed to focus on specific areas of need, and activities will be practical and appropriate. Length and frequency of session will be decided according to each patient's specific needs.
Who provides the services?
Services are provided by licensed and certified speech-language pathologists, with support from graduate student clinicians in speech-language pathology.
How long will I/my child be in therapy?
For individual therapy, this varies on a case-by-case basis. Your therapist will discuss your/your child's progress with you on a regular basis.
Each group program serves a particular population that is defined based on age, ability level, participation and progress. Decisions about transition are made collaboratively between patient/parents and speech-language pathologists. In some cases, you/your child may begin in one program and over time, may become appropriate for another program. Decisions are made based on you/your child's individual needs. Some programs have specific age restrictions.
If I/my child participates in one of your therapeutic programs, should I continue with their other therapies?
This varies dependent on your/your child's needs and the nature of the therapy. Speech-language pathologists in each of these programs will discuss therapy opportunities with you and help you make decisions that are in your/your child's best interest. If you choose to continue other types of therapy, the Callier Center clinicians will assist you in making sure there is continuity among programs.
Can my child attend one of the morning programs and go to the Callier Child Development Preschool for childcare in the afternoon? Do you provide any other child care services?
Though housed in the same facility, the programs are unrelated. It is possible, though, to be enrolled in two programs concurrently. For more information, check the Child Development Program page on this Web site.

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Your Claim to Frame
What is Student Picks?
Student Picks is SCMA's student exhibition program. Each month a selected student has the opportunity to organize a one-day exhibition using the Cunningham Center's collection of prints, drawings and photographs. Run by lottery, Student Picks is open to ALL Smith students, regardless of major, class year or experience. The exhibitions are held in the Cunningham Center on the last Thursday of each month during the academic year, from 4–8 PM.
Student Picks is a twofold invitation. The Museum extends an invitation to students: into the collection, into the behind-the-scenes of the museum, to engage with visual art in a unique and personal way. But students also extend an invitation: they share their vision, their show, with the wider community.
How Do You Enter the Student Picks Lottery?
Enter online here or submit your ballot at the museum lobby, Campus Center, or Young Science Library ballot boxes. Deadline: September 21, 2018. Enter as many times as you like! We will pick six winners and two alternates by lottery soon after the September 21st deadline.
- Is Student Picks a big time commitment?
- Your time commitment is up to you. Generally, you meet with Cunningham Center staff between 1 and 3 times the month before your show to explore the collection, choose a topic, and make your selections.
- I've never studied art before! Do I need prior experience with museums or art history?
- Prior experience is absolutely not required. Most students who do Student Picks have little or no prior experience with museums or art history.
- How much help will I receive preparing my show?
- Cunningham Center staff will guide you every step of the way. We'll also ask you for a guest list for your show and send out invitations to everyone you know: friends, family, faculty.
- Which works of art can I pick from?
- You can pick anything from SCMA's collection of prints, drawings and photographs. In the past, students have selected works by artists as diverse as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Cindy Sherman, Claes Oldenburg, Ansel Adams, Pablo Picasso and Käthe Kollwitz.
For more information, please contact Shanice Bailey, email@example.com, 413.585.2780.
2013–2014 Student Picks Exhibitions
Student Picks is supported by the Estelle Glatt Sosland '46 and Morton Sosland Museum Director's Fund.
Photo: Kyle Boyd '15 (left) with her parents at her Student Picks exhibition BREAKING WAVES: Exploring Water in Black-and-White Photographs. Image: Marilyn Bridges, American (born 1948). Point Reyes, CA, 1981. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Nicole Moretti Ungar, class of 1982, and Jon Ungar. Photography by Petegorsky/Gipe.


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YWCA seeks clothing bags, products
|YWCA Pathways for Women shelter
|6027 208th St. S.W., Lynnwood
|Luanne Kunz
|425-258-2766 ext 150.
|Apr 02, 2015
|All Day
The Working Women's Wardrobe program is in need of clothing bags and personal care products. More than 1,200 women yearly access the clothing program to receive clothing that can be used either for the interview or for the workplace. All items may be dropped off at the YWCA Pathways for Women shelter in Lynnwood at 6027 208th St. S.W. or at the Everett YWCA located at 3301 Broadway. For more information, call Luanne Kunz at 425-258-2766 ext 150.


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Webcast Recap: Debunking the Myth of the Good Enough Network
How will the explosion of mobile devices, security threats, video, and cloud effect how customers build their networks?
What are the pitfalls to taking a tactical (or good enough) approach to networking?
And why is good not good enough for enterprise networks?
These were among the questions tackled when Cisco's Rob Lloyd, EVP of Worldwide Operations, and Mike Rau, VP and CTO, Borderless Networks, hosted a 45-minute webcast to debunk the Myth of the "Good Enough" Network. Along with Bob Cagnazzi, CEO of BlueWater Communications, Rob and Mike discussed:
• IT industry trends driving the evolution of the network
• Common misperceptions about taking a "good enough" approach to networking
• Real world benefits of investing in the network as a strategic asset and innovation engine
What are the seven myths of the Good Enough Network? Tune in to the replay of the webcast to find out!
Related Links
• White Paper: When Good Enough Isn't Good Enough
• Video: NetNoGo Video
• Blog: Seven Myths of the Good Enough Network
In an effort to keep conversations fresh, Cisco Blogs closes comments after 60 days. Please visit the Cisco Blogs hub page for the latest content.


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|Ports and connectors
|1: Status light
|The status light blinks amber when Apple TV (1st generation) starts up. When Apple TV is on, the status light is solid white. Learn more about the status light.
|2: IR receiver
|Use with the included Apple Remote to control Apple TV (1st generation).
|3: Power port
|Use with the included A/C power cable.
|4: USB port
|For service and diagnostics.
|5: Analog audio ports
|Connect Apple TV to a widescreen TV or home theater receiver with analog audio ports (red and white), using an analog audio cable.
|6: Optical digital audio port
|Connect Apple TV (1st generation) to a home theater receiver that has an optical digital audio port, using an optical digital audio (also called S/PDIF or TOSLINK) cable.
|7: Component video ports
|Connect Apple TV to a widescreen TV that has component video (Y, Pb, and Pr) ports, using a component video cable with green, blue, and red connectors.
|8: HDMI port
|Using an HDMI cable, connect Apple TV (1st generation) to a TV or AV receiver that has an HDMI port.
|9: Ethernet port
|If you access your network using Ethernet, connect an Ethernet cable.
View technical specifications for Apple TV (1st generation).


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Dating is really tough—believe me, I get it. And I'm typically not the type of girl to advocate game-playing or rules-following, because more often than not people aren't using the same rule book or even playing the same game, and it leads to bad communication and hurt feelings and walls that just won't come down, because why would they, when no one is willing to take that leap of faith and trust that the other person isn't a sociopath who'll wreak mad-hatter havoc on your heart?
That said, there is a rule I think everyone should know and everyone should follow. I call it The Rule of Two. It's not about being coy or elusive, it's about common courtesy—making this whole miserable dating process a little less miserable for everyone involved. Here's how it works:
In the early stages of dating, never ask a person out or make vague 'hey what's up?' contact more than twice without a response from the other person.
The first time she doesn't respond could be for a legitimate reason—she's busy, she's off her email, her phone battery died, she's not getting cell reception, she needs time to respond and gets side-tracked, whatever. But if she ignores you twice, it's not an accident. And continuing to pursue someone after non-accidental icing doesn't come across as dashingly persistent—it begins to enter "this guy can't read social signals" territory.
Don't get me wrong—it's rude for anyone to ignore you like that. But it's also rude to keep pushing in spite of what she thinks is an obvious sign that she's just not that into you. Besides… wouldn't you rather spend your time hitting on someone who likes you back?
I have a feeling you guys might disagree with me on this one—and I'd love to hear your thoughts. Leave them in comments. And in the meantime, if you wanna know how to woo a woman who does call you back, be sure to download CFG: Cosmo For Guys on your iPad. It's everything you need to know about women, straight from the source.


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The handle mounts on 64mm centers. The recessed pull is 3-1/8" high, 1" wide, and 3/8" deep. Knob dimensions are width by height.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) will eventually connect products, homes, enterprises and entire cities. This has the potential to fundamentally change the insurance industry. How can insurers take rapid and informed action given the dramatic changes the IoT will make to their traditional business models? We believe there are five keys to success:
Choose the role you intend to play
Insurers will need to operate in extended ecosystems, so should consider acting either as a service provider, supplying an innovative technology-based insurance product to a third-party ecosystem, or as a value aggregator, launching innovative and extended offerings beyond traditional insurance.
Build and work on three combined layers: product, technology and service
Insurers will need to define a connected offering model across three integrated layers: insurance product, technology, and ecosystem services. By leveraging a modular and flexible coverage structure and dynamic pricing, both personalized through analytics, they will be able to move from standardized "one-to-many" to "one-to-one" products. Technology will allow the customer to connect with the insurance product and ecosystem services, and will also enable ongoing consumer interaction. And insurers must ensure their services bring true value, can be monetized, and both value and take advantage of ecosystem partners.
Extend, automate and adapt the insurance value chain
Insurers need to develop new phases and processes, leveraging their partners and then outsourcing non-core activities. Labor-intensive processes can be automated with the aid of machine-to-machine interactions and predictive analytics capabilities, enabled by technologies such as big data and robotic process automation. In addition, core insurance processes must be continuously adaptive and iterative.
Share and collaborate through an open architecture
Insurers will need to open up to their ecosystem partners, sharing not only customer data, but customers themselves. To encourage and support such ecosystems, IT architectures will need to evolve, ensuring flexibility and interoperability with external partners and providers. A key challenge will be to orchestrate innovation and legacy evolutions while simultaneously managing security threats and changing IT processes to roll out and manage new products and services faster and cheaper.
Foster a culture of innovation
To promote innovation at all levels, insurers should design a governance structure that supports a fast and experimental approach to innovation while also managing business as usual. New organization structures and roles will be necessary. So will the infusion of the new culture across the whole organization, from idea generation to workforce training and onboarding. It should also be extended outside the company to its customers, to support education and awareness, leverage new and engaging tools and technologies, and take the opportunity to improve and enhance the company's reputation. Effective leadership will be essential in creating a vision for the Internet of Things, and then putting in place the operating models to make that vision a reality. Considerable risks are involved in this transformation, but the risk of doing nothing is far greater.
For more on this topic, register to download Are You Ready to be an Insurer of Things?


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Google Translate: Friend or Foe?
Posted by etipuereo in Computer-generated Translation, Google Translate, Grammar, Learn Languages, Orthography, Pragmatics, Semantics, Translation on 03/05/2018
I was recently asked by a researcher if I could comment on the Google Translate software for te reo Māori. The following was my short response.
The examples 1-3 below are from English to Māori, which I generated using the Google Translation service and provide some commentary about each one in the hope that it may be of use to you.
1. My name is Michael. he Michael toku ingoa. Ko toku ingoa Michael.
In #1, the software recognizes all the single words in the English (my, name, is, Michael) but returns an incorrect particle 'he' on the first Māori sample, which is given in lower case where writing conventions say that a sentence always begins with a capital. The second sample forces Māori to conform to an English word order 'ko tōku ingoa Michael = is my name Michael' however, 'ko' is in the right location, but as it translates to 'is' it can produce a question in the English translation rather than a statement but doesn't make sense in the Māori. It doesn't place the diacritic 'macron' above the appropriate vowel 'ō' as in 'tōku'. The proper response should be 'Ko Michael tōku ingoa.' Notice that 'ko' replaces 'he'; which is orthographic standards and should begin the sentence. The software needs to identify correct particles and word order and how they string together to form the appropriate translation.
2. I am from New Zealand. He uri hou au, ko ahau i zealand hou
In #2, it is confused altogether and though the first sample in Māori is grammatically and descriptively ok, it is not the correct translation in the English, 'he uri hou au' means 'I am a new descendant' but I wouldn't say this in Māori as it sounds unnatural. You can also see that when its translated back into English 'I am a new descendant' semantically, it wouldn't make sense and is not something you would hear in everyday conversation. This, in turn, will cause bi-directional translation problems, that is, translating from English to Māori and vice versa. If I were to translate the second Māori example 'ko ahau i zealand hou' it would say 'I am zealand new' and this doesn't make sense both grammatically nor semantically. The particle 'ko' is incorrect and must be replaced with 'nō = from' (micronized). Although it's picked up on the word 'hou = new' being an adjective, it's using it in the wrong way in this context and assumes it to be the word 'new' as in New Zealand. It is trying to string together individual words to construct a translation as, in this case, 'hou = new'. You have to treat NZ as a name and translate that as a whole, and so we can use a transliteration 'Niu Tīrene' where you would now have a correct translation 'Nō Niu Tīrene au = I am from New Zealand.' It seems the software is encountering issues associated with translating texts within the context in which they appear and writing algorithms to accommodate this will be a monumental effort.
3. I am a student. He akonga au, Ko ahau te ākonga
In #3, the first translation is right, however, 'akonga = student' is more appropriately written with a macron on the vowel 'ā' as in 'ākonga as shown correctly in the second sample generated by Google Translate. It's important to use macrons in written Māori to show appropriate pronunciation of the word in question. Let me demonstrate 'mata = face', and 'matā = bullet.' Telling the programme – to macron or not to macron – will be a challenge. The second sample, 'I am the student = ko ahau te ākonga' is grammatically ok however, the English uses 'a' as in 'a student' but translates to 'te = the' as in 'the student in the Māori and depending on what one is trying to say it is a matter of interpretation in context. Making distinctions between 'a' and 'the' is useful to facilitate a proper interpretation. However. I wouldn't say 'I am the student' in English nor Māori. This is a matter of pragmatics, that is, what does one mean by what one says.
Google translation (GT) can handle simple phrases but can get lost in translation with longer sentences. It has a tendency to force Māori to conform to English word orders. Bi-directional translations can produce nonsensical results. It uses particles incorrectly and confuses macron placements. Context and pragmatics must be considered to determine as near as possible natural translations in the target language and how this handle single sentences that can be translated in many different ways. Anyone can suggest a translation or even edit an existing one from the drop-down list, and this can make the programme vulnerable and open to error. GT has potential, though I don't use it.


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Alton Brown's Turkey Recipes Thanksgiving
Alton Brown of the Food Network posted one of the most popular Turkey recipes on the web. Click here for the ingredients and here to see a video of how he prepares the bird. Begin prepping 2 to 3 days before roasting by thawing the turkey in the refrigerator or in a cooler kept at 38 degrees F.
Here are Alton's instructions: Combine the vegetable stock, salt, brown sugar, peppercorns, allspice berries, and candied ginger in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Stir occasionally to dissolve solids and bring to a boil. Then remove the brine from the heat, cool to room temperature, and refrigerate.
Early on the day or the night before you'd like to eat, combine the brine, water and ice in the 5-gallon bucket. Place the thawed turkey (with innards removed) breast side down in brine. If necessary, weigh down the bird to ensure it is fully immersed, cover, and refrigerate or set in cool area for 8 to 16 hours, turning the bird once half way through brining.
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Remove the bird from brine and rinse inside and out with cold water. Discard the brine. Place the bird on roasting rack inside a half sheet pan and pat dry with paper towels.
Combine the apple, onion, cinnamon stick, and 1 cup of water in a microwave safe dish and microwave on high for 5 minutes. Add steeped aromatics to the turkey's cavity along with the rosemary and sage. Tuck the wings underneath the bird and coat the skin liberally with canola oil.
Roast the turkey on lowest level of the oven at 500 degrees F for 30 minutes. Insert a probe thermometer into thickest part of the breast and reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Set the thermometer alarm (if available) to 161 degrees F. A 14 to 16 pound bird should require a total of 2 to 2 1/2 hours of roasting. Let the turkey rest, loosely covered with foil or a large mixing bowl for 15 minutes before carving.
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8 Signs you may be a meddling manager (or person, for that matter):
1. It's not enough that people answer you one time.
You have this need to know everything, even if you tell yourself and others you don't.
2. They have to answer you multiple times. About the same topic and/or question.
This is often tied to a control issue, and can be misunderstood as a trust issue by the recipient of the questioning.
3. It's not enough that they have to answer you multiple times about the same topic or question. They have to do that on multiple days and occasions. It becomes a lifestyle.
This becomes frustrating to them, which in turn frustrates you to see that they're frustrated with you.
4. It's not enough that people answer your questions. They also have to justify their answers to you. You need their rationale. All. The. Time.
Eventually their answers alone aren't enough. You need to know why. Every time.
5. It's not enough that people justify their answers to you. They have to justify their answers to you repeatedly. Remember that lifestyle thing? Yeah.
It becomes a vicious and exhausting cycle.
6. It's not enough that people justify themselves to you repeatedly. They have to justify themselves repeatedly to you until they provide a justification you deem valid.
At this point, though you wouldn't say it like this, you really are, for all practical purposes, wanting this person to think exactly like you. It begins to seem like you might just secretly feel that you always know better than others.
7. You unwittingly and often unintentionally anoint yourself the ultimate arbiter of what they should or should not do, when they should or should not do it, and with whom they should or should not do it.
Refer to the above.
8. Soon, you may even find yourself doing this with their personal lives as well as their professional lives. You've accidentally gone from micromanaging them at work, to meddling in the entirety of their lives.
Yikes. If that's you, be self-aware enough to realize it, and humble enough to admit it and quit it. That way, everyone wins.


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If you've been reading ND20, you know that the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act has been a key issue in both understanding the causes of the financial crisis and thinking about how to move forward. Glass-Steagall Act was introduced during the Great Depression, and was repealed in 1999, paving the way for banks to invest in nasty things like mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations.
As part of our 'New Agenda for America' series on the 80th anniversary of the Great Crash, TARP watchdog Elizabeth Warren weighed in on how President Roosevelt and the New Dealers brought innovative ideas to prevent another economic disaster, including Glass-Steagall, which separated banking from high-risk financial speculation (see "The Great Lesson"). Way back in the spring, Rob Johnson, Director of Financial Reform at the Roosevelt Institute, appeared on Al Jazeera to talk about the disastrous impact of doing away with the Glass-Steagall Act (Braintruster Rob Johnson Talks Bailouts to Fault Lines). More recently, Roosevelt Institute Braintruster Bruce Judson argued on this blog that we need an updated "Glass-Steagall 2.0" that categorizes financial institutions and restricts their activities according (see Glass-Steagall 2.0: The American People Deserve An Explanation).
As our colleagues at Common Dreams point out, today is the 10-year anniversary of Glass-Steagall's repeal. Robert Weissman writes: "It is an anniversary worth noting for what it teaches us about forestalling financial crises, the consequences of maniacal deregulation, and the out-of-control political power of the megafinancial institutions."
Weissman notes that Glass-Steagall remained law until 1998, when Citicorp and Travelers Group announced they were merging:
Such a combination of banking and insurance companies was illegal under the Bank Holding Company Act, but was excused due to a loophole that provided a two-year review period of proposed mergers. The merger was premised on the expectation that Glass-Steagall would be repealed. Citigroup's co-chairs Sandy Weill and John Reed led a swarm of industry executives and lobbyists who trammeled the halls of Congress to make sure a deal was cut. But as the deal-making on the bill moved into its final phase in Fall 1999, fears ran high that the entire exercise would collapse. (Reed now says repeal of Glass-Steagall was a mistake.)
Robert Rubin stepped into the breach. Having recently stepped aside as Treasury Secretary, Rubin was at the time negotiating the terms of his next job as an executive without portfolio at Citigroup. But this was not public knowledge at the time. Deploying the credibility built up as part of what the media had labeled "The Committee to Save the World" (Rubin, Fed Chair Alan Greenspan and then-Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, so named for their interventions in addressing the Asian financial crisis in 1997), Rubin helped broker the final deal.
The Financial Services Modernization Act, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, formally repealed Glass-Steagall. Among a long list of deregulatory moves large and small over the last two decades, Gramm-Leach-Bliley was the signal piece of financial deregulation.
The result? Casino fever took over commercial banking industry. Weissman quotes Roosevelt Institute Braintruster and Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz:
"'Commercial banks are not supposed to be high-risk ventures; they are supposed to manage other people's money very conservatively…It is with this understanding that the government agrees to pick up the tab should they fail. Investment banks, on the other hand, have traditionally managed rich people's money — people who can take bigger risks in order to get bigger returns. When repeal of Glass-Steagall brought investment and commercial banks together, the investment-bank culture came out on top. There was a demand for the kind of high returns that could be obtained only through high leverage and big risk-taking."
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In Alan Sharp's script for Arthur Penn's Night Moves, detective Harry Moseby says that watching an Eric
Rohmer movie is like watching paint dry. The picture he's referring to is this one, but it's
more a comment on Harry's closed mind than a criticism of 'cinema moralist' Eric Rohmer. My Night
at Maud's is about the last days of an intellectual bachelor, searching for the right
answers, which of course translates as the right woman. It indeed almost all talk, but Rohmer gives
it a natural flow that's totally unlike movie dialogue. My Night at
Maud's is a classic art film, celebrated as the third of Eric Rohmer's 'moral tales'.
My Night at Maud's is the perfect antidote to faux-intellectualism. The three main characters
are supremely self-conscious adults, all professionals in their thirties. The protagonist is
making an effort to stop drifting and settle into a permanent philosophy, a difficult task when
the main social talent of his peers seems to be the clever dissection of each other's ideas. They
pretend they
have nothing to hide, but they are all social deceivers. Either Vitez is actually crazy about Maud,
or Maud is a liar. Self-pronounced 'serious fellow' Jean-Louis can indeed resist Maud's seduction,
but maybe not from personal virtue. Maud's cool manner may hide some deep personal
problem, and she may be consciously or unconsciously trying to enlist him as a personal support
system. Just as in real life, people have personal motivations that must be carefully hidden.
It's all handled with great ambiguity, with the 'sophisticated' participants constantly pretending
they're above their own feelings, cloaking them in interesting talk that substitutes for more
dangerous honesty. Jean-Louis appears to be retreating to what's traditional and safe, marrying
a much younger woman within his church. But Rohmer's point of view emphasizes the wisdom behind
his conservatism.
All three who spend the night at Maud's need other people, but have erected formidable defenses
against being hurt. Jean-Louis affects an air of unconcern. Maud is provocatively aggressive,
but she seems to be looking for someone on whom to inflict her self-denied problems. Jean-Louis
does a good job parrying her constant criticism, which only makes him seem more attractive to her.
Vitez seems basically dishonest when dealing with his 'friend' Jean-Louis. He hedges about his
relationship with Maud, and his motives for shoving Jean-Louis in her direction are obscure.
He also must be prevaricating when he claims not to get involved with his students. There's definitely
some history between Vitez and Francoise, that Jean-Louis either isn't aware of, or wisely ignores.
Viewers waiting for a big action scene are going to be sorely disappointed, but those sufficiently
sensitive to the nuances of personal interaction will find a rich vein of possible meanings and
interpretations here. The ending is particularly pleasing to male viewers - Jean-Louis is one man
capable of figuring things out for himself, and making decisions that are good for all
concerned. I only wish I were half as perceptive and tactful.
Jean-Louis Trintignant is supremely likeable, not too handsome but easy to warm up to. Francoise
Fabian cleverly plays a sleek minx who can have her way with most any man she wants, but has
trouble hanging on to them. With just a few looks, Marie-Christian Barrault is able to suggest a
lot of back-story that she's glad her boyfriend isn't forcing out into the open. She was later
nominated for an Oscar for Cousin Cousine.
My Night at Maud's centerpiece is the long, stimulating discussion in Maud's apartment which
becomes a stealthy game of hidden agendas. After only a few minutes, the trio knows that somebody's
going to end up in bed with somebody. The situation has a hint of that joke in the
original Bedazzled: "If you can stay up with a woman to a quarter past two, listening to
whatever garbage she's coming out with, you're in." Except Jean-Louis isn't just looking for a fast lay.
The situation also resembles that favorite pasttime of young singles, preferably in a semi-academic
setting, of having periodic all-night conversations that, particularly if the people are drinking,
appear to uncover monumental Life Truths. They're really about being single and uncommitted,
discussing the deepest thoughts one can conjure as an excuse for not finding somebody special, or
committing one's self to something serious. Listening to one's favorite music helps, too. The
characters are a bit old for the game as we experienced it, but My Night at Maud's really
brings back the feeling.
Fox Lorber's DVD of My Night at Maud's is a good but not exemplary presentation, much finer
than those earlier Lorber discs but still somewhat lacking. The transfer is clean but not particularly
new-looking, with un-removable subtitles. Overall, it makes Nestor Almendros' b&w photography look a
bit dull. Transferred full-frame, the main titles are suspiciously tight
on the sides, suggesting that the image may be cropped from 1:66. 1
Although we Americans have to read the entire film in subtitles anyway, the audio track is a bit on
the low side and I found myself turning the volume up several times as the film progressed. Partial text
filmographies are provided for Rohmer and Trintignant.
On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor,
My Night at Maud's rates:
Movie: Excellent
Video: Good-
Sound: Good-
Supplements: text supplements
Packaging: Keep case
Reviewed: June 20, 2003
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Center for Inquiry Urges Obama Administration Not To Retreat Any Further on HHS Regulation; Expresses Concern About Catholic Lobby's Influence on Public Policy
On Friday, Feb. 10, the Obama Administration announced that it would continue to require health insurance providers and organizations providing health care plans to cover preventive health services, such as birth control, without charging a co-payment. However, it indicated that it would allow religiously affiliated employers not to offer contraceptive coverage directly—although their insurers would still have to offer such coverage.
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The original regulation, initially issued in August 2011 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), faced fierce attacks from various religious organizations ever since HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius first announced it. Most notably, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has vigorously lobbied the HHS to either eliminate the new guidelines or widely expand the current exemption clause—which covers employers whose main purpose is to promote religious doctrine and who mainly employ people of the same faith—to also include religious hospitals, charities, and universities. At that time, the Center for Inquiry urged both President Obama and Secretary Sebelius to reject religious lobbying efforts and base their policies on science and reason.
Substantively, the administration appears to be holding steady, but it is unclear whether the accommodation it has recently offered religious employers is either wise or prudent. There was no need to change what was already a sound policy. It was certainly not necessary to change the rule from a constitutional perspective. Contrary to the objections of the Catholic Church and some other groups, the regulation in no way restricts the free exercise of religion. No one is being forced to use birth control. The rule merely requires that all employers that provide secular services follow the same rules.
Moreover, although the modification the administration has offered seems designed to mollify religious critics, it is unlikely to do so. To the contrary, it may only encourage these critics to apply further political pressure.
Collectively, the new rules—which go into effect August 2012—are an important step forward for reproductive rights. Regardless of the recent political maneuvering, it appears women will have free access to safe, preventative health care, and control over their reproductive systems.
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Intellectual freedom in Canada: News roundup
Here, Blazing Cat Fur makes known his indignation that the Campbell's soup company advertises in a paper in which a Holocaust denier also publishes. The thread below it is lively, to say the least.
Here's what I say about all that:
Some opinions are just so wrong that they remain branded on the brain as exemplars. One of the dumbest I ever heard was that North American media do not have a left-wing bias because they are owned by corporations. The idea was that corporations automatically have a right-wing bias.
Who knew?
In reality, corporations exist to make money for their shareholders. They will make it how they can. They can make money promoting gangsta rap to teens or sanitary aids to old folks. The corporate suits are looking at the balance sheet alone.
I don't see any problem in principle with Campbell's selling halal soup. Of their current dozens of varieties, I have personally only ever bothered with about five in my entire life, and have not yet got around to trying two of the ones in my cupboard. I must eventually become a martyr to some dam soup, but will wait till I have dental surgery or something.
Now, as for the corporation: They get a return on their investment? Well, they get a return on their investment. Corporations are amoral by nature. People are not.
Blazing also advises me, that 54% of Canadians in a online Leger poll backed a ban on women wearing burkas in public, surprising the pollsters. I am not sure how to think this one out because anyone who travels on the Toronto subway will soon discover a motley array of female dress/undress.
If someone boarded the subway in a gorilla suit or a space suit, I would probably be too tired to notice or care. If he said that his religion required that, I would think it was a pretty stupid religion, but would hardly provoke a public uproar by telling him so.
The key question is, is she doing it because she wants to or because she fears family violence if she doesn't? For a Canadian, that should be the heart of the matter, not rules against religious dress.
I completely agree with Blazing Cat Fur that we must confront anti-Semitism among new immigrants, in an appropriate way. My father likes to say that anti-Semitism is the surest sign of a low-class upbringing, so the best way to confront it is public shame, not a big government bureaucracy, as happens now.
And where are we? There are "death to the Jews" marches in Canada, while the government raised heck with a retired (now deceased) Indian chief ranting against Jews somewhere on the Prairies, to no particular effect.
That is the trouble with government. It enforces what is easy to enforce. The trick is to force government to confront what matters.
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Michele Daschbach Fast, 47, passed away in Seal Beach, California on October 12, 2011. Michele leaves, Patrick, her loving husband of 24 years; and their three children, Patrick, 20, a senior at CAL; Laura, 18, a UCLA freshman; and Lisa, 16, a junior in high school.
The youngest of six children, Michele is survived by her parents, Howard and Leonore Daschbach; sisters and brothers, LeeLee Cusenza of Pleasanton, Lisa Fuerst, Laura Pitchford, and Mark Daschbach, of the Pennisula, and Rooney Daschbach of Sunset Beach. Michele also leaves behind her father-in-law, Stephen Fast, seven brothers- and sisters-in law, 15 nieces and nephews, three of Pleasanton, and two great nieces. Her Labrador Otis, has also lost his most loyal companion.
Michele was born at Stanford Hospital and attended St. Raymond Elementary School and Sacred Heart High School in her local community. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara where she met her husband Patrick. Michele and Patrick settled in Seal Beach where they lived and raised their family for the past 16 years.
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The best time to post content with a link on Twitter is 1 to 3 p.m. EST Monday to Thursday. Over on Facebook, between 1 and 4 p.m. mid-week is the sweet spot, while Tumblr users are more likely to click after 4 p.m. and especially on Fridays. How can these networks be so different?
URL shortening service Bitly has released a series of graphs demonstrating the optimal time and day to post on each of these three social networks.
"By understanding the simple characteristics of each social network, you can publish your content at exactly the right time for it to reach the maximum number of people," Bitly advises in their blog post announcing the data.
Friday a Dead Zone on Facebook & Twitter, Optimal for Tumblr
Posting a link to Twitter after 3 p.m. on a Friday is pretty much pointless, based on their cumulative data on the number of clicks on bitly links from each social network. Over on Facebook, traffic peaks mid-week, with Friday and weekend posts apt to receive far less attention. Posts between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. any day of the week are fighting an uphill battle for clicks.
On Tumblr though, Friday is a great time to post, says Bitly. Here, they actually recommend waiting until after 4 p.m. to post.
The traffic peak on Tumblr occurs between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, with Sunday just slightly behind. In fact, posts made after 7 p.m. receive more clicks over 24 hours, on average, than links posted during the week, mid-day. This runs counter to what you see on Facebook and Twitter, thanks to the culture and behavior patterns of each network, they said.
Early Afternoon a Great Posting Time on Twitter & Facebook
Early afternoon from Monday to Thursday are optimal times to post links to Twitter, specifically between 1 and 3 p.m., says Bitly. The peak traffic time runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., but posting later in this window increases the likelihood of content going viral.
On Facebook, links posted between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. get the most clicks, with the absolute peak being Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Bitly's latest look into time and day posting trends expands upon their September research into the half-life of links posted through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. In that study, they found that their links have, on average, a 3 hour half-life (the point at which the link has received half of all clicks it will ever receive). See the original post on the half-life of links for specifics on links from each network.
Bitly on understanding their charts: "Day of the week, starting with Monday, is on the Y axis, and hour of the day, starting with midnight, along the X axis. For the first plot in each section, the darker the blue block, the more traffic on average links posted during that hour received in the following 24 hour period of time. White blocks show when links got less traffic."
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Hey, Ike---what, or whose, thumbs were you trying to find in my John's Country Carnival thread? I got mine locked away safe.
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sorry dude, kind of a rushed reply here,
many times when someone uses a band's song in a YT video, especially when no credit is given, it seems that youtube will strip the music out or just delete the video.
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Love the Hawaiian Hapa music, here's some Israel Kamakawiwo'ole or IZ.
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Israel K... 's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was one of the songs on my setlist for Arne's memorial service. Love his version! Curiosity has gotten the best of me. I have to ask, JonPurpleHaze, is your user name an homage to Jimmy Hendrix, or do you like Abita Beer? The local brewery in my town is Abita Brewing and they have several great brews, Purple Haze being one. I'm especially fond of Turbo Dog, myself.
In case anyone is interested, I took your suggestions for music for Arne's visitation, and compiled this list:
1. American Tune - Simon and Garfunkel
2. I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After
3. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
4. Go Rest High Upon that Mountain - Vince Gill
5. Angel - Sarah Maclaclan
6. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
7. The Last Song - Brian Wilson
8. Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
9. Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo-ole
10. Amazing Grace - Aaron Neville
11. In My Life - The Beatles
12. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies
13. Life Without You - Stevie Ray Vaughan
14. Four Strong Winds - Neil Young
15. From Where You Are - Lifehouse
16. Ain't Wastin' Time No More - The Allman Brothers
17. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa (This selection was a bit random, I know)
18. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
19. Keep Me in Your Heart - Warren Zevon
20. Dancing with the Angels - Monk and Neagle
21. One Moment More - Mindy Smith
I hope Arne would be pleased with my selections. I wanted to include the Albadukes, but did not have wifi connection at the funeral home to play YouTube videos. Thank you for all of your suggestions!
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sleepy's obit is now live on legacy.com; thanks sleepy's sister; er, i think that's kathy?
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Thanks for the play list. More about Israel K. (Bruddah IZ), my parents have been going to the same part of Hawaii that he was from since the 1970's and live there now. They knew him and used to see him at local ranchers luau's.
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Thank you, Ike, for the touching tribute to my brother on legacy.com. -Kathy
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Our brother, Sean, had a special request on KLOS radio today for Arne. He sent me this email after it played:
"So, I decided to make a music request to KLOS today. I actually spoke to B.C. (Bob Coburn the D.J. who is still working despite battling lung cancer). I requested Golden Slumbers (although I called it "Carry that weight". This song holds special significance to me as you played it for me (Abbey Road album) on the last day I visited Canada (you made me pancakes for breakfast) and it brought tears to my eyes then. BC was not sure if he would be able to play it but, as I was getting into my truck, it was on the radio! I shouted this is for you Lynn (Arne) as I pounded my fist in celebration on the steering wheel. When the song ended BC said " A special request for a special brother" and that song brought tears to my eyes again. I do not know if you can listen to replays of shows but, if so it is today at approximately 11:48 a.m. mark of telecast."
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I posted a youtube video of Jackson Browne and Jennifer Warnes version of Golden Slumbers a few years ago:
from sleepy in that thread:
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hi kathy / sister--
before we all disperse to the winds, such as the way nature typically works, i wanted to add that over the years arne -DID- write about you folks from time to time, generally with fondness / appreciation. other times from the mystical perspective that we never quite understood.
anyroad, you all can look that kind of stuff up if you have a mind to using the "advanced search function." example:
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Arne's car was a Ford Falcon that he drove to work at Warner Brothers. If I'm remembering correctly, it was a 1964 model. I know that Arne loved this car. Our hard drinking dad did decide to repaint it one night, with red spray paint for the body, and white spray paint for the roof. He did a pretty crappy job. It's true that I wrecked the car, and I felt extremely guilty about doing so. The accident happened on a rainy night, when the traffic lights were out. I stopped, like you are supposed to do, when the traffic lights are not working, but the other car on the perpendicular street did not. The other driver also did not have her headlights on, and there was some evidence that she may have been drinking. I did not see her, and broadsided her car. I felt terrible about wrecking Arne's car, but I didn't have any money at the time to buy him a new one. I was just a teen without a job, struggling to get through college. It makes me really sad to think that Arne thought that I "refused to help buy him a car, because I didn't think that it was fair." I would have done anything for him. Our dad told me that he would get another car for Arne. Since he was an auto mechanic, he was able to find cars that his customers wanted to sell. Arne got another car shortly afterwards. The accident was the other woman's fault, but she did not have insurance, and we were not litigious people, so there was no lawsuit for compensation. This story is a sad reminder of how difficult Arne's life was at times. It seemed like whenever he caught a little break, something would set him back. A few days before his official cancer diagnosis, I was talking to Arne on the phone about a heart procedure I was about to have. He asked me if I was certain I wanted to go through with it, and I told him that there was a 95 percent success rate for the procedure. Arne said, "Yes, but I always seem to fall within the 5 percent." That quote stuck with me when he got his cancer diagnosis and was told there was nothing they could do for him. I know life was extremely tough for him, and people were often not very kind. I picture him in heaven now, flying from place to place curiously checking out all the wondrous things to see, filled with unbelievable happiness.
Thank you JonPurpleHaze for keeping this forum going. It has been comforting for me to read your memories of Arne, and to be able to read some of Arne's posts. He was a very gifted writer, who could paint vivid pictures with his words. I am eternally grateful that he had such great internet friends.
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wow that does sound like a bear.
i hadn't realised there was something of an unfinished aspect to the car story in terms of the way arne remembered things. for some reason i assumed it was moreso the kind of thing you all looked back and laughed at. apologies for my stupidity. :/
i guess sleepy was the kind of person to return hurts that the world gave him in to kindnesses towards others, including animals. that's a pretty unusual and wonderful kind of person for my money.
i hope the heart procedure goes well / went well.
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To be honest, I don't think arne's version was meant with malice. It sounds pretty close to how an older sibling would describe a younger one getting in an accident with their car. It sounds exactly how my brother would explain me getting in an accident with his car. Snowy Kansas night, creeping at 25MPH, hit some ice, slid into a curb and screwed the front end but good. And, like you, I was in college, working 2.5 jobs and ended up giving him my Friday night tips to cover half the cost. If I were to refer to that car today, I have little doubt my brother would say "Oh, you mean the one you wrecked?" Like I drove it off a cliff. Sometimes older brothers suck. And they have very selective amnesia about the crap they pulled.
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The thing is, Sleepy never dished out any crap. He was always kind and supportive.
I can definitely commiserate with you LVC. I worked 2 jobs for a time when I was in college, living on 3 hours of sleep a night. That's a pretty tough way to go.
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sleepy's sister, I am sorry for your loss
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Only just caught up with this thread ... so sorry to hear about Sleepy. Always a friend, always supportive. I did enjoy our 'chats' about LA.
Condolences to Sleepy's Sister and the family at large.
The world has lost a gentle soul.
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Today is Arne's/Sleepy's birthday. He would have been 63 today. Hope he is having a wonderful celebration somewhere.
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Remembering our fallen friend, I nonetheless spent all day on the tenth watching an I.T. Guy try to figure what happened to the video card and driver/s in my blue-screening computer, after a week of freeze-ups and partial boots ("The driver has detected a Controller error in Device\Harddrive0\D"), that mysteriously crawled after getting a newer formatted drive. It turned out to be just a missing driver (but, who removed it? Not I says I.....) The card manufacturer's CD eventually fulfilled its purpose, but Arne probably would have had the answer and saved me a lot of colorful language.
Happy Birthday, pal; wish you were here!
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Glad your computer is working well now, Gregg! (fingers crossed for continued success). Arne had great intuition about computers, and could explain fixes in an easy to understand way.
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I am so sorry to hear this, and I'm late to boot. I always liked Sleepy, I talked to him in chat some a couple times. He was always a great guy.
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In the aether may we meet again.
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It looks like I've been at the end of my allotted rope, searching for any remaining Arne compositions or selections, for some time. VPF's Search used to allow one to pick start- and end-dates with which to sift through a high-volume member's topics and replies; I haven't been able to find a similar feature here at PN, but now it seems that it's been discontinued 'over there' as well.
I never intended leaving the search incomplete, but a few things have gotten in the way. Regards to Kathy, Rex and family, and I hope life has leveled out for you.
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It seems many early posts PN posts can only be found in the aether. Over 3500 of Sleepy's older posts did not survive the conversion to 'Pinball Nirvana 2.0'. Nobody's history shows more than 500 old posts. I just realized it gets weirder because that number has remained constant since we almost lost Pinball Nirvana some time back. I guess that means 500 is a limit and our oldest offerings are deleted every time we submit something new?
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Regards to the family. I am sorry for your loss.
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Thanks for your efforts in searching for Arne's posts, Gregg! It means a lot to me that you took on this monumental job, and that you are still thinking of sleepy from time to time. I have managed to find a few posts that were extra special to me, and I've saved them to a word document, so I can pull them out when I feel a need to reminisce. Things have definitely leveled out for us. 2017 has been a much better year. From your other post, it sounds like you have had a lot of frustration lately. Hope everything gets resolved as quickly and cheaply as possible!
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More important info is contained in my next reply to Coil Smoke..
Posts aren't deleted, I found the problem in the forums search options, it was set to VB's default value to limit search display results to 500. The posts are there but weren't displaying with a search after 500 results were reached. I've changed the display value to 25,000 so we smashed that roadblock!
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Twenty-five Kay sounds like REALLY good news! How does one click multiple 'Thanks'es?
Close enough.....
Edit: "Search by User Name', and there they are; all 4095 of 'em. Now, why did I lose track of that? Bottoms up anyway, Jon!
2nd Edit: Oops - may have spoken too soon; after completing page 1 (first 100 posts), I clicked on page 2 and got, "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms." Same thing on any other page but the first; is there still something I'm missing?
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Well, I give up - my 2nd edit in the previous post was brought about by the one combination of Search button / parameter choices that doesn't work; I decided to list them all and am now a deer in headlights from staring at them. Suffice it to say that except for when I somehow invoke Murphy's Law, I do have access to sleepy's 4,095 (or 4,097?) posts again.
Now, time for dinner.....
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Today concludes two years that were much emptier than they should have been. Most of my last year was spent trying to figure what was wrong with my computer, as the symptoms increased gradually and left multiple possibilities, taxing even the brains and patience of very helpful geeks at a few sites. The final verdict: Motherboard.
Along the way, I broke down and bought a refurbished Hewlitt-Packard Compac Elite 8000 small-form-factor desktop computer running Windows 7 ---No more XP! Although I'm slow in getting acclimated to the differences from an otherwise similar system, I have again spent some time searching Arne's/sleepy's post content in search of what I might refer to as, 'sleepy's greatest hits'. Not the quick-scanning I did when seeking tunes, but a somewhat more thorough read-through of topics to which he was replying or giving life. One thread I stumbled into is Shopping at the Supermarket, which garnered 48 replies and was a pretty interesting discussion. The 'greatest hit': his post #26.....
I've got a heirloom picture of my late step-grandfather up to his elbows making fresh-ground sausage from a table-full of ground pork straight from the slaughterhouse with a demonic grin on his face, but I don't want to go there right now.
Why the demonic attribute to the grin? or, why not go there.....
Hi GS ... I hope I find you well.
Hardly seems 2-years since Sleepy's passing time flies too quickly.
It's been a while since I've frequented this forum ... my days of pinball have taken more than just a back seat these days.
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