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Resetting The Balance To Save Copyright (Part III)
from the alternate-side-of-the-street deptSummary of Parts One and Two: The essential balance of copyright between incentives for creators and the feeding of a rich and unlicensed public domain has been undone by a long series of misguided efforts to save copyright by making its rules both stronger and less enforceable at the same time. The industry's tactics have backfired, eroding what was left of any moral authority for obeying the law. And that was the chief (and most efficient) mechanism for enforcement all along.
The repeated and retroactive extension of copyright terms, largely at the behest of the Disney Corporation, has had the unintended consequence of creating a nation of felons, both technically and in spirit. According to one provocative study by John Tehranian, we all violate copyright unintentionally many times a day. And to the extent we realize it, we don't care.
To return to the parking analogy, the result of these legal changes has been to paint every curb a red zone—it's now illegal to park anywhere. The result is not perfect enforcement of copyright but its opposite. No one obeys the law or thinks they ought to. Getting caught is more or less a random event, and rational consumers won't change their behavior to avoid it.
The center will not hold. Large media holding companies are becoming desperate, expending their resources not to find new ways of making money but to secure passage of increasingly draconian laws (SOPA) and treaties (ACTA) that give them more, largely unusable new powers. Even if passed, these legal tools will do little to improve legal enforcement. But they are certain to cause dangerous and unintended new harms.
At the same time, the marketing machines of these same companies have convinced us that our right to enjoy content is inherent—the American Way. Once offered, we imagine free content should always be free, even if the rightsholder changes its mind or intended all along to attach conditions to consumption based on time or place or the ability to associate mechanisms, such as advertising, that allowed for indirect revenue generation.
Americans don't understand that subtlety, and rightsholders have given them no reason to try. Public education efforts have been pathetic. Instead of teaching consumers the costs and dangers to the delicately-balanced system from copyright infringement, they emphasize moral and legal prohibitions that are rightly perceived by consumers as petulant, cynical, and amusingly out-of-touch.
These campaigns, for starters, say nothing about the economics of content production and distribution. They are morality tales, narrated by fabulists who pride themselves, in their day jobs, on their mastery of manipulation and misdirection. It's as if Darth Vader sat down with preschoolers to talk about why they shouldn't throw stones at the Death Star because of the potential for property damage.
Consider just a few examples below: YouTube's mandatory copyright "school" for violators and the classic 1992 "Don't Copy that Floppy:"
Clearly, not much has changed over the last twenty years in efforts to change public perceptions and behaviors. The Hollywood that can produce blockbuster movies somehow can't make a PSA that isn't a self-parody.
I think the public can be educated, and should be. Here's where I part company with those who reject copyright altogether. The theory of copyright—limited monopoly in exchange for a rich public domain—is still a good one, and the system created by the English, adapted by early Congresses, had the virtue of being largely self-enforcing and therefore efficient.
It is the 20th and 21st century imbalance in copyright, and not copyright itself, that must be fixed. And it can be fixed. There is a way out of this dangerous and increasingly tense cold war between content industries and their customers. Here's a simple three-step solution:
- If rightsholders want consumers to obey the law and support their preferred business model, they first need to stop making it impossible for consumers to follow the rules. Copyright needs to be weakened, not strengthened.
- Content industries need to end the stalling and excuses—perhaps understandable in 1998, when I first wrote about digital distribution in "Unleashing the Killer App," but not now, nearly fifteen years later. They need to embrace digital media and new channels fully, even if doing so means tolerating a considerable amount of unauthorized distribution and reuse as working models for profit-generation rapidly evolve.
- Public education needs to focus not on self-righteous indignation but on collaborating with consumers on finding ways to compensate creators for the value of their work. If consumers understood the economics of content creation and distribution, and given an easy way to cooperate, they'd do it.
Each of them was initially resisted and branded as illegal and immoral. Each of them—from the player piano to the photocopier to the VCR to the Internet—has instead offered salvation and riches to those who figure out the new rules for working with them and not against them. (Hint: network effects rule.) Rightsholders consistently confuse each fading media technology with the true value of the content they control. The medium is not the message.
For now, industry apologists—the MPAA, the RIAA, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others—are caught in a dangerous cycle of denial and anger. A growing number of consumers refuse to follow the current rules. So they lobby to make the rules stronger and the penalties more severe, amping up the moral rhetoric along the way.
But this only serves to starve the public domain more, undermining the basic principles of copyright. With the system increasingly out of balance, self-enforcement becomes even less likely. The law is impossible to obey, and rarely enforced. So consumers make up their own rules, for better or worse, with expensive and unnecessary casualties piling up on both sides.
Eventually, consumers and creators find the right balance and the most effective forms of compensation, regardless of the industry's efforts to cut off their nose to spite their face.
Then along comes another disruptive technology and a new round of customer innovation, and the cycle starts all over.
Rights holders remain stubbornly parked in the same old spots, afraid that if they move their vehicles at all they'll be doomed to circling the block forever, unable to stop until they permanently run out of gas.
The rest of us, meanwhile, are happily enjoying our flying cars.
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June 2013
During my visit to Genoa National Fish Hatchery, I had the privilege of presenting Daniel Kumlin with an Employee Excellence award for Safety during the Motorboat Operator Certification Course. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo)
Field Season Offers Each of Us Many Opportunities To Marvel Over Our Unique Natural Treasures
June is upon us and that steady up-tick of activity we've been witnessing goes into even higher gear with families looking at places to visit together while their kids are enjoying their summer vacation from school and discovering the wonders of the public lands we work so hard to maintain year round.
I've had the pleasure of the first of what I hope to be many "field season" visits to our offices to see the work each of you do, first hand. And I encourage each of you to spend some of your free time getting out to see and marvel at the many havens that are Service lands from a customer perspective as well. We are truly blessed with an amazing resource that we maintain and a talented and dedicated staff of people who work daily to care for these natural treasures.
Safety remains vitally important to our success during this adventurous and active season, as well. I simply remind each of you to exercise good judgment as you enjoy recreational activities that carry risks if we're complacent, be it boating, barbecuing or more. That also extends to using your safety awareness skills when taking care of seemingly routine outdoor activities as the temperatures soar. Simple steps like defending yourself from heat stroke risks with plenty of hydration and proper sun protection could be all the difference in the world.
This month I've also been invigorated by our next steps in the surrogate species arena. It's fantastic to see our surrogate species work continue moving forward as we will host a meeting with our State partners later this month to learn from their perspectives as we draft our plans. This peer-to-peer input is crucial as we collectively define what surrogate species means and take that knowledge to develop planning documents and determine what is the most efficient work for us to do as an agency, especially in challenging financial times.
My recent travels have also given me the chance to enjoy a few of this region's many kids fishing day events as well as to get a closer look at the tiniest of our region's endangered species, the Iowa Pleistocene snail. I hope you all find some time to get out and see some of the greatness in our region as well. We can boast of many things here in the Midwest Region, including one of the smallest endangered species, the smallest national wildlife refuge and we can be most proud of our team of Service staff with their big hearts and big responsibilities in caring for our unique wildlife and habitats.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Garrett Reid, the oldest son of Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid, was found dead Sunday morning in his room at the club's training camp at Lehigh University. He was 29.
The police chief at Lehigh, Edward Shupp, said a 911 call was made at 7:20 a.m., and that Garrett Reid was deceased upon a policeman's arrival at the campus dormitory.
"There were no suspicious activities," said Shupp, who said a cause of death had not been determined.
The Eagles practiced after gathering for a team prayer, but Andy Reid was not present. Assistants Marty Mornhinweg and Juan Castillo ran the team's walkthrough, and will oversee the team until Reid returns.
"This is a tough morning for all of us in the Eagles family," Eagles GM Howie Roseman said. "Garrett grew up with this team and this makes this news even harder for us to process."
The death comes after years of drug problems involving Reid's sons, Garrett, and younger brother, Britt.
Garrett Reid had rebounded from his troubled past and was assisting the Eagles' strength coaches at camp. He and Britt were arrested on drug charges after two separate traffic accidents in 2007. Garrett Reid was imprisoned off and on through 2009.
"We've been with Andy for a long time. He's always been strong for us; we're going to be strong for him right now," Roseman said. "As a father and a friend, we're all hurting."
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said, "This news is heartbreaking for everyone in the Eagles family. Our hearts go out to Andy, his wife, Tammy, and their children."
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CAIRO, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said events in Egypt were "deplorable" but Egyptian officials defended a crackdown on protests in which hundreds were killed.
As a nationwide state of emergency was declared, clashes between police and protesters demanding reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi left at least 235 civilians and 43 police officers dead, the BBC reported. The Muslim Brotherhood, which backed Morsi, put the death toll at more than 2,000.
Egyptian police said they've taken control of the protesters' camps and arrested key Brotherhood leaders.
Morsi was deposed by the military July 3 and an interim government was installed.
Interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi said in a televised address he regretted the loss of life and police had been told not to use weapons in dispersing the protests, the BBC reported.
An 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew was in effect in Cairo.
Kerry urged restraint.
"Today's events are deplorable, and they run counter to Egyptian aspirations for peace, inclusion, and genuine democracy," Kerry said during a media availability in Washington.
"Egyptians inside and outside of the government need to take a step back. They need to calm the situation and avoid further loss of life. We also strongly oppose a return to a state of emergency law, and we call on the government to respect basic human rights, including freedom of peaceful assembly and due process under the law. And we believe that the state of emergency should end as soon as possible."
Egyptian Vice President for Foreign Affairs Mohamed ElBaradei resigned in protest in a letter to interim President Adly Mansour, Ahram Online reported.
Sources told the website police and the military leadership made the decision to disperse protester sit-ins forcefully, without notifying Beblawi or the vice president for external relations.
In the letter, ElBaradei told Mansour: "As you know, I saw that there were peaceful ways to end this clash in society, there were proposed and acceptable solutions for beginnings that would take us to national consensus. It has become difficult for me to continue bearing responsibility for decisions that I do not agree with and whose consequences I fear. I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood."
Ahram Online said two other ministers also were expected to resign.
Mansour declared a monthlong state of emergency across the country Wednesday even as the Muslim Brotherhood vowed to keep on with its sit-ins.
Egyptian police used armored vehicles and bulldozers to clear two Cairo camps, witnesses said.
"We will not accept the rule of coup perpetrators who open fire at protesters in squares and on the street," said Hamza Zawba, a spokesman for the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice party.
He said protesters would face police weapons "with bare chests."
State TV showed Egyptian security forces pushing into the larger of the two encampments around the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in the northeastern suburb of Nasr City.
The smaller encampment was at Nahda Square near Cairo University.
Rail service in and out of Cairo was reported suspended to prevent pro-Morsi demonstrators from regrouping or summoning reinforcements, The New York Times said.
A spokesman for the European Union said reports of protesters being killed were "extremely worrying" and called on Egyptian authorities to use restraint.
The German foreign minister said all sides should "return immediately to negotiations and avert an escalation of violence," Ahram Online reported.


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I am interested in seeing how many schools have an Amateur Radio club and looking at ways of encouraging other schools to join us. We don't currently have a permanent Amateur Radio station but once we do maybe we could look at starting a regular net for schools.
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I was going to save this for the Bishop's column in the paper, but since most of the readers here don't live anywhere near Kansas City and don't get the paper, I'm sharing it now. This reflection on the life and message of St. Josemaria Escriva by Bishop Finn is quite inspiring. Even if you are devotee of the Dan Brown version of Opus Dei or think you don't care for the movement, you'll benefit from this reflection:
Homily for Mass of St. Josemaria Escriva
June 26, 2010 – Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish
Most Reverend Robert W. Finn
Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Once again we come together in praise and thanks to God on this Feast of St. Josemaria Escriva, to thank God for the prayers and example of this simple priest – a man of our own time, who nonetheless is a saint for all ages.
I know that one of the primary things that has attracted me to St. Josemaria is his humble devotion, his fidelity to the Church at a time when there was much upheaval, and his simple plan to help us see all of our most everyday tasks and efforts, our daily work, as a path to holiness.
You know so well, you who have read the Way, the Furrow, the Forge, that these little bits of sage wisdom – always consonant with the Gospel, represent a thousand little ways to holiness in the midst of the world. St. Josemaria, as a young priest, prayed fervently, "ut videam!," Lord, that I may see! And he was given such a profound God's-eye view of the way that ordinary men and women, lay faithful, family men and women, and diocesan priests as well, could be holy in accord with God's plan: not by leaving the world but precisely by living close to God in the world – and offering all that happens, and all they do as a gift to God for the end of sanctification.
The unique insight of our saint was that he knew quickly and with a supernatural resolution that all were called to holiness. We need not go to a monastery – though some may indeed be called by God to go there. We need not become ordained, though we ought not resist if God calls us to the clerical state. We can reach heaven surely and safely by being contemplatives in the middle of the world. This is so important because, in fact it is the vocation of probably 95% of humanity!
Yes, understandably we give a lot of prayer and attention to the vocations of priesthood and consecrated life. Please don't stop praying for these vocations. But what is God's plan for the spiritual transformation of the world? It is for all of us to live a way, a path, a 'plan of life' which constantly reminds us of God's presence, steeps us in prayer, many small mortifications and loving sacrifices, interior conversion, sound direction, growth in virtue, life of the Sacraments, good reading of Sacred Scripture and other holy books.
Emblematic of the simplicity and depth of St. Josemaria's vision for holiness is the truth that God is our Father. You recall perhaps the story of St. Josemaria, traveling on the streetcar after a long day with many challenges,
"In mid-October, 1931, while in a streetcar 'I felt the action of God, bringing forth in my heart and on my lips, with the force of something imperatively necessary, this tender invocation: Abba! Pater! ('Abba! Father!'). Probably I made that prayer out loud. And I walked the streets of Madrid for maybe an hour, maybe two, I can't say; time passed without my being aware of it. People must have thought I was crazy. I was contemplating, with lights that were not mine, that amazing truth. It was like a lighted coal burning in my soul, never to be extinguished.'"
Dear friends, Jesus, of course, gave this to the world. One of His greatest revelations was that He has a Father, and that we can call Him "Our Father." But in this moment the power of this light struck the Founder, and He could never be the same. But this truth is not for a few. It is for all the sons and daughters. It is for you and me. WE have a Father. We must never forget it. We must, again and again, surrender ourselves onto His lap, into His arms.
One of the virtues that St. Josemaria talks about frequently is "naturalness." It is not exactly in St. Thomas Aquinas' list of virtues, but it is a combination of humility and joy, detachment and generosity. We should live and work within the world, not thinking it evil, but desiring to make it holy. We don't want or need any extravagant things, but always beautiful and well-ordered. We don't cultivate any idiosyncrasies. We don't want to appear odd or flamboyant. We are just quietly at home in doing our work, in caring for others' needs, in reaching out in apostolate, in being cheerful and not giving in to self-pity or sadness.
Think about how you can grow in this virtue of naturalness so that God can use you without drawing any attention to yourself. In our holiness we must have zeal and piety, but never in such a way that we want to draw attention to our self. We are, as St. Josemaria said, Like God's donkey, quietly pulling the load and doing the work.
Pope Benedict has used this same image in the bear tamed by St. Corbinian. An ancient tradition tells that the first Bishop of Freising, St Corbinian (died in 730), set out for Rome on horseback. While riding through a forest he was attacked by a bear that tore his horse to pieces. Corbinian not only managed to tame the animal but also to make it carry his baggage to Rome. Bishop Joseph Ratzinger placed this image on his coat of arms, saying he himself was that bear. The pack saddle is the burden of his Episcopate. You and I must be willing to carry the load for love of God and love of the Church. We are God's pack animals, his donkey, St. Corbinian's bear.
Our gathering for Holy Mass this morning is a joyful praise to God for a Godly man who taught so many everyday folks a way to work for God. His name "Josemaria" makes us think of the Holy Family, Joseph and Mary, who, in obedience to God's plan, made a home for the Savior of the world. With the prayers of Mary and Joseph and of our patron St. Josemaria Escriva, may we persevere in whatever God asks of us. Let us renew our joy in doing always the Work of God.
St. Josemaria, pray for us!


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BLSA Diversity Forum to focus on 'The Importance of Diversity in the Legal and Political Fields'
ONU Law's 15th annual Diversity Forum will discuss "The Importance of Diversity in the Legal and Political Fields" in the Celebrezze Moot Court Room 129 on Friday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m.
The ONU Black Law Student Association (BLSA), in partnership with the ONU Student Bar Association, ONU Office of Multicultural Affairs, the National BLSA, the Midwest BSLA and the ONU Student Senate, is sponsoring the event.
Ohio State Senators Eric Kearney (D-Cincinnati) and Capri Cafaro (D-Hubbard) will be the featured speakers. A question-and-answer session, moderated by Adrianna Braden, a second-year ONU law student, will follow.
Kearney serves as minority leader of the Ohio Senate and represents Ohio's 9th district. Prior to joining the Ohio Senate, Kearney founded Sesh Communications – one of the largest African-American publishing companies, which publishes "The Cincinnati Herald," "The Northern Kentucky Herald," and "Dayton Defender." He also practiced law with two of Cincinnati's most prestigious law firms. He is licensed to practice in the state of Ohio and before the United States Supreme Court. Kearney was appointed senator of the 9th district in December 2005. In November 2006 and 2010, the citizens showed their strong approval of his leadership by electing to keep Kearney in the Ohio Senate. He was elected minority leader in 2012. In his service to Ohio's General Assembly, Kearney has championed the issues of small business development, child safety and healthy choices by working in a principled, bi-partisan manner.
Capri S. Cafaro has represented the state's 32nd district since January 2007 when she was appointed to the 127th General Assembly. She has a long-standing interest in public policy pertaining to health care and the needs of older adults. She was a state advocate representative for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and served as a councilor for the Medicare Rights Center. In addition, she previously served on the Trumbull County Senior Services Advisory Council and was a state policy liaison for Ohio with the National Patient Advocate Foundation. Cafaro also has acted as an economic policy associate for Global Action on Aging, an NGO with consultative status at the United Nations. One year after becoming a member of the Ohio General Assembly, Cafaro secured a leadership position as assistant minority whip for the Senate democrats. She served as the minority leader until January 2012, making her the longest-serving Senate minority leader since the late 1990s. During her tenure as leader, Senate democrats passed more bills than under any other leadership in the last decade. Cafaro currently serves as the ranking minority member on the Senate Standing Committees on Health, Human Services.


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Purebred Publishing, Inc. , publishers of the Ayrshire Digest , Brown Swiss Bulletin, Guernsey Breeders' Journal, and Milking Shorthorn Journal are pleased to welcome Jared Smith of Plain City, Ohio to the team. Jared will be working with the Purebred team, as an intern, to produce upcoming issues throughout the summer. He will also be working with the American Guernsey Association part of that time with some data entry and other duties.
Jared is a fourth year agribusiness major at The Ohio State University. He is co-owner of JAX Holsteins, a small heard of registered Holsteins that he and his sister, Alexia enjoy showing. Smith transferred to OSU's Columbus campus after completing two years at OSU/ATI in Wooster. He enjoys judging cattle and has participated on FFA and 4-H judging teams. He was the fourth-high individual in the 4-H contest at World Dairy Expo in 2009. He is currently a member of The Ohio State University collegiate judging team. In his spare time, Jared enjoys bow fishing and attending cattle shows, sales and other dairy events.


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Cock-a-doodle do (Part 2)
After we got rid of Jack, we found ourselves with two VERY pleasant little chickens on our hands. Jack was pretty mean and always got to eat treats before everyone else, so with him out of the picture I found myself growing quite fond of the two gals. I grew quite attached to them both, Ingrid with her cute curly cue of a feather and wonky toe, Hermionie with her puffy face; The coop was a happy place to be.
About two weeks after we got rid of Jack, I remember waking up and hearing a familiar crow, and thought to myself "someone else in the neighborhood has a rooster!" Not only was I happy because we had gotten rid of our icky rooster, but I was pleased to know that someone else in the neighborhood was in the chicken rearing business. It wasn't long before a good dose of reality set in and the feeling of dread rushed over me: what if it was one of ours? I quickly ran out back to see our sweet Ingrid raise her head to the sky and yell in that pathetic voice "I'm a boy chicken!". No, I shook my head. It couldn't be true. What person could have such terrible chicken luck? She was so sweet, so tame! She let me pick her up, and always came over when I put my hand in the run. She couldn't be a rooster...
Then, in a moment of doubt, I resorted to the best resource I know: the Internet. Thank the Lord for google. I ran to my computer and typed in "crowing buff orpington hen" and found lots of hits about Buffs (her breed) being noisy girls, especially if they had come to be at the top of the pecking order. I blamed her call of masculinity on gender identification issues and called it a day. We continued on with a few weeks of afternoon crowing, but that one telltale morning, moments after the sky began to lighten, I heard a crow and began to realize that I was living a lie. My sweet, adorable Ingrid was really an Ingmar.
I considered dropping her off at the front door of Egg|Plant, the lovely shop that gifted the bird to us, but decided it would be worth my while to try and find him a nice home. A post to the Twin Cities Chickens Google Group and a few anxiety filled mornings later, Ingmar had found himself a new home on a farm with 12 lovely hens to keep him plenty busy. It was a sad departure, but going to a loving person who wanted to breed Buffs, it was a match made in heaven. And then there was one; Sweet, goofy, poofy-faced Hermionie.
I actually think the solitude did her some good. She became much more excited when I came out to feed her tomatoes, and has since become as sweet at Ingrid once was. But we couldn't leave her alone. Chickens are social birds and need a flock to be happy (not unlike geese... or velociraptors {which are SORT OF birds, according to lots of conventional scientific thought [from what I remember about Jurassic Park]}). So it was back to Craigslist we went. Less than a week after emptying our nest of our final (fingers crossed) rooster, we introduced two new honest-to-goodness hens to the flock.
The large lady is known as Peggy Olson and is a White Rock, a large gal as white as snow, known for friendly demeanor and large brown eggs.
The smaller black gal has been named Nina Totenberg, an Australorpe (Aussie for Orpington!) with stark, coal colored eyes and a very timid personality.
They were said to have hatched just a week before Hermione and after a few days of figuring out who was in charge (it's Peggy, but the way) we once again had a happy, healthy coop, this time filled with all girls. And as of today, our lives as urban farmers is forever changed, as our two new girls presented us with a couple of morning presents.
Not just one, but TWO eggs were pictured in the text message I received from Kyle today. Knowing this day was coming was one thing, but to hold a tiny li'l chicken egg in your hand changes everything.


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Do Tattoos Hurt
This site has been set up to try and help educate and enlighten people with an interest in tattoos. Hopefully in time it will become a resource for all things skin art.
Do Tattoos Hurt?
That is a Question that gets asked time and time again when people are considering on having a tattoo and that is "Does it Hurt?" Well tattooists and long time ink addicts tend to forget how much it can hurt on the first time in the chair. Now as each person has their own pain threshold I will do my best here to educate, inform and hopefully put some fears to rest
As I mentioned above, everyone has their own pain threshold and ability to withstand pain. For instance what I may say something was not at all painful where another may find it unbearable. A lot of people describe the feeling as a chicken scratch as we called them as kids. Most tend to say that the feeling was nowhere near as bad as what they thought it would be. But there are other things to consider apart from the pain felt when getting your first tattoo.
Tears and Faints
Passing out or crying are just some of the horror stories that one might hear when discussing having a tattoo with their peers. A common mistake can be a person not eating correctly before a tattoo causing them to have low blood sugar levels and increasing the chance of them passing out. Or that they have worked themselves up into such a state that they faint from the fear of the pain of being tattooed, but pain in itself is not usually the culprit for these occurrences. Tears on the other hand can occur when it just becomes too much for someone, maybe from having it in a sensitive place or a prolonged sitting. But let me assure you that those people are scarce and that you are not necessarily going to be one of those types of people.


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Rambus hopes lower prices will placate EC
Cap on royalties could end case
Rambus Inc has offered to license some of its chip technology at capped royalty rates, in a bid to end a long-running legal spat with European anti-trust watchdogs.
The US-based memory designer has been fighting allegations that it had deceived an industry standard-setting organisation.
The European Commission claimed that Rambus failed to reveal plans to patent part of its technology, which later became an industry standard.
A probe into the company's business dealings was undertaken by the EC two years ago, following complaints from Dram vendors.
"With this proposed resolution, we create a new platform where all parties can move forward by licensing our patented innovations for future use in their products rather than engaging in costly litigation," said Thomas Lavelle, Rambus general counsel.
The Commission confirmed formal "patent ambush" charges against the US memory chip designer in a Statement of Objections issued to Rambus on 30 July 2007. It alleged that the firm had claimed "unreasonable royalties" for the use of certain DRAM chip patents.
The firm's proposed agreement to cut its royalties in the hope of settling the charges brought by the Commission was noted in Friday's edition of the European Union Official Journal.
It shows that Rambus has agreed to provide some of its products free of charge and to lower the licensing cost of others. If the deal gets the go-ahead, any fine against Rambus would be lifted, but it would be required to claim royalties set by Brussels.
The EC said it was considering the proposal, and added it would consult rival chip designers and customers before any decision was reached.


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I grew up in the heart of Wisconsin and now live in Minnesota, both unique places where people grill outside all year long. Even in the coldest temperatures, a true upper Midwesterner shovels a path through the snow to their grill, throws on a hat and a flannel shirt, and drinks a beer or brandy to stay warm while flipping burgers and tending racks of ribs.
But for the fair-weather grillers of the world (people most everywhere else, I think), the warmer temperatures finally gracing the Northern Hemisphere officially kicks off grilling season.
My dad has been known to stand outside in a blizzard for the perfect grilled shrimp, but thankfully, the whether on my trip back home over Mother's Day weekend was far from blizzardlike. It was in the mid-60s, sunny and lovely. Perfect for grilling! We found beautiful wild-caught sashimi-grade tuna steaks at Festival Foods for only $9.99/pound. The meat was bright pink and dense, and each steak was nearly 2 inches thick! We seasoned them simply and grilled them over pecan wood for a sweet, lightly smoky flavor.
The tuna was perfect. We served it with baked sweet potatoes, pan-seared asparagus, and a light and crunchy salad of grapefruit, fennel, and onion.. The meal was so easy to prepare and so delicious, I knew I wanted to share some of it with you. And thus, here are two recipes: Easy Grilled Tuna and Grapefruit-Fennel Salad.
Whip out that grill, and get cooking!
Easy Grilled Tuna (gluten-free, ACD)
4 main course servings
- 1 large filet wild caught tuna, about 2-inches thick (sashimi grade if possible)
- unrefined salt
- chili powder or another paprika-based all-purpose seasoning blend
- granulated garlic or garlic powder
- optional: about 1/4 cup untreated wood chips, for a smoky flavor (we used pecan wood, but apple, pear, cherry, or alder would also be good choices)
- extra virgin olive oil and lemon wedges, for serving (optional)
Slice the filet horizontally with a large sharp knife to create two 1-inch thick filets. Pat fish dry with paper towel and place in a shallow dish. Lightly sprinkle both sides of each filet with chili powder/seasoning, garlic powder, and unrefined salt. We chose to lightly season it to let the natural flavor of the tuna shine through; if you want to have a more aggressive flavor you may want to really go crazy with the chili powder.
Cover dish and place in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes, to allow flavors to penetrate the fish. You could grill it immediately if you're in a hurry, but the flavor will be less developed.
If using wood chips to lightly smoke the food, about 30 minutes before you grill, soak your wood chips in a small bowl of water. After 30 minutes, drain wood chips and put in a small tin (an empty tuna can works great) or in a small tray made of aluminum foil. Place wood chip container on coals or over burner.
Start the fire or kick on the gas, and let your grill heat up to around 400º F.
Once grill is heated, lightly oil the grates and put on the tuna filets. Grill for 5-6 minutes on each side for a 1-inch thick steak. When done, meat should be firm and cooked through - don't overcook, or it will be dry!. If you prefer it merely seared on the outside and still quite pink in the middle, then reduce grilling time to about 4 minutes on each side.
Immediately remove tuna steaks from grill and let rest for for a few minutes, then serve immediately or chill and use for salads. Tuna is excellent drizzle with a little high-quality extra virgin olive oil and lemon.
To make it a meal, add sauteed or roasted vegetables, a raw salad or slaw (like the Grapefruit-Fennel Salad below!), and a grain pilaf or cooked sweet potatoes.
Grapefruit-Fennel Salad (vegan, raw, gluten-free, ACD)
4 side servings
- 1 large ruby red grapefruit
- 1 medium fennel bulb
- 1/2 small sweet Vidalia onion
- drizzle lime-infused extra virgin olive oil or regular extra virgin olive oil
- unrefined salt and freshly cracked pepper
- handful raw or toasted sunflower seeds
Supreme the grapefruit with a small, sharp knife. If you have never done this before, check out this awesome tutorial - easy! Thinly slice the fennel bulband thinly slice the onion with a very sharp knife. Toss three ingredients together in a bowl, and drizzle with olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper. Salad can be served immediately or chilled and served within 1 day. Sprinkle sunflower seeds over salad immediately before serving.
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Thinking I'd invented a pithy aphorism, I googled it, but, alas, "you get what you give" was one of "About 3,280,000,000 results" in "0.25 seconds" of searching. Most of the results seemed to be references to a cheesy 1990s song by the New Radicals, a probably cheesier Glee rendition of it (apologies to my daughter Lulu, who's a secret fan of Glee), and a 2010 Zac Brown album that didn't appear to have a song by that name in it. So much, in any case, for originality.
Jesus' comment is basically the upshot of the Golden Rule: Do to others what you'd have them to do you, 'cause, if you don't, all the bad stuff you did to them is going to be done to you.
One might read this as a curse, a punishment, but it occurred to me as I was thinking about it that maybe it's more of an existential rule, one of those invisible traits of God Paul says that everyone can see God's creation. One gets one's comeuppance.
In my experience, in any case, this is surely so. I once, with the blithe cruelty of a ninth grader, asked this girl Elaine why her arms were so hairy, and within weeks I'd grown a dark pelt on my own arms. A coincidence of our adolescence, perhaps. For me, though, it was clearly the result of my own judgmentalness. If you're mean to people, people are mean to you. If you let your bad mood stink up the room for everyone else, they get in bad moods too and you suffer their stink wherever you go. &c.
So, Jesus' pronouncement upon judging others is like a those first curses of scripture, for me: not so much a punishment as the natural consequencs of being out of sync with God's way of doing things. Eating poisonous fruit leads to pain and death. Passing your own bad decisions on to others wrecks your relationships with them. That's just how things work.


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How could the marketing masterminds over at Apple possibly have overlooked UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin while promoting their latest gift to gadget-heads?
The guy has hands as big as iPads themselves and they're touch-sensitive, too. After all, if he touches you with them, you fall.
Just ask Gabriel Gonzaga or Frank Mir, both heavyweight title contenders who in the last year have succumbed to the Nyquil-knockout power of Carwin's oversized, bad-intentioned bombs.
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It's fitting that the Colorado native recently inked a sponsorship deal with an online sports card distributor named Blowout, seeing as how that's what most of his fights end up being. The company is currently auctioning off Carwin's walkout hat from his UFC 111 victory over Mir to help him raise money to benefit a 3-year-old girl battling a rare form of spine cancer.
Recently, the 35-year-old former NCAA Division II wrestling champion and two-time college football All-American took time away from his day job to discuss, of all things, his heavy-hitting UFC trading cards.
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When you started in this sport five years ago, there were no mixed martial arts trading cards. Back then, did you ever envision appearing on one?
"You know, I don't know if I ever did. Now that the opportunity is here and they're out, I think it's awesome. It's something I get to enjoy with my family and especially my 9-year-old son right now, because he's into collecting cards. I was excited about it. For all of the other professional sports, as kids, having a card is something that they dream about. For this to happen for MMA, it's unbelievable. I don't know if all this stuff has even really hit me yet."
What did he say when you showed your son some of Dad's first cards?
"He just grinned ear to ear. He thought it was pretty cool. He didn't say a whole lot. You could just see it in his eyes."
When it comes to your own trading cards, is there a type of photo that you like the best?
"Yeah, there's one that's got both of my arms raised and it brings back some great memories. There's a lot of pride that goes into being on one of those cards. When you look at it, you see all of your hard work and dedication. It brings some gratitude to you."
Topps' first UFC trading cards in February of 2009 really took the sports collectibles industry by storm as some of the most popular cards of the year. Did the fighters themselves realize how popular those cards were?
"Absolutely. The whole thing is exploding in every facet out there -- with marketing and media -- and just becoming more of a worldwide sport. I think that's the ultimate goal of it."
What was your reaction when Topps asked for one of your shirts or a pair of your trunks so they could cut them up and put them on cards?
"Well, my son has collected football cards and his most exciting cards to get are those relic cards. So when they asked, I thought that was pretty cool and I was pretty excited about it. That's awesome that they take something like that and are able to put it on a card. It's exciting for [my son] to get one of those, too."
If you had to guess what your most valuable trading card was worth, what would you say?
"[Laughing] Oh, I don't know. I wouldn't even have a guess."
It's $300.
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Kitten Golfing
Kitten Golfing is a hugely important cultural aspect of the country of South Chad, where Kitten Golfing is a hugely important cultural aspect. Modelled off of it's predecessor, Gerbil Tennis, Kitten Golfing is well known for making anyone who talks about it speak very redundantly, as well as being modelled off of it's predecessor Gerbil Tennis and being a hugely important aspect of the country of South Chad.
Kitten Golfing was developed in South Chad by some guy named Frank and some guy named Albert Frankenstine, who developed the game of Kitten Golfing in the 1700s. He was beating Albert Frankenstine over the head with his golf club when he saw a cute little kitten run by past the golf club that he was beating Albert Frankenstine with. Feeling very vicious, he ran up and swung right at the kitten and over the kittens' head, nailing a huge oak tree which fell right over the kittens head onto the golf club right over the kittens head.
The tree exploded into a firey ball, but the kitten exploded into a firey ball and then flew several thousand miles (to be mistaken for a asteriod by witnesses) and somehow landed in a huge hole in the ground, where there was a kitten that landed there burning up because it had exploded into a firey ball.
Albert Frankenstine, with his psychic sight, saw that the kitten had landed in the hole and decided to make up a completely unrelated game called Kitten Golfing (which was incidentally completely unrelated), where you would set a kitten on fire and punt it across a football field. The kitten, Frankenstine surmised, would make all sorts of weird noises, because it was a burning kitten being punted across a football field. When he actually tried to punt the burning kitten across the field, the burning kitten didn't make any noise, so he ate it for dinner.
His idea was later used for a completely unrelated game called Kitten Golfing.
Kitten Golfing was developed in South Chad by some guy named Frank and some guy named Albert Frankenstine, who developed the game of Kitten Golfing in the 1700s. Following Albert Frankenstine's idea of punting a flaming kitten across a football field, Albert Frankenstine decided to use the golf club that swung just above the kitten that was not flaming's head and punted the flaming kitten with his foot. Unfortunately for Albert Frankenstine, Albert Frankenstine's boot caught on fire and so he had to punt it across the football field, where it caught the flaming kitten that he punted across the football field's burned skeleton on fire, where it burned into a more burned skeleton.
However, he now had nothing with which to punt a flaming cat over a football field, so he found another cat and set it on fire and punted it across the football field with his golf club. He punted it so far that it went into permanent orbit around the Earth and is now constantly confused with the Space Station. This instantly caught on as a national trend of South Chad in South Chad. Unfortunately, this was disastorous for the kitten population, which was most unfortunate.


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Posting about venturing (and creating) PyDev. LINKS: PyDev.org Blog RSS Twitter RSS
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Thursday, December 06, 2012
Plugins in Eclipse to accompany PyDev
1. StartExplorer:
Details at https://github.com/basti1302/startexplorer
Mostly, I use it to open the current file in explorer or copy the current file path to the clipboard (but it has other niceties too).
2. Extended VS Presentation plugin for Eclipse
Details at: http://andrei.gmxhome.de/skins/index.html
I use it for skinning Eclipse (i.e.: providing a better look and feel), but note it's only for Eclipse 3.x (Eclipse 4.x has a skinning engine builtin).
3. Eclipse Color Themes
Details at: http://eclipsecolorthemes.org
Note that if you're using the Aptana Studio editors, you don't really need this plugin as Aptana Studio itself has a theming feature which supersedes this, but if you're only on Eclipse/PyDev and other editors, this may be a nice addition so that you can apply the same colors for several editor plugins at once.
4. Practically Macro
Details at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/practicalmacro
Yes, I know, Eclipse does not have macro record/playback by default and it's a major shortcoming. Well, this plugin does cover most of the use-cases I have for doing macro record/playback (although it does have some weirdness sometimes -- in which case I usually just start notepad++ editor just for this feature).
5. EGit
Details at: http://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide
Note that Aptana Studio has its own Git integration (so, when I'm in Aptana Studio I don't usually install EGit). Although it can do many things with Eclipse, I use the Eclipse integration (either from EGit or Aptana Studio) mostly to have a quick way to know which files I've changed and sometimes seeing the history for a given file. For most of my work I like to work on the shell, usually using a tool I wrote in Python: https://github.com/fabioz/mu-repo which helps managing many git repositories at once from a shell (and showing differences I can edit via WinMerge) -- and sometimes I even fire http://code.google.com/p/gitextensions for exploring some git repository.
I was thinking a bit about this one since in cvs and svn I did everything inside Eclipse, but when it comes to git this trend didn't continue. I think it's mostly because the major thing for me is that the synchronize view wasn't available to me on cvs/svn and the EGit synchronize view is not as streamlined/fast as the other integration -- as I have the habit of reviewing all the code I'm about to update, and as EGit made that process a bit slower (and git is pretty easy to extend with scripting on top of it), I just went a different way this time (but who knows, if EGit provides a more streamlined/faster synchronize view in the future for my modus-operandi I may switch back to only Eclipse here -- but it'd have to beat the time in which I do things in mu-repo which fetches/diffs lots of repositories in parallel in a pretty fast way, so, I'm not sure how feasible that is).
3 comments:
- Toni Ruža said...
Don't forget about http://code.inf.unibz.it/instasearch
- Fabio Zadrozny said...
Hi Toni, thanks for the info on InstaSearch, I must say that I wasn't even aware of it, but I'll test it a bit here to see how it goes :)
- Fabio Zadrozny said...
Hi Toni,
Just to give you a better feedback, I really like the idea of InstaSearch, but unfortunately I think it only covers a really specific use-case right now (which I believe isn't really that common), which is searching for things I don't really know much about (from what I saw it's missing exact matches, replace the found matches and a more streamlined way to navigate the matches).
I think it really has potential and I reported those at its issue tracker (https://github.com/ajermakovics/eclipse-instasearch/issues -- issues 23,24 and 25). I'll be keeping an eye open for InstaSearch, but unfortunately I think it's not really ready for prime-time without having those features / adjustments (but as I said, it's very promising).


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Jiang Hanping, former director of Shenzhen Municipal Health, Population and Family Planning Commission, was sentenced to 11 years in jail for bribery. Jiang took bribes of $476,000 and offered $226,250 to former Shenzhen vice Mayor Liang Daoxing in exchange for Liang's help in promotions. http://www.legaldaily.com.cn


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Farmers and ranchers have always wished they could control the gods of rain, and in 1924 they were desperate enough to even try a little voodoo.
So little rain fell that year during January and February that Inland Valley farmers demanded something be done.
One proposal was to hire a colorful Kansas native by the name of Charles M. Hatfield, who claimed he could create rain, literally out of thin air.
Hatfield charged $1,000 for each inch that fell. Brewing up a cauldron of chemicals whose vapors he said would create rain, he fashioned himself a "Moisture Accelerator."
His efforts may have even had some science behind it. Today, clouds are "seeded" with silver iodide or similar chemicals dropped into clouds to increase the amount of rain from a storm.
Depending on how desperate they were, most people saw Hatfield as anything from a savior to a charlatan. Rain often did fall after he did his wizardry – but in those days before satellite-based forecasts, who knew if it was going to arrive anyway?
In January 1915, San Diego hired him to fill its empty reservoirs. Within a few weeks, the area was flooded by a number of storms that caused reservoirs to overflow and briefly halted the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park.
Angry San Diego officials refused to pay Hatfield, especially after they were sued by flood victims. The ensuing legal battle continued into the 1930s, but the city never did pay him for the deluge.
In early 1924 even a little flooding seemed like a good thing to Inland Valley farmers whose field crops were dying in the tourist-friendly winter sunshine. During January and February, Pomona received only nine-tenths of an inch of rain and less than three inches since the previous April.
Ranchers from western San Bernardino County appealed to the Board of Supervisors on Feb. 25 to hire Hatfield. The board agreed to allow their representative, E.F. Van Luven of Colton, to approach Hatfield and get his price.
"Rainmaker Hatfield says he'll make it rain anywhere for $1,000 per inch – no rain, no pay," editorialized the Pomona Progress on March 1. "Cheap enough, don't you think? If we can't get rained on any other way, it would be economy … to buy a few inches from this gentleman."
But his services were very much in demand. Hatfield, who lived in Glendale, was also approached by Ventura County interests, thus setting up a battle for his talents.
"I have broken some stubborn droughts but if I succeed in bringing this one to an end and I am sure I can, I think everyone will admit the veracity of my claims," he told the United Press.
But not everyone believed in the veracity of his claims.
"Verily it seems that (P.T.) Barnum was right when he said a fool was born every minute," weatherman H.R. Hersey said about Hatfield's customers. "That was about the correct schedule in those days but it seems they are speeding it up a bit."
While Hatfield chose between Ventura and San Bernardino, churches offered prayers and Indians near Banning put on dances and rituals seeking rain.
On March 1, William Laidlaw, an orange grower in southern Ontario, offered some hope when he predicted the area would get rain on March 15. He said his research showed a deluge on that day – and it turned out he was right.
In fact, Hatfield, by delaying his decision, missed a opportunity that Mother Nature afforded him to become a real hero to Southern Californians.
On March 2, rain arrived – without any earthly assistance – and fell fairly regularly for two months. That first storm dropped more than an inch in Ontario and helped put out a brush fire in Devils Canyon north of San Bernardino.
In March, 5 1/2 inches fell locally and another 3 in April, which put Hatfield out of a job in the Inland Valley.
In late March, he was in Hanford near Fresno but appeared to have little success bringing badly needed rain to the parched Central Valley.
Hatfield ultimately gave up rainmaking. The formula used in his process was never revealed to anyone and apparently died with him in 1958.
Joe Blackstock writes on Inland Valley history. He can be reached at 909-483-9382 or via email, or on Twitter @JoeBlackstock.


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Everybody clap your hands and sway a little, k?
Some guys and their wives
See only shame
See only sorrrrrow
But if they are wise
they know that wrecks
Are so much more, oh!
Lean on me
When you're stacked wrong!
And I'll be your end
I'll mock you WITH this song
It won't be lo-oo-ong
Until gravity
Makes sure that you're cleeean gone!
Please, don't tell the bride
If it's a wreck, it needs no intro
no one can tell; maybe she'll need
something sweet to throw!
Lean on me!
When you're stacked wrong
And I'll be your end
I'll mock you WITH this song
It won't be long
Until gravity
Makes sure that you're clean gone!
You just call on your mother
When you need a hand
These cakes need somebody to leeeean on!
I just might have a Pisa
That we never planned
These cakes need somebody to leeean on!
Just faaaalll free!
(If you need to end)
Faaaaallll free
Oh, wreck it, now!
Thanks to Steve, Deanne M., James N., Rachel O., Jessica R., Carol Anne, Kat B., Richard B., Anony M., & Rebecca Z. for the wedding crash course.
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I thought I could put my talents to good use, and I have decided to create a user guide for Madsonic, with instructions on how to install from scratch, upgrade from an older version, etc....
I will need help though, as I run my Madsonic server on Centos Linux, and don't have access to things such as command line instructions for other Linux flavors such as Ubuntu. I will also need screen shots from both Windows and Linux - at least as far as the installation/upgrade instructions, and possibly music/video folders for media libraries. Screenshots from an individual web browser I can capture from Linux and use on Windows with no issues.
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Once I have a basic outline of the user guide, I will post on my Google Drive and provide a link for everyone who has helped to check out the document and make suggestions on editing/cleaning it up.
I will provide updates here as I make progress on items I still need screenshots and/or instructions for.
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The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette was officially unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Motor City Detroit, MI. Judging by how feature-packed the new Chevy hot rod is, you're certainly going to want to have it on your wish list when it drops.
Known as the C7 (for seventh generation), the 2014 Corvette is a notable vehicle in a day and age where environmental concerns and fuel efficiency are somewhat giving a black eye to the development of sports cars (more on this later). It's also a notable effort on Chevy's part, being that it's the first Corvette model released in a post-GM bankruptcy era and has design roots dating back to the automaker's pre-bankruptcy days of 2006.
Here's what you should know about the C7:
- It's "green": We put green in parenthesis because it's still a gas-guzzling sports car, powered by a V8 engine, to some extent. Even so, certain features make it more eco-friendly. For starters, it's made with a lot of space-age metal, helping to reduce its curb weight to around 3,000 pounds – and thereby save on fuel mileage – compared to previous models. It also includes an active fuel management feature that essentially takes the V8 engine down to the power of a V4 engine, thereby saving even more fuel. Materials with a high weight-to-strength ratio? A greener engine? Yeah, the C7 was engineered with the environment in mind.
- Same basic design: While much of the C7's design is an update from its C6 predecessor, its roots still trace back to the very first model in the 60-year history of the Corvette vehicle. That's honoring the past while designing and engineering for the future.
- Price point: While the C7 will be expensive (it is a sports car after all), its MSRP isn't going to exactly break the bank. Although the vehicle won't go into production until the summer of 2013, so we don't really know what the price will be until it hits the lot, it's not expected to cost more than $55,000.
As we mentioned in the opening, the C7 is currently on display at the Auto Show in Detroit – but the vehicle will be coming to your DFW Chevy Dealer soon. A 2014 Corvette C7, how does that car sound for a nice New Year's 2014 gift?


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One of the staples of Maryland eating is pit beef. There's something special about the flavor produced when cooking a beef roast over fire. It's not the most common sandwich to see at the stadium, but when done correctly, it makes for an easy and extremely tasty tailgate. This recipe has you doing most of the cooking at home before the game, with an easy reheating step at the parking lot.
Maryland-style pit beef
Makes 10-15 sandwiches
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon chili powder
4-6 pounds top, bottom or eye round beef roast
10-15 soft kaiser rolls
2 large white onions (sliced very thin)
Horseradish sauce
First, prepare the dry rub by mixing together the pepper, salt, garlic powder and chili powder. Trim any excess fat from the beef roast and liberally apply the dry rub all over. Let the roast rest at room temperature while you prepare the grill.
Grilling the roast over charcoal is crucial to getting the authentic pit beef flavor that you'd find at the Maryland State Fair or any of the popular local restaurants. Grilling a beef roast on your home grill involves two stages: direct-heat searing and finishing with indirect heat. Prepare one half of a charcoal grill for medium-high heat and leave the other half empty. You'll want to aim for a dome temperature of about 350-400 degrees. Sear all sides of the roast over direct heat for about 3 minutes each, then move the roast to indirect heat. Keeping the dome closed, cook the roast until the internal temperature reaches about 135 degrees. Remove the roast from the grill and let it rest for about 30 minutes in aluminum.
Slice the roast as thin as possible with an electric knife (a meat slicer is ideal) and place the slices back into the aluminum (with all the juices left over from the 30-minute rest). Cover and refrigerate until you leave for the tailgate.
When you arrive at the tailgate, preheat your grill to medium heat and place the aluminum with the sliced pit beef over direct heat. Using tongs, rotate the beef until it is heated throughout. Grill the rolls until lightly toasted and top with a generous portion of beef, sliced onions and horseradish sauce.
John Thomas is the author of the Baltimore-based grilling blog grilling24x7.com.