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Advice? Creating Turn-based Multiplayer Game
Hey everyone,
My next game is going to be a turn-based multiplayer game that will work across android and iphone. I have done some extensive research regarding the potential pitfalls and had some ideas. I was wondering if folks who are more versed in this area would give me some advice on where I should pay attention before starting on this potentially expensive venture.
So far I have considered the following:
1) Use Amazon Services (simpledb) to store user information as well as active games.
2) Use PubNub for active turn messages between the players.
1) Only use Amazon SimpleDB services for all interactions between players.
Any advice or input? I wanted to use those services because they are simple and instantly scalable and cheap for the most part. I have a dedicated server that COULD be used but I don't want the potential headaches later on with ramping that up.
I appreciate your help.
Consider PARSE instead of Amazon's SimpleDB. I tried to figure out SimpleDB's API and use and its far from "simple".
So would you use Parse with all player-to-player interaction? For player registration, game registration, player moves, etc? Or would you use separate services?
Thanks for your input.. I've looked into Parse, how difficult is it to integrate into Corona? I see the have a REST API but is it easy to use?
Someone has posted a Lua/Corona module for using PARSE in the community code. I think it would be far easier to implement than SimpleDB.
Parse is just a cloud based database service. I don't think it will do what PubNub does with regards to messaging other players. But then again, SimpleDB doesn't do what PubNub does either.
Thanks again.. If you were going to invest your time and it were for your game it sounds like you'd use Parser huh? I did see the corona library for Parser, looks like I could take a lot from it.
I appreciate your response.
I'll start by saying this is just my unproven opinion.
In my eyes the only way to do this successfully you will need push notifications in the mix. Until Corona supports push notifications on Android and more so, a solution presents itself for Kindle Fire & Nook push notifications(being these really are the successful Android platforms), it isn't really feasible to be multiplatform.
I say this because people have come to expect the game will tell them when it's time to take a turn, not have to keep checking it manually, over and over. Being turn-based you could have long periods of time waiting for the other player. People want to move on and come back when notified.
You could do iOS only and port it when Corona extends push notifications to Android or just keep it local only on the same device.
I looked into Amazon's service as well as Google's app engine. Both I found not well suited for my simple needs. Unfortunately, I have nothing to add about PARSE. In the end I just went with the basics of a 3rd party hosted server using PHP and MySQL. I was going to go on about how we all expect to sell a large number of copies but then realized you did not mention how the app would be distributed. If you go with free + IAP or ads, I can see the infrastructure to handle that load would be considerably more than my plans. My plans only include paid apps. I am a horrible business man. I dislike being nickled and dimed and I hate ads. So I avoid using IAP or ads.
I rambled. Really I just wanted to point out the push notification dilemma as I see it.
On the surface, PARSE looks like an interesting option because it replies with JSON objects, which we can easily parse (heh) in Corona. PARSE also looks very app-oriented with APIs for user account management etc. You'd have to carefully consider how active your app is going to be. 1M API calls probably goes by a lot faster than you think. Don't get surprised by the cost.
Amazon SimpleDB, on the other hand, is a raw data repository. It returns XML, so you'll need to write XML/JSON middleware or parse it directly. That seems like the steepest learning curve with it. The pricing model is based on CPU time and data transfer, which is likely to stay low even for an app that scales up significantly.
If it were me, I'd try Amazon first because I have background and experience with their other AWS products (EC2 and S3 mostly) so I know what I'm getting into. Pure LUA XML parsers are easy to find, so I wouldn't let that scare me off.
Unless the 'extra' APIs in PARSE really knock your socks off ("I gotta have that!"), in which case, obviously pick what seems like the best tool for the job.
Thanks guys!
@anderoth - I'm going to be following DrawSomething's model.. Free with paid upgrade and removal of ads. I'm not cloning anything, this an original game but it will be a social game much like DrawSomething.
@toby2 - I originally wanted to go with Amazon because of how raw it was, I felt like I could control more. However, Parse has the "Push" feature that anderoth was speaking on as well as facebook features that I would require. It basically equals out to about $70/month for 2Million api calls and that is, indeed pretty expensive. So it might be worth it to build those libraries on my own and just use Amazon.
From what it looked like Amazon uses standard SQL statements but I could be wrong.
Trust me, I am not naive (however, I have been there), and I do not think that I'm going to have a million downloads but I want to plan as if the slight possibility existed so that it is easy to scale up and not break the bank. Learning from the insanity that Draw something went through the first few weeks after launch, I've learned to be prepared for anything.
If you have a million downloads, you can afford fees.
LOL that's a pipe-dream. Not to mention, it would probably only take about 500 - 1,000 downloads to use up a few million api calls and assuming that most of them do not actually purchase it makes for an empty wallet. That's why I want to put ads up, but I'm not even sure if those would cover the costs.
Just a note on PARSE and it's "push" feature. Again, I have not looked at PARSE but I can be pretty confident the push feature will not function as I described in my example. You can't have true push notifications (the kind that are sent to the device, open your app and the app deals with the information) without Corona responding to the notification first. This requires Ansca adding support. At this time it only responds to notifications from Apple's notification service. Anything else is a quasi push notification, if you will. It only works if your app is running and only if it's in the foreground checking a 3rd party service, a la PubNub, Game Minion, etc. PARSE sounds like one of these types of services.
If Urban Airship was officially added to Corona then we would be most of the way there. It supports Apple and Android and supposedly the Android push feature some how works with the Kindle Fire without any changes.
Got to thinking about SimpleDB so I hammered out a library for it.
Every API response has a BoxUsage parameter that tells you how much CPU time that request took. That's handy -- you can profile your app and make estimates about the cost as it scales. Some of the REST stuff is a little fiddly, but it's well within reach of Lua/Corona with 100 lines of code.
@anderoth - Thanks for that, I hadn't looked into it too much myself, and I haven't looked into push notifications at all actually so I didn't know if they had some mojo that they worked to make it happen. Thanks for the clarity.
@toby2 - That's awesome. I was thinking about keeping a local database for each user as well as data that was needed for the game sessions on Amazon. The BoxUsage that is returned with each call is one of the big reasons I wanted to use it and also because it scales automatically, without delay. Parser seems to be a bit expensive but there is a chance it might still be a good option. I just trust that Amazon will be able to scale since they have other cloud services with reputation, while Parser is still in beta, it's an infant, not to mention $70 for 1mil api calls is a bit expensive but I have nothing to gauge average usage to make a true determination.


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A coalition of Britain's most eminent writers today condemn the Government's ban on prisoners receiving books in jail, adding to mounting pressure on Justice Secretary Chris Grayling to reverse the policy.
The authors - who include the Poet Laureate, three Booker prize winners and respected playwrights - stage the intervention in a letter published this morning.
The controversial rules prevent inmates from receiving parcels from the outside unless they have "exceptional circumstances" such as a medical condition. Books, subscription magazines and clothing such as spare socks and underwear are all prohibited.
Signatories to the letter include Alan Bennett, Sir Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Carol Ann Duffy, Sir David Hare, Mark Haddon, Philip Pullman, Irvine Welsh, Nick Hornby, Ian Rankin, Joanne Harris and Ruth Padel.
The letter, published in the Daily Telegraph, reads: "We are extremely concerned at new rules that ban family and friends sending in books to prisoners. Whilst we understand that prisons must be able to apply incentives to reward good behaviour by prisoners, we do not believe that education and reading should be part of that policy.
"Books represent a lifeline behind bars, a way of nourishing the mind and filling the many hours that prisoners spend locked in their cells. In an environment with no internet access and only limited library facilities, books become all the more important.
"We urge the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Chris Grayling, to reconsider the Prison Service Instruction that limits books and other essentials being sent to prisoners from family and friends."
The ban on books being sent to prisoners is part of the Incentives and Earned Privileges scheme, brought in by the Government in November. It allows inmates to earn the right to buy books and other items from approved catalogues based on good behaviour.
The guidelines allow prisoners to borrow books from their library, keeping up to 12 titles in their cell at any one time. However, doubts have been raised over how well the system is working in practice.
In a letter to Inside Time magazine, Nicholas Jordan, an inmate at HMP Oakwood in Staffordshire, wrote: "Some prisoners are saying they can only have 12 books in possession - lucky sods! Here at HMP Oakwood we do not have that luxury. There is no system in place here to purchase books from an approved supplier. We can buy games consoles or DVD players but cannot get books for love nor money. And neither can we have them sent in.
He continued: "The prison library is poorly stocked and trying to order an unstocked title can lead to a three month wait, though you usually get a slip back saying the title is 'unavailable'. I find all this ridiculous, especially if you want to use your time to educate yourself. So much for a 'forward thinking prison'."
Last night a petition on the change.org website calling for a rethink of the policy had gathered more than 15,000 signatures.
Defending the policy, Mr Grayling said: "The restrictions on access to parcels by prisoners are necessary because of the need to limit the ability of offenders to get hold of drugs and contraband.
"Prisoners have always enjoyed and continue to enjoy full rights of access to all the titles available through the local public library service, which operates a full service in all of our prisons. If titles are not available there and then, they can be ordered as normal."
David Cameron's official spokesman said yesterday that the Prime Minister fully backed Mr Grayling, but there are signs that the Justice Secretary does not enjoy similar levels of support from others in his party.
One senior Conservative minister told the Daily Mail: "Chris Grayling wins the prize for the Government's least enlightened minister. He has no backing for this from any quarter at all."
Frances Crook, chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "I hope that the distinguished list of writers and dramatists calling upon the Ministry of Justice to change its mind will persuade ministers to make a U-turn. The Howard League is going to be seeking a meeting with Mr Grayling to see if we can resolve this problem and get prisoners reading."
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I the outset I would like to point out that this Tantra can only be practiced by a Siddha Aghori Tantric and not by other Sadhaks. Such Aghori Tantrics are said to have mastered the fearsome Tantra of using parts of the bodies of humans and other living beings in Aghori Prayogs.
The Sadhana is uncomplicated; the Tantric makes use of the Tongue of a Sheep for this Sadhana. The Sheep Tongue is wrapped in a piece of cloth and an amulet, like a Tabeez is prepared.
The use – This Tabeez is kept on the chest of a sleeping person. This person in his sleep blurts out the answer to any question put to him by the Aghori Tantric.
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Bummer, but remember this is a VERY simply wire harness to make a new one from scratch is not a big deal. Or to buy another, it isn't going to be a whole lot. It isn't like a late model car with a thousand miles of wire, if you are keeping it basically as from the factory without a bunch of additions it is real easy to work with.
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Thanks Brian yep the harness is very simple thankfully . but I am glad to have the new one . makes it that much easier . i'm thinking adding a relay setup for headlights . the gen and regulator both work pretty good , I have the ammeter backwards . added fresh plugs and wires , timing light reattach vacuum and whoohoo !! she runs good got some get up ! the brakes are kinda working .
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Win32::Word::Writer - Create Microsoft Word documents
Easily create MS Word documents, abstracting away the Word.Application DOM interface and all the required workarounds. The DOM interface is still exposed for doing more fancy stuff.
use strict; use Win32::Word::Writer; my $oWriter = Win32::Word::Writer->new(); #Adding text and paragraphs with different styles $oWriter->WriteParagraph("Example document", heading => 1); #Heading level 1 $oWriter->WriteParagraph("Usage", style => "Heading 2"); #Style "Heading 2" $oWriter->WriteParagraph("Write sentences to the document using a"); #Normal $oWriter->WriteParagraph("heading level, or Normal if none is specified. "); #\n is new paragraph $oWriter->Write("Add some more text the current paragraph"); $oWriter->NewParagraph(style => "Envelope Return"); #The style must exist $oWriter->Write("Return to sender. "); $oWriter->SetStyle("Envelope Address"); #Change the current style $oWriter->Write("Nope, we changed the style of the entire paragraph"); $oWriter->Write("to a footer style"); #Setting character styles $oWriter->WriteParagraph("Some more normal text. "); $oWriter->SetStyle("Hyperlink"); #A charachter style $oWriter->Write("http://www.DarSerMan.com/Perl/"); $oWriter->ClearCharacterFormatting(); #Clear character style $oWriter->Write(" <-- my "); #Bold/Italics $oWriter->ToggleBold(); #Toggle bold $oWriter->Write("Perl "); $oWriter->SetItalic(1); #Turn on Italic $oWriter->Write("stuff."); $oWriter->ToggleItalic(); #Toggle Italic $oWriter->SetBold(0); #Turn off bold #Bullet point lists $oWriter->ListBegin(); $oWriter->ListItem(); $oWriter->Write("The first bullet item"); $oWriter->ListItem(); $oWriter->Write("The second bullet item"); $oWriter->ListBegin(); #Nested bullet point list $oWriter->ListItem(); $oWriter->Write("The first inner bullet item"); $oWriter->ListItem(); $oWriter->Write("The second inner bullet item"); $oWriter->ListEnd(); $oWriter->ListEnd(); #Do this at regular intervals (say, every couple of 10K of text you add) $oWriter->Checkpoint(); #Tables $oWriter->WriteParagraph("Table example", heading => 1); $oWriter->NewParagraph(); $oWriter->TableBegin(); $oWriter->TableRowBegin(); $oWriter->TableColumnBegin(); $oWriter->SetBold(1); $oWriter->Write("HTML table"); $oWriter->TableColumnBegin(); $oWriter->Write("Win32::Word::Writer"); $oWriter->TableRowBegin(); $oWriter->TableColumnBegin(); $oWriter->SetBold(0); $oWriter->Write("<table>"); $oWriter->TableColumnBegin(); $oWriter->Write("TableBegin()"); $oWriter->TableRowBegin(); $oWriter->TableColumnBegin(); $oWriter->Write("<tr>"); $oWriter->TableColumnBegin(); $oWriter->Write("TableRowBegin()"); $oWriter->TableEnd(); #Save the document $oWriter->SaveAs("01example.doc");
Win32::Word::Writer uses an OLE instance of Word to create Word documents.
The documents are constructed in a linear fashion, i.e. you add text to the document and generally don't move around the document a lot.
A "style" in Word is a set of properties that can be assigned to a piece of text. There are two types of styles: Paragraph and Character styles.
"Normal", and "Heading 1" are example of paragraph styles.
When a paragraph gets applied to a piece of text it applies to the entire paragraph, whereas the character style only affects the actual chars. You can see the difference if you open a Word document and look at the available styles.
A Win32::OLE object with a Word Application instance.
A Win32::OLE object with the Application's Document object. Often used shorthand.
A Win32::OLE object with the Application's Selection object.
The current Win32::Word::Writer::Table object, if a table is being created, or undef if not.
Note that all methods return 1 or die on errors, unless otherwise stated.
Create new Word Writer object which can be written to.
Return new object, or die on errors.
Init the object. Called by new.
Discard the current document and open the Word document in $file.
Note that you may want to MoveToEnd() after opening an existing document before adding new text.
Note that this object is in an unusable state if the Open fails to load a document.
Save the document to $file (may be a relative file name). %hOpt is:
format => $format -- Save $file as $format (default: Document). Valid values are: Document, DOSText, DOSTextLineBreaks, EncodedText, HTML, RTF, Template, Text, TextLineBreaks, UnicodeText
(A common mistake is to inspect the document in another Word instance when re-running a script. The document will be locked by Word and the script can't re-create the file.)
Checkpoint the document, i.e. save it to a temp file.
This is necessary to do sometimes because Word seems to keep state until the document is saved, and when using Word automation you tend to exercise the application in ways they haven't tested properly. And after a while you get weird errors, just because Word couldn't deal with all that information.
So you should call this after adding, say, 20K of text to the document (this is true for Word 2000, it may be better in later versions).
Discard the current document no-questions-asked (i.e. even if it's not saved).
Note that this object is in an unusable state until a new document is created or opened.
Append $text to the document (using the current style etc).
Append $text as a new paragraph of heading $level or style $name. The style overrides heading. The style should be a paragraph style.
The default style is "Normal".
Start a new paragraph of heading $level or with style $name. The style overrides heading. The style should be a paragraph style.
The default style is "Normal".
Set the style to $style.
If $style is a paragraph style, it will change the style of the current paragraph.
If $style is a character style, it will turn on that style. It will be in effect until a new style is set somehow, or until it's cleared with ClearCharacterFormatting().
Clear the characther formatting/set it to default.
The paragraph can have a style, and individual characters a separate formatting style.
Return the final style, given a specification of heading $level or style $name. The style overrides heading.
The default style is "Normal".
Toggle the current Bold charachter setting
Set the Bold status to 1 or 0.
Return the new Bold state, or throw OLE exception.
Toggle the current Italic charachter setting
Set the Italic status to 1 or 0.
Return the new Italic state, or throw OLE exception.
Begin a new bullet point list.
Can be nested to create sub-lists.
Use ListItem() to create new bullet points before adding text to the list.
Start a new bullet point in the list.
The first text you Write() after this becomes the new bullet text.
You should not WriteParagraph() within a list item. New paragraphs are signals to Word to advance to the next list item, so that will confuse Win32::Word::Writer and/or Word.
End an existing bullet point list.
If it's the outermost list, go back to normal text.
Begin a new table.
The table model resembles a HTML table with rows and columns, but you don't have to close columns or rows. Simply start a new one.
A row and col must be created with TableRowBegin() and TableColumnBegin() before any text is added.
Tables can not be nested.
Note that tables are rather fragile so don't expect them to work with very complex layouts, or very wide columns. Prepare for exceptions to be thrown.
Begin a new row in the current table.
Add a column also before adding text to the table.
Begin a column in the current table in the current row.
Any new text/paragraph added to the document will end up in this table cell until a new row or column is created, or the table is ended.
Begin a column in the current table in the current row.
Any new text/paragraph added to the document will end up in this table cell until a new row or column is created, or the table is ended.
Set the insertion point at the end of the document.
Make the selection the entire document.
Return 1 on success, else die.
Update the fields in the entire document. Retain the current cursor location.
But note this doesn't always work with Table of Contents tables.
Return 1 on success, else die.
Update both entries and page numebers of all the Tables of Contents in the entire document. Retain the current cursor location.
Return 1 on success, else die.
Add a new bookmark called $name at the current cursor location.
Return 1 on success, else die.
Go to bookmark called $name. The bookmark should exist.
Return 1 on success, else die.
Delete bookmark called $name. The bookmark should exist.
Return 1 on success, else die.
Mark the Word document as "saved". This is in effect until the document is changed again.
Being saved e.g. means it can be abandoned without questions.
Return 1 on success, else die.
Return a temporary file name in fileTemp().
Release objects including the OLE Word object.
The most serious problem I have with Word is that the documented way of supressing interactive dialog boxes... doesn't work! This is worked around in a few cases (see below), but mostly it's broken.
I don't know if this only goes for my Office 2000 Word, but it may affect you too.
It's a very bad thing anyhow, since it can cause your program to just freeze, waiting for user interaction. To boot, the dialog boxes are usually displayed below other applications.
I blame Bill.
If you are in the middle of a table and something goes wrong, there will be strange OLE warnings during global destruction. I haven't found out why this happens.
I have run into this problem where, despite the no-don't- show-dialogs, Word pops up an error dialog below all other windows (so you can't see it, great!).
After clicking Ok in this dialog a number of times, the OLE call finally fails properly and dies in the Perl application layer.
The only way to not run into this problem seems to be to save the document to disk after adding some text. The Checkpoint() method does this for you.
Sometimes it seems like Win32::OLE has some problems with closing the Word instance during global destruction. This happens mostly when things die().
Tests for Tables of Contents etc
Tests for Bookmarks
So what does the Word DOM look like? Actually, the documentation is available when installing Office.
Start Word and press Alt-F11 to bring up the VBA window. There is an Object Browser in the toolbar. Select an object, method or property and press F1 to bring up the help.
A good way to figure out how to do something is to record a Macro and then bring up the VBA window and inspect the code written by the Macro Recorder.
This is tested and developed using w2k and Office 2000. Things may be different with other versions. Please let me know.
The problem with this is that it doesn't work to follow the manual and advice found on the Net.
The usual answer is to set DisplayAlerts to False, or wdAlertsNone. That doesn't work for me.
What works is to set the Document.Saved property to False before quitting (the MarkDocumentAsSaved() method).
That's why the ActiveX object is Quit from the DESTROY method, and not using the exit handler in CreateObject which is the normal course of action.
When you fiddle around with this program, it's useful to keep the Task Manager window open to keep track of any WINWORD.EXE processes that may be stuck in memory if you e.g. C-Break out of the script (don't do that, Win32::OLE won't have a chance of cleaning up the Word instance it created).
Kill abandoned Word processes (but make sure you don't kill any documents you may be editing :)
The interface of this module is spotty in an opportunistic way; I have added utility methods as I needed them.
If you need to add your own methods, I suggest you simply inject them in this namespace to get your application working and send me a patch.
These are considered implementation details, but you may need to fiddle with them if you extend the module.
Whether the writer has written a paragraph yet.
Whether the writer has written any text or paragraph yet.
The indentation level for bullet point lists.
Default: 0
Whether the writer has written anything after changing indentation level.
Ref to hash with imported Word constant symbold.
The previous style.
The name of a temporary file.
Johan Lindström, <johanl[ÄT]DarSerMan.com>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to firstname.lastname@example.com
, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Win32-Word--Writer. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
Copyright 2005 Johan Lindström, All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


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This unit presents a broad coverage of theories proposed by psychologists to explain the processes by which humans acquire, store, communicate, and use knowledge or information; the various research methods used by psychologists to study these processes; and some classic experimental findings in cognitive psychology which are the cornerstones of these theories. Topics covered in the unit include object recognition, attention, memory, reasoning, decision-making and problem-solving. These topics are treated within an information-processing approach to human cognition.
Examination (2 hours) 50%, assignment Part 1 (1000 words) 20%, assignment Part 2 (1500 words) 20%, online activities 10%
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Reisberg, D. (2013). Cognition: Exploring the Science of the Mind (5th ed.). New York: Norton.
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Burton, L. J. (2010). An interactive approach to writing essays and research reports in Psychology (3rd ed.). Queensland: Wiley.
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There was something different about Michael Vaughan's demeanour when he faced the media after England's devastating five-wicket loss to South Africa on Saturday evening. The series defeat signified beyond doubt that Vaughan's England side were a pale imitation of the team that triumphed over Australia in 2005, and were light years away from becoming the outfit he wanted them to be.
In the aftermath of previous humbling defeats Vaughan had remained upbeat, honest and defiant, but at Edgbaston there was a resigned manner to the way he answered questions. Against a belligerent and mightily impressive South African team he had attempted all the tricks that had made him England's most successful captain, but Graeme Smith, his opposite number, answered every one of them with interest. Vaughan looked a broken man.
It was therefore not a complete surprise when an emotional Vaughan yesterday announced at the National Performance Centre in Loughborough that he would stand down from the position he has held with pride, honour and prosperity for five years. Paul Collingwood's decision to stand down as one-day captain completed a momentous day for English cricket. The selectors are looking for one man to do the job and Kevin Pietersen is the favourite. He is believed to have met Peter Moores, the England coach, last night.
Most captains seem to know when their time is up. Nasser Hussain, Vaughan's predecessor, resigned in similar circumstances against the same opposition at the same ground five years ago. Pietersen, if he is to be Vaughan's heir – the appointment will be announced at Lord's at 1pm today, along with England's squad for the fourth Test against South Africa – may consider having a week off the next time Smith's side arrive at Edgbaston for a Test.
Vaughan admitted there were many factors that contributed to a decision he has contemplated since England's tour of New Zealand in March. A lack of form with the bat and the inconsistent and unprogressive nature of England's cricket under him were pivotal reasons, but the effect the job was having on the 33-year-old and his family should not be underestimated.
Captaining the England cricket team is a 24/7 affair and Vaughan implied that he did not like the person he was becoming, a cynical individual who was taking his troubles home with him. Nicola Vaughan would not be the first wife to tell her sporting husband to change his career if he could not leave his troubles on the doorstep. Vaughan has asked to miss Thursday's fourth Test at The Oval, but he intends to continue playing for Yorkshire and England. He admitted that next summer's Ashes would have provided him with the perfect end to his days as captain, but he still hopes to be there as a batsman.
"It is a fairy tale to captain your country and a fairy-tale ending would have been to lift the [Ashes] urn next year, but it was not to be," admitted Vaughan, who led England to 26 victories in the 51 Tests he was in charge. "I know that it is the right time, my mind has told me. It is not working as well as it once did. I wish my mind was fresher and I could have taken it on another year and had another stab at the Australians, but I have had five unbelievable years.
"Captaining England is an unbelievable privilege and it is a great feeling to lead out your country. I wish the bloke who gets the job the best of luck in the world. It was the hardest decision I have ever had to make but also the easiest. It is the hardest because I am giving away the job that I have loved for five years. I have put my heart and soul into the job. But it was the easiest because my mind told me to pack it in. I just felt that if I kept on going my career could come to an abrupt end. I think that this decision will, hopefully, prolong my career. I intend to carry on playing. I believe there are a lot more runs in me. I hope it will make my last few years as a player a very exciting time.
"There are many people I would like to thank. To captain the players I have has been a privilege. A good captain has good players. I have had good players to play with, a good bowling attack and without them I would not have lasted as long as I have. I would like to thank all the England support staff, the PCA [the players union], England's supporters, and last, but by no means least my family. They have been a huge rock.
"I know how proud my mum and dad have been and when I spoke to my dad this morning to tell him the news he said, 'You can walk away a proud lad because you have given it everything', and that is all he ever asked me to do." Vaughan broke down in tears on mentioning his family, revealing rare emotion. During his time in charge he was a likeable and approachable person but underneath the sympathetic exterior there has always been a tough, ruthless streak.
It was present in his final test as captain, as Vaughan refused to allow the South Africans to place a white sheet over an area that was preventing their batsmen from seeing certain deliveries bowled by Andrew Flintoff.
Vaughan benefited hugely from following Hussain, who had spent the previous four years knocking England into shape. Within the team Hussain was not universally popular, but he was very good. The players immediately fell for Vaughan, welcoming his more understanding style of man-management.
He formed a strong relationship with Duncan Fletcher, the former England coach, and the pair produced innovative and well thought out plans which culminated in the Ashes being regained in unforgettable style in 2005. Things began to turn sour when he injured his right knee on England's first tour after the 2005 Ashes. It kept him out for a year.
It was during his time away that his standing in the England dressing room began to change. Missing England's 2006-07 tour of Australia hurt Vaughan hugely and in an attempt to remain involved he became quite political. The players in Australia were not sure what he was up to. When he returned in 2007, one high-profile player informed me that when Vaughan told him it was Tuesday he had to go to his room and look in his diary.
Vaughan's frustration with his own game and the progress of the England side surfaced two weeks ago when he blamed confused selection for his side's defeat at Headingley. From that moment his days in charge were numbered.
The one regret Vaughan has is that he did not inform his team of his decision to resign on Saturday evening. He should not fret about it for too long. Vaughan has plenty to be extremely proud of and English cricket should be extremely grateful for the contribution he has made.
Percentage game: Vaughan's figures
Test series record: P16 W10 D1 L 5
Total Test record as captain: P51 W26 D14 L11 (win percentage 51)
*Other captains' Test records
J M Brearley P31 W18 D9 L4 (58.1%)
P B H May P 41 W20 D11 L10 (48.8%)
R Illingworth P31 W12 D14 L5 (38.7%)
N Hussain P45 W17 D13 L15 (37.8%)
G A Gooch P34 W10 D12 L12 (29.4%)
M A Atherton P54 W13 D20 L21 (24.1%)
D I Gower P32 W5 D9 L18 (15.6%)
2004: England were unbeaten, including eight straight wins. Beat West Indies away for first time since 1968.
Won all seven home Tests against New Zealand and West Indies then beat South Africa away for first time since 1965.
Won the incredible 2005 Ashes series in England 2-1.
Lost his first Test in charge against South Africa by an innings and 215 runs.
Knee injury prevented Vaughan from playing almost entire 2006 season. Unfit to play in the 2006-07 Ashes in Australia, which England lost 5–0.
Lost what turned out to be final series in charge against South Africa in 2008 – resigning with deficit at 2-0 – England's first loss at home against the Proteas since their readmission to Test cricket.
'It's the best job in the world but things change'
Michael Vaughan spoke exclusively to The Independent last year.
On the captaincy: "It's the best job in the world but things come to an end and it's not something I worry about. I mean, that's life..."
On resigning: "I haven't had enough ... but I'll know when the time is right."
On splitting the Test and one-day captaincy: "It's not ideal. But at the minute it's the best thing for the team."
On the 2009 Ashes: "I want to lead the side. I'd love to have a go at Australia. But things change. I might arrive and think, 'This isn't my role any more'."
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Maverick Utahn Trying to Stop Republican Bleeding
Posted by Cliff Lyon in Carl Wimmer, Conservative, Ethics, Political Corruption, Republicans, Salt Lake City, Tribalism & Blind Obedience to Authority, Utah Legislature, Utah Politics on July 21, 2011
It's true, the GOP's little tent is shrinking and Utah's ONLY Republican Maverick Mike Ridgway is trying to save it.
Already limited to White men (predominantly pink like Carl Wimmer actually), their obedient wives and the occasional token 'other,' the lil' tent continues to shrink in the awful heat.
As with any cult, the biggest threat always comes from competing cults; Libertarian, Constitution, Tea People what have you. Mike's idea is:
"instant runoff voting" system that…could prevent third-party candidates from "spoiling" elections. If no candidate receives a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. Voters who had supported that eliminated candidate would then have their "second-choice" votes given to remaining candidates to help one of them achieve a majority. (SL Trib)
Mr. Ridgway offers the following example:
Just like Michele Bachmann and Carl Wimmer, Mike Ridgway simply doesn't get it. The members (voters) for the spoiler (3rd party) cults hate the Republican cult SO MUCH, they would vote for Democrat second and eat glass before EVER voting for the traitor.
Go Brandon 'Pretty Boy' Beckham! You keep that cult in line.
Actually, I can't figure out if Brandon Beckham is trying to keep the main cult in line, or starting his own. If anyone who hasn't been blocked from him on Facebook knows, please let me know.
PS: Mike Ridgway has agreed to become a OneUtah author.
Does Carl Wimmer Have Even a Clue About the Federal Budget?
Posted by Glenden Brown in Carl Wimmer, Economy, Federal Budget, Utah Legislature on April 8, 2011
How in God's name does this man win elections?
Every time Carl Wimmer is at the Capitol, the town of Herriman is missing its idiot.
From KSL:
Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, says Republicans should stick to their guns and demand spending cuts and a balanced budget — even if it means shutting down the federal government temporarily.
Seriously? Republicans asked for $60 billion in spending cuts. In the face of a $1.5 trillion dollar deficit. In what universe does that even come close to a balanced budget? In a three trillion dollar budget, that's a rounding error.
"Right now, the federal government is $14 trillion in debt," Wimmer said. "They're spending one and a half trillion more than they bring in. We need to cut the deficit and pass the balanced budget. Anything short of that, then they are taking us into a train wreck."
Any suggestions about how we're going do that? Of course not. That would require the Mustache to think in something other than talking points. As yet there's no evidence he's able to do that.
Market fundamentalism: A Silly and Deadly Ideology. An Interview with Carl Wimmer
Posted by Gary Kunkel in Carl Wimmer, Health Care, This Blog, utah, Utah Legislature, Utah Politics on September 21, 2010
I'm no economist, but I can recognize silly economic philosophies when I see them. One that I keep running into is that of market fundamentalism, which in the current crazy climate, seems to be frequently rearing its head.
Market fundamentalism is the notion that the free market, unfettered by regulation or other interference, is the only way to go to solve all of our problems, economic or otherwise.
I actually didn't realize they even had a name for it when I ran into Utah State Representative Carl Wimmer last year. At the time, he was successfully pushing his bill which was trying to make sure that Utahns wouldn't benefit from federal health care reform legislation.
I was doing my first (and only) official lobbying at the state capitol building, when who did I somehow run into but Carl Wimmer, the guy who had put forth the bill we were complaining about (namely that the Utah legislature would have to approve implementation of federal health care reform – ha ha). He was kind enough to engage in a discussion that revealed his market fundamentalism, it went something like this:
Me: "So your website says you think deregulation of the health insurance market will solve our health care problems, is that right?"
CW: "Yes, and if we could just sell insurance across state lines, that would really help things."
Me: "But what about my patients with preexisting conditions, don't you think some regulation that mandates fair policies for them is necessary, otherwise they're uninsurable!"
CW: "Well, no one ever died from lack of insurance, all they have to do is go to the ER and they'll get care."
Me: "Oh, yes they do die from lack of insurance, if they don't get the preventive care they need, they may show up at the ER, but often they do so while dying. I've got a lady who only ever shows up at the ER, near death, luckily not yet dead, but she wouldn't be showing up there if she'd come in for regular visits and labs and treatment, but she doesn't show up for fear of the costs of these things."
CW: "Well that's the beauty of a market based solution, once we deregulate and sell insurance across state lines, some enterprising insurance executive is going to be the one to say to himself 'I'll tap into that huge pool of sick patients'".
Me: "What insurance company executive would be dumb enough to try to insure patients who are already sick, if they could avoid it? Why offer an affordable policy to someone who may cost your business tens of thousands of dollars per year in medical care?"
CW: "Well, maybe you have a point on preexisting conditions."
Me: Proceed to explain how the rest of HCR falls into place from that..blah blah blah.
CW: "Gotta go" gives speech, passes bill.
As you can see from above, it's hard to defend this silly ideology, but it does provide a framework to give politicians policy ideas that can be quite deadly, if implemented.
What is quite frightening is that several figures who may soon be in control of future federal policy as potential US Senators have the same silly, deadly, ideology:
The bottom line is: I'm not an expert, so don't give me the power in Washington to be making rules," Paul said at a recent campaign stop in response to questions about April's deadly mining explosion in West Virginia…"You live here, and you have to work in the mines. You'd try to make good rules to protect your people here. If you don't, I'm thinking that no one will apply for those jobs.
To a market fundamentalist, the unfettered market will take care of things, if coal owners and local officials make sloppy rules that don't really protect workers (as they did when thousands of miners per year died) then the market will ensure that less miners will apply for those jobs, and everything will be fine. If a few thousand die because they can't find other jobs, it will be worth it, these fundamentalists might even consider them "defenders of liberty".
QUESTION: You have been in support of onshore drilling in the United States as well as offshore drilling, are you rethinking that policy with what is going on in Louisiana?
ANGLE: No. I think that what happened in Louisiana was an accident. They're cleaning it up. We need to go forward and talk about prevention and not about whether we keep it out all together. We know that lot of the problems that have been caused for us with foreign policy and even with our own gas prices here domestically going up is our dependence upon foreign oil.
We have oil reserves and petroleum reserves that we should tap into. And that's a policy that we really need to look at as a nation. How do we deregulate enough to invite our industries to come back into the United States and quit outsourcing their business?
Of course, in the wake of a deadly and environmentally disastrous oil spill, where deregulation has been implicated as a causal factor, more deregulation is the answer when you're a market fundamentalist.
But yeah — ultimately, we've got to transition out of the Social Security arrangement and go into more of a privatization.
The market will make for better retirements for everyone. It doesn't make sense to have a retirement insurance plan that is independent from the all-knowing, never failing, free market. Why did we come up with this plan in the first place? Well, at least if we all had private retirement plans they'd be safer than some socialistic government scheme, since the market never falters.
Unfortunately, of course, this season has brought many other market fundamentalists out of the woodwork and near to power: Marco Rubio, Ken Buck, Christine O'Donnell, Jim Toomey, and Utah's own Mike Lee to name a few.
I think that any fundamentalist ideology (if defined as strict adherence to principles even in the presence of contrary evidence) is inherently dangerous, and why humans hold to fundamentalist views is a very interesting discussion meriting another diary. I just hope these current market fundamentalists are exposed enough to be voted down by rational voters.
Utah Can't Afford Steven Sandstrom and Ex-Cop Carl Wimmer
Posted by Cliff Lyon in Budget, Carl Wimmer, Republicans, Tea Bag Party, Tribalism & Blind Obedience to Authority, Utah Legislature, Utah Politics on August 13, 2010
On the same day that "Patrick Henry Caucus" founder Rep. Steven Sandstrom unveiled his anti-immigrant bill without a clue how to pay for it, Carl Wimmer announced that Utah must reject $150,000,000 federal dollars being offered to Utah schools.
I give Republican Representative Sandstrom credit for his bravery. Today, amidst a mixed crowd of Anglo and Latino Americans who took time out of their day to do their civic duty to protest this big, expensive, government intrusion, unless they were lurking in the shadows, I saw not one supporter of his new proposed Arizona-lite law.
In response to repeated questions about the cost of trying and locking up people otherwise accused of jay-walking or rolling stops, Sandstrom finally said, "whatever the cost, it will be worth it."
When asked how the law would deal with the many law enforcement professionals who will refuse to participate in racial profiling, Sandstrom got really animated and announced they would be fined. OK? Get it? This genius is going to fine local law enforcement for refusing to act outside their jurisdiction to conduct mass racial profiling of Utahns who have the misfortune of having light brown skin.
Independent estimates put the cost of such a law in the two to three hundred million dollars range per year not counting economic cost of the lost business from boycotts.
On the way home, I heard Carl Wimmer UT-R Herriman on KCPW.
Carl calmly explained that this gift to Utah schools was nothing more than a ploy to buy votes for Obama. Instantly, I considered the possibility that Obama might win Utah in 2012. Then, I woke up and reminded myself that Carl Wimmer is a Utah Republican whose constituents accept this logic as easily as they do the piss poor education their kids get in Herriman, Utah. But hey, if it was good enough for them, its good enough for their kids…I guess.
Someone please remind Carl Wimmer that Utahns pay federal taxes too. Read more about Carl Wimmer here.
"The gibberish of diversity, equality, tolerance, pluralism or multiculturalism has rendered you irrelevant"
Posted by Cliff Lyon in Bigotry, Civil liberties Infringement, Equality, GLBT issues, Homophobia, Hypocrisy, Religious Fundamentalism, Sex, Tea Bag Party, Tribalism & Blind Obedience to Authority, utah, Utah Politics on August 6, 2010
I saw this comment on Bagley's latest and I just had to post it. If you live in Utah, this is par for the course. But for our wider audience (the rest of the modern world), this is REAL!
Yep, its true, there are very serious, not legally insane people who really DO say AND BELIEVE this:
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In a society that has abolished all boundaries, the only boundary left is to abolish that society.That's the endgame in this "race to the bottom" scenario. Your allegiance to "moral relativism" under the guise of "honoring" the gibberish of diversity, equality, tolerance, pluralism or multiculturalism has rendered you irrelevant in any discussion about the state of the culture.
You are the fruit of a mass media educated population. All the self-esteem in the world, but you can't think, or argue, your way out of a wet paper-bag. You are the type of people who have been groomed to welcome the economic and cultural calamities all around us. Your life mantra hasn't changed since the 60s, if it feels good…do it!
These latest rounds of various court rulings are more of the circus of the absurd, only important in chronicling the speed of the decline and debauchery of reason. That being said, I've done what I can do. I'm going out dancing, not sitting in a cave. You enjoy the affects of the blue pill as long as the ride lasts.
A Special Message to The Utah Patrick Henry Caucus
Posted by Cliff Lyon in Carl Wimmer, Chris Buttars, Immigration, Republicans, Salt Lake City, utah, Utah Legislature, Utah Politics on July 28, 2010
So I'm driving through the Aves, when I spied this sweaty Mexican gardener wearing a dirty a Patrick Henry Caucus t-shirt. When I slammed on my brakes and backed up to check it out, he started to slunk away. It took some time to explain to him why I wanted to take his picture.
You can tell be the look on his face, he had no idea why I thought his t-shirt was so special. His English sucked. But eventually, he figured out I was a friendly, and he kindly posed for this picture.
I asked him why he was here. He said, "I just want to work." I asked him if he knew Carl Wimmer. That's when he gave me the Patrick Henry Caucus salute.
I asked him where he got the shirt. It looks pretty new. Finally, he said he found it in a trash can. I figure somebody's wife isn't totally in line with the hubby.
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The Madness of King Coal
Posted by Gary Kunkel in Climate Change, Environment, Gary Herbert, Global Warming, Jon Huntsman, utah, Utah Politics on July 14, 2010
Back when Utah had a governor who thought global warming existed, and who also though we might need to take significant steps regarding our air pollution, the state funded a study by Synapse Energy Economics, Inc, with the help of the Harvard School of Public Health. It estimated, predictably, that each year over 2 billion dollars in health and water costs are wasted, and approximately 200 lives lost due to coal plant power production in Utah. Not to mention that other "externality" to coal power, global warming.
Wow! Our state funded study showed us that that nasty air we see every winter is bad for us? It's time for us all to come out for energy efficiency and renewable energy power generation, right? Say farewell to King Coal right Governor Herbert?
Of course not, this is Utah, and what happened next was also as predictable as it is sad.
According to a report at KSL.com, the state "sidetracked (the study) and refused to vouch for it — after it ran into a wall of opposition from industry."
The study figured $8 million per death, using long established statistical methods.
Clean energy advocate Arthur Morris was at a state meeting where industry representatives denounced the study.
"Kind of went crazy," Morris said. "It was a little bit surprising to me that they were so incensed by valuing people too much."
"Anything that would increase energy costs gets our attention," said attorney Jim Holtkamp, air quality chairman for Utah Manufacturers.
Of course, no one seems to have quibbled with the 202 lives lost, just how much dollar value was placed upon them. Which, makes some sense, I suppose, when all you really care about is the bottom line.
Supposedly "public meetings" were held when the study came out a few months ago. Check out Rocky Mountain Power's statement to KSL about their meeting:
We disagree with the study's conclusions. Rocky Mountain Power participated in an initial review of the published study along with a broad group of Utah business stakeholders including the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, Utah Manufacturers Association, Utah Association of Energy Users, Utah Industrial Energy Consumers, Utah Mining Association, Deseret Power and others. Together, we identified enough concerns with the assumptions used in the study's analysis to determine that its results should not be relied on.
-Jeff Hymas, Rocky Mountain Power
Funny, I wonder why clean air advocates and "the public", never heard about any meeting, and somehow all of the business stakeholders managed to get the news…
It's time to choose clean air over dirty air, and make the state pay attention to this study and do something about it. The study not only shows the cost of the current path, but was designed to show the benefits of changing course. It estimated the cost of substituting energy efficiency and renewables for 1/3 of the least efficient coal plants and found:
To achieve even more dramatic co-benefits, if approximately one-third of Utah's most inefficient and polluting coal generators are replaced with a rigorous energy efficiency program and either gas or renewable energy, externalities amounting to $70 – $79 could
be realized for each MWh of coal retired or displaced.5
Did I say cost, sorry I meant savings, as that number "exceeds the cost of most electrical generation."
If anyone out there would like to participate in getting this study publicized and forcing the state to do something about it, feel free to attend this Thursday's 6pm meeting of the Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE), at the University of Utah Orthopedic Hospitals' 3rd floor conference room. All who care about Utah air quality are welcome, whether health care providers or not. I will summarize the meeting and action plan in a post after Thursday night.
I'm at work but can answer comments or questions about the meeting after 5 or tomorrow.
By the way, hello and thanks for having me, I'm a physician in Salt Lake, and I'd much prefer cleaner air!
Updated: Rookie Apologizes: Carl Wimmer Hypocrite of the Week (former cop, Utah House Rep)
Posted by Cliff Lyon in Carl Wimmer, Ethics, Political Corruption, Republicans, Utah Politics, Voting Rights on May 10, 2010
Thanks to pressure form OneUtah readers, Carl Wimmer has recanted his rookie move and, predictably, banned me from his Facebook page.
Utah has no shortage of wingnuts trying to out wingnut each other.
Wing nuttery is a professional sport in Utah and relative newcomer, Carl Wimmer is trying as hard as he can to out wingnut the rest. If his recklessness is any indication, we are probably safer with Carl the Politician than Carl the Cop.
I can only assume that Carl Wimmer, as a product of Taylorsville public schools, is unfamiliar with the concept of hypocrisy.
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Carl Wimmer, "We don't need no stinkin' universal health care"
Posted by Becky Stauffer in 4th Estate (Media), Carl Wimmer, Health Care, Republicans on August 3, 2009
Continuing to be the Party of No, Utah Republicans think it's a bad idea that everyone should have health insurance, and they want to opt out of any plan passed by congress. State Representative Carl Wimmer feels so strongly about this, he is pushing for an amendment to the state constitution.
According to KSL, Wimmer says:
We're going to pass a state Constitutional amendment stating that people will not be forced by the national government to purchase health care insurance and that small businesses will not be forced to provide them.
Wimmer says state Republicans have made some good progress on their own plan and that help from the Feds is anti-states' rights. I don't even want to get into the Patrick Henry club of which he is a part. But I am definitely interested in hearing the details of this Republican plan and how it is so great we won't miss the Federal dollars we are likely to lose.
I'm willing to bet there are no details to be had.
Of course, getting an amendment through will not be easy as noted in the story, ". . . an amendment would have to come in the form of a joint resolution, approved by two-thirds majority in both houses, then approved by voters in a general election as well." So this may just be grandstanding after all.
Utahns should be worried. Sometimes politicians can get so wrapped up in party politics and being anti anything the opposite party proposes, that they are even willing to harm their own constituents.
Carl Wimmer's Attack on Labor Organizing
Posted by Glenden Brown in Conservatives, Economic Exploitation, Economy, Republicans, This Blog, Utah Legislature, Utah Politics on January 29, 2009
So, true to his word, Carl Wimmer has proposed HJR008 – House Joint Resolution 8, which reads in its entirety:
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Washington: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has seen a surge in opinion polls and voter enthusiasm since his strong debate performance against US President Barack Obama on 3 October.
With Obama and Romney running neck-and-neck in the polls, much will be at stake in the debate on Tuesday at 9pm EDT (0100 Wednesday GMT) in Hempstead, New York.
Here are five things to watch for in the candidates' second of three match-ups before the 6 November presidential election:
Will Obama show up this time?
Obama's dour, passive performance two weeks ago frustrated many of his liberal supporters. Even Obama himself acknowledged that he was, as he put it, "overly polite".
He will have to show more conviction this time. Aides believe Romney got away with soft-pedalling conservative positions that could alienate moderate voters in the first debate, and they aim to prevent that from happening again.
"There's no doubt he's memorizing more deceptions as he prepares for Tuesday's second debate," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina wrote of Romney in a memo.
Obama could also try to paint Romney as an out-of-touch plutocrat who does not care about the middle class.
Expect Obama to bring up Romney's reluctance to release more than two years of personal tax returns, his career as a private equity executive at Bain Capital, and Romney's disparaging remarks about the "47%" of Americans who pay no federal income taxes.
Vice-president Joe Biden set the table with an aggressive, sarcastic performance in his debate last week against Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan, but Obama will have to show more gravitas.
"It's up to him to find that happy medium between maybe the bombast of vice-president Biden's personality and the lackluster performance (Obama) gave in the last debate," said Linda Peek Schacht, a former spokeswoman for Democratic President Jimmy Carter.
Can Romney consolidate his gains?
Conventional wisdom holds that debates generally don't affect the outcome of presidential races.
That may not be the case this year. Romney's strong performance in the first debate wiped out Obama's lead in opinion polls and boosted enthusiasm among the former Massachusetts governor's fellow Republicans. Romney is now viewed as more credible than Obama on many of the economic issues that are paramount to voters.
This time, Romney won't benefit from low expectations.
He will have to show a command of the issues and a sense of empathy with voters who still view him as less likeable than Obama.
In recent weeks, Romney has been weaving personal stories into his stump speech, both his own and those of people he has met on the campaign trail. During last week's debate, Ryan pointed out that the unemployment rate in Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, is now higher than when he and Obama took office in January 2009.
Expect Romney to continue this more personal approach, both as a way to win voters' sympathy and to show solidarity with the hardship that many Americans have experienced since the financial crisis hit in 2008.
"Lofty rhetoric is one thing, but there are some cold, hard truths at the street level. That will be a big component of how this debate goes," a Romney aide said.
What's in it for voters?
This debate adds a significant element of uncertainty: actual voters.
Instead of the usual podium-and-moderator format, Obama and Romney will field about a dozen questions directly from undecided voters in a "town hall" setting, moderated by CNN political reporter Candy Crowley.
The format tends to reward candidates such as former president Bill Clinton, who could connect with voters on a personal level. It also could force the candidates to tone down their aggression and explain how their policies would personally help those asking the question.
Neither the aloof Obama nor the stiff Romney is known for having a particularly warm personality.
Obama is seen as more likable than Romney by a wide margin, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling data, but his charisma on the campaign trail may not transfer to the town hall format.
"I think (Obama is) still under the gun. He seems to be better with an audience of thousands when he's giving a speech than he is in the debate format," said American University political science professor James Thurber.
The Libya question
Foreign policy was expected to be a big advantage for Obama, who can point to the end of the Iraq war, the killing of Osama bin Laden and plans to wind down the unpopular Afghanistan war.
But the death of four Americans during an attack on a diplomatic facility in Libya last month has given Romney a chance to question Obama's leadership.
The administration's account of the incident has shifted over the past several weeks, and there are questions about whether security concerns were ignored.
Biden may have created an opening last week when he said the administration did not know the diplomatic compound had asked for more security, contradicting the testimony of two state department officials the day before. The White House has distanced itself from Biden's remark.
Romney initially was criticized for politicizing the incident, but he has stepped up his attacks on the campaign trail.
Expect Obama to point out that Romney's fellow Republicans in Congress have backed deep spending cuts that would likely lead to less money for diplomatic security. Romney could counter by saying the administration has wasted money in other areas that could have been redirected toward security spending.
The future
At a time when 23 million Americans are either unemployed, underemployed, or out of the workforce, neither candidate has offered more than a vague outline of the steps they would take to boost economic growth and employment.
Obama has offered few new ideas since the Republican-led House of Representatives rejected a package of infrastructure spending and state aid a year ago, while Romney has yet to fully explain how he would manage to cut taxes without adding to the deficit.
The job-creation goals they have outlined are very modest. Romney's promised 12 million new jobs are likely to materialize on their own if the economy grows as projected, while Obama's promised new jobs in manufacturing and natural gas likewise are projected to materialize without government help.
The town hall format could force Obama and Romney to explain in greater detail what they would do to goose the economy beyond the sluggish path that forecasters foresee in the years to come.
"I think you will find that sometimes citizens are better at pushing for specifics than maybe a moderator would be," Peek Schacht said.


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Wilderness Lodge Arthur's Pass
Wilderness Lodge Arthur's Pass is a stylish nature lodge on a high country merino sheep farm in the heart of the Southern Alps. The combination of quality accommodations, fine food and guided nature & sheep farming discovery set this property apart.
- Por noche
- $399 - $749
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The second of New Zealand's only two Wilderness Lodges, this is the perfect place to experience true wild New Zealand. Surrounded by the snow-capped Southern Alps it is a paradise for nature lovers.
The lodge sits on its own 6000 acre merino sheep farm and nature reserve. Explore on a network of trails and join expert naturalist and farm guides to learn about ecology, wildlife & the rich cultural traditions of high country sheep farming. Guided day trips will introduce you to high mountain valleys, rare wildlife & desert-like landscapes.
A stay in the wilderness doesn't mean you need to rough it. After a day of discovery return to the comfort of the lodge and enjoy a selection of the best local food, fine wine and warm hospitality.
Dirección física
Wilderness Lodge Arthur's Pass, State Highway 73, Arthurs Pass, Christchurch - Canterbury, 7654, New Zealand.
Horario de apertura
- Horario comercial:
- 24 hours, 7 days
- Meses de funcionamiento:
- Todos los meses del año
Instalaciones y características
- Breakfast
- Children Welcome
- Conference Facilities
- Dinner
- Disabled Access
- Internet (Public Use)
- Laundry
- Licensed Bar
- Luggage Storage
- Lunch
- Restaurant
- Safety Deposit Box at Reception
- Cantidad de habitaciones:
- 24
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Temporada alta | Temporada baja | |
(Oct - Apr) | (May - Sep) | |
Por noche | $449.00 - $749.00 | $399.00 - $599.00 |
- Otros cargos:
- Tariff includes accommodation, dinner, full breakfast and two guided activities each day. Restaurant and picnic lunches and full day guided activities available at an additional charge


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Journals and notebooks, fine papers and pens, inks and their ilks, a few other things, and the occasional rant
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Neil Gaiman and Notebooks
From The New Yorker's January 25, 2020 profile of Neil Gaiman: "He wears black: black socks, blackjeans, black T-shirts, black boots, and black jackets whose pockets are loaded with small black notebooks and pots of fountain-pen ink in shades like raven." (Emphasis added)
Small black notebooks--Moleskine? And he carries around fountain pen ink in his pockets! Raven ink sounds interesting.
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Oh, I carry around a small black Moleskine. Love sitting in coffee shops and people watch and people hear!
This post reminded me of how much I loved fountain-pens. The only writing implement my teachers at Catholic School allowed.
I now want to use them again!
And ink as black as Poe's bird? Fabulous.
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id | 123_elpub2012 |
authors | Hecher, M.; R. Mostl; E. Eggeling, C. Derler; D.W. Fellner |
year | 2012 |
title | Tangible Culture - Designing Virtual Exhibitions on Multi-Touch Devices |
source | ELPUB2012. Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the interplay between Culture and Technology, 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing 14-15 June 2012, Guimarães, Portugal. |
summary | Cultural heritage institutions such as galleries, museums and libraries increasingly use digital media to present artifacts to their audience and enable them to immerse themselves in a cultural virtual world. With the application eXhibition: editor3D museum curators and editors have a software tool at hand to interactively plan and visualize exhibitions. In this paper we present an extension to the application that enhances the workflow when designing exhibitions. By introducing multi-touch technology to the graphical user interfaces the designing phase of an exhibition is efficiently simplified, especially for non-technical users. Furthermore, multi-touch technology offers a novel way of collaborative work to be integrated into a decision making process. A flexible export system allows to store created exhibitions in various formats to display them on websites, mobile devices or custom viewers. E.g. the widespread 3D scene standard Extensible 3D (X3D) is one of the export formats and we use it to directly incorporate a realtime preview of the exhibition in the authoring process. The combination of the tangible user interfaces with the realtime preview gives curators and exhibition planers a capable tool for efficiently presenting cultural heritage in electronic media. |
keywords | multi touch, virtual exhibitions, interactive design, digital preservation, X3D |
series | ELPUB:2012 |
type | normal paper |
content | file.pdf (705,277 bytes) |
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What if we told you that there's something you can do--it's easy, and basically free--daily to reduce your chances of getting sick this cold and flu season? Nope, it's not any of the following (though they're great tips!): drink more water, get a flu shot, get lots of rest. Instead, experts say that this surprising thing could help keep you illness-free...
You're already doing your best to stay healthy--like getting plenty of rest, eating right, and keeping your body hydrated and fit--but did you know that gargling with a salt water rinse daily may significantly ward off illness?
The New York Times took a look at the standard folk remedy of salt-water gargling recently. It's been in practice since the time our grandmothers were our age, and probably before. And it not only works to relieve cold symptoms, but it can also help prevent them. The details:
"A saline solution," reports the Times' Anahad O'Connor, "can draw excess fluid from inflamed tissues in the throat, making them hurt less, said Dr. Philip T. Hagen, editor in chief of the Mayo Clinic Book of Home Remedies, which is due out in October. Dr. Hagen pointed out that gargling also loosens thick mucus, which can remove irritants like allergens, bacteria and fungi from the throat."
And, according to research published in *The American Journal of Preventive Medicine *people who gargled regularly with salt water had a 40 percent decrease in upper respiratory tract infections compared to those who didn't gargle.
How to try this at home? Dissolve a half teaspoon of salt (I like sea salt) in a medium glass of warm water and gargle for a few seconds at a time (and, duh--don't drink the water!).
Do you gargle?
P.S. 5 ways to bedbug-proof your life! And, got a minute? 10 healthy things you can do for yourself--right now!
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Why is it that in LA no one has Christmas parties? Whatever happened to party hopping on a Friday and Saturday night? Getting dressed up in your black cocktail dress, drinking sexy cocktails, and celebrating the holiday season. I remember living in Boston and having so many parties to go to...maybe there is a thing or two the East Coasters can teach West Coasters. I'm all dressed up and no where to go!
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- LiveLikeYou said...
Aww too bad -- but you would look smashing in that outfit. You're so lucky to live in California, I dream about it!! Those are amazing sunsets..
- Saturday, December 11, 2010
- Belle Inspirations said...
Thankyou so much for visiting my blog and becoming a follower, I am now a happy follower of you. Please continue to visit and I'll send lots of inspiration your way.
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- Peggy and Fritz said...
Thank you both for commenting and stopping by :)
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Girls! Girls! Girls!
In 1992 I was chairman of the History Department at New York University—where I was also the only unmarried straight male under sixty. A combustible blend: prominently displayed on the board outside my office was the location and phone number of the university's Sexual Harassment Center. History was a fast-feminizing profession, with a graduate community primed for signs of discrimination—or worse. Physical contact constituted a presumption of malevolent intention; a closed door was proof positive.
Shortly after I took office, a second-year graduate student came by. A former professional ballerina interested in Eastern Europe, she had been encouraged to work with me. I was not teaching that semester, so could have advised her to return another time. Instead, I invited her in. After a closed-door discussion of Hungarian economic reforms, I suggested a course of independent study—beginning the following evening at a local restaurant. A few sessions later, in a fit of bravado, I invited her to the premiere of Oleanna—David Mamet's lame dramatization of sexual harassment on a college campus.
How to explain such self-destructive behavior? What delusional universe was mine, to suppose that I alone could pass untouched by the punitive prudery of the hour—that the bell of sexual correctness would not toll for me? I knew my Foucault as well as anyone and was familiar with Firestone, Millett, Brownmiller, Faludi, e tutte quante.1 To say that the girl had irresistible eyes and that my intentions were…unclear would avail me nothing. My excuse? Please Sir, I'm from the '60s.
The life of an early-'60s adolescent male was curiously confined. We still inhabited our parents' moral universe. Dating was difficult—no one had cars; our homes were too small for privacy; contraception was available but only if you were willing to confront a disapproving pharmacist. There was a well-founded presumption of innocence and ignorance, for boys and girls alike. Most boys I knew attended single-sex schools and we rarely encountered women. A friend and I paid hard-earned money for Saturday morning dance classes at the Locarno Ballroom in Streatham; but when it came time for the annual social, the girls from Godolphin & Latymer School laughed at us all the same. We cut the experiment short.
Even if you got a date, it was like courting your grandmother. Girls in those days came buttressed in an impenetrable Maginot Line of hooks, belts, girdles, nylons, roll-ons, suspenders, slips, and petticoats. Older boys assured me that these were mere erotic impedimenta, easily circumnavigated. I found them terrifying. And I was not alone, as any number of films and novels from that era can illustrate. Back then we all lived on Chesil Beach.
And then, to our surprise, we learned that we were part of the "sexual revolution." Within a matter of months, a generation of young women abandoned…
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Fried Chicken Waffle Sandwiches - a perfect picnic meal. (The waffles contain cheddar and green onions.)
Chickpea Curry is a perfect dish for spring.
Summer Gnocchi: A mix of fluffy gnocchi with roasted corn, fresh zucchini, parmesan and lemon juice. Perfect for summer dinners.
Inspired by Filipino flavors, you'll love this crock pot adobo.
Squid ink pasta topped with roasted garlic shrimp
Turkey Green Chili is the perfect dish to make when you have leftover turkey.
A lemon twist is the perfect finish to a homemade French 75.
An upgraded version of the Ginger Fizz...it's light, refreshing and perfect for celebrations.
Oatmeal Cream Pies...even better than Little Debbie {recipe}
Easy Caramel Apples are perfect for Thanksgiving dessert.
Ghost Meringue Cookies: Treat yourself to a Halloween goodie that is low in calories and extra festive {recipe}
All it takes is 3 ingredients to make these Strawberry Topped Meringues {recipe}
Prepare this Honey Teriyaki Chicken in advance using a crock pot. You get all the flavor without much work.
No-Bake Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake is perfectly easy to make and even better to eat.
This Baby Heirloom Tomato Tart is filled with fontina and gruyere cheese that pairs perfectly with caramelized onion and tomatoes. {recipe}
Shaker Lemon Pie...the best buttery crust you'll ever taste; plus a perfectly sweet and tart lemon filling. {recipe}
Deep Dish Peanut Butter Cheesecake Brownies are perfectly decadent.
Cookie Dough Ice Cream Cake - easy to make and even better to eat.
Treat yourself to a Birthday Cake Milkshake on your special day.
Lobster Rolls lightly dressed for a savory, yet decadent meal.
California Rolls are easy to make and delicious to eat.
Homard en Croute, better known as Lobster Pot Pie, is enhanced with a splash of brandy for a luxurious dish.
Beer-Braised Carnitas takes a bit of time to make, but only five ingredients. When done, you can use it for tacos, nachos and more!
Glazed Doughnut Muffins are the perfect treat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
All you need are three ingredients and five minutes to make this delicious batch of Cookies and Cream Popcorn.
Enhanced with a cheesecake-like filling, this Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bundt Cake is the perfect fall cake.
Pizza Bites are perfect for snacking throughout the day and enjoying on movie nights.
Strawberries and Cream Marshmallows are perfect for sharing with friends and surprising people on special occasions.
Pancetta, Kale and Walnut Palmiers are the perfect appetizer for any party. Hearty, nutty and buttery - it's the ideal treat.
Chocolate Banana Bread - a few ingredients that create the ultimate sweet quick bread.
A Greek-inspired sandwich that has a tangy cream cheese, lemon zest and green onion spread.
Cucumber Salad is light and refreshing - perfect for summer eats.
Apricot Chicken - a lovely blend of sweet and savory.
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Here's my entry for the Toad Of Toad Hall challenge. It's not my best ever result visually - for some reason the holes are not very deep - but the taste using locally produced #bedsfood sausages from K.C.Robbins and my tailor made onion gravy was FAB!
My secret to great Toad In The Hole is to poach the sausages SLOWLY. I sometimes poach in Cider and then use this to make the gravy - this time as I was using Spanish Paprika sausages I made a simple stock base with Bay, Celery, Onion, Peppercorns etc...
You need to place all the stuff in a big pan of cold water. And bring VERY SLOWLY to just under a simmer until cooked - time depends on how big your bangers are but about an hour. If you put them in a pan of boiling stock or heat it too fast the bangers will pop! I leave the links connected to minimise any loss of the filling into the water.
While were sausages are simmering you can make the batter for the hole. I usually use Jane Grigson's "Chinese Yorkshire Pudding" as told by Nigella in How To Eat I'm sure you have your own. My normal twist is to usually add a dollop of English mustard or mustard powder. With respect to the Spanish nature of these sausages I added two tablespoons of La Chinata Sweet smoked Pimenton and used smoked salt. La Chinata is great stuff and I highly recommend you get it if you see it - There are Hot and Sweet varieties get two of each and you will never regret it!
For the onion gravy I sliced two large red onions (grown locally) and fried them slowly in Red Palm & Canola Oil - I love the colour this oil give you for tomato based dishes and adding a teaspoon of La Chinata's HOT smoked Pimenton gives it a real kick! When the onions are soft and caramelised turn up the heat for a minute or so and slosh on a good glug of sweet dark sherry followed by shot of red wine vinegar to deglaze.
Add Passata a little stock and a whole star anise - simmer gently and reduce to increase the depth of flavour and the colour.
When the sausages are cooked hook them gently out of the pan and, if needed, cut the links. The oven needs to be very hot - I use a fan oven for mine and whack the temp up to 250C, pre heating the roasting pan(s).
My other secret ingredient is the Garlic and Thyme infused goose fat I use to Confit my Christmas Turkey legs and thighs which I take off the crown before cooking for Christmas Day and we have the Turkey Confit for New Year's Eve. I keep this fat in the fridge and use through the year for Yorkies, Holes and Roasties.
Back to the dish! Take the hot pan out of the oven and place on a medium heat on the hob. Throw in a knob of fat and when it has melted and starting to smoke pour in the batter mix followed by the sausages. I usually use about a pint of batter and six sausages to a pan.
Pop it back in the hot oven for about 25 mins until, you hope, the batter is cooked and well risen. Take the star anise out of the gravy and serve with your choice of vegetables - we like broad beans (well some of the kids don't but the HAVE to eat them or no pudding!). Because they were poached rather than roasted or grilled the sausages remain really moist and meaty and the gravy rich and unqtious.
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The UK Independence Party has a three-point lead in the upcoming European elections, despite most people thinking the party contains racists, a poll conducted for a Sunday newspaper has claimed.
Nigel Farage's party has 29% of the vote ahead of labour on 26% the Conservatives on 23% and Liberal Democrats on 10%.
The YouGov poll for the Sun on Sunday also found that 27% of those surveyed thought Ukip was a party with "racist views" and "many racist members.
A larger number - 35% - thought that though the party was not racist it did "seem to attract some candidates or supporters with racist, extreme or odd views".
Some 26% said Ukip is not racist and their "more controversial candidates are just saying the things ordinary people actually think".
The results of the poll came as Ukip suspended another potential councillor for expressing extreme views on the social network Twitter.
Harry Perry posted comments on Twitter describing Prime Minister David Cameron as a "gay-loving nutcase", calling Muslims "devil's kids" and homosexuality "an abomination before God".
Mr Farage accepted that there were "some idiots" in the party as he condemned Mr Perry's comments as "entirely inconsistent" with remaining in Ukip.
The YouGov poll for the Sun on Sunday suggested that while Tory and Labour supporters may back Mr Farage later this month, they will switch back at the general election next year.
For the 2015 contest Labour has a three-point lead on 36% over the Conservatives on 33%, with Ukip on 15% ahead of the Lib Dems on 10%.
Ukip's tough stance on immigration is helping to pull in support ahead of the May 22 poll, with 29% backing them as the best party on the issue, 10 points ahead of the Tories.
Mr Farage is also running neck-and-neck with Labour leader Ed Miliband on 21% as the leader most in touch with ordinary people.
But 34% believe Mr Cameron is best suited to be Prime Minister, 19 points ahead of Mr Miliband, with Mr Farage on 5% and Nick Clegg on 3%.
The Tories are also the party most trusted on the economy, with 39% backing the Prime Minister's party, 18 points ahead of Labour.
In response to the threat from Ukip, Mr Cameron has made his commitment to a referendum on Europe a red line issue for any government he might lead after 2015.
The Prime Minister told the Sunday Express the British people deserve "one last go" to get a Europe that that suits them.
He dismissed Ukip's "throw in the towel" approach, instead insisting that he would be able to renegotiate a better deal with Brussels before putting it to a public vote before the end of 2017.
He said: "Other members do not want to see us leave because we bring an enormous amount to the EU, to the economy and policy.
"I'm saying to them that, if you want Britain to stay, there are changes we are going to have to make because, frankly, consent for membership to this organisation is wafer-thin."
:: YouGov polled 1,844 British adults between April 30 and May 1.
Additional reporting by the Press Association.