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|2012-08-02, 09:30
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Hey, fellas! As I mentioned in the recent chapter threads, volume 67 is out now! Now Greg from the OP podcast gave a summary of the SBS info, which you can find here and here. But for those too lazy to click those links, here's his SBS summary in full:
^As you can see, he also talks about OP White a little, though it doesn't sound very interesting, sadly. Anyways, interesting SBS info here. I find the Straw-Hat bathing info rather amusing (so Sanji is the only guy who bathes daily.....), and Zoro eating Sanji's poisoned food is hilarious! But I gotta say that Oda revealing a little about the history of Arlong and Shirley was the highlight of this SBS for me. It's just too bad that he never explained that much during the storyline itself, due to its rushed nature.....
Anyways, aside from that, I also found the Jinbei plan name thing amusing (I especially love that last name listed ). And how can we have an SBS corner WITHOUT the usual boobie jokes? The only real complaint I have is the lack of kid drawings this time around (especially since Oda had done about 4 of them in a row). Oh well, there's always next volume, I suppose.
But at any rate, there ya go!
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|2012-08-02, 16:32
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It's understandable that Brook doesn't take showers often since, you know... Luffy and Zoro are freaking gross though. I guess it's not too surprise coming from them.
Sanji putting razors and poison in Zoro's food is hilarious. Totally missed that.
|2012-08-03, 14:35
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|2012-08-04, 13:00
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Well now, well now..... there was a neat little OP-related surprised packaged with the latest SJ issue! It's a book commemorating the series' 15th anniversary called One Piece: Dive to Grand World! There's neat content to be found for sure, but probably the most interesting of it (at least to me) is this map of the OP world:
Greg from the OP Podcast translated some of the new, interesting info. And so, I shall let him do the speaking for me here once more:
^Aside from that, the rest of the info chiefly consists of stuff that we already knew, like the crew positions (interestingly, it seems to list Franky as being both the carpenter AND helmsman, so I guess that settles the old argument about the need for a new member to fit that position). There's also some bounties listed, but again, they're ones that we already knew (though at least it shows Ace's 550 million bounty here, which was revealed recently). There's also some sketches for Film Z shown, some familiar, but the rest new, I think. And so, I shall post them in the appropriate thread. But what's also cool is that in another page of Oda's sketches, there's one that actually seems to reveal the faces of the Yeti Cool Brothers from the Punk Hazard arc:
Yes, yes, this was a nice little surprise indeed (and somewhat makes up for the disappointment of OP White, IMO). And now to get to posting those Film Z sketches.....
|2012-08-09, 12:50
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Thought I'd post a few more tidbits of info from Dive to Grand World:
-In my previous post, I mentioned there being some bounties listed from the ones we already knew. But I forgot to mention that the highest prices so far go in the order of Ace, Law, and Jinbei. Interestingly, we still don't actually know his exact price, but he's ranked right between Luffy and Law, indicating that his current bounty is somewhere between 400 and 440 million.
-There's also a page that talks about the different races that exist in the OP world. What's really interesting here is that Bepo, Pekoms, and Koala the three-eyed girl from Big Mom's crew are apparently listed as being unidentified species. And on the same page, it's mentioned that Mink-men, Dwarf, and Snake-neck tribes are still shrouded in mystery (some of the more observant posters may remember that we first heard of those 3 tribes before during the Sabaody arc).
-Another really cool tidbit of info here is that we learn of some details about how the battle between Aokiji and Akainu affected Punk Hazard's weather. As to be expected, the admiral's DF powers raised ice mountains and volcanoes on the island, and that the battle also cracked a hole into the island's center. Some sea water flowed into the hole, and it affected the island's development: The hot side was created due to the magma that fell into the ocean water nearby, which raised the temperature greatly. As for the cold side, it was created due to dry winds blowing the vapor created from the magma into the sky, which created clouds. And it's those clouds that rain snow upon the cold half of the island.
Yep, this is some really cool info indeed, IMO. Oh, and credit for some of the translated info goes to various members at AP (mainly Aohige and another fellow called Yoschl).
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|2012-10-31, 14:35
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It's that time again! Volume 68 was just recently released, and there's some particularly juicy info revealed, though not everything was translated yet. Anyway, here's what we've got so far:
-More Film Z cameos are confirmed: Sengoku will be appearing in the movie, and is now a General Inspector in the current time. Furthermore, it looks like a new model of Pacifista will be appearing as well: PX-Z Shiro Kuma.
-Looks like Usopp has a Pop Green factory in the Sunny.
-Apparently, Sanji is modeled after Steve Buscemi.
-Oda talks about the 3 cups shown at Ace/Whitebeard's tomb at the end of the last ministory.
-Luffy no longer shrinks after using Gear 3.
-Oda does more kid drawings of past characters, focusing on Smoker, Tashigi and Hina (really looking forward to a pic of this one!).
-We get the ages of the pre-skip supernovas! From youngest to oldest:
For the most part, the ages are pretty much what I expected them to be (the only one I figured would be older is Capone). Anyway, I shall naturally update again once more info is available.....
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Looking forward to the drawings of Smoker and the others as a kid. It should be amusing.
|2012-10-31, 16:51
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What's piqued my interest the most is Sengoku now being a general inspector. Looking forward to seeing what kind of involvement he'll have in the story from here on out. And now that his new role has been divulged, I can't help but wonder what Garp's new role is (besides training Coby and Helmeppo). I also want to see their post-skip appearances.
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Made a couple corrections to the last post. Turns out that the supernova ages were from BEFORE the skip. Also, it's mentioned that Bonney's age is estimated to be 22 (which means the possibility that she's hundreds of years old still exists. Curses! ). Also, the new pacifista model is apparently known as "Shiro (white) Kuma"......
Oh, and it's mentioned that some of the clothing designs from Film Z are from Armani Exchange, and it seems that some new voice actors were announced for the movie as well (Miho Tanaka, Nozomi Sasaki Mariya Nishiuchi). Still waiting for the rest of the pics/info.....
|2012-11-01, 13:29
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Okay, the pics are out! credit goes to redon and kaze1028 from AP for the pics:
As for the thing about Sanji being based on Steve Buscemi, to be more specific he's modeled after Buscemi's character in Reservoir Dogs (Oda's actually a well-known fan of Tarantino movies, after all). Another pic shows the garden where Usopp grows his plants, but the info hasn't been translated yet (at least as far as I know).
That's it for now. Next I gotta post some of those pics at the Film Z thread....
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^Yeah, I was kinda in a rush when I posted those pics, so I didn't notice they were broken. Anyway, they're rehosted now! Which reminds me, I gotta fix the links in the film Z thread, too.....
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that we've got the heights of the supernovas, in addition to their ages. Going from shortest to tallest here:
Capone: 166cm
Bonney: 174cm
Law: 191cm
Killer: 195cm
Kid: 205cm
Hawkins: 210cm
Drake: 233cm
Apoo: 256cm
Urouge: 388cm
|2012-11-03, 11:11
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Oh, and one more thing:
Concerning this, the question was from a reader wondering why the cups were cut off from the page in the books/volumes but were fully shown in the OP Ten exhibits (which was apparently the editor's fault). As for Oda's response to the MEANING of the cups.... well, here's what he said (credit goes to CCC from AP for translating this line):
Yep, we were trolled, I'm afraid. But I think I have a good idea about who left those sake cups behind......
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Termination rules for discontinuing lygus chemical controls over 12 different production scenarios — two planting dates times two irrigation timings times three different maturity groups — showed a dynamic relationship between yield/revenue and insect density.
Shorter season cotton varieties benefit less from extended lygus protection, the entomologists noted. Longer season varieties appear to be especially vulnerable to lygus damage and more responsive to lygus controls.
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Cotton producers have historically depended on older, broad-spectrum chemistry to control lygus. This has tended to place them at risk of pest resurgence and secondary pest outbreaks, Ellsworth and Naranjo said.
Exploratory studies with new chemistries over the last five years have yielded two promising control agents — metaflumizone and flonicamid — aimed at selectively controlling lygus.
Large plot studies confirmed that compound usage leaves the natural enemy complex intact compared to untreated controls, when compared to broad-spectrum standards like acephate that substantially reduces natural enemies, they said.

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I wanted to see more Suiten before moving on but at least they're getting straight into the action.
It'd be interesting to see how Hilda acts after loosing her memories but it'd just lead to a "must get memories back" arc so I'm kinda hoping it doesn't happen although getting her memories back could mean another trip to the demon world which could be interesting.
This was a good chapter looking forward to next week^^
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Whoa, that was some fast development. Other series like Bleach would have taken twenty chapters to get there
Hilda losing her memories could be nice, I'm sure it would lead to tons of hilarious moments.
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Anyway, it looks like Hilda doesn't loose her memories, though this chapter was all over the place in the timeline, so it could still happen.
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3 days to master a very difficult technique .. where have I seen that before ? :O
anyway, too bad the Aoi-Oga interaction on the trip is over and I'd like to see more Suiten (maybe she moves to their town/school or something after this arc .. rekindles something with Zen ^^ .. must be lonely living on some island in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of insane demon-dolls)
Oga is badass
Salamander or what's-his-face is an Emperor chuck wanna-be ^^
surprised Zen didn't master black techs
wonder if Oga can take on Jabberwock now
expect Toujou, Aoi, Izuma, Miki ? (maybe with Zen's/GrandPa's etc. help) to take out most of the pillar heads .. Oga takes care of the initial fodder, raeps Salamander and then Jabberwock/Behemoth
Natsume, Himekawa, Kanzaki, Nurses, Red Tails and the rest mop up the pillars .. maybe the other Horsemen here as well, Izuma & Miki seem to be a lot stronger then the others .. not sure about Shizuka, probably stronger as well
would be nice for Athrun (guy reminds me of Hao Asakura from SK a little bit .. and Hao was more broken then Aizen ^^) to make an appearance at the end of the fight, setting up the next arc .. maybe kidnap Beel ?
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Just read chapter 130 and I'm liking what I'm seeing.
Yolda went straight to Oga for help, who knew she cared for her half-sister.
If Hilda loses her memories. Oga would insult and slap her silly until her memories recovered.
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Someone break it down for me. How many Pillar and pillar heads are there?
Regarding the chapter (131), it was the shortest epic rescue arc ever! Hilda and Oga comforting and touching reunion reminded me of Ichigo and Ruika one, but less subtle.
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hmm I quite dont see oga hitting a woman... but we will see what will happen...
other funny part is the hilda-oga yelling.... but we can notice that after ogas yell to shut up and wait.... we see her like shut up kinda like she listened to his order xD
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fatty didn't get to finish his intro....oh, the shame of it >;]
He just lost 55 pounds from that one strike alone...
can't wait to see the faces on those pillars when they start going down one by one.
Oga is PiMP!
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Ah hahahahahaha as expected this was awesome stuff.
God I love this, I now only hope Oga does make short work of this lot, Hilda took out a few by her self and I think it should be shown that Oga can do the same but in much more epic style, Oga style!
I do expect the rest of the gang to show up later on, think we'll get em making a "timely heroes" enterance.
FYI Beelzebub's rescue arc>>>Bleach's SS rescue arc(and I think that SS is the best arc of Bleach as well)
Hell Yeah Oga, you go get your wife back!
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One day out from the Victorian elections, and – if possible – the level of ennui is even higher than during the Federal poll. Apart from a few committed pamphleteers and online trolls, most people's attitude seems to be summed up in one word: 'meh'.
That could have something to do with the fact that both major parties and the Greens spent a great deal of time in this campaign simply attacking each other. The Labor Party is all about waste; the Coalition will destroy the public service; the Greens will make you take cold showers! (And no, I'm not exaggerating on that last one – it was part of an anti-Greens Twitter campaign that purported to reveal the 'truth' about the consequences of Greens policies on coal-fired power stations.)
Now I don't know about you, but I like to make my voting decisions based on policy, not on who had the most ridiculous claims or nastiest insults. So with that in mind, here's a quick-and-dirty comparison of some key areas of policy for most of the parties contesting the Victorian election. Let's focus on Public Transport, Health and Education.
Policy statements are taken from the parties' websites: Labor, Sex Party, Country Alliance, DLP, Family First and Liberals. I have not separately listed National Party policies, as they are in coalition with the Liberal Party and their policies are folded into the latter's website.
Full disclosure: I'm currently volunteering for the Australian Sex Party. As such, while I'll list policies, I won't comment on them.
Public Transport
This is a huge area of concern for Victorians, to judge from questions directed at John Brumby and Ted Baillieu throughout the campaign. Metro Trains' poor record, 'black holes' in Melbourne's train system and overcrowding on some heavily-travelled lines (Dandenong and Pakenham being two of the most notorious) have seen most parties make highly-publicised announcements.
Australian Labor Party
Labor's budgeted $432 million for public transport infrastructure and development. They're promising more train services to Geelong, more bus services lasting longer into the night and a shuttle bus from Clayton Station to Monash University. In terms of maintenance and upgrade, Labor plans to make over train stations, buy new train carriages, and work on updating Melbourne's ageing tracks and signalling system. The flagship policy is a pledge to establish a Safety Control Centre to monitor trains by CCTV and be in constant contact with stations which will all be staffed.
Australian Sex Party
The flagship policy for this party is a 24-hour public transport system on weekend, to be manned by security personnel. Other areas of concern are the Metro Rail Tunnel – with the Sex Party calling for stages One and Two to be simultaneously planned and delivered, upgrading Melbourne's signalling system to take advantage of new technologies, and the separation of regional and metropolitan services to allow the regional network to be upgraded to a metro-style system.
Country Alliance
No listed policy.
Democratic Labor Party
No listed policy.
Family First
Family First has focused on encouraging more Victorians to use the metropolitan transit system. To this end they advocate implementing various (though unspecified) strategies, abolishing Zone 2 ticketing in favour of a single-zone system, conductors on all trams for safety and to reduce fare evasion, and guards on trains. They have also called for a feasibility study into the idea of building a tunnel to connect the Eastern Freeway to the Tullamarine Freeway, and for improvements to the most dangerous and congested intersections and railway crossings.
In keeping with a general focus on initiatives to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels, the Greens have set out a suite of policies. They have called for upgrades to Melbourne's rail system (including the elimination of bottlenecks), more staff to improve passenger safety, revised scheduling to include more express train services for long lines, frequent and direct light rail, rail links to Tullamarine Airport, Rowville and Doncaster, improved disability access to buses and trams, giving traffic signal priority to road-based public transport and new trains with longer carriages to reduce crowding. Regionally, the Greens advocate restoring passenger train services (including direct services between Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo), estabilishing a feasibility study into location and costs for a very-high-speed passenger train service between Melbourne and Sydney, and investigating the feasibility of opening rural school bus services to the general public. Acceleration of construction of the Principal Bicycle Network, and increased road space for cyclists would be encouraged. A combined ministry for planning and transport would be established, and all proposed road network expansions would have to be valuated against alternative public transport solutions on environmental and social grounds.
Liberal/National Coalition
Running with the 'safety and security' angle, the Coalition have promised 900 Victoria Police Protective Service officers at train stations, as well as 350 Transit Police to ride along. They have also pledged to spend $130 million to build a Kilmore-Wallan bypass, and to construct new bus shelters in the Yarra Ranges.
As in most elections, the Health policy tends to be diffused by including 'social agenda' policies such as those surrounding abortion, euthanasia and reproductive technologies. I've deliberately excluded these issues from this policy area.
Australian Labor Party
Labor has promised to boost numbers of medical personnel: 2800 additional nurses, doctors and other health professionals over the next two years to improve nurse-patient ratios. 200 more nurses will be recruited specifically for palliative care, cancer, geriatric and rehabilitation wards. Elective surgery operations are promised to increase by 50,000, and an extra 300,000 outpatient appointments created. Along with this, patients needing an initial appointment for treatment of hip or knee osteoarthritis will be seen within eight weeks. Labor has also promised to increase emergency department capacity to treat 315,000 additional patients, 70,000 more dental care places, 300 new specialist and GP training places and 50 doctor places in rural and regional Victoria.
Australian Sex Party
The Sex Party's policy focuses largely on community-based initiatives. It has called for protection of community health services under the new, nationally-managed plan, for communities to be included in planning new initiatives, and resourcing for community health support for sex workers, culturally and linguistically diverse populations, HIV sufferers, indigenous people, rural communities, the elderly and those affected by age-related illness and the transgender community. Additional areas of concern are sexual health initiatives, including state-funded sexual health clinics and inclusion of a range of sexual health treatments on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme regardless of the age and gender of patients. On mental health, the Sex Party has advocated for ongoing funding and expansion for early intervention initiatives such as Headspace and ORYGEN, community education, social support services and funding for qualified, secular counsellors in schools.
Country Alliance
In keeping with its focus on rural and regional concerns, the Country Alliance has called for the establishment of basic standards for access to medical and dental care within rural Victoria and identification of those communities who do not meet those standards, and for 20 scholarships per Upper House region to be offered each year to attract doctors to regional areas.
Democratic Labor Party
The DLP's health policy is entirely conflated with what can only be described as a 'social agenda' policy. Picking through it, there is one specific health initiative: increase in the allocation of funding for palliative care facilities for the terminally ill.
Family First
Family First has called for an increase in funded doctor and nurse training places, support for medical personnel who work in rural and regional communities – in the form of subsidised public indemnity insurance and reduced stamp duty to aid relocation, more acute and aged-care beds, and more respite carers. In other health areas, they have advocated more support for alcohol/drug rehabilitation groups, more detoxification centres, and more mental health inpatient beds.
The Greens have called for more community health centres (including co-location of GPs in those areas), nurse practitioners, increased access for concession cardholders to public dental care, improved integration between health services, better conditions for home care and personal care workers, and accreditation standards for 'non-traditional' practitioners, including registers and complaints procedures. They have pledged to reduce waiting times in hospitals and increase outpatient services and institute 'healthy eating' programs (including requirements for school canteens to provide healthy food choices). Maternal and Child Health Services would be expanded, particularly in the areas of midwifery and post-natal depression treatment.
Liberal/National Coalition
The Coalition has promised new ambulance stations and a 50% decrease in ambulance subscription fees, upgrades and new hospitals in regional areas, and they have pledged to ban 'bongs' and related paraphernalia. In the area of mental health they have promised to set up a $10 million Mental Illness Research Fund, central co-ordination of inpatient mental health beds, and an education/employment program to increase workforce participation of those living with mental illness.
The policies outlined vary wildly, from new national programs to smaller, individually-focused issues.
Australian Labor Party
The big announcement for Labor was the 'Education for Life' initiative. This program, aimed at Year 9 students, is budgeted at $208 million, and includes a two-week residential camp. It is aimed to teach financial literary, bushfire awareness, community service, public speaking, first aid, advanced water safety, self-defence, and alcohol/drug awareness. Labor has also promised $1.7 billion for school upgrades, provision of Primary Welfare and Home School Liaison Officers (the precise nature of which – psychologist, social worker, chaplain – would be determined by the school itself), rural 'virtual' classrooms and four new bilingual secondary schools. For non-government schools Labor has pledged to increase funding to 25% of that given to government schools, and to provide professional development for teachers and principals.
Australian Sex Party
The Sex Party has called for an end to the government school chaplaincy program, to be replaced by qualified psychological counsellors, as part of a general advocacy for a secular public school system. Special Religious Instruction programs would be replaced by curriculum-based comparative religion and ethics classes. They have also advocated age-appropriate sex education classes, beginning in primary years with safety, body image and self-esteem, and a program to educate students on the safe use of information/communication technologies. Private schools would be required to implement inclusive, non-discriminatory policies.
Country Alliance
In keeping with its focus on rural and regional concerns, the Country Alliance has called for the establishment of basic standards for access to education services within rural Victoria and identification of those communities who do not meet those standards.
Democratic Labor Party
The DLP has called for a voucher system so that parents may choose to send their children to non-government schools without financial penalty, at the same time advocating for redistribution of funding to allow government schools to compete on an equal basis. Government allowances for students would be rolled into a single, non-means-tested, Universal Living Allowance and tax deductibility for when deferred HECS fees are paid. TAFE courses would receive more funding, the Howard government's 'Voluntary Student Unionism' legislation would be rolled back and a professional institute to oversee teacher performance would be established. Finally, the DLP has advocated 'an education system based on the promotion of competence appropriate for the age and status of each student in a range of skills, including numeracy, literacy, social and civic participation, health skills and knowledge and an informed appreciation of the religious, moral and ethical codes to which the mainstream community adheres'.
Family First
Family First has a suite of policies: reduced class sizes, focus on numeracy and literacy skills, so-called 'plain English' school reports, financial literacy programs, relationship programs designed to promote marriage and family life, more TAFE colleges, promotion of the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and Vocational Education and Training (VET) as pathways for students who do not want to go to university. They have also called 'genuine choice' for parents in selecting a school that supports their family's values.
The Greens have called for two years' free pre-school education for all children, no fees and charges for the public education system, a full range of education programs for compulsory schooling years including special-needs education, locally-targeted initiatives, optimum class sizes and implementation of education ICT including video conferencing. Assessment and reporting would be aimed at integrating and supporting learning rather than 'competition'. All levels of education would be integrated into a flexible network to assist students throughout their learning periods. For educators, the Greens have advocated better remuneration, professional development and accountability, financial transparency and non-discriminatory staff recruitment and enrolment practices. Finally, all public schools buildings (renovated or new) would be required to achieve best practice Ecologically Sustainable Development standards.
Liberal/National Coalition
The Coalition has promised funding for existing and new schools, including the establishment of Years 11 and 12 at Somerville Secondary College. Truancy laws would be enforced. The Victorian College of the Arts attracted particular attention, with the Coalition pledging $6 million to cover its current shortfall, as well as a return to its former independent status. The Rock Eisteddfod would receive $800,000. They have matched Labor's commitment to raising funding for Catholic schools to 25%, and promised to make Victorian teachers the highest-paid in Australia. Finally, the Coalition would expand the powers of principals to ban 'dangerous items', and to search, suspend or expel students at their discretion.
Phew. Well, there you are. That's the Big Three this election. Of course, every party has a raft of other policies on everything from euthanasia to water to programs for specific regions, and I urge you to look them up. I deliberately did not include climate change initiatives, mainly because almost all the parties have no specific climate change policy, and their environment policies are often mixed up with regional initiatives.
Hopefully, though, you have an idea of what's behind all those press conferences and jargon-laden rhetoric, and can make some informed decisions.
Don't forget to vote tomorrow. It might 'only' be a State election, but many of these policies will directly affect us in a way that grand federal initiatives often don't. It's your democratic right and your responsibility – please use it.


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Rep. Peter King's Office Suggests NPR Producer Lied About Being Detained At Border By DHS
from the gotcha-moment dept
The latest report involves some of the people who have called and what sort of response they got back. Not surprisingly, so far, not much has come of the effort, as no one in Congress seems particularly interested. However, I did want to call out one particular interaction, involving Rep. Pete King's "new media guy" who a caller reached. The caller, Philip Elmer-Dewitt, explained Sarah's story, and King's staff apparently got confrontational. According to the caller:
And he said:Of course, it's worth remembering that Rep. Pete King famously was very supportive of IRA terrorists, but now argues that Ed Snowden and Glenn Greenwald are "traitors" and even that Greenwald should be prosecuted (based on completely false claims that King appears to have made up himself). He's also claimed that calling the NSA's activities "snooping" or "spying" amounts to slander. Now, apparently, his staff are getting confrontational with constituents asking rather basic questions about how DHS is treating American citizens at the border. Makes you wonder whom Rep. Peter King actually thinks he's representing.
"Why should I believe this just because someone reported it?"
And I kinda got my back up and said:
"So, are you calling the NPR producer a liar?"
And he said:
"Oh! So you got your 'gotcha moment' now!"
And he was a little hostile, so I backed off a bit and said:
"No, it's a journalistic experiment. We're trying to elicit information. We're trying to learn what the policy is."
But, basically his answer was that Sarah should call her representative and that's all there was to it.


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Personal computing discussed
Moderators: farmpuma, just brew it!
Lockheed_Tvr wrote:I'm just jumping back into folding more seriously and the huge difference in ppd between users surprised me. Looking into it, I see that some get points that are triple mine (yes, I have the passkey and get the bonus points). I've noticed fuzzhead and JpinTo get single units that return around 30K points when the best I see is around 8-9K.
Then I looked at some other teams and this guy, http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=342176 is getting 200,000+ points per work unit! How is that achieved? I'm running relatively modern hardware but 250K is just insane.
Any thoughts?
fuzzhead wrote:I have a AMD 7970 that is here unopened and another Intel 3930k hex core unopened.
Some day I will get them running. As was mentioned it is Summer, and it is in the 90's in Florida
so I am in no hurry. That should be another 150-180k ppd.


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Perk Power
This story appears in the July 1998 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
In the movie "9 to 5," Lily Tomlin's character, Violet, says to her boss, "I am your employee, and as such, I expect to be treated with a little dignity and a little respect." But when her employer proves to be a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot," he is hog-tied, poisoned and shot by Violet and her co-workers. Is a similar fate in store for you?
Results of a recent survey about small-business employee issues by international research-based business information provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) suggest that all may not be well in the world of employee benefits at entrepreneurial companies. According to the survey, few small firms provide health or retirement benefits, offer much paid time off, train employees in key skills, or have formal procedures for dealing with discrimination and other workplace issues.
Companies that don't offer any benefits are likely to find it hard to attract good employees, warns William F. Doescher, senior vice president with D&B in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Most job applicants today ask prospective employers if they provide paid vacations, retirement and health benefits, and opportunities to improve skills. "When the answer to those questions is no, qualified people are likely to walk away," says Doescher.
The problem is not that entrepreneurs are heartless, says Kyp Sirinakis, director of the Technology Resource Alliance, a small-business incubator at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Nor does she consider limited resources an adequate explanation. "To me, it's a lack of awareness," says Sirinakis. "A lot of small-business owners are so focused on the day-to-day running of their businesses that they don't take a step back to creatively use their managerial skills."
Not all entrepreneurs are so shortsighted, however. David DeLong, CFO and co-founder of 25-employee Dynamix Group Inc. in Roswell, Georgia, says training is a constant focus at his computer remarketing firm. While the company lacks a formal vacation policy and pays only a portion of health insurance premiums, DeLong says his employees are content because they receive bonuses they can apply to benefit programs or put to another use, and this provides maximum flexibility.
Benefits Breakdown
The survey findings reveal that entrepreneurial companies have to deal with complex issues when it comes to providing employees with such benefits as paid vacations, health plans, retirement plans and tuition reimbursement.
One of the biggest surprises of the survey has to do with policies regarding paid time off for full-time employees. Only half the firms surveyed offer paid vacations, and even fewer pay for holidays and religious observances, personal and sick days, family and medical leaves of absence, and bereavement leaves. Only one in four pays for maternity and paternity leave.
"I'm sure the reason is money," Doescher says. "But in today's job market, if you don't provide paid vacation time, you're going to have a hard time attracting employees."
The news that just 39 percent of the companies offer health-care benefits is less shocking. What is surprising is that this number has fallen from 46 percent in 1996. Maybe it's because some small firms forgo company-paid plans because of laws stating that health benefits offered to one employee must be offered to all, Doescher says. Other companies say they pay higher salaries to enable employees to purchase their own coverage, he adds.
DeLong's company takes the middle road, providing minimal health insurance coverage: The company pays 25 percent of the premium for a basic policy covering only the employee; additional coverage for family members comes out of employees' pockets. DeLong feels this approach works best for his company because it gives his employees what they really need. Several of his employees retired from IBM and are still covered by the health plans of their ex-employer. Others are covered by plans from a spouse's employer. Paying to cover these employees' families wouldn't be the best use of the company's resources, he says.
The trend in retirement benefits seems headed in the same direction. Nineteen percent of the firms surveyed offer retirement benefits, down from 28 percent in 1996.
Tuition reimbursement is one of the most popular benefits for employees at companies such as Stonyfield Farm Inc., a fast-growing 150-person yogurt company in Londonderry, New Hampshire. President and CEO Gary Hirshberg says this benefit was added after a study group of employees and managers identified tuition reimbursement as something they really wanted.
But only 15 percent of the other companies surveyed offer tuition reimbursement, probably due to financial constraints. "When you're running on a shoestring [budget]," says Sirinakis, "tuition reimbursement has to go by the wayside."
Experience Required
Small-business owners were also asked to identify the employee skills they felt were most valuable. Surprisingly, they ranked communication skills and assertiveness far ahead of computer abilities, leadership and even sales talent.
Even more astounding, employers say they are unwilling to train employees--even in the skills they value most. For instance, 81 percent value communication skills, but only 17 percent are willing to pay to train employees in the skill.
Time and talent are the barriers here, Doescher believes. "The only way small businesses can train is for the owners to train the employees themselves," he says. Yet few entrepreneurs are talented trainers, and fewer still can spare the time to tutor workers. One solution Doescher recommends: Send employees to low-cost seminars.
There are also creative ways for entrepreneurs to offset the cost of employee training. Dynamix, for example, funds an extensive training program with the help of IBM, its main vendor. IBM sets aside a portion of the discounts it offers resellers like Dynamix and uses it to, among other things, fund a technical training program in which the resellers can participate.
The survey also found that entrepreneurs seem to be wary of formal policies. Most firms in the survey don't do performance reviews or have written policies for dealing with disciplinary problems or sexual harassment. Only 11 percent have formal drug-testing policies.
Entrepreneurs believe they have good reason for being leery of written policies: They fear giving up their flexibility. Hirshberg warns against that attitude, however. A self-proclaimed '60s flower child, he hesitated to institute a drug-testing policy at Stonyfield. But safety concerns compelled him to start prescreening applicants and even randomly testing company drivers.
Since his employees operate machinery, having a drug-testing policy lowers his insurance premiums, Hirshberg says. Employees also benefit from the policy. "We've caught people who are in trouble," Hirshberg adds, "and gotten them into employee assistance programs."
Positive Points
Not all the news from the survey is bad. Small-business employees remain highly motivated, according to business owners. Sixty-nine percent gauge their employees' motivation by their willingness to work overtime, improve job skills and enhance job performance.
Sixty-three percent of those surveyed say workers do more than expected and want to move up in the company. In addition, hard work seems to be rewarded in today's small companies: Twenty-one percent of the owners say promotions are based on merit, 34 percent on a combination of merit and seniority, and just 4 percent on seniority alone.
Given the scarcity of benefits, what motivates employees to stay at small companies is a mystery. Schedule flexibility and the chance to participate in decisions may explain part of it. "Some employees are motivated by things other than money," Sirinakis says. "Having flexible hours or being able to leave work [early] to pick up a son or daughter may be what's important."
Benefits don't have to be expensive; many small firms find that flexible hours and other nonfinancial incentives work just as well. Sirinakis recommends that entrepreneurs think creatively about how to provide employees with useful benefits rather than assuming they must provide costly, traditional perks. "Sometimes simply talking to them makes a difference," she says. "And that doesn't [cost anything]."
Hirshberg, for example, uses an open-book management style and shares the company's financial details with his staff to motivate employees by making them feel involved. William Dotson, president of Northwest Business Group Inc., a management consulting firm based in Eugene, Oregon, says recognition for a job well done can motivate employees as effectively as a pay raise. "Verbal and written recognition are important," adds Dotson, "Celebrations in the form of parties and picnics are also important."
An alternative to retirement plans or health insurance is ownership in the company. "We're looking at stock-option plans," says DeLong. "We'll probably come out with them this year and allow people to become shareholders in the company by diverting part of their bonuses into stock."
DeLong's on the right track, says Dotson. "In the 21st century, employees are going to want a piece of the action," he says. "It's a real plus for a small business to do that." The amount need not be large. Just a 1 percent or 2 percent ownership share will provide many employees with adequate motivation, Dotson adds.
Whatever their benefits programs, entrepreneurs remain confident that they'll be able to attract new workers. Thirty percent of those surveyed expect to add employees in the next year. Minority business owners are even more optimistic, with just less than half projecting employee growth.
Even if you compete with other small firms for workers, you may not need Fortune 500-caliber benefits to attract and keep quality employees. Instead, concentrate on more innovative extras such as participation, performance incentives and flexibility.
A company's atmosphere can make a big difference, Sirinakis maintains. After all, perhaps the most important benefits an employer can offer are a little dignity and respect.
By The Numbers
The who, what, when, where, why and how of Dun & Bradstreet's small-business survey.
Dun & Bradstreet surveyed 503 small-business owners and senior executives by telephone for its first-quarter 1998 Small Business Hot Topics Research Report on employee issues. The businesses were randomly selected from a database of U.S. businesses located throughout the country.
Almost all had 25 or fewer employees; the largest employed 100. Half were women-owned, and minorities owned nearly one in four. The largest number of companies were in business services and retail, with smaller numbers in the manufacturing, construction, professional services, financial and wholesale fields.
Contact Sources
Northwest Business Group Inc., http://www.nwbusiness.com
Stonyfield Farm Inc., 10 Burton Dr., Londonderry, NH 03053, (603) 437-4040
Technology Resource Alliance, (703) 277-7710, http://www.techalliance.org


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by Jim Harris
Pennsylvania's General Assembly didn't seem to mind when Tom Corbett gave away the land beneath our feet to the natural gas industry for indiscriminate "fracking," but they sure did get angry when the good Governor announced that he was turning over management of the Pennsylvania Lottery to a British company for $34 billion.
Although the state-run lottery was already making $3.5 billion a year, Corbett says that the new arrangement will generate an additional $50 million annually for senior services — much needed things like wigs, one-hole golf courses and handrails in discotheques.
The British company, Camelot Global Services, says it plans to attract more players by simplifying Pennsylvania's lottery, which already has a dizzying array of drawings including Big 4, Cash 5, Mega Millions, Quinto, Power Ball and, of course, the ever- popular Daily Number Mid-day and Daily Number Evening, which can be played "straight," "boxed," "straight-boxed," "super-straight," "front pair," or "back pair" or with sausage and pepperoni.
And then there are the additional "instant" games with fanciful names like "scratch and sniff," "twist and shout," "Gamble and Huff" and "Abbott and Costello," in which players obtain a card from a vending machine, instantly see that they lost and toss it on the ground.
Camelot also says they will be trying to tap into a more upscale demographic by putting gaming terminals in places like sushi bars and tanning salons. This is because many of the lottery's present low-income patrons are turning to phony injury lawsuits as their game of choice: it's free, the payoffs are bigger, and the odds of winning are MUCH, MUCH better than the lottery.
Of course, one of the early victims in the lottery's quest for change was "Gus, the second most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania." The official lottery mascot for eight years, Gus was unceremoniously dumped last February. Some thought his tag line, "Keep on Scratchin'," promoted poor hygiene. Gus took to drinking after his firing and spent several months in rodent rehab. He is presently employed as an understudy for Punxsutawney Phil as well as for the Lieutenant Governor (in case we actually have a Lieutenant Governor that anyone in the state has ever heard of).
Now, I'm old enough to remember those good old days when the mob ran the lottery. You didn't have to go anywhere to buy a ticket because they came to you. There was hardly an office or factory anywhere that wasn't visited every day by the friendly neighborhood bookie. And if you were short on cash, he'd give you credit!!! No fancy games or clever gimmicks, just a three-digit daily number, and it paid off at 600 to one. And you could also bet on football and baseball games, beauty contests, how many Philly politicians would be indicted in the coming year, how many family members of politicians would get no-show government jobs, etc. Now those were the days!
I say let's give the lottery back to the mob. They could use the work, and it would keep the jobs here in Pennsylvania. They wouldn't need all that expensive TV advertising, either, just a street team of loyal bagmen and enforcers. Maybe, as just one concession to modern times, they could have a furry mascot — something like "Harry, the Homicidal Hamster."
He could appear on TV from time to time and say something like, "Hey! Do you care about old people? Then play the freakin' lottery. Otherwise, somethin' bad might happen to them, if you catch my drift. You think I'm kidding? You think this is funny, huh? What, you never saw a hamster with an arsenal of guns from Walmart before? Just try me!"
It could work. These guys are efficient. They don't call it "organized" crime for nothing. So Governor Corbett, if you're reading this article (I hear you're a big fan), lose the Limeys and hire the Crimeys. As a practitioner of strong-arm tactics yourself, I'm sure you can see the wisdom of this approach. If we're going to get fleeced anyway, let's at least keep the money right here at home.


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The U.S. Catholic bishops' point man on sexual abuse said the hierarchy's credibility on fixing the problem is "shredded" and that the situation is comparable to the Reformation, when "the episcopacy, the regular clergy, even the papacy were discredited." On Aug. 13 Bishop R. Daniel Conlon of Joliet, Ill., spoke at the National Safe Environment and Victim Assistance Coordinators Leadership Conference in Omaha, Neb. He told attendees that he had assumed that consistently implementing the bishops' policies on child protection, "coupled with some decent publicity, would turn public opinion around" but added, "I now know this was an illusion." Conlon said U.S. bishops still needed to clarify emerging questions about how to deal with issues like child pornography and "boundary violations," but he said bishops "are gravely weakened and in need of assistance" in developing policies and changing public perceptions. Conlon said, "Our credibility on the subject of child abuse is shredded, [but] you may have a better chance. People—in the church, outside the church and hanging on the edge—need to know that real progress is being made."
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With its beguiling tribal cultures and jungled highlands, Sarawak would seem to epitomize what Borneo is all about. By far the largest state in Malaysia, it packs in a host of national parks which showcase everything from coastal swamp forest to vast cave systems, and help preserve some of the world's richest and most diverse ecosystems. There are numerous opportunities for short or extended treks both inside and outside these protected areas, and it's also possible to visit remote longhouse communities, some of which can only be reached by venturing far upriver.
Would that the reality were so blissfully perfect. For all its attractions, Sarawak encapsulates the bitter dichotomy between development and conservation more clearly than anywhere else in Malaysia. Many of its forests have been degraded by logging or cleared for oil palm, putting wildlife and the traditional lifestyles of tribal communities under severe pressure. The state government has repeatedly won electoral mandates for its policies, but critics complain it has opened up Sarawak's resources to corporate exploitation in a way that's at best not transparent and at worst mired in corruption. While much of this will have little practical impact for visitors, it's as well to be aware that the changes you will see throughout the state have a subtext in the ongoing struggle for Sarawak's soul.
The lie of the land is complex on many levels, not least demographically. Malays and Chinese each make up almost a quarter of Sarawak's two and a half million people, but indigenous tribal peoples account for nearly half that figure. They're sometimes subdivided under three broad headings, though it's nowadays much more common to refer to the tribes by name. The largest tribe by far, the Iban, constitute nearly thirty percent of Sarawak's population. They, along with the Muslim Melanau and other tribes, comprise the so-called Sea Dyaks, a slightly odd name given that these groups historically lived along river valleys. Then there are the Land Dyaks, who live up in the hills; chief among them are the Bidayuh of southwestern Sarawak, representing almost a tenth of the population. Finally, the Orang Ulu include disparate groups of the northern interior such as the Berawan, Kenyah, Kelabit, Kayan and the traditionally nomadic Penan. They're grouped together in that they live in the "ulu" or upriver regions of this part of the state.
While this cultural mosaic is a huge highlight of Sarawak, it would be a mistake to regard the state as some kind of ethnic menagerie full of exotically dressed peoples leading a rustic jungle lifestyle. Classic multi-doored longhouses do survive and can be superb places to visit, and some peoples still subsist semi-nomadically in the forest, but social and economic change, along with widespread conversion to Christianity, mean that the old ways are fast dying out. So while there's no shortage of indigenous people pursuing careers in Sarawak's cities, you'd be hard-pushed to find Orang Ulu aged under 50 still sporting, say, the once-prized distended earlobes that previous generations developed by wearing heavy earrings, and teenagers are more likely to be downloading Western pop than playing folk instruments. There are fears, too, for the future of indigenous languages, as only Malay and English are used in much state-run education.
For visitors, the most popular attractions are concentrated at either end of the state. In the southwest, Kuching, the understated, attractive capital, makes a perfect base to explore the superb Bako National Park, with its wild shoreline of mangrove swamp and hinterland of kerangas bush teeming with proboscis monkeys. The Kuching area also packs in lesser national parks, an orang-utan sanctuary and substantial caves. Although Sarawak is not noted for its beaches, there are beautiful ones in Bako and decent ones nearer Kuching at the family-friendly resorts of Santubong. A handful of longhouses are also worth visiting, notably east of Kuching at Batang Ai.
In terms of pulling power, Bako is exceeded only by Gunung Mulu National Park (just "Mulu" to locals) in the far northeast. Most tourists fly in, either making the short hop from nearby Miri, Sarawak's second city, or direct from Kuching, to trek to the park's limestone Pinnacles and see its extraordinary caves. Miri itself, though a bland affair that thrives on the proceeds of Sarawak's oil and gas industry, has good accommodation and is the hub for Twin Otter flights to interior settlements, most notably Bario and Ba' Kelalan in the Kelabit Highlands. Here, close to the Indonesian border, you can undertake extended treks through jungled and mountainous terrain, overnighting in Kelabit villages. Other Twin Otter flights head to settlements in the upper reaches of the Baram river system, from where it's possible to reach isolated Penan villages offering homestays and yet more treks. Another major draw, visitable on a day-trip from Miri, is Niah National Park, its extensive caves a site of major archeological significance as well as a centre for the harvesting of swiflet nests and bat guano.
Visitors who overland between Kuching and Miri tend to breeze through central Sarawak, but the region is worth considering for the state's most accessible river journey – the popular route along the Batang Rejang. The boat ride, beginning at the city of Sibu, is its own reward for making it up to nondescript Rejang towns such as Kapit and Belaga, though it's possible to arrange longhouse trips from either. Also noteworthy in this region is Bintulu, a coastal oil town like Miri that's conveniently placed for the beachside forests of Similajau National Park.
Cave-dwelling hunter-gatherers were living in Sarawak forty thousand years ago. Their isolation ended when the first trading boats arrived from Sumatra and Java around 3000 BC, exchanging cloth and pottery for jungle produce. By the thirteenth century Chinese merchants were dominant, bartering beads and porcelain with the coastal Melanau people for bezoar stones (from the gall bladders of monkeys) and birds' nests, both considered aphrodisiacs. In time, the traders were forced to deal with the rising power of the Malay sultans including the Sultan of Brunei. Meanwhile, Sarawak was attracting interest from Europe; the Dutch and English established short-lived trading posts near Kuching in the seventeenth century, to obtain pepper and other spices.
With the decline of the Brunei sultanate, civil war erupted early in the eighteenth century. Local rulers feuded, while piracy threatened to destroy what was left of the trade in spices, animals and minerals. In addition, the indigenous groups' predilection for head-hunting had led to a number of deaths among the traders and the sultan's officials, and violent territorial confrontations between powerful tribes were increasing.
Just when matters were at their most explosive, the Englishman James Brooke took an interest in the area. A former soldier, he helped the Sultan of Brunei quell a rebellion by miners and, as a reward, demanded sovereignty over the area around Kuching. The weakened sultan had little choice but to relinquish control of the awkward territory and in 1841 James Brooke was installed as the first White Rajah of Sarawak. He had essentially created a new kingdom, not formally part of the British Empire.
Brooke built a network of small forts – many are now museums – to repel pirates or tribal warring parties. He also sent officials into the malarial swamps and mountainous interior to make contact with the Orang Ulu. But his administration was not without its troubles. In one incident his men killed dozens of marauding tribesmen, while in 1857 Hakka Chinese gold miners, based in Bau near Kuching, retaliated against his attempts to eliminate their trade in opium and suppress their secret societies. When they attacked Kuching, Brooke got away by the skin of his teeth. His nephew, Charles Brooke, assembled a massive force of warrior tribesmen and followed the miners; in the ensuing battle over a thousand Chinese were killed.
In 1863 Charles Brooke took over and continued to acquire territory from the Sultan of Brunei. River valleys were bought for a few thousand pounds, the local tribes either persuaded to enter into deals or crushed if they resisted. The sultan's territory had shrunk so much it was now surrounded on all three sides by Brooke's Sarawak, establishing the geographical boundaries that still define Brunei today.
Charles was succeeded by his son, Vyner Brooke, who consolidated his father's gains. However, the Japanese occupation of World War II effectively put an end to his control. Vyner escaped, but most of his officials were interned and some executed. Upon his return in 1946, he was compelled to cede Sarawak to the British government. The Brooke dynasty was effectively at an end, and a last link with its past was severed in 2011 when Vyner's nephew Anthony Brooke, his designated successor who had briefly run Sarawak before World War II while Vyner was in the UK, died.
With Malaysian independence in 1957, attempts were made to include Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei, but Brunei declined at the last minute to join the present-day Federation of Malaysia, inaugurated in 1963. Sarawak's inclusion was opposed by Indonesia, and the Konfrontasi broke out, with Indonesia arming communist guerrillas inside Sarawak. The insurgency continued for three years until Malaysian troops, aided by the British, put it down. To this day, many inhabitants of the interior remain displaced.
Since then, Sarawak has developed apace with the rest of Malaysia, though at some cost to the environment. Politically, the state today is closely identified with the policies of its veteran chief minister, Taib Mahmud, a Melanau, who has been in power for thirty years. The support of his PBB party and allied parties has helped prop up the ruling coalition in general elections, and the PBB is often viewed as a proxy for UMNO (Sarawak is the only state where Malaysia's main Malay party has no presence). There are signs of a backlash, however, brought on perhaps by the rising cost of living, economic disparity and allegations, from international environmental groups as well as Taib's opponents, that Sarawak's administration is tainted by corruption. The 2011 local elections saw an unprecedented swing to the opposition in the cities, though the PBB and allies still won through comfortably with the help of rural voters – despite their supposedly being at the sharp end of the government's liberal attitude to exploiting the state's natural resources.
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What's Wrong with Alright?Monday, February 11th, 2008
The question is, why do so many people write alright when every English dictionary and style guide say that the only correct spelling for this word is all right? As of this writing, alright occurs 76,400,000 times on Web pages. I know exactly what we need: one more voice in the fray.
At the outset, let me say that my reason for doing this is that none of the dictionaries and style guides I can find give a reason for spelling this lexical item as two words. To be consistent, I will apply the same test that I have applied to all the other issues I've weighed in on, e.g. "a historical", "ain't", and ending a sentence with a preposition—consistency of usage. (My say on split infinitives is in the offing)
Alright is as much of a word as already, also and although, adverbs of identical origin: all plus an adverb. My position has always (another one) been that 'right' and 'wrong' are not suitable terms for settling issues of grammar; instead, we should try to write and speak consistently.
After all, that is what grammar is, a catalog of rules on how to organize language and a rule (from Latin regula, from which we obtained regularity) is an expression of a consistency. To write already, also, always, although as single words, and spell alright as two, would be inconsistent, a rule breaker.
I have another reason though. Alright is used today to mean "OK", not "all is right". The haggis is alright = The haggis is OK, not that everything is right with it. "OK" is an expression of mediocrity; "all right" suggests perfection.
We wouldn't say, "Is alright" any more than we would say "Is OK?" "Is all right?" is a perfectly good question but it implies perfection: everything is right. If we didn't recognize this distinction, this old joke wouldn't work: "Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now."
In A Hard Day's Night the Beatles sing, "But when I get home to you/ I find the things that you do/ Will make me feel alright." Doesn't this strike you a bit odd, John Lennon comes home to someone who only makes him feel OK? Here the phrase all right makes more sense.
Language changes. New words come into language from the outside and new words are created inside language itself. The two words all and right have been combined to form a new word whose meaning, as the meaning of new words is wont to do, drifted off on its own.
A woolly bear is not a bear, a ladyfinger is not a finger, and a ladybird is not a bird, as we have noted previously in this blog. By the same token, alright is not the same as all right. Alright is one word with one meaning, so it is much more consistent to spell it as one word than spelling it as two.
Conclusion: it is alright to spell alright alright so long as you mean "OK".


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Study of Oxaliplatin, Calcium Folinate, and 5-Fluorouracil as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Advanced Gastric Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00591045
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified December 2007 by Peking University.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
First Posted : January 11, 2008
Last Update Posted : January 11, 2008
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This is a randomized phase II multicenter controlled study of oxaliplatin, calcium folinate, and 5-fluorouracil (mFOLFOX7) as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for resectable advanced gastric cancer.
Hypothesis: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy may improve 5 year overall survival compared with the control.
|Condition or disease
|Stomach Neoplasms Gastric Cancer
|Drug: mFOLFOX
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|263 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Randomized Phase II Multicenter Controlled Study of Oxaliplatin, Calcium Folinate, and 5-Fluorouracil as Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Advanced Gastric Cancer
|Study Start Date :
|January 2008
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2012
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2012
Experimental: 1
The patients will undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy with mFOLFOX and then an operation and then individualized adjuvant chemotherapy.
Drug: mFOLFOX
oxaliplatin 100mg/m2, CF 400mg/m2, 5-FU 2400 mg/m2 46hr civ
No Intervention: 2
No neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery and then adjuvant chemotherapy.
- 5 year overall survival [ Time Frame: Jan 2008 to Dec 2012 ]
- R0 resection rate [ Time Frame: Jan 2008 to Dec 2012 ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- ECOG score 0-2
- Ambulatory males or females, aged 30-70 years.
- Histologically confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma, staged preoperatively AJCC/UICC stage III(T3N1,T2N2,T4N0,T3N2)and IVM0 and operable
- Life expectancy more than 3 months
- Give written informed consent prior to study specific screening procedures, with the understanding that the patient has the right to withdraw from the study at any time, without prejudice.
- Normal hepatic, renal, and bone marrow function (GPT<2 fold of upper limit value; WBC>4000/dl, Tbil<1.5mg/dl, Cr<1.5 fold of upper limit value)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients can not bear surgical procedure.
- Pregnant or lactating women or women do not agree conceptive procedures.
- Previous cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy or immunotherapy except corticosteroids, for the currently treated gastric cancer.
- History of another malignancy within the last five years except cured basal cell carcinoma of skin and cured carcinoma in-situ of uterine cervix.
- History of uncontrolled seizures, central nervous system disorders or psychiatric disability judged by the Investigator to be clinically significant precluding informed consent or interfering with compliance for oral drug intake.
- Clinically significant (i.e. active) cardiac disease e.g. symptomatic coronary artery disease, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure or serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication or myocardial infarction within the last 12 months.
- Organ allografts requiring immunosuppressive therapy.
- Serious uncontrolled intercurrent infections or other serious uncontrolled concomitant disease.
- Moderate or severe renal impairment: serum creatinine > 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN).
- Prior unanticipated severe reaction to fluoropyrimidine therapy (with or without documented DPD deficiency) or patients with known dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency.
- Hypersensitivity to platinum compounds or any of the components of the study medications.
- Received any investigational drug or agent/procedure, i.e. participation in another trial, within 4 weeks before randomization.
- Unwilling or unable to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00591045
|Contact: Aiwen Wu, M.D.
|Contact: Jiafu Ji, M.D.
|China, Beijing
|Peking University School of Oncology
|Not yet recruiting
|Beijing, Beijing, China, 100036
|Contact: Jiafu Ji, M.D. 86-10-88196048 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Jiafu Ji, M.D.
|Principal Investigator:
|Jiafu Ji, M.D.
|Peking University
|Responsible Party:
|Jiafu Ji, Peking University
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|NCT00591045 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|January 11, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|January 11, 2008
|Last Verified:
|December 2007
Keywords provided by Peking University:
gastric adenocarcinoma
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stomach Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Stomach Diseases
Antineoplastic Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Protective Agents
Vitamin B Complex
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Goldie, the only daughter of Benjamin Benas and Frdericka Wilzinski, was born December 10, 1864 in Vallejo, California. Goldie had three brothers – Isaac (1863-1951), Max (1867-1928), and Morris (1872-1929). I don't know much about Goldie's early years, other than that she lived with her family in Vallejo until she married Herman Levy in San Francisco in September, 1883. The Fresno Republican from September 22, 1883 (page 2) states that the marriage occurred on September 18, 1883 by Rev. Dr. Vidivar and the Oakland Tribune from September 18, 1883 (page 4) states the marriage occurred on September 15, 1883. I do know that by December 23, 1884 the family was almost certainly living in Fresno when their first child, Herbert Levy, was born. The next two children, Leon and Sigmund (my grandfather), were born in Vallejo – family interviews said that Goldie went back to Vallejo in the summer of 1886 and 1888 to have her sons in order to escape the hot summers in Fresno. I'm sure she stayed with her parents as they were still living in Vallejo at the time. The story of "too hot in Fresno" makes sense as the Fresno Republican reported on June 21, 1884, page 3, that Goldie was spending the summer in San Francisco with Miss Sopha Sachs. Who was Sopha and why did she accompany Goldie to San Francisco? Maybe a nurse or housekeeper?
I don't have many pictures of Goldie but I've been able to come up with a few.
Levy Family Home, built 1887
846 or 946 K Street (later Van Ness Avenue), Fresno
Youngest son Benjamin (1892-1965) showed a picture of the family in his autobiography.
Back row: Leon, Sig, Ben, Herb Levy
Front row: Goldie Benas Levy and Herman Levy
Here's Goldie with her four grandchildren who were living in about 1922-1923.
Left to right: Herb Levy Jr. (son of Herb), Hermina Levy (daughter of Benjamin), Goldie Benas Levy, Barbara Levy (daughter of Herb), Robert Levy (son of Sig), c. 1922-1923
And Goldie by herself.
Goldie Benas Levy
February 22, 1922
Taken at 647 N. Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, California
Based on 1920 census, home of Herb Levy and family
Goldie died January 19, 1926 at Stanford Hospital in San Francisco County from Chronic Myocarditis. She was just 61 years old and was never able to meet her two additional grandchildren, my father, Gordon Levy, and Benjamin's youngest daughter, Gilda Levy. Interesting to note that my mother told me that based on Jewish custom, children were often named with the first letter of their first name matching that of a deceased loved one. My father and Gilda were both born in 1927, just a year after Goldie's death, and while I know that Gordon was named with a "G" in Goldie's honor, I would guess Gilda was, as well.
Pioneer Fresno Citizen, Active in Community Affairs, Dies, Aged 61
Mrs. Goldie Levy, 61, mother of Herbert, Leon, Sigmund and Benjamin Levy of this city and a resident of Fresno for the last forty-three years, during which she had taken a prominent part in social club and civic affairs, died late yesterday at Stanford University Hospital in San Francisco. She was the widow of the late Herman Levy.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P.M. tomorrow in the Stephens and Bean Chapel, followed by cremation.
The service will be conducted by Fresno Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star and Rabbi Alexander Segel. The pallbearers will be S.B. Goodman, William Glass, S.L. Platt, Maurice Rorphuro, F. L. Simons and Curtis Ballard.
Mrs. Levy was born at Vallejo, December 10th, 1864. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Benas, were pioneers of the state. She came to Fresno soon after her marriage and lived for twenty five years in the 800 block of Van Ness Avenue.
For several years of late, Mrs. Levy had made her home at 1509 North Van Ness Avenue with her son, Leon Levy. She belonged to the Order of Eastern Star and the Parlor Lecture Club, taking an active interest in both organizations. Besides her four sons, she leaves three brothers, Isaac and Max Menas [sic] of San Francisco, and Morris Benas of Oakland, and four grandchildren who live in Fresno.
I wish I knew which paper this obituary was printed in but I have just the clipped article above and haven't yet located the source.
Goldie is interred with Herman at Chapel of the Light Columbarium in Fresno, California.


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Nor'easter Wednesday Will Bring Heavy Snow
A nor'easter will bring heavy, wet snow to New Jersey starting late Wednesday night.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Warning that goes into effect Wednesday night for central and south Jersey including Burlington, Ocean, Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester e and Camden Counties. The rest of the state is under a Winter Weather Watch.
Heavy, wet snow will begin falling Wednesday night and could fall at a rate of 1-2 inches per hour in the overnight hours. Precipitation is expected to turn to a snow and sleet mix during Thursday morning and could turn briefly to rain on Thursday afternoon before going back to all snow in the evening.. A prolonged period of freezing rain is no longer a major threat from this storm according to a briefing from the National Weather Service.
The updated expected accumulations are:
- 2-4 inches along coastal Ocean County,
- 6-8 inches along the New Jersey Turnpike/Interstate 95 corridor and in Bergen and Passaic counties
- 8-10 inches for Hunterdon, Warren, Sussex, Morris and Somerset counties
Minor or moderate coastal flooding is likely especially during high tide on Thursday and Friday morning with rain compounding the situation according to a briefing from the National Weather Service.
Atlantic City Electric says they are watching the forecast and preparing to bring in extra crews to restore power outages and warns that snow and ice could slow the progress of restoration. In a press release the south Jersey utility says their crews cannot begin work until roads are cleared.
Another Winter Storm for the South
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal says the state has 65 shelters open and about 180 tons of additional salt and sand has been brought in as the Atlanta area prepares for an ice storm.
Deal said Tuesday the state is expecting a serious storm. Forecasters say a potentially "catastrophic" winter storm threatens to bring a thick layer of ice to Georgia, causing perhaps hundreds of thousands of power outages that could leave people in the dark for days.
Eli Jacks, a meteorologist with National Weather Service, says forecasters use words such as "catastrophic" infrequently, but when they want to warn people that at storm is different and threatening. He says three-quarters of an inch of ice anywhere could be catastrophic.
FlightAware.com reports over 1,100 flights from Atlanta alone have been canceled or delayed on Wednesday.
- Snow, ice to blast NJ all day Thursday; dump 10 inches of snow or more / Star-Ledger
- Winter Storm Set To Bring Snow, Wind And Rain / CBS Philly
The Associated Press contributed to this report


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