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State minimum wage rises on New Year's Day
Hartford — Some Connecticut officials on Monday hailed the coming increase in the state's minimum wage as a step toward possibly requiring a so-called living wage in the state. During a state Capitol news conference to remind residents the minimum wage will rise Wednesday, state Sen. Catherine Osten, a Democrat from Sprague, said the impending increase "is just a beginning step for us to get low-wage workers to a living wage." The wage rate will go from $8.25 to $8.70 per hour next year and to $9 an hour on Jan. 1, 2015. After the news conference, Osten said she would ultimately like to see a $15-an-hour wage in place for people who need to financially support themselves and their families. She acknowledged that level isn't necessary for everyone. "I don't think high school students working for gas money need to have a family-supporting wage," said Osten. Department of Labor Commissioner Sharon Palmer agreed that more needs to be done to increase wages for people trying to support themselves and their families on minimum-wage jobs in Connecticut. "We should make every effort that we can to begin to get them toward a living wage. That's what they need," Palmer said, adding, "let's hope we can continue that effort." Connecticut and 12 other states — Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington — are scheduled to raise their minimum wages on New Year's Day, affecting more than 2.5 million workers, according to the National Employment Law Project. In Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy estimated 70,000 to 90,000 of the state's 1.7 million-member workforce will be affected. Of those 13 states, the National Employment Law Project said three will have minimum wages higher than Connecticut's on Jan. 1: Washington at $9.32 an hour, Oregon at $9.10 and Vermont at $8.73. Andrew Markowski, the Connecticut director of the National Federation of Independent Business, said he's not surprised there's interest in raising the state's minimum beyond $9. "We've heard it over the years from advocates. But if the state of Connecticut really wants to focus on improving the quality of life for employees and their families, then artificially raising wages on employers is not the way to go," he said. "What the state needs is comprehensive tax reform, fewer regulations and mandates on employers and lower energy costs. These are all of the things that are making Connecticut uncompetitive right now." Malloy made a point on Monday to say that Connecticut was taking a "balanced approach" to helping workers without adversely impacting the businesses community by spreading out the increase over two years. When asked about what he thought a living wage would be in Connecticut, Malloy didn't provide a figure, saying there is disagreement on how it should be calculated and how it can depend on whether someone has children. "We need to be about the business of raising wages, generally speaking, and certainly raising the minimum wage," said Malloy, adding how he supports increasing the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour to $10. But Markowski stressed that higher minimum wages ultimately lead to higher costs for businesses owners, who now have to spend more in workers compensation, unemployment and Social Security payments. Besides that, he said business owners also have to worry about higher health insurance costs. "It's just that constant compounding effect," he said.
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Hi Peter,
Thank you for catching that. Fixed the copy in the zip file.
Hi Peter,
Thank you for catching that. Fixed the copy in the zip file.
Last edited by Scott Lambert; November 3rd, 2016 at 07:50 AM.
Using Vedit 6.21.3, (32 bit), dated 9/12/11 running on Windows 7 (64 bit).
You are welcome.
Now, I am ready to study your get file attributes subcode. Well, not quite, I am only interested in the Archive attribute only. I tried to isolate it. Here it is;
if(#30>=32) {
#23=1 // archive
reg_set(20," A",append)
Do I understand it correctly? I have the divedie the value of the file attribute by 32. If the remainder is 1 then the file is an Archive file.
In other case no action.
My problem is that I see no reference to remainder.
Hi Peter,
"Do I understand it correctly? I have the divedie the value of the file attribute by 32. If the remainder is 1 then the file is an Archive file. In other case no action."
That quick method of dividing only works for read-only. I would suggest just using the subcode getatttr and then testing if #23 = 0 or 1 for the archive attribute.
Using Vedit 6.21.3, (32 bit), dated 9/12/11 running on Windows 7 (64 bit).
Using what I learned about the logical and operator, I have rewritten several subroutines.
Binary now works for ANY number between 0 and max_num.
isdir and getattr have both been rewriiten to use the logical and operator to perform their function.
Using Vedit 6.21.3, (32 bit), dated 9/12/11 running on Windows 7 (64 bit).
A belated big thank you for pointing out that the "dividing and finding the remainder" method for finding the file attribute only works for the read only attribute special case. This is certainly a subtle point, since the procedure does work in the general case, but it fails to give the right answer.
I went back to the on-line Vedit Macro Language manual and studied the description of the File_Attribute command.
It gives an elaborate description of the various attribute parameters, via the Mask_i parameters. My problem was that I do not know the definition of the mask parameters.
Studying your e-mails I came up with the following definition: The Mask_i parameter for a given positive number N is the coefficient of 2^i in the binary expansion of N. I have a hunch that computer scientists refer to this number as the i-th bit of N.
Having said this, it is easy to check the cool formula,
Mask_i(N) = N & i, for i=0,1,2,4,8,..
Here of course, Mask_i(N) is the Mask_i parameter of N and & is the Bitwise AND operator of Appendix C of the Vedit Macro Language Manual.
I wonder where does the formula come from. I have a vague recollection that I have learned it from Pauli, but could not find the reference. So, if Pauli would help me out, I would appreciate it.
Thanks for everything,
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For example, to extract the lowest bit from, use bitmask 1 (binary 00000000000000000000000000000001).
To extract 2nd lowest bit, use bitmask 2 (binary 00000000000000000000000000000010).
To extract 3rd lowest bit, use bitmask 4 (binary 00000000000000000000000000000100), etc.
For example, the bitmask for Archive attribute is 32. To check if Archive attribute is set on current file, use something like:
There is no formula. It is just how the numeric values are stored in computer memory.Code:#1 = File_Attrib(PATHNAME) if (#1 & 32) { Statline_Message("Archive attribute is set") } else { Statline_Message("Archive attribute is not set") }
Pauli -- Using Vedit 6.24.2 on Windows 7 Enterprise (64 bit) and on Windows 10 (64 bit)
Thanks Pauli,
I take your code reference refers to a program of yours. May I have that reference too.
Thanks again.
The code does not refer to any program. You can copy and execute the code example as it is. It displays whether or not Archive attribute is on in the file you have currently open.
For more information of file attributes, search for FileAttrib in Vedit Help index.
Pauli -- Using Vedit 6.24.2 on Windows 7 Enterprise (64 bit) and on Windows 10 (64 bit)
Thanks Pauli,
I did follow up your Vedit Help index reference. This is that I found:
Return the specified file's attributes (read-only, hidden, etc.)
Windows (and DOS) define the attributes as:
Mask 1
Mask 2
Mask 4
Mask 8
Volume label
Mask 16
Mask 32
Return -1 if 'file' does not exist.
So, based on the above and based on my previous Lambert-Lindgren tutoring I gleaned the following definition for my personal use:
DEFINITION: We say that the Archive attribute of a given file, say "file" , is set if:
File_Attribute("file")&32 =1
Also, a belated thank you to Ted, for implementing the " bitwise and " operation in Vedit. Otherwise the left side of my formula would not make any sense.
Incidentally, I have been looking at Scientific Calculators and I have been unable to find he "bitwise and" operation. Am I missing something?
Thanks again,
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I have added the SETUP-HTTP subroutine from the VEDITPDF.VDM macro. At the same time, as per your instructons, I have renamed the T-reg, where the macro
gives the shell command for the browser to T-reg 20.
Now, a belated thank you to Pauli Lindgren for his elegant subroutine.

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By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
Theo Walcott has finally committed his future to Arsenal after agreeing terms on a new four-and-a-half-year contract, Goal.com can reveal.
Walcott and his representatives held a final round of talks, which included manager Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis, at the club's London Colney training base on Wednesday, where the 23-year-old accepted the offer of a £30,000-a-week pay rise.
Under the new agreement that runs until the summer of 2017, the England international's salary will climb to around £90,000-a-week, which will be bolstered by top-up bonuses and a multi-million pound signing-on fee.
|Arsenal are 9/1 to beat Manchester City 1-0 with William Hill
Walcott had indicated his desire to stay at the Emirates Stadium after being verbally offered the improved package by Arsenal during fruitful discussions over the last fortnight.
He has also been encouraged that Wenger has lived up to his promise of giving him opportunities to play in his favourite centre-forward role.
Walcott has started Arsenal's last five matches up front, scoring four goals, including a hat-trick against Newcastle United. Despite being regularly overlooked by Wenger in the first three months of the season, he leads the club's scoring charts with 14 goals.
Walcott's preference has always been to stay at the club, where he is popular both among staff and with the other players.
Arsenal are confident they will be able to announce Walcott's new contract imminently, which will then allow Wenger to concentrate on reinforcing Arsenal's squad.
The manager has set his sights on acquiring a senior striker from Spain, with David Villa and Adrian Lopez his top two targets.
Securing Walcott's future will be a huge boost to Arsenal after tying fellow Brits Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey and Carl Jenkinson to new five-year deals shortly before Christmas.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Dec. 21, 2005) - Last Saturday, as the ETSU men's basketball team prepared for its game with Austin Peay, over 1,100 students received their degrees during graduation ceremonies inside Memorial Center. Two of the students scheduled to receive honors were Buccaneer basketball players Brad Nuckles (Council, Va.) and Ben Rhoda (Dayton, Ohio), but due to the scheduling conflict, neither were able to attend graduation.
On Wednesday, Nuckles, Rhoda, their families, and ETSU officials came together to honor these two Bucs for their academic success. ETSU President Dr. Paul E. Stanton, Jr., Dean of the College of Business Dr. Linda Garceau, College of Business Senior Advisor Timothy Dills, and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Dave Mullins presented both players with their degrees during a brief ceremony in the president's office at Dossett Hall.
Both Nuckles and Rhoda, who will begin their graduate work next spring, continue a strong academic tradition for the ETSU men's basketball team, which earlier this week was recognized for having a 92 percent graduation rate since the 1995-96 season, the highest such rate among Division I programs in the state of Tennessee.
Nuckles and Rhoda also continue to help ETSU athletics maintain a high graduation rate, with student-athletes graduating at a rate 20 percent higher than traditional students.
Both Nuckles and Rhoda will be honored again prior to Wednesday night's game with Central Michigan. Tip is set for 7 p.m.


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(Reuters) - The New York Yankees have re-signed shortstop Derek Jeter to a one-year $12 million contract that will make the captain the longest-serving player in franchise history, the Major League Baseball team said on Friday.
The 13-time All-Star, who has spent his entire 19-year MLB career with the Yankees, is one of just two players, along with Willie Mays, to record at least 3,000 hits, 250 home runs, 300 stolen bases and 1,200 RBI in their careers.
Named the 11th captain in team history in 2003, Jeter is the Yankees' all-time leader in hits, games, stolen bases, at-bats and singles.
No active player has appeared in more games for his current team than Jeter, who will become the Yankees longest-tenured player with his first game played in the 2014 season, breaking the record he currently shares with Mariano Rivera.
The 39-year-old shortstop has helped guide the Bronx Bombers to five World Series titles and owns a .312 career batting average with 256 home runs, 1,261 RBI and 348 stolen bases in 2,602 games.
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STMicroelectronics Hails Success of Advanced Single-Chip Integration in New Wireless Modules from SenseAnywhere
Tiny single-chip balun, together with ultra-efficient sensor and memory,
helps boost performance and shrink dimensions of new AiroSensor and AssetSensor active-RFID modules from SenseAnywhere
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has announced that SenseAnywhere, a leader in tags and modules for wireless sensing and location, has qualified the world's first wireless devices incorporating ST's new single-chip balun, which integrates essential circuitry for radio systems in a footprint of only 2.1mm2.
The SenseAnywhere AiroSensor and AssetSensor active-RFID modules combine advanced RF transceiver technology with a low-power processor, low-voltage EEPROM, and miniature temperature, humidity, and ultra-efficient motion sensors to enhance performance and save cost in Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as environmental monitoring, cold-chain compliance, theft protection, and asset tracking.
"The cooperation with ST made it possible to realize significant improvements in the output performance, sensitivity and impedance matching of our RF modules and sensors, as well as minimizing unwanted harmonics," said Tom Heijnen, Founder and Managing Director of SenseAnywhere. "At the same time, we have seriously reduced overall application size as well as savings in bill-of-materials costs and reduced assembly and test costs."
Inside the SenseAnywhere modules, ST's BAL-CC1101-01D3 balun balances the connection between the radio and antenna, replacing discrete components that would occupy up to 30mm2 of pc-board space with a single 2.1mm2 integrated circuit. Moreover, single-chip integration enables closer impedance matching, greater stability, and reduced device-to-device spread by minimizing variations between circuit features on the same silicon substrate.
The BAL-CC1101-01D3 is the first in a new family of integrated baluns from ST, which are matched to specific RF-transceiver chipsets. Optimized for ultra-low-power applications in sub-GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM), and Short-Range Device (SRD) frequency bands, the ETSI[1]- and FCC[2]-compliant BAL-CC1101-01D3 delivers advantages including an integrated harmonic filter delivering improved harmonic attenuation, low insertion loss, and operation up to 85°C, in addition to its tiny footprint.
"The advanced single-chip integration of our new balun family helps customers overcome significant RF-system design challenges to deliver higher-performing products while reducing cost and time to market," said Richard Renard, Senior Product Marketing Engineer, STMicroelectronics. "SenseAnywhere's AiroSensor and AssetSensor using the ST balun are genuinely advanced products that offer unique benefits to integrators of sensing and location systems."
Beyond the new balun, ST contributed its compact, flexible, and lowest-power LIS2DH accelerometer, and low-power EEPROMs to the SenseAnywhere IoT modules, ensuring long-lasting and accurate performance.
The BAL-CC1101-01D3 is now available for production orders, in the 2.1mm2 flip-chip package, priced from $0.26 for orders of 5000 pieces.
About SenseAnywhere
SenseAnywhere develops and markets wireless transceiver modules, sensor-enabled active RFID tags, wireless sensors and data loggers that easily connect to any application through the Internet.
The company's technology and devices enable customers to realize real-time location systems using Active RFIDs, sensor-enabled active RFIDs and wireless data loggers for amongst others motion, temperature and humidity.
Years of RF, analog and digital engineering has led to an ultra-low-power RF transceiver platform that is extremely easy to use. The complete RF-protocol handling and network management is integrated on the modules and AccessPoints. No pairing or key management are required, and all network components are plug and play. The ultra-low-power technology enables SenseAnywhere to create active RFID devices, sensors and data loggers like the AssetSensor and the AiroSensor that will operate autonomously in the field for 10 years.
With more than 15 years of experience in developing wirelessly networked products and communication protocols for business to business customers, SenseAnywhere's network technology has been proven in tens of thousands of products, and will be at the heart of numerous innovative products and equipment joining the Internet of Things.
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2013, the Company's net revenues were $8.08 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
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What catches your eye first?
The Hollywood Reporter's new issue features the Glee Season 2 finale in New York with exclusive access alongside the cast as they shot the episode. It's a long article. I gave it a skim. Enjoyed the part about the deal with the hotel and also what happens when they run long - costs etc. Glee is such a huge money grab for Fox, and still I wonder what their budget is. It sounds like there are some constraints. Production will always tell you there are constraints but some shows actually do have valid complaints.
Anyway, where's Dianna Agron?
There are a lot of other cast members missing, sure, but most of the time, when there's a Glee feature, the three that are always included are Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Dianna Agron. Maybe she was busy. Or generous.
What jumped at me most however, before even noticing that Agron was missing, were Naya Rivera's tits. That does not look comfortable. She doesn't look comfortable. Especially not in the face. I mean, this has to stop. It's too much, too young, too frightening. Also, she looks like Melania Trump.
And goddamn I love, but could never wear, the outfit that Heather Morris has on. I hope that's her name because I can't google right now. See the way those pants fit? Complimented by the way she's standing? That's how it was supposed to be. Straight off a sketch.
Click here to see more Glee NYC photos and to read the article.


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Things about this website
Lots of change looks just the same
Things look the same on the outside, but they're different on the inside. I've just done a major update to the software that runs this site.
If you see gremlins and weird behavior, I'd love to know about it. Otherwise, please stand by. I'll be checking things over some more, and performance should improve.
Of course, now that a lotta good stuff happened under the hood, it's possible to make some pretty changes to how things look on the outside.
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Why the Radio Silence? Conference What's coming up? Conference!
Where did she go? Why all the new posts, then silence? For the last three days I was at a conference devoted to the web software upon which this website is built. Learned many good things that will go into the next major revision for this site. It's Thursday, but it feels like a Monday after a very long weekend. A verrrrrrrry long weekend.
Aaaaaand it's only a week (+ a day) until the Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank.
My head will be down, completing my two presentations on Interviewing Family—Sunday Morning 8:30-9:30, and 10-11. Between now and then, I'll be posting some items to the equipment guide section. Until then, check out all the recent goodies on Interviewing in the Interviewing category, or my From Recording to Audio Series (mostly about Audacity and iTunes). Yes, I know Number 4 of that series is not yet up. Seriously, this week and next I need a clone. Number 4 will be appearing in good time.
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Bizy Backson
I've been otherwise occupied for a while. As said in Winnie The Pooh, Bizy backson. A while back I mentioned that I might as well name this site Family Medical History Using Offline Tools, and that is so. My father is reaching the end of a long, long road. He is now at home, receiving hospice care. So. Well. suffice it to say, I haven't been stoking this site with a ton of new posts and articles.
I'm going to be attending the Oral History Association annual meeting in Louisville, KY this month. I'll be speaking there about doing family oral history (don't take it personally? But I have to take it personally!)
There's a part where I'll talk about what it's like to listen to oral histories after the interviewee has died. As I've been putting together the presentation, I planned to talk about my grandpa, and tell the story of my boyfriend's Mom. But I don't know that I want to talk about my reactions to listening to oral histories I've recorded with my dad—and my reactions to them—in real time.
I did write some reflections and reactions to interviewing Dad… not long after an ...Read More
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Family Medical History Using Offline Tools
A that's a statement of one of the reasons I haven't been around here as much. Oh, and I've been working on other things, too. This'll change, at least for this week. Flurry of posts to come.
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No Jamboree this year (as if you couldn't tell)
I didn't make it to the Jamboree this year. Wanted to go to hang with the bloggers. But the weekend of June 28th and 29th was so oversubscribed, it wasn't funny. I did go to a blogger meetup, tho. But it was local area bloggers. It met in my town. I had to leave early to scan some photos. Which you've probably seen.
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Family Health Care Time Space Continuum
Another long break. I'm back. (I think.) You know, I talk here of recording family histories, or family stories, but since April I've been in a slightly different mode: family medical history. It's not from long ago; it's current. And, depending on events (which included nearly 3 weeks of hospitalization or skilled nursing facility-ization), I find myself leaving the land of so-called normal to a different mindset– the health care time-space continuum. That place is highly absorbing, but it's nothing I wish to talk about here. Hence the silence. (But the patient is home again, which is a nice improvement.)
I suppose if I were to relate it to the topic at hand—recording and preserving family stories—I have two things to say:
Though I have been around family members quite a bit, I find myself with zero interest in doing any interviewing. (well, one channel of my lovely stereo microphone went kaput and I haven't had the energy or the inclination to even begin troubleshooting it beyond confirming that yes, there's no incoming signal from the one mic.) No interest. None. Was this helped by the fact that I've already conducted some interviews of the family member? Probably. Though there are questions I'd still like to ask, stories I want to hear.
The Pros in the Oral History biz toss ...Read More
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on June 19, 2008 in
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Reality Intervenes
Fire! No sooner do I get back on this site (and my other blog), but fire breaks out in the foothills. I'm safe. Most everyone is safe, but the terrain is steep. It's been unseasonably warm here in San Gabriel Valley, and fortunately, there's no wind. We got ourselves a fire in the mountains, tho. So between local blogging and work I gotta do, I'll be taking my time returning to normal– whatever that is.
p.s. several days later. I'm fine. I was never close to it, other than close enough to see it when I went outside and looked at the foothills. Fire is now out. I blogged up a storm at the other blog, and have lapsed back into silence for a wee time.
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on April 27, 2008 in
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Sneaking back online
I've been away for a spell. Now am back. Hello. How've you been?
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on April 25, 2008 in
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Whoa. Still here?
Hello, again. It's been a busy week. More posts to come.
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on January 13, 2008 in
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All comments to be moderated
I hate to do this, but I'm going to have to change things here so that all comments will be moderated. All comments moderated, all the time. Sorry about that. The incoming comment spam is growing worse. I like it that this site's software allows for commenters up-thread to be notified when a new person comments on that thread. Comment spam makes that a pain for real commenters, so for now, comments are moderated.
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Back from the Oakland Conference
I'm back from the Oakland Oral History Association conference, and overwhelmed with catch-up-to-do. There were too many good panels to attend. Some that touched on the topic of interviewing family, and others on dealing with digital media. I took copious notes (how else do you remember what happened in such a condensed, info-packed place?) and will be offering a couple of posts with session highlights.
Posted by Susan A. Kitchens on November 01, 2007 in
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At PodCamp SoCal today
I've lots of good stuff in the pipeline for posting here, but I've taken my The War intermission a bit early to prepare for PodcampSoCal. Catch up on some of the recent news items, or post in the open thread. There are but 24 hours in a day, and I'm using 'em all. Back soon with more Latino WW2 stories, Japanese American internment and Go For Broke posts, and digital requirements for submitting to Library of Congress.
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Post Expo Finals Week Excusemaking post
The Genealogical Jamboree is over. It's finals week (been takin' a class). This post is a sorry excuse for not saying more about the Jamboree or about why the Equipment Guide is still kinda iffy. But there it is. More soon. Tunnel. End. Light.
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Hard at work on Equipment Guide
I'm working night and day to create an audio equipment guide for this site. Don't take this site-silence for lack of activity or thought.
Invitation for the comments: What burning questions do you have about audio equipment? (I'll save the video questions for later….one thing at a time, one thing at a time)
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22nd Carnival of Genealogy
The carnival is UP!. The theme was Carousel. Or free for all. I liked that. Also found out through Miriam's Ancestoris "What I'm reading these days" is that this very site is featured in the latest issue of Internet Genealogy. Cool.
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does your D810 fit in the housing without the back on? Can you get the base plate to align as it should be? Or does you problem start there? I have to push mine a half millimeter in on the right side, but very gentle. And after that the housing back fits easy...
kind regards // Alex
"Perseverance pays off." Thanks, Alex, for your continued help. I'm happy to report that I have now acquired all of the functionality that you originally reported!
My base plate with camera mounted fit snug and flush in the mount, but your suggestion of playing around with this got me to lock the base plate without it seated all the way in…i.e., I let the camera sit ~2mm closer to the back. This allowed the buttons on the back to finally reach far enough to depress the camera buttons enough. So then I made a temporary spacer out of cardboard to keep the base plate from going all the way in, which continued to allow the buttons to work. But I noticed that clamping the back down didn't appear to seal the bottom side of the housing; I could see the O-ring from outside. Looking carefully it became apparent that the photo/video switch is what protrudes the furthest from the back, and since it's now misaligned with the new position of the switch on the camera it must be the cause of the insufficient seating. Appeared to be easy to remove the switch from the inside of the housing, a single Phillips screw, so I did. Replacing the back still left a gap on the bottom, so then I tried it again without my cardboard spacer. With the base plate seated fully in the mount all the buttons now work and the back appears to seal fully! The photo/video switch couldn't be used anyway due to the misalignment, so removing it from the inside of the housing (which still leaves the switch sealed on the outside) seems to be a solution for making the housing compatible with the D810 and retaining nearly all the button functionality.
Have you tested this in the water yet? I guess I will now (tub of water test first).
While some users may be fine with losing the capability to record video, I actually am still determined to sort it out, and I think it's possible. The photo/video switch actually wouldn't be necessary. I just tested what happens if the switch is set on video and you hit the shutter button…The camera still shoots a photo (you have to specify this in the custom menu). In fact, the camera acts entirely in photo mode unless you hit the Live View button to start video mode. So I just need to figure out how to get the arms to reach the Live View and Record buttons. These buttons are within millimeters away from the existing housing ones, so it seems feasible. Still interested to hear any guidance on this if anyone has any or can direct me to some!
I came very close to ordering the Nauticam. But I think I'll be able to stick with trusty Sea & Sea now!
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Paranormal Paramours
The Good Word
Karen Stollznow
March 14, 2011
Things that go bump in the night
From the television series The Ghost and Mrs. Muir to the cinematic classic Ghouls Gone Wild, popular culture is enamored with stories of ghostly girlfriends and beaus from beyond. However, there are some who claim their stories of paranormal love and sex are fact, not fiction.
the community of believers, paranormal sexual encounters are known as
"spectrophilia." Whether it's invisible kisses and caresses, sex
with Satan, phantom fornication, or obscene phone calls from the dead,
let's explore some claims of anomalous amorous phenomena.
The Devil Made Me Do It
From the invisible demon in The Entity, an allegedly true story of a woman molested by a paranormal entity, to the father of Rosemary's Baby—Satan, lusty demons abound in books and movies. Demon lovers are also featured prominently in Western mythology, most notably the incubus and succubus. As exorcist Bob Larson explains, an incubus is "a demon assuming human physical dimensions and sexually cohabiting with a woman. Succubus is the counterpart, when the demon assumes female proportions and actually cohabits with a man."1 One belief in Christian demonology is that demons shape shift into succubi to collect sperm from human males before morphing into incubi to impregnate female humans.2
Sagan shows that supernatural lovers feature in the mythology of other
cultures too, including the Arabian jinns, Greek satyrs, Hindu
bhoots and Celtic dusii.3 Some are hybrid creatures,
while dusii can supposedly impregnate both women and nonhuman
female animals. Male skeptics need to fear Popobawa, a demon that has
a preference for sodomizing nonbelievers. Joe Nickell calls this beast
"the skeptic-raping demon of Zanzibar."4 However, the
locals don't believe in Popobawa any more than Americans (other than
Bob Larson) believe in incubi and succubi today.The Skeptic's Dictionary's
Robert Carroll observes that alien-abduction accounts offer a modern-day
version of demon lovers, given victims' claims of sexual abuse and
anal probes.5
The (Too) Friendly Ghost
Randy entities aren't always demons; sometimes the supernatural suitors are spirits.
In his book Otherworldly Affaires: Haunted Lovers, Phantom Spouses, and Sexual Molesters from the Shadow World, Brad Steiger writes about hyperdimensional love and sex.6 There are "true stories" of dead lovers who seek vengeance from beyond the grave, ghostly wives and husbands who return to warn their widows of risky relationships, apparitions of lovers who return for a final "goodbye," and sex offenders who come back to earth to continue perpetrating their crimes.
Gina Lanier, who calls herself a paranormal investigator, also believes that sexual deviance is carried over to the other side. Lanier specializes in studying supernatural sex and alleges that "inter-paranormal relationships" are common:
Many have come forward to me over the years and have admitted [to] many strange paranormal sexual encounters. From Normal everyday people to Trans gendered Gay-Bi and all flavors in between. It seems sexual encounters with the dead are not limited to just a few and the variety seems to be more then just the normal.7
Lanier claims to have investigated a vampire with a blood fetish, a ghost with a penchant for bondage that required a "safe word" to keep him under control, and a stalker who sends racy text messages and makes sexually explicit phone calls from beyond the grave. Lanier shares the story of a Malaysian man who suffered the sexual advances of a female ghost for sixteen years. The ghost appeared to the young man every night, assuming different forms in which to ravish him. These visits began to affect his relationships and career, so a psychic medium was consulted. According to the psychic, the ghost was the spirit of a woman who had committed suicide thirty years before over unrequited love, and with the medium's assistance the spirit was able to pass over to the other side.
But sometimes the haunted want to stay haunted. In a surreal and graphic article, Maryanna Chatelaine Moresby warns against the dangers of ghost hunting:
… a woman in Sacramento … told me [in an e-mail] of how after a visit by the local ghost busters the ghost that haunts her doll threw her down on the floor and had it's [sic] way with her she says. She goes on to tell that the Ghost hunters were supposed to come back with the help of a psychic and clear her home … now she wants the ghost to stay. And [she] ask[ed] me honestly, is the relationship with her and the ghost a healthy one? 8
As far as dangers to the ghost hunters themselves, we're not talking the practical dangers of trespassing on private property or breathing in asbestos in old buildings. Moresby believes that ghost hunters risk having their genitals possessed by the ghosts they hunt. She advises that ghost hunters abstain from sex after a stake-out, lest they infect their partner with any supernaturally-transmitted diseases. Moresby proceeds to report some cases of "anomalous anal phenomena":
Many male ghost Hunters are prone to such anal ghost intrusions and possessions. In the past 8 years it has been related to me by a person that specializes in such removals that a particular ghost Hunter of well known fame has seen her more then once. He states he keeps getting re infected [sic] because it is like a [sic] open portal to them.
Moresby also shares her own
personal experiences and provides some home remedies to cure these conditions.
I recommend readers read the ludicrous article "Paranormal Sex" in its entirety.
Wooed By Woo
Some ghostly lovers are lovelorn spirits with the same urges they had in life, while others simply don't know they're dead. But it seems all have forgotten their manners. In most cases, there is no courtship; the amorous spirits simply slip into bed with the victim. The late model and actress Anna Nicole Smith reveals her alleged experience with a spectral Casanova:
A ghost would crawl up my leg and have sex with me at an apartment a long time ago in Texas. I used to think it was my boyfriend, and one day I woke up and it wasn't. It was, like, a spirit and it—woo! [miming a ghost flying from under her sheets]—went up! I was freaked out about it, but then I was like, "Well, you know what? He's never hurt me and he just gave me some amazing sex so I have no problem.9
A Valentine's Day episode of Ghost Adventures featured an investigation of a "horny spirit."10 Jerusha Howe "died of a broken heart," and now her wanton ghost fondles men who dare to sleep in Room 9 of the Longfellow's Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Ghost Adventures's Zak Bagans explains that "There is a horny spirit in here that apparently likes to have intimate encounters with men in this room, and that's a fact."
But if it's a fact, where's the evidence? The Ghost Adventures boys were convinced by her "love letters" tucked into the ceiling beams and stashed in drawers in Room 9, even though these notes were not examined critically and, according to the hotel website, were written by guests, not ghosts.
The Ghost Adventures gang then captured their own evidence, an electronic voice phenomena recording of the spirit saying, "They look strong." Their video footage supposedly recorded a "figure of a lady," but it seemed to be nothing more than low-quality video with bad lighting.
Determined to have an erotic encounter with the sexy ghost, Zak tried to raise the spirit's spirits: "If she wants love, I'll give it to her!" Disappointingly, his rendezvous consisted of a demure "two taps" on his right leg, but he interpreted the experience as profound, saying, "When I was in Jerusha's bedroom I had an experience I'll never forget. It was a different feeling; that environment was ecstasy. It was, I just felt very loved."
In the Travel Channel's documentary Ghostly Lovers, Melissa recounts her repeated encounters with a ghostly lover. When she was alone in bed she would detect a darkness and heaviness in the air. Soon she would feel something breathing on her, then a kissing sensation on her neck and "weird tingles" all over her body. "I felt somebody grabbing my arms, pushing me down on the bed. My heart started to race, my breathing became deeper and I just went through all the motions of actually having a sexual encounter with somebody."11
the documentary we see a "recreation" of the events: Melissa writhes
about on a bed in lingerie while in voiceover she describes repetitively
the "heat," "warmth," and "energy" of the encounter because
"you literally have sex" with the unseen force. "It eventually
turned into an orgasm that was so intense in my whole body. It just
was amazing." Few would deny that Melissa was experiencing
erotic dreams.
Just a Dream
No one has ever presented anything other than only anecdotal evidence for paranormal sexual encounters. For example, no woman has ever been impregnated by a ghost. There is no single story and therefore there is no single explanation for these claims. Barring pranks, a number of possible natural explanations can be posited. Our biggest clue is that most of these experiences occur at night when the victim is in bed, suggesting that an erotic dream or hallucination has taken place. Such hallucinations may be associated with a phenomenon known as sleep paralysis, otherwise known as a "waking nightmare."
Sleep paralysis is a common experience for many people and is also a symptom of the sleep disorder narcolepsy.12 Sleep paralysis is an interruption of the REM stage of sleep; the individual awakens prematurely yet remains in a dreaming state. An episode can present a wide range of visual, auditory, and tactile hallucinations. This may explain many alleged paranormal encounters, from ghost sightings, vampires, and alien abductions to the claims in this article.
Sleep paralysis is occasionally known as Old Hag Syndrome, taken from the superstitious belief that an "old hag" sits on top of her victim's chest while he or she sleeps. The hag renders them immobile and breathless, and indeed many sufferers experience a sense of suffocation. Guy de Maupassant appears to describe an episode of sleep paralysis in his novel La Horla:
I sleep—for a while—two or three hours—then a dream—no—a nightmare seizes me in its grip, I know full well that I am lying down and that I am asleep.... I sense it and I know it ... and I am also aware that somebody is coming up to me, looking at me, running his fingers over me, climbing on to my bed, kneeling on my chest, taking me by the throat and squeezing ... squeezing ... with all its might, trying to strangle me. I struggle, but I am tied down by that dreadful feeling of helplessness which paralyzes us in our dreams. I want to cry out—but I can't. I want to move—I can't do it. I try, making terrible, strenuous efforts, gasping for breath, to turn on my side, to throw off this creature who is crushing me and choking me—but I can't! Then, suddenly, I wake up, panic-stricken, covered in sweat. I light a candle. I am alone.13
Occam's razor is a useful principle to apply here. Is it more likely that the claimant had a sexual encounter with a ghost, or did he or she simply experience an erotic dream or hallucination? However, rationalizing or understanding an erotic dream may be problematic for some people. Attributing sexual dreams or sexual thoughts to a supernatural force is a guiltless absolution for those with moral objections.
may also play a role when people believe they've experienced a sexual
encounter with a deceased lover. The concept of sex after death provides
hope that there is life after death and that the pleasures of life are
still obtainable in death.
1. Larson, Bob. 1995. Spiritual Warfare Action Training I: Side 1. Denver: Bob Larson Ministries.
2. Incubi and succubi. 1996. In Angels A to Z. Edited by James R. Lewis, Evelyn Dorothy Oliver, and Kelle S. Sisung, pp. 218–19. Visible Ink Press.
3. Sagan, Carl. 1995. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. New York: Random House.
4. Nickell, Joe. 1995. The
skeptic-raping demon of Zanzibar. Skeptical
Briefs 5(4). Available at www.csicop.org/sb/show/
5. Carroll, Robert. Succubus. The Skeptic's Dictionary. Available online at www.skepdic.com/succubus.html; accessed February 16, 2011.
6. Steiger, Brad. 2008. Otherworldly Affaires: Haunted Lovers, Phantom Spouses, and Sexual Molesters from the Shadow World. Anomalist Books.
7. Lanier, Gina. Inter-paranormal
relationships. Available online at www.ginalanier.com/
8. Moresby, Maryanna Chatelaine.
Paranormal sex. Haunted America Tours. Available online at www.hauntedamericatours.com/
10. Travel Channel. Aaron's
vlog: Valentine's Day (video). Available online at www.travelchannel.com/
Travel Channel. Tales of a
Ghostly Lover (video). Available at www.travelchannel.com/Places_
12. Carroll, Robert. Sleep
paralysis. The Skeptic's Dictionary. Available online at www.skepdic.com/
13. de Maupassant, Guy. 1988.
Contes et Nouvelles (Vol 2, 1884–1890). Paris: Robert Laffont.
In James Allan Cheyne. "The Cultural-Historical Transformation of
the Alien in Maupassant's Le Horla." Available online at http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~


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October 20, 2011 — Oklahoma County District Judge Daniel Owens on Wednesday granted a temporary injunction against a new state law (HB 1970) that would restrict the use of medication abortion drugs, Reuters reports. The ruling prevents the law from taking effect on Nov. 1 (Olafson, Reuters, 10/19).
The law would require physicians who offer medication abortion services to conduct examinations of patients, document certain medical conditions and schedule follow-up appointments. It also would mandate that physicians follow FDA guidelines on medication abortion, rather than guidelines from the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the National Abortion Federation that currently are used.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed by the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice and Tulsa-based reproductive health care provider Nova Health System, the law would prohibit vaginal administration of the drugs, restrict the time the drugs could be administered and remove a treatment option for women with ectopic pregnancies (Women's Health Policy Report, 10/7).
State attorneys contend that off-label use of the drugs is dangerous and has led to the deaths of eight women. At issue are the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, which are used in combination during the medication abortion regimen.
Plaintiffs' attorney Michelle Mohaved of the Center for Reproductive Rights disputed the state's claims about the deaths, adding that an investigation by FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found "absolutely no causal relationship" between the deaths and the drugs. According to Mohaved, a common regimen is for doctors to use one-third of the FDA-recommended amount of mifepristone, in combination with misoprostol. In the decade since mifepristone was approved by FDA, numerous studies have shown that the combined regimen is the safer and more effective option.
"The evidence supporting these alternative regimens are of such high quality that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists gave these alternative regiments their highest possible recommendation," Movahed said (Murphy, AP/Washington Post, 10/19). The plaintiffs will seek a permanent injunction against the law, she said (Reuters, 10/19).


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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Freezer Burns and Veggie Burgers
I love the concept of Freezer Burns, as Gregory takes one for the team by taste testing all sorts of frozen products so you don't have to. This episode is all about vegetable burgers, a subject near and dear to my heart, as evidenced by my post "Meaty Mushroom Veggie Burger - The Least Terrible Veggie Burger Ever!" I've posted the video below, just in case you decide to forgo the frozen food aisle.
I hope you like The Frozen Food Master's Veggie Burger Frodown, and be sure to check out Gregory's great website for more information. Enjoy!
Chef John's Famous Meaty Mushroom Veggie Burger
8 comments:
- Denise Michaels - Adventurous Foodie said...
You can really SEE the pieces of mushrooms in this. That's a plus, at least. I'm not too excited when people try to make foods look and taste like something it's not. I'm not too geeked up by all the Halloween foods either - stuff that looks like eyeballs or whatever. Gross!
- October 31, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- Food Junkie said...
I quite like some of the burger chain veggie burgers. We made burgers out of beans once. They were awful. Curiously our children who were quite young at the time wolfed them down. I guess kid's will eat anything that looks like a burger. I will have to give this one a try.
Thanks Chef.
- October 31, 2010 at 3:58 PM
I eat mostly vegetarian because I feel better when I do. I say that to assure folks when they read my comment that I'm not anti-vegetarians.
That said, there are two things I don't understand. If you're going to give up meat, why do people still feel the need to find fake meat substitutes? If you miss meat then eat it. Otherwise own your choice to eat natural foods and quit trying to get everything to taste like meats.
Secondly, why is all of this "healthy" food so expensive, including organic fruits and veggies. It should actually be cheaper because they aren't using all the chemicals.
There's such a push to "go green" and eat organic but it's all Big Business Brainwashing. Doing these things should make things LESS expensive not MORE expensive!
- October 31, 2010 at 5:27 PM
- Lhinelle said...
Hey John,
Much as I love your site, I have to say your forgot one thing this time: the recipe and ingredient amounts below the video. ;)
Can't wait to try it out! I'm guessing that using whatever varieties of mushroom you like won't hurt?
- October 31, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Hahaha, great frozen burger video -- as a 12-year vegetarian until about a year ago, I knew this is exactly how the contest would go! Morning Star Farms makes food that is pretty tasty. Boca anything, I would not even feed to a dog or a cat (not that they would want it). Amy's and Boca are both old-school originals that were able to survive until now, but have not really improved or modernized their food along the way.. and it shows when you attempt to eat it.
- October 31, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Chef John said...
I linked back to the original post in a couple spots above so you can see the article and ingredient list. Enjoy!
- October 31, 2010 at 10:19 PM
You can also make great veggie burger from grilled stuffed portobello mushrooms
- November 1, 2010 at 6:32 PM
- philogaia said...
I was suspicious about how "much like meat" the Morningstar Farms patty was according to Gregory. I looked up the ingredients of all four burgers on their respective web sites. The ingredient list on the Morningstar patty was appalling. I wouldn't feed that to my cat much less eat it myself. The best ingredient list was Amy's followed by Gardenburger.
I think I'll just stick to turkey or a yummy homemade blend like Chef John posted.
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Duke faithful used to worry that coaching the pros would lure Mike Krzyzewski away from the Blue Devils. The Celtics called, the Lakers called, and heaven knows who else.
Never mind the notion that a college basketball lifer wouldn't translate to the NBA. Any owner with a clue would welcome Krzyzewski's Hall of Fame credentials and commanding presence.
Well, turns out Krzyzewski is coaching guys with eight-figure W2s, but the gig – leading the U.S. national team instead of a NBA franchise -- has extended his Duke tenure.
"As far as my coaching, just my career, USA Basketball has helped energize even more," Krzyzewski said last week as he re-enlisted for a third Olympics cycle, "and I've learned so much over these seven years. It's made me better, wanting to coach even more.
"Instead of reducing my shelf life, so to speak, I think it's added to it, and I believe that it will do that over these next four years also."
Indeed, at 66 Krzyzewski is better than ever, and he has not only USA Basketball but also Duke well positioned for additional championships.
Consider his Blue Devils teams since he guided the U.S. to the 2008 gold medal in Beijing:
Duke reached the Sweet 16 in 2009 with merely an above-average roster headlined by Gerald Henderson and Kyle Singler. A year later, Singler, Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith led the Blue Devils to their fourth national championship.
With luminous freshman Kyrie Irving in 2011, Duke was poised to repeat. Moreover, Krzyzewski believed the team capable of the sport's first undefeated season since Indiana '76. But a toe injury shelved Irving for much of the year, and the Blue Devils exited in a regional semifinal.
Injuries struck again this past season, to seniors Seth Curry and Ryan Kelly, yet in one of his finest coaching jobs, Krzyzewski coaxed Duke to the Elite Eight, where it fell to eventual national champion Louisville. Place the Blue Devils in any other region, and they reach the Final Four.
Duke's lone hiccup since the '08 Olympics was the 2012 Austin Rivers bunch that as a No. 2 seed flopped against 15th-seeded Lehigh in the NCAA tournament.
That following summer, Krzyzewski and the U.S. won gold again, at the London Games, after which Krzyzewski insisted it was time for another national coach. USA Basketball president Jerry Colangelo had other ideas.
"You know, I found it hard to look into the future and not have Coach K at my side as it relates to USA Basketball," Colangelo said. "Despite his position when the London Olympics ended, I never lost hope, if you will, and belief that time would heal and that there was a great chance he would come back."
Props to Colangelo for recruiting Krzyzewski to a third term – Hank Iba (1964, '68, '72) is the only other coach to lead the U.S. in three Olympics – and sustaining the culture of service and success that Krzyzewski has established at USA Basketball.
The national team is 62-1 under Krzyzewski, stumbling only at the 2006 world championships, and unlike so many of his predecessors, Krzyzewski has sold the NBA's elite on the privilege of representing our country.
That sales pitch is rooted in the military values Krzyzewski learned as a West Point cadet and Army officer. Hence, the verb is to "serve" on the national team, not "play."
"I think to a man, any of the guys that have played for us will tell you that they're better off," Krzyzewski said at last week's news conference. "Just like I'm telling you that I'm better off for coaching this team, they were better off for playing on that team.
"It's a unique experience. Friendships and a brotherhood that is developed that lasts forever. I mean, most people don't have that. Even people who play professionally, sometimes it seems they're never able to develop that, but the last three teams we've had [2008 Olympics, 2010 worlds, 2012 Olympics], we've had that."
So while coaches such as the San Antonio Spurs' Gregg Popovich and Boston Celtics' Doc Rivers are qualified to guide the national team, Krzyzewski offered stability and a proven program.
Kevin Durant on Twitter: "Playing for Coach K in 2010 and 2012 was an amazing experience. He's a great coach, and USA Basketball is blessed to have him. He coaches with great passion, but always keeps us calm, and makes sure we are prepared for our opponents."
Kobe Bryant on Twitter: "Even as a veteran, I learned a lot from his leadership. I appreciate all he's done over the years for USA Basketball."
Bryant certainly won't be around for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, but a roster that includes Irving, Durant, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Love, Anthony Davis and Steph Curry is possible.
As a college coach, Krzyzewski is accustomed to inevitable turnover, and he's managed it well with USA Basketball. The 2010 world squad had no one from the 2008 Olympics, while the '12 London team included five holdovers from '08, five from '10 and two newcomers.
With Kelly, Seth Curry and Mason Plumlee headed to the NBA, Duke is experiencing considerable change. But returnees such as Quinn Cook and Rasheed Sulaimon mixed with newcomers like Jabari Parker and Mississippi State transfer Rodney Hood make the Blue Devils the preseason chalk in the new-look ACC.
That expanded ACC, with Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame arriving this season, and Louisville next, also has rejuvenated Krzyzewski, who at one stage of the realignment circus called the league vulnerable.
"I love what's happening with our conference," he said. "We're going to be a 10-bid conference. We're going to be the best conference in the history of the game. It's exciting to be part of that."
The ACC is getting better and in 2014 will showcase four of college basketball's five active Hall of Fame coaches: Krzyzewski, North Carolina's Roy Williams, Syracuse's Jim Boeheim and Louisville's Rick Pitino (the fifth is Southern Methodist's Larry Brown).
The world is getting better, from Spain and Argentina to Russia and France.
Krzyzewski's response: Bring it on.
He and his staff are recruiting fiercely with an eye on 2014 luminaries Tyus Jones and Jahlil Okafor. He'll have the NBA's best at his disposal in Rio.
In short, Krzyzewski has no map to retirement as he prepares for his 34th season at Duke.
"You've got to stay sharp," he said. "I'm coaching in the best league with the best competition, the best players, that I can. I wasn't sure before London just how much longer I might coach. Not that I gave a time frame, but (now) I don't see an end."
Good for Duke, good for USA Basketball.
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