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Minnesota may not be the league's doormat forever. I really like their 3s and 4s with Love, 2nd pick overall Derrick Williams, and Michael Beasley (who I think should be traded). They also have a lot of talent in the pipeline. They were also very strategic about their selections, and could be a force to be reckoned with if they can improve by 10 wins each of the next two years and can retain talent. Bogdanovic could be a steal, though trading away the rights to Mirotic and Cole (best rebounding guard in the draft, who can also fill it up and pass) could be moves that GM David Kahn could live to regret.
Though I am a slightly-biased resident of the DC area, I love the Wizards' draft and their new hats. If Jan Vesely can play basketball anything like he kisses, the Wiz kids will be borderline watchable as the next season we have basketball. He's a high-motor PF, which the Wizards badly need, and provides competition for the ever-lazy and pouting Andray Blatche. When the Knicks were picking at 17, I was hoping "Please don't pick Singleton! Please don't pick Singleton!" When they took Shumpert, the Wizards landed the best defender in the draft class. Players in the mold of Singleton and 2010 1st-round pick Trevor Booker are exactly what the Wizards need. At pick 34, the Wizards needed a shooting guard who can back up John Wall at the point, and selected Shelvin Mack from Butler. It's easy to get hung up on him being 6"2" (or his lack of foot speed, which is why he's not a lottery pick), which is too short to play the 2 or create his own shot. But, if you watch the game tape, he had no problems hoisting and knocking down deep shots against guys who are 5 and 6 inches taller than him. Great picks all around.
The Spurs are the New England Patriots of the NBA. They scalp everyone, and know the board better than everyone. When they drafted George Hill, I thought it was a horrible pick, as did nearly everyone else. Well, not only were they right, but they shipped Hill to Indiana for Kawhi Leonard, who will be part of the nucleus of the new Spurs, as well as Davis Bertans, who will provide reinforcements in 2-3 seasons.
Overall High Point: Booing of David Stern and cheering for Adam Silver.
Overall Low Point: Picks 56- 59. These were major reaches by teams trying to outsmart themselves, and just painful to watch, as there were some good prospects on the board (Hansbrough, Delaney, Skeen).
Who do I miss? Former Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard. David Kahn did everything in his power to make the draft exciting. And to demonstrate his undying love for point guards.
Best value: Charles Jenkins, G - selected 44th by Golden State. Watch this space in 2 years. Jenkins could be a starter and a top line guard somewhere in the NBA.
Forehead scratcher: Cory Joseph, G - selected 29th by San Antonio. From the times I watched Texas, Joseph did not demonstrate the quality required for the 1: leadership. He will learn a lot from watching Parker and Ginobili. Pop must've seen something in him.
Burning question: Why does Enes Kanter speak like a valley girl?


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A Certain Distance to Islam
Christian Wulff's legacy from his time as German president may be minimal, but one sentence remains and will echo for a long time to come: "Islam belongs to Germany". Strangely enough, these few words have had a polarising effect, even though (or perhaps precisely because) they merely describe the situation.
About four million Muslims living in Germany are a fact that no one can deny. This fact is also acknowledged by the new president, Joachim Gauck, who has already said that one should expect "no change of direction" from him on this issue.
All the same, Gauck wants to use different words. What line will he take? At this stage, it looks as if he is not planning to cosy up to anybody. Gauck and the Muslims could turn out to be a difficult issue: on the basis of what he has already said, he seems to be putting a clear distance between himself and Islam.
Entirely the wrong category of assessment
For a start, there's his interview with the Tagesspiegel newspaper, in which he spoke of author Thilo Sarrazin's "courage". Although he has distanced himself elsewhere from Sarrazin's absurd biologistic theories, his choice of words is still surprising. It doesn't need courage to create a scandal, as Sarrazin did, by adopting widely held prejudices and stereotypes. Courage is entirely the wrong category of assessment here: courage could be used to justify many statements that would have been better left unsaid.
Gauck is inclined to admire Sarrazin because they both enjoy polarising; they thrive on it. As he said in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, "Escalation is part of such debates, as is populist exaggeration." Well, actually, no: escalation and exaggeration have no part in such debates, at least not in this form!
Gauck's view of Islam can be deduced from an interview he gave to NZZ-TV, even if he did couch these views in very vague terms. He referred to "strangeness and distance", to "entirely different traditions", and he warns that "what has grown out of the soil of European enlightenment and also from the religious soil of Europe" could become "overly foreign".
In this context, he used the German word "überfremdet", which means something like "over-foreignised", and actually said in the interview that he chose this word deliberately. However, ever since 1993 – when another presidential hopeful, Steffen Heitmann, used it and thus disqualified himself for the office – this word has been controversial and seemed to have been banished from reasonable public parlance in Germany.
A dualist view
For Gauck, Islam is foreign, different, something which doesn't really belong. He exhibits a kind of dualist view of religious issues: on the one side there is "us", the enlightened West founded on the basis of Western Christianity, and on the other, there is Islam, which "hasn't had its reformation" and is thus pre-enlightenment, or even medieval. That sounds like Sarrazin dressed up as an intellectual.
This rhetoric of exclusion is particularly bitter for those Muslims who were born or grew up here, who speak German as their mother tongue, who, like their non-Muslim contemporaries at school or elsewhere, have been most influenced by the enlightenment norms and values of this country, and who are for that reason (but not just for that reason) a firm part of its culture. Just because a woman wears a headscarf, or a man lets his beard grow, doesn't mean that Kant's categorical imperative is alien to them.
In his first speech in office, Gauck seemed to suggest that, as president, he will take a more balanced line. He declared that "an inviting, open society" was close to his heart. He pointed out that the German constitution gives everybody the same right to dignity, "irrespective of where they come from, what they believe, or what language they speak." And he continued, "[The constitution] does not grant this as a reward for successful integration, and it does not withdraw [the right to dignity] as a sanction when integration is rejected."
But even here, one can sense a distance to Islam. He speaks of the fact that "religions like Islam . . . have come to stand alongside the accepted German and Christian traditions" in Germany. But something which stands alongside doesn't necessarily belong, so that it would have been better if Gauck had chosen the word "with". That would have been a small change with a major effect. One might say that such a criticism is splitting linguistic hairs, but a rhetorician like Gauck chooses his words carefully.
Especially since, in a later passage about Islam (although he doesn't refer to it explicitly), Gauck puts it in the usual context of fanaticism and terror. That's understandable, given the events of Toulouse. But it's precisely because of that that it would have been much better if he had offered a real counterbalance.
Building bridges and raising his voice in reminder and warning
That, after all, is what his task as German president must be: not to polarise the discussion about Islam, but to differentiate; to bring people together, rather than to drive them apart; not to build a front between Muslims and non-Muslims, between "us" and "them", but between extremists and non-extremists. That's what he has to succeed in doing, without hiding the real problems of integration under a blanket of silence. He has to be a president who both builds bridges and raises his voice in reminder and warning.
That's a fairly easy task when one is dealing with Muslims who are seen in Germany as "liberal" or "secular", i.e. women who don't wear headscarves, or men who occasionally allow themselves an alcoholic drink. But in reality, a significant proportion of Muslims see their religion differently, and interpret it in a more traditional way. They may be "conservative," but they still stand with both feet firmly on the foundation of a liberal, constitutional state. It's no contradiction to be a faithful Muslim and a democrat.
This country has to win over conservative German Muslims above all since they make up a significant proportion of the German Muslim community. It won't be possible to build up a kind of "German Islam" without "the faithful".
They are the ones who are most likely to be able to prevent the young from drifting into extremism. President Gauck, a trained pastor who therefore has a special understanding of religion, should start from there and try to talk to those who suffer social exclusion because of their religion.
Gauck himself called on those who were listening to his inaugural speech, made before the two houses of the German parliament, not to be "led by anxiety, resentment and negative projections" when it comes to "questions of coexistence." How very true! And it will be by this standard that he will have to be judged in the future.
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Translated from the German by Michael Lawton
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Comments for this article: A Certain Distance to Islam
Or more precise, on conservative Muslims. Becoming Germany's president does not erase his Protestant identity. And as Martin Luther distanced himself clearly from the conservatism of Rome and its Catholics, so Gauck keeps distance from Mecca and its Muslims, mutatis mutandis. Now this logic might be regrettable but logical it is. And it has a positive aspect. He can feel himself closer to the progressive Muslims, even if they are a minority within the Ummah The conservative Muslims, meanwhile, have another German they can feel more familiar with. Ratzinger is his name.guy meynen05.04.2012 | 21:36 Uhr


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Phillips was fired as the Cowboys coach midway through the 2010 season and hired by the Texans shortly thereafter. Houston's defense has made a remarkable turnaround in his first season as coordinator, improving from 30th in 2010 to second overall this year -- a big reason why the Texans won the AFC South and are hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday in the franchise's first-ever playoff game.
Phillips says he's not looking to be a head coach again, though he believes his record (82-59) would make him a viable candidate.
"I don't like to toot my own horn," said Phillips, who implemented a 3-4 scheme in Houston. "I've got a good record. I think I should be considered. I guess people may have taken it the wrong way that I ought to be a head coach. I don't believe that. I think I should be considered. If you look at my record, and you can look at all the people they're talking about now, and my record is better than most everyone they're talking about, as a head coach."
Phillips grew up near the Texas-Louisiana border, played at the University of Houston and worked under his father with the Oilers in the late 1970s. He's content to stay where he is now, though he'll listen to anyone who'd approach him about a head-coaching job.
"If you want a winner, if you want experience, you know, I'd like to talk about it," he said, "but this is the best job I've had. It couldn't be a better job than this, right now, and if we keep going the way I think we're going to go, and we're going to be good for a long time, especially defensively I think. So, you know, I'm not looking to go anywhere."
Phillips said Thursday he's still regaining his strength less than a month after undergoing gall bladder surgery, which forced the 64-year-old to take a medical leave Dec. 14. He returned last week and worked from the press box in Sunday's 23-22 loss to Tennessee. He'll work from there again for Saturday's AFC Wild Card Game.
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Thank you Paul! I always wanted listen how you drumming. I know from Discogs you are the drummer for the Rick Santiago Jazztet and also plays percussion with the Grace Church worship band.
Really great Paul....takes me back to when I was about 10yrs old or so and I would bellow my lungs(I cant sing) out to Come oh ye and Hark the herald at this time of the year, though it was just an organ and no such production as you have given it.Interesting you sent it out to Sadler to master....a great engineer...did you feel to close to it to do it yourself.Thanks so much!


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Isabella Swan's Diary Spinster and Lunatic
A crossover between Twilight and Bridget Jones's Diary!
Bella Swan is a 25 year old londonest who keeps a diary telling what she does in her life.
I started writing "Sam from The Blog" as a fictional story referred to Twilight and Bridget Jones, it was more like how "Bridget Jones's diary" was to Pride and Prejudice.I thought it would be a combination between Twilight and Bridget Jones's Diary/Pride and Prejudice. Of course with whole fresh characters, all characters are different and named differently except the male hero, which was named Edward Dark, Which is Mark Darcy and Edward Cullen. I thought the story was going well, but nobody actually read it, because they thought it has nothing to do with Twilight, and there's no Edward and Bella. And this doesn't surprise me at all.I liked writing the story, and enjoyed updating it, but now I wish some people could tell me what they think of it.Therefore I've decided to re write it, using the characters of Twilight in a completely different universe (as so many did).So the story is:A crossover between Twilight and Bridget Jones's Diary. using the Twilight characters (their names), but during the story you can see how they connect to the original, some of the characters are human, and the others are not, but not all vampires are vampires, i.e. Alice is human. And also the characters ages are completely different. (between Bella and Bridget there's more than 10 years, so Bella's Age here is 25). I'm not British, but decided to make the story British, because I like the accent and British expressions. I'm neither American and English is my 3rd language, so don't expect any good writing.I've also decided to change the blog to diary, so it can still be close to Bridget Jones's Diary.
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September 13th 2007 Thursday - My Birthday.
I've decided to write diary to be true with myself (for once in my life), I should have started by the start of the new year, but it doesn't matter now. Bridget Jones's Diary inspired me to write this blog, (I love Bridget Jones's Diary, both the books and the movies).
Weight: don't know (I don't want to start here), Calories: don't know (how people count them anyway?), Alcohol units: when I'm drunk I forget to count, cigarettes: 1 (I don't smoke) just because its my birthday.
10:25- I just woke up for my birthday. I love my birthday, it's the kind of day you feel special about yourself, and feel officially the age you should be, like right now, but the problem is I'm already 25, and I hate that fact; don't have excuses to act like a mental teenager, responsibility, looking old and fat (there's no way going back now), your mum annoys you more, and of course boyfriends are hard to get. I wish I was 17 again.
Rose and Alice invited me to go out with them tonight so we can celebrate my birthday, I don't know exactly where they would be taking me, but I'm excited anyway.
18:10- my mum likes to drive me insane (one of the hobbies she has). Like when I was changing for tonight, she came into my room, just like that and burst into saying: "We should find you a husband!" now that's the weirdest thing you would ever hear while you're changing, I mean what did she mean by that?
"I'm 25!" I shouted like a moron.
"Exactly!" she emphasized.
"What the fuck?…and why you never knock on the door?! I'm bloody changing!"
"I'm your mother! And watch your language! Nobody wants a girl who uses the F word as a name, verb, adjective and adverb"
"I don't want to get married" I kept shouting "as you know MOTHER we're living in the 21st century, were we actually DON'T have to get married at the age of 20" I don't actually use the F word a lot, but my mum drives me insane, and I can't just control myself.
"Isabella, Darling… All I'm saying that you have to live like a lady! You must get your self a man! Or else you will die a spinster! I want to see my grandchildren before I die!"
I hate when she calls me Isabella! I hate that name! I don't know why she never named me anything else.
"Mum! First I'm not gonna die spinster! Second you wont die soon…" unfortunately
"What on earth are you wearing?" she tried changing the subject.
"ermm… a donkey outfit! Actually I was thinking of dressing like a tart! But who wants to marry a tart!?"
"You're so funny…"
"Get out MUM" I was trying to get her out
"Where are you going? you're not going out with your Rose! I told you I don't like your friend!"
"I don't really need your opinion about my mates! Why can't you leave me alone, and get out of my room, can't a girl get some privacy in this house?"
"Privacy for what?"
"you know for Everything"
"What? if you needed to know MOTHER, I'm actually going to get pissed! And while getting pissed, I don't need your bloody tips about my LIFE!"
That's my mum, she's pain in the arse. She hates when I have fun, she hates the way I'm running my life, and she hates everything I do. I would have suspected she has forgotten by Birthday, but I actually marked the calendar for this date, so nobody would ever forget, mum hasn't bought me something special, just earrings, as for dad, he bought me a new mobile, now that's a special thing!
Talking of parents, Mum's more like Mrs. Bennett (from Pride and Prejudice); she's mental. Sometimes I wonder why dad never moved out, I would move out as soon as I can get money for a new apartment, but you know everything is so expensive here in London.
I don't hate my mum, in case someone was wondering, I mean I love her, but I seriously believe that parents should leave their children once they're 21, they don't need them anymore.
00:46 - (already Friday 14th September)- The girls took me to the new pub that opened last week, and it was brilliant, we had few drinks and laughs. Rose and Alice are the best. Nothing much was happening, except Rose was seeing this new bloke.
Rose is a really great friend, I know mum hates her and think she's a tart, but that's because mum hates everyone, except that Wilster girl, her eldest friend's daughter, I think she would be adapting her soon, "why can't you be like Victoria! She's such a sweet girl!" bloody mum!
Mum on the other hand, loves Alice, well, not really loves her, but she "approves" of. Alice was studying creativity writing, which is rally fantastic, since she loves to write all of the time, and she loves making stories, she has a really good fantasy in her mind, maybe she would be like the new J.K. Rowling. Rose is a journalist, she likes to be updated with news, well, not politics, cuz we are anti-politics.
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Is Joe DeCamillis the right man to lead the special teams or what? How can you not follow a guy who is back on the field coaching less than two weeks after surgery to fuse vertebrae due to a broken neck? I am impressed to say the least. I have to believe the players are sold on Coach D and will follow him anywhere now.
Keith Davis is officially gone. I don't know if the Cowboys passed or he just moved on, but he is now with the Oakland Raiders. Once the Cowboys made it apparent through their draft picks that they were revamping the special teams it started to feel like this was going to happen. I'll miss Keith Davis and I think the Cowboys will have to hope to find someone to step up to be the leader on special teams. Maybe Joe DeCamillis is such a strong personality that the leadership of Keith Davis is no longer needed. Time will tell.
Another surgery for Isaiah Stanback? The Cowboys don't have any more time to wait for him to develop. This was supposed to be the year that he finally stepped up and showed us all that he could be an NFL receiver. He better make it back in time for training camp. Even if he does he is going to have to show something special to make the final roster. I guess he is just one of those guys who just can't stay healthy. Stanback's speed and exposiveness are apparent when he is actually healthy enough to get on the field but he just hasn't done enough to make the team keep waiting on him any longer.
I have said this many, many times already but here we go again. A few positive remarks about Kitna from some of the writers who went to the first OTA practice and now the Kitna lovers are back. If you really believe that he will replace Romo as the starter you are absolutely crazy. The only way Kitna ever starts is if Romo is injured. And Romo's job is safe if he is out for a few games regardless of Kitna's performance. I don't know why some people can't go look at some of the numbers that Romo has put up and realize that he is a very good quarterback. And Jerry Jones didn't give him $60+ million to watch Kitna run the offense.
Don't even get me started on Michael Vick. He will not play for the Cowboys. And I would never want him on my team no matter how many people speak up for him. Tony Dungy making the whole "he didn't have a father figure" excuse for him makes me sick. A lot of people grow up without a father and they don't run gambling rings, smoke weed and get caught while waiting for trial, and mutilate and kill animals with their bare hands. Something is not right with Michael Vick. To me he is just like Pacman...rotten to the core. Spare me the "bring Vick to Dallas" garbage. (And I even left out the airport "water bottle" incident, lying to the NFL commissioner's face and his owner's face about the dog fighting, flipping off his fans, and the Ron Mexico fiasco.)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Some Random Thoughts
Posted by romo2witten at 8:34 PM
Labels: Dallas Cowboys, Isaiah Stanback, Joe DeCamillis, Keith Davis, Michael Vick, NFC East, NFL, Tony Romo
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I'm kind of stunned that Greg Ellis is being shopped around. It will help with the cap...but wow. ShockedReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 22, 2009 at 7:10 AM
Nothing wrong with smoking a little weed (or at least there shouldn't be. Legalize it!), but I agree that the Cowboys have no need for Vick. I think he's a tad over-rated as a QB and Romo is the guy anyway. And there is no need to pull him in as a "trick player" (like someone to run trick "wildcat plays"). He'd take too long to develope as a WR or punt returner. I say, keep the controversy out of Dallas, and develope the new players. Stay away from Vick.ReplyDelete
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text: {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, BangPatterns #-} ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : Data.Acid.Local -- Copyright : PublicDomain -- -- Maintainer : firstname.lastname@example.com -- Portability : non-portable (uses GHC extensions) -- -- AcidState container using a transaction log on disk. The term \'Event\' is -- loosely used for transactions with ACID guarantees. \'Method\' is loosely -- used for state operations without ACID guarantees (see "Data.Acid.Core"). -- module Data.Acid.Local ( openLocalState , openLocalStateFrom , createArchive , createCheckpointAndClose ) where import Data.Acid.Log as Log import Data.Acid.Core import Data.Acid.Common import Data.Acid.Abstract import Control.Concurrent ( newEmptyMVar, putMVar, takeMVar, MVar ) --import Control.Exception ( evaluate ) import Control.Monad.State ( runState ) import Control.Applicative ( (<$>), (<*>) ) import Data.ByteString.Lazy ( ByteString ) --import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as Lazy ( length ) import Data.Serialize ( runPutLazy, runGetLazy ) import Data.SafeCopy ( SafeCopy(..), safeGet, safePut , primitive, contain ) import Data.Typeable ( Typeable, typeOf ) import Data.IORef import System.FilePath ( (</>) ) import FileIO ( obtainPrefixLock, releasePrefixLock, PrefixLock ) {-| State container offering full ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability) guarantees. [@Atomicity@] State changes are all-or-nothing. This is what you'd expect of any state variable in Haskell and AcidState doesn't change that. [@Consistency@] No event or set of events will break your data invariants. [@Isolation@] Transactions cannot interfere with each other even when issued in parallel. [@Durability@] Successful transaction are guaranteed to survive system failure (both hardware and software). -} data LocalState st = LocalState { localCore :: Core st , localCopy :: IORef st , localEvents :: FileLog (Tagged ByteString) , localCheckpoints :: FileLog Checkpoint , localLock :: PrefixLock } deriving (Typeable) -- | Issue an Update event and return immediately. The event is not durable -- before the MVar has been filled but the order of events is honored. -- The behavior in case of exceptions is exactly the same as for 'update'. -- -- If EventA is scheduled before EventB, EventA /will/ be executed before EventB: -- -- @ --do scheduleUpdate acid EventA -- scheduleUpdate acid EventB -- @ scheduleLocalUpdate :: UpdateEvent event => LocalState (EventState event) -> event -> IO (MVar (EventResult event)) scheduleLocalUpdate acidState event = do mvar <- newEmptyMVar let encoded = runPutLazy (safePut event) --evaluate (Lazy.length encoded) -- It would be best to encode the event before we lock the core -- but it hurts performance /-: modifyCoreState_ (localCore acidState) $ \st -> do let !(result, !st') = runState hotMethod st -- Schedule the log entry. Very important that it happens when 'localCore' is locked -- to ensure that events are logged in the same order that they are executed. pushEntry (localEvents acidState) (methodTag event, encoded) $ do writeIORef (localCopy acidState) st' putMVar mvar result return st' return mvar where hotMethod = lookupHotMethod (coreMethods (localCore acidState)) event scheduleLocalColdUpdate :: LocalState st -> Tagged ByteString -> IO (MVar ByteString) scheduleLocalColdUpdate acidState event = do mvar <- newEmptyMVar modifyCoreState_ (localCore acidState) $ \st -> do let !(result, !st') = runState coldMethod st -- Schedule the log entry. Very important that it happens when 'localCore' is locked -- to ensure that events are logged in the same order that they are executed. pushEntry (localEvents acidState) event $ do writeIORef (localCopy acidState) st' putMVar mvar result return st' return mvar where coldMethod = lookupColdMethod (localCore acidState) event -- | Issue a Query event and wait for its result. Events may be issued in parallel. localQuery :: QueryEvent event => LocalState (EventState event) -> event -> IO (EventResult event) localQuery acidState event = do st <- readIORef (localCopy acidState) let (result, _st) = runState hotMethod st return result where hotMethod = lookupHotMethod (coreMethods (localCore acidState)) event -- Whoa, a buttload of refactoring is needed here. 2011-11-02 localQueryCold :: LocalState st -> Tagged ByteString -> IO ByteString localQueryCold acidState event = do st <- readIORef (localCopy acidState) let (result, _st) = runState coldMethod st return result where coldMethod = lookupColdMethod (localCore acidState) event -- | Take a snapshot of the state and save it to disk. Creating checkpoints -- makes it faster to resume AcidStates and you're free to create them as -- often or seldom as fits your needs. Transactions can run concurrently -- with this call. -- -- This call will not return until the operation has succeeded. createLocalCheckpoint :: SafeCopy st => LocalState st -> IO () createLocalCheckpoint acidState = do mvar <- newEmptyMVar withCoreState (localCore acidState) $ \st -> do eventId <- askCurrentEntryId (localEvents acidState) pushAction (localEvents acidState) $ do let encoded = runPutLazy (safePut st) pushEntry (localCheckpoints acidState) (Checkpoint eventId encoded) (putMVar mvar ()) takeMVar mvar -- | Save a snapshot to disk and close the AcidState as a single atomic -- action. This is useful when you want to make sure that no events -- are saved to disk after a checkpoint. createCheckpointAndClose :: SafeCopy st => AcidState st -> IO () createCheckpointAndClose abstract_state = do mvar <- newEmptyMVar closeCore' (localCore acidState) $ \st -> do eventId <- askCurrentEntryId (localEvents acidState) pushAction (localEvents acidState) $ pushEntry (localCheckpoints acidState) (Checkpoint eventId (runPutLazy (safePut st))) (putMVar mvar ()) takeMVar mvar closeFileLog (localEvents acidState) closeFileLog (localCheckpoints acidState) releasePrefixLock (localLock acidState) where acidState = downcast abstract_state data Checkpoint = Checkpoint EntryId ByteString instance SafeCopy Checkpoint where kind = primitive putCopy (Checkpoint eventEntryId content) = contain $ do safePut eventEntryId safePut content getCopy = contain $ Checkpoint <$> safeGet <*> safeGet -- | Create an AcidState given an initial value. -- -- This will create or resume a log found in the \"state\/[typeOf state]\/\" directory. openLocalState :: (Typeable st, IsAcidic st) => st -- ^ Initial state value. This value is only used if no checkpoint is -- found. -> IO (AcidState st) openLocalState initialState = openLocalStateFrom ("state" </> show (typeOf initialState)) initialState -- | Create an AcidState given a log directory and an initial value. -- -- This will create or resume a log found in @directory@. -- Running two AcidState's from the same directory is an error -- but will not result in dataloss. openLocalStateFrom :: (IsAcidic st) => FilePath -- ^ Location of the checkpoint and transaction files. -> st -- ^ Initial state value. This value is only used if no checkpoint is -- found. -> IO (AcidState st) openLocalStateFrom directory initialState = do lock <- obtainPrefixLock (directory </> "open") core <- mkCore (eventsToMethods acidEvents) initialState let eventsLogKey = LogKey { logDirectory = directory , logPrefix = "events" } checkpointsLogKey = LogKey { logDirectory = directory , logPrefix = "checkpoints" } mbLastCheckpoint <- Log.newestEntry checkpointsLogKey n <- case mbLastCheckpoint of Nothing -> return 0 Just (Checkpoint eventCutOff content) -> do modifyCoreState_ core (\_oldState -> case runGetLazy safeGet content of Left msg -> checkpointRestoreError msg Right val -> return val) return eventCutOff eventsLog <- openFileLog eventsLogKey events <- readEntriesFrom eventsLog n mapM_ (runColdMethod core) events ensureLeastEntryId eventsLog n checkpointsLog <- openFileLog checkpointsLogKey stateCopy <- newIORef undefined withCoreState core (writeIORef stateCopy) return $ toAcidState LocalState { localCore = core , localCopy = stateCopy , localEvents = eventsLog , localCheckpoints = checkpointsLog , localLock = lock } checkpointRestoreError msg = error $ "Could not parse saved checkpoint due to the following error: " ++ msg -- | Close an AcidState and associated logs. -- Any subsequent usage of the AcidState will throw an exception. closeLocalState :: LocalState st -> IO () closeLocalState acidState = do closeCore (localCore acidState) closeFileLog (localEvents acidState) closeFileLog (localCheckpoints acidState) releasePrefixLock (localLock acidState) -- | Move all log files that are no longer necessary for state restoration into the 'Archive' -- folder in the state directory. This folder can then be backed up or thrown out as you see fit. -- Reverting to a state before the last checkpoint will not be possible if the 'Archive' folder -- has been thrown out. -- -- This method is idempotent and does not block the normal operation of the AcidState. createArchive :: AcidState st -> IO () createArchive abstract_state = do -- We need to look at the last checkpoint saved to disk. Since checkpoints can be written -- in parallel with this call, we can't guarantee that the checkpoint we get really is the -- last one but that's alright. currentCheckpointId <- cutFileLog (localCheckpoints state) -- 'currentCheckpointId' is the ID of the next checkpoint that will be written to disk. -- 'currentCheckpointId-1' must then be the ID of a checkpoint on disk (or -1, of course). let durableCheckpointId = currentCheckpointId-1 checkpoints <- readEntriesFrom (localCheckpoints state) durableCheckpointId case checkpoints of [] -> return () (Checkpoint entryId _content : _) -> do -- 'entryId' is the lowest entryId that didn't contribute to the checkpoint. -- 'archiveFileLog' moves all files that are lower than this entryId to the archive. archiveFileLog (localEvents state) entryId -- In the same style as above, we archive all log files that came before the log file -- which contains our checkpoint. archiveFileLog (localCheckpoints state) durableCheckpointId where state = downcast abstract_state toAcidState :: IsAcidic st => LocalState st -> AcidState st toAcidState local = AcidState { _scheduleUpdate = scheduleLocalUpdate local , scheduleColdUpdate = scheduleLocalColdUpdate local , _query = localQuery local , queryCold = localQueryCold local , createCheckpoint = createLocalCheckpoint local , closeAcidState = closeLocalState local , acidSubState = mkAnyState local }


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So with the wind dying at Alameda I am hoping to continue progressing but not sure if I am quite ready to make the move to 3rd yet. I just wanted to see what people's thoughts were on 3rd Ave for beginners. I taken lessons and been out numerous times on my own. That being said I guess I am a slow learner.... I can get up on the board but am still working on staying up for long periods of time, edging, and going upwind. I am very comfortable with body dragging.
I am getting a little frustrated with the dying wind in Alameda and would like to continue to improve over the rest of the summer. I only have a 12m (Cabrinha...not bright yellow though ). Given my kite and experience described above would 3rd Ave be a good fit?


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Monday, April 25, 2011
Milo, on Lance
"I want to know, if a guy gave you $85 million, and that's what Drayton did in the last contract...and he said, 'This is your team,' and he said that...wasn't in his persona, to be a leader. Yet last night, Tony LaRussa - when asked about Berkman - 'He's now the leader on this team, he is the inspiration to the older players, he goes around an inspires the younger players," and he got in excellent shape by hiring a trainer. If he had done that the last couple of years that he was here, guys, he could have finished out a really fine career in Houston if he had given it that same dedication. I just want a simple answer - why did you think it wasn't necessary to get in shape your last couple of years as an Astro, but now for team you didn't even know, a manager you never played for, you felt it was your responsibility to get in great shape?
...Lance, I love ya. You've got a great family, you're one of the greatest ministers in all of sports...but wouldn't it have been great to have given it that same dedication to the Astros and the owner here that you did in two short months for the Cardinals?"
That's just a snip, but it's well worth a listen, and an answer.
11 comments:
- Andrew said...
Fair criticism, and I hope that at least one of our hometown reporters has the balls to go and ask him what Milo wants to find out.
- April 25, 2011 at 11:28 AM
Lance started the season on the DL last year and was dealing with a knee issue most the year. I think that played a big part of the drop off. He put up good numbers the season prior. Then factor in you play for an awful team who just lets Carlos ooze into a uniform with ZERO accountability and I think the culture of the organization had more to do with this then anything else
- April 25, 2011 at 11:37 AM
I understand what Milo is saying but at the same time Drayton wasnt doing his part. The Astros havent been trying to win in 4 years and Berkman knew this. Why go out and kill yourself if you know you arent going to win and you know your owner doesnt care about winning.
- April 25, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Andrew said...
Because thats what you are being paid to do: Perform at your highest level possible.
Milo hit the nail on the head though with the leadership part. When Bags and Biggio retired it was his team and his clubhouse and his attitude about it was terrible. Case in point is how well the team played after he and Roy departed. What Milo was saying is why didn't he take the team leader role more seriously?
Obviously getting traded was a wakeup call for him and it renewed his competitive spirit but it shouldn't have come to that, and that is what Milo is saying.
- April 25, 2011 at 12:00 PM
- AstroBrit said...
I have to agree with Junction Jack, the knee issues to start off the year were much overlooked on Lance's performance. Older players sometimes struggle mightily if they don't get a proper ST under their belt.
If only we had an option on Lee for 2011 and we could have cut him instead.
There's a grain of truth in a lot of the things that are being said, but I don't like the timing of Milo's 'attack'.
If he were Pablo Sandoval fat last year maybe, but geez, its' like attacking Morgan Ensberg all over again for playing with a bum shouler.
- April 25, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- John Royal said...
I partly agree with Milo. I wrote as such last year. But Milo's a lazy, incompetent hack who's been half-assing it for about 25 years now. He can criticize Berkman's performance the next time he a) gets through a game without talking about his lunch and b) gives the ball/strike count, batter, inning, and score at least once during a game.
- April 25, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Can't stand Milo but he is right on here. The rest of you guys can stop making excuses for Berkman. He was fat and out of shape last year. The injury played a minor role in his failures. The bottom line is that he did not put out a full effort last year. If you can not give 100 per cent every year just because you do not like your team you are essentially laying down. I was a Berkman supporter until last year but do not have much respect for him now. Berkman is at least honest about himself most of the time. Go back and read some of his own comments about his attitude last year. It is a long year. Will Berkman stay healthy and productive for the whole year?
- April 25, 2011 at 8:00 PM
I was saying this before Milo opened his mouth, but Berkman has somehow lost all 12 years worth of goodwill from me in 8 months. All he could talk about after leaving was how glad he was to be playing in a place where winning mattered. Then after the Astros didn't just turn around and throw money at Him, he went and did something he had NEVER done before. Hire a personal trainer and go on a diet. Now he's playing some of his best baseball ever for our divisional rivals. Why should I possibly appreciate Lance Berkman. If he had done last offseason what he did this offseason, he would not have showed up for ST fat and out of shape. He would not have injured himself the first week of ST, and He would still be an Astro. And we would be paying him alot more than the Cardinals are right now. He had six years of watching Bagwell and Biggio lead the clubhouse. Somewhere in that timespan he should have gotten a clue about what it means to be a leader. I also don't want to hear anything about organizational apathy. Berkman was the highest paid employee in the organization. This offseason, the only articles the Astros were writing were ones like this: this is the leadership the Astros needed. http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110112&content_id=16427582&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou
- April 26, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- April 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM
I don't know why that link doesn't want to work. It's from the astros website in the news archives from Jan 12. It talks about how Pence, Wandy, Myers, Johnson, and others are working out MMP every day doing circuit training.
- April 26, 2011 at 10:52 AM
I can't disagree with Milo more. Lance is able to put a lot into the Cardinals, because the team cares about what he does. Plus, he's fighting for his roster spot every step of the way here, even getting benched against lefty pitchers. Also, in Houston, he was expected to be the clubhouse leader, the public face of the franchise, and the most potent offensive producer. He has none of that pressure here in STL. He's free to be himself and have fun with expectations to be the third or fourth best hitter and not appearing on any street banners.
It's two different worlds, and Milo is an old hack who has no right to question the motivation of a man he can't hold a candle to in sheer awesomeness.
- April 26, 2011 at 4:17 PM


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Word of advice: find a psychiatrist NOW.
Sorry for the delay in updates, folks; I've been wading nipple-deep in clinical school and trying hard to survive. And in just these past few months of working in a hospital, one of the deep and profound truths of medicine has been revealed to me. Being constantly surrounded by people in pain and helping to alleviate their suffering has shown me, finally, a great secret of life that all those who walk this hallowed path of healing eventually learn:
That medical students - especially medical students who have been at a traditional stick-up-the-arse teach-them-theory-only university and therefore know nuts about clinical skills - really are the lowest, most base, most wretched form of life on the planet.
(no, smartass, that is NOT a grammatical error.)
But more on that later - I'm still rubbing the latest boot-shaped bruise inflicted on me by the drug nurse this morning when I made the tactically brilliant move of interrupting her during her drug rounds. (Bonus tip for budding medical students: DON'T. Especially if said drug nurse is 6 feet tall, Samoan, and stealing a couple of Valium pills off her drug cart every few minutes. --Ed.)
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Blending Art and Function: The Hennessy x Futura Collaboration
World-renowned graffiti artist Futura made a stop in NYC to showcase his latest masterpiece, the limited edition Hennessy VS bottle. The street-art legend, who has shown his collection alongside Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, has designed the bottle inspired by the cognac's warm color palette, while incorporating abstractions of his signature and adapted his eye-catching use of line and shape.
From his early days as a graffiti artist in the 1970's, Futura stood out for his use of color, line, and dynamic graphics. Since then, he's designed for major companies such as Nike and Levi's, and featured his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.
Today, the 56-year-old sci-fi fan—who says he originally took the name "Futura2000" because it sounded "cool and optimistic"—is considered a legend and still remains one of the world's most respected artists.
Futura's quality of work is what makes him a natural collaborator for Hennessy. When asked about the collaboration with Hennessy, Jennifer Yu, Hennessy's US Director of Communications, explains, "Futura was the perfect choice because we felt our brands shared a passion for perfecting the blend between art and function." She added, "His distinct visual and artistic sensibility marries well with Hennessy's inimitable style. Our union will be a remarkable hit with consumers."
VIBE caught up with the street art legend during an intimate press event at the trendy Electric Room in NYC, where he was hosting. Check out our quick chat with Futura below:
VIBE: How did you get involved in street art?
Futura: When I was 15, taking the subway to and from school, I would see little scribbling on walls in the subway platforms and outside. I was like 'wow that's interesting, I wanna do that'. It goes back forty-some years and I was there when it was already kind of beginning to develop and I got inspired by that.
Why did you decide to partner with Hennessy?
I have tremendous respect for their brand. Hennessy has a genuine appreciation for art and I dig that a lot. Together, I felt that we could create something provocative and meaningful.
From Swizz Beatz to Jay-Z, many rappers have taken to mentioning their art collections in their music. What are your thoughts on that?
I did hear Jay sing about Basquiat, which I thought was pretty interesting. I give it another three years to see a lot of these influential individuals in that field maybe even investing in our work. You know it's one thing to talk about 'em, it's another thing to actually buy them and collect them, so let's see what happens.
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pesgores wrote:Sorry, too late. I'll stick to the orange and black color scheme.
Unless LDD still exists when I become independant and can buy my own stuff with my own money, I'll stick to the LEGOdovian initial color scheme.
Hopefully by then it will not only exist but be ten times better.


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LITTLE ROCK — A lawsuit over whether a Van Buren County couple must repay a $120,000 bonus they received from a gas company for leasing mineral rights later determined not to be theirs was remanded to circuit court by the state Court of Appeals Wednesday.
LITTLE ROCK — A lawsuit over whether a Van Buren County couple must repay a $120,000 bonus they received from a gas company for leasing mineral rights later determined not to be theirs was remanded to circuit court by the state Court of Appeals Wednesday.
Circuit Court Judge Michael A. Maggio had issued a summary judgment in favor of Thomas and Gayla Whillock, which allowed the couple to keep bonus. Chesapeake Exploration appealed the decision.
In 2005 or 2006, the Whillocks, who own 80 acres, were approached by an oil-and-gas company, not Chesapeake, about leasing the mineral rights to their property, according to Wednesday's appeals court ruling. Before the transaction could be completed, Thomas Whillock learned that he did not own the mineral rights.
In 2008, a Chesapeake representative approached Thomas Whillock and asked about leasing the mineral rights. Whillock told the representative that he did not own the rights, but the representative insisted he did and offered an additional signing bonus totaling $120,000.
A five-year oil-and-gas lease was executed Jan. 21, 2008. That same the Whillocks were presented a draft in the amount of $120,000, which said it was payable "on or before 10 business days sight with approval of title and form of agreement," Wednesday's decision said.
While nothing is in the court record indicates whether Chesapeake conducted a title search of the couple's mineral interests at the time the draft was issued, or within 10 days, Chesapeake paid the draft on Feb. 11, 2008, according to Wednesday's decision. The Whillocks received the $120,000 bonus and paid taxes.
About 14 months later, Chesapeake asked the Whillocks for the $120,000 back, saying that they had learned that the couple did not own the mineral rights.
When the Whillocks refused to return the bonus, Chesapeake sued, arguing the couple was in breach of contract. The Whillocks responded filing a counterclaim arguing the company misrepresented the facts when it encouraged them to sign the lease. They also argued they were defrauded because the Chesapeake representative had told them they owned the mineral rights.
After a hearing in Van Buren Circuit Court, Maggio granted the Whillock's motion for a summary judgment, saying Chesapeake had "'no cause for action for breach of contract … because Chesapeake 'rescinded the Lease through their Release of Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease on May 22, 2009.'"
Chesapeake then filed a motion, asking for a clarification on why the lease had been rescinded and noted that the judge had failed to address their unjust-enrichment argument.
Maggio responded, saying that the release Chesapeake filed was a "general release" of all of Chesapeake's claims, including those for unjust enrichment or restitution.
The company then appealed the judge's decision.
In a nine-page opinion written by Judge Rita W. Gruber, the appeals court affirmed Maggio's decision in part, reversed in part and remanded.
The appeals court said the circuit judge erred when treating the release as a general waiver of all of Chesapeake's claims against the Whillock, adding the lease did not affect the company's right to pursue other, extra-contractual remedies.
The court said the circuit judge was correct when he rejected Chesapeake's claim of breach of contract.
On the issue of unjust enrichment and restitution, the appeals court said that must be reviewed in circuit court and reversed Maggio's summary judgment ruling.
"Unjust enrichment applies when a party has received something of value to which he is not entitled and which he must restore," Gruber wrote. "Arguably, the Whillocks' receipt of money for property they did not own falls within these requirements.
"Restitution and unjust enrichment are equitable theories and necessarily involve a weighting of the equities as to all parties," Gruber wrote, adding the Whillocks have several arguments the judge must consider, including the company's "alleged misrepresentation of the ownership of the minerals and Chesapeake's waiting more than a year before informing the Whillock's that there was a problem with the title to the minerals.
"We therefore conclude that fact-finding involving a weighing of the equities is necessary on these claims," Gruber wrote.
The Whillocks were the Van Buren County Farm Family of the Year in 2012. On May 11, 2013, their house was destroyed by fire.


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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Adding XYahooMap component in an Xcelsius model
As an example the video below shows how it takes less than 40 seconds to integrate an XYahooMap component to an existing Xcelsius 2008 model.
7 comments:
- Mandava said...
Thank you very much for the wonderful components and Good examples.
These type of components are oxygen for the xcelsius developers.
while trying to use the XYahooMap i am unable to see the mappings for the "Addresses".
If i am able to see the mappings it is throwing an error message as below
"Invalid property. Could not set 'addresses' property on com.bitransformation.xcomponents::XYahooMap class to California. Error #1034"
Could you please help on the above issue.
Thanks In Advance
- January 7, 2009 at 9:27 PM
- Daniel Koelsch said...
Great to see that there is a way to extend Xcelsius via custom plug-ins using Flex.
Regarding Yahoo Maps: Is there a way to extend this component so that the map can be used for visualizing map overlays (for mashups, etc..)?
- February 11, 2009 at 5:36 AM
- Donald MacCormick said...
@Mandava - do you have the latest verison of the components (1.5) this sound slike an issue which was fixed in that release
- April 3, 2009 at 2:51 AM
- Donald MacCormick said...
@Daniel - it would be possible to extend XYahooMap to do this but I have no plans to do that. You might want to look at the Google maps plugin which Centigon Solutions are offering as it has this capability I belive.
- April 3, 2009 at 2:52 AM
- BI Solutions Provider said...
The map component is awesome. Absence of flexible map component was something much missing with xcelsius dashboards before. Seems it will develop more in the coming versions.
- July 20, 2011 at 3:38 AM
- Fred said...
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Merry Christmas to each of you celebrating this holiday today/tomorrow!
I'm often asked about last-minute holiday shopping deals, tips, etc. I actually just did an interview with Jayne O'Donnell at USA Today on this subject.
There are many great deals and discounts to be had – even today (Christmas Eve)! One tip that I think is understated is that it's okay to buy your loved ones gift cards. In fact, I'd recommend that you buy gift cards instead of just running out and grabbing an obligatory Christmas gift. Here are my quick tips/reasons why you need to listen to me here:
- More For Less – You can actually land a $100 gift card for $80…yes, that's right, you can buy a gift card that is worth more than you pay for it! Check out gift card marketplaces like CardPool.com and PlasticJungle.com
- Year-End Blowouts – Brick & mortar retailers often have a surplus of items that they have overstocked on their shelves throughout the holiday shopping season. Knowing that shoppers are in last-minute mode, they rarely lower the prices on these items until AFTER Christmas. The week between Christmas and New Years is an incredible time to walk into these retailers and find or bargain for a great deal (NOTE: don't be afraid to ask for the department managers and haggle for a better price). Retailers don't want to finish the year with this overstock and would gladly offload the merchandise to add to their bottom line here in 2012.
- The Thought That Counts – This post is exactly what you need to share to go beyond anyone that claims a gift card is a thoughtless gift. The fact that you thought through the fact that they could do more and spend less…AND actually get something they wanted should overcome anyone's negative feelings toward the gift card:)
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If someone asked us to go to the National Yoga Championship or watch it on TV, we'd say without hesitation, "Over our dead bodies." Let's face it, yoga is pretty dull. However, if we were asked to watch a bunch of shirtless guys in Speedos posing in different positions, we'd definitely reconsider.
The event took place in New York City this past weekend and tons of men and women came out to throw off their shirts and contort their bodies. If you ask us, it looked more like auditions for the circus. People were bending their legs over their heads and curling into backward bends, holding for minutes on end.
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Letters of South Carolina soldier killed in Vietnam come home
COLUMBIA, S.C – Four letters from a courageous South Carolina soldier who tried to tell his family about the fearsome battles that raged around him in Vietnam were returned to his family Saturday, some 40 years after he was killed.
Military representatives of the Army's 101st Airborne Division presented the letters from Sgt. Steve Flaherty of Columbia to his uncle Kenneth Cannon and sister-in-law Martha Gibbons during a ceremony at the state's memorial honoring Vietnam veterans.
Flaherty was killed in combat in Vietnam in 1969. Vietnamese soldiers took the letters after Flaherty's death. They were turned over to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last month when he visited Vietnam.
"It's a miracle these letters have shown up after all this time," Cannon said, taking a peek into the envelope that held the missives. The 80-year-old Navy veteran said the family had decided to study them in private because of the emotion of the moment.
"They are in remarkable condition to be 40-years old," he added. "I know Steve would be glad they are back home."
Gibbons, 73, said the family decided to donate the letters to a South Carolina military museum that is planning an exhibit honoring the nearly 1,000 South Carolinians who died in the conflict.
"This way they can be preserved for anybody to see," said Gibbons, 73, from nearby Irmo. "It means a lot to us."
Lt. Col. Townley Hedrick, deputy commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division, shook Cannon's hand and kissed Gibbons on the cheek as he presented an envelope containing the letters.
Gibbons said she was grateful to the Vietnamese officer who retained them for so many years.
"We didn't know they were out there," she said.
Cannon said he'd been able to read some excerpts from the letters that had been released by the Pentagon, in which Flaherty spoke of the carnage his unit experienced and his own fear and determination.
"I felt bullets going past me," Flaherty wrote, according to the excerpts. "I have never been so scared in my life."
The young soldier said his unit "took in lots of casualties and death," adding, "we dragged more bodies of dead and wounded than I can ever want to forget."
Flaherty wrote at one point that a "sweet card" he had gotten "made my miserable day a much better one but I don't think I will ever forget the bloody fight we are having. ... RPG rockets and machine guns really tore my rucksack."
By 1969, the war had sharply divided Americans back home, but Flaherty wrote he still believed in the mission.
"This is a dirty and cruel war but I'm sure people will understand the purpose of this war even though many of us might not agree," he wrote.
Cannon said his nephew was "a frightened young man, and who wouldn't be? He knew he was fighting an enemy he couldn't see in a war we could not win."
Cannon and representatives of the Army said Flaherty had been born in Japan and was adopted by his South Carolina family at the age of 9, after living in an orphanage dedicated to help children born to Japanese mothers and U.S. military fathers. The mixed heritage made it difficult to assimilate into Japanese society at that time.
Flaherty grew into a stellar student and athlete, even getting an offer from the Cincinnati Reds to join their major league baseball team, Cannon said.
"It's regrettable he died so young. He's history now, he made history," Cannon said. "He felt it was his duty to fight for the country he loved. We are very glad to have Steve's letters and this part of Steve's life back in South Carolina."


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Events to commemorate 400th anniversary of King James Bible
Liberty University is holding a series of events in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. The events include a film series, a rare exhibition of ancient books and manuscripts related to the King James Bible, and a conference on the history and influence of the King James Bible.
All events are open to the public.
The film Indestructible Book: The Historic Path of God's Word from Mt. Sinai to Plymouth Rock will be shown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20 (Volumes 1 & 2) and at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27 (Volumes 3 & 4) in the Towns-Alumni Lecture Hall at Elmer L. Towns Religion Hall. The films are free.
Starting on Thursday, Sept. 29 and running through Saturday, Oct. 1, a special exhibit from the notable Green Collection, the largest private collection of biblical manuscripts and artifacts in the world, will be on display at the Liberty University Art Gallery. There is no admission fee.
The exhibit will feature 55 items, including an original 1611 King James Bible. The Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of arts and crafts stores, have collected more than 40,000 ancient texts and artifacts related to the Judeo-Christian story and have hopes of creating a national Bible museum. (Liberty's Green Hall was an indirect donation from Hobby Lobby.) The collection has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today and other major news publications. Liberty is one of the first institutions to host the exhibit. Hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The exhibit will also be on display at Thomas Road Baptist Church on Sunday.
"The exhibit will be in chronological fashion, taking viewers through the historical development of the Bible and the preservation of historical manuscripts, from the first century through today," said Dr. Douglas Mann, associate dean in the Graduate School and a professor of history at Liberty. "It's not just a nice collection; there is a spiritual part of this. They want to show the historical nature of the Bible, and not just as a piece of literature but an important piece of Christianity."
Much of the collection has never been examined from an academic perspective and the Green family is hoping to partner with institutions to begin more study into the ancient texts through the Green Scholars Initiative. Noted scholar Jerry Pattengale, the director, will be with the exhibit as well as speaking at the conference.
The Conference of the Quatercentennial Anniversary of the King James Bible will be held Saturday, Oct. 1 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Liberty Mountain Conference Center in Candler's Station shopping center. It will feature many nationally known scholars, including several Liberty University faculty members. A banquet will be held Friday, Sept. 30 from 7 to 10 p.m. featuring keynote speaker David W. Bebbington, a noted scholar from the University of Stirling.
Registration is required for the banquet and conference. Admission to the conference is free for students with valid ID. Registration and other information on the conference can be found at www.liberty.edu/kjv400.


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Frances and Mary Allen posed these girls with the materials for making baskets. Basket making was one of the useful skills taught to young girls in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The girl in the center has just begun to form the outer ring of one basket's base, the necessary first step. The girl on the left is a little farther along, having formed the base, and the girl on the right holds a half-finished basket. To the far right, carefully positioned, stands a finished basket with particularly fine workmanship. Although baskets were made by Europeans before their arrival in North America, Indian basket techniques directly influenced later designs and methods, influences that are evident in the one shown here.
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Randy Houser Opens Up About 'Beautiful' Beach Wedding and Being a 'Natural' at Marriage
Since his wedding last fall, Randy Houser can't seem to wipe the smile off his face — not that he's complaining. He has a lot to be smiling about, including his brand new baby boy, West Yantz Houser, born March 6. West is the first child for Houser and his lovely wife, Jessa Yantz, who wed in the Dominican Republic in September of last year. Houser has kept most of the wedding details to himself since the big day, but recently opened up to share details of his nuptials with us.
"It was a beautiful wedding," Houser told Taste of Country a few weeks before his son's birth. "We had it on a beach on our own, small little island with about 23 of our closest friends there. We really just wanted to keep it with our family and our closest friends."
Of those friends were hit songwriters Dallas Davidson and his wife Sarah, as well as Rob Hatch, who Houser served as his ordain minister for when Hatch wed his wife Shannon. "Shannon is my best girlfriend, and Rob is my best friend, so I married them, and then he married us … Shannon was my best man," Houser says with a laugh. "It was very unconventional, and we like it that way. We're definitely not the norm. We had a good time. It was a beautiful wedding. My wife looked so gorgeous. It was amazing. When she walked out, my jaw dropped."
In addition to writing their own vows, Houser serenaded his blushing bride following their "I dos." "I sang 'Have I Told You Lately That I Love You,'" the singer reveals. "It was pretty much off the cuff. I didn't even really have it planned. I wrote my vows and said the things that I wanted to say to her, then I just broke out singing. It was pretty cool. It turned out great."
Following the wedding, the Housers stayed put in paradise for a few extra days of relaxation — a much-needed honeymoon away from Nashville life. "We kind of included [our honeymoon] all in that [trip], which was cool," says Houser. "We were there for three days with everybody, and then everybody left, and we stayed a little bit longer. It cut down on a lot of the travel and all that. We just sent everybody away [laughs]. We had a great time."
But how has the transition into life as a husband been thus far? "It's been pretty natural," notes Houser. "I have to pick up my underwear and socks a little more [laughs], but other than that, it's been really pretty easy."


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DANBURY -- A man was critically injured early Sunday after the car he was driving hit a rock facing along Route 7 near Starrs Plain Road, police said.
Witnesses told investigators the 1998 Subaru Legacy wagon, which is registered to a Danbury man, was headed northbound when the driver lost control just after 12:30 a.m.
The driver, whose name has not been released, was taken to Danbury Hospital, where he was reported to be in critical condition.
The car, which was heavily damaged, is registered to Luis Samaniego of Clapboard Ridge Road. Police couldn't say Sunday whether he had been the operator.
Police are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact Sgt. Rory DeRocco at 203-797-2157.


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Frank Schaeffer: Obama's Health Care Victory Puts His Critics to Shame
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"...generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand..." The Velveteen Rabbit (the Skin Horse)
To believe is to know that every day is a new beginning. It is to trust that miracles happen, and dreams really do come true. To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds; to know the wonder of a stardust sky and the wisdom of the man in the moon. To believe is to know the value of a nurturing heart,the innocence of a child's eyes and the beauty of an aging hand. For it is through their teachings we learn to love. To believe is to find the strength and courage that lies within us. When it is time to pick up the pieces and begin again. To believe is to know we are not alone; that life is a gift and this is our time to cherish it. To believe is to know that wonderful surprises are just waiting to happen, and all our hopes and dreams are within reach. If only we believe. ~ Author Unknown


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Gee, do you think Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch love being The White House's least-favorite news channel? Duh, of course they do.
Here's a chart comparing network ratings from the period 9/28/2009-10/11/09, which is when Anita Dunn slammed the network, and the two weeks after that ("post feud"). The numbers on the bottom right of this chart show the sequential gain for all demos (+9%( and the 25-54 year old demo (+14%).
As for competition against the cable also rans, Fox News is sweeping the top 11 cable news slots in the 25-54-year old demographic (chart below), and the top 13 slots in all demos. It's kind of ridiculous. Word is that Shep Smith's program had its best month for the entire year. It must be depressing for folks like Olbermann and Chris Matthews, on MSNBC, how few people watch them.
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Minnesota Fifth District Congressman Keith Ellison is a piece of work. He is a former member of the Nation of Islam who first ran for office as a Democrat in 1998 under the NOI name Keith Ellison-Muhammad. Sad but true. He's a little bit hustler, a little bit thug, and a lot of Marxist claptrap wrapped with an Islamic overlay. Which branch of Islam is it that squares with equal rights for women, gay marriage, abortion on demand and the rest of the Democratic agenda? Perhaps some day an enterprising journalist will inquire politely of Rep. Ellison and get the scoop.
I've never quite figured out how the pieces fit together, but I've done my best to nail his act in the Weekly Standard profile "Louis Farrakhan's first congressman" and the related Power Line backgrounder "Keith Ellison for dummies." I believe these pieces remain relevant and have stood the test of time.
Ellison isn't going anywhere. He's going to be around for a while. Indeed, he's something of a key to understanding the Age of Obama, as I argued in the post "From Keith Ellison to Barack Obama."
Sean Hannity brought Ellison on board last night for an illuminating segment of his show. Unfortunately, what the segment illuminated was Ellison's act. Hannity sets up the interview with three minutes of Obama fomenting fear and loathing on the permanent campaign trail. It's worth the time to watch as it sets up Ellison's shtick du jour. As I say, he's something of a key to understanding the Age of Obama.
For a good counterpoint to my own predictable reaction to the segment, see David Graham's Atlantic post "Keith Ellison and Sean Hannity had an epic battle on Fox News Tuesday." I'll take my heading over Graham's, but it's worth a look.


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If you are placing an order, please be sure it is accurate. It is very difficult for us to change/add items after your order is complete. You're always welcome to email us (this works better than calling because Amee travels so much) and we'll certainly do our best we can but – no promiss, OK?.