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This was because this phone has a feature called Fastlane, a quicker way to get to your apps. Here, then, were people who are used to going slowly -- either in Dubai traffic or in the glacial joy of a bank -- suddenly being seated in an Audi R8 to experience speed. It's all ineffably charming. It's also a rare nod to the reality that the smartphone will soon be the prime means of communication for everyone -- not just the image-conscious and the upwardly and hysterically mobile. Waqar, the school bus driver, ends up being the fastest. I bet he talked about it for weeks.
Visit manufacturer site for details, The Galaxy S5 may be Samsung's darling child, packing in everything a top-end phone should, but if its 5-inch screen just doesn't cut it for your sofa surfing, turn your attention to the Galaxy Tab S 8.4, This 8.4-inch tablet shares many of iphone case vans the design cues of the S5 phone, including the soft-touch dot-effect back and physical home button on the front, but packs in a super high resolution display, an octa-core processor (that's eight cores in total) and comes with the latest Android 4.4 KitKat software on board..
It's an impressive piece of kit on paper, but it's going to have to do a lot to edge out the iPad Mini with its similarly high-resolution Retina Display. The Tab S 8.4 can be picked up now with Wi-Fi only and 16GB of storage, directly from Samsung for £319 or for $398 in the US from Amazon. The Retina Display iPad Mini can be had with 16GB of storage also for £319 (or $352 in the US, again from Amazon, which is cheaper than the Apple Store). The Galaxy Tab is clearly the product of the same design team that worked on the Galaxy S5 as it's easy to spot similarities between the two products. Most notably on the back of the tablet, which has the same soft-touch, rubberised feel with dotted pattern that you'll find on the phone. It feels good to hold and I think it's a definite improvement over the glossy, plastic feel of previous models.
It's an extremely slender bit of kit, measuring only 6.6mm thick -- that's slimmer even than the 7.5mm iPad Mini, The Mini's one-piece metal body feels more sturdy than than the Tab S' plastic build, but it comes down to a matter of personal taste whether you prefer the matte metal of the iPad or the dot-effect of the Tab S, I'm personally quite keen on the bronze colour, which stands out quite a lot from the other smaller tablets, most of which tend to just come in various shades of silver, It's longer than the iPad Mini, but it's narrower, as its screen has a 16:9 aspect ratio, It's just about narrow enough for you to slide it into an inside jacket pocket, but I'd still recommend finding a nice case for it -- the Knomad Mini by Knomo will match that bronze colour well -- if you want to keep it safe from the knocks and iphone case vans bumps of everyday life..
Tucked into those skinny edges are the volume and power buttons, the headphone jack, Micro-USB port and microSD card slot (hidden under a little flap). The back panel is home to a couple of little buttons that push in to allow one of Samsung's proprietary covers to attach. Although they're fairly innocuous, I'd still prefer to see the back panel remaining unbroken, with the case attaching magnetically. The tablet is available in either 16GB or 32GB versions -- if you go for the smaller one, I recommend also investing in a microSD card, particularly if you want to store a lot of movies locally to watch on the plane.
The Tab S's 8.4-inch display has an impressively high 2,460x1,600-pixel resolution, resulting in a pixel density of 359 pixels per inch -- slightly edging out the 326ppi of the iPad Mini, Although the Tab S is sharper on paper, in reality, it's not a difference iphone case vans you'd ever really notice, Both displays are extremely crisp, with small text on Web pages or magazines looking pin-sharp and high-definition photos looking great, The Tab S has a Super AMOLED panel, which Samsung boasted at the launch is much brighter and more vivid than the iPad's, While this is true -- colours have an extremely vibrant punch to them -- it's perhaps so colourful that it makes pictures look a little unnatural, almost as though you've boosted the saturation slider in Photoshop, The iPad's display is less vivid, but its colour tone is more natural..
If you're after colour accuracy for photography and graphics purposes, the iPad's "honesty" makes it the better option. If you want glossy Netflix shows like "Breaking Bad", "Planet Earth", or, erm, "SpongeBob SquarePants" to look so vivid it hurts, go for the Galaxy Tab S. It's searingly bright, too, doing a great job at countering the worst of the overhead office lights in CNET Towers and should be easily readable in bright sunlight. The Tab S arrives with the latest version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat on board -- I'd be annoyed to see anything less than the latest software on a new top-end slate -- upon which Samsung has applied its TouchWiz interface. Although the tablet functions much like any other Android slate, Samsung has thrown in a whole host of visual tweaks, not to mention a huge amount of preloaded apps and services.
You'll find Samsung's usual lineup of bundled apps, including its own Internet browser, calendar, email client, the WatchOn TV guide (which works with the infrared TV remote), a Samsung app store, as well as some new additions like Paper Garden (Samsung's own magazine service) and SideSync 3.0, SideSync lets you connect your Galaxy phone, using an app, and mirror the phone's screen on the tablet, allowing you to swipe around the interface as though you're on your phone, It's a fairly interesting feature, iphone case vans although I'm not entirely sure why you'd need it; however, I found the connection to be pretty unstable and it regularly disconnected in my testing time..


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After Miley Cyrus unfollowed Liam Hemsworth on Twitter on Saturday, it was only a matter of time: The two have reportedly called off their engagement.
Reps for both sides — Cyrus, 20, and Hemsworth, 23, met while making the movie "The Last Song" in 2010 and got engaged in May 2012 — confirmed the split to People on Monday. They had no further comment.
Sources told E! News that the breakup was "Miley's decision, after coming to grips with Liam being what she believed was less than faithful to her."
Ouch! That after Cyrus' very public nasty-girl display at the MTV Video Music Awards last month?
"Liam and Miley are completely done and broken up," one insider told Us Weekly, with another saying, "She wants nothing to do with him, and vice versa. It's bad."
"The Hunger Games" actor had been
by Us Weekly of sexting with actress January Jones, a story his rep slammed as 100% false. "The story of Liam Hemsworth and January Jones is entirely fabricated ... There is no truth whatsoever to this tabloid fiction," the rep told
and other outlets last week.
No matter the cause, the couple had looked less than in love during a recent red carpet outing, their first together in about a year, the New York Daily News noted.
"I was an adult when I was supposed to be a kid," the former "Hannah Montana" says in the October issue of Bazaar. "So now I'm an adult, and I'm acting like a kid."
Probably not the best time to tie the knot, eh?
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I'm Designer of the Month at Wilma4ever for October - which is proving to be a bit of a challenge without a computer or internet...lol But despite my IT issues, I have goodies for you!
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Each week there will be a new part to a NEW and previously unreleased kit called "Breath of Autumn" released in 5 parts over the course of the month. You have until Sunday of each week to grab that week's freebie before it's removed and the next part is released in its place. So by the end of the month you should have an entire new kit - all for FREE!!
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Like the Build-a-Kit, I will be giving away a freebie each week where you have until Sunday to snag it afterwhich a new freebie will take its place on the Monday. But with this freebie, you will have to go searching my store...because it is hidden someone in there! And on the final week of October, you will get a HUGE gift as a freebie!
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Just a few days before the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, an image of the late president appeared in the field near Verona, Italy on Wednesday, Nov. 11. It wasn't the work of some spirit or alien life-form, but instead the creation of Italian land artist Dario Gambarin.
Gambarin used a tractor trailer to create the 492-foot-wide portrait of JFK with the words "Ich bin ein Berliner" inscribed next to it. Gambarin explained the title as a quote from Kennedy's June 26, 1963 West Berlin Speech. He said it took him around 5 or six hours to draw the portrait, which happens to be one of many famous faces he has reproduced, including that of Pope Francis, President Barack Obama and Edvard Munch's "The Scream."
Nov. 22 will mark the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. A commemoration event will be held at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, where Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough will read excerpts from Kennedy's speeches. Five years after the President's sudden and unexpected death, public skepticism and conspiracy theories still linger around who killed Kennedy.


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In 1997, Richard Noble's ThrustSSC hit a record land speed of 763 mph. That record has never been surpassed. But the people of Bloodhound SSC are giving it a shot.
In a project they concede could either establish a legend or kill someone, Bloodhound not only seeks to beat the old record but to shatter it by hitting 1,000 mph.
What's neat about this project is that unlike a racing series, anything goes here. Their current design centers around a car equipped with both a jet engine and a hybrid rocket engine which they hope will give them the equivalent of 133,000 horsepower. The whole project is so nuts that it almost makes designing a Formula One car look easy — not even a plane can fly at this speed at that altitude.
The latest video from our pals at XCAR focuses on this open-source project, which also aims to inspire a new generation of young engineers and get them interested in achieving what some consider to be impossible.
Can Bloodhound pull it off? It sounds like they're a ways off from that, but cheering for them to do it. I mean, 763 mph? That's so 90s.


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Saturday, April 21, 2007
I heart Iran
For so long, our blog has been exempt from the kinds of commenter fist fights that we are having now.
Listen… Despite what you all might think, I love Iran. Yes, you read correctly. I love the country. That might be why both Keivan and I can be so critical sometimes. It is out of a kind of passion for what Iran is, was, and can become.
Iran is far from monolithic or doomed… It is diverse and delightful and filled with people who are unbelievably welcoming. Can you imagine Iranians traveling to America or Europe and being met with sincere kindness by 99.9% of the people they run across? Yet, when I travel Iran, I *am* met with kindness. Yes me. An American. I tell everyone who asks that I am American. Yes I do. I tell everyone. I tell the Revolutionary Guards and the soldiers and the police and the school girls and their mothers and brothers and fathers and friends. I tell cab drivers and business men and oil execs and refugees. Everywhere I go, I am met with kindness. When Iranians say to me, "It's your government we hate, not you." I say, "The government represents me. I may not have voted for it, but you must hold me and other Americans responsible for its actions." Yes. They should, but they don't.
The West sees images of Iranians throwing smoke bombs and burning flags and shouting down with America… You don't see the 16-year old girl trying out her English with me. You don't see the soldiers who greet me with jokes. You don't see the families who have served me countless dinners. You don't see any of this.
The West has chosen to demonize Iran. I don't agree with Iran's politics; I don't agree with its legal system; I don't agree with a lot of things here. Iran is flawed. Well aren't we all…?
Do I have to turn off the comments for awhile? I will start deleting comments that are not civil and self-serving. I hate to do that... I will not delete comments of people who disagree with me or others as long as they are civil. You are on notice.
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Your Nation before all else? Before your common sense? Before your humanity?
As an innocent you have the right to object to all things.
Simply beware of your Rulers, which have tried to teach others love them; so that they can't be shaken off.
They sqanderer all Nations innocene by their deeds.
- ET said...
This is exactly the kind of false start to the comments section that I do not want to see. This comment is a complete misreading of my post and makes no sense to me. I won't delete it, because I find it harmless. I just encourage others to comment on the post and NOT on the first comment. And not on this comment that I am writing now.
re-start . . .
i don't whether you would call it above the din, or below it. but when we can get around all the the noise and cacophony that is telling us that we should hate one another (or at least be very very weary of their motives) and sit down and have a conversation (and coffee! and sweets!) what we so often discover is that those people love their families too. and they dream of a better future for their kids too. and they're trying to do what they think is right to make the life of their family, and friends, and their country better too.
and when people can sit down with the small things (coffee! sweets!) it becomes so much easier to share the big things. like the agreement that we share a common humanity.
you want to repudiate your political enemies? nothing gives a bigger middle finger to them and their demagoguery than to sit down with the people that they claim to speak for and share with them an open and respectful conversation. or a laugh. or a flirt. or coffee and sweets!
- danielspengies said...
I think we need to realize the governments in general are really what's to blame. The US government's policies towards Iran have pushed the individuals who run the Iranian government into actions that are both predictable and sad. As a result the Iranian people have suffered. But, as you point out, the Iranian people themselves are a beautiful collective. Of course, here in America when we think of Iran, we think of it as a giant group of frothing individuals who want to kill us for "no good reason." And that's the problem, since I think the average populous of both countries have a lot to learn from one another.
As a Persian;
Great news, Iran and US have started to talk thanks to Bumper Stickers:
Iran : If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane!
US: I told you don't follow me, I'm lost too...
Iran : Cover me. I'm changing lanes.
US: Dear Lord, please save me from your followers.
Iran: Don't you like my driving? Then quit watching me.
US: Drive carefully! Remember, it's not only a car that can be recalled by it's maker.
Iran: Don't you wash your car?
US:Don't run your fingers over my car and I won't run my car over your fingers.
Iran: I would give you the finger but it's up my nose.
US: Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change ready.
Iran: Instead of being born again, why not just GROW UP?
US: If your car was a horse, I'd have to shoot it.
Iran : Forget About World Peace... Just learn how to Use Your Turn Signal!
US: Someday we'll look back on all this and plow into a parked car.
To be continued...
Do you blame every problem in Iran on the US? I've been reading your comments and that's what I get from you.
Sure, the US has a bad history in the region, but you can't blame everything that happens in Iran on the US. Is it the US governments fault that Iran executed and tortured two gay youth? http://gayorbit.net/?p=2459
As I've said, our government (US) has done many stupid things. I hate this war and I hate that these nut jobs in power seem to want war non-stop. However, that doesn't give the Iranian government a free pass.
- danielspengies said...
No, the Iranian government does not have a free pass, nor do I give them one. However, in terms of foriegn relations, I DO blame the US for Iran's reactions on a global level. The nuclear issue, the Iranian revolution, and the sponsoring of groups such as Hamas can be directly tied into the behavior of the west. In some cases it has to do with the wests behavior towards Israel. In others it simply has to do with past history.
As far as Iranian domestic issues go, that is a different story. However, the US IS at fault for the government in which Iran has, since the revolution was indeed a response to the atrocities the west was pushing upon Iran via the Shah.
But Iran's government, like any other, is run by idiots who are more interested in their own power than they are in the will of the people. This is not the fault of the west, nor do I blame them for this.
It's not about blaming the US. United States has always had a short sighted view, conditioned by it's egoistic national interest, so much so that it has extended it now into preemptive war on false assumptions with no proves.
And you are wrong when you say that the US has a bad history in the region,
It has had a bad history in many regions in the world.
It is fair to inform people about misdeeds by the Iranian regime in Iran, towards the people of Iran.
But I'm afraid that what you brought up (2 teenagers executed) is merely made up by the gay lobby which is very strong in the west and has no shame to distort facts into what it can exploit to better exist.
The question of righteousness of any execution of a human being is debatable and as you know is still a hot topic even in the US.
But those two teenagers were rapists who raped a younger boy. Now call it what you want, gay, pedophile,...
I find that the gay lobby has gone too far in distorting the facts, either about those teenagers or even about ancient Persian poet and mystics that they wrongfully present as "Homoerotic" in order to justify their own way of living.
- danielspengies said...
There is homophobia in Islamic culture, as there is in the culture of other religions. And the execution of the gay teenagers was an atrocious human rights violation, given the fact that gay behavior is biological and completely normal, and executions in general are horrid extremes of violence. I hesitate to get into a human rights debate, however, because human rights are not universal, but instead are very much contingent upon the cultures they are anchored to. Not being Iranian, I cannot begin to argue what Iranians consider to be violations of THEIR human rights. However, I can state that at least SOME percentage of the Iranian population is probably of homosexual orientation, and thus the need for them to exert their rights and protect themselves is an important issue.
I think exploiting the rape of a young boy by two teenager boys, and presenting it as an acceptable and natural behaviour is wrong.
This was a case of rape which has been used and abused by those who are shameless in advancing at any cost what they beleive to be their cause.
- danielspengies said...
I don't believe that anyone is exploiting a rape. If the two individuals were punished for rape, that is one thing, but, if I remember the case correctly, there was some speculation that force was not involved, and that the sex was consensual. It has been a while though, so I might be completely wrong.
However, I don't believe that gay rights advocates in any nation would defend a rape case to further their valid agenda, since there are plenty other, less controversial cases which could be touted.
- danielspengies said...
Apparently you were correct. I looked it up and, since the boy in question was 13, it was considered rape under Iranian law.
That doesn't make the issue of gay rights, or any other related issue for that matter, go away, but it does give a better "public face" than "we killed them for being gay."
As you were able to check it for yourself, this is an example of how a lobby group uses misinformation in advancing their cause. That was my point.
As for the gay rights, even in the west it was not that acceptable 10 years ago. But as I said the issue for me is the dishonnesty of people abusing the facts for advancing their agenda, be it the necon lobby or the gay lobby.
It is a pleasure to read your posting (I heart Iran), in fact any reminders of the humanity of Iranians, is a welcome change to the constant torrent of negativity pointed at all things Iran, and Iranian.
The process of dehumanisation of any 'target' population is designed to pave the way for the next step, which in this case means war, and destruction of many lives.
The difference between constructive criticism, and mendacious bile is a hair's breadth, this can mean reinforcement of the negative propaganda under way, as opposed to a heartfelt suggestion with a view to seeking an improvement in any direction.
Considering the sums of $75 million set aside for the 'Democracy in Iran' project, it should come neither as a surprise to find the paid delinquent trolls, whom frequent any debates concerning Iran, to cut and paste their carefully drafted propaganda. Nor to find an ever growing population numbers of blogs, that are purportedly those of Iranians, which are normally closed off, and engaged in a one way hate Iran dialogue, appealing to ye olde nationalist Ideals of Iranians, and or the points of paramount importance for an ex pat population, who are locked in the warp of 1974 Iran, sort of 'mass Ahmad Challabi movement', the Persian Version. In both cases, somehow missing is the target audience being the 'Western' population in search of finding answers to their many questions concerning Iran, and being faced with a secondary wave of negative propaganda reinforcing the bile spewed by the main stream media. In other words 75 million buys lots of dissent.
As you have already pointed out, posters following their own agenda, have been carrying on their relevant fist fights, which already have been subject of calls for deletion of posts, and or suspension of the replies. These troubling reactions to the flame posts are clearly indicative of intolerance, and obtuse world view, that as yet have not abstracted the ideals of democracy.
This phenomena is not an accidental event, the obtuse interpretation of democracy that has been the corner stone of the 'Western Democracies' in fact promote the tick on the ballot, followed by being a passenger on a roller-coaster ride, with no control over the following unfolding of events, good or bad. Further, the consensus of the majority rule completely over shadowing the minority rights, and or any other issues not in vogue. This can be construed as rule by decrees of 'echo chambers', which do not allow for the free competition of the ideas.
This lack of free competition of ideas results in bankruptcy of minds, and poverty of thought, that is so well reflected in the paucity of the solutions found for the plethora of self inflicted difficulties with in the 'Western Democracies'.
Hence, if you cannot stomach the rough and tumble of the debate in this corner of the cyberspace, then you should start asking the searching question of; do you deserve to live in a democracy?
Competition of ideas, and the emergent properties as yet unbeknown can only be attained through vigorous, and frank exchange of ideas, which at times may well threaten the security of the comforts derived from their relevant echo chambers that some of the posters are so used to.
Finally, although some of the posters on this blog, are contributing very little in the way of thoughts, and too much in the way of regurgitating the residual mims resulting form the mind enemas these have been subjected to, on the other hand there are others whom are valuable contributors that can help building the future that we are busy constructing, without any of the pay, and or fringe benefits.
May peace, and prosperity be upon you and yours.
- danielspengies said...
For most outside of Iran, the question in the execution of the two teenagers was whether or not "rape" was being used simply as a cover-up excuse to punished homosexual behavior. Since I am not Iranian, I am in no place to talk about this issue, nor the culture it stems from. If it WAS used in that manner, then this is horrid. However, my knowledge on the subject is limited only to the western filters in which information is channeled.
On a whole I would disagree with any type of execution for any manner, anywhere in the world, but that is a completely different issue better left for other blogs.
I had no idea that there was any issue of pedophilia involved in that case. Sorry about that.
How far back can blame go? Can we blame Osama bin Laden for what's happening in Iraq because of 9/11? If that would not have happened W would have been a one term president and he wouldn't have been able to fabricate a case to get us into the current mess.
This just came out of a moment of frustration. I just don't think it's fair or right to blame everything on the US government. Bush isn't the only lunatic in the world.
I agree that the debate is open whether any execution is acceptable. However, the problem has not been solved by any society and certainly not by the US which has the record of execution of prisoners in the world.
Having verified that victim, was or younger than13 years old, then it should be safely assumed that the encounter could not have been based on consensual conduct. No country on earth, including Holland permits those of such a young age to be free to lawfully engage in homosexual liaisons. Hence the whole planet would consider such conduct; simply as rape.
Therfore, to find your subsequent prevarication is somewhat puzzling, although I can see your effort to convey the self determination of the target population as paramount, however, don't you think it would be more helpful to cite your sources denoting the age of the victim, as well as considering the comparative arbitration with respect to this particular mode of homosexual conduct, across the globe, while leaving the punishment to remain the prerogative of the victim, and or his family, guardian, etc.
- danielspengies said...
It has to do with human behavior Chris. The United states was indeed responsible for the attacks of 9/11 based on the fact that our government has committed atrocity after atrocity within the middle east (Operation Ajax is just one of many examples). These atrocities have marginalized individuals, destroyed families, limited options, and above all else, reminded people of their own mortality. There is a large body of research within social science which shows that when people are reminded of their own deaths, they are likely to "cling" to the elements of their own cultural heritage. In the case of terrorism, such as what occurred on 9/11, people are forced into joining terrorist organizations because those organizations have appealed to their cultural connections, and seem like the best way to fight back against the bullying of the western superpowers. Therefore the US is in no way "innocent" even when it comes to attacks on our own nation, since we have leveled untold death and destruction on the people who have finally found the means to push us back.
Is the US to blame for every evil thing in the world? Of course not, and even middle eastern politics are much more complex than what I am introducing here. However, we cannot ignore the fact that the Us has more blood on its hands than almost anywhere else at this point.
- danielspengies said...
anon, you are completely correct. The US, and western individuals in general, are very quick to condemn the actions of Iran and other Islamic -majority countries, and yet refuse to condemn the same patterns of behavior here in the US. The truth be told, if the fundamentalist radicals in this country could legally and socially execute people who were homosexuals, they would be overly happy to do so.
The US is almost an incredible violator of human rights, even while it tries to point fingers at everyone else.
That doesn't mean that we SHOULDN'T examine the hangings in question, but it does not make Iran unique in such things.
P.S. I would say that the responsibility for such an examination lies int he hands of those within Iranian culture, since THEY are the only ones who know how to define human rights for themselves.
- danielspengies said...
Winston, I am a believer that most human rights are culturally defined. I draw the line though with the idea that the very BASIC human right is the ability of an human organism to exist without the infliction of outside pain from other human organisms. From that line of thought, I tend to believe executions are horrid and disgusting across the board, regardless of the situation.
My attitude on humans rights is still in flux though, as I'm still sorting the issue in my mind.
For the benefit of those students of the facts, and truth;
'Rogue State:'
'A Guide to the World's Only Superpower'
William Blum
'Killing Hope'
William Blum
These books blow apart the veneer of pretence that evidently US has been hanging onto for the duration of the cold war, and thereafter. Although those neo-cons have found that William Blum (Jewish by the way) is in cahoots with one Osama the infamous.
Neocons Connect Author Blum to Osama
Human rights is a much abused and misused term of reference, hence it needs careful considerations and thought. However, just to highlight the hypocrisy of US concerning 'human rights' the following should be noted; (that is other than the Gitmo detainees, and some 500,000 souls whom are languishing in jails across the planet, just cuz Uncle Sam says so! BTW this figure is extracted from Washington Post)
A- UN charter on human rights, was proposing the right to food, the right to shelter, and freedom from fear, molestation, and poverty.
B- Needless to point out that none of these terms of reference were to be included in the final draft, and the convention to this date has not been ratified, despite the fact that all countries agreed on the right to food, and the right to shelter, that is all of the countries of the world other than US.
- danielspengies said...
I don't disagree Winston. I find it disgusting that we have a constitution that, supposedly, "guarantees" the right to own a gun as a basic human right, but completely ignores the natural need of a human being to have proper food, housing, and health care. If there were ever basic and universal human rights, the latter three would fall into that spectrum.
I don't read that many blogs, but one I'm pretty addicted to is BitchPhd (bitchphd.blogspot.com). Her comments policy sounds pretty similar to what you may have to adopt ("comments are welcome, obnoxious comments get delted. deal.") She also has an anon email where people can bitch at her directly. I imagine, though, that responding to emails could take up a ton of time....
Anyhow, sorry the comments seem to be turning into fights. That sucks.
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please watch this BBC documentary about daily life in Iran. it proves the points mentioned by ET.
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Watch it
Your post speaks volumes. We only hear a) what the media reports and b) what our government says. Daily life, I am sure, is often forgotten by the majority of people that listen only to a & b in places like Iran.
- ET said...
Thanks for the advice ca reader, I will add that text to my little spiel at the beginning of the comment area.
- danielspengies said...
I dunno, I thought this particular comment thread was rather civil. Personally ET, I have no problem being respectful, as long as the person I'm talking to isn't spouting off pure drivel that's going to effect everyone.
- Seraph said...
"Can you imagine Iranians traveling to America or Europe and being met with sincere kindness by 99.9% of the people they run across?"
I don't know about 99.9% of Americans (I have only been to 48 States or 96% of the country), but I am pretty sure that 97% of Americans would treat a regular Iranian visitor with kindness. This country is really a melting pot and the vast majority of Americans are quite comfortable and pretty used to cultural diversity.
Actually, even after the horrific events of 9-11 there was not mass rioting in the streets, burning effigies or lynch mobs in Muslim neighborhoods. I am not saying that it is impossible, only that it did not happen and that this is a living testimony to the fact that Americans, like Iranians, can distinguish between governments/organizations and regular people.
"I tell everyone who asks that I am American. Yes I do. I tell everyone. I tell the Revolutionary Guards and the soldiers and the police and the school girls and their mothers and brothers and fathers and friends. I tell cab drivers and business men and oil execs and refugees. Everywhere I go, I am met with kindness."
What would happen I wonder if you were to say that you are a Bahai, Zoroastrian, Hindu, Sunni or Jew? I wonder if you were black or a poor Afghani if you might be treated differently. Try telling the Revolutionary Guard or your interlocutors that you are an Israeli citizen...
I am sure that you are met with kindness, but I am also pretty sure that being an American in Iran comes with its limitations. As long as you are a housewife it will be fine, but if you ever want to work outside of the home/family circle, you will come face to face with limitations. In the US a naturalized citizen can work for the US government. Granted that you may not want to work for the Iranian (or US government for that matter), the fact that it is possbible speaks volumes.
I suspect that your being American will have innate limitations, some of which you may not have experienced yet. Unlike in the US, where over time these limitations disappear and people become equal in every way under the law, I doubt that this is true in a country like Iran. Heck, it is not even true in Europe, so I really do not expect that it would be true in Iran.
Then again, I am willing to be proven wrong about this.
- ET said...
You'll note that I did not delete any of the comments here.
Seraph, You make a lot of good points. I think Iranian society is racist, but I do not have to bring up negative points in every single post.
I do work outside the house... I interact with a lot of Iranian men. It is a pain. If I never had to work with men, I would be very happy in Iran. And for me it's a million times easier than for an Iranian woman. Western women are treated like honorary men and are allowed to behave very differently from Iranian women.
Iran can be difficult to manouver. What do you tell whom? If I were Bahai, I would feel compelled by my religion to tell everyone. As a Jew, I don't feel the same compulsion. I tell some people and not others. I have never had a bad reaction to this revelation, but then Iranians are very polite.
That said, I have been here 3.5 years without hearing the kind of casual anti-Semitism that I heard on a regular basis when I lived in Europe. Go figure...
Do you really think that in the US over time innate limitations "disappear and people become equal in every way under the law"? Technically, perhaps. But, let's be honest... in practice, it's not really that way in the US. (Incarceration rates should tell us something about how "equal" we all are under the law in this country.) This is one I've been very torn over for a long time – I do like to think of my country as being culturally accepting, a 'melting pot', if you will. But, the older I get the more I feel like we're slipping backwards a bit. For example - Americans seem to be rather frightened of Mexicans lately, don't you think? "we'll keep the tamales, thanks, but you have to go back to Tijuana!" That said, compared to Europe (well, the UK) where I just recently lived, I do believe that we have less of a tendency to exclude immigrant groups and have, at least on the surface, a bit of pride in our immigrant history. Just my 2 cents....
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- ET said...
ca reader, you make a good point. The point is that we are not perfect. In the case of the US some of the law protecting minorities sometimes stays a couple steps ahead of public sentiment and sometimes a couple of steps behind.
In Iran, the worst offenses are often committed outside the official system. The law is in flux: it is an ongoing project. Every adult in Iran breaks the law, which makes life here insecure and uncertain. Let me give an example: satellite dishes. Reports were that 9 million of 17 million residents of Tehran had dishes before last summer's crackdown. The dishes are illegal. Yet there is a serious problem with a law that the majority is breaking, isn't there? A bit like some of the arcane laws that are still on the books in the US (and that I will not describe here. ;-) )
- Seraph said...
ca reader,
I think you have a valid point about incarceration rates and Hispanics. Certainly the US is not "Paradise on Earth", nor did I mean to remotely imply that.
Nonetheless, I do think that while not all first generation immigrants make it, that (for the most part) a second generation Hispanic is as American as TexMex. By the third generation, they would feel lost across the border.
I think that along with the incarceration rates, we should also keep our eyes on the admission rates at American universities. You will find many 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants studying law, medicine, engineering and getting their MBAs.
As for Blacks in America... Some things got much better under Clinton and many African Americans entered the middle class. That many have not is a testament to the longstanding systemic inequalities and lack of opportunities that exist in their communities.
It does not surprise me that you experienced off-hand anti-Semitism in Europe. Ironically, while in Europe the state is officially opposed to anti-Semitism there is a growing malaise in the society. It sounds like in Iran that while the state is officially anti-Semitic (no doubt they believe they are only anti-Zionist) the society is not.
It is indeed one of the great ironies of (modern) history that "civilized" Europe produced the Holocaust and "backwards" Muslim countries had vibrant, thriving and protected Jewish communities.
- peosmom said...
I am very heartened to read the comments on this topic. The comments might not agree on everything, but they are being polite and using their intelligence to make their points. Keep it coming people.
- Randi said...
et, I love Iran too. I know exactly what you mean...I miss it also, the smell of the air, the light, the diversity and kindness of people. You have in Iran some of the most annoying and despicable, and yet, you have also the most noble and generous people I've met anywhere. I lived there 25 years ago, and it is part of my soul. I love reading your blog, and often wonder how different my life would have been if I'd had the internet then. Bravo to you for humanizing this complex culture and providing a window into your world.
- Mr. Smarterthanyou said...
Those of you who think the US is so bad need to travel more, and with their eyes open.
Crybabies in the west have no concept of what constitutes a human rights abuse. People who faint at the mere mention that there may be a difference between men and women would be shocked to see interactions in muslim countries. People who are shocked and outraged that they police will beat someone who spits on them at a protest here need to think about what would happen to them if they spit on a cop or religious policeman in a muslim country. Can the levels of "abuse" that they recieve really be compared?
I think liberals have whipped themselves up to such a frenzy over every imagined slight that they peg the needle on the offence-o-meter way too soon.
I think weak minded people set a low bar for abuse, and then grade on a pass/fail basis. Due to their multicultural tendencies, anti-US bias whatever, they intentionally set the bar so low that they make sure that the US qualifies. Then, with a sence of moral rightiousness (and equivilency), they can point at us and say "you are no better than anyone else, but you think you are".
That is the true hatred in the world today.
you are no better than anyone else, but you think you are.
That's the truth, whether you like it or not.
- Catherine said...
ET, I think your blog consistently and faithfully describes the compassion, humor, talent, and beauty you find in Iran. Anyone who reads your work and thinks otherwise must take a deep breath and look again, and again, and perhaps then find a voice to be critical thinkers of their own home. I love the Iran you show me. --C
- Leila said...
This is my first visit to your blog. You do a great job explaining the complexity of life in Iran. I am glad that you have found Iran to be so welcoming. As an Iranian-American (half & half), I cannot say that 99.9% of the people here are so gracious. It seems that every single day I encounter anti-Iranian or anti-Islamic rhetoric. It seems that it will never end. People (not knowing my heritage) have looked me in the eye and told me that Iran should be nuked. It sickens me. My mother is a hospice nurse, and since 9/11 she has had patients spit at her and call her a terrorist, and refuse to speak with her. True, these conversations are limited. But there is an undercurrent of hatred. I am tired of hearing "If you don't like it, leave" or "It's worse everywhere else." Why does it always have to be us vs. them? I think there is a way to call for change in both countries, and remaining loyal to both. It starts with recognizing each other as human beings.
- ET said...
Leila, Thanks. That was a nice comment. You point to something that upsets me as well: the notion that some (I know, they are a minority) people wear t-shirts saying "Nuke Tehran" but do not seem to understand what Tehran is or who lives here or how utterly offensive such pop culture can be. Here the hate speech is mostly official (which also bothers me)... but you would be hard-pressed (As a westerner) to find casual examples of hate speech. Now... that is not true if you are an Arab in Iran or an Afghan.
I can easily see why, as an American, the Iranian populace does not mind you. I wonder if their kindness would extend to you, if, in fact you did not agree with their ideals? perhaps if you were christian or jewish? I have always seen fit to blame horrendous actions on the people who commit them. Not the people they are commited upon. In whatever case. In other words, it is not a womans fault, if she is raped. Even if she wears scant clothing. Similiarly, I do not believe it is the United States Fault for the World Trade Centers, as you stated, Nor is it responsible for Hamas. Such an outlandish comment, I have never before seen. Blacks are NOT responsible for the KKK, Just as Jews are NOT responsible for the Nazis. Will you attempt to say that Hamas is not in the same catagory? If you would like to blame the US for something (which is entirely possible) blame it for the Shah. Sure. But do not try and alleiviate responsibilty from Hamas because, "once a long time ago". As for Isreal. . . Isnt it the Iranian goverments stance that Isreal is to be wiped off the face of the map? I thought that was a pretty upheld belief over there? Is that in any way justifiable? You seem, a level-headed person. I appritiate that. I do. Please, do not assume that any of this was written in a tone of anger. I am most sincere.
- ET said...
Anon, Why do you think that I believe that the US is fault for the WTC? Why don't you think that I *am* Christian or Jewish? Why do you think that I agree with everyone I meet? I have never written anything like that here.
Why do you think that most Iranians believe that Israel should be wiped off the map?
But, now let's take your argument a step further: I remember when one of the bombing raids over Iraq (during the Clinton administration) killed a boy playing football and an artist in her home. I am going to pose an extremely difficult question now, one most people will not like to think about including me. If we Americans can fight a war on someone else's home turf, why are we exempt from retaliation on our own home turf?
I hate that question, but it haunts me every single day.
et, you've hit the nail right on the head. Why is it OK for our military to kill non-combatants and call it collateral damage, but it's not OK for it to happen here? Is it b/c our military killings are state-sponsored and considered 'official'? Is that a good enough reason for an innocent person to die? This is the problem I have with this war and with all modern wars. Too many bystanders have to die in order for national 'obejctives' to be met. There has to be a better way.
Et, Allow me to appoligise.
I made a mistake and took what "Danielspengies" said, as something you said. That is my fault. I had thought you were justifying war atrocity. That is my mistake.
Alas, my argument still stands. And your "taking it a step futher" only validates my point.
Your logic is faulty, Im afraid.
The US Army kills two innocent people in Iraq, ergo, Hamas can retaliate?
Do you see the fault in that? How many people are an embassy full of hostages worth, in death toll? How many for the Shah?
And who are the innocent bystanders? The Innocent artist in her house, assurdly. The Jewish boy on the bus to school also. Also anyone who has Ever been the recipiant of violance. Including two homosexual boys who were executed in Iran. How about the Nun in Africa who was murded in response to the Pope Benidicts speech? Was she innocent? That leads into a nother question.
Who commited that crime? who is responsible for that? Muslims? No. Africa? No. That man's Family? No. He is. fairly simple. Who gets to claim retribution? All Catholics? No. that nun's Family? No. No one.
Your view is skewed by the very Idea of retaliation. There should be No retaliation, or else we begin a spiral of blame and atrocity of which all are equally guilty.
A woman who is raped is not responsible. But if she kills the man who raped her. . She is a Murderer as well.
I will not go into a diatribe about the horrors of war, and how unjust it is. That would be rediculous and off point in this conversation. But what you are saying is, An eye for an eye. Which makes you no different from the people walking around wearing (as your blog so eloquently put it) "Nuke Tehran" T-shirts, and or burning the American flag, effigys of the Pope or killing Nuns in Africa because of a danish Cartoon.
Understand also, that I know this is simply Moralism. Political entities and unions can not always act in accordance with these ideas, yet they are sound world wide. As for DanielSpegial, All credibility for this schmuck is to far gone. Complaining about the war dead? All Soldiers are evil for supporting the system? When you have pictures of yourself and your obviously well fed family. . At Disney World? How many cluster bopmbs have you payed for with internet hosting fees, Stupid pictures with Pluto, the stuffed dog and Super sized Mcdonalds meals? Be less of a Hypocryte. . then. . Troll, kid.
Thanks for the civil discussion, Et.
It seems in my hurry, i did not adress the questions you asked. I appoligise.
"Anon, Why do you think that I believe that the US is fault for the WTC? Why don't you think that I *am* Christian or Jewish? Why do you think that I agree with everyone I meet? I have never written anything like that here.
Why do you think that most Iranians believe that Israel should be wiped off the map? "
I already addressed that first one. and Again, I appoligise.
The Christian or jewish thing. I caught a bit of your blog about, It not being your choice to wear (please excuse my ingorance) a scarf. You would prefer it to be your religious choice to wear it, instead of an oppressive law, making you do such. I assumed you were muslim, forgive me if my assumption was incorrect.
Agree with everyone you meet. I must say, I dont remember putting it that way. That was a bad call on my part. Honestly, from mistaking that Danielspegal(shcmuck) quote. It seemed that you agreed with all that extremist nonsense. I again, appoligise for that. I believe my point was to ask, would the Iranians respond so well to you if you held radicaly different believes than they do?
As for Isreal. . . Isnt one of the stated goals of the Iranian goverment. Eradication of Isreal? Did they not just hold a Holocaust revision convention? I understand the goverment over there is not the sole voice of the people. I think I might just find it hard to seperate the two. Which is insightful.
I also notice. . . you did not actualy. . Answer any of those questions, only asked me different ones.


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In the dream, I was attempting to win over the favor of a mechanical gaurdian, so that he'd let me live. I think this was inspired both by the Sand dungen in Fable 3, with it's terrifying slithery dark demon children, and the armor from Sauron's Ring Wraiths. But basically, I failed (as I always do in my dreams) and he gutted me like a fish.
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John Cena and Nikki Bella are no longer getting ready to say "I do."
Bella tweeted Sunday that the professional wrestlers have ended their relationship and asked for privacy.
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Several firms have devised new credit-scoring methods to help lenders identify those who are worth the creditworthy among the millions shut out of the mainstream financial system. Suzanne Kapner has details on Lunch Break.
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The food in Ghana is delicious! The menu often revolves around rice or another starch like a pounded dough that you dip into soup or stew. There is a lot of chicken, tilapia, and some beef and goat. Beans are almost always on the plate along with any type of plantain that you can imagine: fried, roasted, in chip form, double fried, sweet or salty. Beware - the food is usually spicy!
Many students in the program are vegetarian and even vegan. Cuisine in Accra is heavily centered around meat and fish, but don't let this deter you. The restaurants affiliated with the NYU Accra meal plan do a great job of making vegetarian friendly dishes. Additionally, as supplement for protein, beans, yogurt, nuts, and groundnut paste (peanut butter) are great options. Also, there is some tofu at the meal plan restaurants every once in a while. As far as eating out at traditional Ghanaian restaurants, being sure your meal is vegetarian is a lot more of a challenge. Be sure to communicate your dietary restrictions to the student life staff and they will be happy to accommodate you.
Banku - a dough made from fermented corn and cassava
Fufu - a dough made from mashed yams and plantains served with a soup or stew
Groundnut - peanuts
Jollof Rice - a rice cooked with onions and tomatoes
Kelewele - plantains that are deep-fried and heavily seasoned with ginger and spices
Kenkey - a dough make from cornmeal, with a sourdough-y flavor, usually served with sauces and vegetables
Pepe - spicy mixture of chilli peppers and tomatoes, serves as sauce for rice or other food
Red-Red - a bean stew usually served with plantains
Waakye - mixture of rice, beans tomatoes, spices, and meat
Accra's nightlife is diverse. There are clubs harder to get into than some in New York City, with covers and strict dress codes. While some bars are not much more than a full cooler, a beaded curtain, and a good view of the African night sky. You can often find live music or street performers. In addition, a lot of ex-pat bars and casinos are scattered around Osu.
" At least once a week , many of the students would get together and make brunch or dinner in one of the houses. Learn how to make Ghanaian cuisine or an American meal you have been missing."
Students are provided with light breakfast and lunch items to prepare in their residence. There are also clean water dispensers. For dinners during the week, there is a meal plan that is split between two restaurants:
This restaurant serves traditional Ghanaian, Nigerian and West African food. It is a safe and delicious way to sample local and regional food, and a great place to take your parents or friends if they come visit.
A new favorite that serves Mediterranean, Indian and Ghanaian food, as well as sandwiches and large, delicious salads. Close to dorms it is a great place to go for lunch as well. They also have fabulous desserts - big slices of cheesecake, carrot cake, brownies, and more.


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The Victorian government hails its $11 billion Melbourne rail link as a game-changing project that will transform the state for decades.
But the Labor opposition says it is a plan which is botched, ignores areas of need and is part of a desperate bid by the government to cling to power at the November election.
The government is staking its re-election bid on the record $27b infrastructure expenditure in Tuesday's budget, which includes a rail link to boost capacity, a train line to the airport and building the second stage of the East West Link road project.
The projects are expected to create more than 26,000 jobs, including 3700 jobs from the Melbourne Rail Link, 3000 from the western section of the East West Link and 700 from plans to widen the CityLink tollway.
It is the most ambitious infrastructure program ever undertaken in the state, Premier Denis Napthine says.
"Yesterday's budget delivers on key game-changing infrastructure for Victoria," he told parliament on Wednesday.
But the project at the centrepiece - the Melbourne rail link - is ill conceived, according to Labor leader Daniel Andrews.
The plan includes twin tunnels from Southern Cross station to South Yarra, going via two new rail stations.
The third train station will be at Melbourne Airport.
The government says the project would add up to 20,000 extra passengers compared with the old proposal, an underground nine-kilometre rail tunnel under the CBD.
But Mr Andrews says not only have stations and services been cut from the original metro rail proposal, but Melbourne's south-east has been cut out of the city loop and Flinders Street.
"To build stations where no one lives at the expense of stations where hundreds of thousands of Victorians come to work and visit every single day does nothing to improve public transport," Mr Andrews told reporters on Wednesday.
Labor will not proceed with the government's metropolitan rail project, focusing on its own version which involves doubling the size of the city loop.
But the government says its new plan is better, because it includes an airport rail link, delivered more for the same price and will not involve ripping up the CBD for two years.
"This is what's been called for for years," Dr Napthine said.
"It is a transformational project."
Mr Andrews also says the budget fails to focus on education, health and emergency services with nothing to improve emergency department overcrowding and little to address elective surgery waiting lists.
Dr Napthine said while the budget will deliver for all Victorians, the focus is the record infrastructure spending that will make a difference for decades to come.
"This is infrastructure that makes a real difference, not just now but for decades to come," he said.


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"If we can embrace the challenge, if we can engage our creative brilliance...the future with less oil could be preferable than the present with lots of oil."
--Rob Hopkins, founder of Transition Towns, quoted in the documentary The Economics of Happiness.
'Going local' is a powerful strategy to help repair our fractured world – our ecosystems, our societies, and our selves. Far from the old institutions of power, people are starting to forge a very different future...
This 2011 film documents how communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm—an economics of localization.
Produced by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick, and John Page, and featuring: Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Michael Shuman, Juliet Schor, Richard Heinberg, Rob Hopkins, Andrew Simms, Zac Goldsmith, and Samdhong Rinpoche.


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We have had the site around for years, but it never really had direction...until now. Lanbrew.com is about to become your new best brewing/gaming/podcasting/electronics-ing friend, and you don't even have to buy us a drink.
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Tribes: Ascend alpha at Quakecon
A take on the new Tribes: Ascend. Lots of info after the break!
LGR Nexus at Quakecon 2011!
LGR Nexus is at Quakecon 2011, so get ready to get the scoop on what is going on this year! There are lots of stuff to look forward to such as Rage, Prey 2, and Skyrim to name a few. Stay tuned and we'll be posting some updates throughout the con.
Bioshock: Infinite Gameplay Video (HD)
Check out the most amazing steam-punk continental gameplay you will ever see. This game will not come out soon enough!
Mafia II Review
Score: 86 / 100
|Good: Experience old New York through the eyes of a mobster, great storyline, fantastic period progressive music, solid 3rd person shooter, outstanding period cars and driving mechanics
|Bad: Extremely scripted, no quick travel, boring game elements that must be done to push the storyline, cookie cutter open-world title
What It's Like: GTA meets The Godfather in the 1940s and 50s
Reviewed On: PC
Fall Out: New Vegas Preview
Fallout New Vegas offers a plethora of new ideas added to an old plate. Yet for the millions of Fallout 3 fans this will likely be a welcome buffet.


text: Style up any home with Allegra Hicks' homeware and interior furnishings. The London-based fashion designer is known for her unique textile designs, on and off the runway. Great for any home design enthusiast, the designer recently released a design book that features her signature whimsical patterns juxtaposed with luxurious interiors and landscapes. Inspired? You can view her entire home collection here, where you can find original fabrics, rugs, pillows, stationery, and more in her famous patterns.


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DOVER – The City closed all facilities and administrative offices at 2 p.m. Monday due to the high winds and rain coming from Hurricane Sandy.
The storm will continue to be monitored by emergency officials and crews and equipment are prepared. Residents are being asked to prepare for severe weather and power outages.
As of 4 p.m. Monday, Public Service of New Hampshire was reporting 3,255 customers without power in Dover already.
Governor Lynch has declared a State of Emergency for New Hampshire. City Manager Michael Joyal said in a public statement that motorists are urged to stay off the road late Monday afternoon and into Monday evening.
"The Governor will be closing state offices and is encouraging businesses to allow workers to travel home and remain off the roadways throughout the height of the storm and high winds. As a result, all City of Dover administrative offices and recreation facilities will be closing at 2 p.m. this afternoon and are currently expected to reopen for regular operations Tuesday morning," Joyal said.
The National Weather Service is also predicting the most severe effects from Hurricane Sandy in Dover to be between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday. Winds are expected to increase to 25 to 35 mph, with wind gusts reaching as high as 60 mph. Rain fall is expected to reach one to three inches locally.
"The effects of this storm for us here in Dover could possibly be downed trees creating the potential for traffic hazards, damaged buildings and the resulting power outage events. Our streams and rivers should be able to handle the forecasted amount of rain at this time of year and flooding is not expected to be a big problem but we will be alert for any possible localized street and high tide related flooding," City Manager Michael Joyal said in a public statement.
A shelter at Dover Baptist Church, located at 151 Washington St., will open at 7 p.m. Monday and remain open as long as it's needed. The shelter can accommodate service animals, but no pets. Residents seeking shelter are also asked to bring their medication and personal items.
An update regarding the storm and Dover's response will be provided again at approximately 6 p.m. this evening.
Dover closes facilities: Sandy keeps emergency officials, crews busy
DOVER – The City closed all facilities and administrative offices at 2 p.m. Monday due to the high winds and rain coming from Hurricane Sandy.


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As one of
France's younger brigade Olivier Kieffer brings with him
an exciting and untouched passion and
enthusiasm for the game and, along with Stéphane Antiga
is creating an unpredictable yet healthy reputation for
the French.
At 200cm he is one of the tallest in the French line up
and his long and gangly limbs are only accentuated when
he dyes his hair. But it's this type of frivolity, which
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At only 24, Kieffer was a key to France's success with
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5 Reasons Kids Should Use Sort Your Story
There are many great things about the Sort Your Story software and many adults are using it to organize their genealogical research. Did you know it is an excellent program for kids? Here are 10 reasons why your child should be using Sort Your Story.
- Easy to use. Kids can create a profile on themselves or an ancestor in just a few clicks. This is a great first step using software as a child enters the world of genealogy.
- It is colorful. Sort Your Story is very visually appealing. Lots of colorful icons are available for all record types.
- It is printable. Once a profile is created and records and information have been added, you can print the information and share it.
- It will keep you organized. Sort Your Story has a folder for every record type you need. Images can be stored in these folders for easy retrieval.
- You can use it for school. Sort Your Story allows you to write notes to accompany each record you enter for an individual. You can transcribe records or write a story. All of this information can be copied from Sort Your Story and pasted into a Word document to write a report for school.
What do you think? Are you ready to share Sort Your Story with your child?
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text: How to Plan a Vegetarian Meal by Answering Three Easy Questions Robyn Lee If you want to eat more vegetarian meals but don't know how to plan them, Michael Natkin of Herbivoracious suggests three easy questions to get you going: "What grain or starch do I feel like eating?"; "What food culture am I in the mood for?"; and "What's fresh?" For example, if you're in the mood for polenta, you could turn it into an Italian-themed dish topped with an Italian cheese and serve it with your favorite in-season vegetable.


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I'm working on a contract at present where I'm essentially working as a subcontractor for a fairly big digital agency. The real end customer is a big corp.
So far, I have of course done an amazing job :)
- The agency had a "spec" up front - basically a "sitemap" for the app. This was my "blueprint".
- Inside the first week, I built a working prototype app complete with a new data service - which met the sitemap perfectly. Milestone formally accepted - lots of +ive feedback from the agency.
- In the second week I built and delivered a beautiful fully working CMS for the data (really, it's beautiful - I'm stunned). Milestone formally accepted - again lots of +ive feedback from the agency.
Then the problems started... basically I needed the assets and design pack to complete the app and the project, and what the agency delivered was rubbish - unfinished photoshop files completely skipping half of the app and with every page having undecided A/B options. There's nothing decided in this design pack, so we can't even start on the next project phase.
I flagged this with them a few times... they ignored me for a week, then came back with "what are you talking about? we finished the design pack weeks ago"... I then asked them if they'd looked at what they produced... they then looked at it and admitted it needed "some work". Since then it's been more delays and nothing delivered.
The situation now is that:
- this project is now being delayed and delayed and delayed which is causing problems all over the place (with the customer, within the agency, within my schedule)
- I get the sense that the problems/delays are actually being blamed on "that subcontractor"
- my only contact in the project is one person in the agency - so no-one has any visibility of what the true situation is.
I can cope with the delays and the problems, and I'm pretty sure I don't want to work with this current contact ever again. However, I'd really quite like to work for other people in this same agency in the future - and (in my dreams) I also wouldn't mind getting some contact with the end customer too.
How can I avoid a "bum rap" on this project? Any ideas?


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|Keep your photos and negatives out of direct sunlight in a
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|Use beautiful natural light as much as possible whenever you
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|Use white cotton gloves when handling your photographs or wipe
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Friday, December 18, 2009
101 Reasons for Offseason Optimism: This week's other transaction
As much as we loved Rod Barajas in spite of ourselves, this move looks like it has the potential to be an upgrade at catcher at a very reasonable $2 million for 2010. Buck's a guy who swings hard and ends up striking out a lot (55 times in 186 ABs versus 13 walks in '09), but he also hits the ball a ton when he makes contact (.484 slugging with 12 doubles and 8 homers in his 59 games last season.) While the swings-from-his-butt description might resemble Barajas on the surface, a look at their slash lines over the last couple of years shows at least some distinction:
Barajas '08-'09 - .275 OBP / .406 SLG / .681 OPS (in 229 games)
Buck '08-'09 - .302 OBP / .405 SLG / .707 OPS (in 168 games)
Parsing through the distinction between the two, it seems as though Barajas will manage a few additional dribblers through the infield while Buck will keep the bat on his shoulder once a week or so. So, you know, no big whoop. The big distinction that we can draw between the two is that Buck is almost five years younger and we much prefer the look of Buck's swing (as you can observe in this video of him at some baseball academy).
And this probably isn't worth much, but Buck raked like a mofo in one of our old MLB 2K games. Which shouldn't put him over the top in our mind, otherwise, I'd be advocating for a J.D. Closser multiyear signing. Still, we're calling this an upgrade.
(You hear that, you cynical smarmy sarcastic heathens? The Jays got better at a key position! Building!)
Cliff Lee's not bitter
Went to that thanksroy.com page, which has already been infiltrated by the merchants of mirth. In particular, I enjoyed this comment from someone on their way to the rainy coast:
25 comments:
- Stedron said...
I'd look this up myself, but I'm blocked out of most everything here at work (I guess you should be insulted that you're not on their no-no radar.)
How's his arm?
- December 18, 2009 at 10:56 AM
And, I thought one of the big things about Buck is that at least he could get better - have a breakout season or whatever - while we know exactly what we're getting with Barajas.
- December 18, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- SP said...
You guys realize you just set yourselves up for 101 optimistic posts, right? It's going to be depressing.
- December 18, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- SP said...
One big difference is that Buck is apparently an awful defender, while Barajas was one of the better ones. Here's a great study on catcher defense: http://www.drivelinemechanics.com/2009/10/13/1082419/2009-catcher-defense-filling-in
- December 18, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Thanks for that, SP - and, look at Chavez on there!
- December 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
See, some of the stuff that I've read says that Buck's a good defensive catcher. And some of the stuff that I read about Barajas before he got to Toronto was that he called a terrible game and was a lousy defender. So, you know. Who knows?
Defensive metrics for catchers are really dodgy. I prefer to believe that Buck will be awesome.
- December 18, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- eyebleaf said...
I prefer to believe that Buck will be awesome.
Me too.
A questions: Where does Wallace start? Double A?
- December 18, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Peter D said...
Buck is just a fill in player until one of Jeroloman, Aroncibia or D'Arnaud developes.
Best case scenario, Buck plays well enough to gain enough value that the Jays can deal him for prospects.
- December 18, 2009 at 12:21 PM
Peter D - but isn't Buck on a one-year deal? So they'd have to trade him half-way through the season, which I suppose means that Buck would have to play well enough to gain value AND a contender would have to have their starting catcher get seriously injured.
- December 18, 2009 at 12:27 PM
I also noticed that The Ack reposted his Let Go Lightly post from a few days ago.
Good Job Ack. I hope Roy sees it.
- December 18, 2009 at 12:33 PM
I hope I never hear AA speak the fucking francais again. Fuck off Queebeck!
- December 18, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- SP said...
Good call, Tao. There's a reason why the Fangraphs guys don't even bother trying to quantify catcher D.
- December 18, 2009 at 12:37 PM
- The Ack said...
@ the Cheese - I actually noticed it up there but I'm not the one who posted it, so someone else passed that along...
- December 18, 2009 at 12:40 PM
I *think* that there is also the off chance that Buck gets type B (is A possible?) status this year with a starting spot and a good year.
You never know.
- December 18, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Ack, I thought that was you. Crazy!!!1 Props to whoever did it, and to whoever created that site. Wicked gesture. Long live the Doc.
- December 18, 2009 at 1:06 PM
At least they credited you Ack.
- December 18, 2009 at 1:16 PM
- The Ack said...
Oh, I've got no problems with that. I would have felt a little lame copying & pasting my own stuff anyway.
- December 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM
- The Southpaw said...
Yo guys, could you update the link back to my old address?
Oh, and on-topic: i was kinda glad to hear AA gush about Buck's qualifications in terms of working with young pitchers (not like he was gonna say "yeah he's a bum, but weren't all the free agents?")
- December 18, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- The Southpaw said...
AA said Wallace would be at AAA, Drabek at AA and d'Arnoud at Dunedin
- December 18, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- The Man with the Golden Arm said...
Could do a lot worse in the bottom third of the lineup...oh wait we already did.
- December 18, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Thanks, Southpaw.
And, Tao, where's the Doc-inspired goodbye RockOut?
- December 18, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Leaker said...
I'm a lifelong Blue Jays fan who now lives near Kansas City, MO. I've seen Buck play a lot and always thought Buck was nails, very scrappy. A little more contact would be nice, but it's an all or nothing era, so what the hell. I'm still ready for more moves! Let's go AA, more moves!
It seems AA, from his comments, has handed off the team to Hill and Lind (Wells who?). He has mentioned getting those guys help. Are these young guys really gonna arrive in time?
- December 18, 2009 at 4:23 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
Well Lind's protected for four years, and Drabek/Wallace will be here to start 2011 at the latest. As for Hill, I think he should be good and over-rated in a couple of years so we can flip him. Somebody should come through the ranks to replace him.
- December 18, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Your mom was overrated!
- December 18, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
But was she good, sicko?
- December 18, 2009 at 8:55 PM


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A year ago after my husband Trav had produced an inventory of all the fishing books we brought from my home in Washington, and we sent the list to Montana State University Library in hopes they would be able to use some to fill in their very nice fishing library. Indeed they send us a list of which ones they would like, Trav sorted and boxed them us and we delivered them to the library.


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PORTSMOUTH — The New England Irish Harp Orchestra to perform St Patrick's Day, March 17, at the Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave. Concert time is 2-3pm and is open to the public at no cost.
It's harps galore, large and small; hampers, old and young, delighting audiences with music and dance of the Gael. Their repertoire spans the genre, from traditional jigs and reels, haunting aires and laments, to contemporary Celtic tunes.
Often appearing with Reaganta adding song and storytelling to their performance., NEIHO has entertained audiences at Boston's Kennedy Library, the Boston Irish Music Fest, ICONS, The Capitol Center for the Arts with Paddy Keenan, and Portsmouth's Candlelight Stroll.
Their growing reputation reflects the energy and spirit of their music and performance. They are a group of harpers sharing their vision of the music and the fun they have doing it, "NEIHO is a force to be reckoned with!!" says Maeve Gilchrist, jazz harper.
More information on the orchestra at neiho.org. CD's available at their website, Amazon iTunes and at their concerts.
More information about the Portsmouth visit call 603-427-1540.