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James Ellroy
Hot on the blood-slicked heels of last year's Blood's A Rover, James Ellroy returns with The Hilliker Curse, a memoir of his quest for atonement through women. Curse is a soul laid bare, an open chest wound at risk of infection, where anyone can stick their grubby little mitts in and poke around. Lesser authors might balk at displaying such honesty, but Ellroy remains committed to the cause. He is doing important work, telling important stories. This one just so happens to be his own.
Sequestered in his publicist's office, my first taste of the larger than life author is the sound of barking as he greets the denizens of Knopf. With nothing but my ears to go on, I think maybe he is accompanied by pets. "Call me dog," he tells me later, as we adjourn to the empty conference room where I am allotted thirty minutes to pick his brain. He is an intimidating presence, despite the bright pink polo shirt and congenial smile, but the man's also a pro. He orates as if from a script, like he was given the questions ahead of time, even when I think I've hit him with something new and different.
True to the spirit of his memoirs, no subject is off limits. Not the death of his mother, his messy romantic life, or his recent mental breakdown. But lest you think it is all doom and gloom, Ellroy is a man of astounding optimism, and our conversation reflects this. He also throws in a few choice tidbits about upcoming projects, unprovoked, including a tabloid style TV show on The Discovery Channel and his next quartet of books.
Joshua Chaplinsky: You've always been incredibly honest in your writing, especially when it comes to your personal life. The Hilliker Curse presents you at your most candid and most vulnerable. What compels you to expose yourself so openly?
James Ellroy: I'm driven by the idea of self explication, because I've led a wild, manic, reckless, emotionally assurgent life. Themes emerge that are universal in their import- misogynistic violence in My Dark Places, and the conjunction of men and women in The Hilliker Curse- and I feel the necessity of weighing in.
JC: So it is for the reader's benefit, as well as your own?
JE: It's for my benefit, it's to save my huge ego, it's to say something important, it's to sell books.
JC: You seem to revel in the attention it brings, even when you're discussing things other people would want to keep private.
JE: It's a gas to be able to write about yourself and have fifty-five thousand words of minute self examination, candor, and religious fervor published by Alfred A Knopf. The specific miracle of The Hilliker Curse is that when I sat down to write it, I could not have foreseen [current girlfriend] Erika Schickel.
JC: You started the book before you met her?
JE: I had met her. I had conceived it. I had begun the execution of the book, the writing of the text.
JC: How do Erika and the other women in your life feel about how candid you are?
JE: Helen Knode, my second ex-wife, has not read the book. We've remained close friends; I doubt if she'll ever read the book. Friends of her's have read it and told her- you look good, Ellroy looks bad. You were right, he was wrong. Erika loves the book; she's the heroine.
JC: Do you ever feel like you've shared too much?
JE: No.
JC: Do you ever feel that you've exploited or capitalized on your past?
JE: Sure. I don't think exploit is in any way a callously defined verb. I have an enormously strong will to be happy, to transcend tragedy, to turn shit into gold. My options at one point in my career were to ignore the death of my mother and the enveloping issue of misogynistic violence or write about it. Joan Kline, inspired by the real life Joan that you read about in The Hilliker Curse, says [in Blood's A Rover], your options are do everything or do nothing. So I'd rather do everything.
JC: Speaking of The Red Goddess Joan, between Blood's A Rover and The Hilliker Curse, you've seemed to embraced romanticism like never before. Can we expect a continued evolution of this new softer side of James Ellroy?
JE: It's not that it's softer, man, it's that it's bigger and more romantic. If you trace the musical antecedents of romanticism, you go back to the spiritual father of this book about matriarchy, which is Beethoven. He is the greatest artist ever spawned by civilization. I have been obsessed with Beethoven for fifty years. The idea of romanticism- the transcendence of form, deep physical love, the holy conjunction of men and women, the virtuoso as God, the return to nature, the seeking of transcendent experience- all of these things comprise romanticism. I have always carried that deep within me, and I have finally found the female voice of romanticism, Erika Schickel.
JC: So it is an increase in romantic intensity, as opposed to a mellowing with age.
JE: Being mellow is okay if you wanna be a piece of cheese. The trouble with being a piece of cheese is that someone's gonna spread you on a cracker and eat you.
JC: I also find there's a P. T. Barnum element of showmanship to how you present yourself. When writing about your personal life, have you ever embellished for the sake of the story?
JE: No, I don't embellish, but here's the thing about memoir- and in this case, it's a memoir, yes, but it's also an autobiographical essay- I am free to emphasize. I am free to extrapolate meaning. There are two Ellroys always at work here. There is the Ellroy describing events, and Ellroy the editorializer. There's Ellroy as the younger man, there's Ellroy as the more mature man ascribing meaning to the actions of Ellroy the younger man. So I am allowed to comment retrospectively. You may consider that embellishment, but as long as it isn't fraudulent, it is entirely permissible.
JC: You've said in the past, you don't use a computer and you don't watch TV. In this day and age where the lines of celebrity are blurred and even some so-called artists are more well know for their personal lives than the art they produce, where do you see yourself fitting in? What's the difference between airing your personal life in a memoir and going on a reality TV show and doing it that way?
JE: Well, look at the artistry involved and look at the body of fictional art that I have created- the memoirs are a small proportion.
JC: It's about the quality is what you're saying.
JE: The quality and the fact that everything that I write based on my personal life is gauged with an eye towards universal import. I have my very own TV show debuting on The Discovery Channel, James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons. It is a crime magazine TV show. I am the star, I am the personality, I am the narrator, I do interviews, I write every line. Will the line get blurred even more? Yes. But what is my duty for the rest of my creative career and my life? To write novels.
JC: You seem like a natural performer. Have you ever considered a career as an actor?
JE: I do act. I act on stage; if you come to The Strand tonight you'll see it. I love performing.
JC: I saw you there last year, when Blood's A Rover came out. You controlled the room. It was very entertaining.
JE: Listen, here's the deal. You gotta go out and sell books. How many times have you seen some motherfucker read for forty minutes? He'll scratch his balls, lose his place, go uh uh uh, every other word, adjust his glasses, pick his nose. Do everything short of take a shit on stage. There's an art to it. Talk to your audience, distribute eye contact. Read the same thing every time, so you can have it memorized, so you can have it timed, so you can get the cadence and distribute eye contact.
JC: You seem to have your script down when you read.
JE: Yes. I'm a pro public speaker and I want to entertain people and have fun. So many writers think that that's antithetical to the craft or antithetical to the artistic persona. You can turn it into drudge work or you can turn it into a gas, and I like to turn it into a gas.
JC: What do you think about a writer like a Salinger or a Pynchon who just locks themselves away and doesn't want anything to do with it?
JE: I don't know who they are. I read Catcher in the Rye forty-seven years ago. I didn't quite get it, and I've never read a Pynchon book. I've never understood how you can't be grateful for public acclaim, remuneration, glory- and go out and try and have a gas.
JC: Have you ever considered acting in film?
JE: No.
JC: You have a cameo in Wonder Boys.
JE: You can't see me. It's right at the beginning, in the party scene. You can see a little bit of my back.
JC: Did you do that as a favor to Curtis Hanson?
JE: Yes, it was a favor to Curtis Hanson.
JC: Are you a fan of Michael Chabon at all?
JE: Wouldn't know him if he bit me.
JC: Are there any modern authors that you do like?
JE: Erika Schickel. Read her book, You're Not The Boss of Me: Adventures of a Modern Mom. Helen Knode, my second ex-wife, read her novel, The Ticket Out.
JC: The Hilliker Curse ends on a note of hope with the meeting of Erika, who is the fabled "Her," but considering your track record as presented in the book, is it hard to maintain optimism when it comes to relationships?
JE: No. I am buoyantly positive by nature. I'm immune to depression and regret. I go forward. And now I've found the woman I will go forward with for the rest of my life.
JC: You say you're immune to depression, but what about the breakdown you had a few years ago?
JE: There are two parts to the brain a therapist recently explained to me. On one side you've got fear and rage, apprehension, anxiety, anticipation and vigilance- that's me. The other side- sloth, narcolepsy, depression, self pity- I'm immune to that shit. I'm over on the other side.
JC: Do you fight a constant battle with that side?
JE: I don't sleep well at night, but man, do I get up ready to go.
JC: How would you respond to cynics who say the end of The Hilliker Curse is born out of a need for an ending as opposed to actual optimism?
JE: A, I never address my critics. B, if I did, I'd say, fuck you.
JC: Have you ever done an interview with someone who openly disliked your work and was confrontational about it?
JE: No, I can't recall.
JC: They're usually fans? Or polite?
JE: Yeah. I'm polite with people. If they're rude with me I'll tell them to get the fuck out. Why would I have an interview with someone who was openly hostile?
JC: Maybe they wanted to provoke you, for the sake of an "interesting" interview.
JE: I've never had an interview where someone deliberately tried to do that. I've had dicey moments with interviewers and told them to curb their questions. That's as far as it got.
JC: I don't think I'd be interested in doing an interview with someone whose work I didn't appreciate.
JE: That's because you're a moral man. You don't wanna fuck people over. I'm the same way. I'm not gonna job somebody, fuck somebody over in print. That's why I don't review books. Because I like very few books and I don't want to fuck people over. I hate journalists who job people. If you don't admire somebody, if you're not going in there to be good to somebody, why the fuck are you doing it?
JC: How do things stand in your romantic life currently? Has the curse truly been broken?
JE: The curse has been broken. Erika Schickel and I continue and flourish.
JC: You've described yourself as a religious person, how do you feel about the controversy over the World Trade Center mosque?
JE: What mosque? What controversy?
JC: You have no idea?
JE: No idea.
JC: They're building a mosque relatively close to the World Trade Center site, and certain people have taken umbrage.
JE: This is the kind of question that I dislike, and I'll tell you why- it's got nothing to do with me. Whether they build a mosque or don't build a mosque.
JC: But people are interested in your opinion.
JE: I don't give a shit. I don't think about it.
JC: Okay.
JE: You're informing me of this phenomenon for the first time. I'm not a cultural critic; I ignore the world. I don't have a computer, I don't watch TV, I don't have a cell phone. I'm not up to date. I don't think about this shit.
JC: When Blood's A Rover came out, you were quoted as saying you had a number of books in you that you still wanted to complete.
JE: I know what the next four books will be, and the fifth, probably. I'm 62, I'm very healthy, we'll see what happens.
JC: Are you writing another quartet?
JE: There's another quartet, and I will tell you this- it is set earlier than any of my previous historical books.
JC: Can we expect any more memoirs, or are things going too well?
JE: I expect that's it, but I've said that's it before. I changed my mind. I always reserve the right to change my mind.
JC: When Blood's A Rover was released, you called it your ultimate masterpiece-
JE: Knopf did, and they were right.
JC: How do you follow up your ultimate masterpiece?
JE: Write a better book. If you're only in competition with yourself and don't care what other people think, and you're determined with all your conscious might to write better and better books, and your faculties remain with you and your consciousness expands, you will write better and better books.
JC: So if your next book is then your ultimate masterpiece, that would make Blood's A Rover your penultimate masterpiece, and there would be a continuing cycle of one-upmanship.
JE: That's my goal.
JC: Have you ever considered writing another small, intimate novel?
JE: No.
JC: Just bigger and better from here on in?
JE: That's it.
JC: Have you ever considered writing in another genre?
JE: I've written many. The books are not noir, that's a misconception. The L.A. Quartet- The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz- are historical novels set in the film noir era.
JC: You don't consider them noir?
JE: No. And the Underworld USA Trilogy- American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, Blood's A Rover- are political historical novels. I cut genre loose a long time ago. There's how people classify you, and how you actually are self defined.
JC: That being said, would you ever try and throw a curve-ball, write something completely different?
JE: You never know.
JC: Being such an experienced craftsman, have you ever considered teaching? Imparting some of that wisdom?
JE: No. I give talks to kids, and I will give editorial advice to anyone who asks for it.
JC: The Cult has a lot of aspiring writers, do you have any advice for them?
JE: Write the shit you like to read, but no one else is writing. Tell a story.
JC: I was looking up your credits on The Internet Movie Database, you might not know what that is since you don't use a computer-
JE: I know what it is.
JC: Mind if I run a few things by you for comment?
JE: Sure.
JC: Oren Moverman, who directed The Messenger, is in pre-production on a film called The Rampart, on which you are given story credit-
JE: No, no, no, no. I wrote the script.
JC: It's an original idea?
JE: It's an original Ellroy screenplay. Moverman is a good guy, an Israeli filmmaker. He did some rewrites on it. The movie goes into production October 25th.
JC: I just read this morning that they cast Steve Buscemi, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright...
JE: Woody Harrelson. That's correct.
JC: I also read you're adapting Nicci French's novel, Land of the Living.
JE: I wrote and delivered a script, based on Ms. French's novel, called Extremis. There's another man who is writing behind me on it. I don't know what's going on there.
JC: Is that the first time you've adapted someone else's material?
JE: Yes.
JC: I read it was your take on the novel that got the studio interested.
JE: I don't know what's happened behind the scenes after I turned it in.
JC: What is it that attracted you to that material?
JE: The paycheck, the paycheck, the paycheck.
JC: Haha. It wasn't a case where you said, I would love to write the script for that?
JE: A producer named Alexandra Milchan came to me. She had some ideas pertaining to the adaptation, and I said, you know what, Alexandra? You're right. I'll do it.
JC: I also saw a listing for a film called The Linscott Case. Does that have anything to do with Madeleine Linscott from the Black Dahlia?
JE: No, Linscott's a family name of mine, on my mother's side. And that's an original screenplay that I wrote for my producing partners, a man named Farok Peterson (sp?), and an Israeli filmmaker named Dror Soref. The Israelis have been good to me.
JC: So that has nothing to do with The Black Dahlia?
JE: No.
JC: Finally, there was a short film produced in 2009 called Sunfax Territory. It says it's based on one of your novels, but that's all the information I could find.
JE: That's the first I've heard of it. It's probably illegal.
JC: Maybe you should have your lawyers look into that. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me.
JE: Good chat.
JC: Thank you. You give good answers.
JE: You gave good questions. You like the book? You like the book.
JC: I like all the books. I'm a fan.
JE: And there's nothing wrong with that. Be an advocate. Be an advocate for yourself. Be an advocate for me.
Cult review of The Hilliker Curse
Cult review of Blood's A Rover
Joshua Chaplinsky has also written for Twitch. He is a guitarist in the band SpeedSpeedSpeed and alternately maintains/neglects his own blog at thejamminjabber.


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Vexander necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 40 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
Clarendon Preparaotry is a girl's only school with students in Grade 00 to Grade 3. The website needs to reflect the age of the students that attend the school (ages 4 to 10) through fun, child-friendly images, fonts and layout, yet it should not all together alienate the students' parents.
Clarendon PreparotrySchool for girls
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This project consists of a total of 3 and a bit sites. One welcome page and then three sub sites.
I had a designer for this project who did one site and then disappeared. So I sit now with a site 1/3 completed and customers looking for results. I only need the fornt page designed, I can take care of the rest. Please keep in mind that this is goig to be skinned on to DotNetNuke, so please try keep it to as much of a tabular design as possible.
I do have a budget for this site, as it is for a school and I have already quoted, but there are a total of two sites on this project and the winner of this contest will get the next site and winning this contest WILL lead to more work as I now need a designer.
Clarendon Prep is a girl's only school with students in Grade R to Grade 3. The website needs to reflect the age of the students that attend the school (ages 4 to 10) through fun, child-friendly images, fonts and layout, yet it should not all together alienate the students parents.
The customer requires an eye-catching design, with bold images and plenty of photographs.
The website will be used by the children, who's ages range from 7 to 10, but it will also need to use it as an information centre for current parents as well as an advert for the school for prospective parents.
The students need to be able to use the site as an access point to further fun, or educational resources on the internet. The students should be demonstrating to their parents how to navigate the website.
The schools colours are #01582E and tartan( I am still waiting for a copy of this from them.) These colours need to be incorporated into the site.
A horizontal menu is required
Site fonts are to be standard fonts with no photo shop formatting, and web safe fonts are to be used as much as possible. Fonts should match the child age group we are targeting but still be appealing to the parents.
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http://www.dsg.ecape.school.za/ - Front page only
http://www.redwelljuniorschool.co.uk - I like the simple layout but especially the slideshow of images
http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.html - I like the child-friendly appearance.
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News about the iPhone OS was all over the place this week, from Apple's plans to expand to more devices to hints in the latest SDK beta. We also discussed why NVIDIA's Optimus is ready to be dumped into some new MacBooks and why a paid version of Hulu on the iPad would make sense. What, you thought this week was all about the sexy app purge? Read on to get the low-down:
Apple VP attempts to explain double standard for risqué apps: Apple's Phil Schiller has addressed the issue of the recent purge of sexually themed apps from the App Store. However, it seems an arbitrary double standard still remains.
Apple releases, pulls iPad SDK beta, camera hints inside: Several tidbits were uncovered in the latest iPad SDK beta before it was pulled by Apple, ostensibly to address a "major bug."
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Apple is a "mobile devices" company in post-iPhone world: While speaking to attendees of Goldman Sach's annual Internet & Technology Conference, Apple COO Tim Cook drove home the fact that Apple is now a top mobile devices company.
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Paid Hulu version for iPad makes sense if done correctly: Being able to stream Hulu shows to your iPad may be a user's dream come true, but it could come at a price. Hulu is supposedly considering an iPad version as part of its larger plan to start charging for content.
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Washington: India is hesitant to implement all aspects of US and European Union sanctions against Iran, a Congressional report has said, attributing this to New Delhi`s reliance on Tehran with regards to Afghanistan and the historic, cultural and economic ties between the two nations.
"India is implementing UN sanctions against Iran but its cultural, economic, and historic ties as well as its strategic need for access to Afghanistan have made India hesitant to adopt all aspects of US and EU sanctions on Iran," the independent and bipartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in its latest report on Iran.
"India first signalled greater support for sanctioning Iran in late 2012 when its central bank ceased using a Tehran-based regional body, the Asian Clearing Union, to handle transactions with Iran," said the report.
Apparently perceiving international sentiment for tightening sanctions on Iran, India has been reducing its dependence on Iranian oil, CRS said.
Since 2008, India has reduced its imports of Iranian oil by volume and as a percentage of India`s total oil imports, to the point where, by the end of 2012, Iran was only supplying about 10 per cent of India`s oil imports, down from over 16 per cent in 2008, it said.
"Despite requiring significant investment to switch over refineries that handle Iranian crude, Deputy Oil Minister R P N Singh told India`s parliament on May 15, 2012, that India would cut Iranian imports by another 11 per cent from May 2012 until the end of India`s fiscal year in March 2013," the CRS told US lawmakers on its latest report on Iran.
"The Obama Administration welcomed the pledge, and India received an exemption from P L 112-81 sanctions on June 11, 2012. Indian refiners have cut buys from Iran largely in line with the government`s requests, although some months might show fluctuations as batches of oil shipments arrive. India`s exemption was renewed on December 7, 2012," it noted.
CRS said India appears to be distancing itself from participation in the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
India reportedly has been concerned about the security of the pipeline, the location at which the gas would be officially transferred to India, pricing of the gas, tariffs, and the source in Iran of the gas to be sold.
If Iran resolves its disputes with the international community, India may envision an alternative to the pipeline project as a means of tapping into Iran`s vast gas resources.
"During high-level economic talks in early July 2010, Iranian and Indian officials reportedly raised the issue of constructing an underwater natural gas pipeline, which would avoid going through Pakistani territory. However, such a route would presumably be much more expensive to construct than would be an overland route," it said.
According to a table compiled by CRS, even as India
has considerably reduced its import of oil from Iran from a high 320,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2011 to 280,000 bpd in 2012, it is the second largest importer of crude oil after China, which in 2012 imported 400,000 bpd.
CRS said the international sanctions has adversely affected Iran`s economy to the point where key Iran leaders are considering the need for a nuclear compromise.
"Oil exports provide about 70 percent of Iran's government revenues and Iran`s oil exports declined to about 1.25 million barrels by the end of 2012 a dramatic decline from the 2.5 million barrels per day Iran exported during 2011.
"The cause of the drop has been a European Union embargo on purchases of Iranian crude oil that took full effect on July 1, 2012 coupled with decisions by several other Iranian oil customers to substantially reduce purchases of Iranian oil in order to comply with a provision of the FY2012 National Defence Authorisation Act (P L 112-81).
To date, 20 countries have been deemed in compliance," it said.
"The loss of hard currency revenues from oil?coupled with the cut-off of Iran from the international banking system and the decline of Iran's foreign exchange reserves caused a collapse in the value of Iran's currency, the rial, in early October," CRS said.
That collapse prompted street demonstrations and, in response, Iran has tried to impose currency controls and arrested some illegal currency traders.
These steps have not restored public confidence in the regime's economic management inflation has soared, industrial production has fallen, and some of the more expensive medicines are reported to be in short supply, it said.
CRS said sanctions may be slowing Iran's nuclear and missile programs by hampering Iran's ability to obtain some needed technology from foreign sources.
However, Department of Defence and other assessments indicate that sanctions have not stopped Iran from developing some new weaponry with indigenous skills.
"Iran is also judged not complying with UN requirements that it halt any weapons shipments outside its borders, particularly with regard to purported Iranian weapons shipments to help the embattled Assad government in Syria.
"And, international sanctions targeting the regime's human rights abuses do not appear to have altered Iran's repression of dissent or its efforts to monitor public use of the Internet," it said.


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On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities
Date Written: 2004
Communities differ in important ways in their needs, capacities, and circumstances. Because central governments are not able to discern these differences fully, they seek to achieve their policy objectives by relying on decentralized mechanisms that use local information. Household and individual characteristics within communities can also vary substantially. A growing body of theoretical literature suggests that inequality within communities can influence policy outcomes in ways that are either harmful or helpful, depending on the circumstances. Until recently, empirical investigations into the impact of inequality have been held back by a lack of systematic evidence on community-level inequality. This study uses household survey and population census data to estimate per capita consumption inequality within communities in three developing economies. It finds that communities vary markedly in their degree of inequality. It also shows that there should be no presumption that inequality is less severe in poor communities. The kind of community-level inequality estimates generated here can be used in designing and evaluating decentralized antipoverty programs.
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Last week, I shared the videos from our Transforming Hollywood: The Future of Television conference. This year, we had a pre-conference event hosted at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and sponsored by the Annenberg Innovation Lab as part of its Geek Speaks series. We brought together a diverse set of women who have been showrunners, creators, head writers, and/or executive producers on television series, examining both the challenges that still confront these women working in what remains a male-dominated space and their creative contributions to the current state and future direction of this medium. The conversations which emerged were lively, provocative, and substantive: they gave us lots to think about. Thanks to all of the participants, but especially to Sophie Madej from the Annenberg Innovation Lab staff for all of her work in making the conference possible, and to Erin Reilly and Francesca Marie Smith for serving as moderators.
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In The Sword of the Lady, Rudi Mackenzie's destiny was determined. Now he returns to Montival in the Pacific Northwest, where he will face the legions of the Prophet. To achieve victory, Rudi must assemble a coalition of those who had been his enemies a few months before and forge them into an army that will rescue his homeland. Only then will Rudi be able to come to terms with how the Sword has changed him, as well as the world, and assume his place as Artos, High King of Montival.
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- Mary Pavlinchak
- 2010-10-15
Problem with part 2!
Loved the book, loved the narrator, and couldn't wait for this book to come out. But, please beware, in download part 2 there are tons of areas where a phrase repeates more than 12 times, and at the end, most of the last chapter is skipped! I can't figure out why I should have to now go and pay for a paperback JUST to find out what happened in the last chapter! Audible needs to address this issue and re-issue part 2 to faithful Audible/S.M. Stirling listeners!
11 of 12 people found this review helpful
- Shopper1844
- 2010-09-16
Artos goes home
There is a definite problem with the recording in Part 2 at the point when the group returns home. There is a need to correct this and offer a replacement recording to purchasers.
I am less and less satisfied with the series as it moves from a gripping story of diverse and well drawn characters coping with a world that has suddenly changed into a ho hum oft told tale of a quest for the magic thingie that will defeat the evil ... so on and so forth, etc.
This particular episode reads as if the author decided he needed to get the main character home ASAP and finally married to his soulmate. Disappointing
15 of 17 people found this review helpful
- Person
- 2010-09-22
I honestly liked it.
SOme people seem to think it was rushed, but looking objectivly it seems rather realisticly based, 1. travel home is greatly sped by the application of the push carts and railways, and 2. there was also a lot of content, a lot of stuff actually happens, though this is more apparent in the physical book then in the audio version. It did seem more like a prelude, (like he plans to either put the war in the next book or two), or like he plans to leave it there, complete but not finished, not over. I want to know the rest, but the books would more than likely end on a morbid/sad note as the end of the war has been linked with Artos' death. I am glad that audible fixed the glitch...and replaced the old copy in my library with the fixed copy.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Allan
- 2010-12-20
The High King of Montival
S.M. continues with his usual overwriting of what is an Awesome and intriguing storyline, this chapter starts with an exciting and well written battle and he then slips back into his gastro and clothing expose' with mind numbing description. I have continued listening because I like the story concept eventhou the delivery is getting more and more tedious, the narrator's use of the many different accents at times is just plain irritating with the thickness he is trying to achieve is hurting the story. If the story continues at this rate it will be clear into book 10-11. Help me out S.M. your loosing me.
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- Earl Shelby
- 2010-10-02
High King Review
I've read or listened to every book in this series, and while the book is as well written as the previous ones, it just doesn't have any substance. He's dragging out the ultimate confrontation for the sake of book sales. You can read the first chapter and the last 3 chapters and be ready for the next installment. It's not worth the credit. Wait for the next book!
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- jeff
- 2010-09-19
I have enjoyed every one of S.M Stirling's books until now. It seemed like ½ of the book was missing. Was S.M Stirling rushed.
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- Michael
- 2010-09-14
The High Kind of Montival
Good follow-up to last book. The end was kind of a rush. it was obvious that we were being set up for the next book. I have listened to the entire series, often keeps you on the edge. I drive for a living I have come home at night and sat in the car in the drive listening to the end of a chapter. A never ending keep your eyes open book for the next critical point... will look for the next book. Hope I do not have to wait so long.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
- T. Hernandez
- 2010-10-15
I enjoyed this book just fine. It did feel a bit like a "bridge" book if you will. It's main purpose is to get you to the next book without a huge amount of plot development on it's own. Still pretty entertaining. My only real complaint had nothing to do with the book itself but with Audible's damaged file that even after multiple calls to customer service did not get fixed or replaced. Very unacceptable specially since another customer stated that she did get her damaged file replaced with a working one. Audible needs to deal with this immediately.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
- John Vodonick Ph.D.
- 2010-12-06
Seems as though the series is running out of juice
I have read/listen to the entire series several times, as well as the companion series. This is the only book that I have been disappointed in. It seems that Mr. Stirling is running out of creative energy here; or is trying to move the story from the the narrative to the mythic, (an obvious theme for the series) much too fast. I really did not like it and probably will abandon the series at this point.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Sarda
- 2010-09-26
An action packed addition to the series
It appears that S M Stirling enjoys writing fighting sequences over all else. And he does it well. This narrator also keeps the action flowing. This addition to the series is as full of action as the others. It will bring you back to the time and place we left when A MEETING AT CORVALLIS finished. This book is primarily about Rudy and his stalwart band and the mission that takes them across the country and back. IT IS NOT A STAND ALONE BOOK. It will mean nothing to you if you haven't read the previous three. It is an enjoyable read. It is a pity we will have to wait about a year for the next book. I gave it 4 stars because it does sacrafice character for action. And we have very little here on those left back home. However, if you like the series, you will enjoy this book.
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"Mad Men" owned the drama series Emmy for four years running before "Homeland" knocked if off last season. Both shows delivered seasons this year that offer detractors reasons to look elsewhere. Will they? Here's how the field is shaping up.
"Homeland" (Showtime)
"Downton Abbey" (PBS)
"Breaking Bad" (AMC)
"Mad Men" (AMC)
"House of Cards" (Netflix)
"Game of Thrones" (HBO)
Prime contenders: "The Americans" (FX), "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO), "The Good Wife" (CBS), "Justified" (FX)
Bubbling under: "Scandal" (ABC), "The Newsroom" (HBO), "The Walking Dead" (AMC), "Bates Hotel" (A&E), "Dexter" (Showtime), "Damages" (DirecTV), "Magic City" (Starz), "Suits" (USA), "The Borgias" (Showtime), "Sons of Anarchy" (FX), "Nashville" (ABC), "The Following" (Fox), "Elementary" (CBS)
For your consideration: "Rectify," Sundance Channel. Between "Rectify" and "Top of the Lake" (eligible over in miniseries/movie), the Sundance Channel cornered the market this year on tense, atmospheric, cinematic drama. You could easily make a case for both being the best of their class. "Rectify," a character study of a man adjusting to life outside of prison after 19 years on death row, kept viewers entirely off-balance over the course of its deeply immersive, six-episode debut season. Its April premiere and low-profile home make it a bit of a long shot this year, but conscientious Emmy voters should put it at the top of their viewing list.
Analysis: "Mad Men" won this category for each of its first four seasons and looked primed for a fifth win after delivering, arguably, its best season last year. But no drama had ever pulled off that feat and voters weren't ready to bestow "Mad Men" that singular distinction, giving the series Emmy to the buzzy, conspiracy thriller "Homeland." Save for "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner, nobody argued the point.
What's different this year is that both "Mad Men" and "Homeland" came in with seasons that some see as subpar, at least by the shows' own standards. "Homeland" at times stretched credibility for the sake of pure adrenaline rush, while "Mad Men" (through its first eight episodes) mined familar themes with diminishing returns. Nearly every "Mad Men" episode this season could be unfavorably compared with a better, more fully realized hour from a past year, though they all had their moments. (We're still smiling, remembering Ken Cosgrove's angry tap dance for Don Draper.)
That leaves the door open ... but for what show? "Breaking Bad" came in with another magnificent season of measured intensity. It has never won the series Emmy, though, and you'd think that if voters were so inclined, they would have rewarded it last year for its Fring-tastic fourth season. (Or they might wait a year and send it off with a win for its finale.) "Downton Abbey" delivered a couple of shocks of its own in its third go-around, and it has the Anglophile crowd wrapped up, even if it did ruin Christmas for those watching the show in England. "Game of Thrones," meanwhile, just keeps getting denser. It's not a show that's going to win fresh votes, because newcomers are too intimidated to jump in without the aid of a flowchart.
Though none of this year's first-year series can quite match the excitement "Homeland" generated, there are some worthy candidates here. "The Americans," "House of Cards" and "Rectify" all had story arcs that equaled, if not bettered, those of last year's nominees. If "Homeland" could best powerhouses like "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad" in their prime, there's no reason why one of these freshman entries can't find a way to the winner's podium too.


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What a horrible thing to not endorse any candidates, especially when we started out with three hopefuls. But here's how the District 7 race has gone down: Two months ago, incumbent Sally Mayer was running for re-election against challengers David Green and Mike Cook. David Green failed to turn in his Declaration of Candidacy to the City Clerk's Office in time. His name will be absent from the ballot, although he's still running as a write-in candidate. Green doesn't appear to have a campaign website, so all we can tell you about him is this: He's a baker and this is his first time running for public office.
Not long after Green missed his deadline, Sally Mayer dropped from the race, citing a move to Chicago to help look after her grandkids. The news is a shocker to local politicos. Mayer has been a councilor for eight years, and in our interview with her, it was obvious how much she loved the job.
If Mayer hadn't left the race, she would have received the Alibi's endorsement. We don't always agree with her ideologically (we didn't endorse her the last two times she ran), but Mayer has become a valuable asset to the Council. She usually lands on the conservative side of debates, but her opinion is nothing but her own. She's smart, she works well with the rest of the Council, and she's passionate about her district. She's a self-described ex-crony of Mayor Martin Chavez, but what's remarkable about Mayer is she not only escaped that role, she's become wiser because of it. Mayer understands the inner workings of the city all the better for knowing what it is to be a councilor both under the mayor's wing and outside of it.
We were excited to give Mayer our endorsement, and her withdrawal leaves us at a somewhat of an impasse.
The remaining candidate on the ballot is Mike Cook, an investment adviser who's new to politics. (He just became the vice president of his neighborhood association, and he served on the Albuquerque Police Oversight Commission. He left that post seven months early for personal reasons.) Cook seems like a perfectly nice man; we just don't think he's ready for the Council.
Cook's main issues are public safety, helping small businesses, cutting back on city spending and creating jobs. That all sounds great, but he's vague in his strategies for how he plans to accomplish those things. Like many other candidates, he says to make our streets safer, he'd meet regularly with the police chief and commanders; he'd focus on gang intervention; he'd try to restart after-school programs that were cut. To help small businesses during the recession, Cook would like to ease some of the costs of startup or expansion but was unspecific about which costs or how he would cut them. He claims that as a financial planner, he would be able to help with budget issues. Yet he's also unable to cite any examples of issues with the budget he could help resolve. To encourage job development, he simply says that if there was wasteful spending, he would help trim that back.
Cook supports increased water conservation but doesn't give specifics on how to accomplish it; he doesn't support the quarter-cent transportation tax; he likes the idea of energy conservation requirements in new buildings but again lacks details; he is against the modern rail / streetcar proposal; he supports Council pay raises as determined by an independent body.
We don't disagree with Cook on many of his positions, and it's granted that most city councilors start off new to politics. But Cook's argument for not providing any real plans for his ideas is that he's still just an outsider and will learn more when elected. It's just not a good enough excuse. We like Cook as a person—but not as a councilor.
So what options does that leave you with? Unfortunately, it means you get to decide between a man you know hardly anything about and a man who hardly knows anything about city politics. Where's Sally Mayer when you need her?


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When your jar of salsa is running low, instead of shoving it in the back fridge until it becomes unpalatable, or worse, cramming a chip into the jar and getting your hand stuck and then spending the rest of your life with your hand all up in a salsa jar, just don't do that.
Obviously, a common alternative is to pour the remaining salsa into a bowl. A fine idea. But there is always still some left in the jar, and I shudder to think of how much salsa has been wasted over the course of my salsa-consuming-adult-life. At least three cups, to be sure. Tragedy.
The solution? Make a Mexican vinaigrette out of the remaining salsa by adding lime juice, shallot, salt, and olive oil to the jar and shaking it. These quick additions change the salsa's consistency into something appropriate for dressing greens, while the time-consuming labor required to attain certain Mexican flavors (toasting, soaking, puréeing and straining chiles + roasting tomatoes + mincing garlic), has already been done for you.
Yum yum yum and duh duh duh. While I am mourning years of wasted salsa and could-have-been-vinaigrettes, I am ecstatic that I have discovered the technique at a relatively young age, so that I have plenty of years left to enjoy delicious Mexican salads. I've served this salad as a refreshing accompaniment to heavier Mexican fare, but it tastes fantastic on its own or even with non-Mexican courses. Last month I ate it with a curry chicken salad and there were absolutely no conflicts of interest in my mouth.
Warning: This technique might not be successful with every salsa. I imagine it might work better with the thinner, chile-based salsas than those that are chunkier and tomato-based. I recommend the complex and slightly sweet guajillo salsa by Frontera , which is the only brand of store-bought salsa that crosses our threshold these days.
I suppose I should probably be taste-testing vinaigrettes made with different types of salsa before I go about posting this new-fangled discovery on the internet. But I am too satisfied with this particular concoction to try anything else for now. Please don't be upset at me. Instead, channel your anger into gratitude at learning this life-changing technique. And then, channel that angry gratitude into action: at lunch or dinner today, pilfer your fridge, find that mostly-empty jar of salsa, whatever brand it happens to be, make a vinaigrette out of it, and report back to me how it worked.
|Salad, pre- and post-dressing.
Mexican Vinaigrette and Salad
~ a Fancy Toast original recipe
2 teaspoons shallots or white onion, minced
2 teaspoons lime juice
1/4 cup olive oil
pinches of salt and pepper
1/3 cup salsa from the bottom of the jar (I recommend the guajillo style by Frontera)
Note: The first photo of the post has a second jar in it besides the salsa jar. It is a jar of juice leftover from some spicy pickled carrots. I didn't include it in the recipe because I don't often have that lying around, and the vinaigrette is just great without it. Just in case you were wondering....)
1 head crisp lettuce, torn into bite-sized pieces (Boston Bibb is nice)
1 orange or grapefruit, peeled and segmented
2 beets, roasted and sliced
2 green onions, chopped
2 radishes, sliced thinly
1/2 cup queso (Mexican crumbling cheese)
small handful cilantro, chopped
Note: These are just suggestions for salad components. Almost anything will taste delicious!
Add first four ingredients of vinaigrette into the jar of salsa. Shake vigorously until ingredients emulsify.
Assemble salad and pour vinaigrette over. Toss and serve!


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ICD-10 Code O24.919
Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified trimester
Valid for Submission
O24.919 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified trimester. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
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|Unsp diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified trimester
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|Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified trimester
Code Classification
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(first year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA mandated code set)
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Maternity diagnoses - Maternity. Age range is 12–55 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
- Diagnoses for females only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient's sex and any diagnosis on the patient's record, this code applies to FEMALES only .
Diagnostic Related Groups
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). The diagnosis code O24.919 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.
Convert O24.919 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- 648.00 - Diabetes in preg-unspec (Approximate Flag)
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Diabetes mellitus during pregnancy - baby delivered
- Diabetes mellitus during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Fetal cardiomyopathy
- Fetal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Fetal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to maternal diabetes mellitus
Information for Patients
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. When you are pregnant, high blood sugar levels are not good for your baby.
About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Most of the time, it goes away after you have your baby. But it does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes later on. Your child is also at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Most women get a test to check for diabetes during their second trimester of pregnancy. Women at higher risk may get a test earlier.
If you already have diabetes, the best time to control your blood sugar is before you get pregnant. High blood sugar levels can be harmful to your baby during the first weeks of pregnancy - even before you know you are pregnant. To keep you and your baby healthy, it is important to keep your blood sugar as close to normal as possible before and during pregnancy.
Either type of diabetes during pregnancy increases the chances of problems for you and your baby. To help lower the chances talk to your health care team about
- A meal plan for your pregnancy
- A safe exercise plan
- How often to test your blood sugar
- Taking your medicine as prescribed. Your medicine plan may need to change during pregnancy.
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.


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The Security Council urged Iraq Monday to return property seized from Kuwait after its 1990 invasion and account for hundreds of missing people, adding its weight to a similar demand from Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
According to the Associated Press, the council has issued a statement after a briefing by retired Russian ambassador Yuli Vorontsov, who was appointed by Annan in February to try to resolve the Kuwait-related issues left over from the 1991 Gulf War, stressing the importance of dialogue among parties.
AP added that a report last Thursday by Annan on missing Kuwaiti property called for "understanding and goodwill" from Iraq in returning government archives, museum pieces and military equipment.
The council said it agreed with Annan's conclusion "that understanding and goodwill are of critical importance for the success of Vorontsov's mission."
Iraq has withdrawn from an international committee set up to look into the issue of persons who have been missing since the Gulf war. The agency echoed Baghdad as claiming that the committee, which is scheduled to meet again in Geneva on June 21st, has not applied enough pressure on Kuwait.
Kuwait has repeatedly accused Iraq of continuing to hold 605 Kuwaitis and other nationals. Baghdad accuses Kuwait of failing to disclose information about 1,150 Iraqis who went missing during the Gulf War crisis. Both countries insist they are not holding any detainees.
AP added that the Security Council urged Iraq "to cooperate to ensure the repatriation or the return of all Kuwaiti and third country nations or their remains."
The council also echoed Annan's report last week that Iraq has returned "a substantial quantity of property" but it still has an obligation to return "many items, of fundamental importance for Kuwait"
The Associated Press said that Annan noted that in December 1998, his special envoy in Baghdad, Prakash Shah, was told by Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz that the property issue was not a major one and could be easily settled.
At a summit of developing nations in Havana, Cuba, in April, Annan said he urged Iraq's Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf to cooperate on the return of Kuwaiti property and archives, and was told the issue should be addressed under the 1991 Security Council resolution that ended the Gulf War.
AP quoted the secretary-general as saying Vorontsov is prepared to go to Baghdad at the earliest opportunity to facilitate the return to Kuwait of several small items Iraq reported finding in local markets in 1997 and 1998, including a green leather bag, a revolver, a hunting rifle and several decorated dishes – Albawaba.com
© 2000 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)


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Writing the codes on blogs / Companies figure out what's OK, what's not in online realm
Mark Jen became a cause celebre in the blogging world when he was sacked in January after writing about life inside Google in his personal blog. But the experience hasn't dampened the 22-year-old software programmer's passion for blogging.
After joining Plaxo Inc. three months ago, Jen even helped draft the Mountain View firm's blogging guidelines.
Given what he went through, the Plaxo rules are striking: They make it OK to blog on company time and to criticize the corporate bosses.
"A large part of Corporate America is just now facing up to the rise of blogging and figuring out how to play well in the blogging community," Jen said. "For me, personally, it's something that's necessary."
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Many big companies agree. Despite worries that personal blogs would expose company secrets or violate securities laws, corporations are embracing the blogging phenomenon by encouraging their employees and executives to join it.
Blogging is now viewed in the corporate world as a way to connect with customers and partners, foster company unity and project a more human image to the outside world.
Some big companies, such as Sun Microsystems, IBM and Hewlett-Packard, have internal blog sites for employees, protected by a firewall from the outside world.
But many also allow their employees to set up external personal blogs.
"We do not tell people to blog or not to blog or what to say," IBM Vice President Jim Finn said. "We don't control them. ... It's more like, 'Go explore.' "
Some firms have taken the bold step of setting up an employee blog site accessible to the outside world.
The most prominent example is Sun, whose publicly accessible site
(www.blogs.sun.com) has 1,300 employee blogs with such names as the "Clingan Zone" (by sales rep John Clingan), "A Twisted World" and "Life Is Just a Tire Swing."
Among the most popular is "Jonathan's Blog"
(www.blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan) by company President Jonathan Schwartz, who has become well-known for his musings on industry trends, Sun's strategy and criticisms of its rivals.
"I spend a lot of time on airplanes," he said in an e-mail. "So I've got a lot of time then, certainly, to put my thoughts down. But there's no predictability to when I blog. It's whenever the muse strikes."
But Sun's rank-and-file bloggers have also developed a following within the company and beyond. Most of them engage customers and partners in technical conversations about Sun products. Many also cover topics beyond work.
Recently, manager Masood Mortazavi pondered the future of humankind in his blog (www.blogs.sun.com/roller/page/MortazaviBlog) asking, "Will Confucius' sayings be any less potent or relevant at the end of the 21st century than they have been and are today?"
Engineer Rich Burridge began a recent entry in his blog
(www.blogs.sun.com/roller/page/richb) with a warning: "If you are easily offended (or nauseated), then stop reading now."
"The front page of blogs.sun.com does say, 'This space is accessible to any Sun employee to write about anything,' so I'll now reach an all-time low for this particular blogger by showing you what I just scraped off the road in front of our house and put in the trash, ready for the garbage men to collect tomorrow," he continued. Next to the entry were two snapshots of a dead rodent.
In a bid to avoid legal and organizational problems, many companies have issued blogging guidelines. In essence, they tell employees to use common sense and abide by established rules about not divulging company secrets or violating federal securities disclosure rules.
Google doesn't have explicit guidelines, but it allows employees to blog based on the premise that "they are reasonable people."
Jason Goldman, manager of Google's blogger product, said bloggers should ask: "Are you going to be embarrassed by what your mom or children are seeing, or what your boss is seeing? It's like asking: 'Am I going to be embarrassed by what I'm wearing today?' "
Simon Phipps, a Sun director who helped draft its blogging guidelines, summed them up this way: "Don't do anything stupid."
Still, the business world is full of cautionary tales of people who got fired because of the content of their blogs, including the case of Delta Airlines flight attendant Ellen Simonetti, who was fired for posting "inappropriate" photos on her blog. The photos were not overly explicit. One showed Simonetti in a skirt and blouse, sitting atop some airplane seats.
Jen, of Plaxo, said he lost his job at Google, apparently because he posted inappropriate content, including remarks on the company's financial performance and future products. He said he fixed the problematic statements, but was fired anyway.
"I've actually viewed this as a great learning experience," he wrote in his blog.
(99zeros.blogspot.com/2005/02/official-story-straight-from-source.html) "Obviously, I've gotten a first-hand chance to learn about the power of blogging."
Jen took that knowledge to Plaxo, where he helped write blogging guidelines that, among others, allow employees to "respectfully disagree with company actions, policies or management," and to "participate in Plaxo-related public communications on company time" so long as it doesn't interfere with work.
Fredrik Wackå, a Web communications consultant in Sweden who owns the CorporateBlogging Web site (www.corporateblogging.info), included these guidelines to his list of unusual rules.
"A policy should, I think, make it clear if blogging is allowed on the job -- after all, we're talking about blogging about the job," he wrote on his Web site.
Google declined to comment on Jen's dismissal.
But at IBM, Jen's firing prompted software engineer James Snell to think about his company's attitude toward blogging.
"My personal reaction was pretty much wondering what IBM policy was," he said. "I've been out there blogging. ... I didn't really know for myself where the line is."
That led him and other IBM employees, with management's blessing, to come up with blogging guidelines.
Snell's team drew upon the guidelines of other companies, such as Sun, which had grappled with the blogging question.
Sun employees were already sharing information about their personal blogs through a mailing list when a Sun director suggested setting up a company blog site that anyone could access, Phipps said.
But like other big corporations, Sun had strict policies "on who could say what to whom and not speaking to anyone unless with PR (public relations) support," Phipps said.
In the spring of 2004, employees raised the issue with Schwartz, who is also Sun's chief operating officer.
"We said we wanted to let the employees write about their work," Phipps said. "There was a tiny, little problem: It would have been a dismissible offense to actually do it. Jonathan said he thought it was ridiculous, and we needed to fix that."
That led to the drafting of Sun's blogging guidelines which encouraged more employees to start personal blogs. Even executives joined in.
Schwartz is perhaps the most visible blogger among top technology executives. Sun's legal team was initially wary about Schwartz's blog, which once created a stir when he hinted in an August post that Sun might buy Novell.
Recently, Schwartz added a disclaimer to satisfy federal disclosure rules.
Phipps said he also stressed one basic blogging principle to Schwartz: He had to do the writing himself. He must not use a ghostwriter.
"A blog is the authentic voice of the author," he said. "Everyone can see when someone isn't the authentic voice of the author. It just stands out like a sore thumb.
"That was the least of his problems. His biggest problem is being concise, " Phipps added, referring to Schwartz's penchant for long discourses.
Scott Anderson, an HP communications director, said the company urges its executive bloggers to "have their personalities showing."
He cited HP Senior Vice President Rich Marcello, who has written about poetry and music and once posted a note on the death of a friend.
Sun's guidelines tell bloggers to "be interesting. There's no point doing it if people don't read it." IBM suggests that bloggers use the first-person voice and be honest, saying, "Nothing gains you notice in the 'blogosphere' more than honesty -- or dishonesty."
Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble advises fellow bloggers to never write when "your life is in turmoil and/or you're unhappy." "When I was going through my divorce, it affected my writing in subtle ways," he wrote in his Scobleizer blog (radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2003/02/26.html).
Jeff Sandquist, a Microsoft manager, said blogging has become so commonplace at the Redmond, Wash., firm that employees conversing about specific topics typically ask each other: "Are you planning on blogging that?" Microsoft doesn't have an official blogging policy, but has more than 1,500 employee bloggers. It runs several company-hosted blog sites, including Channel 9 (channel9.msdn.com), which was designed for employees to have a dialog with customers, partners and developers.
Despite recent controversies over fired bloggers, corporate blogging advocates say such concerns have been overhyped.
"The blog-and-lose-your-job (scare) is vastly exaggerated," Phipps of Sun said. "If someone is dumb enough about blabbing about company secrets, it doesn't matter what medium you give them. They'll still blab about company secrets."
In many ways, corporations have embraced blogging because a site can be set up and maintained so quickly and easily that they have no choice, experts say.
"We're beyond the point where companies can allow or disallow employees to blog about job-related matters," Wackå said in an e-mail.
He said blogging will inevitably change the power structure within any corporation.
"With a blog, a single employee, no matter where in the corporate hierarchy, can become an important person for some audiences or groups of customers," he wrote. "That could cause some uncertainty with top execs and the PR department. ... New people become visible. But for a good company with committed employees, this will be positive."
But he stressed that "a company with many bloggers will have to become more transparent."
Haim Mendelson, a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, underscored this point, saying companies must accept that they can no longer control all the information within their organization.
"I'm not saying, companies should not have secrets," he said. But "you can't control everything. ... If you try to control everything, you control nothing."
Excerpts from corporate blogging rules
Sun Microsystems
-- Don't tell secrets. Common sense at work here. It's perfectly OK to talk about your work and have a dialog with the community, but it's not OK to publish the recipe for one of our secret sauces.
-- Be interesting. Writing is hard work. There's no point doing it if people don't read it.
-- Once again, it's all about judgment: Using your Web log to trash or embarrass the company, our customers, or your co-workers, is not only dangerous, but stupid.
-- IBMers are personally responsible for their posts. Be mindful that what you write will be public for a long time -- protect your privacy.
-- IBMers should not use this medium for covert marketing or public relations.
-- Be who you are. Some bloggers work anonymously, using pseudonyms or false screen names. IBM discourages that in blogs.
-- Add value. Blogs that are hosted on IBM-owned domains should be used in a way that adds value to IBM's business.
-- Don't pick fights. When you see misrepresentation made about IBM in the media, by analysts or by bloggers, you may certainly use your blog to point that out. Always do so with respect and with facts.
-- Don't forget your day job. You should make sure that blogging does not interfere with your job or commitments to customers.
Plaxo Inc.
-- You may participate in Plaxo-related public communications on company time. However, if doing so interferes with any of your work duties and/or responsibilities, Plaxo reserves the right to disallow such participation.
-- You may not personally attack fellow employees, customers, vendors or shareholders. You may respectfully disagree with company actions, policies or management.
-- Post as if everyone you know reads or hears every word.
Bloggers express themselves, each in his own way
"Jonathan's Blog"
by Sun President Jonathan Schwartz
Friday April 1, 2005
"The Downside of Being an Officer of a Public Corporation ... is that it's very difficult to write a good April Fool's blog without feeling the need for serious engagement from the corporate legal team. And much though I love Sun's lawyers, creative cooperation doesn't seem in keeping with either April Fool's day, or our collective fiduciary obligations.
"But it's not for a lack of creative ideas. You'll have to trust me on that. ...".
"Building & Connecting Communities"
by Sun program manager Jim Grisanzio
Sunday June 5, 2005
Eating Dinner with a Baby
"Ok, this is what I look like eating dinner. Every single nite (sic). With a 10-pounder on my lap. This nite it's Japanese noodles, so it's pretty easy to do one-handed. The baby is not sleeping here. Don't be fooled. She's acting. Trust me. If I put her down for even a second or put her in the swing, she freeks (sic) -- even though at this very moment she's all burped, is perfectly swaddled, has a gallon of fresh milk in her stomach, and has a fresh diaper. Anyone with any clue how to eat dinner with a 5-week-old drama queen, I'm all ears. ...".
"Rich Marcello's Blog"
by Hewlett-Packard Senior Vice President Rich Marcello
June 6, 2005
Terry Shannon
"A friend of mine died last week. He was a good man -- honest, sincere, constantly trying to do the right thing, an expert in his chosen field. He made me laugh. I knew him for over 20 years and worked closely with him during the last 10.
"During all of that time, I found Terry to be one of those rare people who actually loved what he was doing."


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Q. Is AFCI protection required in hotel guest rooms?
A. No, AFCI protection is only required for 15A or 20A, 120V branch circuits in dwelling units that supply outlets in family rooms, dining rooms, living rooms, parlors, libraries, dens, bedrooms, sunrooms, recreation rooms, closets, hallways, or similar rooms or areas [210.12(A)]. A guest room or guest suite, as defined by Art. 100, is not a dwelling unit, so AFCI protection is not required. However, guest rooms or guest suites containing permanent provisions for cooking are considered dwelling units as per Art. 100; therefore, AFCI protection would be required for those occupancies.
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Hot pizza — loaded with personality
Separating the delicious hot pizza buffets served daily and the man who owns the business is a difficult thing to do any time of the day or night. Donny Broussard, now 78 years old, can be found behind the Pizza Inn on Magnolia Avenue in Port Neches register five days each week, in the kitchen, visiting with friends, or eating any one of the hundreds of combination pizzas he has been making for the last 45 years. "I sometimes come by on Saturday and Sunday, too, not necessarily to check up on anyone, but just to see how things are going," laughed the personable business owner.
Broussard is known as "a Southeast Texas character," and he's a fun, community oriented person, a real contributor, and a successful business proprietor. He is being honored by the Sabine Area Restaurant Association at the 29th annual Taste of the Triangle.
In typical Broussard fashion, Donny says he went to the Pizza Inn offices, decided he could make a little money and have some fun making and selling pizzas and wrote the company a hot check to cover his franchise fee. He did tell them not to cash it until he called and gave the go ahead. On Nov. 20, 1967, Broussard's check was made good for $3,400, and the doors opened on the first Pizza Inn in Port Arthur and Southeast Texas. He has never looked back and eventually opened restaurants in Nederland, Port Neches, and several in Louisiana. "I found I liked making pizzas, experimenting, trying to win in the marketplace, and goodness, I made so many friends in the business," said Broussard.
Broussard said that after some time in the business, he realized that there was not much traffic in the early morning and up until about 11 a.m. each day. I thought, "These folks have to be eating something." So, the ever-inquisitive entrepreneur experimented around and came up with a delicious breakfast pizza using bacon, ham, sausage, eggs and whatever else the customer might want. "It wasn't long before the breakfast pizza really started to catch on and folks would come by and order one or more to take to their job. Soon the plants got involved and started ordering not only breakfast pizza, but others for office and other functions," said the proud owner.
His pizza ovens can turn out between 100 and 150 pizzas per hour, and he said that they have been called on to produce 100 or more pizzas in rapid succession for big events. "Oh, we love the big orders. These guys can get busy when they want to," laughed Broussard.
"Faithful and good employees are the secret, along with good ingredients, and being kind to people," said the owner. "My store manager, Sharon Tillman, has been with me for some 30 years, and her husband, Mike, with the company for 37 years now.
Jokingly, Tillman was asked if Broussard was a good boss to have, and she quickly quipped, "Sometimes he is." Broussard has just under 30 employees at the Port Neches restaurant.
Grandson Jerrod Broussard came in to ask his grandfather a question during the interview and Donny said that Jerrod had worked there for some 16 years and learned the business. "The best part of working here was watching my grandfather interact with people," Jerrod said. "I learned to be kind to everyone you meet. He is so outgoing, never meets a stranger, and wants to help anyone he can." Jerrod added that he also learned to be responsible from his grandfather. "He wants the job done right and can get your goat if it isn't," Jerrod added.
Broussard was born in neighboring Louisiana, but came to the Keith Lake and Sabine Pass area of Southeast Texas when he was 1 year old. "I love this place and am involved in many phases of it," he said. Broussard can still be found at a ballgame almost weekly selling fresh baked pizza and greeting friends. He confided that he has to straddle the fence in one area. "You see that Nederland Bulldog over there? Now, look over here and you can see the big Port Neches Indian. I support both schools and have friends who have children and grandchildren in both."
Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788
or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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Human traps
|Human traps
|The robots
of Chapek 9
|First appearance
|"Fear of a Bot Planet" (1ACV05)
Human traps are used on Chapek 9 to entice humans and trap them. They are designed much like primitive mouse traps and are thus probably intended to kill the victim. The robots of Chapek 9 use butter as bait in the traps. There are rarely any humans on Chapek 9, but, even if there were, Bender points out that butter is an ineffective bait, implying that a "low-calorie" bait would be superior. [1ACV05]
Additional Info
- Human traps are also sold on Earth, [3ACV09] though it is not apparent how they work, or what their purpose is.
- "Fear of a Bot Planet" (1ACV05)
- "The Cyber House Rules" (3ACV09) AL1 — translation here)


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We overslept this morning, because it's the first day of school for a lot of you and since we're already two weeks in, which is like twenty months in school-years, we figured we'd do you all a solid and go ahead and realize that nightmare you sat up having all night, that you'd oversleep and miss all the buses and the crying and the separation anxiety this morning.
We're givers. You're welcome.
So I'm driving my sons to their junior high school this morning and we're lined up at the light that is always backed up 16 3/172 of a mile to go straight onto the highway, but what we need is the turn lane that is about to get the green signal and has exactly zero cars in. Unfortunately, we are stuck behind the white Ford dually that perfected Freudian marketing to Caucasian heterosexuals which is completely cock-blocking me from catching the turn signal, and since I'm sitting there next to a rather large church, behind a huge, bulging pickup, I do what any attendance-office fearing woman in my position would do; with arm outstretched to heaven, I start singing spir'tuals in my verybest baritone.
My 13 year old heathen turns to me, rolls his eyes and says, "Mother? Sometimes you disappoint me."