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I'm obviously just getting up to speed on the whole Creative Commons/free content debate. So this post may well be repeating stuff that's been said elsewhere, and even rebutted elsewhere. But here goes.
Writing software, while still an inherently creative activity, is also different to other forms of creative work, and so generalising definitions of freedom from the software publishing context (Richard Stallman's Free Software Definitions) is not automatically correct. While I respect the urge to generalise principles of freedom across all forms of human endeavour, and indeed this kind of generalisation is a direct product of the general nature of human intelligence, the fact is one of the major ways that harm is done by humans is by misapplication of principles which applied in one context to another where they do not.
The key differences that I see arise from two things: historical context and technical nature.
Historical context
(Before I begin: yes, I know that "it's been this way" is not the same as "it should continue this way". But drastic change is understandably met with wariness by people who have a reasonable degree of humility about their own ability to predict the future. I'm identifying obstacles to applying Stallman's freedoms to artistic content, not necessarily endorsing them.)
Copyright has substantially shifted the balance of the monetisation of fiction, visual art, and music away from being solely about production of the saleable copy (the copy of the book, the copy of the artwork, the performance of the tune) to the creation of the new work which is then reproduced. Prior to copyright, an author of a major work was entitled to no share of the profit her work afforded others, and might well starve while her creation was selling in the thousands. (So it's worth remembering, even while trying to fix the problems with copyright, that it was originally introduced to remedy a substantial injustice, even if that injustice mattered more than it should have because of the grosser injustices of the system and society within which the artists were creating.)
The only way an artist would be rewarded for the composition of a new work was if it was commissioned by someone rich – a business model which somewhat rewards withholding creative efforts, and certainly reduces the incentive to create on spec – which is part of why, relatively speaking, the majority of substantial works in the pre-industrial period constituted propaganda on behalf of religions, governments, and other powerful people and/or institutions. So not only was copyright created to correct an injustice, but one of the effects that it had was to shift power away from the ruling class to individual creators. This was reinforced by other social shifts taking place at the time, and as always the powerful have found ways to shift it back to their advantage, but the development of critical intellectual culture was tremendously enabled by the ability of creators to demand both a place at the table and a slice of the pie in the distribution of their work.
None of this mitigates the clear need to remedy some of the drastic abuses of copyright that we are seeing in the present day. But it does explain why some of those whom one might most expect to support such reform are coming out strongly in favour of traditional models of copyright. Any reform is far less likely to succeed without that historical understanding, and an acknowledgment that the philosophy of copyright has some roots in justice, even if you hold that some of the assumptions that pinned that concern to notions of property are now outdated.
Technical nature
Software is different to all other creative forms – including some which sit on a platform of software – because it is rarely an end in itself to the vast majority of its consumers.
People who run an operating system do not do so because they find the experience pleasant or enlightening. They find it enabling.
The same goes for the vast majority of other software. Even reader or media player software is a means to the end of the book, song, image or movie. The only software which springs to mind as being something which people run as an end in itself is gaming software. And I do not believe it to be a coincidence that there has yet to be a successfully-produced free software game that rivals commercially available games in the same way that Linux rivals – or surpasses – commercial OS software, or OpenOffice can substitute for Microsoft Office. (In fact, a disturbingly large number of the games listed on the Free Software Foundation's site are ports or other adaptations of games which previously appeared elsewhere.)
A key result of this difference is that the majority of operating system and productivity software – software which enables the user to do something else – is subject to objective assessment. Either it does what it is required to do reliably and efficiently or it does not. There are degrees of efficiency, and even some room for subjectivity as to preferable coding technique and user interface, but nobody other than fellow creators would give any time to flawed-but-interesting code. By contrast, in traditional artforms and even (again, not coincidentally) in games software, successful execution (comprehensible writing in fiction, functional games software, etc) is only the first step.
Yes, there are electronic games out there which come with editing tools that allow the end user to create and share levels or modules; I doubt many people, including the developers who publish them as "toolsets", would regard these programs as games in themselves. Similarly, there have been Choose Your Own Adventure books which allow users to assemble their own narrative by selecting from the material provided, though that material is fixed. The closest comparison to most software would be the ruleset for a roleplaying game, though even there there is a range of balances between fixed content and open procedure, from the fully generic like GURPS and Mythic, to genre-based games like D&D and Mutants & Masterminds, to games designed to simulate specific fictional settings like Call of Cthulhu and A Song of Ice & Fire Roleplaying, to games that really only allow for a single story to be told through to a limited range of conclusions (the most extreme of which might be something like the quasi-RPG Werewolf).
Not coincidentally, these sets of procedures are likely to share another distinctive quality of software: multiple iterations. Very few traditional creative works will be substantially revised once released to the public, though some reference material might (and, not coincidentally, it is precisely this sort of reference material which lends itself best to being shared and open-sourced in similar ways to software, as wikis everywhere prove). There may be sequels, whose names may even include similar numeric coding to software's version notations; but these are not only additive but may even require the first work to make sense, whereas version 2.0 of an application will generally replace 1.0 wholesale.
This, I think, points to the key difference which needs to be reconciled with Stallman's freedoms. A traditional creative work is intended not as a process or a tool to be used by others, which makes personalisation and adaptation highly desirable, but as a definitive statement or expression which is offered as-is for others to react to on its own terms, which makes modification by others undesirable, as it is likely to lead to confusion and/or misrepresentation.
A person creating a tool is less likely to be held responsible for its effect on other people, though depending on the nature of the tool (i.e. the things it enables, the side-effects of its design etc) this may be appropriate – the leather-worker in Se7en is an example of this line being crossed. Tools generally act on things, whether concrete physical objects (even the human body) or abstract entities like words, and do so under human direction. By contrast, the author of a traditional creative work, whether fiction or non-fiction, is held responsible for its effect on other people, because such works (as opposed to their media) act directly on consciousness, not on things. They inform, educate, entertain, illuminate, advise – and/or bore, deceive, confuse, manipulate, baffle – and all those verbs have people as their objects.
In other words, publishing a creative work is an act of communication between people, whereas software is a tool used by people (possibly to facilitate communication, but VOIP is not the same as conversation) and need not be interpersonal in any way. The sharing of speech is therefore necessarily different from the sharing of software. Attribution, modification, publication and sharing take on different meanings and have different effects when applied to speech as opposed to software; being exactly correct about what was said how and when by whom matters more for speech than it does for code, where the concern is more simply whether something works or not. For this reason, certain freedoms in relation to traditional creative acts carry with them responsibilities that do not apply to the same extent in code. And as always, personal freedoms must sometimes be protected by restricting the freedom to behave in ways that reduce freedom overall.
Whether copyright is the best implementation of such protection is highly debatable, but at least both copyright and Creative Commons recognise those differences.


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Sunday, August 12, 2012
Yamazaki Single Malt No Age Statement 43% abv
Review by Nonjatta contributor - Dramtastic:
Yamazaki Single Malt No Age Statement 43% abv
Nose: Tempura batter, teak, leather, toffee, potato skins, fresh baked biscuits, banana. Classy.
Palate: Honey over baked oats, creme brulee, silky oak, leather,banana, cola, tobacco leaf, nutmeg, nouget. Very smooth.
Finish: Honey, smooth oak, butter, cashews, tobacco leaf, cola, maples syrup, balanced. A lovely affordable Yamazaki, this bottle is emptying fast...
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How does this differ from the Yamazaki 12?
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UPDATE: The initial version of this post said Sen. Juan Hinonosa of McAllen was the only Democrat who voted for SJR 55. Democratic Sen. John Whitmire of Houston also voted for it. This version also adds comments from lawmakers.Retail electric customers in competitive markets including Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth and most of the Rio Grande Valley would get refunds of just over $119 per electric meter under legislation given preliminary approval Monday by the Texas Senate.
The money would come from liquidating 90 percent of the unspent balance of the System Benefit Fund, which is fueled by a fee on electric bills that's ostensibly collected to provide a discount for low-income customers.
That would total about $730 million.
The program was created in 1999 as part of electricity deregulation.
The unspent balance in the fund has grown because far less money consistently has been allocated than has been brought in by fees. The fund has been used to help balance the budget.
Senate Joint Resolution 55, the proposed constitutional amendment by Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, was given preliminary approval 21-10 on a mostly party-line vote.
All the Republicans voted for it and nearly all the Democrats voted against it. Only Democratic Sens. Juan Hinojosa of McAllen and John Whitmire of Houston voted for the measure.
Senate Bill 1655 by Williams, which would implement the amendment, also was given preliminary approval with a vote of 21-10.
Several Democrats who opposed the measure said the refunds would stray from the fund's original purpose of helping low-income people.
Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, offered an amendment to give refunds only to low-income customers, whom he said would get $1,327 under his proposal. It failed.
A proposed amendment by Ellis and Democratic Sens. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth and Royce West of Dallas, which would have used $50.4 million of the money to draw down billions in Medicaid matching funds, was ruled not germane to the bill.
Another Senate vote is required before the legislation is approved. Then it will go to the House for consideration. The proposed constitutional amendment requires a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate before being placed on a statewide ballot for consideration by voters.
Hinojosa said he voted for the measure because he thought it was important for lawmakers to live up to a commmitment to be transparent with the public and not hold money in a fund to balance the budget.
"It's not our money," Hinojosa said. "It belongs to the ratepayers."
Whitmire agreed, saying the legislation represented the only chance for customers to get some money back.
"It's just sitting there being used by the state of Texas to balance their books. I think that's wrong," Whitmire said. "This is an opportunity to refund some to working families. If we don't pass this, they (ratepayers) are going to get nothing."
Williams noted that he had changed the method of refund in the bill in a way that benefited residential customers. Rather than giving refunds based on who paid the most, it would give rebates per electric meter.
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Cape Town Pride is quickly approaching and for those of you heading to this ultimate South African rainbow celebration Feb. 22 - Mar. 2, here is EDGE's countdown of can't-miss experiences above and beyond the Pride itinerary.
For Cape Town pride events, visit www.CapeTownPride.org. The official beneficiary of the weeklong celebration is The Pride Shelter Trust, which is raising funds to secure the establishment of a shelter to serve LGBT community members during times of crisis.
In the meantime, also find time for these spectacular experiences to round out your journey:
1. Take the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway up the face of Table Mountain and experience the awe-inspiring view from atop one of the natural wonders of the world. From the top, guests can enjoy a 360-degree view of Cape Town, the coastline and rice flora and fauna. Buy your tickets in advance online and skip the on-site line.
2. Discover the wines of the region with a Cape Town wine tour. The Wine Desk offers an array of experiences from wine, cheese and olive tastings, visits to local food markets, winemaker meet-and-greets and guided or self-driven tours through sprawling vineyards.
3. When you've maxed out on the entire Pride event, experience a Cape Town can't-miss: High Tea at The Lounge at The Table Bay Hotel. An assortment of the world's finest teas is served at The Lounge, which offers sweeping views of the harbor and Table Mountain.
4. Once you have rejuvenated, swing by Asoka for pre-party drinks. The former Victorian townhouse has been outfitted as a modern, romantic bar located on Cape Town's trendy Kloof Street. Enjoy a candlelit dinner beneath the olive tree in the open-air courtyard or get the party started at the champagne-martini-vodka bar in the rear.
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The stock market's record-setting rally has helped U.S. households recover all of the wealth they lost in the Great Recession, prompting many Americans to open their wallets and shrug off a recent payroll tax hike.
The stock run-up and rising home prices buoy consumer confidence and spending. Growing signs of an improving economy are prompting many economists to raise forecasts for first-quarter economic growth despite federal budget cuts that are expected to slow the recovery.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index, a broad, closely watched barometer of the stock market, set a new closing high Thursday, joining other stock indexes that recently broke records.
The rally, along with rising home prices and reduced consumer debt, pushed household net worth to $66.1 trillion in the fourth quarter, just shy of the record $67.4 trillion in 2007. This year's bull market has nudged household wealth to a new high, but precise figures aren't available.
Americans' net worth fell by $16 trillion to $51.4 trillion in early 2009 as the real estate crash devastated home values and the financial crisis and recession pummeled stocks.
But the Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, which includes about 3,700 stocks, is up 142 percent, or $11.7 trillion, since its March 2009 low. And home prices, which fell 35 percent from July 2006 to March 2012, are up 9 percent from their lows, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index.
A rise in the value of household assets creates a wealth effect that economists say prompts consumers to spend more. Each additional dollar in household wealth traditionally has led to an additional 5 cents in spending. Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Analytics, says the wealth effect is likely about 3 cents now because the downturn made many Americans more cautious.
Although most of the increase in household wealth can be traced to climbing stock values, only about half of U.S. households own stocks, Zandi says. Only about 10 percent have significant holdings, say Beata Caranci, deputy chief economist at TD Economics.
Wealth effects will become more pronounced as home prices continue to rise, because two-thirds of households own homes.
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The stock market's record-setting rally has helped U.S. households recover all of the wealth they lost in the Great Recession, prompting many Americans to open their wallets and shrug off a recent payroll tax hike.


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Egypt, country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt's heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East and, like Mesopotamia farther east, was the site of one of the world's earliest urban and literate societies. Pharaonic Egypt thrived for some 3,000 years through a series of native dynasties that were interspersed with brief periods of foreign rule. After Alexander the Great conquered the region in 323 bc, urban Egypt became an integral part of the Hellenistic world. Under the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty, an advanced literate society thrived in the city of Alexandria, but what is now Egypt was conquered by the Romans in 30 bc. It remained part of the Roman Republic and Empire and then part of Rome's successor state, the Byzantine Empire, until its conquest by Arab Muslim armies in ad 639–642.
Until the Muslim conquest, great continuity had typified Egyptian rural life. Despite the incongruent ethnicity of successive ruling groups and the cosmopolitan nature of Egypt's larger urban centres, the language and culture of the rural, agrarian masses—whose lives were largely measured by the annual rise and fall of the Nile River, with its annual inundation—had changed only marginally throughout the centuries. Following the conquests, both urban and rural culture began to adopt elements of Arab culture, and an Arabic vernacular eventually replaced the Egyptian language as the common means of spoken discourse. Moreover, since that time, Egypt's history has been part of the broader Islamic world, and though Egyptians continued to be ruled by foreign elite—whether Arab, Kurdish, Circassian, or Turkish—the country's cultural milieu remained predominantly Arab.
Egypt eventually became one of the intellectual and cultural centres of the Arab and Islamic world, a status that was fortified in the mid-13th century when Mongol armies sacked Baghdad and ended the ʿAbbāsid caliphate. The Mamlūk sultans of Egypt, under whom the country thrived for several centuries, established a pseudo-caliphate of dubious legitimacy. But in 1517 the Ottoman Empire defeated the Mamlūks and established control over Egypt that lasted until 1798, when Napoleon I led a French army in a short occupation of the country.
The French occupation, which ended in 1801, marked the first time a European power had conquered and occupied Egypt, and it set the stage for further European involvement. Egypt's strategic location has always made it a hub for trade routes between Africa, Europe, and Asia, but this natural advantage was enhanced in 1869 by the opening of the Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. The concern of the European powers (namely France and the United Kingdom, which were major shareholders in the canal) to safeguard the canal for strategic and commercial reasons became one of the most important factors influencing the subsequent history of Egypt. The United Kingdom occupied Egypt in 1882 and continued to exert a strong influence on the country until after World War II (1939–45).
In 1952 a military coup installed a revolutionary regime that promoted a combination of socialism and Pan-Arab nationalism. The new regime's extreme political rhetoric and its nationalization of the Suez Canal Company prompted the Suez Crisis of 1956, which was only resolved by the intervention of the United States and the Soviet Union, whose presence in the Mediterranean region thereafter kept Egypt in the international spotlight.
During the Cold War, Egypt's central role in the Arabic-speaking world increased its geopolitical importance as Arab nationalism and inter-Arab relations became powerful and emotional political forces in the Middle East and North Africa. Egypt led the Arab states in a series of wars against Israel but was the first of those states to make peace with the Jewish state, which it did in 1979.
Egypt's authoritarian political system was long dominated by the president, the ruling party, and the security services. With opposition political activity tightly restricted, decades of popular frustration erupted into mass demonstrations in 2011. The uprising forced Pres. Ḥosnī Mubārak to step down, leaving a council of military officers in control of the country. Power was transferred to an elected government in 2012, and a new constitution was adopted at the end of the year. This elected government, however, was toppled a year later when the military intervened to remove the newly elected president, Mohammed Morsi, a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, following a series of massive public demonstrations against his administration. (For a discussion of unrest and political change in Egypt in 2011, see Egypt Uprising of 2011.)
The ancient Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the "gift of the Nile." Indeed, the country's rich agricultural productivity—it is one of the region's major food producers—has long supported a large rural population devoted to working the land. Present-day Egypt, however, is largely urban. The capital city, Cairo, is one of the world's largest urban agglomerations, and manufacturing and trade have increasingly outstripped agriculture as the largest sectors of the national economy. Tourism has traditionally provided an enormous portion of foreign exchange, but that industry has been subject to fluctuations during times of political and civil unrest in the region.
Egypt's land frontiers border Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel to the northeast. Egypt's border with Sudan is notable for two areas, the Hala'ib Triangle along the Red Sea and Bir Tawil further inland, that are subject to differing claims by the two countries (see Researcher's Note). In the north its Mediterranean coastline is about 620 miles (1,000 km), and in the east its coastline on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km).
The topography of Egypt is dominated by the Nile. For about 750 miles (1,200 km) of its northward course through the country, the river cuts its way through bare desert, its narrow valley a sharply delineated strip of green, abundantly fecund in contrast to the desolation that surrounds it. From Lake Nasser, the river's entrance into southern Egypt, to Cairo in the north, the Nile is hemmed into its trenchlike valley by bordering cliffs, but at Cairo these disappear, and the river begins to fan out into its delta. The Nile and the delta form the first of four physiographic regions, the others being the Western Desert (Arabic Al-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Gharbiyyah), the Eastern Desert (Al-Ṣaḥrāʾ al-Sharqiyyah), and the Sinai Peninsula.
The Nile divides the desert plateau through which it flows into two unequal sections—the Western Desert, between the river and the Libyan frontier, and the Eastern Desert, extending to the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, and the Red Sea. Each of the two has a distinctive character, as does the third and smallest of the Egyptian deserts, the Sinai. The Western Desert (a branch of the Libyan Desert) is arid and without wadis (dry beds of seasonal rivers), while the Eastern Desert is extensively dissected by wadis and fringed by rugged mountains in the east. The desert of central Sinai is open country, broken by isolated hills and scored by wadis.
Egypt is not, as is often believed, an entirely flat country. In addition to the mountains along the Red Sea, mountainous areas occur in the extreme southwest of the Western Desert and in the southern Sinai Peninsula. The high ground in the southwest is associated with the ʿUwaynāt mountain mass, which lies just outside Egyptian territory.
The coastal regions of Egypt, with the exception of the delta, are everywhere hemmed in either by desert or by mountain; they are arid or of very limited fertility. The coastal plain in both the north and east tends to be narrow; it seldom exceeds a width of 30 miles (48 km). With the exception of the cities of Alexandria, Port Said, and Suez and a few small ports and resorts such as Marsā Maṭrūh and Al-ʿAlamayn (El-Alamein), the coastal regions are sparsely populated and underdeveloped.
The Nile valley and delta
The Nile delta, or Lower Egypt, covers an area of 9,650 square miles (25,000 sq km). It is about 100 miles (160 km) long from Cairo to the Mediterranean, with a coastline stretching some 150 miles (240 km) from Alexandria to Port Said. As many as seven branches of the river once flowed through the delta, but its waters are now concentrated in two, the Damietta Branch to the east and the Rosetta Branch to the west. Though totally flat apart from an occasional mound projecting through the alluvium, the delta is far from featureless; it is crisscrossed by a maze of canals and drainage channels. Much of the delta coast is taken up by the brackish lagoons of lakes Maryūṭ, Idkū, Burullus, and Manzilah. The conversion of the delta to perennial irrigation has made possible the raising of two or three crops a year, instead of one, over more than half of its total area.
The cultivated portion of the Nile valley between Cairo and Aswān varies from 5 to 10 miles (8 to 16 km) in width, although there are places where it narrows to a few hundred yards and others where it broadens to 14 miles (23 km). Since the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970, the 3,900-square mile (10,100 square km) valley has been under perennial irrigation.
Until it was flooded by the waters impounded behind the High Dam to form Lake Nasser, the Nubian valley of the Nile extended for 160 miles (250 km) between the town of Aswān and the Sudanese border—a narrow and picturesque gorge with a limited cultivable area. The 100,000 or so inhabitants were resettled, mainly in the government-built villages of New Nubia, at Kawm Umbū (Kom Ombo), north of Aswān. Lake Nasser was developed during the 1970s for its fishing and as a tourist area, and settlements have grown up around it.
The Eastern Desert
The Eastern Desert comprises almost one-fourth of the land surface of Egypt and covers an area of about 85,690 square miles (221,900 square km). The northern tier is a limestone plateau consisting of rolling hills, stretching from the Mediterranean coastal plain to a point roughly opposite Qinā on the Nile. Near Qinā, the plateau breaks up into cliffs about 1,600 feet (500 metres) high and is deeply scored by wadis, which make the terrain very difficult to traverse. The outlets of some of the main wadis form deep bays, which contain small settlements of seminomads. The second tier includes the sandstone plateau from Qinā southward. The plateau is also deeply indented by ravines, but they are relatively free from obstacles, and some are usable as routes. The third tier consists of the Red Sea Hills and the Red Sea coastal plain. The hills run from near Suez to the Sudanese border; they are not a continuous range but consist of a series of interlocking systems more or less in alignment. A number of peaks in the Red Sea Hills rise to more than 6,000 feet (1,800 metres), and the highest, Mount Shāʿib al-Banāt, reaches 7,175 feet (2,187 metres). They are geologically complex, with ancient igneous and metamorphic rocks. These include granite that, in the neighbourhood of Aswān, extends across the Nile valley to form the First Cataract—that is, the first set of rapids on the river. At the foot of the Red Sea Hills the narrow coastal plain widens southward, and parallel to the shore there are almost continuous coral reefs. In popular conception and usage, the Red Sea littoral can be regarded as a subregion in itself.
The Western Desert
The Western Desert comprises two-thirds of the land surface of Egypt and covers an area of about 262,800 square miles (680,650 square km). From its highest elevation—more than 3,300 feet (1,000 metres)—on the plateau of Al-Jilf al-Kabīr in the southeast, the rocky plateau slopes gradually northeastward to the first of the depressions that are a characteristic feature of the Western Desert—that containing the oases of Al-Khārijah and Al-Dākhilah. Farther north are the oases of Al-Farāfirah and Al-Baḥriyyah. Northwestward from the latter the plateau continues to fall toward the Qattara Depression (Munkhafaḍ al-Qaṭṭārah), which is uninhabited and virtually impassable by modern vehicles. West of the Qattara Depression and near the Libyan border is the largest and most populous oasis, that of Siwa. It has been inhabited for thousands of years and is less influenced by modern development. South of the Qattara Depression, and extending west to the Libyan border, the Western Desert is composed of great ridges of blown sand interspersed with stony tracts. Beyond the Qattara Depression northward, the edge of the plateau follows the Mediterranean Sea, leaving a narrow coastal plain.
Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula comprises a wedge-shaped block of territory with its base along the Mediterranean Sea coast and its apex bounded by the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba; it covers an area of approximately 23,000 square miles (59,600 square km). Its southern portion consists of rugged, sharply serrated mountains. These reach elevations of more than 8,000 feet (2,400 metres); among them is Mount Catherine (Jabal Kātrīnā), Egypt's highest mountain, which has an elevation of 8,668 feet (2,642 metres). The central area of Sinai consists of two plateaus, Al-Tīh and Al-ʿAjmah, both deeply indented and dipping northward toward Wadi al-ʿArīsh. Toward the Mediterranean Sea, the northward plateau slope is broken by dome-shaped hills; between them and the coast are long, parallel lines of dunes, some of which are more than 300 feet (100 metres) high. The most striking feature of the coast itself is a salt lagoon, Lake Bardawīl, which stretches for some 60 miles (95 km).
Apart from the Nile, the only natural perennial surface drainage consists of a few small streams in the mountains of the southern Sinai Peninsula. Most of the valleys of the Eastern Desert drain westward to the Nile. They are eroded by water but normally dry; only after heavy rainstorms in the Red Sea Hills do they carry torrents. The shorter valleys on the eastern flank of the Red Sea Hills drain toward the Red Sea; they, too, are normally dry. Drainage in the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula is toward the gulfs of Suez and Aqaba; as in the Red Sea Hills, torrent action has produced valleys that are deeply eroded and normally dry.
The central plateau of the Sinai drains northward toward Wadi al-ʿArīsh, a depression in the desert that occasionally carries surface water. One of the features of the Western Desert is its aridity, as shown by the absence of drainage lines. There is, however, an extensive water table beneath the Western Desert. Where the water table comes near the surface it has been tapped by wells in some oases.


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Mary G. Thompson is the first-time author of Wuftoom (Clarion, 2012)(blog). From the promotional copy:
Everyone thinks Evan is sick ... everyone thinks science will find a cure.
But Evan knows he is not sick; he is transforming. Evan's metamorphosis has him confined to his bed, constantly terrified, and completely alone. Alone, except for his visits from the Wuftoom, a wormlike creature that tells him he is becoming one of them.
Clinging to his humanity and desperate to help his overworked single mother, Evan makes a bargain with the Vitflies, the sworn enemies of the Wuftoom. But when the bargain becomes blackmail and the Vitflies prepare for war, whom can Evan trust? Is saving his humanity worth destroying an entire species and the only family he has left?
Could you tell us the story of "the call" or "the email" when you found out that your book had sold? How did you react? How did you celebrate?
The New School Writing for Children program.
We had decided to go down to Ashland for a couple days to see some plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. So this morning we were having breakfast around 10 a.m. when my agent called. I took the call outside, and acting totally calm, I came back in and told my mom that I had an offer.
Then, in what was truly an extreme expression of emotion for probably the two most reserved, WASPiest people in America, we clasped hands and bounced up and down in our seats over our eggs.
Needless to say, my spirits continued to rise un-WASPily high. I had to call or text everyone I knew and tell them the good news.
Now, this is where the inappropriate part comes in. Just a couple hours after that breakfast, we had tickets to go see "Ruined.' This is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage about rape in Africa. It's a very serious, dramatic, emotional play highlighting the plight of women whose bodies and lives have been completely destroyed, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.
Except mine. I was smiling like a fool. I'm not sure if the old ladies sitting next to us noticed, but my mom did feel the need to explain my inexplicable reaction by telling these random strangers that I'd just had some good news.
So in conclusion, there are a theater's worth of people somewhere in Oregon who probably think I'm a psychopath. But that's okay. I'm happy I was able to share that really cool moment with my mom.
The book is dedicated to her, and not least because she's let me stay with her more than once since I've become a supposedly self-supporting, responsible adult. And she's always there to explain my weird behavior if I need it. "No, my daughter is not a psychopath!" Thanks, Mom!
As a horror writer, going in, did you have a sense of how events/themes in your novel might parallel or speak to events/issues in our real world? Or did this evolve over the course of many drafts?
It's science fiction in the sense that there's nothing in it that's supposed to be "magic," and it's fantasy in that it's probably unlikely to really happen (now don't you feel better?).
But it's about a kid who's turning into a monster. Nobody wants that. In fact, it sounds pretty horrible. So for now, I think "horror" is a pretty good fit.
I like to joke that this book is about monsters vs. middle school.
How many of us, if they could have, would have chosen to go live underground with the monsters? Monsters may not be so horrible compared to bullies, social ostracism, and assorted other tween nightmares. That's certainly the feeling I began this book with. Evan is a kid who was unpopular and unhappy when he was healthy, and at the beginning of the book, he's got some crazy disease that's turning him into a disgusting monster. There's really nowhere to go for him but up.
The question is, how is he going to get there? Is he going to maintain his humanity, or is he going to give in and become everything the Wuftoom—or their enemies the Vitflys—want him to be?
The themes of the book definitely evolved through the drafts. I originally had much more of a straight horror theme in mind, with Evan getting something he wanted—the ability to travel into the bodies of other kids, which the Vitflys offer him—but at a terrible price.
While I was writing, though, I realized that it would be much more interesting for Evan to really grapple with his humanity and for the world of the Wuftoom to be more nuanced. Evan had to face real, difficult choices in a world where good and evil weren't black and white.
|Mary says the pig makes her write.
Ultimately, it's his choice whether he's doomed as he would have certainly been in my original concept, or whether he'll pull through a stronger person and, ultimately, be happy.
Does any of this parallel real world problems? Well, we're all pulled in different directions by competing forces. There are always people who want us to change, or who want us to identify with a group and be loyal. Sometimes these people have our best interests at heart, and sometimes they don't. All we can do is protect those we love and learn to decide who our true friends are.
Most of us get to stay physically human, but some of us, if we're not careful, will let negative forces guide our lives. Is a monster defined by what it looks like or by how it acts? What does remorse count for? How can we best live with ourselves, and how can we find our place in the world?
These are universal themes that ended up in the final draft. Of course, there's also the not-so-real-world theme of having fun with some gross monsters. I hope readers won't let all these deep thoughts distract them from the "eeewww!" and "ick!"


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Book Report: This witty wonder may be for you
This witty wonder may be for you
My literary almanac tells me that on this day in 1854, Oscar O'Flahertie Fingal Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Wilde, once the toast of venues as varied as London, England and Deadwood, S.D. for his great wit, his plays both comic and tragic died in 1901 banished from polite society for his affair with a young playboy, Lord Alfred Douglas, dealt with in a review here recently on the subject.
But it's his birthday, so let's celebrate it for him by paying tribute to all the chuckles his legend has given us over the years.
Much of the legend never saw paper and was only recalled by people who heard him talk, sort of like Dr. Samuel Johnson, only much, much funnier.
One of my favorite anecdotes found him at a dinner party where he had been so amusing that when dessert was finished the ladies at the table forgot to excuse themselves so the men could smoke their cigars.
As the evening passed and Wilde continued to hold forth, an oil lamp's chimney began to cloud up. A servant shouted "The lamp is smoking!"
Wilde's rejoinder? "Lucky lamp."
Many of his witticisms, of course, are found in his writings.
If you're like me, the kind of person who is habitually one upped and go to bed every night thinking, "When he said this, I should have said that…" You'll probably read these and weep.
In "The Picture of Dorian Gray," a character remarks:
"There is only one thing worse than being talked about and that's not being talked about." And: "The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."
When Wilde toured the western United States clad in purple capes and carrying a single lily, the roughhewn miners and ranch hands flocked to hear him. And he appreciated them, too.
He recalled on his return to London the sign above a piano on stage at a Deadwood saloon:
"Please do not shoot the piano player. He is doing his best."
Wilde's dramas like "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Lady Windermere's Fan" are loaded with memorable witticisms:
"In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants. The other is getting it."
"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
"I suppose is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy."
"Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained 35 for years."
"The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for 300 years."
"Relations are simply a tedious pack of people, who haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to die."
"To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."
"If the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them?"
And along those same lines:
If "drink is the curse of the working class, then work is the curse of the drinking class."
If you like this stuff, read "Oscar Wilde: His Life and Wit," by Hesketh Pearson. I did many years ago. It didn't improve my gift for repartee, but I certainly enjoyed reading it.
Dave Wood is a past vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle and former book review editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Phone him at 715-426-9554.


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Since 1972, Environmental Volunteers has been working to inspire a love of nature and science in more than 12,000 local children annually through field trips, camps and events.
Marilyn Hornor, a retired teacher, has been a volunteer docent for nearly 20 years.
"I used Environmental Volunteers in my classroom, and then when I was teaching half-time, one of the volunteers talked me into doing it the other half of the time. Now that I'm retired, I'm full-time EV," she said. "I love to teach kids, and I love the environment."
This past year, the organization received a $3,000 grant from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund to support docent-led field trips at the Palo Alto Baylands.
Before field trips, Hornor does hands-on work in the classroom, teaching students (usually second-, third- or fourth-graders) about which plants and animals live in the various habitats of the bay. After the in-class lessons, it's off to the Baylands for a two-hour field trip, where kids learn basic ecological concepts through games, observation and guided activities.
"At the Baylands, it's interesting because it's different depending on the tide. If there are an awful lot of birds out on the mud flat during low tide, we look at what they might be eating and talk about what adaptations they have for getting that food: if they have long legs stalking around in the shallow water; or sharp beaks for catching fish; if they're good flyers and divers; or dabbling ducks."
They also observe vegetation, noting how certain plants have adapted to saltwater, and discuss the Baylands' two endangered species: the red-bellied salt marsh harvest mouse and the California clapper rail.
"We talk about why they're endangered because the only place they live is San Francisco Bay estuary, and some of the things people have been doing to try and help put back some of the marsh that has been used for landfill and buildings. That's the main reason why they're endangered, there's not much salt marsh left," she said.
Since Hornor has been leading tours in the Baylands for decades, she said she's seen positive change in the environment over the years during its transformation from marina and landfill to parkland, including the addition of the native-plant nursery.
"It was quite amazing, since I have been doing this for so long, to see that the animals and plants really came back. It was a lot faster than I expected," she said.
In the fall, pheasants are sometimes visible -- "out strutting," she said -- while in the spring, nesting herons, egrets and swallows prove a fascinating field-trip sight.
"It's always a real exciting thing if you get to see the clapper rail," Hornor said.
Kids are entertained by the sight of clams squirting water out of the mud during low tide, and "of course they're really excited about the pickleweed," she said, describing how she also plucks strands of cord grass for students to touch. "They can lick their fingers and taste the salt."
Hornor and her husband, Neil, a fellow Environmental Volunteer, teach older students to use spotting scopes, monoculars and other tools to observe birds without getting too close.
"The kids are really engaged," she said. "Generally, it's the animals that they get excited about. The ground squirrels, oh, they love the ground squirrels! If we should be lucky enough to see a rabbit, those are pretty fun, too."
Pam Loebner, a second-grade teacher and science leader at Gardner Bullis School in Los Altos, has been using Environmental Volunteers' programs in her classes for more than a decade, and her own children went through the programs as well.
"It's really giving them a hands-on experience," she said. "They get down and dirty, and they touch nature rather than just reading it from a book. It's a fabulous resource."
The volunteer docents "have a level of expertise that I can only dream about," she said.
"The people who do this, they do it because they love nature and they want to expose as many people as possible to the beauty around us. It makes the kids more sensitive and more aware."
Hornor is looking forward to the opening of Environmental Volunteers' Baylands EcoCenter, to be housed in the former Sea Scout boat-shaped building, set for next spring. There, she anticipates leading classes in lab activities such as examining bay water and mud ("Bay soup," she said) under microscopes. In the meantime, she'll continue her docent duties throughout the park. A trip this week included fourth-graders from Loyola Elementary School, her former workplace in Los Altos.
"I feel like I'm doing something worthwhile, and I just love doing it," she said.
The annual Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund drive has kicked off, with the goal of raising and giving away $250,000 to local nonprofits serving children and families.
People may donate to this year's Holiday Fund online through www.PaloAltoOnline.com/holidayfund. One hundred percent of all donations raised go to the selected organizations, which will be chosen in April.
The campaign runs through early January 2012.


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- Apply a layer of SPF 15 Moisturizer or Tinted Moisturizer underneath your foundation especially for wintry conditions or whenever you face skin-drying elements like the sun, wind, or beach. Preferably use hypo-allergenic, anti-aging, skin treatment Anti-Aging Foundation, or a Sheer Mineral Make-Up Mineral Foundation that is a lightweight foundation and also Two Way Makeup Foundation that can be applied wet or dry. The extra moisturizing ingredients blend much better than oil-based or dry powdery textures. They also contain skin-nourishing vitamins that are very healthy for your skin. *** For a feathery light, oil-free pressed powder that evens tone and looks totally natural, try Oil Free Pressed Makeup Powders or hypoallergenic mineral sheer tint SPF 20 foundation Mineral Sheer Tint Foundation, Mineral Makeup Powders and Blush Mineral Makeup.
- Protect delicate eye area by apply firming Eye Renewal Cream before applying makeup. Delicate eye areas should always be moisturized - night and day.
- Use Cucumber Fruit Natural Toner and organic Cleansers & Moisturizers to keep skin fresh and protected.
- Use a hypoallergenic, light-weight Pressed Powder for absorption as oil begins to appear later in the day or on more humid days.
- Use Acne-Approved, Oil Free Blush, Loose Mineral Powder and Collage Powder throughout the day and especially on humid days to absorb excess oil.
- For quick touch ups and spot coverage of blemishes, try Liquid Cover Concealer.Dry Skin
- - Apply a layer of SPF 15 Moisturizer or Tinted Moisturizer underneath your foundation especially for wintry conditions or whenever you face skin-drying elements like the sun, wind, or beach. and anti-oxidant foundation. Preferably use hypo-allergenic, anti-aging, skin treatment Anti-Aging Matte Foundation, or hydrating, light-weight skin treatment Liquid Anti-Aging Foundation that can be applied wet or dry. The extra moisturizing ingredients blend much better than oil-based or dry powdery textures. Also try all natural, skin moisturizing Mineral Makeup Powders and Blush Mineral Makeup. They also contain skin-nourishing vitamins that are very healthy for your skin. You may also wish to try an antiaging foundation makeup face primer with grape seed and aloe vera.
- Protect delicate eye area by apply eye-firming Eye Renewal Cream before applying makeup. Delicate eye areas should always be moisturized - night and day.
- Avoid harsh chemicals or alcohol-based products. Use Aloe Vera or Chamomile Natural Toner and organic Face & Body tea cleansers, olive oil hydrating creme cleanser, body butter, herbal creams and lotions.
- Apply Alcohol-Free Moisturizing Lotion like White Tea Super-Hydrating lotion or Grape Seed Moisturizer underneath foundation and repeatedly throughout the day.
- Mix foundation with an extra dab of moisturizer before applying it under the eye area.
- For extremely dry skin, use a an antiaging Elastin-Collagen Renewal Face Cream or Retinol Collagen Cream before applying makeup.
- For quick touch ups and spot coverage of blemishes, try Liquid Cover Concealer.Oily Skin
- Apply a natural, gentle oil-absorbing vitamin C Mist Toner on freshly washed skin. Action C Foaming Cleanser is excellent for oily skin types and natural based oil-free Beta-Hydroxy Cleansing Gel or organic "Clear-Complexion" White Willow Foaming Cleanser is ideal for deep cleaning oily skin.
- Use a hypoallergenic, light-weight, oil free foundation makeup Mineral Veil Foundation or a Two Way Makeup powder that can be applied wet or dry, or use a water-based oil free hypo-allergenic skin treatment Oil Free Matte Foundation. or our famous Fragrance Free Aloe Foundation Aloe Foundation. *** For a feathery light, oil-free pressed face powder that absorbs oil and looks totally natural, try Oil Free Pressed Makeup Powders or Perfect Finishing Powder, all natural, oil free acne-approved Mineral Makeup Powders and Blush Mineral Makeup.
- Use an oil free concealing makeup stick or natural Acne Blemish Concealing Creme with Tea Tree Oil to cover and heal blemishes.
- Use Acne-Approved Oil Free Blush, talc free, Loose Mineral Powders and oil-absorbing Collage Powder throughout the day to help absorb oil.
- For quick touch ups and spot coverage of blemishes, try Liquid Cover Concealer.Combination Skin
- Apply a layer of Oil-Free Moisturizer underneath your foundation for dry weather conditions. Try Action C Foaming Cleanser or organic Deep-Pore Cleansers formulated for combination skin.
- Use a water-based oil free, hypo-allergenic skin treatment Oil Free Matte Liquid Foundation or light-weight Mineral Pressed Foundation Powder. *** For a feathery light, oil-free pressed face powder that absorbs oil and looks totally natural, try Oil Free Pressed Oil Free Makeup Powders or Perfect Finishing Powder, all natural, oil free Mineral Makeup Powders and Hypoallergenic Blush Mineral Makeup.
- Mix foundation with an extra dab of moisturizer before applying it under the eye area. Apply an antiaging Eye Renewal Cream before applying makeup. Delicate eye areas should always be moisturized - day and night.
- Use Acne-Approved Oil Free Blush, Loose Mineral Face Powder and Collage Face Powder throughout the day and especially on humid days to absorb excess oil.
- For quick touch ups and spot coverage of blemishes, try Liquid Cover Concealer with Tea Tree Oil.     Top
- All skin types should preferably use hypo-allergenic, anti-aging, oil free, skin friendly formulas that are feathery light, absorb oil and look totally natural. Oil Free and Fragrance Free Antiaging Liquid Foundation Makeup is ideal for all skin types and is so light weight it feels like you aren't wearing any makeup. Oil FREE Pressed Makeup Powders are excellent for oily or combination skin as are Perfect Finishing Powders as these will absorb oil throughout the day.For extra skin moisturizing, apply a light layer of Oil-Free Moisturizer or Oil-Free Tinted Moisturizer under antiaging make-up Liquid Makeup Foundation or Sheer Tint Mineral Foundation makeup, a creamy, lightweight foundation that can be applied alone or with face powders. Apply with moist applicator for sheer coverage. The extra moisturizing ingredients blend much better than oil-based or dry powdery textures. They also contain skin-nourishing vitamins that are very healthy for your skin. Also use all natural, fragrance free, skin moisturizing Mineral Makeup Powders and oil free Blush Mineral Makeup. For waterproof, spot coverage of blemishes, try sheer Heal & Conceal with Tree Oil Liquid Cover Concealer.Normal and Dry skin complexions - mix foundation with an extra dab of moisturizer before applying it under the eye area. Apply an antiaging, firming Eye Cream before applying makeup. Delicate eye areas should always be moisturized - day and night.Oily and Combination skin complexions - dab an oil-absorbing Acne Blemish Concealer where needed, blend and powder. Use all natural Oil Free Mineral Makeup Powders and Oil Free Blush. Acne-Approved, oil-absorbing foundation Oil Free Foundation Make-Up, Loose Mineral Face Powders, Perfect Finishing Powder and Allergy-Approved Collage Powder throughout the day to help absorb oil.    Top
What is COLLAGEN?
  Your skin is comprised of two layers.The upper most protective layer called the Epidermis and the layer beneath it called the Dermis.The Dermis is made up mostly of a protein fiber network known as Collagen, which comprises your skin's support structure. Age, skin condition, heredity, diet and sun damage all affect the longevity of your skin's tone and elasticity.Gentle cleansing, application of herbal facials and skin toners with light massage of your fingertips helps stimulate skin and enhance blood flow to the surface of your skin. Use natural-based products that stimulate cell re-growth to help maintain a beautiful complexion.For gentle Lip Collagen Enhancement through moisture infusion and lip collagen stimulation. Try
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Hope College has celebrated many scholar-athletes and teams over the years, but never a scholar-mascot. Well, this might be stretching it a bit, but still we are proud that Dutch is being recognized in a national initiative.
Holland's Herrick District Library invited Dutch to be part of a national initiative by including him on a billboard promoting the Geek the Library program.
You could imagine his surprise!
Geek the Library is a community based public awareness campaign designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries and raise awareness about the critical funding issues they face.
The campaign introduces the word 'geek' as a verb and draws attention to the fact every individual is passionate about something and anyone can learn more about what they geek—what they are passionate about — at the public library.
The campaign is sponsored by OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative, and supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.


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Listen to the Whole Book of Mormon Soundtrack
Struggling with the thought of parting with $152 just to see Tony-nominated (and now NY Drama Critics Circle honored) Broadway savior, The Book of Mormon? Maybe you should check out the original cast recording and then decide. NPR has posted the entire, filthy thing on their website for your listening pleasure. It's absolutely free! Hallelujah. [NPR via Daily What]


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After four years, Marty Fent has seen his business grow locally, but he does not want to stop there.
"We're going statewide," he said.
Fent, the owner of Uncle Marty's Cookies, said he began his business in Hutchinson while he had some free time between jobs.
He began selling his product that summer at the local farmers market and has since developed different ways to produce more cookies for a broader market.
"It went from something to keep me out of trouble to something that would be good," he said.
Fent said he began with a "handful" of cookies to sell at the local market, and each year improved how he marketed his product. By 2013, Uncle Marty's Cookies averaged 20 dozen batches per week, the largest order coming at 48 dozen.
The location of his bakery also evolved through the years, beginning at Fent's home and then moving to local bakeries. He said the cost of electricity and the mess of cooking were downsides of working at home.
"Fast-forward to now, I've got two workers who are setting up in (Norel Farms) bakery downtown," he said.
Rachel Schmidt, co-owner and manager of Norel Farms, said she was willing to help Fent because his situation reminded her of when she began selling baked goods. She had made a product so successful at the farmers market, restaurants wanted to sell it.
It would not happen though, because she did not cook in a certified kitchen meeting food safety requirements.
"I wanted to help someone else when I didn't get the help I felt I needed," she said.
Fent currently sells cookies at farmers markets in Hillsboro, throughout the county, and in Hutchinson. He hopes to expand into the Wichita market soon.
Moving ahead, Fent said he has brainstormed new distribution methods and purchasing a vehicle to bake and sell cookies in.
In addition to the original chocolate chunk, peanut butter with peanut butter chips, oatmeal with cranberries, and snicker doodles, Marty's cookies will offer five more sugar-free options and a gluten-free vegan cookie.
"If we can get involved in more stuff in the community, that would be beneficial for us," he said.


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BEREA, Ohio (AP) With a selfish act, Joe Haden damaged more than his reputation.
In getting suspended by the NFL, Haden hurt his teammates, coaches and Browns fans, who have always embraced the likable cornerback.
On Sunday, he can begin making amends.
Back from a four-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance enhancers, Haden will return to the starting lineup as the winless Browns (0-5) host the Cincinnati Bengals. Haden, who was banned after testing positive for the stimulant Adderall, believes he owes people he let down.
``In a sense, definitely,'' Haden said Friday. ``It's my team. I feel like I should have been out there with them and it's my fault I wasn't. In a way I do feel like I owe them. In the same way I feel like I did my time, so when I'm out there I'm still going to give it my all. I'm not going to try to do anything extra and play outside myself.
``But I think they're going to notice I'm back.''
Haden's return should provide a big boost to the Browns, who have lost 11 straight games dating to last season and must win to avoid setting the franchise record for consecutive losses. Without their top cornerback - and arguably best defensive player - the Browns had to move players around in their secondary and didn't have Haden to shut down the opposition's top receiver.
It started in Week 2 when Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green had 7 catches for 58 yards and one touchdown. Buffalo's Stevie Johnson (7 catches, 61 yards, TD), Baltimore's Anquan Boldin (9 catches, 131 yards) and New York's Victor Cruz (3 TDs) all benefited from Haden being out and had big games.
This week, Haden comes back just in time to match up again with Green, renewing a rivalry that goes back to college.
Although he hasn't played since the Sept. 9 opener against Philadelphia, Haden feels he can mirror Green.
``For sure,'' he said. ``Whatever the coaches want me to do. If they want me to match A.J., that's what I plan on doing.''
Haden, who stayed in shape by working out at a gym he owns during his suspension, said he didn't feel rusty during his first full week of practice. Browns coach Pat Shurmur didn't notice any difference in the Haden who returned from the one who left.
``I see the same old Joe,'' Shurmur said.
That's a relief for the Browns. They need Haden's ability as a coverage corner, tackler and playmaker. His absence had a trickle-down effect throughout the entire defense, which could be missing starting defensive tackle Ahtyba Rubin (lower leg) and linebacker Scott Fujita (neck/shoulder) against the Bengals. Cleveland will be without cornerback Dimitri Patterson, who will likely miss a few weeks with a sprained ankle.
Since Haden returned, Shurmur has already detected a difference in Cleveland's defense.
``His presence is felt when you see him out there, when you watch him challenge balls and challenge receivers in practice,'' he said. ``He got his hand on a couple balls and picked one off today. When you add a good player to the lineup, it's obvious just watching him play. The other players around him feel that. You build from there.''
Haden, too, senses the Browns rallying with him back around.
He's seeing more smiles and energy.
``I could tell out there at practice,'' he said. ``I don't know how it was when I wasn't here, but since I'm back, we're up, just amped. We're hyped. You know I like to talk. I like to have fun. I'm smiling, making plays. When we do that, me and (safety) T.J. (Ward) just jump up in the air and hit each other. Honestly, since I haven't been here, just going through every week and taking a loss, I'm coming in here fresh and bringing a spark, like let's get this thing going.
``Let's get it back on the road.''
Haden has always felt the support from his teammates, many of whom stayed in contact with him during his suspension.
As for Browns fans, Haden believes they still have his back. He knows many were disappointed by his actions, but Haden has received ``zero negative feedback'' in the days since being reinstated.
While he was away, Haden, who likes to be seen around the city during the offseason, worried if his suspension would damage his relationship with fans.
``I like to interact with people and I didn't want it to put a damper on everything I've done because it's not like I'm trying to put on an act,'' he said. ``I really enjoy having fun with people, so me not being able to do that kind of hurt me a little bit. But they accepted me back. I see how they feel when I'm not out there playing, they expect me to be out there. But I was mad at myself, so I think that just me being back now everybody embraced it so it's basically over.''
Haden's suspension gave him a new appreciation for what he has. He has vowed not to jeopardize his career again.
Once he's on the field, Haden won't take anything for granted and he hopes the Bengals test him early.
``I'm ready, `` he said. ``I don't feel rushed. I just feel like I just missed a couple games and I'm right back. It wasn't like it was a downfall. I wasn't just in the house eating chips and stuff. I was doing what I needed to do, so I feel I'm right back and ready to play.''
NOTES: With WRs Mohamed Massaquoi (hamstring) and Jordan Norwood (foot) out, the Browns activated rookie Josh Cooper for Sunday's game. Cooper was a teammate of QB Brandon Weeden at Oklahoma State and hopes the former college buddies can connect in the pros. ``It's unbelievable,'' Cooper said of the chance to play with Weeden. ``It's something you don't really see happen too much with other players. It would be nice to get to do that.'' ... Norwood was placed on injured reserve but is eligible to return to the roster in six weeks. ... Shurmur said the Browns hope to re-sign QB Thad Lewis, who was waived on Thursday to make roster room for Haden.


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John, I see the trunk lid striker plate is painted. I guess in '69, or sometime before, the process was changed to install it (and adjust likely) prior to paint? My '67 is not painted.Mike
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ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action is a fast-paced tutorial designed to introduce ASP.NET MVC to .NET developers and show how to apply it effectively. All examples in this revised edition are based on ASP.NET MVC 4, so you'll get full coverage of features such as the Razor view engine, Web Matrix helpers, and improved extensibility. You'll see how your ASP.NET applications can benefit from changes in the .NET Framework.
foreword to the second edition
foreword to the first edition
about this book
about the authors
about the cover illustration
Part 1 High-speed fundamentals
1. Introduction to ASP.NET MVC
1.1. Setting the stage
1.2. What is ASP.NET MVC?
1.3. What's new in ASP.NET MVC 3/4?
1.4. Summary
2. Hello MVC world
2.1. Setting up your development environment
2.2. Creating your first MVC application
2.3. The Guestbook sample application
2.4. Summary
3. View fundamentals
3.1. Introducing views
3.2. Passing data to views
3.3. Using strongly typed templates
3.4. Summary
4. Action-packed controllers
4.1. Exploring controllers and actions
4.2. What should be in an action method?
4.3. Introduction to unit testing
4.4. Summary
Part 2 Working with ASP.NET MVC
5. View models
5.1. What is a view model?
5.2. Representing user input
5.3. More complex models for both display and input
5.4. Summary
6. Validation
6.1. Server-side validation
6.2. Client-side validation
6.3. Summary
7. Ajax in ASP.NET MVC
7.1. Ajax with jQuery
7.2. ASP.NET MVC Ajax helpers
7.3. Ajax with JSON and client templates
7.4. Creating an autocomplete text box
7.5. Summary
8. Security
8.1. Authentication and authorization
8.2. Cross-site scripting (XSS)
8.3. Cross-site request forgery (XSRF)
8.4. Summary
9. Controlling URLs with routing
9.1. Introducing URL routing
9.2. Designing a URL schema
9.3. Implementing routes in ASP.NET MVC
9.4. Using the routing system to generate URLs
9.5. Routing with ASP.NET Web Forms
9.6. Debugging routes
9.7. Testing route behavior
9.8. Summary
10. Model binders and value providers
10.1. Creating a custom model binder
10.2. Using custom value providers
10.3. Summary
11. Mapping with AutoMapper
11.1. Life before AutoMapper
11.2. Introducing AutoMapper
11.3. AutoMapper basics
11.4. Summary
12. Lightweight controllers
12.1. Why lightweight controllers?
12.2. Techniques for simplifying controllers
12.3. Summary
13. Organization with areas
13.1. Creating a basic area
13.2. Managing links and URLs with T4MVC
13.3. Summary
14. Third-party components
14.1. Learning about NuGet
14.2. Using ASP.NET Web Helpers
14.3. The MvcContrib Grid component
14.4. Summary
15. Data access with NHibernate
15.1. Functional overview of reference implementation
15.2. Application architecture overview
15.3. Exploring the Core
15.4. NHibernate configuration–infrastructure of the application
15.5. Presenting the model through the UI
15.6. Pulling it together
15.7. Summary
Part 3 Mastering ASP.NET MVC
16. Extending the controller
16.1. Controller extensibility
16.2. Controller actions
16.3. Action, authorization, and result filters
16.4. Action selectors
16.5. Using action results to reduce complexity
16.6. Summary
17. Advanced view techniques
17.1. Eliminating duplication in the view
17.2. Building query-string parameter lists
17.3. Exploring the Spark view engine
17.4. Summary
18. Dependency injection and extensibility
18.1. Introducing dependency injection
18.2. Using DI with ASP.NET MVC
18.3. Summary
19. Portable areas
19.1. NuGet packaging basics
19.2. Creating an RSS widget with a portable area
19.3. Interacting with the portable area bus
19.4. Summary
20. Full system testing
20.1. Testing the UI layer
20.2. Building maintainable navigation
20.3. Interacting with forms
20.4. Asserting results
20.5. Summary
21. Hosting ASP.NET MVC applications
21.1. Hosting environments
21.2. XCOPY deployment
21.4. IIS 6 and 5.1
21.5. Azure hosting
21.6. Summary
22. Deployment techniques
22.1. Employing continuous integration
22.2. Enabling push-button XCOPY deployments
22.3. Managing environment configurations
22.4. Enabling remote server deployments with Web Deploy
22.5. Summary
23. Upgrading to ASP.NET MVC 4
23.1. Runtime view selection with DisplayModes
23.2. Combining and minifying client assets
23.3. Improvements to Razor
23.4. Summary
24. ASP.NET Web API
24.1. What is Web API?
24.2. Adding web services to the Guestbook application
24.3. Web API alternative
24.4. Summary
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ASP.NET MVC 4 in Action is a hands-on guide that shows you how to apply ASP.NET MVC effectively. After a high-speed ramp up, this thoroughly revised new edition explores each key topic with a self-contained example so you can jump right to the parts you need. Based on thousands of hours of real-world experience, the authors show you valuable high-end techniques you won't find anywhere else. Written for developers, the book arms you with the next-level skills and practical guidance to create compelling web applications. You need some knowledge of ASP.NET and C#, but no prior ASP.NET MVC experience is assumed.
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