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Monday, April 12, 2010
Couch Session
So, basically all the time.
It has to do with me completely embarrassing myself - on purpose.
See, I have this tendency to self-deprecate. To a ridiculous degree. Like, I will willingly announce the worst parts about myself, leaving my audience slightly confused and probably disgusted.
Example. I'm chit chatting with two women I don't know very well the other day. I'm slightly in awe of both of them. They're pretty awesome ladies. One comments that "wow, you look good for having a one month old!"
And I immediately turn up the side of my shirt so they can see that I can't close the zipper on my skirt underneath.
Explain this to me.
Do I do it for a laugh? Maybe a little. Do I do it so they'll like me? Well, frankly it's not a particularly good social tactic. Do I do it so they don't think too well of me? ... yeah, I think so.
It's like whenever anyone thinks even luke warm thoughts about me, I make it my personal duty to destroy them. To let them know that no, really, I'm not that great of a person.
Confession. I actually like myself pretty okay. No. No. Be honest. All right - I like myself a lot. I don't like everything about the person I see in the mirror, but all in all, I think I'm a pretty darn good person. I just don't want anyone to know. (Besides, of course, the tens of people who read this blog.)
And truly, I run myself pretty down on this 'ere blog, too. I post humiliating pictures, tell embarrassing poop stories, lament about my ugly cold sores and share too much information about my sweating/social event issues. I regale you all with how my neighbors thought I was abusing my child, and came clean that parenting can be pretty darn hard. I hash out all my insecurities, desperately making myself look pretty desperate.
Which brings us to my final conclusion in my self-psycho-analysis: I think I self-deprecate to test acceptance.
Do we all do this? Feel the need to make people really know us - and hope they don't leave? Do we all have a compulsion to be truly known - deep down - for who we really are, despite our dark sides? A sort of "I'm not perfect, but will you like me any way?" masochistic method?
Or maybe I just do it for the laughs.
21 comments:
- Kristina P. said...
I do the same thing! I think it makes us think we are more real and endearing. Which I think it can.
- April 12, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- Annette Lyon said...
It's a female thing. Women try to keep things level, to never put ourselves above someone else. It's the same reason why, if someone gives us a compliment, we often discount it and/or give a compliment back.
(Read all about it in Deborah Tannen's "You Just Don't Understand." Helped me realize that I don't talk like most women--which is also why I have an unfortunate ability to turn women off and seem intimidating. It was a relief to know I'm not unlikeable or broken. I just don't talk like a woman! Trying, though--and it actually makes a difference in how other women treat me.
I'm betting this habit of yours is one reason others love you to pieces.
- April 12, 2010 at 8:08 AM
- Wonder Woman said...
I definitely do this. When someone tells me I look good for having just had a baby, I tell them it's the slimmer. When someone says they like the paint on my walls, I tell them I didn't know what I was doing, didn't prime, and now it peels away. And I show them where it's peeling. When someone says my hair's cute, I tell them it's easier to do it curly than actually curl it.
Have you ever done the Hartman Color Code personality test? I'm half yellow, half blue. The blue half wants everyone to know my flaws and love me anyway. The yellow half wants people to laugh.
- April 12, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- KC Mom said...
I do the same thing. Problem is...I really don't like myself much....it's true.
Tell me why we do that and then maybe I'll be happy again!!
- April 12, 2010 at 8:17 AM
- Kim L. said...
I TOTALLY do this...on purpose. I take it to the next level, though. I will INTENTIONALLY leave my house messy the first time I have a new friend over...I may not wear make up...or sweat pants....and I DON"T apologize... Instead I say something silly like, "I'd apologize for the mess, but who am I kidding...it is ALWAYS like this." It breaks down the competitive craziness that IS woman. Eventually, they realize THEY don't need to clean their house for ME either...and the walls come down MUCH faster... to where we can become deeper friends because there is no pretense or feelings of "keeping up"
- April 12, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- Just SO said...
I do this all the time. But I think it's to let others know that I have my own set of problems. Or that I'm "real" you know? Plus you can't beat a good laugh. ;)
- April 12, 2010 at 8:37 AM
- Nikki said...
I do this in public a lot. I have yet to get the courage to post more than one picture of myself on my blog. I don't know. I feel like my readers have an image of me and will be horrified if they see the true me in a non-photoshopped way. Not that I know how to use photoshop. I don't.
Here's a little reality for you. I decided that my kids needed some vegetables with their breakfast this morning. So I took the lazy way out and got a back of steamable green beans with almonds from the freezer and tossed them in the microwave while I read my reader. After clicking several of your links, that I was surprised I didn't recall reading half, I found that I had taken the beans out of the microwave. I emptied them in a bowl and proceeded to consume the entire bag. I am a gluttonous pig-dog.
Maybe the kids can eat cereal. again.
- April 12, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Nikki said...
P.S. I love all the comments. I especially like Kim. L's. I notice that these people like she described are the ones that I can get to know easier and not feel uneasy around.
- April 12, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Happy Mom said...
Don't have a clue why (although I do it to some extent too), but keep on doing what your doing, girl! Your blog makes me happy!
- April 12, 2010 at 9:21 AM
- Joni said...
Story of my life.
I think I'm afraid that people will think I'm not aware of my own flaws. So I'm sure to let them know I'm aware.
I'm very, very aware.
If I bash myself, then they don't get the chance, verbal or not.
Also, I'm just a little bit insane.
- April 12, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- Kimberly said...
I do this too - to a radical degree at times. Yeah, I've even shown people my stretch marks, it's that bad. And it's totally to test acceptance. If people still want to know me after they know the worst, I know I won't get attached to them and then get my wee little heart broke if they find out the worst later. It's a bit mental but it kind of makes sense.
I feel like less of a freak after reading this post. I seriously thought I was the only one ('cause I'm self-centred like that).
- April 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- DeNae said...
I completely get this, but I'm less likely to do it now than I was, say, 10 years ago. I do think it's an acceptance thing, although my sense from you is that it isn't a fishing expedition for compliments. Rather, it's sort of a litmus test for the whole "You're ok, and I hope I'm ok but I'm waiting to find out" deal.
Women build trust by sharing intimacies and carefully revealing weaknesses. That's why we're so likely to cross lines and turn the sharing of secrets into gossiping or murmuring. I think it comes from a perfectly reasonable place; as with anything else, we just have to manage it.
And we all get a kick out of seeing funny pictures or someone doing something spontaneous, like the time my very-proper friend suddenly hiked up her skirt to show that her garment legs were three inches different in length -- all while we were standing in the kitchen at the church! So silly and trusting and human. I think that's what we're going for when we do those things.
(And I see right through you, TG. I know you're pretty swell!)
- April 12, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- The Wingnut's said...
Everything I blurt out in public is the honest truth. I am a terrible liar and so the things that pop out is all true - but, I am always giving away too much information. I go home and kick myself for sharing way too much personal stuff! I need a muzzle!
Great post, as always, and that is the truth!
- April 12, 2010 at 12:46 PM
- Steph @ Diapers and Divinity said...
Speaking for myself, I don't like compliments when they feel like someone is putting me on a pedestal. I want people to know there's an even playing ground and I am human. Because even though a pedestal might seem cool in theory, it can be lonely, and we'd rather have friends who stay around and laugh at us than just look at us on a shelf. That's what I think.
- April 12, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Sarah said...
I think it's both AND I think it is not as bad as you think, I have never noticed that you do it myself. I think it just makes you real.
- April 12, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Amy said...
I was REALLY bad at this a few years back! But it drove my best friend at the time nuts, so whenever I would start justifying a compliment with my flaws, she would speak louder than I did saying "She means Thank-You!"
It was really awkward at first because we were always together, but I've gotten out of the habit. Now I'm in the habit of smiling, saying thank-you and mentally stating my flaws in my head.
I even didn't point out the flaws of my Sunday school lesson this week to the people that complimented me! And THAT one was hard to swallow, because they were there to hear the bad.
- April 12, 2010 at 1:18 PM
- Kazzy said...
Self-deprecation has always been the fodder of a good comedian. But be careful that you don't start to really believe all of it. :)
- April 12, 2010 at 11:43 PM
- InkMom said...
So this kind of goes along with a phenomenon I've noticed in the blogging world.
I have this theory (based on observation of other blogs, not only my own) that if you want to get a lot of comments, you have to make sure what you're writing doesn't make it seem like your life is too much better than anyone else's. (The exception to this rule is supremely happy news, like having a baby, which draws comments the best of all.)
Maybe it's all related? I'm a little like Annette, I think -- prone to intimidate because of my way-too-firm grasp on reality (for better and for worse) and this tendency to over- or under-state the true nature of things makes me scratch my head a little bit. And while it's good to keep things level, sometimes I think self-deprecation is a defense mechanism against cattiness.
And it's also a reflection of how hard we are on ourselves that we can't just own it when we do something great. But all of these little idiosyncrasies are what make us identify with each other, and solidify kinship and love. It's authenticity, in it's own way -- even if the reality is that you look completely fabulous for having a baby so young.
I have so rambled my way in a circle. I'm glad this comment is after most people have already read this post, because I make NO SENSE.
Love your blog.
- April 13, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Melissa Bastow said...
Usually I just say stuff like, "I KNOW - I'm so amazing!" or "Yeah, my hair does look killer awesome ALL THE TIME." And then I like to deliver a "well, duh?" look to go with it. And I have TONS of friends, so it clearly works best.
Ok, no. Usually I'm not having conversations with groups of women, or a couple women, or anyone at all. I don't talk to people much. And if other women are talking, and I somehow end up in their presence, I just usually keep my mouth shut, or pretend there's a really interesting bug on my shoe.
- April 13, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Harmony said...
In the paragraph where you list all the embarrassing things you say about yourself on your blog, you forgot to mention "create links to all my embarrasing moments so that people who haven't read them can now do so." Love it.
And, as I'm sure everyone has told you, you're not alone. I do it, too. I think we sometimes need to learn how to say "thank you" when given a compliment (I'm REALLY bad at it).
- April 14, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Becky said...
Steph@D&D sent me in this direction due to my recent post. If I'd have known you'd already written on the whole self-deprecation issue, I'd have skipped the post and done my dishes instead. :)
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has this problem. I mean, I'd be gladder if neither of us had this problem, but I don't wanna get greedy.
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From Camp by Lawson Fusao Inada
All I wanted
Was a place to live,
How we had always known,
Women among huckleberries,
Tules that teach
Children of junipers, geese and sky.
All I wanted
Was to fight to live,
To be left alone.
All I wanted
Was a concession to dignity,
Our own reservation.
All I wanted
Was our own
All I wanted
Was to die.
Looking into the eyes
of my children,
the gifted young,
Who wished me in women's clothes,
Who silently called me
white and compromiser,
I see the why
I am
The renegade
I am
The revolutionary
I will always be.
What land we had
We must have back again.
This is the stronghold,
The heart, the spirit,
The land, the heart.
This termination, this
Extermination, this
Compromise to survive.
The fenced-in barracks
Still stand
Beyond the ancient carvings
Of Prisoner Rock.
The signs are right.
The spirit. The land.
We must have back again.
Those of us still alive
Singing assimilation
With the flick of wrists,
Thrive on the sick
Blood of subjugation
Here on this very land
Where we died.
Captain Jack
Will be hanged
Tomorrow. "Instructions
To all persons
Of Japanese ancestry..."
This is the stronghold,
The heart, the molten
Flow, solidified
Blood of ancestors.
The blood of us is the red tule rope.
What are you worth
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Of your sons?
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Q & A with Lawson Fusao Inada
What did you learn from your experience in the camps?
It was nothing but mud and dust, no trees. So for all my years in camp, there weren't any trees, and so it was so wonderful to return to a place that had trees. Maybe that was the big lesson that I learned in camp -- just to appreciate things, because once things are taken away, you really, really appreciate things.
Can you describe the experience of preparing to go into the camp?
When you get a little bit below the issues and the dates and the statistics, you have to think, "Pets, what am I going to do with my pets?" Or, "What am I going to do about my friends?" And so you realize you have to get rid of your pets, and so pets, friends -- it gets a little bit more valuable than the material things that we all have to lose. Material, those things are easy to replace. You've got two weeks to get ready, you can only take what you can carry. And then your priorities come into focus. My mother had this huge duffel bag, but the main thing she carried were the photo albums, the family history. Each family had a lot of photo albums. These cannot be replaced, and so, therefore, the heart of the family is really the main thing that was taken to camp. The heart of the family is contained -- generations are contained in the photo albums.
What was the role of resistance in the Japanese American community during the internment period?
I'm not a historian, I'm an English teacher and a writer. The day after Pearl Harbor, the FBI and the government swooped in and took our community leaders, mostly people about my age now and older -- people who were priests, ministers, Japanese language teachers, sometimes even people who were experts at flower arranging. And, in a sense, whether the government planned it or not, I think they took hostages. So it's like this: If you take my grandpa and I don't know where he is, I'm not going to go and resist. You come in and you take my grandma, my grandpa, I'm not going to go around with a sign, marching around city hall, because they've got somebody. Right now, we would say "no way." But if you don't know where your folks are, then I think you have to think about that.
What was it like for your family after the camps?
My grandpa, in Fresno, California, had started the first fish store in the whole area in 1912. So he had worked in the fields and got some money together and started a fish market. It was the only one in town. Everybody came, all nationalities. So when we were going to be taken away, he had some friends who said they'd help us out because they knew the old man. And so an Italian family -- we were at war with Italy and Germany -- but the Italian family told my grandpa, "We'll take over your store and we'll keep it running, and if we make any money, we'll send it to you." That shows you the ties. And a German family came and told him, "We'll watch your house for you during the war; we'll rent it out and make sure everything's okay with it." So the Italian and the German families took care of my grandpa's stuff, and so we came back from the camps and my grandpa just hit the ground running.
My dad, however, lost everything. He was a dentist just starting out, and when we came back, he had nothing. So we lived in my grandparents' house and my dad picked grapes and peaches, and it took about a year of just hard labor to save money so he could buy some equipment and start his dental practice again.
Did your family talk about the camps after the war?
Maybe we didn't talk about it in public. I know, in my family, we'd always talk about it, because it was very common for my mom to use the phrase "before the war." So we might just be eating lunch and she'd say, "You know, before the war, boy, he was such a funny guy," or "Then, after the war…" or "In camp…" We might have been afraid that they're going to get us again because there were always rumors popping up.
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Generational Identity
Japanese Americans have developed distinct terms for different generations. The general term Nikkei refers to all people of Japanese ancestry living in North and South America. Issei are the first-generation immigrants who arrived in Hawaii and the U.S. mainland between 1885 and 1924. Literature written during this era included haiku, tanka, and senryu, which appeared in Japanese-language publications in Hawaii and cities on the West Coast. Nisei, second-generation Japanese Americans, began writing poems and stories about Japanese culture in English-language sections of Japanese American newspapers on the West Coast. Sansei, or the third-generation Japanese Americans, sought to expand Japanese American identity with activist writing, and the promotion and celebration of Issei and Nisei writing. Nina Floro, a professor at Skyline College in California, says that a generational approach to teaching Japanese American literature enables the reader to understand the contextual influences on the literature of each era of Japanese American history.
Community Poet
Asian American literary scholar Shawn Wong says that if there were such a position as Poet Laureate of Asian America, Inada would be unanimously elected to the post. Inada has been called a community poet because he writes of and for the community. He has been commissioned to write about and for community events, and he holds deep respect for his audience.
Japanese American Internment
Shortly after the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government, under President Roosevelt's direction, rounded up some 112,000 Japanese Americans as potential enemies and put them into "camps" on the West Coast. Because the FBI had already arrested Japanese Americans specifically believed to be security risks, the entire internment is said to be an act of pandering to hysteria and racism. Interestingly, Inada notes that it was a more multicultural experience than is generally believed. Many family members who were not ethnically Japanese (due to interracial marriage and birth) were also rounded up and put in camps. This included many Mexican Americans and African Americans.
Fresno Internment Camp
This camp was actually an "assembly center," a temporary camp used to house interned Japanese Americans before they were moved to the "relocation centers." The Fresno camp was active for only six months, between May and October of 1942; at its peak, it housed 5,120 Japanese Americans in tar-paper barracks.
Jazz Poetry
Often associated with the "Beat Poetry" movement of the 1950s and '60s, jazz poetics have actually been used throughout the world since the turn of the century. Jazz poetry often references great jazz musicians, and tends to use syncopated, unconventional rhythms. Great jazz poets include Langston Hughes, Jack Kerouac, Ishmael Reed, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), and Gwendolyn Brooks.
Suggestions for applying other theories to Legends From Camp
Lawson Inada's poetry draws upon jazz music sensibilities. Teachers can utilize this musicality in response-based activities by asking students to listen to music as the poetry is read aloud, and to write down or say what they hear. Students can imagine what rhythms would be present if the words in the poetry were sounds made by musical instruments.
An inquiry approach to Inada's poetry might focus on specific content. Students can explore similarities and differences between the U.S. government's response to the attack on Pearl Harbor and the attack on the World Trade Center, comparing the treatment of members of the Arab American community to that of the Japanese American community.
A cultural studies exploration might involve an examination of Inada's rendering of Executive Order 9066, which called for Japanese internment. They can analyze the transformation from the cold aesthetic of the original policy to the poetic form. They can think about the particular poetic devices Inada employed to render the text into a poem and to convey the seriousness of the order. Students can produce a literary rendering of another document of similar importance.
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MonadIO other than IO itself has been a fairly frequently requested
The reason it is not implemented is because these functions cannot be defined for a general MonadIO. However, these functions can be easily defined for a large and interesting subset of MonadIO. The following code demonstrates that. It uses no extensions (other than those needed for the Monad Transformer Library itself), patches no compilers, and proposes no extensions. The generic catch has been useful in a database library (Takusen), where many operations work in a monad (ReaderT Session IO): IO with the environment containing the database session data. Many other foreign libraries have a pattern of passing around various handles, which are better hidden in a monad. Still, we should be able to handle IO errors and user exceptions that arise in these computations.
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Section 3531, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 201, authorized the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, to appoint a general officer of the Army as the Chief of Staff to the President, which officer, unless entitled to the rank, pay, and allowances of a grade above lieutenant general under another provision of law, is entitled to the rank, pay, and allowances of a general, and is in addition to the numbers otherwise authorized for that grade.
Section 3532, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 201, provided that a colonel on the active list of the Regular Army who is detailed as special assistant to the Comptroller of the Department of Defense, has the grade of brigadier general while so serving, unless he is entitled to a higher grade.
Repeal effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
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Seriously, this is no echo-chamber of ditto-heads. I've really benefited from your participation, comments, questions and patience.
Whenever I do one of these updates (the last one was at 30 months), I provide quantitative and qualitative information on the blog.
In a comparison [PDF] of March 2010 to March 2011 to the year-earlier period, a few things stand out. First, the number of visits and page views are down (!) by 15--18%. These numbers do not reflect RSS readers, but that count has been over 1,100 for quite some time. 94,000 visits and 145,000 page views (250 and 400 per day, respectively) is certainly not bad, but who wants less? (Interestingly, the number of views to the home page are down by 25%, which implies that more people are reading posts in the archive.)
On the upside, visits from the Netherlands are up by 295%! (Oh wait, that's me.)
On a slightly geeky note, the share of visitors using Chrome is up from 5 to 13 percent.
Turning to Technorati, aguanomics has an "authority" of 482, putting it at 3,135th place in the world (Stats for "green" are 510 authority and 110th place, respectively). Given that last place is 105,767th, that's not bad :)
The blog is a lot of work, and it's rewarding. I've used it to think about and find new ideas for research. Most of the material in my book (update on THAT project coming soon) first appeared here. I've gotten some consulting, many talks, and endless questions from people who know more about the blog than any other aspect of my work.
At the moment, the blog has "nothing" to do with my day job, but I often post things here that I discover while doing my research. It's also nice as a means of "just do it" analysis and publication. I've ranted about useless academics and publications many times in the past, and this blog has kept me from exclusively occupying that category.
I plan to continue blogging. My inbox and notes are full of new topics and thoughts, so there's no immediate risk of a posting drought (joke!). On the other hand, I continue to monitor Plan B (quit everything, bake bread, travel). It's nice to have an alternative to desperation, but the increase in my influence, effectiveness and interest appears to be outpacing my ennui and disillusion with the same crap in newspapers or political pronouncements. Life is process, and this one ain't half-bad.
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Finding ways to pay for Newburg street improvements is a tough job, according to Newburg aldermen, but Phelps County Commissioners Tuesday night offered city officials suggestions for raising revenue, but some of them involved the three-letter-T-word: tax.
The crowd at the April 30 county commission meeting held at Newburg City Hall was the biggest so far of the meetings held on Tuesday evenings for County Government Month, according to attendees. More than 35 people attended.
During the meeting, several Newburg area residents asked the commission for help, including Newburg Alderwoman Alyson Garvey, who asked for assistance with what she called "disintegrating" streets that "we can't even repair."
During Newburg Mayor James Poucher's presentation of the commission meeting, he noted that being a small town, "we are constrained by what we get" in terms of revenue streams. "We need to find money to take care of our roads that are degrading."
District Two Commissioner Gary Hicks said Newburg should support the one-cent sales tax being discussed in the state Legislature that could help boost funding for transportation in Missouri.
Lawmakers would need to pass legislation allowing voters to decide on the temporary tax measure by approving a proposed state constitutional amendment.
The proposal being discussed calls for 10 percent of the revenue raised by the statewide sales tax to be distributed to cities and counties on a 50/50 basis. Also over the 10-year-period that the sales tax would be in effect, an additional $396 million would be distributed to cities based on city population.
It is estimated that a total of $790 million would be distributed to cities and counties in Missouri and the money is specifically earmarked for transportation infrastructure.
"It'll be more than you (Newburg) have now," Hicks said, adding that Garvey and the other aldermen should encourage their residents to vote in favor of the issue, if or when it comes to that point.
Hicks also told aldermen to be on the lookout for "the promise of business to come in." Hicks said when he served on the Rolla City Council, "we were always fighting for investors."
District One Commissioner Larry Stratman provided two other recommendations that Newburg city officials should consider: a local use tax and the Marketplace Fairness Act, which is co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, of Missouri.
Under current law, residents of states with sales and use tax must pay tax on their online purchases, but retailers, including catalog and online sellers, only need to collect sales and use tax for states where they have a physical presence.
The Marketplace Fairness Act would compel online and catalog retailers, often referred to as "remote sellers," no matter where they are located, to collect sales tax at the time of a transaction like local retailers are already required to do. If the act passes in Congress, states would be given the authority to do so after they have simplified their sales tax laws.
Stratman said local "mom and pop" shops are at a disadvantage compared to Internet sellers under current law.
The use tax is imposed on purchases made by Missouri residents from out-of-state vendors.
The state currently imposes a use tax of 4.225 percent. While counties and cities can also impose their own local use taxes, a vote of the people in those counties or municipalities is required.
Neither Phelps County nor any incorporated city in the county imposes a local use tax. Neighboring Maries County does, however, and local use tax there is distributed back to Maries County.
County Clerk Carol Bennett said the use tax is being collected in Phelps County, but it goes to the state. "We're just not getting our share," she said.
"Not every tax is a bad tax," Stratman said.
"If you have a tax, make it fair," said Presiding Commissioner Randy Verkamp.
For a solution to fix streets in Newburg that does not involve taxes, Verkamp said the county could offer assistance when the City of Newburg seeks bids for asphalt. Using community service was another option, Verkamp said.


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Five memories of Wes Welker's Patriots tenure
Wes Welker's departure from the Patriots will open up an enormous hole in the offense around quarterback Tom Brady. His exit as a free agent robs Brady of his favorite weapon, as evidenced by Welker's NFL-high 672 receptions since he had joined the Patriots in 2007.
"When you think of dependability, you think of Wes,'' Tom Brady said in January. The Patriots now must find that dependability elsewhere.
Take a look back at five reasons that illustrate how important Welker was in his six seasons in New England:
Rewrote team record book: Welker surpassed Troy Brown as the Patriots' all-time receptions leader in 2012. But while it took Brown 15 seasons to reach 557 catches, it took Welker just more than five to pass him. Welker owns the five best single-season reception totals in Patriots history, and only once in his New England career did he catch fewer than 111 passes in a season.
Welker's prowess was exemplified in a game at Buffalo in 2011 when he caught 16 passes (which tied a team record) for 217 yards (which set a team mark) and scored two touchdowns (including a game-tying catch in the fourth quarter) during a gut-wrenching 34-31 loss.
Made a dent in NFL record books: Welker performed at a pace nearly unprecedented in NFL history in New England. His tenacity and consistency helped him record an average of 112 catches and 1,243 yards per season. Among his achievements:
• First player to record at least 100 receptions in five seasons.
• Shares the NFL record for most games with 10 or more receptions with 18, reached in a December 2012 game at Miami.
• Set record for most 10-catch, 100-yard receiving games in NFL history with 16. (Now trails Houston's Andre Johnson, 17.)
• Only second player to record two seasons of at least 120 catches (Cris Carter).
Standout performance in 2009: Welker's 123 catches in 2009 were the second-most in a season in NFL history. He flourished with a stat sheet that included seven games with at least 10 catches and he crossed the 100-yard receiving mark six times. Welker's impressive totals came despite missing Weeks 2 and 3 and most of Week 17 with injuries, including a torn ACL in the finale that would knock him out of the playoffs.
The highlight may have come in Week 7 against the Titans, when he caught 10 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns in a 59-0 shutout at snowy Gillette Stadium.
The 99-yard touchdown catch: Since he lacks a Super Bowl win with the Patriots, Welker doesn't have a seminal image or play that defines his New England tenure (as do Adam Vinatieri, Rodney Harrison, Tedy Bruschi). But Welker's 99-yard touchdown catch against the Dolphins in the 2011 "Monday Night Football'' opener was a memorable moment.
With the Patriots backed up to the goal line in the fourth quarter, Tom Brady threw from his own end zone to find Welker in stride for a touchdown that gave the Patriots an insurmountable 38-17 lead. The play equaled the NFL record for longest play from scrimmage. Welker finished with eight catches for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the 38-24 victory.
Mr. Dependable: It may be fitting that Welker doesn't have one play that defines his Patriots tenure. Instead, the image of his time in New England may simply be of him coming through with a reception when needed — something he did in all of the 102 games he played for the Patriots (playoffs included).
Welker obliterated the previous Patriots record for most consecutive games with a catch (Ben Coates, 63). He recorded at least six catches in a game 78 times, which amounts to a whopping 76 percent of his Patriots tenure. And when Brady needed his go-to guy, Welker far more often than not was poised to come through.
As Brady said, when he thinks of dependability, he thinks of Welker.
"Not only him being out there, but him running the right route, reading the right coverage, breaking at the right time, making a catch, making the defender miss, getting the first down, knowing the situation,'' Brady said. "I mean, that's just what separates him as a player is his ability to process all these different things.''


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The Board of Education meets throughout the year to review the strategic direction of the Delaware Area Career Center and continuously look for areas of improvement. Information about current Board Members and minutes of past meetings can be found on our Board of Education page. The Board is made of up representatives from:
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The China Timber and Wood Products Circulation Association (CTWPCA) is seeking to establish a body to help importers navigate new environmental regulations in the US and EU that restrict trade in illegally logged timber, reports the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO).
In a recent market report, ITTO said that Chinese importers fear failing to meet the new regulations that govern the sourcing of timber products.
The US's Lacey Act and the EU's FLEGT ruling put the burden of responsibility on importing companies, holding them to the environmental laws of producing countries.
Companies found to be sourcing illegally logged timber could be subject to fines or worse.
A company accused of using illicit rosewood from Madagascar, was the first company to be charged and investigated under the Lacey Act.
The legislation was amended in 2008 to include "anyone who imported, exported, transported, sold, received, acquired or purchased the wood products made from that illegal timber, who knew or should have known that the wood was illegal." The firm's case is pending.
According to ITTO, CTWPCA believes traders need "guidance and support" on the new international requirements.
The body would also set up a "responsible procurement system" for timber imports, seek to address corruption in the timber import and trade sector, and aim to help Chinese timber traders meet international standards.
China already has guidelines governing Chinese companies operating forest concessions overseas.
These compel companies to abide by local environmental laws and take measures to reduce pollution. However, some observers suggest that there is no indication that these mandatory rules are being enforced.
Source: Mongabay.com
Date: 02/09/2010
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Don't jump to conclusions – concrete isn't just for grey sidewalks and hot city streets! Stained or painted concrete is a great, economical way to upgrade flooring and provide a different feel to a room. An excellent choice for laundry rooms, kitchens, and bathrooms, concrete is sturdy and holds up well against water and heat. Want to try something different? Install concrete in the living areas. When stained correctly, this medium offers a smooth, sturdy finish that lends a modern vibe to the home.
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It may sound basic, but tile can really make a difference in the look of the home when done properly. Forget basic black or white! Try colored or marbled tile for style that will leave an impression. Playing with patterns and placement can also pay off big time. Add tile around a structural centerpiece to draw the eye, or upgrade a standard area (such as an outdoor shower) with colorful tile to make something ordinary extraordinary.
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Like tiling, vinyl has a bad rep for being outdated, overdone, and just plain boring. Why not do something interesting with the traditional flooring option? This economical material is inexpensive and fairly easy to work with, leaving plenty of room for imagination. Modern vinyl can be styled in a variety of ways and can even mimic more expensive materials, such as stone and wood. With the correct staining and placement, vinyl can look downright luxurious. Who would have thought?
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Play piercing, a recent addition to the lexicon of kink, offers insight, pleasure and erotic thrills. This is the first book to explain in detail the hows and whys of this fascinating practice, and offers detailed, responsible information on anatomy, safety and resources for play piercers. Like all Greenery Press books on potentially risky practices, it's been vetted by several kink-positive physicians to ensure that its information is responsible and up-to-date.
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Swimming Pool Blog
Ozone & UV pool and spa water treatment
by Sean Griffin, November 7, 2009
Ozone & UV Radiation
The goal of every pool owner is to have the cleanest water available free of all contaminants. With modern technology we can virtually turn your swimming pool water into potable drinking water. With technology used by water treatment plants and the bottled water industry we can save money on chemicals, have optimal pool water, help limit chemical use and reduce our carbon footprint.
ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT TREATMENT: Using UV wavelength radiation to destroy contaminants in water. UV light is also used to create ozone molecules for the same purpose. In pools and spas, the use of UV water treatment has many benefits.
UV irradiation can be used for multiple purposes in water treatment, but is primarily employed as a disinfection process that inactivates waterborne pathogens without chemicals. For other applications, UV is used for the removal of organic and inorganic chemicals, including chlorine, chloramines, ozone and Total Organic Carbon (TOC). When combined with oxidants such as ozone or hydrogen peroxide, or semiconductors such as titanium dioxide, UV can be used for the oxidation of refractory chemicals such as chlorinated solvents, taste and odor compounds, and other emerging contaminants.
UV water treatment offers many advantages over other forms of water treatment for microbiological contaminants. Most importantly, it does not introduce any chemicals to the water, it produces no bi-products, and it does not alter the taste, pH, or other properties of the water. Accordingly, in addition to producing safe drinking water, it is not harmful to your plumbing and septic system. Further, it is easy and cost-effective to install and maintain without any special training.
Advantages of UV Technology:
UV disinfection has been successfully applied worldwide for decades, and has numerous advantages over chemical disinfection methods:
UV disinfection has been successfully applied worldwide for decades, and has numerous advantages over chemical disinfection methods:
-Effective for all types of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia
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It might provoke a constitutional showdown, but Sheila Jackson Lee believes that desperate times call for desperate measures.
Faced with what she calls a "ridiculous procedural calamity" created by House Republicans, Jackson Lee told liberal radio host Ed Schultz that President Obama "absolutely" should unilaterally use executive powers to extend unemployment benefits to jobless Americans and the payroll tax holiday for all working Americans.
Long-term jobless benefits will expire and all Americans will pay higher payroll taxes on Jan. 1 if Congress doesn't resolve the impasse created when House Republicans refused to agree to a bipartisan deal negotiated by Senate Democrats and Republicans. House Republicans blame the Senate, saying senators should return to Washington to negotiate with them.
"It is extraordinary, don't get me wrong," she said, according to The Hill. "But I'm feeling the pain of the constituents I left [at] home.
"I consider this a crisis. I consider leaving Americans without unemployment insurance for January and February a crime. I consider not extending the payroll tax cut . . . a crime."
She blamed Tea Party extremists for causing House Speaker John Boehner to renounce a bipartisan solution he initially liked.
"I hope Speaker Boehner will put aside the special-interest shackles, the backsliding, backstepping of his caucus," she said, according to The Hill.


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Protecting Joomla: Part 2
Joomla Security
It is important, like all software, to update Joomla when a new version is released. These usually consist of important security fixes. CentOS 5 still uses PHP 4 but the security patches have been fixed for PHP 4 so you will also need to update your CentOS distribution.
Joomla file permissions should be 644.
Joomla folder permissions should be 755. The only exceptions are the cache directory and the temporary directories which must be writable.
Delete the installation directory completely as this represents a major security issue. Change the permissions of the configuration.php to 644 as well once you have completed the setup.
Change the administrator name to something else so it is more difficult to guess and create an excellent password as users will attempt to guess this on a regular basis. On the Joomla sites I run one of the most often visited pages is the administrator login…because people are trying to hack it. Create GOOD Passwords!!!! Passwords must include case differences, include symbols and numbers and be at least 8 characters long.
Created a Restricted Folder for Administrator
One of the most effective ways to protect Joomla is to create a restricted folder with Apache so that only administrators can get access to the folder.
CLICK HERE for a tutorial on how to create restricted access to the administrator login. This will be one the best decisions you make!
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Restrict Scripting Injection Attacks
Edit your /etc/php.ini file to turn off register globals.
register_globals = off
You can also force SQL inject attacks to bounce by adding this information to the php.ini file.
allow_url_fopen = OFF
disable_functions = show_source, system, shell_exec, passthru, exec, phpinfo, popen, proc_open
The first line disables URL-aware fopen wrappers that enable accessing URL object like files. The second one disables a lot of PHP functions:
* shows_source — an alias of highlight_file() which provides syntax highlighting for files;
* system — allows execution of external programs;
* shell_exec — allow execution of commands via a shell;
* exec — allow execution of commands;
* passthru — similar to the exec() function, allows execution of commands;
* phpinfo — outputs PHP information that could be used by potential intruders;
* popen — opens a pipe to a process being executed by a certain command;
* proc_open — similar to popen() but provides better control over command execution.
This may cause you some problems so you need to test, however, in initial testing it seemed to work OK.


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Courtesy of today's Seattle Times:(Link)
I opened the comics page and thought I was going mad . . . a hydrocodone joke? Really? No foolin'?
I'm not sure whether to be appalled or delighted.
Strangest damn thing I've ever seen on the comics page, including the collected works of Bil Keane.
07 March 2007
Graphic-arts ode to the drug seeker
Courtesy of today's Seattle Times:(Link)
Posted by shadowfax at 8:56 PM
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- Anonymous3/08/2007 7:16 AM
Funny enough, I suppose.
But I'm with you--odd to find in your funny paper.
Ha!The fact that it was in the comic section is funnier than the strip itself.ReplyDelete
I hope it is alright with you that I put this in my blog.
P.S. I can see that one getting pinned up on the bulletin boards! :)
I really do hope it is alright that I am using this - but it speaks to me and I want to write about it. PLUS it is just darn funny. Although I admit, i must be somewhat jaded because i immediately look at the guy as a drug seeker and yet if he just pulled his back (is not a drug seeker) then still ANYTHING that can alleviate one's pain is priceless.ReplyDelete
Hmmmm...how do you think the author of this meant this?
It's always OK to link to my blog or to republish stuff that I've put up (though blog-etiquette requires credit and a link).
I would presume this is just a personal experience the artist had and in his drug-befuddled haze thought was a) funny and b) appropriate for the comics pages.
Like you, I am cynical enough to leap immediately to the "drug-seeker" suspicion. Which I presume will cause me to be inundated by annoyed commenters who suffer from chronic or recurrent back pain. Oh well.
Look, this is clearly a case of the strip author having had that exact experience, right down to the LL Bean slippers.ReplyDelete
Thanks Shadowfax - I just finished a post on that as I have had that drug all year - so I am familiar with both sides and hope that came across in my post. :)ReplyDelete
Does anyone give refills on hydrocodone? I never have that I can recall.ReplyDelete
That's what I thought I had, but I just checked mine was the generic for Percocet (oxycodone) that was refilled.ReplyDelete
Schedule 2 drugs like Percocetcan't be refilled. They must be represcribed.ReplyDelete
Oops! My mistake. You are right Scalpel. I just "think" of it as refilled. My doctor is very careful about this (monitors everything)and requests that prescriptions be brought into the office (at certain times) and he documents. There have been times when I needed a refill in between visits and YES - I DID have to go to the office to pick the script up because as you said they aren't given as refills and they can't call it in or fax it either. In my mind tho, they were refills. My stent toleration mix consisted of percocet-generic) Pyridium and Detrol La or I could not have done the ureteral stent thing.ReplyDelete
Shadowdax - thanks again for being gracious about me using the comic strip that you are using for my post. I did give you and the Seattle Times credit and you are on my sidebar blogroll, but I don't yet know how to create the link to your post from my post kind of thing.ReplyDelete
I didn't realize that I had so much to say about drugs but I guess I did because have seen all sides of it. The drug seekers that came to the hospital for chronic conditions or not and then my own use of them this year because of a med condition and then an even deeper understanding from the perspective of having excruciating daily pain. Thank God the worst of mine was only for a week. I do not know how the people with the serious, chronic and totally debilitating pain do it. If you have your health, you do have everything and what you still want - at least you are healthy and strong enough to work for it and go get it.
- Anonymous3/09/2007 9:13 AM
Oh come on now, I think we can all appreciate where the artist is coming from. I mean, who doesn't appreciate a good hydrocodone or two? ;-)ReplyDelete
- Annoyed Commentator with Chronic Back Pain3/09/2007 2:35 PM
The comic clearly shows the guy injuring his back, and you think "drug-seeker" right away? Must be the high rate of narcotics abuse among cartoon charactersReplyDelete
I am sorry. I saw what I saw and later saw it differently. 20 yrs working in ED registration jaded me a little - which surprised me, actually. If you read my recent post, you will see that I appreciate all sides of it.ReplyDelete
Either way it was a great comic strip! :)
Thanks for this great work is very useful for all readers, I thank you for allowing me to read this great blogReplyDelete
This is very educational content and written well for a change. It's nice to see that some people still understand how to write a quality post.!ReplyDelete
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Oct. 29, 2001
Santa Barbara, Calif. -
The Schedule
Match No. 15
Friday, November 2, 2001 at 8:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Cal State Northridge Matadors
at UCSB's Harder Stadium
Match No. 16
Sunday, November 4, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. UC Riverside Highlanders
at UCSB's Harder Stadium
Matador Muscle
UCSB will return home to host Cal State Northridge on Friday night in its final home weekend. The Matadors are currently 8-3-2, 3-1-1 in the Big West. Cal State Northridge handed the Gauchos their first conference loss on October 21st in a 3-2 overtime match at North Campus Stadium. The Matadors suffered their first conference defeat in a 3-0 loss at Cal State Fullerton and played to a scoreless double overtime tie with the Big West leading UC Irvine. Freshman Arshak Abyanli leads the Matadors and the Big West with seven goals and three assists (17 points) in 11 matches played. Of his seven goals, two have been game-winners. Fellow freshman Yossi Raz also has a conference leading seven goals. Goalkeeper Joe Barton has allowed 20 goals in 13 matches to average 1.48 per match while tallying a 4.77 save percentage.
The Riverside Wrap-up
In its first season in the Big West, UC Riverside is struggling to find its place. The Highlanders are 0-12-1, 0-5 in conference action. Their lone tie came on September 9th at Sacramento State, 1-1. Last weekend, the Gauchos defeated the Highlanders 4-0 in Riverside. UC Riverside has scored just six goals in 13 matches, while allowing their opponents 33 goals. Goalkeeper Brett Brently has been the highlight for UC Riverside this season. Brently's 6.91 saves per game leads the Big West, while, as a team UC Riverside leads the conference with 7.69.
Gauchos Return To Winning Ways 4-0 Over UC Riverside
After suffering its first Big West loss at the hands of Cal State Northridge, UCSB rebounded with a dominating 4-0 victory at UC Riverside. With starting goalkeeper Dan Kennedy and starting midfielder Steven Sosa sidelined due to red cards served in the previous match, the Gauchos were looking to keep UC Riverside winless this season. With a Gene Deering goal from Drew McAthy in the 22nd minute, UCSB took the lead and never looked back. The Gauchos outshot the Highlanders 26-4 in the contest. Defender Neil Jones scored his third goal of the season on a penalty kick and assisted on a Nate Boyden goal, while McAthy added a score of his own, his fourth of the year. Goalkeeper Erik Stolhandske posted a shutout in his first match of the season while notching two saves.
Fight of the Forwards
Gaucho forwards Drew McAthy and Rob Friend have established themselves as team standouts and conference leaders in their first seasons with UCSB. With his game-winning assist on Gene Deering's goal against UC Riverside, McAthy took the Big West lead in assists this weekend with five in 13 matches. The Huntington Beach native passed Friend and fellow Gaucho Jaime Ambriz along with Cal State Northridge's Edwin Miranda who each had four assists this season. Friend is tied for the conference lead in shots along with UC Irvine's Scott Spencer at 54. The Kelowna, British Columbia native is also tied for the Big West lead in game-winning goals with Cal State Fullerton's Hector Orellana at three apiece. Friend has the current lead in points between the two forwards with 17 on six goals and five assists. However, McAthy has been hot in recent weeks, scoring three goals and tallying three assists since the Big West opener on October 12th. McAthy has a total of 13 points on four goals and five assists.


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Kyle Osborne was preparing for his senior year of high school when leg and back pain began to bother him.
His father took him to a doctor and an MRI quickly changed Kyle's life.
The MRI revealed that Kyle had several tumors growing on his brain and spine. Kyle was admitted to a hospital and soon learned he had Stage 1 Myxopapillary Ependymoma Metatasis, an extremely rare form of cancer.
Kyle is the third person in the U.S. to be diagnosed with the form of cancer, and has more tumors than the other patients.
Kyle underwent surgery in April 2016 to have the tumors removed. He had to endure rehab to learn how to walk again, but after a month in the hospital, he was sent home.
But the tumors returned within five months and Kyle was diagnosed as terminal.
Though he continues to fight and defy the odds, Kyle has drafted his bucket list. At the top, fittingly, sits the king. King James, that is.
Kyle's No. 1 dream is to meet LeBron James. Though Kyle was diagnosed when he was 18, he became ineligible for Make-A-Wish when he turned 19.
Laura Onorato, a health care provider who worked with Kyle's former stepmother, heard about Kyle's story and decided to take action.
She took a photo of Kyle and posted it to Twitter, saying, "This is Kyle. He is 19 w/terminal cancer. His wish is to meet @KingJames before he dies. Please help us reach him by retweeting #KylesWish."
This is Kyle. He is 19 w/terminal cancer. His wish is to meet @KingJames before he dies. Please help us reach him by retweeting #KylesWish pic.twitter.com/8JY94b21Fe— Laura (@MiaowABQ) April 21, 2017
This is Kyle, he is 19 & has a rare & aggressive cancer. His wish is to meet LeBron James. @cavs @cavs @nbacares @LJFamFoundation #KylesWish pic.twitter.com/2vbPj0zN0A— Laura (@MiaowABQ) May 3, 2017
Since the tweet was posted April 21, it's been retweeted more than 4,000 times. A GoFundMe page for Kyle has raised just over $5,000.
Now, the movement to unite Kyle with LeBron James has taken flight on Twitter. Supporters are using the hashtag #KylesWish and are tweeting at James, his foundation and the Cleveland Cavaliers in attempt to set up a meeting.
"It just struck me as something that seemed really unfortunate," Onorato said. "Every kid deserves a wish, so I got on Twitter, said a prayer and sent this message out to the world!"


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