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COMMENTARY – If you thought Scott Brown was in your past once that pickup truck put Massachusetts in the rear-view mirror, you were wrong. Thanks to the Supreme Court's unfathomable ruling that untold millions of dollars from special interest groups can be channeled to local elections in the name of free speech, Brown is back. He hasn't even announced for a Senate seat in New Hampshire but Boston TV channels – widely watched up north – are going full tilt with pro-Brown advertising.
The ads from Americans for Prosperity – don't you love the name? – and other conservative outfits would have you believe the sitting senator, Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, single-handedly ruined health care in New Hampshire by voting for the Affordable Care Act. Brown, like other Republican candidates, is thumping the anti-Obamacare theme as his ticket back to Washington.
That Brown chose to sell his Massachusetts home and move to the Granite State, where he owned a second home, is no real surprise. He was bitten by Washington stardom in his two years as a senator from Massachusetts and he's not about to let another opportunity pass while his cover boy looks are still fresh. Brown is like Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, Senate newcomers whose exposure to the klieg lights has made them believe anything is possible.
Carpetbagger is no longer a dirty word in politics. No one much cared that Hillary Rodham Clinton had no attachment to New York before running for Senate there. And while New Hampshire is a small state, it is not fettered by old-school traditions once attached to it.
The state is now decidedly purple. The only uniformity in its congressional delegation is gender: all are women. So is the governor. The state's top elected officials worked their way up through the ranks; all have years of experience in local politics. That, more than his Massachusetts background, could be the stumbling block for Brown, who was a back-bencher in the state legislature before deciding to run for the seat held for decades by Ted Kennedy.
I liked Brown back then. He was a fresh face, a moderate Republican who pledged to work for bipartisan cooperation in the notoriously fractured Senate. But Brown disappointed. He hit Washington as the new big thing, a Republican senator from true blue Massachusetts. But Brown failed to capitalize on his opportunity. He did sit down with senators of both parties at times and he took credit for a law that stopped members of Congress from benefiting personally from insider trading information. The insider trading law had several parents, however, not only Brown.
To be fair, few senators accomplish much in their first two years but Brown knew he faced another election in 24 months and had little time to waste if he was to make a mark on Massachusetts voters. Plus, he had promised major results as "the 41st senator," including repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
Brown's first Senate campaign was marked by good humor and a personal touch. Massachusetts had not had an open Senate seat in decades and Brown scored well in countless meetings with voters. A couple years later, Mr. Nice Guy had become notably testy. In a tight race with Elizabeth Warren, the pressure was intense and Brown did not take well to persistent questioning, especially about his views on the national Republican Party, its platform and presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
His switch to New Hampshire residency makes it clear Brown does not accept defeat easily. The stardust hasn't worn off and he thinks he can be a Rocky against Shaheen. But first he'll face candidates in a Republican primary, including a former U.S. senator, Bob Smith.
We'll see. One thing certain about New Hampshire voters is that they pay close attention to the candidates, their records and their positions. New Hampshire also takes pride in knocking people of their perch: Count the number of presidential wannabes whose dreams were smothered in campaign debt on the New Hampshire trail.
So take a seat and watch the fun. If he runs, Brown's face and ads on local television will make it seem he never left at all.
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Connecticut judge: State must turn over videos to Skakel
ROCKVILLE -- Connecticut officials have lost a bid to withhold videotapes from lawyers trying to overturn Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's murder conviction.
The three videotapes show a forensic psychiatrist's interview in 1993 with Kenneth Littleton, a former Skakel family tutor and one-time suspect in the 1976 killing of which Skakel was convicted in 2002. The psychiatrist suggested after the interview that Littleton was the "primary suspect" in the killing.
Judge Trial Referee Thomas Bishop on Monday rejected the state's request to withhold the videos from Skakel's lawyers in his latest appeal. Officials must turn over the recordings by Friday.
Skakel, a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, is serving 20 years to life in prison for the killing of Martha Moxley in Greenwich in 1976 when they were both 15 years old.


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If you want to know what the arguments are for those silly people who actually believe that a myth is real, then I'd suggest (and I really hate suggesting it because I don't want to give them internet traffic) doing a google search for AnswersinGenesis.org. I've heard it's a popular creationist site.
The reality is that it's only possible if someone ignores a lot of facts. The problem is that when presented with all of those facts, they typically just start to think that everyone is wrong except for the people they already think are right.
How about the earth orbits the sun, and not the other way around? Honestly, you have to do a lot of mental fact-elimination to reach a belief in Creationism. The more feeble the argument for Creationism, the more blind faith is needed. That's the "la la la I'm not listening" thing. So you have to realise that for that kind of discussion, there is little by way of logic or fact that will help.
In that kind of circumstance, it might be worth you working out for yourself, what success looks like. Are you hoping that the Creationist is going to say, "Oh wow! You're right"? If so, I truly admire your optimism.
Personally, I think that the whole belief in the idea that humans are special, is arrogant. In my view, we have not finished evolving. We could be the equivalent of a starfish now, compared to what we end up as.
Sadly, I think you are hoping that fact and logic will outweigh belief. It doesn't. Belief is a different language to fact and evidence.
Starfish may be relatively simple, but amazing none the less. Over 400 million year history, hundreds of species, can be regenerative (a severed limb can actually regrow into a whole animal), ability to digest food outside its body, live for decades, and they have a "distributed brain."
Umm....I would start with dinosaurs if I were u....If the Earth was created in 7 days...and if man was on the seventh...then where dafuq did Barney go???
The stupidest retort i have heard is that God put the bones there to test our faith....pls tell me a smart counter if you hear it!!
I find it amazing that god revealed himself to mankind and gave incorrect explanations. It is not so amazing that these explanations are consistent with the common beliefs of the day.
There are people with degrees in biology who barely covered the topic of Evolution while at university. Some missed it when they sneezed. Then I suppose the scientific parts of the bible are enough for some. Why study other books when all you need to know is revealed by god himself in this one!!
Of course these "universities" are Christian Science places of further "education". They can study modern political theory based on the biblical experience. The geology students are always amazed at how clever god was to bury the fossils in the correct order to test their faith. Some of the history lessons go back eons to the beginning of time just over 6,000 years ago. A theology student can write a full one page thesis on proving the resurrection because the rock was not there on the third day for his degree.
Best is the fact that they can live on campus for only a few thousand dollars per year and learn all about life in the real world from meeting so many new faces that have exactly the same beliefs as they do. The only people who think there is a debate between creationists and evolutionists (i.e. educated people) are creationists. Everyone else including god (I know) calls it as it is. You don't need a degree to come up with a good word to describe it. I think however Dawkins sums it up neatly here.
I suppose taking a hammer and giving your cranium a few good whacks would certainly help in making creationism make sense.
Tell them Pat Robertson said it wasn't true!?!?!
He seems like he's losing it, but maybe he is just getting moments of clarity in his old age.
It's RELIGION. It doesn't have to make sense.
As I was starting up Windows Media Player a few minutes ago and my first song up was REM's "Losing My Religion" I was thinking that it is the ones least likely to listen that most need to lose their religion.
So, with that in mind, the ones that will be the biggest problem will be the ones who won't listen so don't tell them anything. Ask them.
Ask them why, if creationism is correct, even YEC (Young Earth Creationists) like Kent Hovind are now saying natural selection is correct but lying and saying that natural selection – the central aspect of Darwin's evolution – supposedly has nothing to do with evolution.
Ask them why creationists ridicule abiogenesis as "life from rocks" when the bible story is man from clay – finely ground rocks. Aren't they indirectly ridiculing the bible?
There are more – especially more complex – things you could ask but they won't understand the more complex and won't remember all of them if you give them too many. Part of the idea behind my suggestion is to get them doubting but able to remember a few to read up on their own.
If they try to bring up irreducible complexity, ask them if they can go out to their car and take any part out of the engine and still have it work. The answer is no, of course. "So that must mean there were no simpler cars – the one you are driving is the exact same as the first car ever made." When they realize what you just said is bull-oney, they will hopefully be bright enough to realize the same could be true of the irreducible complexity claims against evolution.
It all comes down to faith. And what better way to prove one's faith than to believe on faith some patently nonsensical horseshit?
Niall, I don't know where to start with you - I realize you're new here, and I truly don't want to embarrass you, but your introductory paragraphs are all over the place.
You begin by discussing what I assume is the beginning of the universe, You move from that, to a brief mention of evolution, then jump to the Noah story, then from that, back to evolution again. I want to be fair to you, so let me take the Noah story first:
According to the Bible, Noah allegedly lived around 2500-2600 BCE.
In 2900 BCE, an actual flood occurred in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), when the Euphrates River overflowed its banks to a depth of 22.5 feet (15 cubits). The king, who was an actual, documented, historical character, named Zuisudra, survived the flood by boarding a trading barge, loaded with cattle, sheep, cotton and beer, and floated down to the Persian Gulf. A hundred or so years later, the first known adventure novel was written, known as The Epic of Gilgamesh, a long epic poem describing the adventures of a fictional character, Gilgamesh, as he searches for eternal life. During the course of the story, he travels to the ends of the earth (in those days, Earth had an end) to meet the fictional king, Utinapistum (a fictional representation of actual King Zuisudra), who told Gilgamesh of the horrible flood that occurred that he and his wife escaped in a boat. The part regarding fictional King Utinapistum ends with the king making a sacrifice to the gods of a burnt offering, and I quote, "the gods smelled the sweet savor."
Bear in mind, that the actual 2900 BCE Mesopotamian flood, in that flat, level land, covered what we today would think of as three counties, to a depth of 22.5 feet.
Then we come to the Biblical Noah's flood, 300 years later, that covered the entire world, above the highest mountains. How much higher? 15 cubits higher, exactly the same depth as the real, actual, 2900 BCE Mesopotamian flood. Does that suggest where Noah's flood story might have come from? But wait, there's more!
After Noah disemb-ark-ed, he made a burnt sacrifice, and guess what god smelled? "The sweet savor," word for word, from The Epic of Gilgamesh! Even the doves at the end, came from Gilgamesh!
I've done the calculations, and there isn't nearly enough water in, on, under, or above the earth to cover even Mt, Ararat, much less Mount Everest.
The Noah story is a total fabrication, based on the older, Mesopotamian story.


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Two out of the 5 are retired. Who paid for these Christmas cracker vestments?
- April 22, 2010 at 6:43 AM
the one on the left, I like.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Visit your local Episcopal Church. Come for the Christ-less liturgy, and stay for the parade.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Who's the diva in the middle?!
- April 22, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Steve Martin said...
More concerned about what they wear than what they confess? (maybe)
- April 22, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Monika said...
re-cut Katharine's, Barbara's, Gayle's, and Chilton's vestments - they'd be perfect mother-of-the-bride dresses. And Cathy could be the chaplain for the plastic ball pit at Ikea.
- April 22, 2010 at 10:47 AM
OK, I'm happy to concede that most of these are pretty ghastly. (Maybe the late 60s made a big impression on them. They are the right age, after all.) But can't we laugh at the bad taste without slandering the Episcopal Church? The liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer is certainly Christ-centered -- it's hardly different in structure and (n many cases) words from the Roman Catholic liturgy -- and at least here in Minnesota I have yet to meet a priest who isn't an orthodox Christian. Maybe too liberal for some of you, but that's not the same thing as not being confessionally Christian!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- + Edwin said...
Are they signed up for the Panto season? Something about Cinderella's sisters comes to mind.
- April 23, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Anonynmous - wait until you sit in the pew and listen to Christ being called a myth. Then you will get it - and it's already been happening. And it's too late already.
Let me ask you this - what is the purpose of vestments and how do these fill that purpose.
These vestments add nothing to directing the attention to Christ, but on themselves. Not one of these vestments has a representation of Christ on it. Not even - Schori's on the left. If the heart were in the right place, these vestments wouldn't have been created.
- April 23, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Minnesota - Don't profile me. I am a political progressive generally and yet have no respect for those who consider themselves leaders in the Episcopal Church who indulge in self-glorification. That is all this is. I cannot imagine someone engaged in a committed, deeply profound prayer life noticing that there is a disconnect between walking the walk as a Christian and parading around in these garments. Therefore, I truly question these bishops' centering themselves on Christ. And I know from personal experience two of them think they are better than those around them because they are bishops.
Too bad! 20,000 people leaving the Episcopal Church. With those kinds of numbers, they can't all be conservatives.
- April 24, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- Richmonde said...
Couldn't somebody design these guys a uniform? Something like a scholastic gown from a new university? Creativity is not always good! (This blog should be linked to What Not to Crochet.)
- April 24, 2010 at 3:50 PM
- Al said...
Episcopal Test Pattern
- April 25, 2010 at 2:50 AM
This could be a very effective ad against women's orders...
- April 25, 2010 at 9:46 AM
To Minn Anonymous-
I know what you mean- I enjoy some of the silly pictures, but don't dig the slamming of our Christian brothers & sisters. I typically don't read comments (although I was curious about why this one had 13 comments, so in this instance I did.) My advice is not to take internet folks too seriously- people in online forums have the opportunity to say nasty things without the fear of having to look into the face of the injured or offended person and deal with the aftermath. Also- keep in mind that if any of these people were in any way concerned about you, your church, or your relationship with God then they would be acting with love rather than mean-spirited jokes and thinly veiled jibes. Ignore them all, enjoy an innocent laugh at some truly poor fashion choices, and serve God in your congregation.
Anonymous Lutheran
- April 25, 2010 at 5:15 PM
anyone know where the photo was taken? I would like to see more of the space.
- April 26, 2010 at 10:52 PM
Just a Presbyterian here, I think the strangest part of the outfits are the miters. They look like something from Dr. Who. At least the pope doesn't wear that bee hive thing any more that they all used to wear.
- April 27, 2010 at 9:45 PM
- Fr. Yousuf said...
Strangely enough, KJS' vestments are the least objectionable there.
to Bob M-
The beehive thing, otherwise known as a tiara, was worn to and from Mass and Liturgical functions, but not during them. (Except once when John XXIII served a Byzantine Liturgy in Byzantine Vestments but with the western Pallium and Papal Mitre replacing the Byzantine Omophorion and Mitre).
To Minn Anon & the Anon Lutheran -
There are many Anglicans, even some still in TEC who understand perfectly well the comment about "Christ -less liturgy". Minn Anonymous does not even take it for granted, that presbyters of TEC are confessionally Christian, just that they seem to be in their neck of the woods. In Los Angeles there was the mixed Hindu- Episcopal Eucharist, no it wasn't "Christless", in that Christ got mention: the Hindus accepted, magnanimously, Jesus as one their pantheon, and the head of Los Angeles' TEC diocese Bruno apologized for preaching Christ to Hindus, (strikes 1 - 3, your out! for Ms. Glasspool was that she is willing to be in Bruno's diocese).
It is most certainly true that Christ commands that we be compassionate, and that call has no exceptions, even to KJS and Bruno. How ever, Bruno, as shown above, is a formal apostate. I am not obligated to view them as fellow Christians.
Fr Yousuf
- April 28, 2010 at 1:36 AM
Bruno also built himself a nice home on diocesan money - pool, tennis court - and had the upper floor of the guest house converted into a private chapel. All this for the sake of entertaining and 'for the next bishop' - one of the lamest excuses used by clergy more concerned with the comforts of this world. If you're part of the 'in crowd' he'll give you an Anglican rosary with real amethyst. Paid for, one assumes, with his diocesan budget. I regret that this must be posted anonymously - but it is the truth.
- April 28, 2010 at 11:12 AM
I'm kinda happy to have sparked such a lively exchange. Some random responses: First, I don't assume anything about the Episcopal clergy; I spoke about Minnesota because it is what I know. Unlike some, I prefer not to generalize from ignorance. Second, what's with the idea of having images of Christ on copes as proof of Christianity? Honestly, I have been to a LOT of services in which copes were worn (Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Orthodox, as well as Episcopal) and have never seen an image of Christ. Third, these are bishops, for heaven's sake. By definition, they tend to call attention to themselves, because that is the nature of hierarchy. If you have a problem with that, your problem isn't with these copes; it's with episcopacy.
- April 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM
MN - the bar seems pretty low if all you can expect from those in the episcopacy is to play 'look at me'. Maybe the problem isn't with the episcopacy, but with certain personalities who happened to have been elected bishops. There is nothing noble in how one gets to be a bishop. A bishop wins an election.
The proof is in how one lives into those circumstances. There are bishops who do their jobs - and do them well - without grandstanding. You are indeed making assumptions and trivializing the good work or many bishops. Dressing up like the women in this picture also trivializes the work of their brother and sister bishops.
- April 30, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Therese Z said...
Something that MN may be missing is that these vestments are all different colors. If they all matched the liturgical color of the day, like all white in Easter or all green in Ordinary time, they wouldn't give such a bad impression.
The vestment doesn't decorate the priest, it subsumes him (or her in this case) into the mystery of the sacrament. It can be beautiful, but only as making beauty surround the great gift God gave us.
This looks to my RC eyes as five people who chose what they thought of as their niftiest copes, not five bishops gathering in worship with the whole church. And that's why we can enjoy throwing comment darts.
- May 1, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- May 6, 2010 at 9:17 PM
Oh good- we've lowered ourselves to derogatory language. I was hoping the Christians would show their true colors- looks like they did.
- May 8, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- Xopher Xadin said...
Sargent Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band rejects.
- May 14, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- charles said...
Looks like a scene from star wars, perhaps the imperial, inter-planetary congress?
- May 27, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Because we women don't want to be seen wearing the same dress!!!
- June 2, 2010 at 11:31 AM
WOW Im truely amazed...5 Episcopalians and KJS is the one NOT wearing the tacky shit.
- June 8, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- BillyD said...
The PB and Bishop Harris look fine (except for the PB's mitre).
- June 21, 2010 at 9:05 AM
As to the question of where this was taken, it is Trinity Church in Boston.
- June 30, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Tom said...
I was unaware that orange was a liturgical color
- July 7, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Direct from the hit musical 'Chicago'
"If you're good to Momma, Momma's good to you..."
- January 10, 2011 at 8:56 PM
The Presiding Bishop looks fine, her vestments are traditional and not distracting. The rest, a bit tacky.
- August 3, 2011 at 1:39 PM


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EMC VMAX 10K, looks like high-end storage systems are still alive (part III)January 14, 2013 – 9:29 am
This is the third in a multi-part series of posts (read first post here and second post here) looking at what else EMC announced today in addition to an enhanced VMAX 10K and dispelling the myth that large storage arrays are dead (or at least for now).
In addition to the VMAX 10K specific updates, EMC also announced the release of a new version of their Enginuity storage software (firmware, storage operating system). Enginuity is supported across all VMAX platforms and features the following:
- Replication enhancements include TimeFinder clone refresh, restore and four site SRDF for the VMAX 10K, along with think or thin support. This capability enables functionality across VMAX 10K, 40K or 20K using synchronous or asynchronous and extends earlier 3 site to 4 site and mix modes. Note that larger VMAX systems had the extended replication feature support with VMAX 10K now on par with those. Note that the VMAX can be enhanced with VPLEX in front of storage systems (local or wide area, in region HA and out of region DR) and RecoverPoint behind the systems supporting bi-synchronous (two-way), synchronous and asynchronous data protection (CDP, replication, snapshots).
- Unisphere for VMAX 1.5 manages DMX along with VMware VAAI UNMAP and space reclamation, block zero and hardware clone enhancements, IPV6, Microsoft Server 2012 support and VFCache 1.5.
- Support for mix of 2.5 inch and 3.5 inch DAEs (disk array enclosures) along with new SAS drive support (high-performance and high-capacity, and various flash-based SSD or EFD).
- The addition of a fourth dynamic tier within FAST for supporting third-party virtualized storage, along with compression of in-active, cold or stale data (manual or automatic) with 2 to 1 data footprint reduction (DFR) ratio. Note that EMC was one of early vendors to put compression into its storage systems on a block LUN basis in the CLARiiON (now VNX) along with NetApp and IBM (via their Storwize acquisition). The new fourth tier also means that third-party storage does not have to be the lowest tier in terms of performance or functionality.
- Federated Tiered Storage (FTS) is now available on all EMC block storage systems including those with third-party storage attached in virtualization mode (e.g. VMAX). In addition to supporting tiering across its own products, and those of other vendors that have been virtualized when attached to a VMAX, ANSI T10 Data Integrity Field (DIF) is also supported. Read more about T10 DIF here, and here.
- Front-end performance enhancements with host I/O limits (Quality of Service or QoS) for multi tenant and cloud environments to balance or prioritize IO across ports and users. This feature can balance based on thresholds for IOPS, bandwidth or both from the VMAX. Note that this feature is independent of any operating system based tool, utility, pathing driver or feature such as VMware DRS and Storage I/O control. Storage groups are created and mapped to specific host ports on the VMAX with the QoS performance thresholds applied to meet specific service level requirements or objectives.
For discussion (or entertainment) purpose, how about the question of if Enginuity qualifies or can be considered as a storage hypervisors (or storage virtualization or virtual storage)? After all, the VMAX is now capable of having third-party storage from other vendors attached to it, something that HDS has done for many years now. For those who feel a storage hypervisor, virtual storage or storage virtualization requires software running on Intel or other commodity based processors, guess what the VMAX uses for CPU processors (granted, you can't simply download Enginuity software and run on a Dell, HP, IBM, Oracle or SuperMicro server).
I am guessing some of EMC competitors and their surrogates or others who like to play the storage hypervisor card game will be quick to tell you it is not based on various reasons or product comparisons, however you be the judge.
Back to the question of if, traditional high-end storage arrays are dead or dying (from part one in this series).
IMHO as mentioned not yet.
Granted like other technologies that have been declared dead or dying yet still in use (technology zombies), they continue to be enhanced, finding new customers, or existing customers using them in new ways, their roles are evolving, this still alive.
For some environments as has been the case over the past decade or so, there will be a continued migration from large legacy enterprise class storage systems to midrange or modular storage arrays with a mix of SSD and HDD. Thus, watch out for having a death grip not letting go of the past, while being careful about flying blind into the future. Do not be scared, be ready, do your homework with clouds, virtualization and traditional physical resources.
Likewise, there will be the continued migration for some from traditional mid-range class storage arrays to all flash-based appliances. Yet others will continue to leverage all the above in different roles aligned to where their specific features best serve the applications and needs of an organization.
In the case of high-end storage systems such as EMC VMAX (aka formerly known as DMX and Symmetrix before that) based on its Enginuity software, the hardware platforms will continue to evolve as will the software functionality. This means that these systems will evolve to handling more workloads, as well as moving into new environments from service providers to mid-range organizations where the systems were before out of their reach.
Smaller environments have grown larger as have their needs for storage systems while higher end solutions have scaled down to meet needs in different markets. What this means is a convergence of where smaller environments have bigger data storage needs and can afford the capabilities of scaled down or Right-sized storage systems such as the VMAX 10K.
Thus while some of the high-end systems may fade away faster than others, for those that continue to evolve being able to move into different adjacent markets or usage scenarios, they will be around for some time, at least in some environments.
Avoid confusing what is new and cool falling under industry adoption vs. what is productive and practical for customer deployment. Systems like the VMAX 10K are not for all environments or applications; however, for those who are open to exploring alternative solutions and approaches, it could open new opportunities.
If there is a high-end storage system platform (e.g. Enginuity) that continues to evolve, re-invent itself in terms of moving into or finding new uses and markets the EMC VMAX would be at or near the top of such list. For the other vendors of high-end storage system that are also evolving, you can have an Atta boy or Atta girl as well to make you feel better, loved and not left out or off of such list. ;)
Ok, nuff said for now.
Disclosure: EMC is not a StorageIO client; however, they have been in the past directly and via acquisitions that they have done. I am however a customer of EMC via my Iomega IX4 NAS (I never did get the IX2 that I supposedly won at EMCworld ;) ) that I bought on Amazon.com and indirectly via VMware products that I have, oh, and they did sent me a copy of the new book Human Face of Big Data (read more here).
Ok, nuff said (for now).
Cheers gs
Greg Schulz – Author Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking (CRC Press, 2011), The Green and Virtual Data Center (CRC Press, 2009), and Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier, 2004)
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By Paul Feinberg
With the cutting of a ribbon, UCLA Anderson Professor William Ouchi and his wife Carol concluded an emotional January 14th ceremony, which included politician's speeches and cheerleader's back flips, and officially opened the newly-built school that bears their name.
The William and Carol Ouchi High School opened in 2006 in a temporary location, but now occupies a site that was once the headquarters of the WAVE newspaper group. The school, part of the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools charter group, shares the location with the Christine O'Donovan Middle Academy and is located in South Los Angeles, just minutes from the city's Baldwin Hills shopping district.
Ouchi, whose latest book is "The Secret of T.S.L.," has dedicated the last decade or so to educational reform. His findings, chronicled in his new book and his prior book "Making Schools Work," advocate for (among other things) greater autonomy for school principals and a reduction in the number of students that teachers oversee at any given time (T.S.L. stands for Total Student Load). The findings are also part of the core principles adopted by the Alliance charter schools and the school naming stands as testament to his dedication to improving public education and the extraordinary results his reforms produce when put into practice.
Ouchi High School, nicknamed the Lions, was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2009, the first year it was eligible for the state's highest academic honor. In 2010, the school graduates its first senior class anticipating 100% graduation with greater than 90% of the students moving on to four year colleges and universities.
The ribbon cutting was attended by Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks (whose district is home to Ouchi High), California State Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell, Los Angeles Unified School Board President Monica Garcia, and former mayor and UCLA Anderson faculty member Richard Riordan. The Ouchis were honored for their efforts to improve education and their commitment that every student be given the opportunity to learn and maximize their potential. UCLA Anderson School Dean Judy D. Olian was among the many dignitaries in attendance and paying tribute to the Ouchis.
Highlighting the morning were the passionate words of Ouchi High senior and class president Diana Gamez, who spoke eloquently of her past apathy towards education and her doubts about what she would find when she started at Ouchi High as a freshman. "Now I dream of attending UC Santa Barbara," Gamez - who earned a standing ovation - said. "Learning is enjoyable and inspiring." Commenting on the school rules she at first resisted, Gamez said, "I've come to rely on the rules. We have all become accustomed to 'the Ouchi way.'"
Once at the podium, Ouchi spoke of the value of opportunity. He shared the immigrant stories of both his grandmother and his father-in-law, stirring tales of how through hard work and opportunity anything is possible. Though the stories were rooted in the past, they carried a contemporary message and served as a reminder that no matter what ones background is or where one comes from, in America, if one works hard enough one can succeed.
"This is the best feeling," Ouchi said, "to see students full of excitement and energy in a place where 100 percent of them will graduate. They now have a world of opportunity and futures that are bright. I hope that some of them end up at UCLA and someday make it to our MBA program. Young people are crucial to a vital society."


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day 561:
looking forward to visiting this fair again. on my last visit i picked up this antique lace collar. i attached it to one of Limi's existing tops with another vintage collar (that a friend gave me) on top.
i also fell in love with a battered tophat....wonder if it's still there. it made me think of white rabbits and pocket watches.
also keen to try the bi-monthly Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Racecourse. looks like it could deliver some serious gems.


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A methamphetamine user. Tweekers are known for their extreme paranoia, flagrant dishonesty, and lack of non-tweeker friends. A tweeker will steal your stuff and then help you look for it.
If you let those god damned tweekers come to your party, don't expect to have your stereo in the morning.
by josh@rootpoot November 25, 2003
A methamphetamine user. The term was coined for the sleep deprivation crystal meth addicts usually undergo. Some users would stay up for two weeks at a time so came the phrase 'two weekers' which eventually became tweeker.
by jeff! August 10, 2005
by Village Idiot May 21, 2012
Any poor soul who has the bad ass luck of growing up in a small depressed desert town in CA or elsewhere who is emotionally addicted to CRYSTAL METH. They will kill and die for it, and can never be cured. They will want it every day for the rest of their lives. They start by doing lines, then smoke it, and eventually they graduate to "slamming" using needles. At this time, they never want to see anyone, unless they are tweeking. They are afraid of everything, except death. All of their friends are parolees, and they aint shit until they have been to prison at least once. They steal everything in sight, draw sexually explicit pictures, talk shit, disapear for days or even weeks, will physically assault the people they love, slash their own wrists and arms. They will lose up to 100 pounds in a few years. They will have spent all of their money and lost any job they might have once had. They are unemployable. They hate themselves. They will spent 5 to 40 hours straight beating off and sticking things up their asses. Some will steal panties from the apartment dryers and wear them. They will eventually accomplish self fellatio! Anything is possible with speed!!!
"Tell your tweeker friend to get the fuck out of my bathroom!"
"Palmdale is all about the tweekers. The Sherriffs do it too."
"I heard his mom tweeks with him every time her check comes."
"Dude, stop tweeking out on it for a while, They get the point, damn!"
"Palmdale is all about the tweekers. The Sherriffs do it too."
"I heard his mom tweeks with him every time her check comes."
"Dude, stop tweeking out on it for a while, They get the point, damn!"
by Alumni September 14, 2005
A person who spends countless hours performing repetitive tasks while high on amphetamines or methamphetamines. Usually they hide during the day, away from the public because of the schizophrenic state and horrible complexion caused by days of sleep deprivation and not eating.
Look at that tweeker, his face is covered with scabs because he picked at his skin for hours without even thinking about what he was doing.
by CT August 22, 2003
Someone addicted to meth. Usually they are untrustworthy, incureable, and totally not themselves. When one does meth, a profound change occurs. The person is no longer themself, and will now steal anything from anyone to get money for meth, and is often alone due to the extreme paranoia induced by the comedown of the meth. First tweekers start by doing lines, then by smoking meth, then freebasing it, then by straight up injecting it. Once they inject speed, they are officially hopeless tweekers. Generally, when such means are taken to get high, the tweeker is now homeless, and disowned by his/her family, really underweight due to lack of food and sleep, and has a poor facial complexion also due to lack of food and sleep. Often, when tweekers are in such state of despair, they will do anything- and I mean anything- to get their meth. Oftentimes they will suck dick (no matter if it's a dude or a chick) and even get raped up the ass for meth. Sometimes they will sell stolen merchandise for meth. Sometimes they will even mug their own family for meth. They can be that desparate.
"Man, don't let the tweekers into your house. You ain't gonna have anythin left when they leave."
"Up the ass, bitch, or you don't get yo' crank!"
"Up the ass, bitch, or you don't get yo' crank!"
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One Christmas
Random House, Oct 12, 1983 - Fiction - 41 pages
An autobiographical fragment about the author who, at age 6, spent a Christmas with his father.
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Bonus Web Video: Protecting Your Art From Thieves
Bonus footage from the Palm Springs HR 1 Field Segment on stolen art
Jim McCarty has been able to recover 10 of the 60 paintings stolen from him in 2000 by scouring art galleries, auctions, and the Internet, armed with a notebook of labeled photos cataloguing his lost treasures. In this ANTIQUES ROADSHOW bonus footage, host Mark Walberg and appraiser Alan Fausel take a closer look at two of the prized paintings McCarty has managed to recover. (2:51)
See the related article, "Protecting Your Art From Thieves"
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Mrs. Shelby Jones Bryson, age 73 of Ball Ground, passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Survivors include her daughters, Angela Bryson and Connie (Gregory) Mullinax, all of Ball Ground; siblings, Barbara (Arvid) Edwards and George M. (Mildred) Jones, all of Ball Ground, and Raymond (Louise) Jones, Jasper; great-uncle, Leon Clark, Ball Ground; and grandchildren, Matthew, Ethan and Allison Mullinax, all of Ball Ground.
Mrs. Bryson was cremated. Sosebee Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Georgia Payne
Mrs. Georgia Kate Taylor Payne, age 90 of Jasper, Ga., died Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at Northside Hospital-Cherokee in Canton, Ga. following a period of declining health.
She was born Nov. 27, 1919 in Greene County, Ga. to the late Georgia Belle Spinks Taylor and William Virgil Taylor. She grew up on their farm on South Cobb Drive in Cobb County. She graduated from Fitz Hugh Lee High School and her first job was with Farmer?s Home and Loan and Security in Cedartown where she met her husband, Robert Inman Payne. They moved to Pickens County in 1947. Later she received her teaching degree from North Georgia College. Kate taught in the Pickens County School System for 25 years. She loved teaching and was devoted to her students. After retirement she continued to be an advocate of lifelong learning.
Mrs. Payne was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jasper and the Fidelis Sunday School Class. She was an active member of Happy Ramblers, Retired Teachers, AARP and Friends of the Library. Kate was an avid reader and also loved to travel. She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, R.I. Payne; sister, Virginia Hull; and brother, Henry Taylor.
Survivors include her daughters and son-in-law, Sandra Payne, Decatur, Ga., and Ann and Douglas Sharp, Conyers, Ga.; granddaughter and her husband, Susan Sharp Gawron and Cliff Gawron, St. Simons, Ga.; and brother and sister-in-law, William and Jeanette Taylor, Powder Springs, Ga. Nieces and cousins also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 26 from Roper Funeral Home Chapel in Jasper with Dr. Charlie Boggan and the Rev. Von J. Hinton officiating. Interment followed Sunrise Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were: Bob Baldwin, Bill Hall, Alvin Young, Earl Gaskins, Jim Dorsey, Bob Winston, Jim Lowe and Luke Denson. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the First Baptist Church of Jasper-Building Fund, 198 East Church Street, Jasper, Ga. 30143 or to the Georgia Baptist Children?s Home, P.O. 329, Palmetto, Ga. 30268.
Betty Jordan
Mrs. Betty Lee Jordan, age 71 of Ball Ground, Ga., died Friday, June 25, 2010, at her residence following a period of declining health.
Born Feb. 18, 1939 in Cherokee County, Ga., she was preceded in death by her father, James Bradley Brackett. Mrs. Jordan had worked in the Toy Department at the Wal-Mart in Canton and was a member of the Sharp Mountain Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 53 years, John ?Shorty? Jordan, Ball Ground; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Dwight Kelley, Ball Ground; son, Dwain Jordan, Ball Ground; mother, Mrs. Zona Lee Haynes, Ball Ground; sisters, Sue Malone, Ball Ground; and Donna Fine, McDonough, Ga.; brothers, Eddie Brackett, Glen and Roy Haynes, all of Ball Ground; grandchildren, Brett Kelley (Emily), Issac Kelley and Katie Jordan; great-grandchildren, Tucker, Wyatt and McKenna Kelley. Nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive. The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 28 at the Sharp Mtn. Baptist Church with the Revs. Greg Hamilton, Justin Haynes and Phillip Burt officiating. Interment followed in Ball Ground First Baptist Church Cemetery. The family did accept flowers or those desiring to do so may make contributions to the Susan G. Komen For the Cure, Breast Cancer Fund, 4840 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, Ga. 30342. Roper Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Ruth Martin
Mrs. Ruth Martin, age 84 of Jasper, passed Thursday morning, June 24, 2010 at Piedmont Mountainside Hospital.
Survivors include her sons, Charles Martin, Belleville, Mi., David Martin, Bellview, Fl., and Ricky Martin, Jasper; and sisters, Louella Williams, Villa Rica, Ga., and Dorothy Keown, S.C. Nine grandchildren, a host of great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held Monday, June 28 at 10 a.m. from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Von Hinton officiating. Interment followed Monday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. with a graveside service at Crestlawn Memorial Park in Atlanta.
Fred Tobias
Mr. Fred Tobias, age 85 of Bent Tree, passed away at his residence Monday, June 28, 2010.
Mr. Tobias is survived by his sons, Larry Tobias, Florida, and Ed Tobias, California; daughter, Donna Tobias, Bent Tree; and grandchildren, Sara and Samantha Tobias.
An entombment service is scheduled for Thursday, July 1 at 1 p.m. at Sunrise Memorial Gardens Chapel Mausoleum with local Chapter #47 DAV in charge of crypt-side services. The eulogy will be given by Donna Tobias. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.


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Free and cheap ideas for children to learn and have fun during the summer.
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Ideas on how children can stay connected with friends and relatives during the summer.
2. Art & Science of Food
Specific science projects related to food.
3. Make Your Own Cartoon Character.
Books that teach what characteristics or features to take into account when they design their own cartoon characters.


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I just love making lists. No matter how silly it is to narrow down favorite things in some arbitrary way or how changeable my opinions might be, it's still a fun way to pass the time.
Here are my top 10 favorite movie musicals – at least as of today. Tomorrow I may remember another one I love and wish I'd put it on the list!
10. Funny Face
Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, beautiful tunes by Gershwin, gorgeous '50s Paris, and super chic fashion by Givenchy. What's not to love? Think Pink!
Favorite number: "Clap Yo Hands"
9. The Sound of Music
I almost can't believe this movie is so far down on my list, considering that I've loved it since before I was even born! It's my mom's favorite musical, so I think I listened to "Do Re Mi" and "My Favorite Things" in utero. This is the warmest, most loveable story, and yet in spite of singing nuns, adorable children, and breathtaking mountain vistas it's never too cute or precious. The melancholy of impending war hangs like a cloud over everything. I never fail to weep when Captain Von Trapp sings "Edelweiss" at the festival and can't make it through the song, so heartsick is he about leaving his beloved Austria.
Favorite number: "Something Good." What can I say? I'm a romantic.
8. Singin' in the Rain
Pure joy. This is a movie that always cheers me up whenever I'm feeling blue. Gene Kelly dancing with an umbrella, Donald O'Connor bouncing off the walls, Debbie Reynolds popping out of cakes – this movie has everything. I don't know what else to say except that it's hilarious, romantic, and contains some of the happiest song and dance numbers ever filmed.
Favorite number: "Moses Supposes"
7. Calamity Jane
I love, worship and adore Doris Day (making it all the more shocking that I haven't talked about her here before this), and this is my favorite of her musicals. Calamity Jane was Warner's answer to MGM's Annie Get Your Gun, and as much as I like Annie, I enjoy Calamity Jane even more. It may not have as many instantly recognizable songs (although "Secret Love" and "Black Hills of Dakota" are classics), but I like the story more and I think Doris Day gives one of her best performances as the rough and tumble tomboy Calamity Jane. She's a hoot to watch sparring with Wild Bill Hickok, played the handsome Howard Keel. (He was also in Annie Get Your Gun, because you can't have a western musical without Howard Keel!)
Favorite number: "Black Hills of Dakota"
6. My Fair Lady
One of the wittiest, most erudite musicals ever, and one of the most deliciously snarky. Rex Harrison simply is Henry Higgins. I've seen quite a few stage productions of My Fair Lady, and while there've been some very passable Eliza Doolittles, I've yet to see a Professor Higgins who can remotely touch Harrison's performance. He's marvelous as the arrogant, misanthropic, sexist bachelor who finds he can't quite live without the squashed cabbage leaf he found in Covent Garden. Audrey Hepburn makes a lovely, touching Eliza. Nobody played ugly duckling (ugly, ha!) to swan stories quite like her.
Favorite number: "Just You Wait"
5. Easter Parade
It seems wrong that only one Judy Garland musical made it onto this list, because I completely adore her and think she was the greatest woman in movie musicals ever. (See, these lists are such baloney!) Still, she's here in Easter Parade, beautiful, vulnerable, spunky, and with more talent than pretty much anyone. Anyone other than Fred Astaire, that is. I love how much fun they seem to have together in numbers like "We're a Couple of Swells." Ann Miller is fabulous in this movie, and while Peter Lawford might not have much in the way of musical talent, he's very pretty to look at.
Favorite number: "Drum Crazy"
4. An American in Paris
For a movie filmed entirely on the MGM lot, An American in Paris certainly influenced what everyone imagines Paris to be like! Gene Kelly took his dancing to another level with this movie, particularly in the "American in Paris Ballet." It's so innovative and beautiful, with its painting-come-to-life feel. Leslie Caron is adorable in her screen debut and Oscar Levant is too funny as Kelly's grouchy concert pianist friend. Plus – can I say this without sounding like a weirdo? – Gene Kelly has an ass that just won't quit. (Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so. This blog post is hilarious!)
Favorite number: "Tra-La-La"
3. The Band Wagon
For many years I couldn't stand MGM musicals like The Band Wagon. They hardly had a plot! The songs were just thrown in there! I liked the more story-driven musicals like those by Rogers and Hammerstein. Gradually I came to appreciate the "let's put on a show" musicals, however, and this one is a great example of that. I love the colorfulness, the costumes, the amazing performances by uber-talented stars. There's a story here, but it's not the main thing. Mostly it's about song and dance numbers that transport you, take you out of yourself and your humdrum life, and fill you will joy. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse make sublime dance partners. Also, this movie makes me wish Nanette Fabray had been in more musicals. She's so endearing dancing with Fred to "I Love Louisa" and singing "Louisiana Hayride."
Favorite number: "Dancing in the Dark"
2. Swing Time
One of the quintessential Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movies, and the one I can never see too many times. It was hard to choose between this and Top Hat, but since Swing Time features my all-time favorite Astaire/Rogers dance number, "Pick Yourself Up," it's the one that made the cut.
Favorite number: "Pick Yourself Up"
1. Gigi
I love every moment, every song, every little thing about this movie. It's absolutely perfectly cast, starting with Leslie Caron's charming turn as Gigi. Her transformation from gangly schoolgirl to elegant young woman is completely believable. Louis Jourdan is a dreamy French dreamboat as world-weary Gaston, and Maurice Chevalier steals the show every time he's on screen. No one could have played Gaston's elderly playboy uncle like Chevalier. Hermione Gingold and Isabel Jeans are fantastic, too. The lush, painterly sets and costumes, memorable music, and a story in which love wins out over cynicism all come together to make this my favorite musical.
Favorite numbers: "The Night They Invented Champagne", "I Remember it Well", "She Is Not Thinking of Me", "Gigi"


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Journey LIVE at Harris Center
Time7:30pm (Pacific)
You wake alone, surrounded by miles of burning, sprawling desert, and soon discover the looming mountaintop that is your goal. Faced with rolling sand dunes, age-old ruins, caves and howling winds, your passage will not be an easy one. A cloaked avatar, you travel and explore this ancient, mysterious world alone, or with a stranger you meet along the way. While the goal is to get to the mountaintop, the experience is the discovery of who you are, the story of this place, and your purpose.
The Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble (praised by the New York Times for its "conviction, authority and finesse") teams up with composer Austin Wintory to present an original, interactive live performance of his Grammy-nominated score to the video game Journey. Described as "the most beautiful game of its time" by IGN, critics have called Journey one of gaming's crowning achievements. It is the fastest selling game to date on the Playstation Network.
Never the same each time it is played, Journey is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person's life passage and their intersections with others. In this unprecedented collaboration, live musicians respond to the actions of game players in real time on stage.


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Rizzo, Cubs cruise past Nats
Washington, DC – Anthony Rizzo had three hits and two RBI to help the Chicago Cubs take an 8-2 win over the Washington Nationals in the second of a three-game set.
David DeJesus drove in two runs while Welington Castillo scored twice for the Cubs, who had lost six of eight coming into the game.
Edwin Jackson (1-5) benefited from the run support to get his first win of the year, giving up two runs on four hits with a pair of walks and three strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings. He also added a two-run double in the win.
"The difference in the whole ball game was Jackson," said Chicago manager Dale Sveum. "His hit got our scoring started, and he shut them down at the plate today. He had an outstanding game."
Ian Desmond went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBI for the Nationals, who had a five-game winning streak stopped. Stephen Strasburg (1-5) dropped his fifth straight decision as he gave up four unearned runs on five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in just five innings.
"It's all going to change and it's still early enough in the season for things to turn around," said Strasburg. "All I can do is my best and try to have as strong of control as I'm capable of out there."
Neither side got on the board through the first four innings, but the Cubs plated four runs in the fifth, all with two outs. After Luis Valbuena was nailed at third going for a triple, Castillo reached base on a bad throw by Ryan Zimmerman. After Darwin Barney walked, Jackson plated both runners with a double to center. A bases-loaded single from Rizzo scored two more for a 4-0 lead.
Desmond got the Nats on the board in the fifth with his sixth home of the season, a blast to left center, but the Cubs produced four more runs in the sixth.
WIth Zach Duke on the mound. Alfonso Soriano led off with a double, moved to third on a Nate Schierholtz single and scored on a wild pitch. Cody Ransom followed with a double to score one more run, and DeJesus hit a two-run single later in the inning for an 8-1 lead.
Desmond's RBI single to left in the bottom of the sixth made it an 8-2 game, but the Nationals had just one man reach base over the final three frames.
Game Notes
The Nationals placed outfielder Jayson Werth on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain on Saturday. The team recalled pitcher Eury Perez from Triple-A Syracuse to take Werth's roster spot ... The Nationals had won five straight against Chicago coming in ... Chicago batted 6-for-12 with runners in scoring position.


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Found my second batch of morrels today (small greys), actually I'm cooking them right now! How is the mushroom season going for everyone else?
Found my second batch of morrels today (small greys), actually I'm cooking them right now! How is the mushroom season going for everyone else?
Here in S.E. Wis. we just got several days of great rain. Now need the temp to spike a bit and I'll be out looking. Can't wait !!!
Hello Everyone,
Thanks for the reminder. It's been a few years since I've hunted for morrels due to the drought. But with the increased rain comes hope and morrel hunting.
With the extensive forest fires the last few years, the hunting should be great.
Good year for snipes too! Saw a couple the other day while I was out planting rocks in tree crevices. Should really have a bumper crop in a few years.
Oh wait a minute.....You guys are actually having a serious discussion. Sorry for the interruption.
Morrels were up here about a week ago and everytime it rains there are more.
the other day i hiked for hours up and down ridges and didn't find one,then got up the next day and found a bunch right off my backyard.
anyone ever eat any polk salad,Don't no what a morrel is,you guessed it I/m from the south,
Mark: A morrel is a great wild mushroom which only shows up for a week or so. Conditions need to be right or you won't see them till the next year. A real treat when you stumble onto a large amount of them.
I always suspected it was spelled "poke". Maybe I was wrong. I've eaten poke greens, and mustard greens, and collard greens, and turnip greens, and dandelion greens... can you tell I used to live in the south?
Michael: your right it is spelled poke.that prove's I'm from the south.(L.0.L).
when I was a kid we ate a lot of poke salad .that was in Arkansas .It doesnt grow where I live now.
Of course on the idea of spelling, "morrel" is really spelled morel.
Hello Everyone,
Hum, I must not get it. The only poke I know makes his living with cows.
Dennis Morrel ...er
Denis Morell...?
Dennis Murrell....I think this's it :< )
a Wyoming bee wrangler and spelling dropout :> )
remember that song "poke salad annie " I forget who sang it.
I saw the first ones here a few days ago while driving between beeyards.Not a lot but enough for dinner when I got home.Really something to look forward to.I like to fry them in butter with some dry red wine,then when they cook down ,add a can of campbells mushroom soup and a half can of milk.Makes a great gravy for steak or chicken or on toast.
My husband says the singer of "Poke Salad Annie" is Tony Joe White, from Louisiana, as he recalls.
By the way, are there no Morel or Morrel or Morrell mushrooms in Texas? Can anyone tell me where they grow? Sounds like fun.
Dragonfly: I think your husband is right that name sound's right to me also,has anyone ever eat fried poke stalk's? taste like fried okra. you cut the stalk's & fix it just like okra,
You're kidding! Tastes like okra? I love fried okra. I may have to plant some poke salad next season. Thanks for the tip. How is it in gumbo? (cut up stalks, that is)
never tried it in gumbo,but to me it taste just like okra,We alway's cut the stalk's when it's about the size of your index finger,but the other day a friend said they alway cut it when it get's bigger,so I guess you can eat it at any size,so if you like okra you will like it.
Finally found a few morells today. about 15 of the small black ones. Just enough to fry up for an afternoon treat. They were great!


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Berlin - I am 26 - M.A.N.A.A - www.meyoko.com
Organic and intense, with its own ethos.
Influenced by self emotion, beauty, Greak mythology, art nouveau and nature.
I don't like burgers.
Ugh... my working routine always changes ... I start working at about 11 at night and work throughout the night till noon or so the next day.
Fulltime artist.
I start with a simple image then build around it. I start figuring out what goes next, what shape or line, and I try to complicate things in a controlled manner. To me it's like solving a puzzle... I love not knowing what the end result will be.
rotrings, pens, gel ink, paper, wood
My next drawing
Continue to help the organization CARE as I did before coming to live in Germany.
Reading, watching the sky... getting more inspiration.
Berlin is a wonderful green city... the ducks, trees, foxes make my day happy.
Political actualites make laugh of rage.
I am not an artist who collects exhibitions. When something comes around that I'm into I go for it.
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Itís interesting to read what visitors on CFCA mission awareness trips have to say about the countries they visit, but what impresses people who visit the U.S.?
Last week, six accountants from Latin America projects ó four from Guatemala, one from El Salvador and one from Colombia ó visited the CFCA headquarters in Kansas to learn a new accounting system. They account for the sponsorship funds and their use in the field, then make their report back to Kansas City. We asked our guests what impressed them most during the visit.
From left are Francisco Chavajay, Mario Gonzalez, Pedro Ibate, Alexandra Cardona Gomez, JosÈ Alfredo Julajuj and JosÈ Nery Madrid.
Hereís what they said …
p style="text-align:left;">ìIt is a blessing to be here learning new ways of working, and it fills me with happiness. Definitively, looking at the culture, I see lots of organization. I also noticed much cultural diversity. I have seen people from many different countries here in Kansas.î
óPedro Ibate, Atitlan project, Guatemala
p style="text-align:left;">ìThis is a very orderly country. I could see different kinds of construction that I havenít seen in my country. You donít have buses or transport trucks, like we have in Guatemala. Here, everybody has their own car. And there are lots of people on the streets, people out exercising, lots of green space. The people are very friendly.î
óJosÈ Alfredo Julajuj, Hermano Pedro project, Guatemala
p style="text-align:left;">ìTwo things have impressed me most: One, the orderliness of traffic. People respect the system, even though today we saw two policemen writing tickets. People are cautious when the traffic lights have cameras. Two, the bridges impressed me, some very large bridges with two or three lanes. In Guatemala, we are used to one-lane bridges where cars have to take turns crossing and the lines will go for hours.î
óFrancisco Chavajay, Hermano Pedro project, Guatemala
p style="text-align:left;">ìWhat I have most liked is the respect and the punctuality people have, very disciplined about schedules and responsibilities. And the streets are very wide and everything is very clean. I was also impressed by the diversity of skin color and cultures. And the parking system, we went to a lot where you take your ticket and park wherever you want. To leave, you pay your $2 and the gate opens automatically. In Guatemala, a policeman has to show you where to park.î
óMario Gonzalez, Hermano Pedro project, Guatemala
p style="text-align:left;">ìWhat has impressed me most is the culture of respect for pedestrians when they cross the street. The pedestrian is most important. I think this is lovely. This doesnít happen in Medellin. You have to be very careful crossing the street in Medellin. The skyscrapers here are different and there are lots of tall buildings. And the airports are different. They are so large and very organized.î
óAlexandra Cardona Gomez, Madre Paula project, Colombia
ìEveryone drives at an easy speed. People respect the pedestrian. The streets, the buildings and their construction, the houses and the buildings in the city center are nice. I saw a lot of people leaving their homes to eat dinner, families going out. We went to eat at a Japanese restaurant where they cook the raw food in the middle of your table. The cook threw a piece of shrimp in the air and you have to catch it in your mouth.î
p style="text-align:right;">óJosÈ Nery Madrid, Santa Ana project, El Salvador
We wish them all the best as they embark on the formidable task of sharing what theyíve learned with their colleagues. Suerte, amigos. Vayan con Dios!


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Climate billionaire aims for 2016
California billionaire Tom Steyer turned heads in Washington with the news that he plans to spend $100 million to help make climate change a defining issue in this year's elections.
But it gets even bigger: The hedge fund executive turned green activist might be willing to lay out even more than that eye-popping number, and he's looking to spend it in places that are also important for 2016.
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Steyer's strategy calls for targeting races including Senate or gubernatorial contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida and possibly Pennsylvania — all key battlegrounds in presidential politics, sources familiar with the plan told POLITICO on Tuesday.
( Also on POLITICO: Steyer plans $100 million campaign push)
The fleshed-out details paint a picture of a big-pocketed donor who is going beyond his early efforts to help individual Democrats, such as Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, as well as address specific issues like the Keystone XL pipeline — and instead wants to give his signature climate cause a starring role in the next presidential race.
Steyer's operation "is going to be very aggressive" and will set itself apart from the efforts of mainstream environmental groups, said Betsy Taylor, a Takoma Park, Md.-based leader of a network of wealthy climate donors who attended a recent discussion of the strategy at the billionaire's California ranch. "They're fearless. They don't worry about access to Democratic Party leadership."
Steyer isn't publicly saying much about how he'll spend of his projected campaign war chest through his NextGen Climate Action super PAC, which The New York Times first reported Monday. The strategy could make him a progressive counterweight to big conservative donors like Charles and David Koch. But it's unclear how far even $100 million will go in the post- Citizens United world, or whether global warming can compete on the presidential campaign trail with issues like jobs and President Barack Obama's health care law.
( POLITICO Exclusive: Mega-donors plan GOP war council)
Still, Steyer has told potential backers he has big plans. Those include trying to influence the debate about climate change in Senate races in Iowa and New Hampshire and the gubernatorial contest in Florida.
He may also spend money influencing the governor's race in Pennsylvania, where one of the Democrats vying to unseat Republican incumbent Tom Corbett is former Bill Clinton environmental aide Katie McGinty.
In addition to looking ahead to 2016, Steyer's strategy includes focusing on states where a candidate who supports acting on climate change faces an opponent who's a "denier."
That description matches the governor's race in Florida, where Republican Gov. Rick Scott's top challenger is Democratic former Gov. Charlie Crist, and the Senate race in Iowa, where Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley and several potential Republican challengers are vying to replace retiring Democrat Tom Harkin.
While Scott has said he doesn't believe that science has proven that humans are causing climate change, Crist used to hold annual conferences on global warming when he was governor and was a loud critic of BP during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. And Crist may need all the financial help he can get: Scott, a former hospital chain executive, is planning to spend as much as $100 million for his reelection effort, possibly enough to match Steyer's entire nationwide campaign.
Besides being a notoriously tight swing state, Florida is a prime example for climate advocates of how sea-level rise can threaten communities.
Steyer also wants to target states that are significant in determining whether Democrats can keep the Senate this year. Those include Iowa and New Hampshire.
( PHOTOS: 10 tough Senate races for Democrats)
And he wants to sway governor's races in states where the winner could move ahead with action on climate change without waiting for Washington. That could point toward jumping into Pennsylvania to help McGinty, who chaired the White House Council on Environmental Quality under Clinton, or other Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
Steyer and his PAC's chief strategist, veteran Democratic operative Chris Lehane, outlined the approach during a gathering of wealthy climate donors at the ranch during the first weekend of February. Columbia University climate researcher James Hansen, former head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was on hand to give a briefing on potential climate change effects in the years and decades ahead. The gathering also included fellow billionaires and some of Steyer's oldest friends from the financial community.
"There were definitely some heavy hitters there," Taylor said.
The New York Times first reported Monday that Steyer's goal is to spend about $50 million of his own money and raise another $50 million from green-minded donors to use in 2014. NextGen officials confirmed those figures Tuesday but stressed that $100 million is not the ceiling for what Steyer's PAC may spend this year.


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Staff writer
County commissioners wasted no time Monday, spending a 10-minute executive session with newly hired appraiser Raymond Cook discussing contractual details.
Cook accepted an annual base salary of $55,000, with $1,500 raises in the second and third years. The fourth year will be negotiable.
In an otherwise uneventful meeting, commissioners signed off to accept a new set of bylaws written and voted on by the Local Emergency Planning Committee.
In other business:
- Commissioners approved the purchase of a $1,205 Lenovo ThinkPad and $1,545 worth of equipment for Emergency Manager Randy Frank. Other equipment included a camera, a camera battery charger, camera lenses, a backpack, and a swivel flash.
- The commission met in a closed session with County Clerk Tina Spencer for 10 minutes discussing non-elected personnel, then again later for 15 minutes discussing personnel. No action was taken from the sessions.


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Jplus wrote:It's helpful to think of them as tabstops rather than indentation markers, though.
Well, yeah, because they are. But to me it just makes text hard to read, like when you write on graph paper.
What helps me is an indication of where an indented block starts and stops. Having lines everywhere, both in front of, behind, and through everything, makes it more difficult to determine at a glance.
It's still better than nothing, but not by much - it's a couple of steps above writing code in the address bar of my browser and pressing enter to use it as a search query to save it to my browser history as a form of storage.


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UTDesign Earns Tech Titans Award for Partnerships that Benefit Students, Businesses
Sept. 9, 2013
Dean of the Jonsson School Mark Spong celebrates UTDesign's success with Rod Wetterskog, UTDesign program coordinator and assistant dean of corporate relations for the school.
UTDesign, the corporate-sponsored capstone senior design program in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, has won the 2013 Tech Titans of the Future Award given by the Metroplex Technology Business Council, the largest technology trade association in Texas.
UTDesign, which allows businesses to benefit from the skills, energy and enthusiasm of talented seniors and faculty members who work on projects for their companies, was among three Jonsson School honorees at the Tech Titans event.
Dr. Kevin Hamlen, associate professor of computer science in the Jonsson School, was a finalist in another category. Incoming bioengineering freshman Tommy Fabyan was recognized with a scholarship.
The Tech Titans of the Future – University Level Award, won by UTDesign, is given to accredited educational institutions in the Dallas-Fort Worth area that encourage and support students in choosing engineering and technology-related disciplines as preferred career paths. The award recognizes curricula and incentives that perpetuate technology knowledge transfer.
Dr. Mark W. Spong, dean of the Jonsson School and the Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair in Electrical Engineering and the Excellence in Education Chair, founded UTDesign in fall 2009.
"The North Texas business community is the perfect place to do this," he said. "So many companies are eager to have a nationally competitive research university in their backyard. The support we get is tremendous."
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Technology Business Community Honors President David E. Daniel
Corporations that have sponsored UTDesign teams this past semester include Kasling Aircraft Co, No Magic, PepsiCo and Texas Instruments. More than 500 students have participated in the program since its inception. Fall will be a record-breaking semester with an expected 140 seniors participating. Several team projects are now offered as part of product lines, making significant profits for the companies, said Rod Wetterskog, UTDesign program coordinator.
"Companies benefit from the knowledge transferred from the students who are being taught the latest innovations in their field," said Wetterskog, who is also assistant dean of corporate relations for the Jonsson School. "Students benefit by testing the technical skills that they have learned. The partnerships between students and business mentors have led to internships and even full-time jobs."
Members of the UTDesign team (from left): Dr. Marco Tacca, senior lecturer and project director; Dr. Robert Hart, senior lecturer and project director; Dr. Jey Veerasamy, outgoing project director and director of computer science outreach; Rod Wetterskog, UTDesign program coordinator; Nancy Finch, corporate care coordinator; and Andrea Turcatti, assistant program coordinator.
One such student is Kyle Wippert, who graduated in May 2011 with a bachelor's degree in software engineering. His UTDesign project was sponsored by the software development company No Magic. The goal was to take traditional accounting data and represent the content in a visual format.
"UTDesign changed my life," said Wippert, who attended the Tech Titans award presentation. "It's why I am where I am today."
After graduation, No Magic hired Wippert and two other teammates to create a marketing project. When that was finished, Wippert consulted for the company and assisted in developing an international standards model for representing financial data in a common and shareable format. Wippert then transitioned to sales engineer for the company before he returned to UTDesign this past spring, this time as a corporate sponsor and technical director for a new group of UTDesign students.
By this time, UTDesign had expanded to include students from the Naveen Jindal School of Management.
"This enhanced our project because it allowed the computer science students to view the initial design of the project through a marketing perspective and gain a better understanding of how different departments interact in a corporate environment," Wippert said. "In addition to helping the students see the value of collaboration and integration, No Magic had insight into a younger generation's marketing approach."
Media Contact: LaKisha Ladson, UT Dallas, (972) 883-4183, [email protected]
or the Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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