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Adler-Hamburger Collection - PP100
Collection finding aids of Photograph Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library
ca. 1870-1945
Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Finding aid created by Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, October 1999
Selma Van Leer Hamburger Adler (1898-1991) was born in Baltimore to parents Jeannie Van Leer Hamburger (1868-1942) and Benjamin Hamburger (1864-1929), both born in Baltimore and married there in 1891. Jeannie was the daughter of Solomon Van Leer (1823-1898), born at Gorredijk in the Netherlands, and Hannah Hirsh Van Leer (1833-1912), born in Briedenbach, Germany. Both arrived in the U.S. via New York in 1854, and married in 1855 in Baltimore. Benjamin Hamburger was secretary/treasurer and later president of the H.J. McGrath Co., an oyster and canning concern, and president of the Clover Club from 1917-1926. The family lived at 1222 W. North Ave. in 1900, moving to 2221 Linden Ave. by 1920. Selma Adlers sister Florette Van Leer Hamburger was born in 1891.
Selma was educated at Western High School, then studied Romance Languages at Goucher College, being graduated and elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1920, and attended Columbia University in New York. After serving as Gouchers assistant registrar in the 1920s, Selma was assistant to the director of the Maryland War Commission, researching, compiling, and editing the Commissions 1933 publication Maryland in the World War 1917-1919: Military and Service Records. She was also an information desk supervisor at the Maryland Historical Society.
Selma Hamburger married Leon Adler (1885-1980) in Baltimore in 1927. Leon was born in Knoxville, Tenn., where he studied and began to practice law. He served in the army in World Wars I and II, commissioned as an ordinance officer in World War II before being transferred to the Judge Advocate General Corps, and serving as Post Judge Advocate at Ft. Meade. After World War II, he was a lawyer for the Veterans Administration. Leon was also an accomplished musician who played with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s while establishing his law practice in Baltimore. Selma and Leon lived in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood during the 1920s to 1940s, moved temporarily to Washington, D.C. during World War II, and lived on University Parkway by the 1960s.
Collection Origin
Gift of Mrs. Selma H. Adler, 1984 (001429).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 box with 5 folders containing 26 photoprints. Subjects are portraits of Adler and Hamburger family members, from ca. 1870-1945, including an 1870 portrait of Manes Hamburger and his wife. There are photographs of Camp Hancock (Ga.) and Camp Meade (Md.).
Note: The collection includes 1 folder of memorabilia including diplomas, military identification cards and certificates, family songs and poems, wedding invitations and menus, and other printed ephemera. There is also a ca. 1913 Eastman Kodak Camera.
Note: Related materials are found in the Manuscripts Department of the Maryland Historical Society: MS. 2645, the Adler Papers. This collection includes a diary of Leon Adler when stationed in Georgia (1918) which contains additional family photographs, a typescript of an essay by Leon Adler, and an "ethical will" left by Hannah Van Leer.
The photographs are arranged according to PP catalog numbers.
Container List
1 Box
Box 1: 5 Folders
PP100.1 Leon Adler, 1941.
PP100.2 Benjamin Hamburger, 1928.
PP100.3 Selma Van Leer Hamburger, 1920.
PP100.4 Leon Adler at McCoy, Knoxville, Tenn., 1926.
PP100.5 Leon Adler with uke, Camp Hancock, Ga., ca. 1918.
PP100.6 Selma Van Leer Hamburger at Atlantic City, 1922.
PP100.7 Hannah Van Leer, 1912.
PP100.8-.9 Leon Adler, ca. 1900.
PP100.10 Selma Hamburger at age 7 months, 1899.
PP100.11 Stuart Avenue at Camp Hancock, Ga. (postcard), 1918.
PP100.12 Mr. and Mrs. Manes Hamburger, ca. 1870.
PP100.13 Camp Hancock, Ga. (postcard), 1918.
PP100.14 Benjamin Hamburger, Hannah Van Leer, Bertha Van Leer, and Morton Katz, ca. 1911.
PP100.15 Selma and Florette Hamburger, 1900 (?).
PP100.16 Flo and Selma Hamburger, 1903.
PP100.17 Leon Adler during World War I, ca. 1918.
PP100.18 Selma Adler, ca. 1940.
PP100.19 Selma Van Leer Hamburger at Druid Hill Park, ca. 1925.
PP100.20 Military Police Division, Woodrow Wilson General Hospital, Stanton, Va., 1944.
PP100.21 Ammunition Division, Ordinance Dept., Washington, D.C., ca. 1940-1941.
PP100.22 Isadore Adler, ca. 1915.
PP100.23 The Hamburger family (?), ca. 1915.
PP100.24 Leon Adler during World War II, ca. 1945.
PP100.25 Colonel Thompson, Judge Advocate General of Camp Meade and Capt. Leon Adler, Asst. Judge Advocate General, 1943.
PP100.26 Mrs. Matilda Hymans 90th birthday celebration at Farragut Hotel, Knoxville, Tenn. (group portrait, people identified), 1942. Mrs. Hyman was Leon Adlers grandmother. © 2001 Maryland Historical Society - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Merry Moon Day
This week is the Chinese National Day holiday, signifying the creation of the People's Republic back in 1949. For me the holiday means that I get to sit in pleasant cafes and do my work rather than sit in the office. A relaxed change of pace for the week, though somehow it seems almost over before it's begun. This is partly due to the fact that I was called into the office on Sunday, when I'd planned to make a Beijing excursion, to discuss progress on one of the current projects. The outcome of the meeting was that we're still attempting many different avenues for the problem we're tackling but as is often the case in such research, we just can't get solutions to our equations yet. This is one of the frustrating times of such research. We've taken some physical principle which we understand, even if in a slightly abstract way, and translated it into mathematics. The problem then is to manipulate the mathematics until you get an answer which can then be analysed and reinterpreted in the language of physics. The intermediate step is a frustrating one because you're often not learning anything new about the physics, simply manipulating equations. Still, in such cases it's got to be done and we seem to be moving in the right direction.
In fact, in between the work this week I've managed to take in a few holiday sights. Tiananmen is currently awash with flowers and fountains in celebration of the foundation and these flowers are part of several sculptures, this year marking the coming of the Olympics, the completion (or near completion) of the three valleys dam project and finally a reproduction of the palace at Lhasa to mark the completion of the Beijing-Lhasa train. Wherever there were no flowers on Tiananmen there were people, out with their families and snapping photos at all possible angles, a few with me in to contrast my height with that of various women who wanted a picture with the lanky foreigner.
From there, via a three hour, five bus tour unsuccessfully going to an outdoor music festival we ended up at Houhai lake, drinking beer, eating spicy duck neck and dangling our feet over the embankment. Photos from this and Tiananmen to follow when I'm not in such a rush. On our way back we stopped off at one of the few restaurants serving true old-Beijing style food and gave dou zhi a go. This is probably Beijing's most famous old-style snack though few who aren't real Beijingers will go near it. It's a grey/green warm liquid with the consistency of slightly gone off cream and the smell of stilton mixed with a light vinegar. It's fermented mung bean milk and some love it. It's pretty hard to swallow as it tastes a lot stronger than it smells, stimulating several areas of the mouth which rarely get tickled. Though I could only manage a few sips it was actually quite tasty, just a bit too overpowering on a first attempt. I'm told that it should be accompanied with pickled vegetables which I can imagine would make the whole thing a bit easier. It did make me yearn for some good strong cheese which I plan on getting as soon as I can find a good source.
I'm still a member of several forums for foreigners here which I joined when I first arrived, having no other way to meet people of similar interests. Though I haven't been on them for a good six months I get the occasional message through them and last week an Indian woman got in contact with me, asking for some advice on the city. Having guided her via the web through a few Beijing hotspots, we met up on Friday evening in Houhai and spent a fun few hours talking about everything from mingling with the stars (she used to look after bands, Sting, Michael Jackson, etc. when they came to Bombay) to string theory to couch surfing and more, over some fine Beijing beer and stewed frog. She's in Beijing training people in a computer company in communication skills which turns out to offer some interesting insights into the thought processes of those working in the company. A good change for me as at the moment I'm generally pretty snowed under with work to meet new people other than through hosting them in my apartment.
Yesterday was another surprise which made me even more impressed with the Dashanzi art district, which I spoke about in detail here. Not only are there 50 of the most exciting galleries I've ever visited in this amazing site but I now find that the turn around time for the artists is very quick, meaning that if you go back to the area one month later, you're likely to see a completely different selection. I believe that many of the artists live in or around Dashanzi and the exhibitions roll round once every few weeks. Some really fine work this time from highly abstract to super-realist via a performance artist in a small room, alone who wanted people to sit next to her while she put a small drop of blood on a stamp and put the blood on whoever wanted to take part in the performance. We were the only people in the room, my friend declined the offer but I wanted to know more and so asked her what the significance of it all was. The answer unfortunately was lost on me (though she was a native English speaker) and so without knowing what it was all for, I too declined, feeling that such conceptual art is often, though not always, just as powerful in the concept as the action. Indeed my friend was rather shaken by the whole thing despite the fact that we'd seen no blood and everything had been discussed rationally and calmly. There may at some point in the near future be some concept art on this site, via my mother who is currently part way though an art degree. (There's a fine report of a video installation in Hull over at Trouble On Westbourne from September 22, worth a read too.)
OK, I'm in the office because I have no internet at home these days so I shall take a wonder to a local cafe and mull over those equations some more...


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This amendment seems like it should be awesome! Let's read Section 1:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Okay, this sounds legit, right? No one, not even state governments, can deprive people of their rights.
The next logical question is: WHO will enforce this? Answer: the federal government. No longer would it be given to the people to do.
This means that, previously, it was up to the actual sovereign (We the People) to make sure The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are followed, not the Feds. With this one fell swoop, it took that sovereignty and gave it to the big boys…who always screw things up. (If you disagree, name ONE THING they have done, that has interfered with the sovereignty of the people, that has turned out well.)
Now, this amendment is awesome because it reiterates what is already in the US Constitution. Here is the original, the 5th amendment:
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
What's the difference? See how the 5th says NO PERSON shall have these things done to them, and the 14th specifically requires states to be held to this. This is quite different from the 5th, which is incumbent on everyone to follow. It's a small difference, but it really does matter. See, before, We the People were charged with this responsibility, it was not delegated to the Feds. Did they all live up to it? No!! It was a high bar and people failed miserably.
BUT, it was getting better. I mean, Lincoln was voted in on a platform where one of the first agenda items was abolishing slavery! Granted, this scared the Democrats so much they tried to secede and started a war, but that's another post altogether.
In other words, the only thing we needed to do, as a nation, was run on platforms that reiterated the need to follow the US Constitution. And, if anyone were to argue that blacks were not persons, they could just take the tact that Lincoln did when debating Douglas: make him prove his assertions. (Hint: he never could).
If you want to read about how Lincoln smoked Douglas in his ridiculous arguments that blacks should be allowed to be enslaved, please comment.
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Contact Improv & Body Politics
An introduction to a body of work that has been developed by Daniel and many others at various gatherings since around 2008, some of them going under the name of Radical Contact. This could include material on saying yes and no verbally and non-verbally, "tuning the gaze" (a format dealing with performance, objectification and the quality of the gaze), a danced version of the "privilege walk", material on directness and boundaries, asking for specific kinds of touch and expressing appreciation.
Body politics refers to how social relations of domination and exploitation (gender, race, class, sexuality…) construct and impact bodies. Some examples of body political questions are: cultural constructions of health; disability, fat, body image, beauty, body norms in general; the objectification of bodies in art, advertising and daily life; sexualization and de-sexualization of bodies; more generally, how society ascribes meaning to different zones of the human body ("mapping"); how experiences of violence and oppression differentially tune people's autonomic nervous systems (the "social nervous system"); more generally, how domination takes root in the body.
Daniel Mang
I have been interested in how social domination takes root in the body, and bodies as sites of resistance, in some way, since my late teens. Contact improvisation has been my primary movement practice since 1986. I also do aikido and am strongly influenced by the Feldenkrais method, Body Mind Centering and ideokinesis. I have been teaching contact improvisation since 1990 – mostly in Europe, but also in South East Asia and Australia. My pedagogy is informed by my background as a professional bodyworker, my studies in physiotherapy and osteopathy, my experience with communication tools such as co-counselling, and by my politics. I see my interest in radical social theory and my love of contact improvisation as two aspects of the same desire. I am based in Sweden.


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The university classrooms of the 20th century may engender memories of low-tech, fluorescent-light-lit rooms and dusty chalkboards. In 2014, much about traditional university teaching has changed and will continue to change, according to the more than a dozen of the country's leading education experts who gathered at Rice University Oct. 13-14 for the international De Lange Conference IX to explore and envision "Teaching in the University of Tomorrow."
Two conference keynote speakers, in particular, stood out as emblematic of the brave new world of higher education in the 21st century: Stephen Kosslyn, dean of the recently founded Minerva School of Arts and Sciences, who presented "Minerva: A New Kind of Higher Education," and Anant Agarwal, the CEO of edX, who spoke on "Reinventing Education."
Kosslyn, a former dean of social sciences at Harvard University, came to Minerva from Stanford University, where he served as director of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science. He highlighted the key aspects of the Minerva program, which combines online learning with dorm life and other real-world college experiences. Minerva's students live together in residential halls, at first in San Francisco, and then the same students rotate to different world cities. They take classes virtually via live video sessions in small seminars. The first class counts 29 students and tuition is $10,000.
Kosslyn said Minerva's entire curriculum is designed to help students master three core competencies: critical thinking, creative thinking and effective communication. "We want our students to have the intellectual tools to develop into leaders … and innovators," he said. "We actually teach the underlying skills and abilities to help them become leaders and innovators. In addition, we want our students to be broad, in a sense of a broad base of knowledge, and also to have the tools to continue to learn after they graduate, to be able to succeed in jobs that don't even exist yet."
Another key aspect of Minerva's approach is a focus on "fully active learning," Kosslyn said. Seminars are designed in accordance with the science of learning. "We have only seminars," he said. "There are no lectures at all. It's all activity-based learning and that's because it's more effective." Before each class, students must complete assignments that will require vigorous participation during the online session, such as engaging in a debate, presenting their own work or critiquing that of others.
EdX, like Minerva, is another "disruptive" force changing the higher education landscape. In 2012, Agarwal, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, taught edX's first massive open online course (MOOC), a course on circuits and electronics. Like most MOOCs, it was posted online for free. The worldwide demand for a free, online MIT engineering course was immense, Agarwal learned. His course drew 155,000 students from 162 countries.
A nonprofit initiative based on an open-source platform, edX has a mission to increase access to education for students worldwide through MOOCs while enhancing campus education in both quality and efficiency through blended online approaches, Agarwal said. "Right from the get-go, one thing was absolutely clear to edX and our partners: That at the end of day, if all we did was stream videos and offer multiple-choice (questions), and we had 100 million students around the world, that was called failure," he said. "Just the numbers were not important. If you did not improve the quality of education, in other words, if you didn't reimagine education — even if the numbers were big, that would be failure."
Agarwal, who was introduced by Rice Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Digital Education Caroline Levander, highlighted edX's fruitful relationship with Rice, which became a member of edX in February 2013. In addition to offering free MOOCs on the edX platform, Rice recently added Advanced Placement MOOCs as part of the edX high school initiative to better prepare high school students for college. "We found that you guys (Rice) were two, three or four steps ahead of us," Agarwal said. "You were already working with local school districts to create Advanced Placement and high-school-level courses."
The De Lange Conference, "a forward-looking forum designed to contemplate the rapidly evolving changes in university teaching in response to disruptive technologies and global forces," featured lectures, discussions, teaching demonstrations and interactive workshops by renowned educators and innovators from a variety of disciplines.
In addition to the presentations by Kosslyn and Agarwal, attendees heard the questions, concerns, hopes, visions and strategies of a pre-eminent group of current or former presidents from Rice, Columbia University, Rutgers University and Princeton University, the contributing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, the president of ITHAKA/JSTOR and the co-founder and co-CEO of Coursera and more.
Susan McIntosh, director of the De Lange Conferences and a professor of anthropology, noted that the webcasts of the speakers' presentations will be posted at http://delange.rice.edu.
The biennial De Lange Conferences, funded by the De Lange Endowment, were established by C.M. and Demaris Hudspeth in honor of Demaris' parents, Albert and Demaris De Lange.


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2018 National Defense Authorization Act opens up opportunities for more small and large businesses
On December 12, 2017, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). A number of the provisions increase opportunities for large and small businesses and open the Government contracting market to a number of vendors who otherwise might not be interested.
Small purchase threshold increased
A good bit of Government procurement red tape can be eliminated when the Government makes what it calls a micro-purchase. The size of a micro-purchase has been increased from $3,500 to $10,000 (§ 806). Essentially, a micro-purchase allows a Government agency to issue a purchase order for an item without going through a formal bidding process. In fact, other provisions of the act provide for Government agencies to simply purchase items on line through e-commerce portals (§§ 846-850). This provision potentially increases the Government's ability to quickly procure commercial products and services commonly available to the private sector.
Simplified acquisition threshold increased
The Government currently has a simplified acquisition process for contracts valued at less than $100,000. This threshold has been increased to $250,000 (§ 805).
Threshold increased for requiring detailed pricing and cost information
Current law provides that for any procurement greater than $750,000, the vendor must provide detailed pricing and cost information. Having to provide this detailed information has discouraged many vendors from selling their products to the Government. The mandatory requirement for this detailed information has been removed (§ 811). However, contracting officers will have the option to require this information if they think it's important to the Government's procurement process.
Once a commercial item, always a commercial item
For a number of years, Congress has been trying to encourage Government agencies to meet their needs by purchasing more commercially available products instead of contracting for special Government-unique products. Despite Congressional encouragement, quite a number of complex decisions have built up over the years to discourage this practice. In particular, one of the problems has been that items have been procured as "commercial" (thereby being eligible for a simple procurement process) at some point in the past. Then at a later point, they are reclassified as "not commercial" (thereby requiring a more complex procurement process). The 2018 NDAA establishes a rule that once an item is been classified as commercial, it must remain commercial for future procurements (§ 848).
These and other developments should encourage greater participation in the Government market place and may make it easier and less costly for vendors to sell their products to the Government. However, don't expect these improvements to be implemented quickly.
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One of these days the Chiefs might get their offense figured out. If they do, who knows how good their record will be.
Kansas City improved to 2-0 on Sunday with a 16-14 win against the Browns, but they did it in spite of a listless offensive attack that showed very little progress from a similarly listless effort against the Chargers on Monday night. Matt Cassel was intercepted twice and the Chiefs again limited Jamaal Charles's touches even though he was having more success than Thomas Jones when they ran the ball.
The good news is that the defensive makeover in K.C. is moving right along. Brandon Flowers returned an interception 33 yards for their only touchdown of the afternoon and the defense held the Browns scoreless in the second half.
Seneca Wallace didn't do much to create a quarterback controversy in Cleveland, although one has to ask how much help any signal caller will get from his receivers. Mohamed Massaquoi and Brian Robiske had two catches combined and neither one seems to have much luck when it comes to creating separation from defensive backs.
The Browns may be better than they were in 2009, but after two losses to the Buccaneers and Chiefs we have a hard time believing that their record is going to reflect that when all is said and done.


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Saint Mary's at USD
Today: 8:05 p.m. at Jenny Craig Pavilion
On the air: ESPNU; 1090-AM
Records: USD is 13-12, 6-4 in WCC; Saint Mary's is 20-4, 9-1.
Series: Saint Mary's leads 39-35
Toreros outlook: Bill Grier's team is feeling good about itself. In the past three games there was the two-point loss to sixth-ranked Gonzaga, an overtime win at the buzzer at LMU and then the Toreros' signature win, Thursday's 74-68 upset of BYU. Now comes Saint Mary's, which embarrassed USD 81-48 just 16 days ago. "Physically, they really had us on our heels," said Grier. "When I look back, I don't feel we competed very well." The Toreros were down 42-19 at the half. They were outshot, 55 to 37 percent and woefully outrebounded 38-19. USD received excellent play from its big men vs. BYU and if they're to hang in tonight will need the same. 6-9 senior Chris Manresa had a double-double vs. the Cougars (10 points, 10 rebounds); 6-9 sophomore Simi Fajemisin went into the game averaging 2 points, 2.5 rebounds and shooting 53 percent on free throws. He scored 7 points, pulled down 2 boards and made all 3 free throws.
Gaels outlook: Saint Mary's is on a roll, winning eight straight. Average margin of victory: 16.5 points. Point guard Matthew Dellavedova (15.8 points/6.6 assists) leads three players in double figures. "I think he's an NBA point guard," said Grier. Another four Gaels score from 6.9 to 9.9 points.


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by Joy Thompson
When corporations try to piggyback off of viral social media movements, the outcomes are usually unoriginal and/or overly promotional. The latter is the worst offense because it showcases a brand's lack of understanding about social media.
For the most part, users don't log onto social media to see brand posts. They log on to see what their friends are up to, and if they happen to see a brand's post, it better be damn interesting. There's a reason why social media marketing is nicknamed "interruption marketing"– you are interrupting a person's news feed to talk about your product.
Rule of thumb: Keep your organic posts light, fun, and interesting. Make your key promotional posts into social media ads.
I mention all this because, social media is an art form. It takes a clever and creative person / team (hint, hint, nudge, nudge) to make brand posts interesting — to make them SO interesting that a consumer will willingly share your company's post on their own profile (your mom, friends, and employees don't count).
All this leads me to the inspiration for this post…
These occasionally funny images with sans serif text overlays have been around for a while, and brands have tried to incorporate them into their social media strategy since the beginning. Most brands either overuse memes, share other people's memes, can't come up with anything funny, or all of the above.
Here's an example a brand failing with a meme. Student loan company got killed on Twitter after tweeting (and eventually deleting) this tweet.
Looks like @FAFSA deleted its tweet. Screenshot: pic.twitter.com/ucFOTbLAvq
— Jacob Fischler (@ItsFischy) June 25, 2014
When used sparingly and intelligently, memes can be a good way to connect with their audience. Typically, if the meme is a winner, you'll get increased engagement and viral reach.
The latest meme craze is the zoom-in memes. These memes are like pinch-and-zoom scavenger hunts. You get directed to zoom in on a certain part of the image (ex: bottom right corner), only to get re-directed to another part of the photo (ex: upper right corner), only to be re-directed to another part of the image, and then redirected to another part of the image (ex: the subject's ear) that contains a final message.
Here's an example of a good zoom-in meme by Denny's (works best if you're on mobile)…
zoom in on the syrup pic.twitter.com/omRBupjrXq
— Denny's (@DennysDiner) March 1, 2017
This simple tweet with this zoom-in meme became a viral hit. Why? They opted to come up with an entertaining message rather than a "Come eat at Dennys"-type message.
I've now spent 300+ words bashing brands for coming up with unoriginal memes. The pressure is on. Here's what I came up with:
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In my previous post I drafted a rough idea how to add a feature to Debian that would bridge the gap between Debian as a Binary Distribution and any Source Distribution. The feature in question is giving users the chance to build customized Debian packages for specific feature sets. The possible use cases are simple:
Lets say Anthony User needs super-duper-tool with postgresql support. However this is a not so common use case and so the archive only has postgresql support. If he now wants to build a custom package, the process is "as simple" as:
apt-get source super-duper-tool
cd super-duper-tool-*
apt-get build-dep super-duper-tool OR sudo mk-build-deps -r -i
(possibly try out which ./configure options are supported by super-duper-tool)
vi debian/rules
edit debian/rules
dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
sudo debi
That is, to be honest lot of work. And the biggest problem about it is that you need to know all this, which is not really user knowledge.
The basic idea is that Anthony can do something like
export DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nomysql,postgresql
deb-build-tool build super-duper-tool
and is done.
So the question is how could this be achieved?
- Define a set of common options (options should be consistent through all source packages, otherwise it makes not that much sense) that every package should support, if it is a supported feature by the package in question. This includes flags like mysql, postgresql, ldap and its no-equivalents (nomysql, nopostgresql) to negate it.
- Enable use of this common options in the package build process and that is really the hardest part. Defining a lot of ifneq..findstring constructs for 2-10 options per source package in any available source package is…. not…. a good approach. Luckily a lot of packages uses autoconf where enabling and disabling features is as easy as adding a –with-foo or –enable-foo option to the ./configure parameters. So we could write a wrapper that would handle these options. The debhelper scripts already have dh_auto_configure: Maybe this could get enhanced.
- If it does not exist: Write a tool to auto-build packages with DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS set by the user. Should automatically get the source, (optional: setup/update a pbuilder environment) and build it and optional install/upload it (to a user repository for example) .
Still, the idea is only a rough draft. There are still a lot of open questions/issues, for example:
- How to handle these feature flags in packages that don't use autoconf
- How to enable these feature flags for packages that don't use debhelpers
- Shall a central place for setting DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS exist (like it does for Gentoo, FreeBSD etc.) and if so: Where?
- How should packages define new build options, if those defined Debian-wide, aren't enough?
- What about support? Do we support such custom builds of packages or will this be a support-on-good-will thing
Is anybody interested in pushing this idea forward? I'm happily interested in it and I know people who like the idea, too. But I can't push this forward on my own all alone. Certainly the work won't affect Lenny anymore, but considerable the time frame that is planned for Lenny+1 by the release team, this could be a feature for Lenny+1.


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Travel in Tokyo 2: StreetGyaru style
Last I dropped you of at Starbucks in Tsutaya at Shibuya!
After a frappuchino, looking out on Hachiko Crossing and the fashion madness, lets walk out on Senta-gai.
This, My fellow StreetGyaru's, is just the worst place for your wallet. Shops after shops after small foodplaces after shops. Mixed together with departmentstores like Loft
, Forever 21, Uniqlo, OIOI.
And this is just a small bit of treets for you.
Strolling further, we will come to
Spain Hill.
Ah this great street where you also can eat and treat yourself to shoes, chlothes, accessories!! ♥
Out from Spain Hill you get up on a street with 3 PARCO shopping malls!
And yes, they are abit Posh but walking to the right, rounding the corner to the left PARCO has a nice museum you should look into!
After some shopping and StreetGyaru feeling, you need some other sights.
Out from PARCO just follow the street straight up and finally you will reach Yoyogi Park!
If you are in Shibuya, or Harajuku on a weekend, dont miss Yoyogi flea market that comes with different themes, Aisian market, India Market, French market and lots lots more! There is alot of foodstands when you feel your suger is dropping. Dont forget to bring something to sit on. You can buy that in every Conbini (convinientstore).
Travel in Tokyo: StreetGyaru style
There is all types of guides where to go when you are in Japan, but why not listen to someone that is more like you, that has lived there twice and know her way around?
Let's travel StreetGyaru wise
First of all: Tokyo has about 130 million people so NO there is not "one" city in this over-the-top-huge city!
In Tokyo you should try and book a hotel/motel/holiday in around the
JR Yamanote Line
This line is like a cirkel that takes you to a bunch of the very best sightseeing in Tokyo!
Buy a SUICA card for a better Japanese and StreetGyaru way which means you just follow the flow with people BUT you can use different ways of keeping your card at hands. Me, I have a Penguin from 6%DOKIDOKI
On the Yamanote Line you have:
Shibuya – walk up Hachiko Exit and you will step out to the bussiest intersektion in the world, which might feel overly crowded but if you cross the intersektion (and yes, pick up your camera and film/take photo of this "real" StreetGyaru Tokyo!
For the best view, take a latte at Starbucks on the second floor of Tsutaya
(the building with the naked girl)
and watch the crazyness happend every Red/Green light in the best city in the World! ♥Tokyo♥
More StreetGyaru guidlines will come!
おはなみ! cherryblossom ♡
I will admit, I kind of thought we would miss the cherryblossom in Tokyo this time! But we didnt!
Spring is My fav month and the place to be, for me, is Tokyo!!
Not just because the weather is nice or that I love Tokyo in general, but if you have witness sakura さくら (cherryblossom) in its full bloom you just have to come back, no matter what!
AND everyone gets so happy and all over the parks people gather under the trees having おはなみparty!! (o^^o)
That means wieving cherryblossoms while having picnic under the trees!
This is from 駒沢公園
Komazawakōen! Komazawa Daigaku is the area I lived in last year. Just a beautiful area you reach by going from Shibuya with Den-en toshi line!
Drinking, eating obentos (lunchboxes) and small snacks together is an everyday festive event with friends during a weeks period of time when the blossoms are in full bloom.
This time we went up to Nikko for a days trip.
Its just beautiful and so peaceful and you walk around in the woods, wathching the worlds heritage of shrines and temples from the Nara and Edo periode, all embedded in nature with redwood trees reaching to the sky surrounding them!
And the 2h trip up there, you can see …
Im in love with Japan!♡
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Weekends in Tokyo! How can you not like them.
This Saturday and Sunday there was a SriLanka festival in Yoyogi park.
The same place where I went to that Brazilian one.
Alot of food stands, omiyage (souveniers), people and music!
On stage there was a performance of what I guess was a kind of famous man "singing" and all these bollywood dancers where entering the stage in beautiful dresses and dances and "sings" with him in these ballads. Why I do "this" is because Im not sure they are singing or just mime to the lyrics in the song (^¨^) Either way its fun watching! AND the food is oishii desu!
After the festival, because it ended at 7pm, I went to a potlock party my school arranged for all their students, Japanese as well as gaijins (foreigners). Everyone brings something to eat and you get alot of different stuff to nibble on during your mingle session, and you who knows me KNOWS that Im a proffessional mingler ('-')
It was great, some new friends to hook up with and everything ended at 10.20pm. the night was still young so I hooked up with some friends at an Izakaya (bar) and after some drinks and alot of laughs we went to rock west, listening to one of my friends friend DJ:ing and its really a great place and the people Im with is so funny and we ended up dancing barefoot on the floor. I came back home around 04.00am and with a bright yet tired smile I crashed in my bed!
peanutbutter jelly time!
Im trying two looks today! Which one do you prefer?
So, Im planning on buying some speciel items for anyone that are interested and I have looked at Anjelic Pretty and Vivienne Westwood
and h.Nauto and ofcourse 6%DOKIDOKI! I will also buy alot of really cool socks because people, you can´t call yourself a fashionista if you dont have your socks in order (^-^)
So please stay tuned and in the meantime look at these wonderful girls out in Yoyogi Park this wonderful Thursday in Tokyo!
Shibuya <3
Shibuya by night! I just want you to understand what it is I see everyday and what makes me happy here in Tokyo! Just to bee and look around me! This is taken from Hachiko Crossing!
I <3 festivals
I just ❤ weekends in Tokyo! So this weekend, I went with two friends to Yoyogi park and there, surprise, was a Brazilian Day festival! How about that! I just love that you can just stumble in to a festival while walking around in your favourite district (Shibuya).
Well, actually, we arrived around 7 and then it was kind of over, but still alot of people and food stands left! We hanged around for a while and then we went to Shimokitazawa!
Such a gorgeous little place with all these narrow streets and small shops and Izakayas everywhere!
I just love how there is always something to do and places to see and people to meet!
A lovely start of this weekend and the last train home was not as packed either (^-^)
Sunday I studied for a bit, then I went to Shibuya and walked up to Yoyogi park and the Brazilian Day festival was still going on! I looked at these capoeira-dancers (together with several houndred more) and all of a sudden, there is a drum-sound that echoes through the festival and people start to move to one specific place which ofcourse I do to! And there it was, a group of drummers, starting drumming away to a great beat as they drum they slowly walk their way ahead through the crowd. First of all I have never seen so many brazilian people before in Tokyo and second I have never seen so many Japanese guys shake their buts before! I joined in and started move to the beat as well and it was a great and happy feeling being a part of this happening!
Beers, foods on sticks, slushies and but-shaking! what is there not to enjoy!
After a pineapple-slushy and sausage-on-a-pin and some dancing in the crowd I was pleased and went back to Komazawa before the sky opened up and a heavy rain washed over the sparkeling light and drumming beat that ended one of several festivals in Yoyogi Park!


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'In response to the exceeding greatness of the gift of God, we dedicate ourselves to loving Him with all our heart, mind, soul and strength, and consecrate our lives to His service.'
These words capture the heart of the life and the call of The Servants of the Word, an ecumenical international brotherhood of men to which I belong. They are taken from our Covenant, a document we wrote at the foundation of our brotherhood to express our commitments and the way of life we have received from the Lord.
The Servants of the Word have been living and working in Europe and the Middle East since 1979. Today we have brothers and in our houses in London, Belfast, and Beirut who come from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures and Christian traditions (Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant); as a result, our life is very rich. In addition we have houses of brothers in the USA, Mexico and the Philippines. Despite our diversity, we all share the same conviction and call from God to serve his people particularly in and through the broader network of communities of families and singles of which we are a part, the Sword of the Spirit.
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Our call was always as part of our broader movement the Sword of the Spirit, and each of our houses of brothers is connected to a local community. Members of these communities are all part of local churches but we feel God has called us to a life as a community beyond our church involvement, and all of our brothers are involved in this broader community.
Typically brothers get involved with the Servants of the Word in their early twenties and live in our life for 6-8 years before they would make a lifelong commitment. The commitments we make are based around the traditional vows, celibacy, obedience, and simplicity in possessions. We do not have one particular type of work; rather we serve wherever we can in building the Kingdom of God, particularly in the context of the needs of the Sword of the Spirit. As an example in London my role is a mix of different jobs, leading the council of leaders of our local community of families and singles, the Antioch community, overseeing our student outreach team in central London, as well as leading our house of eleven brothers. Other brothers in my house are involved in teaching, youth work, community growth, administration, studies and a number of secular jobs. If there is one area we particularly focus on it is work with young people, particularly those in the 17-25 age bracket.
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7 June 2019
The Srixon Amateur Championship will return to The Belfry in 2019 as once again tens of thousands of amateurs compete via Partner qualifying medals to be crowned number 1.
The Four-time Ryder Cup venue will host the grand final for a third time, with finalists battling it out over the PGA National Course on Tuesday, September 17th.
Competitors will also have the opportunity to look inside Srixon's brand new Tour Truck the day before the final, with two night's accommodation on Monday, September 16th and Tuesday, September 17th.
Sponsors Srixon will once again support 90 qualifying events across the UK & Ireland, supplying Partners with prizes for first, second and third places. These prizes are a Cleveland Golf HB 6 Putter, a Srixon Shoe Bag and a Srixon Trifold towel.
Qualifying medals will be staged between now and July with the top 20 on the final table going to The Belfry to battle it out for the crown.
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Here's the latest leaderboard (correct as of June 7th).
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It's December, so NaNoWriMo is over. What are you doing now? Hopefully, getting some sleep and relaxing for a bit. Catching up with family and friends who haven't seen you in 30 days. Surely you remember your kids' names, right?
Now it's time to burst your bubble. The typical paperback novel is between 80,000 and 100,000 words long. Yes, you completed 50,000 words, and that's an amazing achievement in 30 days. But 50,000 words does not a novel make.
The beauty of NaNoWriMo is that it releases you from worrying about what you're writing, trying to make it perfect, and instead you just focus on getting words down on the page. And that is a serious accomplishment: 50,000 words in 30 days. NaNoWriMo hopefully taught you that when you're not seeking perfection, you can get an amazing amount of words out instead of staring at a blank page.
So, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you've likely got more work ahead on that novel of yours.
Word Count Guidelines by Genre
Here's an easy to reference list of average fiction book lengths by genre thanks to LitRejections.com:
- Crime: 90,000 to 100,000
- Mysteries/thrillers/suspense: 70,000 to 90,000
- Romance: 70,000 to 100,000
- Fantasy: 90,000 to 100,000
- Paranormal: 75,000 to 95,000
- Horror: 80,000 to 100,000
- Science fiction: 90,000 to 125,000 (it takes a lot to build a fictional world)
- Literary/commercial/women's: 80,000 to 110,000
What Genre is Your NaNoWriMo Novel?
Depending on your genre, from the list above, you might have between 20,000 and 40,000 more words to write. And that's the least amount.
This assumes you're going the traditional publishing route. If you're self-publishing, there are more lenient rules about word count, as some self-published works are novella length (around 50,000 words).
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After taking enough time off, come back to your novel with fresh eyes. Below, we have suggested the key areas where you can strengthen and build up your novel, with links to further information about each area.
Complete this sentence: My NaNoWriMo novel is about… If you can't easily explain the theme of your novel in one sentence, maybe you don't actually have a theme.
Theme is the big picture of what your novel is about, not the plot points. It could be about death, fear, revenge, love, acceptance, really living, etc. For example, the novel The Great Gatsby is about the decline of the American Dream in the 1920s.
Writing 50,000 words in 30 days is bound to leave some gaping plot holes. Go back through your work and try to flesh those out. Make sure your story starts in the middle of the action and that the tension continues to increase until the final denouement.
Also, don't forget to tie up any loose ends from sub-plots. Plot and sub-plot problems usually require the most revisions, so it's good to get this out of the way early on.
Then it's time to focus on your characters. Are they fully-rendered 3-D personalities, flesh-and-blood human beings with flaws and imperfections and more noble characteristics?
World Building
Is your story set in current day London or maybe in South Africa in the 1940s? You'll need to research to make sure even the smallest detail rings true to place and time.
On the flip side, if your story is set in the future or on a different planet, you have some serious world building to do.
Now is the time to tackle your story's world and make it thoroughly and delightfully believable.
Narrative Arc
Sometimes called the story arc, your narrative arc must have a beginning, a middle, and an end. The key is to ensure your story arc and your character's arc (how your main character is changed over the course of the story) are intertwined so well that readers won't know where one begins and the other ends.
Go through your manuscript and make sure your main character is confronted by plenty of action that changes her or makes her grow in some way.
Dialogue can be a tough one to make sound natural. Your best bet is to go through your novel and read the dialogue out loud. If it sounds natural, then it's good to go. But if the dialogue sounds stilted, you must revise. You want it to roll off the tongue to be believable.
Intensive Technical Edits
Now it's time to make your manuscript shine. Technical language problems like using abstract or vague words, overused words, sticky sentences, unnecessary adverbs, and more will make your manuscript scream "amateur." These can be easily caught by running your manuscript through the ProWritingAid.com online editing tool or your ProWritingAid add-in in Microsoft Word, Google Docs or Scrivener. Especially in imagery, it's easy to fall back on cliches when describing sights, smells, taste, touch, and hearing.
There are over 25 ProWritingAid reports that you can run, including the Summary Report, which will analyze your full text and give you the key actions you should take to improve your work.
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ProWritingAid will catch these technical gaffes to help you strengthen and tighten your prose. You don't want to skip this step. What you do want is your editor and publisher thoroughly impressed with the professional manuscript you present.
Time for a Professional Edit
Once you have tightened it up as much as you can, send it to your editor. He or she will help you polish your novel and get it in publishable shape, whether you're self-publishing or following traditional methods.
Final Words
If you think the manuscript you painfully churned out during NaNoWriMo is just fine as it is at 50,000 words, you may be right. Here are some very famous novels that came out to be roughly 50,000 words:
- The Great Gatsby
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Invisible Man
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
You do you. Don't let us change your mind.
Happy writing!
If you enjoyed this post about writing a novel, you might also enjoy these articles from our archive:
- How to Foreshadow Like Hitchcock
- How to Construct a 3D Main Character
- Are You Ready to Draft Your Story Arc?
- How to Create Your Story's World
- How to Create a Compelling Character Arc
- Are You Ready to Draft Your Plot?
- 4 Plot Pitfalls You Need to Avoid
- The Four Drafts Your Novel Needs (and Why You Probably Won't Use a Single Word of Your First Draft!)


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"You Crack Me Up" Mosaic Mirrors – Day 1
March 30, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Breaking old dishes, cups, platters and more is empowering. Maybe you
have only one plate left of your grandmother's and you hate to throw
it away. Bring it to class and discover how to incorporate it into a
work of art! This art form is very satisfying and rewarding. You will
learn how to design a wall hanging or mirror, a house number, or even
a table top.
Mosaic classes require 2 sessions. The first session (3/30/2019 from 9am – 4pm) is design and
gluing. The second session (3/31/2019 from 1-2:30 pm) is for grouting and finishing.
All supplies are provided. Both sessions must be attended for success.
Cost: $75-$85. Register online at crossingarts.org.


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Whether you love or hate Activision, they have essentially turned the interactive toy market into a gold mine! Skylanders has come a long way in its four year life span, starting out its adventure with that once famous, but adorable purple dragon named Spyro to making Skylanders the must have toys every Christmas season.
So what's new and exciting in Trap Team? Skylanders is now in its fourth year of existence and in its newest iteration; the villains can now be trapped and used for the purposes of good. So unfortunately for previous Skylanders owners, once again you will have to invest in an all new starter pack. Due to the new Trap Team portal that features a spot to place your traps and a speaker that enhances the voices of the trapped villains, you will be unable to use your older portals for this game. Sixteen new Trap Masters, sixteen new core characters and sixteen new minis are available to purchase to add to your team or just to collect. Now before you worry about how much money will you need to spend to play Trap Team, keep in mind that all of your older figures will work in this game, so the only extra money that you will spend is on the starter pack, seven additional Trap Masters, and six additional traps. Due to the vault feature in Skylanders Academy, you can store all you captured villains and swap them out when you want to use them in the gameplay. Unless you're a collector, Skylanders has always only required that you have a main character of each element to complete the game.
So what is the adventure you can expect to embark upon this time? After the events in Skylanders: Swap Force, Kaos releases the worst villains in Skylands from Cloudcracker Prison. This sends all of the Trap Masters and the Traptanium used to build the prison to Earth. The player, in the role of Portal Master, must use the Trap Masters and the Traptanium shards traps to capture all of the escaped villains.
So as an avid fan and previous player of all things having to do with Skylanders. (Yes, I even play Lost Islands on my smart phone.) I set off on my new adventure in Skyland!
As a Portal Master it is your job to help the Skylanders clean-up Kaos' latest mess and capture these villains to save Skylands from certain destruction. Using traps made of Traptanium, the Trapmaster of your choice traps their foes once they've been defeated. But you don't just put them back in prison; these trapped villains can now be used in battle! Each with their own abilities, these villains can be used to help take back Skylands. Every trap you use to capture a foe essentially becomes that character, so you can switch between villains on the fly as long as you have enough traps. Each villain is only allowed out of his trap for a certain amount of time before he/she is returned, shown by a timer at the bottom of the screen. All experience and loot collected by the villains goes to the Skylander that is on the portal at the time. So you be thinking it's pretty pointless to use them at all, but each villain has their own unique side quest only they can complete, and the villains each have their own devastating attack.
As in previous adventures, there are lots of hidden areas and items that you must find. Hidden areas will require a Trap Master of a certain element to unlock, and the fixed camera mode will sometimes make it frustrating to find these things when you find yourself stepping off the side of a cliff.
On top of the story campaign, players can also jump into a tower defense horde mode style game called the Kaos Doom Challenge. While the mode provides a fun alternative to adventuring through the Skylands, playing this seemed to level up your characters incredibly quickly. Dozens of mini-games are available to play in the Academy as well as the returning Skystones Smash card game, and the Combat Arena, Each mini-game provides a welcome, fun distraction from the standard action adventure combat of the main game.
The vibrant colors of the game's graphics are what you have come to expect from the Skylanders franchise. I didn't see much of a difference on the PS4, but under heavy visual loads the system handled everything smoothly with no frame-rate drops or interruption in the game. The ambient score and the comical voices of all the characters make the game even more fun to play. Listening to a villain make comments on your achievements, or just making light banter through the portal speaker brings even more laughs to the game.
In the end, Activision and Toys for Bob have found a way to add new features to every iteration of the franchise and it just keeps getting better. If you want more Skylanders adventures then I definitely recommend picking up Trap Team. The franchise is an investment that sometimes can hurt your wallet, but it's a FUN investment that you can share with friends and family through the various modes the game offers.


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Kyle Gibson: 44 Game Score, 7 IP, 5 ER, 7 K, 1 BB, 63.7% strikes
Bullpen: 1 IP, ER, 2 K
Lineup: 2-for-6 w/RISP, 8 LOB
Bottom three per WPA: Gibson -.170, Wilson -.140, Kepler/Mauer -.070
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Gibson did end up finishing seven innings and struck out seven, but whenever Chicago needed a big hit, they seemed to get it. Among the twelve baserunners he surrendered, only five were left on base and the White Sox were 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position against him.
On the mound opposite him for the Sox was James Shields, and he looked like the younger version of himself against a hapless Twins lineup. He got thirteen outs on ground balls, struck out five, and had three one-two-three innings among his seven frames.
In the sixth inning, it was a "what the heck just happened?!" moment when it comes to umpires, and the Twins were on the wrong side of it. Third base coach Gene Glynn was mysteriously ejected (nice video, by the way, MLB…) after a Brian Dozier single put Eddie Rosario 90 feet away from home. A balk was then called that should have given Minnesota a run, but the White Sox protested and somehow that call was reversed. Paul Molitor then came out to object to that decision and also got tossed…
The weirdest part in all of that, is just like strikes, arguing a balk is not supposed to be allowed:
Not that it mattered much other than it would have kept the Twins from being shut out to that point, but I can't wait to hear any explanations from Major League Baseball.
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Out of the bullpen, Ryan Pressly gave up a home run to Avisail Garcia in the eighth inning and his ERA on the season has now increased by two full runs in the month of June to 4.14.
The only star of the game on offense for Minnesota was Ehire Adrianza, who went 4-for-4 with his 14th double, and finally got the Twins on the board officially in the top of ninth with an RBI single.
Go back at 'em tomorrow, fellas…?
Postgame With Molitor
Bullpen Usage
Here's a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days:
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AL Central Standings
Next Three Games
Thu @ CWS, 1:10PM CST – RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-5, 4.97 ERA)
Fri @ CHC, 4:05PM CST – RHP Jose Berrios (8-5, 3.15 ERA)
Sat @ CHC, 1:20PM CST – LHP Adalberto Mejia (0-0, -.--ERA)
Last Three Games
CWS 8, MIN 4: South Side Slip
MIN 2, TEX 0: La MaKKKKKKKKKKKKina
TEX 9, MIN 6: Odorizzi Lays an Egg
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Thanks to the ineptness of the CRTC, Canada's National Do Not Call List is about the biggest joke Canadian taxpayers have ever paid for. Now here's how it works. You give your phone number to the CRTC to be listed for no calls from telemarketers. If telemarketers call you after you phone number is on that list you can file a complaint with the CRTC who at their discretion may fine the telemarkerter. Well that sounds all fine and dandy doesn't it? EXCEPT: The CRTC sells the do not call list to telemarketers who in return sell that list as numbers to call to other telemarketers who sells it to other telemarketers. Which ultimately means the CRTC sells out Canadian taxpayers.
Case in point, we are on the do not call list. Telemarketing calls increased to the point I turned the answering machine off. Recently we have been getting phone calls from 1-866-362-8165 aka a well reputed scam by Georgian Manors Resort. Now why on earth would they be calling us when our name is on the do not call list and they were one of the reasons I put our phone number on there in the first place? And our last call from them was at 5:48 PM EST on February 11, 2011. Our phone number has been on the do not call list for over two years and thanks to the CRTC we still get phone calls from these scammers? The CRTC who is supposed to protect consumer rights for telecommunications in Canada is about the biggest farce and waste of tax payer dollars there ever was!
Garden Gnome
- Pierre Trudeau
Friday, February 11, 2011
The National Do Not Call List is a Joke
Thanks to the ineptness of the CRTC, Canada's National Do Not Call List is about the biggest joke Canadian taxpayers have ever paid for. Now here's how it works. You give your phone number to the CRTC to be listed for no calls from telemarketers. If telemarketers call you after you phone number is on that list you can file a complaint with the CRTC who at their discretion may fine the telemarkerter. Well that sounds all fine and dandy doesn't it? EXCEPT: The CRTC sells the do not call list to telemarketers who in return sell that list as numbers to call to other telemarketers who sells it to other telemarketers. Which ultimately means the CRTC sells out Canadian taxpayers.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
A Few of My Thoughts on the Food Industry in Canada
The vast majority of Canadians buy all or a good portion of their food in a grocery store. That's a given because let's face it, in Canada our growing seasons are such that we could not possibly grow all the food we want in any given year. I am emphasizing want because for the most part many Canadians could grow what they need to help reduce food insecurity in Canada. The food industry is considerably larger than all of us mere mortals. They have single handedly convinced Canadians that home cooking is too much work and yet our higher powers (Canadian Food Inspection Agency, CFIA; Health Canada and through imports the USDA/FDA) that be routinely subject Canadians to:
- excess food additives
- allowing BPA (bis-phenol A) to contaminate commercially canned foods and drinks via a mandatory plastic coating - actually this is a USDA mandate that CFIA and Health Canada tolerates even though this chemical is harming Canadian children
- allowing preservatives like sodium benzoate (in products like RealLemon) that when exposed to acidic and heat conditions breaks down into benzene, a known carcinogen
- an acceptable level of bug and other contaminates in commercially canned food (imported and home grown)
Canadians need to say enough is enough. I'm not trying to fearmonger but rather inform. I honestly believe that the Canadian food industry is trouble because they simple don't have the balls to stand up and say we are Canadian rather than follow blindly what the Americans do. The USDA says they want the BPA plastic lining so our kids have to suffer? The USDA says high fructose corn syrup safe. Where are the Canadian tests meant to protect Canadians? I was saddened to see that my government of which I pay taxes to tells me to use the USDA for canning advice which would be so bad except that their last major overhaul of recommended canning practices was in 1994. By any standard data that is now 17 years old is more than outdated! Why is it in a country where home canning does play a larger role in many families lives that we are referred to old data not even compiled by our own country? Why is it we don't have enough food inspectors to check out our meat processing plants? Lord know we have enough unemployed so perhaps some of them could pick up the slack. Why is it in a country where food insecurity is a growing concern there aren't programs to help those less fortunate grow their own even through community gardens. Many communities have open space why not use that space to grow food for those who need it. Teach them the skills so they can teach someone else while helping themselves.
I firmly believe each individual has the responsiblity to ensure a safe food supply for themselves and their family. How you do this will depend on your life skills, your willingness to learn and get involved. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- grow what you can yourself
- buy locally from local farmers
- learn to preserve what you grow buy locally
- contact food manufacturers - It is surprising how much one person can actually change how a food producer makes or markets their product. If you see an ingredient you don't like in a product, let them know about it. Contact them if you don't like their packaging. Write them if you don't like how they are not doing business in a socially responsible manner.
- get involved! - As Canadians we tend to be a rather passive lot letting everyone including our elected officials (you know the ones eating $1,000 a plate meals while we can barely afford to put food on our table, the very same ones our tax dollars pay their huge pay cheques). There are at least 4 levels of government every Canadian can address their concerns to - municipal, county, provincial and federal. You can address each concern at every level of government. If you don't like something the CFIA has done get in touch with your MP. If you don't like that Joe the farmer dumps chemicals into the ditch let the municipality know and be sure to follow through.
- get the media involved! - Our country is dotted with all kinds of ways to get your message out through media from local broadcasting stations to local newspapers to larger publications and if that doesn't work you can always blog about it where the message will get out well beyond Canada's borders.
- be persistent - One letter, one complaint, one comment is easy to overlook. These get passed to the wayside. But the squeaky wheel is the one that gets fixed so be that squeaky wheel.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The Great Snowstorm of 2011
We live on waterfront property on the Great Lakes waterway in beautiful Ontario. Winters here are quite pretty! The ice on the water never full freezes so there are pockets of open water that the various waterfowl take advantage of. Pictured is the view from our kitchen a couple of days ago.
Today is Ground Hog Day. Wiarton Willy's prediction this year is an early spring which I'm sure made a lot of people happy as they were digging out from last night's snowstorm. It was the worst snowstorm of the season hitting southern Ontario rather hard last night with continuing snow, freezing rain and poor road conditions due to high winds causing drifting and low visibility. The weather forecast for today is for at least another 10 cm of snow. Watching our neighbours on both sides of us dig their long driveways out from a good 30 cm of snow I am glad we had the foresight to arrange ours to be plowed out! There were a lot of cancellations but my husband decided to go into the office for the afternoon. The great snowstorm of 2011 was not as bad as predicted here in our little corner of Canada.


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CBA North News
Today quick news of two events which may be of particular interest to those in the Sunderland and County Durham area.
Best wishes,
CBA North Committee
North Hylton Community Archaeology Dig
This is an opportunity for both adults and children to take part in fieldwalking, trial trenching (small test pits for children) and finds washing. No experience is necessary, training will be provided by professional archaeologists from Wardell Armstrong and all equipment will be provided.
The purpose of the work is to investigate the cropmark visible above on aerial photographs. This project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The archaeological work will run from Monday 23rd October until 3rd November. Volunteers can attend for as few or as many days as they wish, but they do need to book a place. If you are interested please contact;
Frank Giecco email@example.com
Norman Kirtlan firstname.lastname@example.com
Further information on the project can be found at Sunderland's Forgotten Stones website here.
The Durham River Wear Assemblage Project
Also next week is a lecture on finds from the Durham River Wear Assemblage Project.
Further information on the project can be found on here in the pages of the Department of Archaeology, Durham University.


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As the death toll in the twin blasts in Indian city of Hyderabad continues to rise, the Indian Mujahideen (IM) has emerged as the initial suspect in the terror attack.
Fourteen people have been confirmed dead, and 13 bodies have been identified. A further 119 people were injured in the explosions.
Five young students were among those killed in the blast, and the majority of those injured are aged between 19 and 22.
While some reports are linking the blasts with the recent hanging of Kashmiri activist Afzal Guru for plotting the 2001 attack on India's parliament, the police say that Hyderabad was on the Mujahideen's radar for nearly a year.
According to a police press release, alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives Syed Maqbool and Imran Khan were involved in plotting the attack, in tandem with Riyaz Bhatkal, a key figure in the movemewnt.
The release claimed: "About a month before Ramzan in 2012, Maqbool helped Imran in doing a recce of Dilkhush (Dillsukh) Nagar, Begum Bazar and Abids in Hyderabad on a motorcycle. This was done on the instruction of Riyaz."
Besides, the ingredients used in the explosives reportedly point to the involvement of the Islamist organisation.
The Mujahideen is believed to have used bicycles to plant bombs in the past, notably in the western Indian city of Pune.
In the aftermath of the blasts, it has also emerged that there were intelligence inputs about a possible terror strike, although the alert was not specific.
Bangalore, Hubli and Coimbatore in south India were mentioned as possible targets. The intelligence report also reportedly spoke about the revival of the IM and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba in India.
India's Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who visited the two blast sites in Hyderabad, said the intelligence alert was general in nature.
He said it was too early to say who was responsible for the attack.
Shinde confirmed the bombs were planted on bicycles 150m (500ft) apart from each other in a busy fruit market. The blasts took place outside a small restaurant, close to a bus stand and two cinemas.
The second bomb was placed at exactly the same spot where an unexploded bomb was found in the twin blasts in 2007.
The Australian cricket team, now touring India, has reportedly held talks with Indian authorities regarding players' safety. The team is due to play a Test match in Hyderabad from 2 March.


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Happy New Year? UK Copyright Proposals
As readers of this blog well know, copyright reform has been desperately needed in this country for many years. The earlier Gowers Review was almost totally ignored by the government that commissioned it, and there was always the fear that the more recent Hargreaves Review might suffer the same fate. Miraculously, that seems not to be the case. Just before Christmas, the UK government published its response to the consultation on copyright exceptions and clarifying copyright law with details of how it intends to proceed (.pdf), and they are really pretty good.
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I am unabashedly a studio painter. Oh sure, occasionally in the summer months I set up an easel system in my garage and paint. In my old neighborhood the kids would sneak over, filled with curiosity as to what Mrs. Barron was up to in her garage with the music blaring. But that was about as close to Plein Air as I have ever gotten. Now I am living where there is a major Plein Air Competition held by the Cedarburg Artists Guild (www.cedarburgartistsguild.com) every year.
I love my intimate environment with my canvas and paints. It is important for me to build a relationship with my subject matter. So I was rather perplexed trying to figure out how to be involved, enjoy the weather (when it was nice this past week), and meet other artists now that it's no longer too cold to be out and about. While at a Guild meeting I realized that I could use my time to walk around, meet some of the artists who have come here to participate, and do some interviewing with photos to share with all those who are friends of the guild's Facebook page. During this time I have benefitted more than I thought I would.
I have met some amazing artists and seen how they treat their canvases for outdoor painting. I have seen many different ground colors used. In fact, one artist used a very bright green undertone which he felt would be difficult to paint over but halfway through the painting he discovered that bright lime tone gave such inner light to his landscape. We have shared discussions on numbers of brushes to bring, use, and the challenges with whichever they have decided. However, I believe the most important lesson to be learned from plein air painting is the need to make quick decisions as the light changes so rapidly. As an artist we forget to use our instincts and I believe plein air painting encourages us to push our talents to the top without allowing our safety devices to get in the way. A lesson that I hope will stay with me forever.
Most artists have enjoyed the conversations by passerby people walking down the sidewalks and have been so gracious to allow me to invade their space with my pad, pen, camera, and questions. I'd like to thank them all for their time!
Even though I didn't paint this year in the competition, I do believe I came out a winner for having met those that I have talked to and for learning all that I have which will provide me that additional courage to participate fully next year. If you are in the Cedarburg, Wisconsin area I hope you'll come on out for Strawberry Festival on Saturday and head over to the Cedarburg Cultural Center (www.cedarburgculturalcenter.org) to see the plein air paintings and perhaps bid on one in the auction that begins at 4:30pm.
Hope to see you there!


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Prehospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) is a new and evolving field within Prehospital Care and involves the delivery of safe prehospital critical care to seriously ill or injured patients, and safe transfer to or between hospitals. It covers a broad range of medical and traumatic conditions, interventions, clinical providers and physical environments.
ABC of Prehospital Emergency Medicine is the first text to provide a comprehensive overview of this field and with an international team of expert authors is essential reading to anyone involved in the delivery of Prehospital Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care.
Contributor list vii
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
1 Prehospital Emergency Medicine 1
Matthew Boylan and Tim Nutbeam
2 Activation and Deployment 3
Andrew Thurgood and Matthew Boylan
3 Personal Protective Equipment 7
Clare Bosanko and Matthew Boylan
4 Scene Safety and Assessment 13
Vic Calland and Pete Williams
5 The Primary Survey 18
Tim Nutbeam and Matthew Boylan
6 Airway Assessment and Management 20
Marten Sandberg Anders Rostrup Nakstad Peter Anthony Berlac Per Kristian Hyldmo and Matthew Boylan
7 Breathing Assessment and Management 27
Per Kristian Hyldmo Peter Anthony Berlac Anders Rostrup Nakstad Marten Sandberg and Matthew Boylan
8 Circulation Assessment and Management 35
R. J. Dawes and Matthew Boylan
9 Prehospital Anaesthesia 44
Tim Hooper and David Lockey
10 Prehospital Analgesia and Sedation 51
Jonathan Hulme
11 Prehospital Monitoring 57
Tim Harris and Peter Shirley
12 Prehospital Ultrasound 63
Tim Harris Adam Bystrzycki and Stefan Mazur
13 Trauma: Head Injury 70
Jeremy Henning and Clare Hammell
14 Trauma: Spinal Injuries 75
Lucas A. Myers Christopher S. Russi Matthew Boylan and Tim Nutbeam
15 Trauma: Abdominal Injury 81
Keith Roberts
16 Trauma: Pelvic Injury 84
Matt O Meara Keith Porter and Tim Nutbeam
17 Trauma: Extremity Injury 87
Matt O Meara Keith Porter and Tim Nutbeam
18 Trauma: Burns 90
Alex Jones Anna Barnard and Keith Allison
19 Trauma: Suspension and Crush 98
Jason van derVelde
20 Trauma: Ballistic and Blast 103
Matthew Boylan
21 Trauma: Extrication of the Trapped Patient 110
Malcolm Q. Russell
22 Cardiac Arrest 118
Walter Kloeck Efraim Kramer Martin Botha and David Kloeck
23 Acute Medical Emergencies 126
Adam Low and Tim Nutbeam
24 Environmental Injuries 134
Peter Aitken Mark Little Ian Norton and Andrew Pearce
25 Environmental: Altitude Injury 141
Harvey Pynn
26 Environmental: Drowning and Near Drowning 144
Tim Nutbeam
27 Environmental: Diving Emergencies 146
Tudor A. Codreanu
28 Care of Special Groups: The Obstetric Patient 150
Kristyn Manley Tracy–Louise Appleyard Tim Draycott and Matthew Boylan
29 Care of Special Groups: The Paediatric Patient 159
Fiona Jewkes and Julian Sandell
30 Care of Special Groups: The Elderly Patient 165
Tim Nutbeam
31 Care of Special Groups: The Bariatric Patient 168
Lynn Gerber Smith Suzanne Sherwood Anna Fergusson and Dennis Jones
32 Retrieval and Transport 172
Peter Aitken Mark Elcock Neil Ballard and Matt Hooper
33 Emergency Preparedness: Major Incident Management 179
Damian Keene Tim Nutbeam and Claire Scanlon
34 Emergency Preparedness: Chemical Biological Radiation and Nuclear Incidents 185
Christopher A. Kahn Kristi L. Koenig and Matthew Boylan
35 Emergency Preparedness: Mass Gatherings 190
Lee Wallis and Wayne Smith
36 Clinical Governance 195
Assiah Mahmood and Rod Mackenzie
37 Medicolegal and Ethical Aspects of Prehospital Emergency Medicine 201
Craig M. Klugman and Jennifer Bard
38 Research and Development in Prehospital Emergency Medicine 206
Suzanne Mason and A. Niroshan Siriwardena
Index 209
Matthew Boylan