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State of the Union Blue Part 3: Blue Jackets Forwards
By Mark Scheig July 24th, 2014
Nathan Horton must be an impact player if the Blue Jackets want to make the playoffs again. (Fred Squillante/Columbus Dispatch)
State of the Union Blue Part 1: Goaltending
State of the Union Blue Part 2: Defense
State of the Union Blue Part 3: Forwards
In the final part of this series, we will take a look at the state of the Columbus Blue Jackets forward unit going into this season.
If there is one word that will summarize the current state of the Columbus Blue Jackets forwards, it is competition. With the exception of a couple of top players, roster spots in training camp will be an open competition. And that is a very good thing right now. This franchise is not used to having this kind of depth throughout its organization. There is a real good mix of veterans and young talent on this roster, especially at the forward position. Just because a player made the roster last year, doesn't mean they are guaranteed a spot this year. The competition will be extremely fierce. There will be surprises. Let's now take a look at the current state of the Blue Jackets forwards, and what we can expect to see come October 9th.
Ryan Johansen
In what seems like a story that will never end, Ryan Johansen will be signed, and will be ready once training camp opens. There has been a lot of nervousness in regards to these contract negotiations. However, there is nothing to suggest that anything unusual is happening. Both sides have been going back and forth in these negotiations. After a period of time in which there wasn't much communicating, things may be starting to slowly come together for Johansen and getting a new contract. There is work left to do. But there is no doubt Johansen wants to be a Blue Jacket. He has publicly acknowledged that. The business side of hockey will run its course, and Johansen will be ready to prove that last season's 33 goals was not a one year wonder.
Puck-rakers: After a long frost, talks between #CBJ and C Ryan Johansen appear to be progressing http://t.co/V9yAxNOa2p
— Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) July 20, 2014
There will be a very noticeable new addition to the forward lineup this season. Scott Hartnell joins the Blue Jackets, after he was traded from Philadelphia, for R.J Umberger. Hartnell is exactly the kind of player Columbus needed. He also fills a gaping hole on the left wing. Whether he will be put on the top line to Ryan Johansen's left, or put on the 2nd line to Brandon Dubinsky's left, Hartnell will make it that much more difficult for opponents to play against the Blue Jackets. He also brings leadership. He will make his teammates better on and off the ice. That is the most important thing Hartnell will bring to this team. The locker room got 100 times better as soon as the trade was announced. The league had better take notice. Columbus will need to be reckoned within the Eastern Conference.
Nathan Horton
Remember him? He spent most of last season out recovering from shoulder surgery. He appeared in only 36 games, scoring 5 goals and 19 points. Fans as a result started thinking back to some of the other acquisitions that didn't pan out (Jeff Carter, Marian Gaborik) and thought here we go again. This situation is different. Horton didn't have an offseason to be able to prepare for the season. He came back into the lineup, and you just knew he wasn't anywhere near himself. This time around, he has been in Columbus working out. He is expected to be at training camp 100% healthy. As of now, the projected top forward line is slated to be Horton, Johansen, and Boone Jenner. This forward line will be the offensive surprise of the season. Regardless, Nathan Horton will be the key to the season. His play will determine how far Columbus goes this season. Blue Jackets Play by Play announcer Jeff Rimer had the chance to discuss Horton, Johansen, Jenner, and Hartnell in this interview with President of Hockey Operations John Davidson.
Other Storylines to Follow
There are some very intriguing storylines to follow once training camp does start up. Which Cam Atkinson are we going to see, the one who got scratched, or the one who has the talent to be a sneaky 30 goal scorer? He has a chance to slot in on the 2nd line with Brandon Dubinsky, depending on how training camp goes. He will also become a Restricted Free Agent after this upcoming season. The same can be said for Matt Calvert. Both players have very important seasons upcoming. Their performance will be under the microscope even more, given the young talent in the organization. What about next season's pending Unrestricted Free Agents in Nick Foligno and Mark Letestu? Will this be their last season with the Blue Jackets? They have pressure to perform as well. What about the newest Blue Jackets, such as Brian Gibbons, or Jerry D'Amigo? They can find a roster spot too with a good camp. What about the kids like Alexander Wennberg, Kerby Rychel, and Marko Dano? Hey, Boone Jenner and Ryan Murray made the team last season when they weren't expected to. I haven't even mentioned Artem Anisimov, Jared Boll, or Corey Tropp. See what is happening here? There is depth rarely seen in the history of this franchise. There will be competition. To make this lineup will be very challenging for some. And those who do make the lineup can't relax, or else they'll find a seat in the press box.
Cam Atkinson, just like the rest of the forwards, must earn their roster spot this season. (Rob Leifheit-USA TODAY Sports)
So in conclusion, the state of the Blue Jackets forwards is looking very bright. There are many question marks about what the opening day roster is going to look like. Regardless of who makes it, we'll know that it was earned in open competition during training camp. Columbus has never been in a better position to open a season. Now will this translate to regular season success? Only time will tell. But for now, enjoy thinking about what the future holds for this team.


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From the Atacama Desert and rich waters of the Humboldt Current to the wilds of Patagonia and the Strait of Magellan; from ancient forests of Nothofagus beech to puna grasslands below the snow-mantled peaks of the highest Andes; and from the reigning Andean Condor to the endemic Crag Chilia, Chile is a land of awesome beauty and home to an avifauna largely restricted to the southern latitudes of South America. We'll visit several of Chile's major parks and reserves as we bird each of the distinctive vegetational and altitudinal zones from the Peruvian border to the gorgeous Lake District, continuing to the tip of the continent, Tierra del Fuego. The trip includes two incredibly birdy pelagics and two comfortable ferry crossings.
Our tour will record approximately 280 species of birds, among these widespread southern species; but there are also many others that are little known or of very local distribution. Some include the recently rediscovered Austral Rail, Magellanic Plover, the much-wanted Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Rufous-legged Owl, Slender-billed Parakeet, Chilean Woodstar, the incredible Magellanic Woodpecker, and the many special tapaculos--the huet-huets, Turca, and Chucao. Join us this year for a second spring--this one in Chile!
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Corporations told to back off the NHS
Behind the junior doctors' strikes is a battle to save the NHS from creeping privatisation. Organiser Kevin Allard reports on efforts to escalate and broaden the action.
May 19, 2016 · 5 min read
"We took the political struggle over the future of the NHS from the hospital gates into the city centres, targeting the companies directly profiting from the NHS sell-off", said one participant in a day of action called Picket the Profiteers.
While the junior doctors were on strike on 26 April, eleven additional actions included an early morning blockade of a Virgin Care office and the picketing (and attempted storming) of a conference of CEOs of companies in London, plus flying pickets in other towns and cities across the UK which shut down Boots and Virgin stores.
For those watching the mainstream media coverage of the junior doctors' strikes and the ongoing negotiations it may come as a surprise that the causes for industrial action go way beyond the issue of wages and working conditions alone. But if the working conditions of NHS staff are diminished the sector becomes more attractive to businesses aiming to make inroads into healthcare provision.
Junior doctors have been very clear about the impact these changes would have on the care ultimately delivered. By stretching them thinner, it is more likely that Jeremy Hunt can claim the NHS is failing and use this to make a case for opening more of it up to private firms.
The private sector is already estimated to deliver 18% of elective surgery (non-urgent surgery) and this is a market that private healthcare companies are increasingly poised to dominate, if more changes in the NHS are implemented.
Escalate and socialise the strikes
While the strikes have been greeted with massive support from the junior doctors themselves (98% of those balloted voted in favour) and the wider public, the government don't seem too inclined to listen.
Although the strength of political arguments is important for attracting the support of the wider public and mobilising one's own supporters, other forms of power are also needed to build the political leverage needed for victory. Caught within the confines of restrictive trade union laws, and the political challenges common to all care work – how to fight for better wages and conditions whilst looking after those in one's care – the BMA will find it a challenge to escalate this dispute.
Picket the Profiteers allows those not directly involved in the dispute to show their solidarity, and further expand the struggle over the future direction of the NHS. By bringing this tactic – UK Uncut style decentralised action against private companies – into an existing industrial dispute we are attempting to further socialise this strike: bringing more people into the struggle and expanding its leverage in ways which the BMA can't themselves.
We recognise that simply halting this wave of privatisation is not enough. We know that our vision for healthcare in the UK can't be based on retuning to a mythical 'golden age' but needs to be grounded in critiques of the present state of healthcare currently being developed by workers and patients. So we wrote a series of demands which we hope will spark discussion and debate to help provide some orientation for the movement which is building around the NHS struggle.
Our mixture of short and long term demands includes the resignation of Jeremy Hunt and the ongoing development of a free, universal and democratic healthcare system.
How was the #PicketProfiteers action received?
The public, in general, were very supportive of our pickets and generally 'got' the connections we were trying to make between the doctors' strike and a wider political perspective against privatisation and for community control of our common institutions.
The doctors that we spoke to, or organised with, were mainly on board – some expressing thanks that we were taking action they were legally forbidden to take. However, of course, on the day a small minority complained about #picketprofiteers being 'overly-political' by trying to broaden the discussion beyond wages, whilst for others direct action was a step too far.
Alongside my own organisation – Plan C – who called this action, groups such as Solidarity Federation, the Industrial Workers of the World, Disabled People Against the Cuts, and other groups of experienced organisers provided the logistical backbone and mobilising power to make the day a success. As time progresses we aim to build stronger alliances across the left whilst making the case for those not currently involved in political organising to hit the streets.
All our actions had some level of success and, potentially more importantly, our strategy has spread beyond the initial groups involved. We are excited to hear of discussions and plans being formed in other cities since. While this form of action will at some point lose its effectiveness, at the moment Picket the Profiteers is asking important questions about what is needed to win both the Junior Doctors Strike and to not only resist the current round of austerity programmes but, eventually, to get onto the offensive. If you wish to participate please get in touch.
Kevin is a member of Plan C and was actively involved in organising the Picket Profiteers action.
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In the world of motor-sport engines and transmissions (particularly casting design and rapid prototyping), the name Grainger & Worrall comes to the fore, thanks to its involvement in F1 and WRC championship engine and transmission programmes.
Indeed, all 20 cars on the LMP2 grid at Le Mans in June 2018 were using Gibson GK428 engines with castings provided by Grainger & Worrall.
That said, motor-sport is only one part of the company's expertise, as it offers clients extensive knowledge in casting design and engineering, tooling design, machining and prototyping.
Grainger & Worrall's specialist prototype aluminium foundry's approach to product development is adding value by delivering high-integrity precision sand castings for automotive engines — as well as aerospace components and other industrial markets.
The on-going requirement for ever-lighter and more efficient means of propulsion is reflected in an increased need for prototypes and high levels of quality.
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The company was already equipped with traditional gantry-type CMMs (co-ordinate measuring machines), advanced industrial CT scanning (computed tomography) and white-light scanning systems, but the need to accommodate increasingly complex parts and greater throughput meant that it had to increase both its capacity and its capability.
These requirements, along with the need to spend time preparing the surfaces of castings with powder spray when using projected-light scanners prompted the purchase of the HandySCAN 700.
David Lang, who was involved in the decision-making process, said: "The HandySCAN 'ticks many boxes' for us.
Not requiring powder spray is an obvious benefit in terms of time savings, both before and after scanning.
The HandySCAN 700 uses 14 red laser lines for a large field of view and the ability to capture data extremely fast. Mr Lang added: "After testing the HandySCAN, it was obvious that this feature provides very fast data capture, while the addition of a single laser line allows the capture of data from areas within deep pockets.
As is often the case with new technologies, users progress and later get to explore the full benefits on offer. Mr Lang said: "As we assessed the product further, additional benefits came to the fore.
"The ability to scan with a 'hand-held' portable system is significant; because the HandySCAN and all its accessories fit into a small carry case, it is a quick and simple task to take this instrument onto the shopfloor and start inspecting.
"Whether the subject is a large piece of tooling or a sand-mould-pack being assembled, we can now take the scanner on location, set it up and be finished within the hour.
As with any company constantly investing in new technology, the availability of training, system implementation and after-sales support was a significant part of Grainger & Worrall's decision to purchase the Handy-SCAN from Measurement Solutions, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Andy Warriner, area sales manager for Measurement Solutions, said: "Our team provides a complete training course, ranging from two to four days depending upon the application — either inspection or reverse engineering.


As science becomes ever more beset by commercial and ideological pressures, there is urgent need for scientific reporting and analysis from an independent, expert, public interest perspective. In conclusion, indications are that warming in the Arctic will continue in 2017, which spells bad news for Arctic sea ice and for the world at large, as discussed in earlier posts.
The polynomial trend is based on NASA January 2012-February 2017 anomalies from 1951-1980, adjusted by +0.59°C to cater for the rise from 1750 to 1951-1980. Whales might be the largest animals on the planet, but they haven't always been so huge. This year, Regeneron becomes only the third sponsor of the Science Talent Search, with a 10-year, $100 million commitment.
News must be accurate and trustworthy, but facts alone can miss the whole story – the story of us. We are much better than much of today's news portrays us to be. We will have the courage to look into both the best and the worst in us – and not to blame, but to demand better.


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Bob Dylan Text Analysis Essays
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Set the World on Fire Essay
The three words he chooses to sum up the song, as he did for the other tracks on The Next Day, are manipulate, origin, text ("manipulate, origin and text"), confirming Chris O's interpretation.Jérôme Soligny too, believes that Earl Slick "holds the house".Bowie explicitly features Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Dave Van Ronk, a "Bobby" - undoubtedly Bob Dylan, around whom all these characters revolve, according to Tony Visconti -, and a mysterious black woman ("black girl" ) by which commentators believe they recognize Mavis Staples or Odetta Holmes.After a solo by Earl Slick, Bowie's voice reaches on the final chorus the highest note on the record, a G. .Forty-two years after Song for Bob Dylan she once again pays homage to the Amer...
Critical analysis of Bob Dylan's song "Hurricane" Essay
"Metaphor in Bob Dylan's 'Hurricane': genre, style and language." 15May 2009.Levy, J., Dylan, B., "Hurricane." 15 May 2009.Born Robert Allen Zimmerman in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, he moved to New York City in 1961 and legally changed his name to Bob Dylan in 1962.This, of course, is just Bob Dylan's interpretation however."The 30 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs: #21 'Hurricane'." 2009.
Critical Song Analysis of Blowin' In the Wind Essay
Born May 24th, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, Bob Dylan was destined to be a star.The song "blowin' in the wind", was a very popular song in the 60's and was written by a man called Bob Dylan.Critical Song Analysis of Blowin' In the Wind In Our expressive arts class we are studying the topic the 60's.But long before Bob Dylan's recording days he was a young man with the ambition to be a musical icon.Bob started writing poems at around the age of ten and soon also taught himself to play the piano and guitar.
Bob Dylans Social Commentary Essay
"Bob Dylan." Encyclopedia of World Biography."Is Bob Dylan an Artist?" Contemporary Review 1 June 2004: n. pag.Bob Dylan: Like a Complete Unknown.During an interview with the Los Angeles Free Press in 1965, Bob Dylan said, "All I can do is be me, whoever that is," (Dylan) which perfectly describes the sentiment you get from his works.Bob Dylan is criticized mainly on whether his songs can be called poetry and if he can be considered an artist.
Manifestation Music Essay
Bob Dylan's Music One of Bob Dylan's most famous songs, "Blowin' in the Wind," became an anthem in America's 1960 counterculture.Bob Dylan and the Sixties: A Social Commentary Reflecting Politics and Existentialism."Bob Dylan: A Biography.Aside from the song "Blowin' in the Wind," Bob Dylan also created another politically inclined song entitled "The Times They Are A-Changin" (Mason n. p).These situations during the 60s also influenced the music of Bob Dylan which is distinctively political in nature.
Modern Times Essay
This phenomenon leads to a loss of the dynamics of the sounds, and therefore a loss of the quality of the recordings as described by Bob Dylan, the sounds being all found more or less at the same level.According to the CD cover, all tracks are written by Bob Dylan (including the traditional Rollin 'and Tumblin').However, the album sparked controversy over certain traditional tunes that Bob Dylan would have taken on his own, as well as certain lines taken from the work of the 19th century poet Henry Timrod, while attributing to himself the writing of the pieces alone.Modern Times is the name of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's thirty-second studio album, released in August 2006. .The album was recorded with the band members who accompany Dyl...
Mr. Tambourine Man Essay
A video recording of Bob Dylan performing this song at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival is featured in No Direction Home, a documentary by Martin Scorsese.Two earlier recordings of this song by Bob Dylan have appeared in The Bootleg Series: a live version at the New York Philharmonic Hall dated October 31, 1964, and another with Ramblin 'Jack Elliott in backing vocals , recorded during the sessions of the Another Side of Bob Dylan album.This song appears twice in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time chart: The Byrds' version is ranked 79th, and Bob Dylan's is 107th.Bruce Langhorne, the folk guitarist from Greenwich Village, was able to inspire him the song: he often played a gigantic Turkish frame drum similar to a tambo...
Civil Rights Movement Essay
This research paper aims to discuss the crucial contribution of Bob Dylan to the American civil rights movement and politics in general, through his music and lyrics, Before there could be a discussion on Bob Dylan's participation, it is necessary that a discussion on the beginnings of the American civil rights movement be made.Bob Dylan Lyrics.One of Bob Dylan's songs that was significant to the Civil Rights Movement was entitled "The Times They Are A-Changin'" ("Politics")." Bob Dylan Lyrics.Bob Dylan is a prominent figure in the American civil rights movement because he provided the songs that clearly defined the issues of the era.
The Influence of Drugs
Bob Dylan was hailed as the pop "messiah" (the voice of a generation) and facing a firestorm from critics and fans over his perceived abandonment of the "true faith" of folk music for electric rock and roll (The Telegraph.One user of a substance known as heroin was used by no other than Bob Dylan and it helped him create one of his most beloved songs.Bob Dylan said that he spent an estimated $25 a day to feed his habit.• "Bob Dylan: finally an admission about his heroin use, but is it the truth?."Some songs included Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Bob Dylan), White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane), and even Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix).
A Literature Analysis Essay
McConnell also supports the theory that Arnold looks like Bob Dylan, with his "shaggy, shabby black hair that looked crazy as a wig," (Oates, 340) his "long and hawk-like nose," (Oates, 342) and his unshaven face.Oates dedicated this story to Bob Dylan; which gives interpreters of this story just cause to assume Dylan's music during the 1960s greatly influenced the characters and scenes of "Where Are You Going?While critics may disagree to what Arnold represents; there is significant evidence that Arnold was created to look, but not necessarily be, Bob Dylan.Arnold also had "big and white" teeth, his lashes, "thick and black as if painted with a black tar-like material" (Oates, 344) and his size, "only an inch or so taller" (Oates, 341) ...
Compare And Contrast Song And Dylan
Yet on the other hand, like stated before, every choice comes with a consequence.Changes such as anti-segregation are good yet a bandwagon of people conformed to changing of female sexuality and the image of the family.When we take into consideration the fact that this was about the times of the Civil Rights movements and Vietnam war time, yes change was for the better, but since the whole of society was changing their ways, cant this also be seen as conformity?This poem is much contrasted to the song 'The Times They Are a-Changin' written and sung by Bob Dylan.Women in traditional Asian countries, and even in modernized societies are scared to voice a change for threats on their life and the fear of changing traditional ways.
Cyber-Learning To Make Cyber-Teachers
Writing Material: Readings From .Landow says that, "Digitizing text permits one to reproduce, manipulate, and reconfigure it with great ease and rapidity" (221).Writing Material: Readings From Plato to The ."Complex Seeing: A New Form".It's not that the potential will die, but it is as Bob Dylan said generations ago: .
The Effect of Dylan and Elvis on Culture
Bob Dylan wrote many of his songs during the 1950's and 1960's during the Cold War and other key events in United States history.The Effect of Dylan and Elvis on Culture .Because of this Bob Dylan became the voice of a generation.Bob Dylan left his traditional life to look for a new start, he found Woody Guthrie and his new life began.Bob Dylan was another figure who dissented from his traditional values as he became the voice of a generation.
Essay on Music and The Civil Rights Movement
Sony Music Entertainment, Web."Songs and the Civil Rights "Movement." Martin Luther King Jr. and the global freedom struggle.YouTube, 30 November 2010."Chimes of freedom by Bob Dylan" The official Bob Dylan site."Mahalia Jackson: Walk with me Lord!
Essay Bob Dylan Revolutionary Songs
At once, Dylan's music was dubbed up as quintessential commentary on the spirit of the times.The decade's tumultuous forces and events that shaped the minds of so many, also fostered some of the greatest musical artists of all time—one in particular, Bob Dylan.Even today journalists and historians alike regard Dylan's songs as emblematic of the era and Dylan as the de facto voice of the counterculture.Today, the 1960s represents a decade of liberation for the arts, public opinion, and the shackles of prejudice whether against color or gender.When Dylan first emerged on the music scene in 1961 the folk music revival was already underway, he began his career in the Greenwich Village, the origin of the folk music revival, a growing politi...
The Evolution of Communication Essay
In 1962, a singer and songwriter named Bob Dylan (b. Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941, Duluth, Minnesota) released his first album titled Bob Dylan.The Random House Dictionary of the English Language.Random House Publishing: New York, 1967 Lacy, Dan.Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: Urbana,1996The information he was sending was heard by millions upon millions and could be traced all the way back to the simple grunt some 250,000 to 300,000 years ago.
Musician Portrait: Bob Dylan Essay
Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades Revisited – (Harper, 2003) Wikipedia – Modern Times (album).To be on your own…with no direction home" and seems to blame the subject for her position, but – especially considering the last line of the quote – Dylan could see some of himself in the character.The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll – (Simon & Schuster, 2001) A Tribute to Bob Dylan – Life in Hibbing.Discography The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) In his second studio album, Dylan for the first time performs only his own songs.The article entitled 'Who's The Next Bob Dylan' also provided me with some new names in folk music to pursue Citations Romanowski et al.
Essay on Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone
While many of the channels are peopled by actors, the lineup is peppered with numerous celebrity performers such as comedian Marc Maron, rapper Danny Brown, the hosts of Pawn Stars, and Drew Carey (on the set of The Price Is Right).See Where Bob Dylan Ranks on Our 100 Greatest Artists of All Time "The effect can only be s...But whether you're watching a financial news update, a romantic comedy, or a tennis tournament, it looks authentic except that everyone seems to be lip-synching the lyrics of the song.The overall effect is head-spinning but incredibly compelling: the more you surf through the "Like a Rolling Stone" video, the more the song's contempt seems to be addressed to all of western civilization.The interactive video for Bob Dy...
The power of a folksong in transforming an individual and the relationship between Whitehead's book "John Henry Days" and Dylan's folksongs Essay
In addition, the essay argued on the relationship between folksongs of Dylan and Henry, a character used in Whitehead's book titled "John Henry Days." According to the argument, there exists some level of agreement between the two elements as both demonstrate artistic skills of creativity and innovation that makes them leave good legacies and captivate individuals.9 Bob Dylan, Chronicles (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004).In the essay, Dylan changed from a young unknown man to a popular star admired by a number of fans.1 Bob Dylan, Chronicles (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004).According to Sante, since Dylan sang for people all the time, his life changed, and he started living a life based on what he practiced.4 Therefore, this expla...
Bob Dylan 's It 's All Over Now, Baby Blue Essay
Nothing can protect a girl from a predator, and that's just the sad truth about it.She wanted to be a woman and she got it, unfortunately it wasn 't the fantasy she thought it would be.Oates dedicated this short story to Bob Dylan, and it has been recorded that she said this story, and Arnold Friend, was influenced by Dylan's song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." .Arnold Friend is a horrendous person who preys on innocent young girls, and even with Connie's mom scolding her for looking in the mirror too much and telling her to be more like her sister it never makes an impact.Oates never apologizes for her dark story, and she doesn 't offer a solution either.
Identity of the Artist: Bob Dylan's Chronicles Essay
Bob Dylan's Chronicles 4 Fame and political miscasting evolve eventually into a martyrdom.Early on in his rambling memoir, Chronicles (2004), Bob Dylan expresses a surprising affiliation.With marriage and fatherhood, in fact, Dylan seems decidedly to take the measure of his own would-be character.His life and work show strong allegiances to traditional American family life and American folk music, especially that of Woody Guthrie.In the fifth chapter of Chronicles , "River of Ice," Bob Dylan's Chronicles 5 he reminisces about the period in his career just prior to his relocating in New York City.
The last Waltz Essay
If Bob Dylan had agreed to act, he didn't want to be filmed, fearing it would compete with his own film project, Renaldo and Clara.The Canadians Young and Mitchell were then invited to return on stage to perform Acadian Driftwood, an ode to the Acadians, with the Band, who then performed a few more songs before Bob Dylan took the stage to lead his former backing group for four songs.Besides the Band, many guests performed that night, including Paul Butterfield, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ron Wood and Neil Young.It contains many songs not in the film, including Down South in New Orleans with Bobby Charles and Dr. John on guitar, Tura Lura Lural (...
"Like A Rolling Stone", analysis of Bob Dylan's song Essay
Many would argue that Bob Dylan is only a songwriter, not a poet.Dylan uses images of jokers, thieves, and clowns often in his lyrics, such as in "All Along the Watchtower" with the line ".Many of Dylan's songs are meant to be didactic, and I think this is mainly because Dylan was a folk singer, and at the time of his popularity a lot of songs were written to educate people about war, famine, and peace.Bob tells us many of life's lessons in a mere six minutes and nine seconds.In time however, Bob Dylan will be honored, as he rightly should be, as a robust wordsmith who helped shape America with songs such as, "Like a Rolling Stone".
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Watching him, I was reminded of the critics who insist that Dylan is always reinventing himself.Here, he has revertd back to his pre-electric, pre-polka dot shirt days, and once again inhabits a person reminiscent of Woody Guthrie.In this film, it's hard to recognize him as the possessor of the contemptuous voice that rode "Like a Rolling Stone" to the top of the charts in 1965. .George Harrison organized this 1972 Madison Square Garden concert, but Bob Dylan steals the show.I think this film deserves a place in the time capsule as a snapshot of my generation.
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"You've Got to Hide You Love Away" exemplifies Lennon as a maturing artist, no longer producing lyrics for moving and dancing but for sitting and thinking.To understand Lennon's attempt at displaying his raw emotions through this song, one must also understand the influence behind Lennon's decision.After ... ... middle of paper ... ...se on both the tenor and alto flute, one an octave higher than the other.While the Beatles experimented with several energy drugs, they had not yet used marijuana, and they soon discovered that it bestowed the group with the ability to relax and escape from the stress of dealing with Beatlemania.The story this song tells, both as a member of the album Help!
On Birds and Suicide: Analysis of Peter Meinke's "The Cranes"
Dylan Nelson and Kent Nelson.In literature, foreshadowing functions as an indicator of the events that will later arise within the text.Initially, one wonders at the introduction of the birds within the text, however, later on one will realize that the birds function is three-fold.One such text which employs foreshadowing as a means of developing the plot within the story is Peter Meinke's "The Cranes".Although the act was not explicitly described within the text, certain element in the story implied that such an event occurred at the end.
A study of the famous Bob Dylan song "Mr.Tamborine Man" Essay
I believe that the song could be about all of these ideas, and the importance of one in particular relating only to the mood of the listener.This is an important reason for stating that Mr. Tambourine Man is a classic: The lyrics provide the possibility to understand the song in different contexts by different listeners.The cleverness of the language is that people can read almost anything into it, the most basic example being Mr. Tambourine Man, who can be seen as anything from a drug-dealer to a religious man to Bob Dylan himself.The ideas differ between people, some finding freedom in Dylan's song, some feeling like they are under a spell when listening to the light repetitive tune and figurative language.Bob Dylan said himself "Drugs...
Analysis of "My Back Pages" by Bob Dylan
Knowing that these decisions will need to be made and knowing what Dylan has taught about perspective or lack thereof I am very aware of my capacity for error and the possibility that I may have already done irreparable damage and not even be privy to it yet.With "My Back Pages" Bob Dylan struck a chord (no rather horrible pun intended) at least with me (how frightfully cliché).I know that I am especially among those that feel this way yet there is no major event that proves my point.Dylan has rightfully come to the conclusion in this piece that in his younger years he acted in a purported "adult" manner when in truth his views, goals, and purpose couldn't have been further from this reality.By making reference to the innumerable mistake...
US Popular Culture – Woody Guthrie Biography
It was there that Bob Dylan came to meet Woody in early 1961.Dylan and Elliott became friends, and much of Guthrie's work was actually channeled through Elliott.During his brief time as a college student, Bob Dylan became interested in traditional and American folk music.In the late 1950s, an admirer named Bob Gleason would pick Woody up on the weekends and take him to East Orange, New Jersey, where the singer would receive visitors.Through the efforts of Dylan and other performers such as Joan Baez and Tom Paxton throughout the 1960s, Woody's songs achieved a wider audience than ever before.
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Bob Dylan, however, was probably one of the most important political voices in America from 1963 to 1969.Other artists have written music which reflects on the past with bittersweet nostalgia such as Bob Seger's 'Against the Wind' and Don Henley's 'End of the Innocence'.Many songs of that time period addressed social and cultural issues of the time in which they were written, in fact, many singer/songwriters of that time period such as Joan Baez and Bob Dylan were active participants and sometimes the main speaker in various political rallies.Bob Seger's 'Makin' Thunderbirds' and Billy Joel's 'Allentown' drew attention to hard times in American manufacturing.Songs Dylan wrote such as 'Blowin' in the Wind', later recorded by Peter, Paul, ...
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Every week Dad buys Mom a bouquet of flowers. Flowers are a little thing. A little thing, a small gesture but it brings a big smile.
Mom doesn't leave the house a lot. She can't unless one of us is going with her. She has been forced, not by her choosing, to give up a lot of her freedom. I need to remember to think about what that must be like. Losing the freedom to just get in the car and drive somewhere. Run a simple errand. Go to the post office. She can't do any of it anymore. Dad realizes this. He realizes her house has now become her safety blanket. Her house is now her world. He knows he can't do much to change this but the one small thing he can do is buy Mom flowers. Flowers to brighten her day. Flowers to brighten her kitchen. They are a little thing that makes a big difference.
What kind of little things do you do that may mean a lot to someone? Do you enjoy having fresh flowers in your house? What is your favorite flower?
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Metal grating and gravel in the bike lane increase the risk of bicycle accidents on the Roosevelt Island Bridge. Residents who are using the bike lane to commute to Manhattan say debris on the bike lane makes it extremely slippery and bicycle accidents are going to happen. As the spring is coming more commuters are using their bikes and Roosevelt Island cyclists want the city to fix the dangerous bike lane.


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New approaches to FTTP
By David Cleary, Calix -- As the number of FTTP deployments grows, there is greater focus on reducing the risk and cost of the technology. A number of notable advancements are allowing operators to cost-effectively "future-enable" their FTTP networks.
As the number of FTTP deployments grows, there is greater focus on reducing the risk and cost of the technology. A number of notable advancements are allowing operators to cost-effectively "future-enable" their FTTP networks.
By David Cleary, Calix
Recent advances in access network technology promise to accelerate the deployment of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure. These advances fall into two categories: those that minimize technology risks and those that minimize deployment costs. In every case, the advances are a result of the growing base of knowledge gained from real-world FTTP experience.
All consumers have experienced the classical technology procurement dilemma; there is always something better just over the horizon, and maybe I should wait for that. Service providers face a similar dilemma when choosing access network technologies. Unfortunately, the consequences of their purchasing decisions pose a serious risk to their very survival because the network is the lifeblood of the services they deliver.
GPON: Now or later?
Passive optical network (PON) technologies represent an excellent example of this seemingly intractable dilemma. BPON, at 622 Mbits/sec downstream, has been available for some time and exhibits fairly robust interoperability and deployment characteristics. A similar case can be made for GPON at 1.2 Gbits/sec. However, 2.4-Gbit/sec GPON holds the promise of far greater usable bandwidth as well as more comprehensive interoperability. Competitive pressure says, 'Move now.' Service richness says, 'Wait for interoperable and deployable 2.4-Gbit/sec GPON.' Which is the appropriate course of action? Optimally, carriers should find a way to move forward now while retaining the ability to take advantage of new technologies later.
Fortunately, a recent technology advance addresses this dilemma: Auto-detect optics in the optical network terminal (ONT). With this feature, the ONT automatically detects the PON speed (622 Mbits/sec, 1.2 Gbits/sec, or 2.4 Gbits/sec) and the PON protocol (BPON or GPON) and matches the required operating parameters. This advancement allows service providers to deploy ONTs now in 622-Mbit/sec BPON or 1.2-Gbit/sec GPON mode and automatically up-shift to 2.4-Gbit/sec GPON when the operator is ready to upgrade the optical line terminal (OLT). This neatly sidesteps the dilemma of when to implement 2.4-Gbit/sec GPON.
Since ONTs represent the bulk of the cost and complexity associated with FTTP, finding ways to deploy them today and continue to utilize them later allows service providers to move forward with an "insurance policy" that protects their initial ONT investment. Marketing folks often--and incorrectly--refer to this as "future-proofing," as if the technology prevented the future from coming. In fact, what this represents is "future-enablement," a method of moving forward while retaining the ability to take advantage of new technologies as they arise.
The auto-detect optics described here are not the same as upgrading an ONT through software download. Software downloading a PON protocol to an ONT requires a system re-boot. This forces operators into a "Hail Mary pass" situation where all they can do is hope the upgrade occurred with all the ONTs. With auto-detect optics, the ONT can be switched back and forth between PON speeds and protocols without a software upgrade.
Minimizing risk with FTTN
Another technology currently in use to minimize the risk of FTTP is actually a competing architecture. For the most part, service providers today are opting for one of two broad architectural approaches for transforming their access networks to handle richer, more fully integrated information, communication, and entertainment services. One approach is FTTP, which drives fiber all the way to the customer premises. A second approach is to pull fiber only partway to the premises and thus reduce the size of the customer serving area (CSA) from 10,000-12,000 feet to 3,000-5,000 feet. The fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) approach employs VDSL2 to get downstream bandwidth in the 25- to 40-Mbit/sec range over the final few thousand feet of copper.
FTTN has long been viewed as antithetical to FTTP. However, even service providers deploying FTTN access infrastructure recognize that, eventually, fiber will be pulled all the way to the customer premises. Further, FTTN architectures mandate that service providers pull a great deal of additional fiber deeper into the access network. FTTN deployments potentially require 4-8 times as many nodes as architectures based on traditional remote terminals (RTs). Viewed this way, FTTN becomes yet another interim step on the road to an all-fiber network. The challenge for many service providers is that the dominant network element used to build out FTTN access networks--the IP DSLAM--does not afford them the flexibility necessary to move to FTTP when it becomes attractive to do so.
Fortunately, newer network elements purpose-built for FTTN applications fully consider the environment in which they are placed. These network elements, sometimes called IP service edge nodes (SENs), are typically placed at serving area interface (SAI) cross-connect locations. These non-powered pedestals groom copper feeds back to the central office (CO) or RT. In many FTTP builds, the SAI also is the location where the passive splitter is installed, since rights of way (ROWs) and wiring facilities already are available there. Placing an IP SEN at these locations as part of an FTTN build places the service provider in an advantageous position to deploy FTTP at a later date. The FTTP deployed from an FTTN location may be either passive or active for residential and business applications, respectively. Figure 1 illustrates how this migration from FTTN to FTTP could take place.
Both of these technical developments--auto-detect optics and flexible FTTN SENs--recognize that the greatest challenge facing service providers today is the rapid rollout of enhanced information, communication, and entertainment services to better compete with cable and satellite providers. Any network infrastructure investment should be targeted first and foremost at enabling those services. There are myriad approaches that might be used to realize this goal; some are available now, others in the future. What is most important in terms of technology selection are speed and flexibility. Speed is the ability to roll out these services now, and flexibility is the ability to take advantage of technical developments downstream without making wholesale network changes. Auto-detect optics and flexible FTTN platforms satisfy these objectives.
Minimizing deployment costs
Outside plant costs and OLT/ONT costs once received the most scrutiny when budgeting an FTTP project. However, as these costs have declined over time, other previously overlooked costs now are being re-examined. Virtually all aspects of the FTTP lifecycle are undergoing cost reductions, two of which are particularly noteworthy: Butt-set provisioning and IP-over-Coax.
Butt-set provisioning refers to a means for correlating a subscriber record with a specific ONT. In any PON application, the OLT identifies each ONT by its unique serial number. Pre-provisioning ONT serial numbers is cumbersome because it requires a craftsperson to install an ONT with a specific serial number at a specific address. Butt-set provisioning allows the craftsperson to install any ONT at a residence and use any common keypad device to enter subscriber-specific information.
Another FTTP deployment cost under scrutiny is inside wiring for IPTV. Traditionally, Category 5 cables were installed from a central switch to every TV in the residence. Although this is an unskilled tasked, it takes considerable time given customers' dislike for unsightly cables. A high-tech alternative, IP-over-coaxial-cable, is replacing this process. Two comparable protocols for this technique, HPNA and MoCA, both rely on existing in-home coaxial cables to transport IP/Ethernet to set-top boxes.
As the number of FTTP deployments grows, there is a greater focus on reducing the risk and cost of the technology. A number of notable advancements are changing the way operators deploy this access technology. Auto-detect optics in the ONT and flexible FTTN service edge nodes are two advancements that reduce the technology risk of FTTP, while improved design and enhanced features such as IP-over-coax are pushing down deployment costs. The trend toward greater innovation in the FTTP market will accelerate from this point on--and that is certainly good news for the service provider.
David Cleary is vice president, advanced technology at Calix (Petaluma, CA). He may be reached via the company's Web site at www.calix.com.


I couldn't resist getting up close and personal with some of the little guys inside my previously posted iTerrarium. I've included a shot of the terrarium below so you can judge the scale of these plants. They are super-small. Or you can go visit the post linked above to see the whole thing.
I thought this little black speck was dirt but it turns out it's a little caterpillar/wormy thing! So cute and so so tiny.
Shot with Olympus OMD EM5 with 60mm macro lens and submitted to Jude's Macro in the Garden challenge.
Cute. And love all that pink!
Thanks Lisa. Me too, of course!
Tiny indeed! Thanks for including your hand – scale is vital in macros.
It's a whole other world in there!
It really is. I have a close up look every couple of day and am always fascinated.
No telling what you'll see next!
So pretty, but I hope you removed that caterpillar or you will have nothing left!
Hmmnnnnn, I didn't think of that. He's still in there. Actually I've just noticed that this morning he had clung on to that beautiful pink stem of flowers and is weighing it down. I feel bad about removing him, but I think you're right!!
what a surprise when I got to the last picture! Great job capturing the tiny side of our world!
I like the first one. Look up flora nova by Warwick Orme if you get a chance on google.
Thank you! Ok I will!
Wow that's stunning! Exactly my kind of photography. I will buy his book. Thanks so much.
Yes you're right!!! It's eaten the pretty pink flowering plant!! I swear it ate it overnight!!
Thank you! It's pretty cute.


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Jenna Dewan's engagement ring 'echoes the cosmos'
Jenna Dewan's engagement ring was designed to "echo the cosmos", as her fiancé Steve Kazee says it holds "special meaning" for the couple.
Jenna Dewan's engagement ring was designed to "echo the cosmos".
Jenna Dewan and Steve Kazee
The 'Flirty Dancing' star got engaged to her partner Steve Kazee - with whom she is expecting a baby - earlier this week, and he has now opened up on the process of designing her engagement ring, for which he enlisted the help of actress Nikki Reed and her sustainable jewellery brand BaYou With Love.
Steve explained on his Instagram Story: "When I first started to look at engagement rings for Jenna, I knew I wanted something unique. It had to be unique. It had to be representative of who Jenna is. It had to be as beautiful as her.
"[When I turned to Nikki, I] instantly knew that I had found the right person to help create the ring! Nikki came in and talked to me about what was important to me and shared her immense knowledge of jewellery design and sustainability in the process."
The Tony Award-winner also spoke about the special meaning behind the ring, which was designed with the "universe" and the "pleiades constellation" in mind, as it holds "special meaning" for the couple.
Steve said: "[The design is] based around my desire to have it echo the cosmos.
"The solitaire is representative of our oneness in the universe surrounded by stars. The diamonds laid into the band are representative of the pleiades constellation which holds special meaning for Jenna and I."
Meanwhile, 'Twilight' star Nikki recently revealed her involvement with the process when she congratulated the couple on their happy news.
Taking to her Instagram Story, Nikki said: "An honour to be a very small part of this special moment.
"I love you both, and all I can say is your love is pure magic.
"I might be biased but that ring is gorgeoussssss! Steve, making this with you was such a beautiful experience. Thank you for loving Jenna the way you do. (sic)"
According to ring expert Kathryn Money from Brilliant Earth, she estimates that the centre stone is 3.5 to 4 carats and set on a delicate gold band.
Depending on the quality and characteristics of the gemstone, it's estimated somewhere between $50,000 and $80,000.
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Activism Racial issues
Harvard 'racial justice' protesters protest award ceremony about … racial injustice
Dave Huber - Assistant Editor •February 26, 2016
Approximately 20 demonstrators representing Reclaim Harvard Law, which is currently occupying part of a building on Harvard's campus, and Brandeis University's own building-crashers Ford Hall 2015, interrupted a Brandeis awards ceremony on Thursday honoring Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow.
Ironically, Minow was being recognized for her "scholarship on race relations and legal issues."
Also ironically, the protesters weren't there to confront one of the theses of Minow's presentation (titled "Bystanders, Upstanders and Justice") – "expanding the full scope of civil liberties" beyond the public realm into the private.
They were there to tell Dean Minow "Your school is racist. Your school is not inclusive. Harvard Law School does not teach justice."
The Justice reports:
Shortly after the ceremony began on Thursday, approximately 20 student protesters from Reclaim Harvard Law and Ford Hall 2015 entered Rapaporte with signs and banners that featured slogans like "#Reclaim Harvard Law" and "Racial Justice Lives at Belinda Hall," as well as some that showed a revised version of the Harvard seal with black silhouettes carrying sheaves of wheat on their backs. The Harvard seal features three sheaves of wheat.
[The protesters] ended their chant by reiterating a quote from Black Panther activist Assata Shakur that had been widely used during the Ford Hall 2015 occupation in November and December: "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains."
RELATED: 'Reclaim Harvard Law' activists occupy thoroughfare that has been 'denied to minorities'
One student stated Minow has failed to engage with the Harvard activists and not listened to their demands. Minow responded by saying, "I am very honored by your upstanding, and I've been in many conversations with many of you, and so it's interesting for you to say I don't listen. Sometimes when I've invited you to have more meetings — indeed every time — I've never gotten a response."
"You are comfortable with the status quo," one protester, a Harvard Law student responded, adding, "You are constantly condescending, like you know what's best for us."
Doesn't Dean Minow get it?
"Engaging" with the protesters actually means "doing exactly what they want." "Listening to student demands" actually includes the followup "… and then doing exactly they want." Being "comfortable with the status quo" actually means "you're not doing exactly what (the protesters) want."
I thought Ivy Leaguers were smart.
RELATED: Harvard vandalism likely hate-crime hoax, but school's 'racist' seal on chopping block, anyway
RELATED: Harvard race activist calls those who disagree with him 'intellectual cowards'
IMAGE: Harvard Law Record/Flickr
Dave Huber
Dave has been writing about education, politics, and entertainment for over 15 years, including a stint at the popular media bias site Newsbusters. He is a retired educator with over 25 years of service and is a member of the National Association of Scholars. Dave holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Delaware.


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2. Remember, I'm giving away a copy of The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton on Fun Friday! Dash away here to read more about this fun middle-grade novel and how you can win!
3. I have a surprise guest visiting tomorrow with another middle grade novel and she's giving away…well, you'll just have to drop in tomorrow to find out. But trust me. You will squeal like a kid on Christmas Day if you win it!
4. I have an Etsy Christmas bookish thing coming in the mail and I hope it will be here in time for a giveaway. Because, in the spirit of Scrooge and the gang, I would like to say thank you very much to all who drop in every day. I only have the one gift, but the sentiment expressed is for each and every on of you!
Cathy–I love the snow falling. But how much snow do you Georgia gals actually get?
I'm hoping to get lots of snow (and ice) this year…Snow days–bring 'em on.
I meant I love the snow falling on your blog. NOT the "snow" falling from my dry head of hair. Not the "snow" which is really floaters on my eyeballs. Instead, the snow that drifts across this page.
How did you do that? Sioux asked, with a techno-retarded look on her face.
I love the snow falling on your page too! I'm going to check out the Muffin, since I'm a list maker also.
Okay, I can't play video games, but I CAN play with the snow on your blog. I wish real-life was like that. I could swirl the cursor around and bring a big snowstorm right into my neighborhood, preferably on a Thursday night, and the snow would keep coming until Monday evening.


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#include <yaml.h>
#include <erl_nif.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <assert.h>

#define OK 0
#define ERR_MEMORY_FAIL 1
#define PLAIN_AS_ATOM 1
#define SANE_SCALARS 2
#define MAPS 4

typedef struct events_t {
    yaml_event_t *event;
    struct events_t *next;
} events_t;

static int load(ErlNifEnv* env, void** priv, ERL_NIF_TERM load_info)
{
    return 0;
}

static int reload(ErlNifEnv* env, void** priv, ERL_NIF_TERM info)
{
    return load(env, priv, info);
}

static int upgrade(ErlNifEnv* env, void** priv, void** old_priv, ERL_NIF_TERM info)
{
    return load(env, priv, info);
}

static void unload(ErlNifEnv* env, void* priv)
{
    enif_free(priv);
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM make_binary_size(ErlNifEnv* env,
                                     const unsigned char *str,
                                     size_t size)
{
    ErlNifBinary b;
    enif_alloc_binary(size, &b);

    if (str) memcpy(b.data, str, size);

    return enif_make_binary(env, &b);
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM make_binary(ErlNifEnv* env, const unsigned char *str)
{
    size_t size = 0;

    if (str) size = strlen((char *) str);
    return make_binary_size(env, str, size);
}

static int make_num(ErlNifEnv* env, const unsigned char *value, size_t size, ERL_NIF_TERM *result)
{
    long int i;
    double d;
    *result = 0;

    if (size>0) {
        char *buf = enif_alloc(size + 1);
        if (buf) {
            memcpy(buf, value, size);
            buf[size] = '\0';
            char *check;
            i = strtol(buf, &check, 10);
            if (*check == '\0')
                *result = enif_make_long(env, i);
            else if (*check == '.') {
                d = strtod(buf, &check);
                if (*check == '\0')
                    *result = enif_make_double(env, d);
            }
            enif_free(buf);
            if (*result) {
                return 0;
            }
        }
    }

    return 1;
}

static int make_atom(ErlNifEnv* env, yaml_event_t *event)
{
    size_t length = event->data.scalar.length;
    yaml_char_t *value = event->data.scalar.value;
    ERL_NIF_TERM err;

    if (length > 255) {
        char *problem = "atom value must not exceed 255 octets in length";
        err = enif_make_tuple4(env,
                               enif_make_atom(env, "parser_error"),
                               make_binary(env, (unsigned char *) problem),
                               enif_make_uint(env, event->start_mark.line),
                               enif_make_uint(env, event->start_mark.column));
        return enif_raise_exception(env, err);
    } else {
        return enif_make_atom_len(env, (char *) value, length);
    }
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM make_scalar(ErlNifEnv* env, yaml_event_t *event, int flags, int is_map_value)
{
    int as_atom = PLAIN_AS_ATOM & flags;
    int sane_scalars = SANE_SCALARS & flags;

    yaml_scalar_style_t style = event->data.scalar.style;
    ERL_NIF_TERM rterm;

    if (sane_scalars) {
        if (is_map_value && style == YAML_PLAIN_SCALAR_STYLE) {
            if ((!make_num(env, event->data.scalar.value, event->data.scalar.length, &rterm))) {
                // rterm filled in make_num
            }
            else if (!strcmp((char *)event->data.scalar.value, "true")) {
                rterm = enif_make_atom(env, "true");
            }
            else if (!strcmp((char *)event->data.scalar.value, "false")) {
                rterm = enif_make_atom(env, "false");
            }
            else if (!event->data.scalar.length || !strcmp((char *)event->data.scalar.value, "null") || !strcmp((char *)event->data.scalar.value, "~")) {
                rterm = enif_make_atom(env, "undefined");
            } else {
                rterm = make_binary_size(env, event->data.scalar.value, event->data.scalar.length);
            }
        } else {
            rterm = make_binary_size(env, event->data.scalar.value, event->data.scalar.length);
        }
    } else if (as_atom && style == YAML_SINGLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE) {
        rterm = make_atom(env, event);
    } else if (style == YAML_DOUBLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE) {
        rterm = make_binary_size(env, event->data.scalar.value,
                                 event->data.scalar.length);
    } else if ((!make_num(env, event->data.scalar.value, event->data.scalar.length, &rterm))) {
        // rterm filled in make_num
    } else if (as_atom && style == YAML_PLAIN_SCALAR_STYLE && event->data.scalar.length) {
        rterm = make_atom(env, event);
    } else {
        rterm = make_binary_size(env, event->data.scalar.value,
                                 event->data.scalar.length);
    }

    return rterm;
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM make_alias(ErlNifEnv* env, yaml_event_t *event)
{
    return make_binary(env, event->data.alias.anchor);
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM zip(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM list)
{
    ERL_NIF_TERM key, val, tmp1, tmp2;

    if (enif_get_list_cell(env, list, &key, &tmp1)) {
        if (enif_get_list_cell(env, tmp1, &val, &tmp2)) {
            return enif_make_list_cell(env,
                                       enif_make_tuple2(env, key, val),
                                       zip(env, tmp2));
        } else {
            return enif_make_list_cell(env, key, enif_make_list(env, 0));
        }
    } else
        return list;
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM map(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM pairs)
{
    ERL_NIF_TERM ret;
    ERL_NIF_TERM key;
    ERL_NIF_TERM val;

    ret = enif_make_new_map(env);
    while(enif_get_list_cell(env, pairs, &val, &pairs)) {
        if (!enif_get_list_cell(env, pairs, &key, &pairs)) {
            assert(0 == 1 && "Unbalanced object pairs.");
        }
        if (!enif_make_map_put(env, ret, key, val, &ret)) {
            return 0;
        }
    }
    return ret;
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM make_error(ErlNifEnv* env, yaml_parser_t *parser)
{
    ERL_NIF_TERM err;

    switch (parser->error) {
    case YAML_MEMORY_ERROR:
        err = enif_make_atom(env, "memory_error");
        break;
    case YAML_PARSER_ERROR:
        err = enif_make_tuple4(env,
                               enif_make_atom(env, "parser_error"),
                               make_binary(env, (const unsigned char*) parser->problem),
                               enif_make_uint(env, parser->problem_mark.line),
                               enif_make_uint(env, parser->problem_mark.column));
        break;
    case YAML_SCANNER_ERROR:
        err = enif_make_tuple4(env,
                               enif_make_atom(env, "scanner_error"),
                               make_binary(env, (const unsigned char*) parser->problem),
                               enif_make_uint(env, parser->problem_mark.line),
                               enif_make_uint(env, parser->problem_mark.column));
        break;
    default:
        err = enif_make_atom(env, "unexpected_error");
        break;
    }

    return enif_make_tuple2(env, enif_make_atom(env, "error"), err);
}

static yaml_event_t *next(events_t **events)
{
    yaml_event_t *event = NULL;
    events_t *tmp;

    if (*events) {
        event = (*events)->event;
        tmp = *events;
        *events = (*events)->next;
        enif_free(tmp);
    }

    return event;
}

static void free_events(events_t **events)
{
    yaml_event_t *event = NULL;

    if (events) {
        while (*events) {
            event = next(events);
            if (event) {
                yaml_event_delete(event);
                enif_free(event);
            }
        }
    }
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM process_events(ErlNifEnv* env, events_t **events,
                                   yaml_parser_t *parser, int flags, int is_map)
{
    ERL_NIF_TERM els, el;
    yaml_event_t *event;
    els = enif_make_list(env, 0);
    int mapping_node = 0;

    if (events) {
        while (*events) {
            event = next(events);

            if (event) {
                switch (event->type) {
                case YAML_SEQUENCE_START_EVENT:
                    el = process_events(env, events, parser, flags, 0);
                    els = enif_make_list_cell(env, el, els);
                    mapping_node = 0;
                    break;
                case YAML_SEQUENCE_END_EVENT:
                    yaml_event_delete(event);
                    enif_free(event);
                    enif_make_reverse_list(env, els, &els);
                    return els;
                case YAML_MAPPING_START_EVENT:
                    el = process_events(env, events, parser, flags, 1);
                    els = enif_make_list_cell(env, el, els);
                    mapping_node = 0;
                    break;
                case YAML_MAPPING_END_EVENT:
                    yaml_event_delete(event);
                    enif_free(event);
                    if (MAPS & flags) {
                        return map(env, els);
                    }
                    enif_make_reverse_list(env, els, &els);
                    return zip(env, els);
                case YAML_SCALAR_EVENT:
                    el = make_scalar(env, event, flags, is_map ? (mapping_node++) % 2 : 1);
                    els = enif_make_list_cell(env, el, els);
                    break;
                case YAML_ALIAS_EVENT:
                    el = make_alias(env, event);
                    els = enif_make_list_cell(env, el, els);
                    break;
                default:
                    break;
                }
                yaml_event_delete(event);
                enif_free(event);
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    return els;
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM parse(ErlNifEnv* env, yaml_parser_t *parser,
                          int flags, unsigned char *data, int size)
{
    int result = 0, done = 0;
    yaml_event_t *event = NULL;
    events_t *first_events = NULL;
    events_t *prev_events = NULL;
    events_t *events = NULL;
    ERL_NIF_TERM rterm;

    yaml_parser_set_input_string(parser, data, size);

    do {
        event = enif_alloc(sizeof(yaml_event_t));
        result = yaml_parser_parse(parser, event);
        if (result) {
            events = enif_alloc(sizeof(events_t));
            events->event = event;
            events->next = NULL;
            if (!first_events) {
                first_events = events;
            }
            if (prev_events) {
                prev_events->next = events;
            }
            prev_events = events;
            done = (event->type == YAML_STREAM_END_EVENT);
        } else {
            enif_free(event);
            done = 1;
        }
    } while (!done);

    if (result) {
        enif_make_reverse_list(env, process_events(env, &first_events, parser, flags, 0), &rterm);
        rterm = enif_make_tuple2(env, enif_make_atom(env, "ok"), rterm);
    } else {
        rterm = make_error(env, parser);
    }

    free_events(&first_events);
    return rterm;
}

static ERL_NIF_TERM decode(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc,
                           const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
{
    ErlNifBinary input;
    ERL_NIF_TERM result;
    unsigned int flags;
    yaml_parser_t parser;

    if (argc == 2) {
        if (enif_inspect_iolist_as_binary(env, argv[0], &input) &&
            enif_get_uint(env, argv[1], &flags)) {
            yaml_parser_initialize(&parser);
            result = parse(env, &parser, flags, input.data, input.size);
            yaml_parser_delete(&parser);
            return result;
        }
    }

    return enif_make_badarg(env);
}

static ErlNifFunc nif_funcs[] =
{
    {"nif_decode", 2, decode}
};

ERL_NIF_INIT(fast_yaml, nif_funcs, load, reload, upgrade, unload)


In August 1873, several members made representation to St. John's Lodge No. 35, Cayuga, regarding the formation of a new lodge at Cheapside, Ontario.
On January 8, 1874, a communication was received by St. John's Lodge No. 35, Cayuga, from several brethren residing in the neighbourhood of Cheapside, asking for a recommendation from St. John's Lodge No. 35, for the establishment of a lodge at Cheapside, ON. On motion, seconded and passed their request was complied with and a communication was sent to DDGM of Niagara Masonic District.
Dispensation was granted by Grand Lodge, the first meeting of Hiram Lodge No. 319 was held in the Masonic Hall at Cheapside on July 22, 1874.
The Charter or Warrant of Constitution from Grand Lodge was issued on the 22nd day of July 1875, just about a year from the date of the first meeting of the Lodge, and it was executed by the Most Worshipful Brother James Kirkpatrick Kerr, Grand Master and Right Worshipful Brother W. H. Weller, Deputy Grand Master, and Right Worshipful Brother J. J. Mason, Grand Secretary.
Hiram Lodge has been in existence for more than 125 years and the future of the Lodge looks good.


The real estate landscape is confusing because brokers and agents encourage the use of language that frames transactions in a certain way, mostly because it glosses over the critical financial distinctions. Moving past the limitations of this language framework enables home sellers to make decisions that can lead to better outcomes for their net proceeds. Want proof that sellers can do better than the typical retail brokerage home sale performance? Look no further than what happens when those same agents sell their own homes.
Despite the value of all U.S. homes approaching nearly $35 trillion, the process of transacting homes nationwide remains one of the least efficient in the world with many sellers getting unnecessarily poor financial outcomes. To avoid a bad outcome, start by thinking about how residential real estate works and why the MLS works so well. Once you understand that the MLS plays the role of a monopoly in the marketplace for homes, it's easy to see through misleading claims from different brokers that they will use proprietary marketing to get you a better price for your home.
The idea that you need a big commission to get your house sold at a high price is another fallacy that cost home sellers a large chunk of their net proceeds. In fact, any buyer can take advantage of these unnecessary commissions, especially when they understand they are the ones bringing all the money to the table, to purchase homes for 3% off the list price. Finally, if you ever wonder why agents and brokers hardly ever differentiate themselves based on the net proceeds they can achieve for a seller, recognize that it is because their business model is designed to intercept those funds as revenue for their business.
Remember, maximizing your net proceeds requires moving beyond the conventional retail language that traps sellers into poor financial outcomes. It is also helpful to know that principles governing the real estate landscape apply if the housing market is up or if the market is down. Be sure to check out the next section in the Insider's Guide on commissions and selling options.


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Risk and Business
'Mother'
Syria Before the Deluge
Magazine | May 14, 2018, Issue
By David L. Bahnsen
About David L. Bahnsen
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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Random House, 304 pp., $30)
If ever an intellectual has achieved "street cred" and the "cool factor," it is Nassim Taleb, author of the best-sellers The Black Swan and Antifragile. Taleb's reputation as a scholar, for his contributions to the subject of risk management, is well deserved, and his extraordinary popularity no less so. With over 264,000 Twitter followers and absolutely packed halls wherever he speaks, Taleb is known for provocation, iconoclasm, and confident repudiation of conventional thinking.
Taleb is no mere provocateur, but one of the most interesting thought leaders of our time. I once saw him debate former Obama economic director Larry Summers at the popular SALT hedge-fund symposium in Las Vegas. The subject was "the aftermath of the financial crisis," and Summers came armed with ideas for enhanced regulation and other conventional Dodd-Frank–type measures. Taleb's take? "I want justice!" Taleb was not interested in conventional regulatory prescriptions — he wanted to see those who benefited from the financial crisis "brought to justice." (He is particularly fond of using Robert Rubin as an example: The former Clinton treasury secretary made $100 million on Citibank stock shortly before the firm virtually blew up.) His blustery style makes him a popular guest on CNBC and elsewhere and surely pleases his Twitter followers, but behind the style does lie very serious substance.
His book Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012) offered profound insights on the need for systems and structures that go beyond mere resilience and instead actually benefit from shocks, volatility, and disruption. The book was well received for its substance, though not always for its style; it promised readers more in subsequent works, by way of application. The latest work from Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, makes good on that promise. It seeks to apply Taleb's fundamental principles not merely to "risk and reward, but also to politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility."
The book is similar in style to Taleb's other books, including the use of fictional characters to help illustrate concepts. There is a certain shorthand prose (as opposed to fully developed paragraphs) that leads to pithy nuggets of wisdom. Readers are likely to have a binary response to this prose: Some will love it, others hate it. The same can be said of Taleb's obvious grandiosity. Readers who take it seriously are likely to hit a point where he exceeds their tolerance for self-congratulatory erudition. But on the other hand, for readers willing to be entertained by it, or those few who can even ignore it, there will no doubt exist a decision moment in reading Taleb that transcends questions of style and ego: the moment when you have to determine whether he is right.
I approached Skin in the Game the way I imagine many will: excited for a discussion of basic incentive structures that have long been accepted by economists and academics but are now reassessed by a provocative and trendy writer. The book is not merely a reiteration of the long-understood notion that those who will receive reward have more incentive. The "skin in the game" of which Taleb writes is profoundly different and introduces readers to concepts that cannot be ignored or dismissed.
We are used to thinking of "skin in the game" as a traditional incentive structure: If this project proves profitable, I will share in the profits of my employer. Taleb's focus, instead, is on disincentives: Who will suffer the consequences if a project proves damaging? In many of the bad financial situations Taleb discusses, operators, managers, stakeholders, and decision-makers had the incentive side of skin in the game; he points out that it was the lack of the disincentive — of having to suffer the consequences of bad decisions — that was crucial. And he believes that the lack of disincentives, in this sense, is the fundamental "asymmetry" in society generally. ("Asymmetry" is simply the concept that things are not in equilibrium: Either the reward is larger than the risk — good asymmetry — or the risk is larger than the reward, in the kind of asymmetry that destabilizes entire systems and is at the heart of Taleb's scholarship.) In a practical sense, perhaps many (clearly not enough) already are skeptical of advice-givers who lack any "skin in the game" about the advice they are giving (the consultant and coach class run amok). But identifying how this lack of disincentives has been the source of so much social, economic, and cultural angst is not only eye-opening, it is transformative.
The profundity of Taleb's book is not in the notion that those with disincentives are likely to make better decisions. It lies rather in how he elaborates this notion to create a societal narrative wherein skin in the game creates greater antifragility because of the basic concept of survival: When operators are forced to adopt the negative implications of their decisions, poor decision-makers do not survive, asymmetries are eliminated, and the result is a system that is devoid of poor decision-makers. In other words, skin in the game does not just cause better decision-making because of disincentives; its evolutionary forces eliminate those fools or shysters who are the source of great systemic damage.
Taleb's elaborations and applications are at times brilliant and at times incoherent, but they are always interesting. He surely knows that applying the concept of skin in the game to the real world is complex and easier said than done; but readers surely know that the society Taleb prescribes would be one far less prone to financial collapse and social corrosion. Like every Taleb book I have read, Skin in the Game was difficult to put down, as I found the prose entertaining and the pithy nuggets provocative.
And the asymmetry of any effort to criticize Taleb's ego or style led me to just ignore them altogether. This book should be read and, even better, its systems applied wherever possible to our organizations, businesses, institutions, and societal structures. After reading Taleb's profound work, you won't be content to "listen to what others think." Rather you will demand to know: "What is in their portfolio?"
David L. Bahnsen is the managing partner of a wealth-management firm, a trustee of the National Review Institute, and author of the book, Crisis of Responsibility: Our Cultural Addiction to Blame and How You Can Cure It.	@DavidBahnsen
Paul Ryan's Achievement
By Ramesh Ponnuru
How he shaped Trump's presidency.
A Difficult Client
On Trump's three investigatory fronts and his failure to be quiet.
California Goes Rogue
By Mark Krikorian
How the Golden State defies immigration law.
Why Are They Doing This to the Bitkovs?
The ordeal of a Russian family.
A Culture of Enmity
Hatred ought to be a side dish, but it's becoming the meal.
The Church of Grievance
By Michael Brendan Dougherty
Social-justice seekers long sincerely for transcendence.
Josh Hawley's Worthy Climb
On the Missouri attorney general who is running for Senate.
Welfare Reform 2.0
There remains a lot of potential for the safety net to promote work.
By NR Symposium
Here's our spring reading list.
Redeeming the Miracle
By Yuval Levin
Yuval Levin reviews Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy, by Jonah Goldberg.
Carter from the Inside
Jay Nordlinger reviews President Carter: The White House Years, by Stuart E. Eizenstat.
Growth in the 21st Century
By David M. Smick
David M. Smick reviews Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth—and How to Fix It, by Dambisa Moyo.
David L. Bahnsen reviews Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
City Desk
Winter's End
By Richard Brookhiser
Richard Brookhiser hears the sparrows.
By NR Staff
Richard Rustad responds to Yuval Levin & Ramesh Ponnuru's article "A New Health-Care Debate."
Already seeing signs for John Boehner/Gary Johnson 2020, plus much more.
Athwart
Grasping at Straws
By James Lileks
Your whole society is plastic, man! Your soul is plastic! Your God is plastic!
"The Kellyanne Conway Show"
By Rob Long
FADE IN: INT. OFFICE -- DAY. KELLYANNE is at her desk, PRESIDENT TRUMP enters gingerly...
By Jessica Hornik
"On this day in October, driving over the train tracks..."
Happy Warrior
What's It to You?
By Daniel Foster
There's been enough spoken about the fragility of Kevin Williamson's enemies. What I want to talk about is their priorities.