Today I asked myself if I can ping an IDN host.
My default ping (iputils on linux) couldn't do it, but I found some patches out there, e.g. from Fedora. Thanks to SpanKY, we now also have IDN-enabled ping in Gentoo (he used a modified patch).


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By Austin Root
Within my first 15 minutes on Wall Street, I had an experience that would change my life forever.
I was fresh out of college. And I had been fortunate to land an investment-banking job with Blackstone – the powerful firm started by legendary financiers Pete Peterson and Steve Schwarzman.
That morning, I entered a large conference room with a dozen other new banking hires. Then he walked in. Schwarzman – one of the most powerful men on Wall Street – was there to meet us in person on our first day.
The room went silent. He smiled and briefly welcomed us. Then he delivered a message I will never forget...
I've seen all your resumes and college transcripts. You're an impressive group... But it hasn't all been perfect, has it? Most of you got some A-minuses in school. Some of you averaged A-minuses. Let me tell you something right now. The Blackstone Group is NOT an A-minus firm. A-minus work will NOT cut it here... So you had better turn it up a notch if you are to succeed. Now, let's get to it.
And with that, he got up from the table and left the room.
I learned something that day – about life, and about investing. Today, I'll show you a few ways you can apply it to your own portfolio.
I remember thinking that Schwarzman wouldn't be my first choice to deliver a commencement speech or pep talk at halftime... The CEO had already crushed our spirits on the first day of our brand-new careers.
But something funny happened. I found myself caring more about the job. And I found that what I thought was my best could actually get better. As harsh as that first speech was, it was exactly what we needed to hear.
It provided a great rule to live by: Demand more from yourself and you will get more.
Now, this is great advice. But how do you know you're making "A+" investments in your portfolio? How do you test for strengths and weaknesses, so you know where to improve?
Here are the three steps you must follow to evaluate your investing results...
Establish clear investment goals.
As I've said before, your approach to investing will differ greatly if your primary goal is preserving your wealth versus aggressively growing your long-term portfolio.
However, another key part to goal-oriented investing is that you need to establish realistic goals. We're now nine years into a bull market in which the total return for the S&P 500 Index is more than 300% (or more than 18% per year, assuming reinvested dividends).
Don't expect returns anywhere near that level over the next nine years. When this bull market ends, stocks will likely perform in the mid-single digits for a long period of time. You can't ever produce grade-A portfolio results if your goals are unrealistic.
Do the work and stick to your plan.
Do enough research to know what you own and why. When you have a deeper level of understanding about what you own, it empowers you to make better decisions. This is particularly important during times of heightened market panic or greed. It will give you courage in your convictions to drown out the market noise.
The other part of this step is sticking to your plan. This means buying securities that fit your goals. You want to invest big when you are certain an excellent opportunity is presenting itself.
This also means you must have the discipline to sell. Get out when you hit your stops, or when the reason you bought is no longer valid. Finally, respect the macro environment. Volatility and market drawdowns will inevitably occur, so it's vital to protect your portfolio.
Evaluate your performance over a complete market cycle.
The third step is the simplest step – but in my experience, the hardest for most investors to actually follow.
A complete market cycle contains both a bull and a bear market. Using this longer-term "lens" enables you to see how your investing performs in good times and bad. This is critical. An aggressive strategy that performs magnificently in bull markets but crashes in bear markets will often leave you worse off than a "steady Eddie" approach.
Consider famous investor Bill Miller... Miller's mutual fund Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust outperformed the S&P 500 every year from 1991 through 2005. Over this period, Miller averaged returns of more than 16% per year, easily besting the market's 11% annual gains.
But here's the thing: The vast majority of this outperformance came during a bull market from 1991 through 1999. And once the bear market of 2008 hit, Miller's fund cratered... so much so that if you owned his fund for the entire 20-year period from 1991 through the end of 2010, you barely beat the S&P 500. The bear market all but eliminated his historically excellent streak of outperformance during the bull market.
Assess your returns over a full cycle. This doesn't mean you can't make interim evaluations and changes when necessary... But reserve final judgment until you get through the full cycle.
Your path to optimizing and then evaluating your returns starts with these three steps. Of course, we at Stansberry Research do our best to give you the tools to successfully perform the first two steps... But it's up to you to have the fortitude to complete the third.
Good investing,
Austin Root
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That's where Freshpet (FRPT) comes in. In 2007, when a massive pet-food recall hamstrung many companies in the industry, Freshpet made a name for itself as a safe, holistic brand of pet food. It manufactures refrigerated food and treats for dogs and cats with natural, minimally processed ingredients – best served fresh. This niche strategy is still working today… In the second quarter, sales jumped to $47.6 million – that's 23% growth over the prior year.
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A few weeks ago I visited FOUR London to try their Eve Taylor facial, a treatment with a difference because it takes a holistic approach that is'treating the person as a whole rather than the individual symptom'.
The Eve Taylor facial I had was at FOUR London – to get an idea of what the salon is like read my hair review. The beauty salon area is downstairs and although it's small, once again it is perfectly formed (I am sick of salons where you can hear every single conversation that's going on outside the room – FOUR is very private and quiet).
From what I remember it was one hell of a morning and I rushed to get to the salon. I was hot and…well quite sweaty.
I remember lying down and thinking….there's a hair on my big toe. I didn't wax it. Why didn't I wax it. Cringe. Cringe. Cringe.
Luckily, Marie wasn't the kind of lady to judge and began the treatment with a consultation called the 'Systems of Analysis'. This is a 10-15 minute pre treatment where the therapist looks at the feet, face, ears and even brow too see what kind of problems the person may have and what products can be recommended.
Looking at my brow and feet, Marie was quick to identify me as a 'summer' person and that I was someone who got that adrenal rush easily; you know, the flipping stomach, the hot flush, the red cheeks – and she's totally right. She said that I took stress right to my stomach – right again – I actually get intense pains there if I am under pressure.
Marie's analysis was so fascinating – she picked up on thing that were quite subtle and rung true, like the fact I have a weakness for spice and salt, and that I have trouble sleeping. Looking at the sole of my feet, she said I had to watch my salt intake and drink more liquids. She also mentioned that I eat late – too late – and therefore missed breakfasts which is bad for me.
To be honest she told me many things in the 10 minutes and I can't remember anything but I did remember immediately feeling a connection with Marie and that her analysis was scarily accurate.
The facial also included a massage on my arms and feet which is always a treat. Marie used a natural candle from the range to massage my arms with rather than a cream and I had a super relaxing massage and face mask.
I didn't experience any discomfort or irritation using the range, which is based around aromatherapy.
Eve Taylor skincare doesn't contain alcohol, mineral oil, lanolin or artificial fragrance.
After the facial was over my skin was glowing and looked much brighter for a few days afterwards. I also felt like I had some good tips really, about my overall health and things I have been indulging in that is causing me health problems.
This is was an amazing facial and I really felt like I had a once over.
Also whilst I'm here let me show you a candle they gifted me – I LOVE it. I've always loved basil in fragrances and scents and this is bay laurel and basil. It's quite masculine but fresh. I am in love with it.
I couldn't bring myself to burn it – I thought I had a £50 candle situation here but it's just £12.59 on the site so I am inclined to use it now.
(Side note: if anyone can recommend a scent with basil in it, let me know?).
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Check out Eve Taylor Skincare products here. I have some of the products which I review shortly – I've had a look at the site and the prices are very reasonable.
Marie also recommended some crystals to me which can be bought from The Crystal Pharmacy. I was recommended Carnelian, Smokey Quartx and Moonstone. I bought some in the end that looked like charms so I could wear them around my neck and honestly – I do feel a little brighter with them on. Marie said you can also just carry them with you in your handbag if you prefer not to wear them on your body (also the bra was suggested as a carry place!).
Verdict: A brilliant treatment, really.
Jo Malone does a lime, basil and mandarin scent which is lovely (although quite pricy).
That's so unbelievable/cool that she could tell all those things about you!
my friend was telling me to check out a place in ginza for crystals, maybe I'll do that next month.


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Arty Dodger juggles his way through Main Street, entertaining hundreds of revelers Saturday. The Fasching Celebration was a huge success as hundreds came to Minden to celebrate its German heritage. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald
Mother Nature smiled on Minden Saturday with sunny skies and amiable weather as revelers enjoyed everything the fourth annual Fasching Festival had to offer.
The Fasching, the German equivalent to Mardi Gras, served up German-style food, entertainment and fun. Kids got their faces painted, enjoyed the rides at the "karneval" and several games. Adults got to do a little early Christmas shopping and enjoy some good music, entertainment and see Santa Claus and his elf.
Pattie Odom, Minden Main Street executive director, said she was glad the weather turned out so wonderfully, given forecasts for rain all throughout the day.
"We had a fantastic crowd," she said. "The weather came through, and we had several visitors from outside the area – several from Germany who live in Shreveport. We also had a German who lives in Lake of the Pines, Texas, who came over. We couldn't have had a better day."
During the Fasching, with vendors and shops along Main Street selling their wares, tourism director Lynn Dorsey entertained several journalists from the surrounding area as they made their way through Minden.
"The Webster Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau was delighted to host the Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights media tour again this year," she said. "We were so pleased that they were scheduled this year around Minden's Fasching Fifth Season Festival. They had the opportunity to experience the festival in person, which is so much better than trying to share an experience with press releases, photos and videos. The weather was perfect and they all stated they loved Minden. They were all so impressed with the idea of promoting Minden's heritage. Congratulations to Pattie Odom and all the volunteers who made the Fasching a success again this year."
Courtney McDuff, assistant editor of Louisiana Cookin' out of New Orleans, gave her thoughts on the tour, which began in Shreveport-Bossier and ended in Natchitoches.
"This is a new experience," she said, "and so far I like it. Minden is a part of our media tour, and so far, it's been really nice."
Others along on the tour included Jada Durden, a freelance writer and blogger, Syd Kearney of the Houston Chronicle, and a member of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau Brandy Evans, vice president of communications and Kelly West, public relations for the Alexandria-Pineville Convention and Visitors Bureau.
With so much fun to choose from, entertainment included several bands: at Orleans on Main, Red River Valley Band, The Freddie Robinson Band, Bluegrass Jam Band and Kaerington Wilson. At the Courtyard on Pearl Street were the Street Rats String Band and Rifle. On the main stage were the Puppet Ministry, Bayou Gypsies and German favorites sung by the Minden Community Chorus. The featured band for the day was the German band AlpenMusikanten, who sang German-style music.
The Minden Fasching Celebration brings distinctive German traditions to Minden and Webster Parish and celebrates its heritage.
According to history, Charles Veeder, in 1835, built an inn on a hilltop a few miles from Bayou Dorcheat. The settlement was named Minden after the home of his ancestors in Germany. A group of German utopians, who followed Count Leon to North America, established a settlement seven miles northeast of Minden. And to honor Minden's German heritage, the Fasching Celebration was born.
Odom gave thanks to the committee that worked so hard to put the Fasching Festival together and make it such a success: Elaine Eaton in charge of entertainment, Kerry Easley in charge of sound and equipment, the Krewes of Akewa and Ambassadeurs which handled the beer gardens, Tammy Eaton for costumes for the community chorus, Ann Easley for signage, Mervin "Doc" Ardoin for the shuttles and tours of the Germantown Colony and Museum, city employees and Shawn Hatcher and the Youth Challenge Program cadets for all their help in setup.
After such a busy day, revelers enjoyed a fireworks show and the lighting of the Christmas lights to kick off the Holiday Trail of Lights.
2 thoughts on "Hundreds turn out for Fasching Festival"
Lynn Dorsey
Great article Michelle. Thanks for the coverage.
Pattie Cook Odom
Thanks to the Press Herald for great coverage of Fasching !!!
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The Russian government and state companies signed dozens of memoranda of understanding and agreements during the first Russia-Africa Summit in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi last week. Russia also promised further cooperation, building on recent agreements with individual African governments.
With the summit, the host, President Vladimir Putin, reaffirmed his intention to restore Russia as a major geopolitical player in Africa. Much of its political clout on the continent has waned in the post-Cold War period.
Russia's trade with Africa remains below levels of trade with Europe, the US and Asia. And Africa has much larger trading relationships with China, the US and India than with Russia. Also, development aid to Africa largely comes from the US, China and Japan. This means that Russia's engagement and presence in Africa is still lagging behind the other major powers in many ways.
One of Putin's goals is clearly to revive his country's great-power status. But how can Africa help him achieve this? First, Africa is an important market for Russian arms exports. It is also where Russia has made key investments in the oil, gas and nuclear power sectors. And Africa is an important source of minerals for Russia.
The summit, the first ever of its kind, is a clear indication that Russia is stepping up its efforts to increase its influence in Africa. The deals signed all underscore how Moscow is using strategic investment in energy and minerals, as well as military muscle and soft power, to gain more traction on the continent.
Arms export and security deals
Russia accounts for 35% of arms exports to Africa, followed by China with 17%, the US with 9.6% and France with 6.9%. Africa is the second largest importer of Russian arms globally. The Asia-Pacific region tops the list with 60%. Russia has also signed close to 20 bilateral military cooperation agreements with African governments in recent years. These range from the supply of military aircraft to missiles to engines. Algeria is the largest importer of Russian weapons in Africa, followed by Egypt, Angola and Uganda.
Other military agreements with African states pertain to cooperation on countering terrorism, including jointly training troops for peacekeeping on the continent. The countries involved include Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Niger and Rwanda.
At the summit, African states wholeheartedly embraced Russia's newly established relations. South Africa's minister of public enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, made this clear when he said:
Anybody who gets business going, either from the Russian point of view or the African point of view, in the medium term will benefit from that process.
This was borne out in some of the deals finalised in Sochi. For example, Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, purchased 12 military helicopters. In turn, Russia agreed last week to assist Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram. The terror group has waged a decade-long insurgency in the northeastern parts of the country.
Russia relies on imports from Africa to cover its requirements for minerals such as manganese, bauxite and chromium.
In addition, Great Dyke Investments, a company jointly owned by the Russian and Zimbabwean governments, is developing a $4 billion venture to mine the world's largest deposits of platinum in Zimbabwe. In oil-rich Angola, discussions with Russian companies have focused on hydrocarbon production.
Russia is also interested in Namibia's uranium. In recent years, Rosatom and the Namibian government have been finalising an agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. And the Russian state-run oil company Rosneft has benefited from a cooperation agreement between the Russian and Mozambican governments and to develop offshore gas exploration in Mozambique.
Precious gems, especially diamonds and gold, are also on Russia's list of priorities in Africa. Moscow has thus deepened relations with Angola, where Alrosa, the Russian diamond mining giant, mines diamonds.
In some instances military and mineral interests are intertwined. For example, in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) a Russian military and security company known in the Russian media as the Wagner Group is strongly linked to diamond exploration in the country.
Discussions have been held between the CAR and Russia to explore the country's natural resources, especially diamonds and gold, on a concession basis. And Russia has successfully managed to offer weapons and instructors to train CAR military forces in exchange for access to markets and mining rights.
Russian companies are very active in the energy sector too, making significant investments in Algeria, Egypt, Uganda and Angola.
Several Russian companies, including Gazprom, the global gas company; Lukoil, the oil multinational; Rostec, the advanced technology company; and Rosatom, the clean energy company; have done numerous deals amounting to billions of US dollars.
These companies are either state-owned or state-controlled. They are beneficiaries of state contracts from the Kremlin and qualify for preferential loans from state-owned banks. Because of the close relationship between the state and these companies, investments are mostly or often linked to diplomatic considerations.
Moscow's nuclear deals fall firmly into this category. For example, Russia is negotiating with Egypt on its first nuclear plant. In Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, a major deal has been concluded with Russia on the construction of two nuclear power plants, with a view to ending the country's ongoing energy crisis.
Russia promised aid to combat the Ebola virus and to accommodate more Africans at Russian universities. The details of many agreements are not clear, but Moscow claims that it racked up $12.5 billion in deals during the two-day summit. Critics argue that it remains to be seen whether these deals will materialise as real investments in Africa.
Moscow's diplomatic efforts to strengthen its political relations with African states, and its related geopolitical ambitions, have not escaped Western observers. They come at a time when US influence in Africa – and elsewhere – is on the decline.
Russia seems keen to fill the gap. Besides solidifying Russia's trade relationship with Africa at the summit, Putin also clearly tried to confirm Russia's status as a more dependable partner for the continent, with less baggage than either the US or other Western powers. He probably succeeded in convincing many African leaders that Moscow can deliver – with no strings attached – on the Russian sweet spots of technology, energy and military support, where African countries experience particular needs.
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Travis Scott Meal Review
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The Travis Scott Meal. ( With a pretty pink background (: )
Stephanee Hartfield, Staffer
We all know of the Quarter Pounder, and it stands as a fan favorite for a lot of us McDonald's connoisseurs. Currently, McDonald's has added a Cactus Jack Quarter Pounder to accompany the OG Quarter Pounder. Most people know Travis Scott from his HipHop music, his ex-Kylie Jenner or his daughter Stormi. Regardless of the lack of connection from the artists to the burger, it's up on the menu, and I'm here to see if it's worth the hype.
Price/Ingredients
The OG Quarter Pounder with a ¼ pound patty is $4.99, a Quarter Pounder with bacon and cheese is $5.49, and to double that patty, it'll cost $6.69. The Cactus Jack meal is only around $6 using the McDonald's app. That'll get you a Quarter Pounder with bacon, cheese, extra lettuce, a medium fry, any size Sprite and a Tangy Barbecue sauce on the side. The similar retail for the meal vs the burgers alone makes this a great deal.
I am fresh off eating the Cactus Jack Meal, and I would like to start off by announcing, Travis Scott is a burger-making genius. I came into this review with low expectations but after eating the meal. Everything is paired together really nicely, and the seemingly insignificant addition of the barbecue sauce on the side was a key reason for my satisfaction with the meal.
"I wasn't that happy with the bacon, but I thought the sandwich with the extra lettuce and the cheese was really good," said Desiree Jones, my mom, who eats Quarter Pounders religiously.
I, on the other hand, think that the bacon was a great additive and that the burger wouldn't have been complete without the flavor punch. When it comes to whether the Cactus Jack burger is worth passing up the original Quarter Pounder, I would definitely say to take the leap of faith. The ingredients on the burger make the flavor steady from start to finish and that barbecue sauce can be used for the fries, the burger and maybe even the drink if you're into that.
Travis Scott is a big industry name and despite my feelings of excellence towards the burger, it is obvious that this was somewhat of a cash grab from McD's to Travis Scott fans. All of the items included in the meal can be bought for around $8 and this meal deal could've been made without Scott's name attached to it.
With that being said, I do have to state that, The Travis Scott Cactus Jack Meal is a flavorful deal sure to make you never want a plain Quarter Pounder again. It's worth the hype, and the money and it'll leave you satisfied with a new McDonald's favorite.
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Last fall when I was just getting into podcasting, I was enamored with the idea of using podcasts to learn a foreign language. I even commented on it in First Crack #6.
If you're following my ThingsToDo list, you see I'd like to get my tongue around Dutch and bring my German back up to speed. Then there's French. Always took classes as a kid. Never quite got it.
Anyway, my favorite Deutschlehrerin, Steffanie aus Stockholm, just wrote about the power of podcasting to learn a foreign language.
There are so many podcasts, you can find a subject that interests you in a language you want to learn. Like learning 2 things for the price of one.
The best podcasts are normal people, talking about normal things, in normal voices – ideal for understand how language is acutally used, and different dialects.
You can listen to podcasts over and over again. Picking up something new each time. I always keeps the good ones, and Steffanie's.
Now that Steffanie hasn't posted in a while, I've found Schlaflos im Muenchen mit Annik Reubens for my German fix. Annik speaks much faster than Steffanie, but her voice is just as sweet and comforting.
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BORDERLINE EXECUTIVE DISORDER
Hal Berghel
Have you ever wondered why really inept executives seem to collect like lint in modern organizations? I have an explanation for your consideration.
We're technologists on the move. We don't have time to wait for the latest update of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for clues on why our organizations are run by LINOs (leaders in name only). We need to take the bull by the tail and face the frightful situation that many modern executives are evolutionary dead ends. I herewith offer a modest account of our dilemma that I'm confident will soon become the received view.
Having been an academic for most of my career, I will focus primarily on the modern university, though I predict my analysis will port over to any modern organization. Faithful to the doctrine of cognitive dissonance, I will place all blame firmly on others. In the pages to follow I shall endeavor to explain the perceived deficiencies of the executive classes by means of new mental health discoveries. As my argument unwinds, you will see the pieces fit together like the gears of an expensive Swiss chronograph. Or not.
THE POST-MODERN ACADEMY
The post-modern academy is a recent phenomenon approximately 40 years in the making. Before that time, an administration building was inhabited by scholars drawn from the ranks of the faculty each serving as executive pro tem out of a sense of obligation to the institution ('erudit oblige' ?) . There was no permanent administrative culture in those days. Today, the administration building has become the campus repository of the flotsam and jetsam of academic life.
So how did this come about? It arose when the notion that it was in the communities' interests to have well-educated citizens fell out of favor. In its place came the idea that it was better to serve the business communities' interests to have a skilled, dependable, and inexpensive workforce than it was to provide the community with graduates who could think independently and toward great effect. This is the phenomena that Benjamin Ginsberg calls the "supply-side view of the curriculum." (Benjamin Ginsberg, The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All-Administrative University and Why it Matters," Oxford University Press, 2011, ch. 6). On this view, education is but the means to the end of getting some job, and the students (or their parents) are fee-paying customers who are pre-paying for product –much like magazine subscriptions and Tesla customers.
The opposite "demand-side view of the curriculum" is what we senior members of the academy consider the traditional view of higher education. We may think of this as the era of enlightenment. On this view, education is the end in itself. This view held sway from approximately the time that the AAUP was formed in 1915 to first decade A.N. (after Nixon). Demand-side perspectives of note are the education cores of the University of Chicago (Great Books), Harvard University (Indispensible Knowledge), and Columbia University (Great Ideas). The AAUP's and John Dewey's Georgist overtures toward higher education have not withstood the test of time due to continuous assault from external forces. They are now considered quaint remnants of a bygone era.
If all we need is a skilled workforce, then all we need in an executive is a customer relationship manager that specializes in connecting clients (nee students) with stakeholders (nee employers) by means of a revenue stream (permanent indebtedness through student loans) while ensuring that all of the above can feel the love. Scholarship goes to the back of (if not under) the bus? No need to emphasize discovery, imagination, and critical thinking when our holy grail is a constant supply of inexpensive labor. And if the labor gets too pricey, we can manufacture an artificial STEM crisis and use H1B visas to drive down labor costs even further while casting aside any iconoclastic graduates (cf. my "STEM Revisited, Computer, March, 2014, pp. 70-73).
THE BAYH-DOLE ACT
But there's more. The second cause of administrative dysfunction is the desire to make not-for-profit universities profitable. This is motivated by a concomitant reduction in state and local support for universities and the increasing emphasis on turning productive faculty into profit centers through research grants and contracts. In the era of enlightenment pure academic research was highly sought after independently of potential for research funding. Thanks to years of black hole budgeting by campus leaders, now there's only one kind of research sought these days: funded research with overhead (indirect costs attached to the grant that may exceed 50% of the actual budgeted expenses). Some top-tier universities may still encourage scholarship as such and in general, but the un-funded variety is rapidly becoming as unwelcome on the modern campus as an outbreak of measles.
This dependence on external funding made the academy a centerpiece of the emerging military- industrial-surveillance-political-media-prison-Wall Street-banking-energy-healthcare- academic-think tank-corporatist-homeland security-prohibitionist-complex. As Jennifer Washburn makes clear in her book University Inc. (Basic Books, 2005),Vannevar Bush's vision for the public financing of civilian academic research began to wither with the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980. Prior to that, equilibrium was achieved between public funding of basic research and the resulting public use of the fruits of this research. Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is a noteworthy example. In exchange for public support of his research, Salk labelled the vaccine a "public good" and put it in the public domain. As both Ginsberg and Washburn make clear, Bayh-Dole obliterated the distinction between rival and non-rival scientific knowledge, and encouraged a tsunami of private, exclusive licensing of publicly-funded university research that in turn produced a classic double-whammy for the public: they got to pay for the research twice – once to create it and once to use it. Of course Bayh-Dole added another revenue stream for universities from patents and licenses, but public "recoupment" of investment was gone for good. So much for preserving the taxpayer's interests. (As an aside, the absence of a federal recoupment strategy seriously undercut the public's claim for Net Neutrality recently brought before the Federal Communications Commission, and in the near future before the federal courts).
A problem that looms larger is the negative effect that market forces may play on the quality of the research conducted. The protagonists of the market-model university welcome the infusion of corporate influence for the increased efficiency in bringing research to market. For them Bayh-Dole was an inherent good because it gave universities and faculty skin in the commercialization game. Numbers in the billions of dollars per year in licensing and royalty fees are frequently adduced as evidence. Washburn cites data from a recent Association of University Technology Managers report which claims that from 1991-2000 university patents increased 238%, royalties increased by 520% and that sales of products resulting from academic research totaled more than $40 billion, supported 270,000 jobs, and produced $5 billion in tax revenues in 1999 alone (Washburn, p. 142).
I'm always suspicious about claims that are based on self-serving surveys. But let's just assume that there is some truth to this data. The important follow-on questions are (1) Did any negative externalities result? (Specifically, is there any evidence that the market-model negatively affected the quality and balance of the research?); (2) Did any conflicts of interest between participants arise?, and (3) What impact did Bayh-Dole have on research integrity and the commitment to a diversified, well-rounded education for students? A quick review of the history will reveal that Bayh-Dole was a mixed bag. It certainly changed the academic incentives, but in some cases this negatively influenced research outcomes ( http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/09/23/can-the-source-of-funding-for-medical-research-affect-the-results/ ; http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/326/7400/1167.full.pdf ). The Ginsberg and Washburn books, together with Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway's Merchants of Doubt ( Bloomsbury Press, reprint edition, 2011), and Chris Mooney's The Republican War on Science (Basic Books, 2006) all confirm that the impetus for overturning the Vannevar Bush paradigm of publicly-funded, curiosity-driven research was driven by for-profit corporations and the avaricious university administrators who sought their largesse. It is far from obvious that the consequences have been on balance in the public's interest. That the impetus for Bayh-Dole did not come from the public, faculty or students should not be overlooked.
THE ACADEMIC MARKETPLACE
In the golden age of the academy, the university became known as the marketplace of ideas - "marketplace," that is, in the sense of a swap meet. Now, "marketplace" has come to mean an intellectual hedge fund where all manner of community assets are bundled into something to be sold to profit-driven investors. This is not to say that the academy was ever free of partisan influence or bias, but the influence is more overt these days. The poster child for this spurious brand of academic support may be the Koch Brothers and BB&T foundations' "pay-for-play" endowments of the Florida State University economics department. (http://www.geekwrapped.com/archive/billionaires-role-in-hiring-decisions-at-florida-state-university-raises-1168680, http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/12/15495/koch-foundation-proposal-college-teach-our-curriculum-get-millions ). In particular, the BB&T bequest even proscribed the textbook (Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged) for use in a class ( http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/billionaires-role-in-hiring-decisions-at-florida-state-university-raises/1168680 ). (That BB&T lists "independent thinking" as its fifth core value is an irony that should not escape our attention ( http://bbt.investorroom.com/corporate-governance ).
Agenda-education is not unique to the Koch Brothers and BB&T and is not without precedent in U.S. history. However, the Koch model definitely represents a radical departure from the model of enlightened free expression that has characterized the academy for much of the last century. Curriculum that is dictated by external stakeholders and their biases rather than sound pedagogy is a better fit with indoctrination than education. Let's be clear that the fault in such arrangements lies not with the ideologues who seek to proselytize via the academy, but with the university administrators who go along with it. According to thinkprogress.org, the Koch Brothers' Foundations now support 129 colleges and universities ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/28/the-koch-brothers-influence-on-college-campus-is-spreading/ , http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/03/28/1783741/florida-gulf-coast-koch-brothers/ ) with or without strings attached. Agenda-gifting to universities with strings attached is but another lapse of integrity in today's market-model academy.
ACADEMIC NOSOLOGY AND BORDERLINE EXECUTIVE DISORDER
So the current market-based academy may be seen in part to be the product of the desire to focus on job training and making the modern university profitable. The forces behind this change were both internal and external to the university. External forces include the shift in politics away from public support of education, and the desire of corporations to profit from primarily government funded research. The internal force however was misguided university leadership, the subject to which we now turn. We seek to account for administrative behavior that was inconsistent with our MaTaHaRi core.
The symptoms are easy to recognize. First and foremost, affected administrators and executives have never heard a good idea that wasn't theirs. Further they have a serious issue with impulse control: they are inclined to engage in random act acts of management no matter how idiotic, just to keep paper flowing through the organizational veins. In addition, this impulse control leads to frequent bouts of reckless spending. Next, they endorse a boot camp mentality with regard to employee relations that undercuts any hint of esprit de corps. It goes without saying that they are universally recognized as inattentive listeners, egomaniacal and have a selective, self-promoting memory. They master the art of double-speak, particularly with respect to acronyms and technology buzzwords derived from excessive viewing of the Military and Discovery Channels and Fox News. They are easily distracted and have the attention span of a gnat.
Since BED has yet to make it into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, I have no choice but to offer the following nosology as a prolegomena to my forthcoming and likely to be much-anticipated Dictionary of Executive Disorders.
ACADEMIA NERVOSA
I begin with a generalization. Our present malady with Lame Leadership (L 2 in our forthcoming Dictionary) is not limited to the academy. I emphasize it because I am most familiar with the symptoms in that domain. Those of you in business and industry can confirm that it applies to your organizations as well.
We begin with the oxymoron "academic administrator." This involves what logicians and linguists call a conflation in terms. There are at least two uses of academic, one of which has nothing at all to do with anything scholarly or cerebral. In the context of administration, "academic" should be taken in an accounting sense – that is, "associated with entities that qualify as educational institutions under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code." It is a mistake of the first order to confuse this sense of academic with anything resembling scholarship: Academic Administration is akin to Military Intelligence in this regard.
Psychologists report that obsessive-compulsive disorder may be characterized by irrational beliefs that result in repetitive and unnecessary behavior. This affliction ports over to the inept executive class seamlessly. Incapable executives discover early on that their inflated self-image fails to be supported by reality. This internal tension leads to Executive OCD which in turn leads to round after round of repetitive and unnecessary behavior in the form of pointless memos on policy, requiring unnecessary reports and purposeless planning exercises from subordinates, scheduling interminably boring meetings, and engaging in a seemingly endless array of micromanagement initiatives. The executives feel that all of this unnecessary activity justifies their existence. This is the most basic form of EOCD: the executives are clueless how they might actually improve the organization, but they do understand how to order other people to do things they don't want to do. In so doing everyone in the food chain comes to appreciate who's in charge and in possession of real power. This in turn has a soothing effect on the delusional executive mind.
EOCD is a virulent form of academia nervosa which itself is a special case of ULD. In the academy EOCD usually leads to unnecessary strategic planning exercises, SWOT analyses, curriculum revisions, impact reports, workload reporting that interferes with actual work, and other sundry distractions from core pedagogical issues. Requiring and discarding the printed fruits of such labor produces the executive binge/purge cycle that's so de rigueur in the modern organization. Make no mistake about it, the expected outcome is an improved self-image of the administrator, pure and simple. Of course, the alternative to EOCD would be an objective, arms-length measurement of organization impact by external third parties, but you can see where that might go.
EXECUTIVE AMNESIA
Executive Amnesia (EA) is another form of BED that affects executives when they are asked to report on their activities to Boards or the media. Due to the extreme diversity of personnel in the modern organization, and their detachment from things that matter, there are always opportunities for executives to take credit for the accomplishments of others, so EA fits in well with the general reporting requirements of executives (and politicians, for that matter). A variation on this disorder is taking credit for invisible successes and triumphs – i.e., those that only happened in the imagination of the executive. An example would be claims of profitability for the quarter without revealing that these profits came from the sale of corporate headquarters or a government bailout.
By and large, the media has little understanding of either GAAP accounting standards or academe's unique approach to "black hole financing," so most every false or exaggerated claim that is reported by the administrator is taken at face value and acted on as such by the unsuspecting audience. Again we illustrate with the glowing reviews of corporate performance that anticipated the largest government bailout in world history recently. Such claims are not subject to veridical tests, but fall under the category of "spinfluencing." When this infects the entire leadership team of an organization and the media that covers it it is called "Spinfluenza." Although counterintuitive, such false proclamations produced by brittle and under-exercised minds tend to be taken by the stakeholders as gospel. This is especially true when it comes to excuses for program retrenchments and downsizing.
EXECUTIVE IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER (EICD)
Also called Executive Kleptomania Disorder (EKD) when it applies to Wall Street. EICD is a conduct disorder where the individual executive comes to hold the belief that he/she is entitled to everything that he/she can get their hands on. This usually surfaces in imperial-level housing subsidies, bonuses and stock options that are totally severed from performance measures, sundry perquisites like take-home yachts and aircraft, country club memberships, and golden handshakes to name but a few. Sergei Brin and Larry Page came down with EICD after sharing a bowl of desktop hegemony with Bill Gates. It is exceedingly contagious and closely related to cyber-dipsomania or the uncontrollable desire to control every aspect of cyberspace which seems to have infected the NSA leadership. In this latter case it is associated with EOCD: NSA leaders don't know how to prevent terrorism, but they do know how to collect every bit of network data and store it at Bluffdale, UT.
pre-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Finally, we deal with pTSD which is a condition that affects executives who are preparing traumatic events for others - like termination of employment. Frequently associated with a pot pourrie of euphemisms like downsizing, outsourcing , offshoring , furloughs, restructuring, and reduction-in-force, employment pTSDs are by defiinition associated with someone else's trauma, the witness of which is, eo ipso, traumatic for the executive. As a result, pTSD is usually sufficient justification for enormous executive salary increases and over-the-top bonuses. pTSD was cited as the main rationale for executive bonuses during the collapse of the financial sector. Executive self-disclosure claims unbearable associated pain. For that reason pTSD is sometimes called mental shingles. Instances of pTSD may include events covered by acronyms such as eRIF (fired by email), smsRIF (fired by text message), USPSRIF (fired by first class mail), and roaRIF (fired in a shouting match).
So there you have it: the thinking person's guide to the administrative dysfunction that is responsible for the decay of the modern university (and beyond). These illnesses, and their account for most of our leadership vulnerabilities, and is largely responsible for the decline of the modern organization.
So the next time you're asked to participate in a SWOT analysis, strategic plan, curriculum revision, impact assessment report or workload evaluation by your deputy associate pro-vice president of awesomeness, break out the Prozac, reread this column, and seek a Zen meeting group near you.


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Man-up Shep! You can't be afraid to hurt people's feelings! Shame on him for trying to dumb down the seriousness of this situation. Is he a liberal?! Because his views certainly don't align with that of the average Republican.
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Q: Error uploading application Python Google App Engine I have been trying to upload python Google app engine folder using windows command prompt. I have the app.yaml as well as a python file in the folder. But when I pass the following command in the Command Prompt:
appcfg.py --oauth2 update C:/Path/to/the/folder

I get this error.
appcfg.py: error: Directory does not contain an Project.yaml configuration file.

Where am I wrong and how should I proceed?
This is my app.yaml file:
application: myappid
version: 1
runtime: python27
api_version: 1
threadsafe: true

handlers:
- url: /.*
  script: sampleapp.app

libraries:
- name: lxml
  version: "latest"

A: Check your shell syntax. I had this error message also, by not referencing the right project folder. Note the ending slash:
appcfg.py --oauth2 update C:/Path/to/the/folder/

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Eglerio! Tolkien at Leeds IMC 2020 Sessions Announced
What a great opportunity for Dr. Wotan to resume his errant blogging with this announcement about the Tolkien at Leeds International Medieval Congress 2020 which I am co-organising this year with Dr. Dimitra Fimi. Dr. Fimi has spent the last five years working valiantly and tirelessly to first establish and then organise these sessions at Leeds (you can read Dr. Fimi's roundup reports of the past conferences here: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 ).
For the 2020 conference Dr. Fimi and I are organising the conference together so I can 'learn the ropes' to take over organising the conference in 2021 (big shoes to fill!). For Tolkien at Leeds IMC 2020 Dr. Fimi and I are very pleased to announce that all 5 sessions on J.R.R. Tolkien that were proposed have been accepted: including three that will focus on the overall theme of this year's conference: borders.
Here are the sessions titles and papers now with the scheduled dates and times.
SESSION 104:
J.R.R. Tolkien: Medieval Roots and Modern Branches
Sponsor: School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
Organiser: Dr. Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar
Moderator/Chair: Deirdre Dawson, Independent Scholar
Session Day/Time: Monday 6 July (11:15-12:45)
A Preliminary History of Deadly Splinters
Victoria Holtz-Wodzak, Viterbo University Wisconsin
Tolkien Alliterative Style in The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
Anna Smol, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia
Dewdrop, Apple and Pomegranate: Three Symbols of the Ring Bearing in Czerniawski's Wyprawa
Joel Merriner, University of Plymouth UK
Foraging for Sources: Sir Orfeo as the Origin of Medieval Romance Topoi Present in Mirkwood
Andoni Cossio, Universidad del Pais Vasco
New Sources and Approaches to Tolkien's Medievalism - A Round Table Discussion
Organiser and Moderator: Dr. Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar
Session Day/Time: Tuesday 7 July (19:00-20:00)
Leo Carruthers, Centre d'Etudes Medievales Anglaises (CEMA), Sorbonne Université
Dr. Dimitra Fimi, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
Kristine Larsen, Geological Sciences Department, Central Connecticut State University
Thijs Porck, Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Universiteit Leiden
This roundtable discussion will focus on works by J.R.R. Tolkien published during the last few years, with a particular emphasis on the latest posthumous publication of Tolkien's Lost Chaucer, edited by John M Bowers (Oxford University Press).
SESSION 1536:
Borders in Tolkien's Medievalism I
Moderator/Chair: Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University
Session Day/Time: Thursday 9 July (9:00-10:30)
The Liminality of Tolkien's Non-Human Species
Dr. Andrzej Wicher, Uniwersytet Lodz
Undead of Undying: Limits of Immortality in Tolkien's Work
Gaëlle Abaléa, Sorbonne Université Paris
Implementing the Liminal Space: Vampires and Werewolves
Sara Brown, Independent Scholar
Borders in Tolkien's Medievalism II
Moderator/Chair: Sara Brown, Independent Scholar
Session Day/Time: Thursday 9 July (11:15-12:45)
Tolkien's Taliska: Language Invention on Linguistic Borders
Dr. Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar
Linguistic Borders, Boundaries and Bridges in Tolkien's Writing
Deirdre Dawson, Independent Scholar
Borders of Mind and Nation in Tolkien's Works
Ellen Duncan, Independent Scholar
Borders in Tolkien's Medievalism III
Organiser and Moderator/Chair: Dr. Andrew Higgins, Independent Scholar
Boundaries and Marches: Marked and Unmarked Edges in Tolkien's Maps
Erik Mueller-Harder, Independent Scholar
The Walls of the World and The Voyage of the Evening Star: The Complex Borders of Medieval Geocentric Cosmology
Kristine Larsen, Central Connecticut State University
The Limits of Subcreation
Lars Konzack, Institute for Kommunikation, Copenhagen Universitet
Time-Travel, Astronomy and Magic Mirrors: The Borders between 'Reality' and 'Otherworlds' within Middle-earth
Aurelie Bremont, Sorbonne Université Paris
Posted by Dr. Andrew Higgins at 16:21
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Dr. Andrew Higgins is a Tolkien Scholar who has received his Phd through Cardiff Metropolitan University on 'The Genesis of Tolkien's Mythology' and co-edited with Dr. Dimitra Fimi the book A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Language Invention published by HarperCollins. He is also the Director of Development at Glyndebourne Opera and Trustee of British Youth Opera, The UK Tolkien Society and Signum University. He is single and lives in Brighton UK.
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an underground Irish nationalist organization founded to work for Irish independence from England: its Provisional wing, until the 1999 peace agreement, followed a policy of terrorism. Abbr.: IRA, I.R.A.
WITH reference to the threats that John W Gray sees coming out of Afghanistan (Voice of the North, September 5), I am convinced that former Prime Minister Tony Blair, the man who held his hands up to the Irish Republican Army, brought terrorism onto the streets of London.
Britain's prime minister has vowed to support compensation claims against Libya by families of victims of the Irish Republican Army who accuse Tripoli of arming the group.
The Fifth European Day for Victims of Terrorism, on 11 March, resounded all the more forcefully following the killing two days earlier of a policeman in Ireland, for which the Continuity IRA, a dissident group of the Irish Republican Army, claimed responsibility, only two days after an attack by other dissidents had taken the lives of two British soldiers.
THE Real IRA was formed in 1997 after a split in the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
The attack, in which 200 people were wounded, was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army, a breakaway faction of Irish nationalist guerillas.
That's the focus of drama documentary Frongoch - Man Geni'r IRA, which explores the early days of the Irish Republican Army - in a North Wales prison camp.
NORTH IRELAND: Agreements were reached to form a power sharing government between longtime arch-rivals Gerry Adams, a former commander of the Irish Republican Army (I.
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Two prominent Northern Ireland clergy chosen to monitor a key part of an internationally-backed peace process say that "beyond any shadow of doubt" the arms of the Irish Republican Army have now been put beyond use.
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Team Aleron headed to Evergreen State Equestrian Park for the Northwest Autumn Classic and brought home great ribbons! Congratulations to all who showed!
Alexis and Splendid earned Reserve Champion in both the 3'9″ High Performance Hunters and the 3'6″ Performance Hunters.
Aleron riders Piper and Gabby had a clean sweep in the Short Stirrup Equitation division, earning Champion and Reserve Champion, respectively!
Claire won the large Short Stirrup Pony Equitation on the Flat class and Mia won the THIS Medal and earned top ribbons in the Junior 3'3″ Division.
Ava, Siena, Audrey and Emma all had great rounds and debuts.


Remember back in January when the City Council held an all-day hearing on transportation? Councilmembers waxed poetic about pet projects but usually stuck to the major topic of how to make Los Angeles a safe and more efficient place to travel.
After the meeting, the Chief Legislative Analyst went to work compiling all of the Councilmember's suggestions and just two months later produced a document, which first requires Council approval, instructing city departments to get to work on the Council's demands.
Sometimes the suggestions overlap with each other. Councilmembers Weiss, Greuel and Reyes all request reports on how LADOT and City Planning can work together. All in all, the majority of proposals were about increasing alternatives to driving or about funding.
Two highlights for cyclists come from Councilmembers Rosendahl and Reyes.
Reyes proposed changing the way the city counts traffic to take into account the amount of people moving along a road rather than the amount of vehicles. By relying on traffic counts to measure a street's effectiveness a bus full of people and a single passenger vehicle are counted the same. Currently, cyclists are not counted at all.
It seems ironic now to see that Councilmember Rosendahl's only motion is to "Direct LADOT to report with a proposal to develop a bike path in Mandeville Canyon" given the headache that the Ballona Creek Bike Trail is causing him these days.
After the jump you can find the full list of the Council's suggestions. If you have any favorites or any other suggestions, feel free to put them in the comments section and I'll submit them into testimony at tomorrow's Transportation Committee Hearing.
1. (Weiss) Report back on how the Department of City Planning(DCP) and Department of Transportation (LADOT) can combine efforts on the West Los Angeles community plan.
2. (Greuel) Direct LADOT and DCP to report back with a status report on a previous Greuel-Rosendahl motion (CF: 07-2419) relative to traffic counts.
3. (Greuel) Report back as to how the Department of Transportation and the Planning Department will work together to address the transportation aspects of planning in Los Angeles.
4. (Garcetti) In order to increase walkability along Metro Red Line stations, direct LADOT to develop a proposal for turning Western Ave into a pedestrian friendly corridor, as part of a broader strategy to obtain funding from Metro's Call for Projects.
5. (Garcetti) Direct LADOT to investigate the feasibility of a 24-hour public transit information system.
6. (Garcetti) Direct LADOT and DCP to study park-and-ride lots around Metro Red Line stops to encourage the usage of the subway.
7. (Garcetti) Direct LADOT and the CAO to study the feasibility of providing incentives for City employees and private businesses to increase carpooling.
8. (Garcetti) Direct LADOT to work with the CLA, CRA and DCP to create a valet district in Hollywood.
9. (Garcetti) Direct the CLA and DOT to work with the Hollywood Property Alliance to create a Hollywood Transportation website as a one-stop shop for people to access transit information in Hollywood.
10. (Garcetti) Direct LADOT to examine the feasibility of installing wireless internet access in Commuter Express and DASH busses as part of the City's Transportation Strategic Plan.
11. (Reyes) Direct LADOT to examine how to better match funding sources to the goals outlined in the Mission Statement of the City's Transportation Strategic Plan, in order to achieve more funding for public transit, increased DASH service, bicycle and pedestrian amenities.
12. (Reyes) Direct LADOT to report with recommendations to change the method of data collection to improve prioritization of transportation projects that accommodate all users rather than vehicular traffic only.
13. (Reyes) Direct the DCP to report on how it can playa greater role in transportation planning.
14. (Reyes) Direct LADOT to report on the new transportation planning concept that less signage and signalization on the roads may actually enhance safety by forcing drivers to slow down and pay attention, as well as other ways the City can enhance public safety on city streets.
15. (Reyes) Direct LADOT and DCP to detail how the General Plan Transportation Element update will interface with the City's Transportation Strategic Plan.
16. (Reyes) Direct LADOT and DCP to report on the coordination efforts the City is pursuing with regional agencies, such as Metro and SCAG and to identify innovative strategies, such as congestion pricing, reduced and shared parking, road diets, etc., that appear to be the most viable for the City of Los Angeles.
17. (Reyes) Since much of the region's existing rail and goods movement corridors run along the Los Angeles River, direct LADOT and DCP to report on ways to design a transportation system that coexists and provides multiple benefits to the Los Angeles River while serving transportation needs.
18. (LaBonge) Direct LADOT to improve the City's taxi system by establishing a "red car" or a Metro Red Line taxi system that would take travelers to within a quarter of a mile of a subway station.
19. (LaBonge) Direct LADOT to report back on ways to keep "big traffic," (large volumes of traffic) on "big streets," (such as Roscoe, Sherman Way, Victory Boulevards) to make the flow of cars more sensible.
20. (LaBonge) Direct LADOT to report back on freeway improvements that can be made to clear up "pinch points" (points of chronic traffic congestion) on local streets, such as Vermont Avenue, Silverlake Boulevard and Glendale Union Avenue.
21. (LaBonge) Instruct LADOT to report on ways to seek local funding opportunities with other jurisdictions that would allow Los Angeles to build future transportation projects.
22. (Rosendahl) Direct LADOT to report with a proposal to develop a bike path in Mandeville Canyon.
23. (Hahn) Direct the CLA to include a self-help funding clause in the City's Federal legislative agenda relative to transportation funding formulas that would credit local jurisdictions that have taxed themselves to fund transportation projects.
24. (Greuel) Instruct the CLA to report with the City'S transportation legislative priorities before the State Legislature's February 22,2008 deadline for new bill introduction.
25. (Hahn) Direct the CLA and LADOT to report on the steps necessary to include the Harbor Line rail proposal in Metro's Long Range Transportation Plan.
I wonder if anythin will come of these two ideas?
-Send the Operations staff to Public Works.
-Meter maids go to LAPD.
-Transportation Development should go to Planning.
-Regulatory Services can go to the Office of Finance.
-DASH buses will have to find a home somewhere – General Services?
Wow..that's our downtown from above? Looks pretty, uh, sparse? I don't like this pic of LA.
Sharrows are coming to Los Angeles! or are they?


Chef Marcus Samuelsson shared this recipe for barbecued oxtail from his cookbook, "The Soul of New Cuisine."
1. Combine jerk mix and canola oil in a large bowl. Add oxtail and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours.
2. Heat olive oil in a large Dutch-oven over high heat. Working in batches, add oxtail and onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, 15 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, bay leaf, ginger, and garlic; bring to simmer. Stir in chiles, salt, chili powder, cumin, coriander, chicken stock, coffee, and Worcestershire sauce. Cover, reduce heat, and continue simmering 2 hours.
4. Add honey and continue simmering, uncovered, until oxtail is tender, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf, and serve.


Rick and Morty is one of the greatest TV shows of all time (at least in my opinion). It is right there with The Office. If you have never seen this show and like raunchy animated comedies–give this a go. You can watch it on Hulu or Adult Swim–for all my Rick and Morty fans out there, enjoy this informative–yet hilarious article.
If you need additional guidance in your nutrition, be sure to download my free nutrition guide for even more in depth information!
Don't be like Rick–cut the alcohol. And the fruit juices, sodas, and anything carbonated–it's usually just empty calories.
Sugary drinks= tons of carbohydrates with little to no nutritional value and a ton of sugar.
How to spice things up? Add fruit to your water. I enjoy sipping on lemon water. It definitely helps to flush out the bad stuff in our body–especially if we are bloated.
If you are not lactose-intolerant, I would suggest adding a glass a milk per day into your diet. I've talked to quite a few people who have had NO cavities (and in some cases poor oral hygiene) but they all said they drank a ton of milk. It may sound stereotypical, but I get cavities quite easily and I wasn't drinking any milk–so it's worth a shot right?
Refined carbs are carbohydrates that have been essentially stripped of their nutrients. Think brown rice turned into white rice. You want to go as nutrient-dense and wholesome as possible here. Stay away from the empty carbohydrates in your diet such as candy, cookies, cakes—Mulan Szechuan Sauce.
But have no fear! Because there are usually healthier substitutions that can be made when making things like cakes and cookies, so you can still fulfill that sweet tooth!
So many of us don't get as many veggies in our diet as we should. I think it's because it's hard to think of ways to incorporate them so they actually look (or taste) appetizing. Aim to get a serving in every meal. Let's get as excited about it as Mr. Meeseeks!
Grab some cherry tomatoes and drizzle some low fat italian dressing on them as a quick snack. Don't like tomatoes? Try another veggie like carrots, celery or broccoli and dip it in a yogurt ranch dressing!
Add some veggies into your morning omelette- spinach, mushrooms, tomatoes, broccoli, bell peppers, anything!
Add a side of veggies in with your dinner (even if it's canned!) Having burgers? Make sweet potato french fries and another side of veggies like corn or green beans!
They have single serve containers of vegetables in the store–similar to fruit cups. Give these a shot!
V8s and Naked Drinks contain vegetables in a drinkable form! Remember these are high in carbs and natural sugars–so limit these guys!
You can always bake or grill up some veggies in a foil wrap! Baked potatoes, peppers, onions, tomatoes, corn, etc. Add some seasonings to make them not taste so bland!
Sneak in some veggies if you are making your own smoothie. Spinach is a common choice here, as it doesn't disrupt flavor much!
I know, I know…sugary things tend to be super delicious. However, high sugar intake is a HUGE contributor to weight gain. When we intake more sugar, we must produce more insulin resulting in more fat storage. This also heightens the risk for diabetes and heart disease, along with other diseases.
The FDA recommends about 25 grams of added sugar for women and 37.5 grams of sugar for men in your daily diet. This is ADDED sugar. So anything artificial essentially. Fruits contain sugars naturally so these don't quite count, but nonetheless, be sure to watch your fruit intake and limit to one to two servings a day, because the higher sugar content can have a negative impact on your body.
5. How Much Fiber Are You Intaking Daily?
Show me how much fiber you take in daily! Fiber is huge! Fiber helps to relieve bloating and keep everything regular. No constipation and no running to the bathroom either! It helps to keep our gut healthy as well.
The recommended amount of fiber is 25-30 grams per day in your daily diet. Upping your fiber to this amount is shown to help with various diseases that are linked to digestive problems such as Irritable Bowl Syndrome (IBS). Consider investing in a good probiotic to improve your gut health even more! When choosing a probiotic look at the parts per billion. A good one should be above 20 billion cultures. The bacteria is live, so they should be refrigerated as well to make sure they stay fresh!
You Don't Have to Deprive Yourself–Seriously.
I know doing all of these things at once to your diet an be tough. Eating vegetables all the time is tough, weaning off of sugar and junk food in general has similar side effects as weaning off drugs. It is somewhat of an addiction if you ask me.
But you are still allowed to eat junk food. Don't be so hard on yourself. Try to eat clean a good 80% of the time, but if you are really craving a piece of cheesecake or want to go out to dinner with your friends or family–do it. Don't be afraid or feel like you are sabotaging yourself. Life is too short. Live boldy, eat good food, but also take your health and your soul into account.


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Острова́ Вильки́цкого — группа островов в Карском море в составе архипелага Норденшёльда. Административно относятся к Таймырскому району Красноярского края России.

Расположены в юго-западной части архипелага, являясь самой южной группой Норденшельда. Граничат с островами Пахтусова на северо-востоке и с островами Цивольки на северо-западе. Отделены от прочих островов архипелага проливом Радзеевского.

Лежат плотной вытянутой с юго-запада на северо-восток группой. Расстояние с юго-запада на северо-восток — чуть более 35 километров, расстояние между островами группы не превышает 8 километров. На входящем в состав островов Вилькицкого острове Чабак расположена наивысшая точка всего архипелага — 107 метров. Расстояние от самой южной точки до континентальной России составляет около 20 километров. Названы в 1901 году в честь Андрея Ипполитовича Вилькицкого, русского гидрографа, геодезиста и исследователя Арктики.

 Состав (с северо-востока на юго-запад)
 Новый — самый северный остров группы.
 Стрижёва — небольшой округлый остров в северной части группы. Является самым восточным из островов Вилькицкого.
 Чабак — крупнейший остров группы.
 Центральный — небольшая островная скала к югу от острова Чабак.
 Корсар — малый пологий остров к юго-востоку от острова Чабак.
 Грозный — невысока островная скала между островами Чабак и Пета.
 Тугут — небольшой остров в центральной части группы.
 Пета — средних размеров остров формой полумесяца в центральной части группы.
 Смежный — небольшой остров в центральной части группы.
 Швецова — малый пологий остров в центральной части группы.
 Джекмана — второй по размеру остров группы.
 Каменистый — узкий вытянутый остров у западного побережья острова Джекмана.
 Овальный — овальной формы остров в южной части группы.
 Ховгарда — узкий, вытянутый с севера на юг остров в южной части группы.
 Герберштейна — самый южный и самый западный остров группы.

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Острова Вилькицкого
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