If you've read the news in the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed the whole Donald Trump tariffs shebang. Let's try to explain it in a simple and quick way because the "why"s behind it are not really what we're interested in discussing, but the "what now?"s of it.
No country can produce everything internally. Some goods – like some types of fruits – just won't be able to grow on our soil and weather; other goods could but we wouldn't be able to produce it sufficiently versus how much we consume it. When there's something in demand that we can't produce enough here, we import from somewhere else – like avocados from Mexico – and when we have something we produce more than the internal demand, we export to other countries. Following so far? Okay, so, government has the right to put tariffs or taxes on international trades, and, because this trade goes both ways, it had, in the past, elected to lift the import tax so that the American people could have access to those imported goods our internal industry wasn't able to supply and, likewise, some other countries to which we would export, would lift their import tax as well, incentivizing, this way, the free trade market. But the Donald Trump tax point-of-view departs from this: his administration has instated the import tax on specific imported goods with a major opponent at sight: China. The first Trump tax plan for imported goods was to charge tariffs on Solar Panels and Washing Machines, both majorly produced at the big red Asian country, and now, the newest US tax on imports concern taxing international trade of steel and aluminum.
Interestingly, as you can probably see for yourself, all of those US tax on imports have repercussions on the real estate industry. And that's what we aim to discuss in this post: until all of this is settled – it's a trade war forming; there's a lot of water to flow under this bridge – there are a few things you should be on the lookout for.
The US tax on imports imposed to washing machines is the least harmful to Real Estate. What bad can come from it? We have American brands that could satisfy the demand for new machines – although much slower and with a problematic price gauge due to lack of competition – and you always have Laundromat places to take care of your dirty clothes.
Now, the Solar Panels import tax is more problematic to the Real Estate market, because it has the ability to impact its landscape as a whole. It's a known fact that this administration is a big fan of coal and other outdated sources of energy and it's also known that China is one of the main leaders in green renewable energy, so this part of the Trump Tax plan on imported goods kills two bird with one stone: in a way, it hurts China, one of our main competitors, and helps the coal industry. Since, the real estate industry has been shifting big to solar energy in the last decade, with solar panels becoming a commodity to new high-end houses, the US tax on imports can slow the trend down or even stop it altogether. What will happen is that existing houses with solar panels will become even more valuable because of the presence of it; that's a given. But regarding leases and the solar panel trap; we don't know. The solar panel industry might cross their arms and say they shouldn't have to adapt to this Trump tax plan on imported goods, but they can also react positively and lift their leasing rules to make it easier for the home seller to transport the solar panel to the new home. One thing that is not likely to happen is the mortgage lender easing its regulation to loan the money for the lease. And it shouldn't. If they do, chances are the rest of the economy goes down with it, in case homeowners start to default: and then it's 2008 all over again. Financial responsibility regarding loans is an important pillar our economy must be on the lookout for.
But where the going gets tough in Real estate is regarding the US Tax on imports like steel and aluminum.
Steel is a raw material of high demand in real estate. From the small use in faucets and door knobs to the larger use of steel in plumbing pipes and overall construction infrastructure of roads and buildings; steel is a big part of real estate construction. At first, the import tax on steel will slow down construction because of the high prices building a new house will amount to. Later, it will de-motivate the construction industry to work with steel (and aluminum; which also is used a lot, especially in window framing) in construction, figuring out a way to substitute them with other cheaper raw materials. People thinking of doing some home improvement to Increase Your Home Value: bathroom and kitchen updates, the kings of quickly adding value to a home, are not a good idea anymore; better to invest in building a She Shed made mainly of wood, adding Smart Home Devices or coming up with Landscaping Ideas to Improve Curb Appeal of your house.
In a larger sense, the possible damage to real estate imposed by this Trump tax plan is even bigger. It can impact the whole economical eco-system that fuels real estate. Think about it: if the import on steel and aluminum from some of our top importers like Mexico and Canada gets drastically reduced, the hundreds of truckers that used to transport these materials from there to here will have a major occupation shift. Some will manage to maintain the same lifestyle, driving the same routes, transporting another type of freight. Others will, hopefully, get other jobs in other areas, settling down someplace close to their new permanent location. And some will, sadly, just go unemployed. In the two latter cases, the whole dynamic of real estate supply and demand gets shifted. Plus; if it becomes a trade war, some of these countries might retaliate and impose taxes on some of our previously not-taxed imported goods, hurting our ability to compete and expand our profits. Imagine if cement is next on the US tax on imports' list? What would that do the real estate industry?
So, if you are right now doing any kind of home improvement that involves aluminum or steel, it is possible that you will have the misfortune of hearing your contractor say the proposed budget has to change due to a spike in price that makes it impossible for him to build/repair whatever it is that you are doing. If you can, maybe put this plan on hold, wait to see the next chapters of this war unfold. It could get better, it could get worse, but one thing we know for sure is that it won't stay the same. Change is coming, so be prepared to know what your role in all of this is, and act on it. Good luck!
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Eduardo, I find your editorial to be completely bias and self serving. It is a shame that you have unfettered access to all these influential readers. Your title alone says it "Trumps tariffs". Forget the larger picture regarding national security and how we dont produce hardly anything anymore besides software & movies that get stolen. Solar panels? That is the future…solar panels? I'm an appraiser and Realtor in south Florida for the last 17 years and solar panels are utilized in 1% of the homes and from owner interviews they are more trouble than they are worth. From all surveys I can find, they dont ROI until 17-20 years. I would gladly pay an additional 20%-25% for goods and services if it means a stronger more self sufficient economy 5-10 years down the road. You're not alone with your knee-jerk fear of trade war, but have a little faith. Trump is a negotiator. He's not going to sink our ship, but he is going to push for a better deal and a more robust brighter future for us all.
You are right: although it ranks third on Solar Potential, Florida barely enters the top 10 states of Solar Energy. That's largely due to government solar policies that make it harder to develop this technology to homeowners. That's why you don't see so much of it. Altogether is a very new type of energy, right? But throughout the country it has grown a lot and showed no signs of slowing down. What we are saying is that, because of this tariffs on solar panels, it's likely to slow it down. That's just a fact, we are not judging if it's good or not.
Dialog and analysis is always good. Thanks for the reply.
I apologize; the email header came through my inbox as "Trump's Tariffs are already impacting Real Estate: find out how!" Not your specific article.
I would like to see the numbers relating to how many homes in the US have solar panels, and the amount of dollars the solar panel industry contributes to the overall GDP. I don't think it's a high number if for no other reason than aesthetics, lol. They are ugly, sorry. I don't regularly see them here in Texas, where you would think we would considering the weather. Also, I am not familiar with the "leasing" scenario. May be a regional thing? Texas mortgage lenders do not lend on leases period, so I really have no idea about that. Interesting article.
Hey, Casey! Thanks for the comment!
You are right, it is a regional thing… actually, not even that: it's a company thing. It depends on the company doing it.
What we're saying, especially in the article linked (The Solar Panel Trap) is that consumers should be aware and the Real Estate Industry as a whole should think about that problem because we don't want homeowners dissatisfied giving up from the idea of selling their home because of the financial loss they'll have by not using the solar panels; we want the wheel to spin, right?
And regarding Texas, you are right again: the solar potential of the Lone Star is amazing! That's why it was ranked the #3 (and growing) state for solar jobs in 2017!
I'm an agent and I'm for the tariffs. As President Trump has stated over and again, international trade has not been fair and has resulted in too many jobs leaving the US. This article appears bias and doesnt adequately provide all of the other pertinent information regarding how tariffs will help bring much of the production of steel and aluminum back to the US and create more jobs. More jobs means more money available to people to buy homes. They way I see it this, like the tax breaks, helps the real estate industry and helps those who would otherwise not be able to purchase a home.
We're sorry you thought it appeared biased, we try to be as impartial as we can and we truly believe that, right now, there's no way of telling if it's "good" or "bad". That's why in the last paragraph we highlighted that change is a certainty. Right now we are in the middle of a negotiation, so the moment is highly transitory, don't you agree? Now, regarding bringing the production of steel and aluminum to the US (not back, because from what we've researched the production of those raw materials never decreased, rather increased – the problem was that our demand for those materials outgrew it by a lot) there needs to be a plan (and money applied to that plan) to make that happen; and that hasn't been announced as of yet. Let's hope it comes! Thanks again for bringing good points to the discussion!
What is your agenda and who is paying for it. Our steel production is but a small fraction of what it was decades ago and due to our lack if infrastructure development over the last several decades our steel consumption is down. You know all this yet you repeatedly lie.
FYI.. There is around $100 import wholesale cost of raw steel in a home and by the way, none in the pluming,so if there was a 20% tariff it would raise the cost of a home by $20.(how terrible) If the US started producing more washing machines it would mean more American jobs. (how terrible) If the US started producing more solar panels it would mean more American jobs. (how terrible) China is currently the worlds largest consumer of coal and the world's highest polluter. People living in China haven't seen a star for over 20 years due to pollution. Many people in China won't leave their home without wearing a mask. There are NO countries that give US imports an unrestricted, tariff free path that we are imposing import tariffs on.
It made me very happy to read the replies to Eduardo's article. I too agree it's a bit biased. I do think the article was very easy to read so that was nice, but the bias is very much there. Then again this seems to be more of an opinion article anyway so you are welcome to have your own opinion and I respectfully disagree with it. I'm a real estate agent in Seattle and some people do solar panels here (few and far between) but they don't tend to raise the value a whole lot. People who are into 'green homes' like it but it doesn't provide thousands of dollars in extra equity if a home does have it. I've also had clients say they don't like it.
We are also very happy to see polite discussion of it, Kimberly. If anything, these channels were created with the intention of having people from the real estate industry debating and exchanging ideas!
To help us have a larger view of it, could you further talk about the clients that don't like the solar panels? What about it that they dislike?
As a 21 year RE veteran and CA broker and previous photo-voltaic company owner, I have been in numerous transactions involving homes with solar panels installed. An ROI typically is calculated to happen at around 17 years, far less than a solar panel's life expectancy, but that depends on the cost of money and the future cost of electricity which could shorten the ROI time. On the flip side, solar equipped homes usually sell for an average premium of around 1/2 the cost of the panels. Ad to that the very high cost of R&Ring the panels when you need to re-roof and they are often not as financially advantageous as marketed. Due to electrical tier pricing, cutting consumption with energy efficient appliances often yields a far better return. In actual use their reliability is less than that of the major power companies though this seldom interferes with daily electrical usage, just supply point. Some solar suppliers have better service plans than others.
I think of them as the model T Ford of modern times. I firmly believe it is a very good move in the right direction for society and the planet but will be at the cost of visionaries until costs come down to around $4.00 a watt installed, down from the average $7.00 per watt current prices, or electricity nearly doubles in cost. Solar panels are actually available at $1.00 a watt but that is like comparing the cost of roof shingles to the cost of re-roofing.
I would like to add that the solar panel's technology has been improving a lot.
Since you trailblazed the photovoltaic business, you are aware this is a very new technology; most of the solar panels out there are less than 10 years old. So, you're right! It's a risk, and people shouldn't jump on the bandwagon just because it's the new trendy thing. But there's the other side to it, like the great analogy you made with the T FORD.
In the end, it seems that – for most of the things in life, actually – the middle path (balance) is the best way to go, right? Not so much there, not so much here.
Maybe you don't realized it but this essay is both condescending, starting with the smug "Following so far?" and overtly biased towards one point of view, the negative. A fair and informative piece of writing, which this is neither, would explore the issue and this does not. Instead it reads like one of so many thinly view hit pieces that flood news feeds daily and are against the Trump administration's trade efforts which seek to establish fair trading practices and bring jobs back to the USA. Both of which should increase GDP, wealth for our nation and ultimately raise property values. The link to coal is tenuous and in my view seeks to muddy the waters of this issue by injecting an element of obsolescence as a bogeymanish sort of spectre.
The writer should just admit what he's trying to do with this opinion, and that's cast aspersions on Trump's trade initiatives. As far as credibility I think that's lacking with an author who seems to be both credential light and lacking a last name. This isn't anything I'd ever share except as an example of poor reasoning, fear mongering and faulty assumptions. The real estate industry has for the most part avoided the torrent of this type of "news" but it's definately creeping in. Hopefully poor reception and intellectual incredulity will keep it out.
Comments on an editorial do not constitute a triggering. and from what I've seen everyone has read the article and has contributed valid points. I think it is typical for someone of your ilk to be open-offhandedly dismissive of all things Trump. For every finger you point there are usually 3 pointing back at you.
Jobs are better taxes are down income is going up less unemployment negotiations with North Korea I'm not sure where you're coming up with everything he touches gets ruined what exactly are you reading we do need to deal with the trade imbalance and Trump's exactly the one that can negotiate Fair Trade for the US.
For the most part, this discussion is healthy and an opportunity to attempt to learn by "walking in another's shoes" while looking positively for a common agreement even about possible negatives.
But…I feel we need to take care about for-telling absolutes as the destined results whatever the announced Goal may be. There is wisdom and truth in the fact that we just might be creating a "self-fulfilling prophesy"; i.e., what we think and envision becomes the reality.


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Is Muezzin Bill a Religious Discrimination in Israel
Keywords:Anti-religious lawDiscrimination in IsraelHuman RightsHuman Rights in IsraelJewsMuezzin BillMuslimsMuslims rights
Posted By: thegreatmiddleeast 25.11.2016
A few weeks ago, Israeli Cabinet Ministers passed a bill in which they suggested to ban using the loudspeaker during the Adhaan (a Muslim call to prayer) time. Muslims all around the world are criticising the Israeli government for its anti-religious law which they believe to be an act of direct discrimination against Muslims living in Israel. Israel did not ban Adhaan but restricted the volume of Adhaan by using loudspeakers. This bill has not been presented in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset) yet, and it can be challenged in the high court before or after passing. Some Muslims or human rights' organisations are considering a legal fight, preventing this bill from becoming a law in Israel.
My attention has been drawn to this consideration by pro-Israel and anti-Israel Muslims supporters and people were expecting to hear my views as a Muslim Zionist and strong supporter of Israel.
I can no longer be silent and, although I am not an Israeli government spokesperson, Muslims from my community need my point of view on this burning issue.
I have never supported any anti-religious and anti-human rights' laws passed whether by Pakistan, Israel or any Western or Arab countries. I assessed this situation very carefully as to whether it is categorised under the violation of human rights or not. Israel is not a perfect country and neither are their political or governmental policies. However, we must weigh Israel's political policies in comparison to other Islamic countries where they have zero human rights for their minority community whom they consider second-class citizens.
Before we comment or discuss emotionally on this bill, we must evaluate the situation very deeply and examine the area where these Mosques are located. Unfortunately, it is a political matter which has been dragged into a religious one which gains more sympathy. The bill has been submitted by a member of the Israeli Parliament who belongs to a Jewish home, and is a member of the religious right wing party in coalition with the Likud ruling party. The same bill was introduced by the left-wing labour party government as well, and they only agreed to some clauses of the bill. This bill was amended and represented in the cabinet and finally was approved by it. The bill was presented again and again due to increasing complaints of local Jewish neighbours.
The consideration of this law did not surprise me at all as living in England where this type of law is already implemented. No person has had any issue following it. Wherever there are non-Muslims living in the area, there must be limited loudspeaker noise. The Islamic teachings are to create a peaceful atmosphere for neighbours during the night or dawn times. In the UK, Muslims are not allowed to open a mosque even in Muslim areas where non-Muslim neighbours do not give permission. Still, we have no problem with the law. Millions of Muslims living in the UK are happily following the rules and regulations of the country, whether it is a political or religious based law. Mosques in the UK never use external loudspeakers and the same law is also implemented all across the Europe and in the US as well.
The state of Israel is a Jewish state not a Muslim country and same law should be applied there as in any European country.
In protesting against this law, a prominent Israeli Arab member of Parliament (MK), Ayman Odeh, called Azzan in the parliament, and his video had become viral on social media. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims across the world show their support and solidarity to Ayman Odeh. I see his act of delivering Azzan in the Israeli parliament in a positive way. Israeli law is what gives him a legal right to protest in the Israeli parliament (Knesset) which he did successfully. The world will never find these basic human rights of minorities elsewhere in the Muslim world, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Syria Pakistan and in other Arab or non-Arab countries where minorities are heavily suffering from Muslim's persecution.
In Islam, neighbours have more rights and Islam never supports any act which may harm the neighbours anyway. If there exist non-Muslim neighbours, we must respect their basic rights which include the right to sleep in the night time, the right of their pregnant women, the right of their minor children, the rights of their elders, as well as patients. During the day or at night time, people sleep and they do not want to be disturbed. We Muslims must accept their priorities because it is an obligation on Muslims to look after the neighbours' fundamental rights.
I have heard some voices on social media from the Muslim community stating that:
Muslims have been living in these areas for a long time and question why the Israeli government needs this ban to be imposed NOW!
If they look at the history, they would find that it is not a new issue but an ongoing issue for decades.
In 1992, this issue has been referred to the Jerusalem Magistrate's court by the local Jewish residents who were feeling disturbed and coping with the excessive use of loudspeakers in mosques for decades. The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court imposed a fine to a Muezzin to lower his Azzan (call for prayers) due to disturbance of local Jewish neighbours. The judge also ordered a mosque to lower their Azzan call (Limitation of Loudspeakers usage).
If we look at around at other non-Muslim countries, even within the neighbouring Arab countries, we can find the same issue there where they considered a ban on external loudspeakers in Mosques during the prayer times.
UAE: Dubai Department of Islamic Affairs considered to ban loudspeakers 5 times daily for prayers.
Indonesia: Indonesia's hard-line Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threw their support behind calls to curb the excessive use of loud speakers by mosques during Ramadan. "It is indeed better that mosques adjust their loud speakers when reciting the Koran, so as not to disturb other people." Central Kalimantan's deputy governor, Achmad Diran said: "Don't use loud speakers when reciting the Koran. Take pity on people of different faiths who want to rest."
Saudi Arabia: The Ministry of Islamic Affairs banned small mosques from using loudspeakers for the nightly tarawih prayer in Ramadan. "Raising the sound of loudspeakers above the accepted level is not permissible," said Sheikh Tawfiq al-Sayegh, Imam of a mosque in the coastal city of Jeddah, to Okaz daily.
There are ill and elderly people in the neighboring houses who need rest and quietness
Egypt: Cairo is said to have 4000 officially recognised mosques that use loudspeakers five times a day and they too have assured noise reduction.
India: the Kerala Samsthana Jamiyathul Ulema, an association of Muslim theologians, has said that there is no need for use of loudspeakers for religious purposes at the mosques and that the Sunni Muslims in Kerala started using the loudspeaker hardly half a century ago. The Delhi High Court on Friday directed all mosques and temples in Ekta Vihar and Sunder Nagri in east Delhi to restrict the decibel level of loudspeakers. It said the loudspeakers should be positioned at a restricted height of only eight feet from the ground. The court also directed them to change the direction of the loudspeakers and make them face the wall of buildings, and not outside, to reduce the noise level.
Sri Lanka: The Supreme Court made a ruling on 9 November 2007 pertaining to loudspeakers. It viewed the right of one party to use loudspeakers against the annoyance, disturbance and harm caused to other parties who were compelled against their will to listen to the amplified sounds from the loudspeakers.
The difference, of course, is when Muslims complain about loud calls to prayer, it is an internal matter. However, when Jews complain, it is Islamophobia.
How do you see the situation in Muslim countries where Jewish synagogues and cemeteries were demolished and turned into theatres, cinemas and shopping centres? Where are the rights of minority communities in Muslim countries? When the Jewish sacred place, Joseph's Tomb site was set ablaze by Palestinian Muslims last year (2015) in West Bank, was there outrage? Why was the Islamic world so silent? What do you think, when the remaining Jewish community is hiding their faith due to Pakistani Muslim's religious persecution against them? Would you call it just and fair under the so called democratic Law of the country?
The Israeli cabinet's approved Muezzin bill, not only addressed the excess of Mosque loudspeakers, but for other religious places, including sounds of Churches as well as Jewish Synagogues.
I strongly condemn the criticisms of my Muslim fellows all around the world against this bill, the external speakers of Mosques, and they must be banned completely in the area where they may cause alarm and distress to other religious communities. This represents the teachings of Islam according to the rights of neighbours in the Shariah Law.
Source: blogs.timesofisrael.com
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The nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau told us it's possible to reach Walker's figures by considering the total raw dollars put toward transportation programs, including a double-count of the principal in terms of money borrowed.
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BLOG March 05, 2018
White Farmers' Land Will Be Seized in South Africa Without Compensation
South Africa's parliament voted last week to take land from white farmers and not pay them compensation.
"We must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating the criminals who stole our land," Economic Freedom Fighters party leader Julius Malema said.
Because this has gone so well before …
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who took office in mid-February, has vowed to speed up the seizure of land from white owners.
Mugabe Coup-Ed up on House Arrest After Military Take-Over
"This original sin that was committed when our country was colonized must be resolved in a way that will take South Africa forward," he said.
Ramaphosa has said the land must be be transferred in a way that doesn't disrupt food production or encourage violence. In the past, redistributing land hasn't gone so smoothly. Zimbabwe's land transfers resulted in increased violence and neglected farms that didn't produce food.
There's a petition circulating that asks President Donald Trump to bring white people evicted from their own land in South Africa to the U.S. That'll go over well.
Glenn's take:
Obviously, this is a bad idea that we've already seen played out in Zimbabwe. But Trump taking in the white farmers would only create more problems.
"It's not good," Glenn summed it up.
This article provided courtesy of TheBlaze.
GLENN: Hey, have you heard what's happening in South Africa?
STU: No, I'm an American citizen, so no, I have not.
GLENN: Yeah, most people haven't heard. The new president has just said, the time for reconciliation is over.
STU: Oh.
GLENN: And we're going to confiscate all property from white people.
STU: Now, that's worked out well when it's been attempted in the past.
GLENN: Well, no. They it did in Zimbabwe, where they took all the white farmers -- and everybody starved to death.
STU: Yeah, that was an issue. A minor concern.
GLENN: But this time -- this time, the president of South Africa has said, we're going to do it without the food storage problem.
STU: Oh, that was the big problem with Zimbabwe. Because they came out right off the bat and were like, we want food storages because of the result of this.
GLENN: Right. Right.
STU: They're going to push the other way?
GLENN: No, they're going to push the other way. So that will be good.
STU: That's an interesting twist on the policy.
GLENN: And the time for reconciliation is over. Not talking about that. Nobody is even -- really? The most successful, stable country in all of Africa.
STU: Yeah. The continent all chases South Africa. If they start going that way --
GLENN: Yeah, it's not going to be good. It's not going to be good. It's not going to be good.
And there's now a petition for Donald Trump to let the Afrikaaners HEP into America because they're losing -- they have no place to go. They're losing all their property, all their wealth, everything.
It could be a full-fledged race war. And can you imagine? Donald Trump. Eh, no to Somalia, yes to the white guys in Africa. I mean, that's just not going to --
STU: Just to piss off Chris Cuomo, it may be worth doing. But can you imagine what CNN would do if that actually happened?
GLENN: Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. It's not good. It's really not good. So we got that going for us.
Hey, I was thinking a lot about the whole, you know what the problem is, guns. I was thinking about that this weekend. And I'm reading a book on personal responsibility.
And it got me to thinking, maybe -- hear me out. Maybe guns are not the problem.
STU: It's time we do something, Glenn. This same old argument. This same old position.
GLENN: I certainly was remember. Could you just write -- I want you to literally write that down. We must do something. Because that's going to take on a whole new context in the next 15 minutes. And we'll go there next


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Lepp Hollow is a valley in Warren County in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Lepp Hollow has the name of the Lepp family, original owners of the site.

References

Valleys of Warren County, Missouri
Valleys of Missouri

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Home News Chinese Authorities Destroy 'Over 300' Tibetan Houses and Shops Near Qinghai Lake
Chinese Authorities Destroy 'Over 300' Tibetan Houses and Shops Near Qinghai Lake
Chinese work crew tears down 'illegal' Tibetan structures near Qinghai Lake in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Authorities in northwestern China's Qinghai province moved against a lakeside Tibetan township this week, tearing down over 300 private homes and shops and beating and detaining area residents who resisted the demolition work, according to a local source.
The assault on Trelnak township in Chabcha (in Chinese, Gonghe) county in the Tsolho (Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture began on Oct. 16 and has continued for the last five days, the source told RFA's Tibetan Service on Tuesday.
"So far about 300 houses owned by Tibetans have been destroyed, and the demolition is still going on," RFA's source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"In the commotion, five Tibetan nomads were detained and beaten, but were later released," he said, naming two married couples who had tried to recover personal property from the ruins of their homes and an elderly man who was threatened at gunpoint by police and taken into custody.
"On Oct. 19, Lhachen Kyab and his wife Dobe, and Yangmo Kyab and her husband Jampel, went back to collect their belongings, but the police would not allow them to do this," he said.
"Instead, they were severely beaten and held for two hours before being released."
Police then threatened another Tibetan—Luthar Kyab, 60—by pointing a rifle in his face before taking him away, RFA's source said.
"He was later found in a hospital," he said.
'Pollution, crowding'
The demolition in Trelnak began on Oct. 16 and 17, "when a group of Chinese officials and police arrived and tore down 30 structures built by the Tibetans as dwellings and places of business around Qinghai Lake," the source said.
The structures had been financed by personal loans and were constructed with iron sheets, with the shops set up to cater to tourists and pilgrims visiting the lake, he said.
"The authorities accused the Tibetans of polluting and crowding the area around the lake, and therefore took action to tear down the shops and homes," he said, adding, "Now the owners are left without any source of supplemental income."
The reported number of destroyed dwellings and shops could not be independently confirmed, and calls seeking comment from local police authorities rang unanswered Wednesday.
The campaign against Trelnak followed similar incidents in May in which temporary dwellings deemed "illegal" by authorities were torn down in villages in Chabcha and Mangra (Guinan), another Tsolho county, sources said in earlier reports.
Tibetans living in China frequently complain of political, economic, and religious discrimination as well as human rights abuses.
Sporadic demonstrations challenging Chinese rule have continued in Tibetan-populated areas of China since widespread protests swept the region in 2008, with 143 Tibetans to date setting themselves ablaze to oppose Beijing's rule and call for the return of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Reported by Kunsang Tenzin for RFA's Tibetan Service. Translated by Karma Dorjee. Written in English by Richard Finney
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Q: Android. make a system app that run another app im making a app that observes for some apps that are runing or not and execute it if dont
i dont know how to oberserve other apps processes and how to start another app that wasnt maked by me.
all that i got for now is run it as system service.
another possibility is create a self app that restart it own when it crashes or be closed.
there is any way to do it ?
My cell is not rooted

A: For your question, you can learn the application sandbox.
https://source.android.com/security/app-sandbox
When the developer makes an application, they can define their intent filter and tt is some way to let another application invoke it.
You can uncompress .apk from another application and find out the file AndroidManifest.xml. And then you can try it.
But you can just control the part of door they open to you.

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These are the results of the men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Medalists

Results

Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Final

References
 Results
 IAAF

- Mens 4x100 Metres Relay
Relays at the World Athletics Championships


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James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life
New Scientist interviewed James Lovelock to discuss Gaia's Novacene and our new AI overlords, microwaving hamsters for science and why Elon Musk's Mars mission is 'crazy'
Humans 11 July 2019
James Lovelock near his home in Chesil Beach
David Stock
By Conrad Quilty-Harper and David Stock
In his new book Novacene, James Lovelock says the creation of AlphaGo was the start of a new kingdom of life that will create and think for itself. He's optimistic that this new kingdom of life will want to keep us around like we keep plants in gardens. In our interview at his house near Chesil Beach we discuss the future of Gaia, our new AI overlords and why Elon Musk's Mars mission is crazy.
James Lovelock on when the 'Novacene' began
"It was really kicked off by AlphaGo, the application of mathematical modelling in a much more constructive way than had been done previously. It's not a logical cause and effect thing. The programme is in a sense choosing its own bits and pieces. If that is not the start of life I would like to know what is. And I see Mr Darwin hovering in the background there, thinking, 'Right, yeah, now that's going to evolve.' […] The artificial intelligence today can think for itself. They will create themselves."
On why humanity won't ever move to Mars
"I know a fair amount about Mars. I don't think we'll start colonies on Mars. I cannot think of a much more inhospitable place. I think Elon Musk is a very clever man, he must be, [otherwise] he wouldn't be so rich. But to want to go and live on Mars is just about as crazy as you could be. He must hate people even more than I do."
You said it would be better for Elon Musk to crash on impact
What James Lovelock thinks about astronauts who call Earth 'fragile'…
"Why fragile? It's as tough as old boots. It's been here billions of years. It can't be very fragile. There, see, that's a word that slips in, until it becomes a truth that isn't a truth. They just don't understand it. They like the look of it. It looks good, it's like the view outside here [of Chesil Beach]. It's beautiful."
…and a helicopter journey with Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell
"Sandy and I travelled on a helicopter at Cape Canaveral with [Apollo 13 mission commander] Jim Lovell. He told us about his experience on Apollo 13, you know the one that had an explosion of the oxygen generator. They had sheer misery. I didn't realise that most of the journey for him and his fellow crewman that the cabin was minus 30 degrees. There was no heating at all. It was just the temperature of space. He said that it was absolute hell, and it was the most moving story. I doubt whether he felt very strongly about the sight of the Earth coming in from space."
The electron capture detector, invented by James Lovelock. It was used to detect to detect invisible particulates in the air like CFCs
Conrad Quilty-Harper
On inventing the microwave oven
"Among the many varied, weird jobs I had was assisting biologists to freeze hamsters and bring them back to life. I thought we better use high-tech methods of freezing and warming, so that the animal had the best chance. I had a friend in the Navy on that strange laboratory at the top of the hill above Portsmouth, and I said, 'Is there any chance I could borrow a continuous wave magnetron from you?' And he said, 'Oh yes. It's a secret but you can borrow it.'"
The simple device that I used was a bit box-like, and there was a timer, there were all the essential parts of a microwave oven. And we put these hamsters in it, and turned the switch and wait to see what happened. I put my lunch in on several occasions."
We found that if you irradiated frozen [hamsters] – and when I say frozen they were like that wood – with 10cm microwaves, it wasn't long before it was scurrying around. I think I had the first microwave oven ever. I never patented it."
James Lovelock's new book Novacene is available now, published by Penguin
Personalised cancer treatments are becoming more common in the UK
Martin Parr's Laika and Soviet space dog kitsch collection - in photos
Terraforming Mars with strange silica blanket could let plants thrive
Anorexia is a metabolic disorder as well as a psychiatric one


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Q: Misconfigured Properties in XCode 4 I have a core data model with some entities set up. I have set up some relations without inverse relations. I don't want to have inverse relations, is there a way to surpress those warnings?
I am using iOS 5 and Xcode 4.

A: To turn off the warning about this, search for "momc" in Build Settings and you will find MOMC_NO_INVERSE_RELATIONSHIP_WARNINGS settings. That should be it.
However, it is better for Core Data integrity to use them. Here's a question that has an answer why: Does every Core Data Relationship have to have an Inverse?


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set -e

puppy module vpc <<-usage
    usage: puppy vpc create

    description:
        Create an AWS VPC.
usage

vpc_name="$puppy_tag"

vpc_id=$(aws ec2 describe-vpcs --region="$puppy_region" | \
    jq --arg vpc "$vpc_name" -r '
        .Vpcs[]
        | select(.Tags) | select(.Tags[] | .Key == "Name" and .Value == $vpc)
        | .VpcId')

if [ -z "$vpc_id" ]; then
    abend "VPC \"$vpc_name\" does not exist." 2>&1
fi

while read -r gateway; do
    echo internet_gateway $gateway
    aws ec2 detach-internet-gateway --region="$puppy_region" --internet-gateway-id $gateway --vpc-id $vpc_id
    aws ec2 delete-internet-gateway --region="$puppy_region" --internet-gateway-id $gateway
done < <(aws ec2 describe-internet-gateways --region="$puppy_region" \
    | jq -r --arg vpc $vpc_id '
        .InternetGateways[] | select(.Attachments[] | .VpcId == $vpc) | .InternetGatewayId
    ')

while read -r subnet; do
    echo subnet $subnet
    aws ec2 delete-subnet --region="$puppy_region" --subnet-id $subnet
done < <(aws ec2 describe-subnets --region="$puppy_region" \
    | jq -r --arg vpc $vpc_id '
        .Subnets[] | select(.VpcId == $vpc) | .SubnetId
    ')

while read -r association; do
    aws ec2 disassociate-route-table --region="$puppy_region" --association-id $association
done < <(aws ec2 describe-route-tables --region="$puppy_region" \
    | jq -r --arg vpc $vpc_id '
        .RouteTables[] | select(.VpcId == $vpc) | .Associations[] | select(.Main != true) | .RouteTableAssociationId
    ')

while read -r table; do
    echo route_table $table
    aws ec2 delete-route-table --region="$puppy_region" --route-table-id $table
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        .RouteTables[] | select(.VpcId == $vpc) | select(.Associations | length == 0) | .RouteTableId
    ')

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    echo security_group $group
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The production is a collaboration between the WYO Performing Arts and Education Center and the Sheridan Civic Theatre Guild. Erin Kranz will direct the show with performances planned for May 10-13 and May 17-20 in the Mars Theater.
Auditions will take place Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Mars Theater. Music and scenes will be selected from the script.
Those planning to audition should be prepared to read and sing the selections.
The Mars Theater at the WYO is located at 42 N. Main St.


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There's a new slogan on the board, and it comes from the Oakland Athletics:
Green Collar Baseball
I like! Creative without being moronic. And they put the logo on a mock uniform tag, as you can see in their banner.
# posted by Jere : 3/13/2010 06:04:00 PM 0 comments
Red Sox "On" NESN
Update, 3:55: Red Sox turn triple play to end the game! Line out to short, flip to second for two, and then a throw to first--as the runner dives in, the throw gets away. Catcher backs up the play and easily throws to second to get the guy trying to advance. 6-4-2-4 (or 6-4-3-2-4 if the first baseman got a glove on it) triple play to win the game! And Don and Rem are afraid to say the words "triple play"! Finally during the Tito interview they get word that yes, three outs on one play is called a triple play. Even Pete Abe on XB calls it "a sort of triple play"! Helloooo? It's a triple play! That was pretty sweet. Good thing NESN wasn't having their little difficulties at that point--most of this game had no video. Catch the replay tonight on MLBN.
Update, 3:00: I just watched as the picture flipped on! We're seeing baseball... it's all sunny and the Sox are in their home whites instead of shitty ST-unis. (Which all teams wear in spring training--this is a criticism of the entire concept, not just the Red Sox. By the way, how come Yankee fans never admit that they DO wear alternate unis in spring training when they're talking about how their team would never do such a thing?)
The game is on NESN right now, but technical difficulties is preventing us from seeing the all-important video portion of the broadcast. Don't worry, the commercials are coming through crystal clear. 0-0 in the 6th-ish...
Tear It Down
I kind of lost track of the progress of the demolition of Yankee Stadium, but I'm back on board, baby! This site is giving regular updates, with pics and video of that hell hole crumbling to the earth. Wild stuff, man. Thanks to Quinn for the reminder.
Speaking of deterioration, I just went through my Red Sox blogroll and put about 20 of 'em into the "Blurgatory" category. I blame the shitty "I'm on there because everyone else is" social shitshovelin' sites. For the people who can keep up both, nice job. To the ones who have eschewed having a place of their own to do actual writing for doing mini-updates that nobody could possibly about, terrible job. The good news is I get to laugh at everybody when each socialbarf site ends, but the bad news is there'll always be a new one to hate.
The Roof, The Roof, The Roof Is On Sale
Even though I once dreamed of being up on the right field roof when it was just a roof (and a Jimmy Fund sign), I don't really see the appeal to sitting up there. Probably because I don't drink. Unless you want to be at a bar the whole game or be in seats that cost a fortune that are really far away, I don't see a reason to buy seats there. (You also get that "food credit," but all I need at a game is a slice of pizza if I didn't eat dinner and a few sips of water that I can get at the water fountain because I don't wanna pay $4 for a bottle.) Even the standing room makes no sense--they cost $30, but you can be on the same level by first or third base for $25.
I am glad they did something with that area and it was cool to make my dream a reality by hanging around up there before games, but as of now, I never watch games from there. That's just me.
But if YOU want to sit there, call "the number" tomorrow at 2. I've gotten through the last two Saturdays for Yanks and Monsters. Prepare to redial....
# posted by Jere : 3/12/2010 10:24:00 AM 1 comments
Tix Are Here, It's Mid-March...Let's Get On WIth It!
That is so crappy. I did a video of myself opening my 10-game plan ticket envelope. The sound is all echoey and cool. I watch the thing, and it turns out the sound didn't come out at all...and the video cuts off just as I'm taking the tickets out. Terrible job. The awkward, silent, cut-off video is here, but I recommend watching old episodes of Clarissa Explains it All instead, as you'd probably get more out of that.
The point is, my tickets came! I have to say though, it's not as exciting these days--but only because by the time the 10-gamer arrives, I've already bought at least ten other games--the games of my choice as opposed to the pre-selected games in the plan. So I've already had the excitement of getting the key games I want and receiving those in the little gray envelopes.
But it's good to have the Tenski for the 2 guaranteed Yanks games and a playoff game. (Then again, getting those isn't usually a problem, but it's good to have the guarantee.)
If you're new, I got my 10-game plan when they first debuted, before the 2004 season. They announced it, and I got on the phone, and was fortunate enough to get 2 bleacher seats in a really cool spot, then for $18 a pop, now up to $28. And I've renewed every year. It's the price of 10 tix times 2, plus a $20 fee. One dollar per ticket in fees total, and no extra for shipping is a great deal. (Despite what some Globe writer said about season ticket holders having to pay $40 for shipping or something. They certainly don't charge me that, just 20 bucks total tacked on.)
The guys on the 10-game plan tix: Beltre, Scutaro, Jacoby, Cameron, Drew, Beckett, Letser, Lackey, Pedroia, Dice-K. The four new guys are pictured at their press conferences.
Kim, Red Sox On TV
Video of Kim on The Rhode Show yesterday. Pretty cool that that site lets you embed video. If the above doesn't work, click here.
Red Sox on MLB Network for you unemployed/night-workers today at 1 against the Metros.
Two-Dong Day For The Deuce
Ellsbury homered twice, and our pitching gave up no earned runs. Except for Adam Mills, who gave up 7. So we lost 8-6 to Tampa.
On Nomar
I've been a huge Nomar Garciaparra fan from his earliest days as a Red Socker until the current minute. The #5 T-shirt I wore in a video from 1999 (It's all cued up to be the next in that me/Chan vacation video series!) is the same one I wore to Fenway when he came back last season. I, like a majority of Red Sox fans, am happy that A. he wants to retire as a member of our team and that B. the team is embracing the idea.
But here's what's gonna happen. People (90% being Yankee fans disguised behind their digital persona as a "neutral fan who hates the Red Sox and Yankees," 5% being members of the Boston media who love when bad things happen to the Sox and when the Yanks do well because it's a "better story," and 5% being those old, crusty, negative Red Sox fans who complain about literally anything the team does) will flood the e- and airwaves with talk of how "the Red Sox are stealing your money! Look at how bad and stupid they are! They'll probably charge you $10 to watch the press conference and FORCE you all to buy a commemorative bla bla bla." It's all cut-and-pasted from a template with (if they have half a brain) the relevant words and names plugged in. (A great example came yesterday when someone on a messageboard accused the Red Sox of suckering people in to spending money on a spring training game only for fans to see the stars for a few innings only, as if the fact that the stars playing only a few innings in early exhibition games doesn't happen with EVERY team. As a bonus, the guy said this about a ROAD GAME. Whoops! See, you can't just throw your template out there at any time when you have no idea what you're talking about. He also reeked of Yankee fan but as usual didn't admit it to make it appear that his opinion was shared by the masses.)
At that point, most of your co-workers will buy into the hype, and spew back to you what they heard on the radio/internet as if they thought of it (See Manny Ramirez). Some newer under-20 Yankee fans will also make fun of the "one-day contract" concept, as they will have never heard of it before because it's never happened in their fantasy league.
By then, it will appear as if "everyone" hates this whole idea, and that it's really dumb and un-awesome. And the sports radio hosts will laugh at us geeks who care about this stuff, when in reality their job exists because of it. Just remember, though, the bulk of fans (over 99%) don't post on the web or call radio shows. It was proven when Nomar returned to Fenway last year that Red Sox fans love the guy. So if you are a Nomar fan, and people are saying stupid shit to you, take a deep breath, and think about the situation: It's very simple, no one's trying to take your guns or money away from you, we're just letting a guy we love retire in a Red Sox uniform. The world will be the same tomorrow, except that Corey Haim won't be there. So when someone blindly says to you, "You hear about this Nomar thing, pretty shitty and stupid, huh? Lolcatz facebook tweet", you don't have to give 'em the giggle and nod, just say, "No. Totally fine. No problem. A nice gesture. Fine." (If they listen to sports radio, feel free to add that that's the "bottom line.")
An Admittedly Rudimentary Tribute To Corey Haim
My own brother.
A goddamn.
Shitsucking.
Vampire.
You wait till mom finds out.
Live-Blogging Kim On TV
8:35 And it's over! Kim gave an awesome performance and was beautiful as always:) Get her soaps now before she totally sells out of it thanks to this sweet TV performance....Stellamariesoap.com
8:34 Kim mentions Joan Jett. Doesn't seem nervous at all! Not like that cook guy from earlier.
8:32 She's on now! foxprovidence.com
Honest(ly Ridiculous) Abe
Pete Abraham is pissing me the eff off. He had alluded to this earlier on Extra Bases, but now he's written a whole article about how no Red Sox player ever leaves the team on good terms:
"Who's the last significant player to leave Boston with a smile? It might be Yaz or Dewey Evans. We're a tough bunch."
We're a tough bunch? Excuse me, but wasn't this guy covering the New York Yankees less than six months ago? And now he has the nerve to refer to the Red Sox and/or Red Sox fans as "we"? He also talks about how these guys are "painted" after they leave--gee, I wonder who's responsible for that, media boy?
But back to the point--he is claiming no "significant" Red Sox player since Dwight Evans has left on good terms. It makes sense that Pete would have missed all the Red Sox who have left the team on good terms over the last few years because hewascoveringthefuckingYankees!
We (I can say "we" because when the Yankees offer this Red Sox fan money to blog for their side I say "fuck off") batted Trot Nixon leadoff in his last game. He then left and said the words "no hard feelings." From the Globe at the time Indians' GM Mark Shapiro signed Trot: The Sox, Shapiro said, handled Nixon's situation with great sensitivity. "The organization still has strong ties to Trot and didn't want to break them off," Shapiro said. "They certainly didn't burn any bridges. The relationship with the Red Sox should endure long after his career is over." Then he returned in a Cleveland uniform and was given a long, loud standing ovation or nine. I was there for his last game with the Sox, and his first game back with the Tribe--while Pete Abe was hanging around the Yankee locker room.
Hall of Famer Curt Schilling recently retired from baseball. He ended his career with the Boston Red Sox after leading US to two word championships. The team and the fans remain fans of Curt's, and there was no problem when he officially left.
Bill Mueller left without a peep. The list keeps going.
Derek Lowe may not have been happy with the team when he left, but within a few months, he was missing time with his new team to go to Fenway Park to get his World Series ring, getting one of the biggest ovations of the day. I was there. Pete Abe covered that game, too, in a filthy pinstriped suit. And now he's trying tell all the ex-Red Sox that "it's okay to come back," like so many already have to huge cheers?
Like Dave Roberts? Along with Kevin Millar? O-Cab? Kapler? Mirabelli? Pedro? And all the other star players the new ownership has embraced and put in luxury boxes and onto Duck Boats? We "treat our players like they fell off the face of the earth," he says. To say that is to have fallen off the face of the earth yourself, right into a big, stinkin', bottomless Yankee pit, which is what former Red Sox fan Pete Abe did in 2005.
And even when talking about how much he likes Nomar and the team making good, he mocks it by saying they were "pretending" to like each other. (He also said that Nomar was "seemingly sentimental" at the press conference, before taking the word "seemingly" out of the article--I think the whole thing is down now but I got a screen shot.)
Okay, enough of this. Hopefully I can stop myself from reading his opinions from his "such a huge lifelong Red Sox fan that I'll gladly do a Yankee blog before coming back to the Red Sox and then pretending like it never happened" point of view and skip to the game updates and actual news. The guy is non-stop and obviously cares about this new gig, but he just keeps pissing me off.
So I put up another video from the me/Chan trip. It works as weird little tribute to Nomar since I'm wearing his shirt. It's July '99, and we've driven from Toronto to Windsor, and we're looking across the river at Detroit, where we'd soon see a Tigers vs. Pete Abe's True Favorite Team game and I'd have my legendary run-in with Roger Clemens. Also note my very horse-mane-y mohawk.
And if you missed it last year, here's my post from Nomar's return game--I was at Fenway, Pete Abe was busy sniffing Jeter's decidedly non-red socks.
Essentially That Time Of Year Again
MLB slogans time! There are hardly any new slogans as of today. I will update this list as teams add or change slogans. The ones with the asterisks are the new ones. Every year I look forward to the Mariners' slogan, but they've lost a little off their heater with "Believe Big." The Marlins are leading so far in 2010, creativity-wise. For last year's slogans, click here.
Angels: Tradition Since 1961 (and All-Star Game 2010 logo) 8/3: changed to "Angels Baseball"
Astros: no slogan (but 45th anniversary logo)
Athletics: no slogan 3/12: "Green Collar Baseball"
Blue Jays: no slogan
Braves: The Excitement of Turner Field 4/24: Slogan removed.
Brewers: no slogan (but 40th anniversary logo)
Cardinals: no slogan
Cubs: no slogan 4/24: "It's a way of life." The W is that WIN flag.
D'backs: no slogan
Dodgers: This is My Town
Giants: It's Magic Inside*
Indians: Are You in the Tribe?
Mariners: Believe Big*
Marlins: Serious fun. Get in on it!*
Mets: no slogan 3/12: they do have a changing banner, though, go to their site and refresh a couple times to see what I mean (presented by Verizon)
Nationals: Get Your Red On 4/10: Now back to just "NatsTown"
Orioles: This is Birdland
Padres: no slogan
Phillies: no slogan
Pirates: Pride. Passion. Pittsburgh Pirates.
Rangers: no slogan 4/10: "It's Time"
Rays: no slogan (presented by St. Petersburg Times)
Red Sox: no slogan 8/3: "The Home of Red Sox Nation"
Reds: no slogan
Rockies: no slogan (presented by Toyota)
Royals: It All Happens Here*
Tigers: Always a Tiger
Twins: no slogan (but inaugural season logo) 4/26: "This is Twins Territory" is back!
White Sox: There are Traditions. And There are White Sox Traditions. Update, 3/19: It's Black & White. Passion. Pride. Tradition.
Yankees: no slogan (presented by AT&T)
I left out the postseason notations--every 2009 playoff team has one except the Red Sox and Angels.
The Mythical Forfeit Score
Sox up 9-0 going bottom 9. All five of our pitchers have given up no runs with exactly one strikeout. Can Cabrera continue the trend? The anticipation is papercutting me.
Update, like 10 seconds later: Yes! He K's the last guy for the 9-0 win, and all six pitchers end up with a 0 ER, 1 K line. (More specifically, no walks for any of 'em either.)
Watch Your Soaps Tomorrow
The "big news" at our house is that Kim's gonna be on TV tomorrow! The Rhode Show (8-9 AM and 2-3 PM on Fox Providence) is doing a segment with her about her soap company, Stella Marie Soap (stellameriesoap.com). You don't have to be in Rhode Island to watch--they broadcast the show over the 'net right on their front page. (I'm watching it right now and Molly Ringwald is on....) So tune in for that tomorrow morning--and if you miss it, check out the archived version online at some point.
Also, the inglorious folks over at Ticketbasterd are having a special deal on lower-level Celts tix called Steal-a-Seat. Single seats only, but at a pretty sweet price compared to the real price. (Don't worry, I'm sure the fees will getcha right back near the original face value....)
Sox @ Marlins, 1:05.
Cards Walk Off. (Because We Made Them. By Knocking In....Just Forget It)
Like a chimp masturbating in a banana tree, the runs came in bunches today as the Red Sox beat St. Louis, 7-6. We scored the first two. They scored the next three. We scored the next three. They scored the next three. We scored the last two. Most of this happened late in the game vs. the shitty pitchers. But Beckett, Papelbon, Okajima, Scott Patterson, and RamRam2: The Squeakuel each gave up no runs on no hits.
Sawngx
Hey, does anyone know anything about this jingle, or, better yet, have audio/video of it?
take your shoes off, put your feet up, its time to meet up with the boston red sox, boston born and boston red sox, relax, relax, relax, and be a sox watcher
That's cut/pasted from what my co-worker who brought it up sent me. I only see a little bit of info on this online, which is the same as what she told me, that it was on before Sox games in the 70s. (I wouldn't have seen this since we never got 38--unless the affiliates showed it, too, but the Connecticut history of the Sox is sketchy in the pre-WVIT-30 days. I remember my dad saying that WFSB-Channel 3 had them before 30, but rarely, and I was very young anyway.
The songs I associate the Sox with from when I was a kid were the ones Channel 30 would play--and I still haven't figured out if these were on 38 or if 30 was just choosing random songs to match to their Sox coverage: Industrial Disease, Obsession, Every Little Kiss...
Did you know before this spring is done, the Red Sox will have sold out over 100 consecutive games at City of Palms Park? Cuz, like, they will have.
# posted by Jere : 3/08/2010 11:42:00 AM 21 comments
1999 Int'l Chan Trip, A Continuing Series
I've been digging up old footage for the world, aka you and like 42 other people, to see. I just found the trip Chan and I took to Toronto, Detroit, and Pittsburgh in 1999. I had him do the taping using my video camera at the time, which used the type of tape you'd insert into a larger VHS tape with a compartment in it to to watch later. Fortunately, I saved the "Playpak" and am therefore able to access the original footage.
In clip #1, I have told Chan to film me as I cross into Canada for the first time in my life. He misunderstood my instructions, getting the mid-bridge border flags instead. Then as he starts to announce how many times each of us had been to Canada, you hear Castiglione inciting some worry, telling us that the tying runs were on, at which point I interrupt Chan. (Yes, 1080 Hartford comes in crystal clear anywhere in the northern hemisphere except for the Ridgebury section of Ridgefield, Connecticut, where it's overpowered by the Orioles station. Specifically in the house I grew up in.) Anyway, I figured out the point in the game Joe was describing (the date is right on the screen so the hard part was taken care of). It's the bottom of the eighth, and D-Lowe has just hit Bubba Trammel.
Hopefully the rest of the segments you see will include some actual ballparks/sites. Also note, I really do most of this "random video" stuff to get it off of deteriorating tapes and into the digital realm, so any enjoyment you get out of it is a bonus. (You should see what I don't post!)
Red Sox vs. Cardinals, 1:05 PM. Happy birthday, Dad! (And Jim Rice! And my cousin Newy!)
Some Funny Shit
Saw this at Quinn's site:
RS Win
Mark Wagner with a 2-out, 9th inning dong gives the Sox the win and excites Castiglione immensely. Casey Kelly got the W. Hope you out-of-"market" people enjoyed the game on TV, as no one in the NESN market was able to see it.
So I opened my other pack of Topps and got a much older card: a 1964 Jim King. I was psyched to see the word SENATORS. I also got a Brandon Inge card which lists him as a pitcher right on the front. And a Carlton Fisk card that is for some reason one of the cards in the regular set, as if he were still on the White Sox. There's some interesting stuff in these packs.
Red Sox With 4 Or More Dongs Vs. A Single Pitcher
Ortiz: 6 (Halladay)
Beltre: 5 (Livan Hernandez)
Drew: 5 (Claudio Vargas)
Lowell: 4 (Lieber, Kazmir, Greg Maddux)
Victor: 4 (Silva, Verlander, Johan Santana)
Cameron: 4 Rich Hill, Livan Hernandez)
Tek: 4 (Garrett Olson, David Wells)
I only listed the guy(s) each one had the most against. Other starters:
Pedroia: 3 (David Hernandez)
Scutaro: 3 (Jamie Moyer)
Ellsbury: 2 (Halladay)
Youk: 2 (10 dudes)
Red Sox at Orioles, 1:00 on MLB Network.
Hey, I got one of those cards in a Topps pack that gives you a random card from the past. My card: 1988 Mike Schmidt. Pretty cool I actually got a Hall of Famer, but it's a fairly worthless card. You can go on their site and trade cards, but I gotta figure even the biggest Schmidt fan knows how easy it would be to obtain a 1988 card of his, so what am I gonna get for it. I should try to pull a One Red Paperclip and keep trading until I get a Ted Williams card or whatever.


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It all started when we decided to travel to Southern California for our first surfing adventure. Newbies to surfing, we had lots of questions and needed lots of information regarding our upcoming adventure. Where should we go in Southern California? Was there a beach that was particularly good for first-timers? Where should we stay when we were there? What equipment and gear did we need? Would we have to buy that gear or could we rent it at a nearby surf shop? What was the approximate cost to buy or rent a surfboard?We spent hours on the internet…reading blogs, scouring travel tips, visiting forums. There didn't seem to be any one site on the internet that could tell us all we needed to embark on our adventure. Finally, after wasting hours on the internet, we decided to just drive to a beach in Southern California and see if we could find any locals who could provide us with the info we needed.It would have been so much easier if there had been a site on the internet that provided all of the information we needed to plan our adventure. With this in mind, we found Awayn.com Read our complete story here.


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Q: Showing cannot open file This is my code to download and then open the file from the sdcard.
But after downloading the file, when I click on the file to open it, it shows a Toast message: cannot open file
Please tell me where is the error.
package com.pdf;

import java.io.File;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ActivityNotFoundException;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class PdffileActivity extends Activity
{
   WebView webview;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

      setContentView(R.layout.main);
      webview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webview);

      String pdf = "http://officeofthemufti.sg/MaulidBooklet.pdf";
      webview.loadUrl("http://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=" + pdf);
      setContentView(webview);

      File file=new File("/sdcard/MaulidBooklet.pdf");

      if (file.exists())
      {
         Uri path = Uri.fromFile(file);
         Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
         intent.setDataAndType(path, "application/pdf");
         intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
         startActivity(intent);

        try
        {
           startActivity(intent);
        }
        catch (ActivityNotFoundException e)
        {
           Toast.makeText(PdffileActivity.this,
                          "No Application Available to View PDF",
                          Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }
}

A: If you want to open it programatically as you say, and  assuming it has been downloaded into the standard 'download' directory then you can change your declaration and instantiation of the new file to the following:
File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS)  + "/MaulidBooklet.pdf");

This does assume you are using Android 2.2 or newer.
You can check the file is actually being downloaded into this directory by using DDMS to browse the 'Download' directory on your device.


Today, Ethan took his Aunt Sarah to the zoo with him. We went through all the zoo trails and even stopped for a corn dog. Ethan saw the elephants and giraffes but them fell fast asleep for the rest of the walk. He was startled awake when the flamingos made lots of noise, though. A great way to get out and a good use of our zoo membership!
"Oh, Aunt Sarah, won't you please give me an onion ring?"
Sarah really wanted that photo of a Meerkat.


Me: Hi. Is that a coonhound?
Man at Door: Yes, it is. He dug that hole over there yesterday in about two minutes.
Me: Well, I'm here canvassing for Bill Bradley, and I wanted to give you the latest literature we've got.
Man at Door: I'm voting for Bill Bradley. When George Bush Sr.was here 10 years ago, he couldn't get out of this state fast enough. If Jesus himself showed up here and was running for President as a Republican, I wouldn't support him, because 10 years ago, we were starving.
IN A BAR IN NASHUA.
Me: So I'll give you my email address.
Female Rutgers University Student #1 to #2: What's up?
Student #2 to #1: We're getting digits.
Student #2, to me, raising her eyebrows and smiling: I don't have a pen. I have lip liner.
Student #1, to #2: He has a fiancee. No lip liner.
WITH A FRIEND IN SALEM.
Friend: Hi, we're here on behalf of Bill Bradley. I wanted to give you some of his most recent literature, and want to know if you've made any decision for Tuesday.
Man at Door: Well, I'm not sure. Y'know, kind of like 'em both.
Friend: Well, are there any specific issues that you're most interested in, or anything you want to know?
Man at Door: Well, y'know, I don't know. I mean, I'm not sure yet. I like 'em, and not sure what I want to do yet.
Friend: So you're undecided, and have no particular reason you want to vote for either Gore or Bradley.
Man at Door: Nope, just, not decided. Y'know, I'm just, y'know, thinking it all over. (to kids) C'mon, we can go real soon.
Friend, having noticed sled inside: Taking them sledding?
Man at Door: Yeah, well, I think so. I'm probably going in a half-hour.
AT A WENDY'S IN TEWKSBURY, MASS., NEXT TO OUR HOTEL.
Older man with glasses: People come up to me and say, 'Hey, Dave' a lot.
Another man, who doesn't look like Dave Thomas: You should parlay that into a cheeseburger. Y'know, say, 'I'm Dave's brother' or something like that.
Woman: What's his daughter's name again?
A RESTSTOP IN CONNECTICUT, SUNDAY EVENING.
Clerk: (long pause) Yes. Over there, two aisles down.
Clerk on the P.A., noticing 20 more volunteers entering the store: Attention employees, we have a Code 2.
Me, to a friend: Hospitable place.
Clerk: Will the bus driver of the Greyhound bus please approach the front of the building?


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