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How three families made Washington the city it is
By - The Washington Times - Saturday, December 25, 2004
THE WASHINGTON CENTURY: THREE FAMILIES AND THE SHAPING OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL
By Burt Solomon
William Morrow, $26.95,
REVIEWED BY JAMES SRODES
This is a good season for Washingtonians. By that I mean most of us who have come to this city from elsewhere and who are fascinated about our adopted hometown. Last month Ernest Furgurson's evocative history — "Freedom Rising" — of Washington during the Civil War dramatized how the city's size and main purpose for being was transformed forever by that terrible fratricide. Now comes Burt Solomon's well-written story of Washington's next period of change during a time that basically covers the 20th century.
Ernest Furgurson creates suspense out of the war's imminent danger as Washington is jerked from a somnolent backwater meeting place for politicians who essentially are commuters from elsewhere into being a true national capital. Mr. Solomon tells a more nuanced story of the next step — the transformation of Washington as a global capital where a permanent party of residents — that's us, folks — take root and exert influence.
Mr. Solomon is a veteran White House reporter for the National Journal magazine and he has used his experience to make a point that many of us have suspected about our own fascination with this city: What happens here often mirrors the important changes elsewhere, and often gives us a preview of things to come. Put another way, on matters that interest us — public policy, cultural and social change — Washington is where the action is and often in advance of what happens out there in the world.
That may be a smug way of putting it, but there is no denying that there is something that draws us all here that we can't find anywhere else, not in New York, not in Hollywood. The story Mr. Solomon tells take three families from someplace else who come to Washington. Once rooted here, each of these three archetypical clans exert their separate influences on the capital city and, in turn, are transformed by the larger changes going on around them.
Along the way the threads of the broader story of Washington, the threads of government, of commerce, and of building a civil community, all are woven with skill and humor by an author who has a clear understanding of his subjects. On the surface there are no men less alike than real estate developer Morris Cafritz, Congressional power broker Hale Boggs, or civil rights activist Julius Hobson Sr.
Yet coming to Washington made them the men they wanted to become. All three were possessed by a drive, an anger if you will, to better themselves through their chosen work until they were second to none. How they worked their way to power is the story of how Washington changed and how that change affected the three main characters.
Cafritz, Boggs, and Hobson were all combative, competitive to a flaw, and all three sought wives who were something more than life partners. Indeed the stories of the three founding wives — Gwendolyn Cafritz, Lindy Boggs, and Carol Joy Andrews Hobson — tells us more about who these families were and about their times. They had their ambitions too, it seems.
Morris Cafritz, as he later became, arrived in Washington at the turn of the 20th century as the 11-year-old son of Nussen and Anna Kafitz, who had fled the anti-Jewish pogroms that raged through Lithuania. By his mid-twenties Morris had turned himself into a commercial whirlwind. He operated a saloon, sold coal, ran silent films in vacant lots, and opened a series of popular bowling alleys.
But it was real estate, and a rivalry with the English-born developer Henry Wardman, that sparked Cafritz and sent him rocketing to wealth and prominence. Selling his bowling alleys and borrowing a huge $700,000 he bought most of the old Columbia Golf Club and turned it into the 3000-home neighborhood we now know as Petworth. He never looked back after that.
But it was Gwendolyn de Surany, a Hungarian physician's daughter who had been educated in Paris, Rome, and Los Angeles who transformed Cafritz from simply a striver into the cultural and charitable force that his name evokes today. In marrying Gwendolyn, as the saying has it, Morris "married up." As Gwendolyn Cafritz, she not only turned herself into a social arbiter but she changed the nature of social compassion and charity in Washington itself.
Lindy Boggs and Carol Hobson had a rougher time of it, but Mr. Solomon makes it clear they knew what they were getting into from the start. Hale Boggs came from a down-at-the-heels Mississippi family with literary pretensions and a penchant for skipping out on overdue rent. College newspapering brought Hale and Lindy together. Julius Hobson had come from Alabama and was in the midst of an unsuccessful enrollment at Howard University when Carol sought him out on campus.
Both women brought an energy and faith in their marriages that must have been hard to sustain. Boggs was rejected by voters in his first re-election bid. Only World War II and his ability to climb the network of acquaintances during the war brought him back. His ultimate success as a Democratic party leader was dependent on his fealty first to House Speaker Sam Rayburn and then to the whiskey-lubricated process that dominated Congress until his death in a plane crash in 1972.
It is a testimony to Lindy Boggs' resilience and talents that she not only succeeded as her husband's replacement in the House but also held the post of U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Carol Hobson did not have such luck. While Julius Hobson is one of the heroic vanguard of both the national and DC civil rights movement he was hell to live with. A controlling tyrant at home, his own struggles to break down the entrenched barriers of segregation in American life took him far from home too often and down pathways he should never have traveled — as a paid FBI informant, an undependable political ally, and ultimately as an unfaithful husband.
Yet all three families — six separate lives and the generations that descended after them — changed Washington and our own lives forever. Burt Solomon has skillfully taken these separate stories and produced a tapestry worth examining.
James Srodes is the author of "Franklin: The Essential Founding Father."


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> Use next generation JavaScript, today, with [Babel](https://babeljs.io)

*Issues with the output should be reported on the Babel [issue tracker](https://phabricator.babeljs.io/).*

## Install

Install `gulp-babel` if you want to get the pre-release of the next version of `gulp-babel`.

```
# Babel 7
$ npm install --save-dev gulp-babel @babel/core @babel/preset-env

# Babel 6
$ npm install --save-dev gulp-babel@7 babel-core babel-preset-env
```

## Usage

```js
const gulp = require('gulp');
const babel = require('gulp-babel');

gulp.task('default', () =>
	gulp.src('src/app.js')
		.pipe(babel({
			presets: ['@babel/preset-env']
		}))
		.pipe(gulp.dest('dist'))
);
```

## API

### babel([options])

#### options

See the Babel [options](http://babeljs.io/docs/en/options), except for `sourceMaps` and `filename` which is handled for you. Also, keep in mind that options will be loaded from [config files](http://babeljs.io/docs/en/config-files) that apply to each file.

## Source Maps

Use [gulp-sourcemaps](https://github.com/floridoo/gulp-sourcemaps) like this:

```js
const gulp = require('gulp');
const sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');
const babel = require('gulp-babel');
const concat = require('gulp-concat');

gulp.task('default', () =>
	gulp.src('src/**/*.js')
		.pipe(sourcemaps.init())
		.pipe(babel({
			presets: ['@babel/preset-env']
		}))
		.pipe(concat('all.js'))
		.pipe(sourcemaps.write('.'))
		.pipe(gulp.dest('dist'))
);
```

## Babel Metadata

Files in the stream are annotated with a `babel` property, which contains the metadata from [`babel.transform()`](https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/api/).

#### Example

```js
const gulp = require('gulp');
const babel = require('gulp-babel');
const through = require('through2');

function logBabelMetadata() {
	return through.obj((file, enc, cb) => {
		console.log(file.babel.test); // 'metadata'
		cb(null, file);
	});
}

gulp.task('default', () =>
	gulp.src('src/**/*.js')
		.pipe(babel({
			// plugin that sets some metadata
			plugins: [{
				post(file) {
					file.metadata.test = 'metadata';
				}
			}]
		}))
		.pipe(logBabelMetadata())
)
```

## Runtime

If you're attempting to use features such as generators, you'll need to add `transform-runtime` as a plugin, to include the Babel runtime. Otherwise, you'll receive the error: `regeneratorRuntime is not defined`.

Install the runtime:

```
$ npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-runtime
$ npm install --save @babel/runtime
```

Use it as plugin:

```js
const gulp = require('gulp');
const babel = require('gulp-babel');

gulp.task('default', () =>
	gulp.src('src/app.js')
		.pipe(babel({
			plugins: ['@babel/transform-runtime']
		}))
		.pipe(gulp.dest('dist'))
);
```

## License

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Ok, where do I start with this one???? Received in a Twitter message. Per the magazine's policy, had to at least check it out.
Living in Northeast U.S. and the winter we had, I could have used a winter jacket like this one!!!! Combine that with an on-the-go lifestyle, this is definitely an all purpose jacket. I love the tech pockets built in. Between my phone / headphones / tablet / etc., definitely have the mobile office on you (except laptop). Even though some pockets are designed for specific uses (IPad / phone / passport), from looking at the video and photos, they are flexible.
Another thing I am impressed with is built-in scarf and facemask. Again, great for the winter wind chills (Below zero during the opening of January). When not wearing the jacket, it converts to a bag / pillow.
It is very easy to tell Richard Li (designer) has done travelling in a variety of climates and weather conditions. Quick note about project layout / design: excellent! Video short and to the point. Scrolling was not too long. Great use of information and colors.
I highly recommend backing this project. As a backer, you can even purchase a jacket for a great price. Seriously fantastic job on jacket and project.


RANCHO MISSION VIEJO, CA – Starbucks, Sendero Animal Hospital, and Rancho MMC will be the first businesses to open in Sendero Marketplace, Rancho Mission Viejo's newest neighborhood shopping center, located on the corner of Ortega Highway and Antonio Parkway. Starbucks & Rancho MMC will open their doors this month, shortly followed by Sendero Animal Hospital, scheduled to open in early June.
The 1,800 square foot Starbucks will open on the North end of the shopping center, located at 30835 Gateway Place, Rancho Mission Viejo. The new location will offer delicious, handcrafted beverages, an array of food options, packaged coffee and teas as well as merchandise.
Starbucks Grand Opening will be held on Thursday, May 25th. Staff will be offering food and beverage samples to customers from 7am-10am, followed by live music from 3pm-5pm on the patio, overlooking views of Rancho Mission Viejo. Regular store hours are Monday through Sunday, from 5:00am – 8:30pm. For more information, visit https://www.starbucks.com/.
Sendero Animal Hospital, opening June 8th, is a full service animal hospital, built to serve the pets of South Orange County. Dr. Louis Mauna, a graduate of UCLA and University of Missouri Veterinary School, has dedicated his life to providing compassionate care to his patients. Sendero Animal Hospital offers many different services, including physical examinations, customized treatment and vaccinations, wellness plans, dentistry, state-of-the-art diagnostics, surgery, and more. In addition, the pharmacy is in-house with an online home delivery option. As a Grand Opening special, Dr. Mauna is offering free examinations for all new patients.
Sendero Animal Hospital is located on the south end of the center at 30703 Gateway Place, Rancho Mission Viejo, 92694. It will be open Monday through Friday, from 8:00am–6:00pm, and Saturday from 8:00am – 12:00pm. For more information, visit www.senderoah.com.
Rancho MMC, also known as Rancho Mission Viejo Master Maintenance Corporation, is scheduled to open their new office on May 25th in the shopping center. Rancho MMC is the master maintenance corporation for the residents in the community of Rancho Mission Viejo. The office in Sendero Marketplace centralizes services to all residents at the villages of Sendero and Esencia on The Ranch.
Business openings to follow Starbucks, Sendero Animal Hospital and Rancho MMC in the shopping center planned for 2017 include, Gelson's Market, Rite Aid, Chevron, Chase Bank, Nekter Juice Bar, The Cleaners & Tailoring, The Nail Lounge, Sport Clips, MemorialCare Medical Group, Mission Hospital Wellness Center, The UPS Store, Sendero Dental Studio, and The Powder Room. For more information, visit: www.senderomarketplace.com.


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eTrust Power Group Ltd. (also refered to as "ETP") was invested by CITICPE, which is one of the subsidiaries of CITIC group, in the sector of industrial and new energy. ETP strives to be an international new-energy solution provider and is specialized in R&D and manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for energy storage systems, electric vehicles, battery management systems (BMS), as well as battery market development. ETP is going to build an annual production capacity up to 7 billion Wh (~4 billion Wh currently). Our products have been wildly used in new EVs and energy storage applications.
President Hou Xiaohe has more than 20 years' experience working in R&D, sales and management of lithium-ion batteries. He has been honored with the Chinese Battery Industry Annual Personage Award, Gaogong Lithium Technology Pioneers and other titles. Additionally, President Hou led eTrust Power to win the Chinese top ten Lithium Electric Black Horse Enterprise and the Best supplier of GES Energy Storage Lithium Battery in 2017.
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Corporate vision To become a world-class new energy solution provider.
Starup ETP plans to accomplish a mass production up to 8 billion Wh to occupied 5% of the national market by the end of 2018, which can be applied for more 10,000 EVs or 3 GWh annual sales of new energy storage.
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Anthony D'Augelli to outline career of research supporting LGBT people
The HDFS professor will present the 2016 Schmitt Russell Lecture, titled "The Kindness of Strangers"
The 2016 Pauline Schmitt Russell Research Lecture, "The Kindness of Strangers: Conducting Research on LGBT Lives," will be held at 4 p.m. on Nov. 8 at the Bennett Pierce Living Center, 110 Henderson Building, on University Park campus. The event, sponsored by the College of Health and Human Development, is free and open to the public. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Anthony D'Augelli, professor of human development and family studies at Penn State, will present the 2016 Pauline Schmitt Russell Research Lecture, "The Kindness of Strangers: Conducting Research on LGBT Lives," at 4 p.m. on Nov. 8 at the Bennett Pierce Living Center, 110 Henderson Building, on the University Park campus.
The event, sponsored by the College of Health and Human Development, is free and open to the public. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m.
D'Augelli is a national and international expert on the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people. His conceptual and empirical work in these areas has inspired a new generation of researchers dedicated to the study of LGBT issues.
D'Augelli's presentation will describe the chronology of his research, which began in the mid-1980s and continues today. He will discuss the inspiration behind his research, the complications of conducting this research, and the impact of his work.
"The Kindness of Strangers" refers to D'Augelli's experience discovering a hidden and apprehensive population of LGBT people to study, and how they risked family rejection, victimization and hate crimes by sharing their personal experiences and making their sexuality known.
His work is the foundation for a new generation of social scientists seeking federal support for research on LGBT people.
"I was trying to do research on a population that at the time, was hard to reach and afraid to be known," he said. "Finding samples was difficult. Many of these early study subjects were harmed by others, so to recall their experiences was particularly painful for them. I made it clear to participants in my research that I would be an advocate for them."
In addition to the study participants who came forward to help make D'Augelli's work possible, the "Kindness of Strangers" also refers to agencies across the country that helped him apply for and receive federal funding for his research. One agency included the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York, which provides counseling and legal assistance to LGBT youth.
"Being part of the LGBT community has been crucial," D'Augelli said. "I have a personal commitment to the community through contributing to this growing field of research and accurately portraying LGBT lives. Social change builds on this cumulative research."
D'Augelli started his work with the LGBT community as a faculty adviser to Penn State's LGBT student group in the late 1980s; he served for 10 years. In that role, he heard students' stories of abuse on campus as well as painful challenges faced while students were still in high school. This was the impetus for his first studies.
He started collecting information about students' experiences on campus to convince administrators to take these students' lives seriously, and to be responsible for assuring them both safety and security. He published his first research paper on the experiences of Penn State students in 1989.
Since then, much of D'Augelli's research has appeared in community and clinical psychology journals. Out of 175 publications, 108 are lead-authored. He has co-edited four edited volumes that summarize the state of the research on LGBT people.
Additionally, D'Augelli has taught the HDFS 250 Sexual Identity over the Lifespan course in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies for more than 25 years.
In 2016, D'Augelli received the Outstanding Service Award (Faculty) presented by Penn State's Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Equity.
D'Augelli received his bachelor of arts degree from New College of Hofstra University, and his doctoral degree in clinical/community psychology from the University of Connecticut. He joined HDFS in 1972.
The Schmitt Russell Research Lecture is delivered each year by the most recent recipient of the Pauline Schmitt Russell Distinguished Research Achievement Award, which recognizes the career-long research contributions of a distinguished faculty member whose research has had a profound impact on an identified field of study.
The award was established by Leo P. Russell, a 1941 industrial engineering graduate, to honor his late wife, Pauline Schmitt Russell, who received her home economics degree from Penn State in 1948.
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Boy wonder Evan Ferguson could save Stephen Kenny's job
The 18-year-old is destined to go right to the very top, says Roddy Collins, who has urged Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny to start the teenager against France and in the rest of the Euro 2024 qualifiers
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Evan Ferguson of Republic of Ireland during the International Friendly match between Malta and Republic of Ireland at the Ta' Qali National Stadium in Attard, Malta
Evan Ferguson could save Stephen Kenny's job.
I'm not saying he will be the man that drags us to Euro 2024 ahead of France or the Netherlands, but if he starts banging in the goals it will be a sure sign of this team progressing.
Kenny has to put him in when the qualifiers begin.
He might not be ready for Brighton every single week, but Brighton have options and we don't.
READ MORE - Evan Ferguson explains why he turned down Liverpool in favour of Brighton switch
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So he needs to be in the Ireland team every single game — and left on the pitch for 90 minutes, as he is liable to score at any time.
I saw Evan play for St Kevin's at Under-13 level against my nephew's Belvedere side.
I remember having a chat with his dad Barry on the touchline and commenting on how he was a beast of a lad for his age.
Bohs put him in as a 14-year-old because they knew he was ready physically and mentally.
He might be the last piece of the puzzle for Kenny.
It will require a few changes to the system if we are to get the best out of Ferguson and it's up to the coaching staff to adapt.
Getting more crosses into the box would be change number one.
We don't play a style right now that suits a number nine. We are trying to play tiki-taka or something like that, similar to what Manchester City are doing with Erling Haaland.
I have always played with a number nine. As much as modern coaches have tried to move away from them, they are coming back into fashion.
We have unearthed probably the youngest player in that bracket with more potential than anyone else in the Premier League right now.
Please God he stays on course, because what is he going to be like when he's 25?
Brighton & Hove Albion's Evan Ferguson scores his side's second goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion at The King Power Stadium on January 21, 2023 in Leicester, United Kingdom
I have no doubt Ferguson will end up at a top club, banging in the goals in the Premier League and in Europe.
If he can get going for Ireland, then we will have one of the best young squads we've had in a long time.
And I'd include Evan's Brighton teammate Andrew Moran in that too. People are raving about him.
Listening to Evan being interviewed, he is already mature enough to cope with the pressures that come with playing at this level.
To hit the ground running at that age in the biggest, strongest league in the world is remarkable.
It's a league populated by top-class international footballers.
His header on Saturday was outstanding. You won't find many forwards generating power and placement like that from so far out.
We have loads of strikers who are at a certain level — and they are fine players. But Ferguson is levels above them.
Ireland manager Stephen Kenny with Evan Ferguson during last November's International Friendly against Malta (Image: INPHO/Ryan Byrne)
He has all the attributes that are needed to succeed at the highest level.
All he needs now is to start against France and in the rest of the qualifiers, get a couple of goals and establish himself as first-choice striker.
He won't be at Brighton for long. If he bangs in 10 more goals between now and the end of the season — which isn't beyond him — then a host of clubs will be lining up for him in the summer.
But I do hope he spends another season at Brighton, playing every week, instead of moving onto a bigger club and struggling for regular football.
Another year and he'll be ready to walk straight into the starting-11 at a top, top side.
I am delighted for Evan and for his dad Barry, who was a good League of Ireland player and a good, honest lad.
Evan is the good news story that Irish football needs right now ahead of a big year at international level.
With all the other young players in the side, we could have a very competent and exciting squad over the next few years.
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Over the past two decades, Ingram Marshall has composed a number of sophisticated works for both electronics and traditional instrumental ensembles; many of these have appeared on the Nonesuch and New Albion labels. No matter what technologies he uses, he clearly is a romantic. His works appeal to the heart, and they stimulate the "old brain" with their landscapes of awe, mystery, and dread. One can feel his intuition at work; his pieces are not based solely on blueprints and dogma.
This CD is a fascinating collection of works from the 1970s. Marshall's influences at the time included his teacher Morton Subotnick, seminal New York minimalist Charlemagne Palestine, Balinese flute music, and Indonesian gamelan music.
This is not music in the traditional sense of the word, but it fully deserves to be described as such. The rhythms, pitches, and timbres of human speech fascinated Marshall, like other composers of the time, and rhythm, pitch, and timbre are part of music as well. In the works on this CD, he dissects and reassembles speech through filtering, looping, alteration of pitch, and other forms of processing. His raw material can be as simple as a male voice saying "aahh," a poet reading a poem, a Danish weather report, or a corny English lesson. In Sibelius in His Radio Corner, Marshall uses an LP of the great Finn's Sixth Symphony as a basis of his fantasy. Rop på fjellet includes the transformed cries of Norwegian sheepherders, and the sound of snow crushing under the composer's skis.
IKON, the work that gives this CD its name, is a wonderful example of the composer's technique. A Swedish poem about a Greek icon is read in the original language by its author. Marshall soon begins transforming it, breaking it down into its most salient elements, and then manipulating these elements for expressive purposes. The word "sönderkysst" (kissed asunder) becomes obsessively present, as does "mörker, o mörker" (darkness, oh darkness), allusions to the icon's destruction by the adoration of generations of penitents. As the piece progresses, Marshall's own voice steals in, reading the poem in English. As it does, the voice of the poet becomes less and less recognizable as human speech. Together, these elements create the impression, half comforting and half disquieting, of gazing into a black infinity of dissolution.
These works are serious, dealing as they do – at least by implication – with death and oblivion. The Emperor's Birthday is a droll exception. In it, a Brooklynesque interviewer questions a Ethiopian man about an odd performance that is going on. (The words "eat glass" are prominent.) The Emperor's Birthday illustrates the statement that the act of studying something alters that which is being studied.
If you like the works of Robert Ashley and Alvin Lucier, this CD should be of great interest to you. Marshall himself produced and engineered it, and there are program notes by Marshall and by Edward Strickland. The 25+-year-old material sounds fine, even on headphones, in these new digital remasterings.


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Звездица () — село в Болгарии. Находится в Тырговиштской области, входит в общину Омуртаг. Население составляет 766 человек (2022).

Политическая ситуация
В местном кметстве Звездица, в состав которого входит Звездица, должность кмета (старосты) исполняет Хасан Мустафов Алиосманов (Движение за права и свободы (ДПС)) по результатам выборов.

Кмет (мэр) общины Омуртаг — Неждет Джевдет Шабан (ДПС) по результатам выборов.

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Сёла Тырговиштской области

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Light and sweet, creamy and crunchy, this dish is a Mediterranean-influenced snack is just the thing to satisfy at any time of day.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread walnuts in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet, and toast until fragrant and golden brown, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Rub with a damp kitchen towel to remove as much loose skin as possible.
2. While still warm, place walnuts in a small bowl; pour honey on top, and stir to coat evenly. Let cool, about 2 minutes.
3. Divide yogurt among six dessert bowls, and spoon honey mixture over each. Serve immediately.
You may want to try using low-fat Greek-style yogurt, which is thicker and richer in flavor than other varieties. Once combined, walnuts and honey can be stored in an airtight container up to two weeks at room temperature.


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Not My Ship
09 Saturday Mar 2013
In my previous post here, I wrote that some of my photos would be appearing around the same time in three separate publications, and I joked about my ship finally coming in.
Joking aside, I was expecting some good exposure for my work, especially from the prominent placement of my Asheville Skyline photo on page 3 of the Southern Conference basketball tournament program.
Asheville Skyline
So yesterday afternoon I picked up two copies of the tournament program from the publisher's office, and I gotta tell you I was highly pleased with the way they presented the photo, right at the top of the page above the mayor's welcoming message. Many thousands of people would soon be looking at it, and some would be checking my website, photothemes.com, where they would find the Skyline photo, contact information, and about a dozen photos of the historic buildings in downtown Asheville, including this photomontage.
This image is used on one of my best-selling photo note cards. One cool thing about it is that when you open it face up you see this printed information on the left:
Unfortunately, nobody's going to find my site — it's listed in the credit below the photo as Phototimes, not Photothemes. Clicking on Phototimes takes readers to a website that's under construction and for sale.
Update! When the editor became aware of the typo, she promptly posted my Asheville photo on the publisher's FaceBook page, resulting in multiple views and over 60 "shares" at last count. That probably adds up to a lot of people seeing the image, as it is shared again and again. So I can't complain — not that I want to.
The other problem is with my name. A few people looking at the basketball program might be interested in the photo and motivated enough to Google Robert Ludlow. Last time I checked my name on Google, it came up near the top on page 1, just a few entries behind Robert Wadlow, "the world's tallest man."
So I got beat out by a "gentle giant" who died 72 years ago and isn't even named Ludlow. To me this suggests a flaw in Google's algorithm. Is it all about the number of hits? Why would someone Googling Robert Ludlow get Robert Wadlow as the first listing. Don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge Mr. Wadlow any of his posthumous fame. The poor fellow died at age 22 after having to live with braces on his legs. Just as long as I'm on page 1, everything is fine.
But it's not. Mr. Wadlow is still up there at the top, followed by author Robert Ludlum. But unlike six months ago, I no longer show up near the top of page 1 — not on page 1 at all; nor page 2, 3, or 4. I eventually get a hit on page 5. And to add insult to injury, there is a a different photographer named Robert Ludlow who is listed on page 1. So I'm not even the top Robert Ludlow among photographers! You might call that a humbling experience. Sort of puts things in perspective.
Looks like I need to pay some internet company to move my name back up there on page 1 behind Mr. Wadlow and author Robert Ludlum. Watch out, Mr. "page 1" Robert Ludlow, I'm comin' for you!
Anyway, no ship on the horizon this time, just another fishing boat.
But to finish on a more cheerful note, here's another of my Asheville images, taken from the deck of the spa behind the world-renowned Grove Park Inn.
3 thoughts on "Not My Ship"
Ed Kelley said:
Bob, I always have my eye on the horizon, and I awaiting my next 15 minutes. Sometimes you just have to paddle out beyond the breakers…
Sent from my iPod
Robert Ludlow said:
Sorry, Ed, you've had your 15 minutes. Were you napping?
joe kownslar said:
Looking good / BUT I looked everywhere and did not see a SHIP or even a small boat?


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HURRICANE SEASON PREPAREDNESS
As with each year, we hope for a season with no hurricanes coming our way. However, it is safe to expect that there may be at least one such event in the coming months and, at the start of the hurricane season, it is prudent to plan for that possibility. Some of the planning steps that should be considered include the following:
Create a Disaster Plan and establish off-site contact information and meeting points.
Establish Evacuation Routes and conduct building or community evacuation drills in the weeks leading up to and once the hurricane season has begun.
Verify Emergency Generators & Supplies operate and that fuel, flashlights, batteries, water and other necessities are available.
Backup Computer Files and store information offsite, in case computers crash or systems fail.
Secure the Premises – Make preparations for routine lockdown of the building(s) or other facilities as a storm approaches, so the building(s) is(are) secure during the storm and safe from vandalism or looting if a hurricane strikes.
List of Owners & Employees – Have on hand a current, hard-copy reference list complete with the names of all property owners, emergency contact numbers and details of second residence addresses, as well as a list of all association employees, with full contact details.
Photograph or Video Premises – Keep a visual record through video or photographs of premises, facilities and buildings to facilitate damage assessment and speed damage claims in a storm aftermath. Consider having the premises evaluated by appropriate professionals to establish the conditions prior to any hurricane event. (see further details on this item below)
Building and Facilities Plans – Make sure a complete set of building or community plans are readily available for consultation by first-responders, utilities workers and insurance adjusters following a storm.
Insurance Policies & Agent Details – Be sure all insurance policies are current and coverage is adequate for community property, facilities and common areas and compliant with State Law; full contact details for insurance companies and agents should be readily available in the event of a storm.
Bank Account Details & Signatories – Keep handy a list of all bank account numbers, branch locations and authorized association signatories, and make contingency plans for back-up signatories in case evacuation or relocation becomes necessary.
Mitigation of Damages – In the immediate aftermath of a storm, take the necessary steps to mitigate damages – this includes "Drying-In," which is the placement of tarps on openings in the roof and plywood over blown out doors and windows, and "Drying-Out," which is the removal of wet carpet and drywall to prevent the growth of mold.
Debris Removal – Have a plan for speedy removal of debris by maintenance staff, outside contractors or civic public works employees, should a hurricane topple trees and leave debris in its wake.
With respect to item 7 above, Kaye Bender Rembaum has become aware of at least one service provider that will bring in engineering professionals to make a physical inspection of the entire community to assess the conditions and establish a record for all such conditions prior to any storm. The assessment will also identify conditions that may have resulted from Hurricane Irma from 2017, for which claims were not made or even found and may still be claimed. In many instances, conditions of significant damage may not be readily apparent to the layperson, but to a qualified professional, very obvious. Quite often, such an inspection can result in substantial additional insurance claims for the association to recover. It is not unusual for an insurance carrier to reject initial claims following a major storm, citing to maintenance or pre-existing conditions as the basis for the denial. The team of experts performing the assessment has assisted several communities overcome such rejections and ultimately receive additional settlement proceeds to make further repairs to the premises. While there is no guaranty of such a result, without making such an assessment, the board will never know and certainly have no further recovery. Most importantly, this inspection and assessment is undertaken at no charge to the association by this company, and with no obligation to the association!
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BINGEN, Wash., Sept. 1, 2015 – While more than 625,000 acres of wildfires burned throughout the Pacific Northwest, crew members of the Insitu Rapid Response team launched a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft into the hazy skies above the Paradise Fire in Washington's Olympic National Park. The event marked the beginning of an operational demonstration designed to show how unmanned aircraft technology can be a powerful force multiplier in the fight against wildfires.ScanEagle flew six operations, delivering more than 37 hours of infrared video in real time to Incident Command personnel. Insitu's suite of motion imagery software provided enhanced video and geo-registration capabilities that enabled fire officials to pinpoint the fire's perimeter and identify areas of intense heat. ScanEagle also assisted helicopter assets with evaluating water drop locations.
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The predictability of extratropical storm tracks and the sensitivity of their prediction to the observing system
Froude, L. S. R., Bengtsson, L. and Hodges, K. I. (2007) The predictability of extratropical storm tracks and the sensitivity of their prediction to the observing system. Monthly Weather Review, 135 (2). pp. 315-333. ISSN 0027-0644
To link to this item DOI: 10.1175/MWR3274.1
A new method for assessing forecast skill and predictability that involves the identification and tracking of extratropical cyclones has been developed and implemented to obtain detailed information about the prediction of cyclones that cannot be obtained from more conventional analysis methodologies. The cyclones were identified and tracked along the forecast trajectories, and statistics were generated to determine the rate at which the position and intensity of the forecasted storms diverge from the analyzed tracks as a function of forecast lead time. The results show a higher level of skill in predicting the position of extratropical cyclones than the intensity. They also show that there is potential to improve the skill in predicting the position by 1 - 1.5 days and the intensity by 2 - 3 days, via improvements to the forecast model. Further analysis shows that forecasted storms move at a slower speed than analyzed storms on average and that there is a larger error in the predicted amplitudes of intense storms than the weaker storms. The results also show that some storms can be predicted up to 3 days before they are identified as an 850-hPa vorticity center in the analyses. In general, the results show a higher level of skill in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) than the Southern Hemisphere (SH); however, the rapid growth of NH winter storms is not very well predicted. The impact that observations of different types have on the prediction of the extratropical cyclones has also been explored, using forecasts integrated from analyses that were constructed from reduced observing systems. A terrestrial, satellite, and surface-based system were investigated and the results showed that the predictive skill of the terrestrial system was superior to the satellite system in the NH. Further analysis showed that the satellite system was not very good at predicting the growth of the storms. In the SH the terrestrial system has significantly less skill than the satellite system, highlighting the dominance of satellite observations in this hemisphere. The surface system has very poor predictive skill in both hemispheres.


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namespace taichi::lang {

class AlgebraicSimplicationTest : public ::testing::Test {
 protected:
  void SetUp() override {
    tp_.setup();
  }

  Program &prog() {
    return *tp_.prog();
  }

  TestProgram tp_;
};

TEST_F(AlgebraicSimplicationTest, SimplifyAddZero) {
  auto block = std::make_unique<Block>();

  auto func = []() {};
  auto kernel = std::make_unique<Kernel>(prog(), func, "fake_kernel");
  block->kernel = kernel.get();

  auto global_load_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(0, PrimitiveType::i32);
  auto global_load = block->push_back<GlobalLoadStmt>(global_load_addr);
  auto zero = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(0));
  auto add =
      block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::add, global_load, zero);
  auto global_store_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(4, PrimitiveType::i32);
  block->push_back<GlobalStoreStmt>(global_store_addr, add);

  irpass::type_check(block.get(), CompileConfig());
  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 6);

  irpass::alg_simp(block.get(), CompileConfig());  // should eliminate add
  irpass::die(block.get());                        // should eliminate zero

  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 4);  // two addresses, one load, one store
  EXPECT_TRUE((*block)[0]->is<GlobalTemporaryStmt>());
}

TEST_F(AlgebraicSimplicationTest, SimplifyMultiplyOne) {
  auto block = std::make_unique<Block>();

  auto func = []() {};
  auto kernel = std::make_unique<Kernel>(prog(), func, "fake_kernel");
  block->kernel = kernel.get();

  auto global_load_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(0, PrimitiveType::f32);
  auto global_load = block->push_back<GlobalLoadStmt>(global_load_addr);
  auto one = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(1.0f));
  auto mul1 =
      block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::mul, one, global_load);
  auto mul2 = block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::mul, mul1, one);
  auto zero = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(0.0f));
  auto div = block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::div, zero, one);
  auto sub = block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::sub, mul2, div);
  auto global_store_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(4, PrimitiveType::f32);
  [[maybe_unused]] auto global_store =
      block->push_back<GlobalStoreStmt>(global_store_addr, sub);

  irpass::type_check(block.get(), CompileConfig());
  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 10);

  irpass::alg_simp(block.get(),
                   CompileConfig());  // should eliminate mul, div, sub
  irpass::die(block.get());           // should eliminate zero, one

  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 4);  // two addresses, one load, one store
  EXPECT_TRUE((*block)[0]->is<GlobalTemporaryStmt>());
}

TEST_F(AlgebraicSimplicationTest, SimplifyMultiplyZeroFastMath) {
  auto block = std::make_unique<Block>();
  auto func = []() {};
  auto kernel = std::make_unique<Kernel>(prog(), func, "fake_kernel");
  block->kernel = kernel.get();

  auto global_load_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(0, PrimitiveType::i32);
  auto global_load = block->push_back<GlobalLoadStmt>(global_load_addr);
  auto zero = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(0));
  auto mul =
      block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::mul, global_load, zero);
  auto one = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(1));
  auto add = block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::add, mul, one);
  auto global_store_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(4, PrimitiveType::i32);
  [[maybe_unused]] auto global_store =
      block->push_back<GlobalStoreStmt>(global_store_addr, add);

  CompileConfig config_without_fast_math;
  config_without_fast_math.fast_math = false;
  kernel->program->this_thread_config() = config_without_fast_math;

  irpass::type_check(block.get(), config_without_fast_math);
  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 8);

  irpass::alg_simp(block.get(),
                   config_without_fast_math);  // should eliminate mul, add
  irpass::die(block.get());                    // should eliminate zero, load

  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 3);  // one address, one one, one store

  block = std::make_unique<Block>();
  block->kernel = kernel.get();

  global_load_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(8, PrimitiveType::f32);
  global_load = block->push_back<GlobalLoadStmt>(global_load_addr);
  zero = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(0));
  mul = block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::mul, global_load, zero);
  one = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(1));
  add = block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::add, mul, one);
  global_store_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(12, PrimitiveType::f32);
  global_store = block->push_back<GlobalStoreStmt>(global_store_addr, add);

  irpass::type_check(block.get(), config_without_fast_math);  // insert 2 casts
  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 10);

  irpass::constant_fold(block.get(), config_without_fast_math,
                        {kernel->program});  // should change 2 casts into const
  irpass::alg_simp(block.get(),
                   config_without_fast_math);  // should not eliminate
  irpass::die(block.get());                    // should eliminate 2 const
  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 8);

  CompileConfig config_with_fast_math;
  config_with_fast_math.fast_math = true;
  kernel->program->this_thread_config() = config_with_fast_math;

  irpass::alg_simp(block.get(),
                   config_with_fast_math);  // should eliminate mul, add
  irpass::die(block.get());                 // should eliminate zero, load

  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 3);  // one address, one one, one store
}

TEST_F(AlgebraicSimplicationTest, SimplifyAndMinusOne) {
  auto block = std::make_unique<Block>();

  auto global_load_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(0, PrimitiveType::i32);
  auto global_load = block->push_back<GlobalLoadStmt>(global_load_addr);
  auto minus_one = block->push_back<ConstStmt>(TypedConstant(-1));
  auto and_result = block->push_back<BinaryOpStmt>(BinaryOpType::bit_and,
                                                   minus_one, global_load);
  auto global_store_addr =
      block->push_back<GlobalTemporaryStmt>(4, PrimitiveType::i32);
  block->push_back<GlobalStoreStmt>(global_store_addr, and_result);

  auto func = []() {};
  auto kernel = std::make_unique<Kernel>(prog(), func, "fake_kernel");
  block->kernel = kernel.get();
  irpass::type_check(block.get(), CompileConfig());
  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 6);

  irpass::alg_simp(block.get(), CompileConfig());  // should eliminate and
  irpass::die(block.get());                        // should eliminate zero

  EXPECT_EQ(block->size(), 4);  // two addresses, one load, one store
  EXPECT_TRUE((*block)[0]->is<GlobalTemporaryStmt>());
}

}  // namespace taichi::lang


If you have been following the hype around the wonder language Python, then this headline will come as no surprise. Is this Python's 15 minutes of fame?
Well the answer to the question is probably not, because there are some good reasons that Python is such a big hit. Perhaps the main one is the way the language manages to be easy to use for the complete beginner while still having a lot of deep semantic and syntactic richness. Python is used as a first language and it is the de facto language for all manner of AI. In plain terms Python suits a lot of different types of user. It isn't perfect but it is flexible.
All through the year, as evidenced in our round up 12 News Days of Xmas, Python kept on being mentioned as the best for one reason or another. Even the slight blip at the end of the year due to Guido van Rossum resigning from his position as Benevolent Dictator For Life didn't seem to put a damper on the enthusiasm for the language.
"It is the most frequently taught first language at universities nowadays, it is number one in the statistical domain, number one in AI programming, number one in scripting and number one in writing system tests. Besides this, Python is also leading in web programming and scientific computing (just to name some other domains). In summary, Python is everywhere."
It seems that everyone's perception that Ruby is less popular than it used to be is reflected in its drop from 11 to 18. On the other hand, Rust seems to be everyone's favourite even if they aren't using it and it moved from 46 to 33. Kotlin rose from 39 to 31 and this doesn't really reflect its new found role in the Android world.
Don't take the fine detail of the TIOBE charts too seriously but I think Python being language of the year fits in with most programmer's expectations.
Mike James is the author of Programmer's Python: Everything Is an Object, the first volume in his series subtitled Something Completely Different. He is also the author of books on Kotlin and Android.


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Lesley Jane Seymour: Reinventing Yourself in a Digital Age
Lesley Jane Seymour tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how years of success running women's magazines drove her to create her new business, CoveyClub.com -- and why connecting women around the world has given her a new purpose.
Wellness Entrepreneurs: How to Turn Purpose Into Success
In a special panel discussion, experts join the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher with their top health and financial wellness tips. Jennifer Walsh, Founder of Walk with Walsh, Rebecca Parekh, CEO of THE WELL, Melisse Gelula, Co-Founder of Well + Good, and CEO of Orchid Island Juice Co., Marygrace Sexton, discuss the path to success through mindfulness and purpose.
Sarah LaFleur: Transforming the Working Woman
Sarah LaFleur is founder and CEO of M.M.LaFleur, the popular clothing brand that transformed the way women shop for work. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how women can succeed in the workplace by embracing their individuality.
Shelly Porges: Building 'Billion Dollar' Ideas
Shelly Porges is the co-founder of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women and an avid investor in female run businesses. A serial entrepreneur, tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how women can start their own companies and see their businesses thrive.
CEO Moj Mahdara: The Beauty of Building Inclusivity
The CEO of Beautycon Media and a leading LGBT advocate, Moj Mahdara is a serial entrepreneur who has launched a variety of consumer brands. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how creating a space for inclusivity paved the way to global success.
Eileen Fisher: Breathing New Life Into the Fashion Industry
Eileen Fisher is an iconic clothing designer and founder of the brand Eileen Fisher, Inc. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how simplicity and sustainability have helped her maintain a timeless fashion empire.
Money Secrets With Millennial Experts
In a special panel discussion, Danielle Town, Erin Lowry, Jamila Souffrant, Stefanie O'Connell and Darla Mercado join the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher to discuss how millennials can take control of their money and make it grow.
Success and Philanthropy: The Secret to Giving Back
Actress Marlo Thomas, media executive Loreen Arbus and financial literacy advocate Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz tell the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher the secret to giving back, and why philanthropy ultimately makes them feel the most successful.
Kelley Brooke: Owning Your Financial Game
Kelley Brooke is the Director of Golf at Bethpage Golf Course, and the 2018 LPGA Professional of the Year. An accomplished coach and player, she tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher the secret to thriving in a male dominated industry.
Soledad O'Brien: The Business of Speaking Your Mind
Soledad O'Brien is an accomplished broadcast journalist and producer who found her voice after thriving in the cutthroat media industry. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how a career in journalism prepared her to become a successful businesswoman.
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina: Speaking Truth to Power
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina entered the national spotlight by presiding over the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal -- giving a voice to gymnasts who accused former team physician Larry Nassar of abuse. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how turning pain into purpose empowers survivors to speak their truths.
Taylor Morrison CEO Sheryl Palmer: Building a Backbone
Sheryl Palmer, CEO of Taylor Morrison Home, talks about what it's like to thrive in male dominated industry and why trusting her instincts played a key role in her success.
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl: Breaking the Stained-Glass Ceiling
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl is the first Asian-American to be ordained as a rabbi, and first woman to become both a rabbi and a cantor. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how she broke the stained-glass ceiling, and what inspires her to lead other women to do the same.
Maria Bartiromo: Life Lessons From a Financial TV Icon
Maria Bartiromo is a journalist, author, and the host of her own television shows on Fox Business Network and Fox News. The first woman to report live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, she tells Veronica Dagher her path to multimedia and financial success.
Success and Triumph After Divorce
The Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher revisits three powerful women who've thrived after putting a divorce behind them. Divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, tech entrepreneur Rana el Kakliouby and business leader Sheila Johnson share their stories of strength and new beginnings.
Gloria Feldt: Empowering Women Through Feminism
Gloria Feldt, former CEO of Planned Parenthood and co-founder of Take The Lead, is a best-selling author and feminist leader. A longtime advocate for women's rights, she tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how the fight for gender parity remains a core mission in her life.
Carrie Sheffield: Making Bold Moves
Journalist and political analyst Carrie Sheffield founder of the media startup Bold, inspiring millennials to find their voices amid a new digital landscape. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher why uncertainty is the condition where women can ultimately learn to forge ahead and succeed.
Susan Packard: Life Lessons From a Media Mogul
Susan Packard is an entrepreneur, author and businesswoman. As the cofounder of HGTV, she's a seasoned television executive who's also helped innovate programs for HBO and CNBC. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher how women can create their own rules to advance in any workplace.
'Badass' Jen Sincero: Schooling Yourself to Success
Before Jen Sincero became a success coach and best-selling author of the "You Are a Badass" book series, she struggled to make ends meet as a freelance writer. She tells the Wall Street Journal's Veronica Dagher why awareness is the key to transformation, and how women can build the confidence to meet their financial goals.


I want to thank all of you have made the incredibly thoughtful posts to my last comment. I never imagined that this blog would be such a tremendous catalyst to my thinking. I encourage all of you to please continue to share your thoughts. I very much like the idea of leading a community with this blog rather than just publishing my own ideas.
I want you all to know that my husband and I have been enjoying our marriage in recent weeks in ways that I know we never could have done before the AHF dynamic began. The acceleration of that dynamic via the cuckolding experience has opened new doors into each others emotions and we are, with no doubt, closer than ever.
Last night he knelt in front of me worshipfully as he often does. I stroked my fingers through his hair and felt for maybe the first time that I was understanding him completely. His submission to me is his heart screaming a love poem to the woman he adores.
We have talked a little more about eventually re-initiating cuckolding. One of the suggestions that was made in a reader posts was to choose a man who might have less similarities to my husband than did Jim... perhaps a man of another race. This interests me greatly.
Are you referring to your husband/submissive, or to the man that you cuckold your husband with?
Why select race as the key characteristic of a man who will be different from your husband? In my experience class, education, personal interests, physique and personality are at least as important markers of difference.
Let me explain. I am the male half of an interracial couple. Through my wife I've gotten an bit of an insiders access to folks from a different race. In my experience class counts far more than race.
My concern about the stereotypical black "bull," white "hot wife" and husband "wimp" cuckold scenario is that it reenforces a very old fashioned set of racial stereotypes. I don't particularly relish our son having to navigate his way through such stereotypes as he grows up.
Sorry for being so preachy, but I know that you are acutely sensitive to the ethical implications of your journey.
Your blog is enthralling, and i appreciate the honest questions You raise. It seems to me that the man You choose in the future will be of Your desire, whether or not he is similar to Your husband or Jim. Whom ever You are comfortable with, whether a different race or class, will be the appropriate lucky man. You have the world (and Your husband) at your feet, having established Your dominance and authority which now can never be questioned. Do what You want, and enjoy. Your husband wants You to, You want to, and we readers applaud You and wait hungrily for any details You care to share!
Sounds like you're cucking too close to home for your husband's comfort zone. Difficult for him not to be insecure over his own relationship with you because Jim was someone you once emotionally connected with.
It's all about his level of trust in you and his commitment to your absolute authority. If you're his queen and I believe you are he needs to unequivocally understand you and you alone call the shots.
Tell him you've decided Jim will remain your lover. It will ratchet up his angst, but better to do that than to find him calling the shots (topping from the bottom).
He sounds like a man much like me. At one time I hated the idea of her emotionally bonding with another; now I love it. Unfortunately it is something learned as it goes against one's instincts.
If my wife had let my feelings influence her choices in men I might be happier in the short run as I'm getting my pie and eating it too, but in the long run she would resent it as anytime she got too close emotionally I would push her to cut and run.
In turn that would make her resent me and affect our own relationship adversely.


Formed in 2001, The Formosan Fat Tire Association was a coalition of expatriates and Taiwanese that had a wonderful singular passion: a love for riding off road mountain bikes on the wonderful, exotic, and adventurous island of Formosa. With a core group of riders including Dennis Flood, Chris Hess, Patrick O'Leary, and Geoff Quirk, the FFTA set out to humbly document their riding experiences on the island, whether it was in the wilds of Hsinchu County, or right on the edge of their home base in Mucha, on the outskirts of Taipei City.
With seasoned photographers and website designers in the core group, the FFTA site grew organically throughout the years and simply represented all the visual goodness that Formosa was holding up in them steep hills; super epic trails with draw dropping scenery, and a local riding culture that made all of us feel so welcome through the years. Simply put, we all experienced memories that will sustain us for a lifetime. For this reason and many more, we continue to be so grateful to this island and its people. It continues to be a very special place to all of us.
In 2005, the last of the original FFTA expatriate crew rolled out of town for good and the once very active FFTA became static. The site is now a living artifact to what the FFTA crew rode and experienced from 2001 to 2005.
It is hoped that this site continues to inspire others to ride the local trails of Formosa, and to spread the simple act of riding great trails with good friends. We are ecstatic to hear that there are still many Fat Tires rolling around in Taiwan and that the off road scene is as strong as ever. How lucky you are to be riding a mountain bike in Taiwan. Enjoy the ride!
Make sure to grab a copy of the September/October 2011 Bike Magazine - they've got another great article about the Taiwan mountain biking scene. Story by Bruce Minnigh, photos by Anthony Smith.
© Formosan Fat Tire Association 2000-2019. All rights reserved. Site by Dennis Flood.


Accessing cloud-based resources, whether they be IaaS/PaaS/SaaS-based, is very convenient. With a browser and Internet connection, you are up and running. No driving to your work office, no need to log into the corporate network. Just open up your web browser and go. This convenience, however, comes with a security risk. All of your business work is conducted over an insecure communication network. Unlike your office network, where the network link between you and the data center is under corporate control and is physically secure, the cloud access link is over the Internet.
The wild, uncontrolled, used-by-everyone-in-the-world Internet. There are no guarantees about who else has (or does not have) access to your network communication link. In fact, from a security perspective, we assume that the cloud link (i.e., the Internet) is unsecured and hostile. Any sensitive or private information WILL be accessed by someone else. This is why we have a need to protect "data in flight." The data may be safe once it gets to the cloud provider, but during the transmission we need to protect it and ensure it remains private. To ensure secure communication across the Internet, a key fundamental cloud security principle is to encrypt the data transmission whenever you engage with a cloud resource. In this blog we introduce the security concept of protecting "data in flight" and explain how it operates.
The good news is that this data in flight protection is easier that it sounds. Since just about all traffic is done via the web browser (HTTP protocol), all you have to do is ensure that the HTTPS protocol is used by default in your browser. This means that instead of using http://myurl…, make sure it uses https://myurl… .
Secure HTTP (HTTPS) is a security protocol. It uses a secure transport layer security mechanism called SSL, or its newer version TLS, to transmit HTTP traffic (i.e., your browser traffic) securely by encrypting the data. When HTTPS is used you can be certain that your confidential data (like your credit card information) is safe from eavesdropping. If someone does intercept all of your encrypted data, they won't be able to decrypt it.
TLS (transport layer security) data encryption is based on two related but different encryption technologies called symmetric key encryption and asymmetric key encryption. Symmetric key encryption means that two users who wish to communicate must share the same encryption key to encrypt and decrypt a message. For example, if I encrypt a message with an encryption key-A, then the receiver of my encrypted message must have the same encryption key-A to decrypt the message.
Asymmetric key encryption is different. It uses two keys, a public key and a private key. The public key is distributed to anyone who wants to communicate with me. They encrypt their message with my public key and send it to me. When I receive it I use my private key to decrypt the message.
The advantage that the asymmetric encryption has is that initiating communication with a stranger is easy. Just use the person's public key, which is usually obtained via a certificate authority. To initiate secure communication with symmetric encryption requires that the initiator somehow knows ahead of time what the symmetric key is, or must acquire it in a secure manner. That becomes impractical if the person is halfway around the world. However, symmetric key encryption does have one advantage over asymmetric encryption. Symmetric encryption is computationally faster than asymmetric encryption; in fact asymmetric encryption processing is about 1,000 times slower (http://windowsitpro.com/security/symmetric-vs-asymmetric-ciphers). This is important because symmetric processing can speed up the transmission and processing of secured data.
The astute observer will note that the advantages and disadvantages of each encryption method are complementary. Therefore, TLS uses both techniques to securely transmit HTTP traffic. It uses asymmetric key encryption to initiate a secure communication link between the two parties. Once that secure link is established, TLS securely exchanges a symmetric key. Going forward, TLS uses the symmetric encryption technique for all data transmission. This maximizes performance while still ensuring safe and convenient access to cloud resources.
SDN and its cousin NFV provide the networking capabilities to truly automate cloud computing.


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Should Rafa raid Spain for La Liga stars?
By Mark Greenwood
There's no doubting that foreign managers like going back to the country they previously worked in to find players who they've worked with or against previously, they particularly like to get their countrymen playing for their teams. Liverpool under Rafael Benitez have been no exception to this and a number of Spaniards have come through the doors of Anfield since Benitez's arrival although their success rates have varied. Names such as Luis Garcia, Xabi Alonso, Josemi, Antonio Nunez, Alvaro Arbeloa, Jose Reina, Fernando Morientes and Fernando Torres have all been brought to the club by the Spanish manager and he is often linked with moves for more players from his homeland.
This has continued recently as reports are suggesting that Benitez is ready to go to Spain and raid former club Real Madrid for Duch midfielder Rafael Van der Vaart. Now it is true that Van der Vaart is a player who plays in one of the positions Liverpool need strengthening as the Dutchman could take Steven Gerrard's place in the side when the Liverpool captain's injured. He's also played on the left of midfield previously which is a relatively weak spot in the Liverpool team. Van der Vaart has proven quality, he impressed thoroughly at both Ajax and Hamburg and was impressive for Real in his first season in the club when used. In fact, the only reason they are looking to get rid of him is that they have since signed a number of high profile, highly expensive players leaving Van der Vaart further down the club's pecking line. This also gives Liverpool the advantage of the fact that Van der Vaart will not be overly expensive – with Real eager to get shot of the Dutchman they will probably accept bids of under his valuation or even allow him to go out on loan should Benitez not get enough financial backing from the Liverpool owners.
Yossi Benayoun has proven a decent enough deputy for Steven Gerrard though and Liverpool should be looking to strengthen other parts of the team – one such place being by signing another striker. Having another goal-happy striker would lessen the expectations on Fernando Torres and give him a suitable replacement for when he's tired/injured. Liverpool could also switch to a system using two strikers if they did sign a new frontman which could give them different options. And if Benitez did decide to raid his homeland to sign a striker then who would be a good man to set his sights on? In my opinion: Raul Tamudo
I was shocked when Tamudo was linked with a move to Wigan earlier this year. This is a man who has played international football for Spain and has a 1 in 3 record in over 10 years in Spain's top flight. Yes, he's already 32 but clubs often sign old players and he would be a good, cheap short term measure who's a proven goalscorer and is good with either foot or in the air. And yes, he would be cheap for Tamudo fell out with Espanyol coach Mauricio Pochettino earlier this year and was transfer listed. The duo seemed to deal with their issues and Tamudo was taken off the transfer list but there's surely still some animosity and uncertainty in the air at the Catalonian club and they would consider selling him much more than they would have done at any previous stage of his club career.
So who would make the better signing? Obviously Van der Vaart is the fans choice as he is a bigger name, is younger and has proven capable of playing well for a top club. Tamudo could be a cheaper option though, would strengthen a position which Liverpool would do well to strengthen more so than attacking midfield, is a proven goalscorer and has a lot about his game. The fact that he hasn't yet been linked to Liverpool is irrelevant – he is a Spaniard with top flight experience and a good record, that should be enough to attract Benitez. Opinion is mixed on which part of the squad needs strengthening most but both these players could be great solutions for Liverpool. And given how cheap they could both be, Benitez could go ahead and try to get both of them – it's a risk worth taking.
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Here is an interesting article from DN.no in Norwegian yesterday. The article is quite a bit longer than the parts I've translated with the most important numbers, and even goes into a search for engineers by AF Gruppen in a contest of theirs to design a settlement on Mars, with the winner getting a trip to space as the prize. With its high quality of living index, second highest GDP per capita in the world, (relatively) easy language to learn for English speakers and all the other things that make Norway great, engineers from other countries would be well advised to keep an eye out for the opportunity to move there if they feel the urge to move to and work in another country.
The battle for engineers is fierce, and many of the largest engineering companies in Norway are showing a need for more of them. Norway needs thousands of engineers, as at the moment only about half of the engineers it needs are being trained in the country. Around 3000 engineers are trained in Norway every year, but according to a survey conducted by Nav (Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organization, or Arbeids- og velferdsforvaltningen) there were 6310 engineers needed in Norway in 2010.
AF Gruppen alone would like to hire about 600 engineers, preferably experienced, but they may not have a choice in the matter.
6 out of 10 employers in the private and public sector that recruit engineers say that they will need more engineers in the next three years, and 6 of 10 think that it will be difficult for them to find qualified engineers.
And finally the bit on Mars. You can see their website here (all in Norwegian) on the project.
The campaign "Bli med og bygge på Mars" (Join (us) and build on Mars) challenges participants to come up with concrete solutions in construction, infrastructure, transport, building, property, environment and energy for Mars..."In order for humans to be able to live and reside on Mars, we will first have to build protective capsules, after which you will be able to live in an artificial atmosphere. This is called terraforming, whereby one makes Mars into an inhabitable environment like Earth", said astrophysicist Knut Jørgen Røed Ødegaard in a comment on the subject.
Through the contest "Bli med og bygge på Mars" AF Gruppen invites creative engineers, students and others to participate in the development of an environmentally friendly and futuristic plans and technological solutions for the planet Mars. The prize is a trip to space.


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VAN KATWIJK, VIOLA EDNA BECK
Sam D. Ratcliffe
Viola Beck van Katwijk (front row, third from the left) in a group photo of the faculty of the school of music at Southern Methodist University (ca. 1949). Her husband Paul van Katwijk (top row far right) served as dean of the school of music. Image available on the Internet and included in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107.
VAN KATWIJK, VIOLA EDNA BECK (1894–1980). Viola Beck van Katwijk, pianist, composer, and educator, was born on February 26, 1894, in Denison, Texas, to Max Oswald Beck and Mina (Frank) Beck. Her parents had immigrated to Texas from Saxony in Germany. In 1911 the family moved to Dallas, where Viola soon began teaching piano lessons. She and her sister, Irma, studied piano in Berlin with Richard Burmeister, a former pupil of Franz Liszt. Viola also studied piano and composition with Percy Grainger.
At age twenty, Viola Beck made her solo debut as a pianist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. She and her brother, Curt (a violinist), toured as two-thirds of "The Beck-Allen Trio" for several years prior to her marriage. In 1920 she won the national Mu Phi Epsilon composition contest; she repeated as national winner in 1930. By 1921, as she took part in performances in musical recitals in the Dallas area, the functions included other composers, including pianist Paul van Katwijk, dean of the school of music at Southern Methodist University. They married on July 15, 1922. That same year she joined the piano faculty at Southern Methodist University and served as a professor of music until she retired in 1955.
Viola van Katwijk was an accomplished composer whose works included "Dusk on a Texas Prairie," "The Jester," and "Gamelan." She and her husband often toured as a duo-piano team. She was a charter member of the Dallas Music Teachers Association as well as a charter member of the Mu Chi Chapter of the Mu Phi Epsilon music fraternity.
At the age of eighty-six, Viola Beck van Katwijk died of cancer at Treemont Healthcare Center in Dallas on December 25, 1980. Her husband preceded her in death. The van Katwijks had no children. She was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park in Dallas.
Dallas Morning News, July 25, 1922; December 27, 1980. Bill Francis Faucett, A Biographical Study of Paul van Katwijk (M.A. thesis, Southern Methodist University, 1987). Paul and Viola van Katwijk Collection, Performing Arts Collections, Bywaters Special Collections, Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University.
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Handbook of Texas Online, Sam D. Ratcliffe, "VAN KATWIJK, VIOLA EDNA BECK," accessed January 20, 2020, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fvanv.
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Professor Clifford V. Johnson's work in science ranges from teaching and research to public outreach where he strives to put science back into the general culture. He helps artists, writers, and filmmakers incorporate science into their work; appears on several TV and online shows; gives public lectures and participates in panel discussions and other events. Johnson recently wrote and illustrated a non-fiction graphic novel featuring science called The Dialogues, published by MIT Press. His research is part of the international effort to understand and describe the origin and evolution of the Universe and its fundamental constituents. He works mainly on superstring theory, quantum gravity, and M-theory, studying objects such as black holes and D-branes, using various techniques from Mathematics and Physics.


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Q: What is the registry key for the context menu of the "Quick access" section in the Windows Explorer? I'd like to remove context menu items I never use from the context menu, which appears when I right-click on the item in the quick access section of the file Explorer. How is the registry key controlling this data called?

A: It is easier to use shexview.zip
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How much will the marijuana industry bring in…
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How much will the marijuana industry bring in this year?
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2016 at 12:26 a.m. | UPDATED: October 2, 2016 at 3:15 p.m.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Retail marijuana sales in the United States are expected to be $4.5 billion this year, but constant changes in state regulations are creating hurdles for business people trying to make money off pot.
That s the word coming out of the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo being held in Orlando, Florida, this week.
Special report: The business of marijuana in 2016
Chris Walsh, editorial director of Marijuana Business Daily, says marijuana sales doubled in the United States from 2013 to 2015.
Right now, 19 states have legalized medical marijuana. Another four states, as well as the District of Columbia, allow marijuana for both medical and recreational uses.
Walsh estimates 100,000 people are directly and indirectly employed in the industry, and 80 to 90 percent of companies are profitable.
But Walsh says start-up costs are rising.
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"Rensselaer has undergone tremendous change under the leadership of [President] Shirley Ann Jackson. From my view as Grand Marshal, student body president and as such voice of the student body, I believe what has happened in the past 10 years is nothing short of remarkable.
Students now attend a private research university that is consistently ranked in the top 50 for best colleges in the United States; we are nationally acclaimed for individual merit and cutting-edge education. We have emerged into new fields of study, including biotechnology and electronic media.
Ground-breaking ideas have been constructed and completed: the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, and, most recently, the East Campus Athletic Village, the largest athletic construction project to date at Rensselaer.
Students have tremendous opportunity at Rensselaer, and that includes beyond the classroom; more than 180 clubs, 23 intercollegiate athletic teams, and 35 greek organizations complete the student-life experience.
You might disagree with some of the events that have happened in the past, but reflect on the big picture; Rensselaer is in a far better position than that of 10 years ago. There are some current events that require cooperation among the Rensselaer community, and the Student Senate, myself, and many other members in student government and beyond are working together to address them. We should still look at the past, but try not to have it obscure the view ahead; I'm hopeful for what comes next.
I will be traveling with the President of the Union, administration office staff, and some fellow students to the Region 2 conference of the Association of College Unions International. Members of the Student Senate Web Tech Group will be making a presentation on the Concerto system; congratulations to them! The conference will be held this year in Rochester, N.Y.
As always, I'm available almost anytime; e-mail me at gm@rpi.edu, contact me through http://www.twitter.com/rpigm/ or visit me at the GM/PU office in the Student Government Suite in the Rensselaer Union. Step back and think a little bit about what's happened or happening; let me know what your thoughts are and help me move us in the right direction.


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