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The Literary Horizon: Young Justice: A League of Their Own, Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty
July 19, 2011 July 17, 2011 / Clare
Today's pairing, I think, is a pretty good representation of the spectrum DC runs as a comic book company on a good day—from the light, optimistic, and fluffy to the gritty, realistic, and earnest. There's a reason I prefer DC to Marvel.
Young Justice: A League of Their Own by Peter David and D. Curtis Johnson
Meet Robin, Superboy and Impulse! Setting up shop in their cave headquarters (the original meeting place of the JLA), the newly formed team's first case involves a strange vehicle of unknown origin. As is typical of our youthful heroes, they spend hours carefully studying its design to determine its function and contact older, more established authorities to…well, actually they don't do any of that. They just leap in and find themselves hurtling off to parts unknown! Do these kids even have learner's permits?
First of all, I will always love nineties Superboy. The fade, the Elton John glasses, the earring… it's a beautiful thing. I've actually read an issue or two of Young Justice—this is the only collection, but, hopefully, with the popularity of the current television show, that'll change—and I've enjoyed it; optimistic, snarky, and just joyful in its teenage insanity.
Saranga at New readers…start here! praises its sense of humor and witty banter, as well as the fun of it—but warns that if you don't care for young adult material, you won't care about teenage superheroes. Win Wiacek at Now Read This! found it to be great fun without skimping on dramatic material—but not too much of it. After all, they're kids.
Young Justice: A League of Their Own was published on September 1, 2000.
Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka
The first ten issues of the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series is collected in hardcover for the first time! Written by Ed Brubaker (Captain America) and Greg Rucka (Detective Comics, 52), this series pitted the detectives of Gotham City's Special Crimes Unit against the city's greatest villains – in the shadow of Batman himself.
This volume collects two cases of the Gotham Special Crimes Unit. In the first, a cop is killed by Mister Freeze, and the squad is in a race against time to bring him in without the help of the Dark Knight. In the second story–the acclaimed, award-winning "Half a Life"–Detective Renee Montoya is outed as a lesbian and finds her work environment and personal life turned upside down. Things only become more complicated when she's kidnapped by Two-Face. This debut volume features an introduction by acclaimed mystery author Lawrence Block.
I have heard only good things about Gotham Central. By focusing on the regular men and women who serve in Gotham City instead of Batman, it gives the reader an interesting look into a universe were superheroes (and crazed vigilantes) are something you have to deal with and work around, as well as an interesting take on Bats.
Graeme at Graeme's Fantasy Book Review thought it was absolutely fantastic—his only criticism was that sometimes the plot can be a bit too pat. Scott Cederlund writing for Collected Editions also found it stunningly good.
Gotham Central: In the Line of Duty was published on September 16, 2008.
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LEN!
I have several friends who speak highly of Young Justice. I think more people would be impressed by it if it hadn't been immediately followed by Geoff Johns' Teen Titans.
Gotham Central is a greater accomplishment, if only because it has Brubaker and Rucka at their collaborative best. Both of them know how to pull out the depth of their characters, especially when it comes to showing the internal struggles those characters go through. Gotham Central was so significant while it was running, it gave massive prominence to Detectives Crispus Allen and Renee Montoya. Both have gone through such amazing character arcs that Paul Dini once said he thought of Montoya as a Greg Rucka character, even though Dini created her for Batman the Animated Series.
Of course, I'm biased when it comes to Rucka, enough to say you should read his Queen & Country series or anything of Wonder Woman that he wrote. Geoff Johns can't even say he's written a solo series for each of DC's big three characters; Rucka can.


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House Panthers (Awww Monday), Thought-Provoking Quote of the Week, and The Camping Saga (Poetry Monday)
Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.
Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you. What better way to start the week than with a smile!
Sweetie and i both have a soft spot for black cats. Right now, we have a dozen or so house panthers up for adoption at the cat shelter:
Sparks, the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, is on hiatus, so here's a Thought Provoking Quote of the Week in her honor.
Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. She and Jenny at Procrastinating Donkey take turns providing a theme each week. Charlotte/Mother Owl almost always participates, too. This week the theme is Nature.
I want to go out!
That was his cry,
And every day,
She would sigh,
Not enamored was she with Nature.
We'll go camping!
He would say,
From draining work
We'll get away,
You'll fall in love with Nature!
He talked her in
To going on out,
And as they left,
He gave a shout,
I'll introduce you to Nature.
They pitched a tent,
He laughed with glee,
As her tenting skills
Were a comedy,
She said, 'Tis not in my Nature!
Campfire cooking,
He danced around,
With joy when hearing
That crackling sound,
It all tastes better in Nature!
She got sunburnt,
Mosquito bit, too,
After falling in the river,
Gave a big kerchoo,
She was not loving Nature.
When cooking he forgot
Her allergies,
She found poison ivy,
Got stung by bees,
She'd had enough of Nature!
Now he takes the kids camping,
And she stays home,
He lets her stay,
She lets them roam,
A compromise with Nature!
Araw ng mga Bayahi -- Philippines (National Heroes' Day)
August / Summer Bank Holiday -- UK
Be Kind to Humankind Week: Motorist Consideration Monday
Day of Solidarity and Freedom -- Poland (Anniversary of the 1980 August Agreement)
Eat Outside Day -- as long as you won't pass out from the heat
Eleusinia Games -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate; 3 days of games with grain as prizes)
Festal Day -- Order of the Eastern Star
Independence Day -- Kyrgyzstan(1991); Malaysia (Hari Kebangsaan/Freedom Day, 1957); Trinidad & Tobago(1962)
International Day of Blogs and Bloggers
International Overdose Awareness Day -- prevention and remembrance
Invent A New Sandwich Day -- spread around the internet like good mayo; go ahead, have fun with this
Liberation Day -- Hong Kong (from Japan in 1945; no longer an official holiday, but still acknowledged by many)
Limba Noastra -- Moldova (Day of Our Language)
Love Litigating Lawyers Day -- yes, G-d tells us to love everybody, even litigation attorneys but He never said doing it would be easy; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
National Trail Mix Day
St. Raymond Nonnatus' Day (Patron of babies, childbirth, children, expectant mothers, falsely accused people, infants, midwives, newborn babies, obstetricians, and pregnant women; Baltoa, Dominican Republic; against fever)
Jeff Hardy, 1977
Chris Tucker, 1972
Debbie Gibson, 1970
Glenn Tilbrook, 1957
Edwin Corley Moses, 1955
Richard Gere, 1949
Itzhak Perlman, 1945
Van Morrison, 1945
Jack Thompson, 1940
Marva Collins, 1936
Frank Robinson, 1935
James Coburn, 1928
Buddy Hackett, 1924
G.D. Spradlin, 1920
Alan Jay Lerner, 1918
William Saroyan, 1908
William Shawn, 1907
Arthur Godfrey, 1903
Maria Montessori, 1870
"Alice"(TV), 1976
"The Great Gildersleeve"(Radio), 1941
"The Threepenny Opera/Die Dreigroschenoper"(Play), 1928
Traditional date upon which Ayonwentah (Haiwatha) and Deganawidah (The Great Peacemaker) assist the Iroquois tribes in establishing the Confederation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy, or League of Five Nations), 1142
Lewis and Clark begin their expedition, 1803
A nuts and bolts machine is patented by Micah Rugg, 1842
The first professional football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1895
Edison patents the Kinetograph, 1897
Mrs. Adolph Landenburg, a horse rider, debuts the split skirt, 1902
Debut of Foghorn Leghorn, 1946
Solidarity Labor Union forms in Poland, 1980
Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris, 1997
Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police, 2006
In Sudan, the People's Liberation Army announces it will demobilize its child soldiers by the end of the year, 2010
A 19-year-old Indonesian man is rescued after 49 days at sea on his floating fishing trap, 2018
Labels: Aww Monday, cat shelter, kitten photo, Mother Nature, Poetry Monday, Thought Provoking Quote of the Week
One Man's Trash (Cajun Joke) and Sunday Selections
Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.
Grandma is a saver. Not money-wise, that's Grandpa, but otherwise. Right now we are saving tea bags after we use them, letting the tea dry, clipping them open and removing the tea, and giving them to her. She wants to paint on them and use them for texture in her art.
Grandpa is the throw-it-away guy. If he sees something, and he doesn't know what it is, and it looks like trash to him, out it goes.
Yesterday while cleaning at their house, Sweetie took the little plastic sleeve off of the feather duster, set it in the cleaning closet, and proceeded to go after dust and dog fur with all his might and main.
Later, Grandpa came and asked me where the Windex was, he needed it for cleaning the A/C filters (he does this like clockwork the final Saturday of every month, he's hyper-organized that way). Since i'd already cleaned the mirrors, i handed it to him, i just hadn't gotten back to the cleaning closet to put it away yet.
Later still, i noted that there was no bag in the utility room trash can, which is where the cleaning closet is also located, and there was trash in it. Getting a bag, i began transferring the trash into the bag, and ran across the plastic sleeve for the feather duster.
Immediately i knew what had happened. Grandpa, when looking for the Windex in the cleaning closet, found it and, not knowing what it was and it looking like a piece of trash to him, he threw it away. It's a good thing someone had forgotten to put a new liner in the trash can or Grandma would have given him an earful when the search for it began.
As it is, i hid it and got it out to put the feather duster way when Sweetie was done. From now on, it's going to be hidden while we use that duster, i am just not quite sure where yet. Grandpa can find and throw away anything.
Clothile done be complain' dat Boudreaux allus t'row ever't'in' away, even befo' she be done usin' it. She go to fin' somep'in in de ice box, o' in de cabinet, an' it not be dere, an' she fuss.
She done come home wit' de grocery one day, an' while dey be puttin' it away, she be tellin' Boudreaux not t'row stuff away too fas'. When dey gets dem to de lettuce, he look at it an' say, "What 'bout dis?"
An' Clothile say, "De lettuce? What 'bout it?"
An' Boudreaux say, "Mais, you be knowin' I's not goin' eat me enny dis green stuff, so you want me to wait two week to t'row it 'way like usual, o' you want me to save de time an' do it now?"
Sunday Selections was started as a way for bloggers to use photos that might otherwise just languish in their files. The rules have been relaxed, and it is now simply a showcase for your photos, new or old, good or bad, although nothing rude, please. It is now hosted by Elephant's Child.
No theme this week, just a bit of this and that.
We've been growing a fine crop of toadstools thanks to the dampness and rain:
Lots of little white dots, all toadstools.
My newest client has some interesting treasures:
Aladdin's lamp!
Old style bobble heads, they really do bobble.
It's not easy to get a picture of a flag on a windy day:
A couple of flowers, and my best bee picture yet:
Finally, one shot from Grandma's house, i like the frog that appears to be hopping out of the fairy garden:
Be Kind to Humankind Week: Sacrifice Our Wants For others Needs Sunday BK2HK.org
Chatter Champion Announced -- Fairy Calendar
Constitution Day -- Kazakhstan
Day of Satisfying the Hearts of the Ennead (Nine Major Gods) -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Festival of Charisteria -- Ancient Roman Calendar (a day to give thanks)
Frankenstein Day -- in honor of Mary Shelley
Go Topless Day -- US (on the Sunday closest to Women's Equality Day, Aug. 26, stand up for women's right to go topless in public)
Huey P. Long Day -- Louisiana, US
International Day of the Disappeared -- Latin American Federation of Associations for Relatives of Detained-Disappeared
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances -- UN
International Whale Shark Day -- WiseOceans has more information
National Holistic Pet Day -- celebrating the growing interest in natural/holistic medicine for animals
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
Popular Consultation Day -- East Timor
Santa Rosa de Lima -- Peru
St. Fiacre's Day (Patron of box makers, cab drivers, costermongers, florists, gardeners, hosiers, pewterers, taxi drivers, tile makers; against barrenness, fistula, haemorrhoids, piles, sterility, syphilis, venereal disease)
Talk Intelligently Day -- holiday thought up by someone tired of non-intelligent conversations (maybe with co-workers?)
Victory Day -- North Cyprus; Turkey
Anniversary Today:
Roman Polanski marries Emmanuelle Seigner, 1989
Cameron Diaz, 1972
Michael Michele, 1966
Michael Chiklis, 1963
David Paymer, 1954
Timothy Bottoms, 1951
Lewis Black, 1948
Peggy Lipton, 1947
Frank "Tug" McGraw, 1944
Jean-Claude Killy, 1943
Elizabeth Ashley, 1939
Warren Buffett, 1930
Kitty Wells, 1919
Ted Williams, 1918
Fred MacMurray, 1908
Roy Wilkins, 1901
Shirley Booth, 1898
Huey P. Long, 1893
Claire Straith, M.D., 1891
Ernest Rutherford, 1871
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1797
"Anna Lucasta"(Play), 1944
European leaders, in an attempt to end war "for all time", outlaw the crossbow, 1146
One of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty, begins between the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders, 1363
Capture of the entire Dutch fleet by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell, 1799
Founding of Melbourne, Australian, 1835
Founding of Houston, Texas, 1836
Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner, 1901
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in south Louisiana, the longest bridge over water (continuous, not aggregate) that is not also a viaduct, opens, 1956
The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation, 1963
Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1967
Guion Bluford becomes the first African American astronaut in space, 1983
NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces, 1995
A commercial expedition to raise part of the sunken British luxury liner Titanic ended in failure, 1996
Harley-Davidson celebrates its 100th anniversary in Milwaukee with a parade of 10,000 motorcycles, 2003
India and Pakistan agree to release hundreds of fishermen and other civilians in each other's jails as part of their ongoing attempts to negotiate peace between their nations, 2005
Sumatra's Sinaburg volcano continues to erupt, two people are killed and 21,000 are evacuated from the vicinity, 2010
In Chile, 33 miners trapped half a mile beneath the surface make contact with their families for the first time in the three weeks since the incident, 2010
Late author Terry Pratchett's unfinished works are destroyed as per his request, 2017
For the second time, Ukrainian amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovers an interstellar comet, 2019
Labels: Cajun jokes, Sunday Selections
Wowser of a Week, a Ten Things of Thankful Post
It's been a roller coaster. Anyone want a long, rambling thankful story? That's what i got, so i hope you do want it.
Anyway, the week started last Thankful Day (Saturday) with news that had been trickling in that there were two storms out in the Gulf with their sights set dead on the NOLA/south Louisiana area becoming more than just a trickle.
My decision at that point was to be thankful no matter what the week brought. First it brought Mr. Mike, the Generator Guy. He called to say he was coming on Monday to try to use scalped parts from another old generator and see if by some magic he could get ours going, and i am thankful for him and his constant attempts to help us.
Meanwhile, we were very thankful for Sunday's sunny, beautiful weather, no matter what would happen later on.
Thankfully, too, Sweetie was able to reschedule something he'd planned so he could be there to let Mr. Mike, the Generator Guy, in.
Mr. Mike called through the day on Monday with updates as i worked, and when he finally had to admit defeat, i asked him about the little generator #2 Son had bought and stored downstairs. He said he would come back later in the week if he could get the right plug to hook it up.
When i asked what he meant by that, he said he could hook one of those to the current set-up we have, giving us almost as much power as the old generator! What i'd been talking about was him giving us instructions on how to use extension cords with it like everyone else does. Talk about a thankful thing, even if it would not be in time for these storms, we'd have a back-up plan for the future and not have to worry about running cords through windows and such.
Of course, the hook-ups needed were sold out for that size generator in all of the surrounding area (it's the most common size and type), but at least we had a plan.
Meanwhile, storm Marco fizzled out. We are always thankful when a predicted storm becomes a bust.
Work went on as usual on Monday, including the new client. Ms. PA was thrilled, she'd not been able to do a deep vacuuming, especially of the area around the litter box, in a while, and the little Dirt Devil she can still handle wasn't cutting it.
Work also went on as usual on Tuesday. There was a smidge of rain, but not much. Both Monday and Tuesday, i was able to get to Ms. S's place and keep her caught up. She's doing better, but still needing more help than what she gets where she lives.
Tuesday evening, i got a text from Ms. G cancelling for Wednesday. This news was somewhat unwelcome, as i much prefer to have paid work than not, but at least we would still be able to get to the cat shelter in the morning, and now, there would be no insane rush to get it done.
Because i didn't have to go to work, Sweetie and i were able to both go in Lunceford the Land Yacht, thus not having to burn gas in two vehicles. We were also both in the car to notice that it was running very rough all of a sudden.
While at the shelter, i was very glad not to have to rush. The morning had begun with one of those light-hurts-your-eyes headaches, so the fact that we weren't in a crunch was helpful. Also, the shelter had been storm prepped, so we had cages to move back into place along with the other work.
Also at the shelter, i figured out a better way to work in tandem with Sweetie, especially when i am working more slowly than he. Although the headache dissipated as the morning went on, a short tachycardia episode still left him going "90 to nothing!" as he says, while i was pacing myself. Having a tweak to my part of the routine is going to come in handy.
To top off the shelter stories, two phone calls. One was from the secretary of the lady whose office we clean, telling me the office would be closed Thursday for the next storm so we would have to reschedule for two weeks from now. Thanks for calling, i told her, but i already thought we were only doing once a month anyway, and i had no plans to show up on Thursday!
Turns out it's a good thing she called, she had forgotten to call and let me know they wanted us back to every two weeks, so we wouldn't have shown up anyway.
Then came a phone call from #2 Son -- he finally bought that used motorcycle he wanted. My biggest thankful with this situation is he will not ride it until he takes a motorcycle course at the dealer in town, and he has all of the gear, and he will keep his car for inclement weather. (On a side note, if you ever want to hear a harrowing tale, let Young Jacob tell you about riding one in Colorado during a blizzard, it will curl your hair.)
Sweetie had plans to see his best friend who was in town after we were done with the shelter, so he dropped me at home, took Lunceford the Land Yacht to Kevin and Lenny, and had the friend pick him up there instead of at the house. They had a really nice visit, went out for lunch, then out for coffee. Restaurants are allowed to let people in at 25-50% capacity, so it is once again possible to do that, as long as you pack your patience to wait for a table.
Sweetie's work for The Big Boss on Tuesday had paid him enough that he had the money so he could go to lunch, another good thing about the week.
Also because i ended up not having work Wednesday, i was home when Little Girl texted that her National Guard unit has been called up and could she drop Coda with us? Of course, i told her. We are always glad to have Coda for a few days. Although i work too much to give a dog the attention it needs on a regular basis, i can certainly take care of her for a few days.
Mr. Mike, the Generator Guy, also called Wednesday afternoon with great news, "My friend found the plug you need for your generator in Plaquemine, I'll be there tomorrow morning to hook it up!" Upon my telling him not to rush, as we couldn't find or buy a gas can for love or money, he also said he would lend us two of them until things calm down and they are back on the shelves.
Kevin and Lenny called mid-afternoon, Lunceford needed spark plugs, a coil, and was desperate for a fuel injector cleaning. No wonder it was running rough. They promised it by Thursday afternoon, and again our bill with them is going in the wrong direction, but we are so thankful to have mechanics who take payments and do great work.
While the original plan for Thursday was to work as usual for Ms.SE and leave the key hidden for Mr. Mike, a quick text to her changed that. Not only were she and her husband not going to work that day, both kids were out of school and her mom, dad, and grandmother were visiting. There'd be no way we could clean, and really no need, as both her mom and grandmother were helping her keep up with everything. Again, no pay for the day, but it meant we would be able to be there to pick up Lunceford when it was ready, and not have to leave a key for Mr. Mike.
It also meant that Mr. Mike would be able to give me specific instructions and even show me everything i would need to know if we had to use the generator.
#2 Son came by on Wednesday evening to check the pump downstairs. Thankfully, dry as a bone, which is how we want it when you expect a huge storm to move through in the night.
At 4am Thursday, i got up and took Coda out, figuring it was as good as time as any as it was not raining. While out there, i noted that it hadn't rained. All day Thursday, while we were supposed to be getting storms, we got spurts of rain and wind, but not too bad, followed by nothing, and then by afternoon, enough sunshine to make the day hot.
The storm had come through well off of the original projected paths and while it had caused damage, it hadn't done nearly as much as was originally feared for the size it grew to be.
Damage around here was minimal, we were very blessed and we know it.
Mr. Mike did come on Thursday, got the small generator hooked up, and taught me how to use it. We were also able to pick up Lunceford, which Sweetie told me after he drove it home that it was still running rough, in fact, a bit worse!
Because of the expected weather, Kevin and Lenny closed early, so Lunceford would have to wait for Friday. Meanwhile, Mr. Mike, upon leaving our house, stuck his head back in and yelled, "By the way, somebody has a flat tire!"
Brother-in-Law had apparently managed to score a direct hit on one of our infamous car-cracker potholes around here, and it damaged the tire, bent the rim and his tire was flattening quickly. Because Brother-in-Law and Sweetie both have bad backs, and i am strong but not strong enough to budge lug nuts, Mr. Mike and his assistant stayed long enough to put on the spare, then had to scoot to get to their next appointment.
The spare was flat. Yes, of course it was.
At this point, my biggest thankful was that i did not lose my mind.
Brother-in-Law called a friend who managed to come by after he was done with his work and bring a stand. They propped the car and took both tires to a shop that sells used tires. They aired up the spare (it was fine, just hadn't been used in so long it lost air), hammered the rim back into shape, and put on a used tire that has at least a year left to it, like the other three on the car already. All that for $40. Talk about a thankful thing.
Meanwhile, because the weather cleared up so well on Thursday, i was also able to take Coda for a few walks, and to the field across the street to play fetch the stick, her favorite. No i don't throw the stick as well as Little Girl, but i think Coda had fun and was thankful i tried.
Friday morning started out as usual, but then when Sweetie went to help me load my car to leave for Bible study, he slipped and took a hard spill on the brick porch. Hurrying to help him up, i decided to stay home and join the study by phone, the way we'd been doing it and the way Ms. S is still doing it.
Sweetie survived, his glasses survived (a thankful in and of itself, he cannot see anything without them and his are expensive, unlike mine), he scraped his elbow and knee and his pants are now good only for farm and yard work with the big hold ripped in the knee, but all in all, no real lasting harm done. That's an amazing thing when you are almost 67, to fall and only end up with scrapes and a bit of a sore knee for the rest of the day.
When i did leave to go to work, Sweetie took Lunceford the Land Yacht back to Kevin and Lenny. The whole time he was doing that, i was thinking, wouldn't it be great if it were just that one of the spark plug wires didn't get put back on tight enough yesterday?
Guess what. The Almighty has a sense of humor. One of the spark plug wires had come loose, it had not been put back on quite right when they changed the plugs the day before. Took all of two minutes and no charge, of course.
Ms. S took a while as she needed an errand run and i hadn't been there in two days so i had to catch up. Meanwhile, i am very thankful Sweetie got to Ms. GA's and got started. He was able to finish in time to finally run the errand that had been put off since Monday, and i know he was thankful for it (and i am thankful that now i don't have to listen to how he's tired of putting it off!).
Friday afternoon, while i was working in Mr. BA's shop and garden, a good, hefty summer afternoon rain came in. Getting wet working outdoors in the rain has a great advantage, it's not nearly so hot as it could have been! Since there was no lightening, i really did not mind and i was thankful to get the hours, it means more pay later.
When we got to the shelter, there were new volunteers being trained! That's a lovely and happy thankful thing.
Today we are thankful to be able to go to NOLA to clean for Grandma and Grandpa, and to take Coda with us. She and Lulu are best buddies, they will have such a great time.
As promised, a roller coaster ride of thankfuls for the week, i know i got to more than a dozen, but i'm not going back to count.
According to Hoyle Day -- death anniversary of Edmond Hoyle
Ashura -- Islam (optional day of fasting that ends at sundown, local observances and national holidays may vary)
Be Kind to Humankind Week: Speak Kind Words Saturday
Birthday of Hathor -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Chop Suey Day
Day of Loose Talk -- Fairy Calendar
Feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Patron of baptism, bird dealers, converts, convulsive children, cutters, epileptics, farmers, French Canadians, lambs, monastic life, motorways, printers, tailors; over 70 cities and countries around the world; against convulsions, epilepsy, hail and hailstorms, spasms)
Head Day -- Iceland (a weather omen day; whatever today's weather, it will stay the same for at least 3 weeks)
Individual Rights Day -- on the birth anniversary of John Locke, the first philosopher to argue that a human being has basic rights based on his status as a sovereign human being, and that people are not slaves of their government, but their human rights should be protected by government
International Bat Night -- through tomorrow, go enjoy these wonderful creatures; www.eurobats.org or www.batcon.org
International Day Against Nuclear Testing -- UN
Judgment Day -- according to "The Terminator"
Lemon Juice Day
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day -- US (by presidential proclamation in 1991)
Runic Half-Month Rad begins (Motion)
Slovak National Uprising Anniversary -- Slovakia
St. Medericus' Day (also called Saint-Merri or St. Merry, acclaimed as the Patron of the Right Bank of the Seine River in Paris)
Tour de France -- through Sept. 20
Lea Michele, 1986
Rebecca De Mornay, 1962
Mark Morris, 1956
Michael Jackson, 1958
`Richard Gere, 1949
Robin Leach, 1941
William Friedkin, 1939
Elliot Gould, 1938
John McCain, 1936
Richard Attenborough, 1923
Charlie "Bird" Parker, 1920
Isabel Sanford, 1917
Ingrid Bergman, 1915
Preston Sturges, 1898
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 1809
John Locke, 1632
Era of Diocletian (Martyrs), the last major time of persecution for the early Christian churches, begins with Gen. Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius becoming emperor of Rome, 284
Japan mints its first copper coins, 708
The last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, is executed by order of Francisco Pizarro, 1533
The first Indian "reservation" is formed by the New Jersey Legislature, 1758
Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction, 1831
The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire, 1833
Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War, 1842
The first motorcycle is patented in Germany by Gottlieb Daimler, 1885
The chef of a visiting Chinese Ambassador invents "chop suey" in NYC, 1896
The Goodyear tire company is founded, 1898
The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers, 1907
Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California, 1911
The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, 1949
Speedy Gonzales makes his debut, 1953
The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, 1966
Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party, 1991
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Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupts for the first time in 400 years, killing one and causing Indonesia to evacuate thousands of people, 2010
London holds the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 2012
Austrian researchers announce they successfully grew 'cerebral organoids' or mini-brains, containing several distinct regions of the brain; the mini-brains will help scientists understand how brains develop, and what causes schizophrenia and autism, 2013
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Ernst Alexanderson
Swedish-American electrical engineer
Alexanderson circa 1920
(1878-01-25)January 25, 1878
Uppsala, Sweden
May 14, 1975(1975-05-14) (aged 97)
IEEE Medal of Honor (1919)
IEEE Edison Medal (1944)
Valdemar Poulsen Medal (1947)
Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson (January 25, 1878 – May 14, 1975) was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who was a pioneer in radio and television development. He invented the Alexanderson alternator, an early radio transmitter used between 1906 and the 1930s for longwave long distance radio transmission. Alexanderson also created the amplidyne, a direct current amplifier used during the Second World War for controlling anti-aircraft guns.
2 Engineering work
3 Kidnapping incident
4 Honors
5 Patents
8 Other sources
9 Related reading
Alexanderson was born in Uppsala, Sweden. He studied at the University of Lund (1896–97) and was educated at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and the Technische Hochschule in Berlin, Germany. He emigrated to the United States in 1902 and spent much of his life working for the General Electric and Radio Corporation of America.
Engineering work
Alexanderson designed the Alexanderson alternator, an early longwave radio transmitter, one of the first devices which could transmit modulated audio (sound) over radio waves. He had been employed at General Electric for only a short time when GE received an order from Canadian-born professor and researcher Reginald Fessenden, then working for the US Weather Bureau, for a specialized alternator with much higher frequency than others in existence at that time, for use as a radio transmitter. Fessenden had been working on the problem of transmitting sound by radio waves, and had concluded that a new type of radio transmitter was needed, a continuous wave transmitter. Designing a machine that would rotate fast enough to produce radio waves proved a formidable challenge. Alexanderson's family were convinced the huge spinning rotors would fly apart and kill him, and he set up a sandbagged bunker from which to test them. In the summer of 1906 Mr. Alexanderson's first effort, a 50 kHz alternator, was installed in Fessenden's radio station in Brant Rock, Massachusetts. By fall its output had been improved to 500 watts and 75 kHz. On Christmas Eve, 1906, Fessenden made an experimental broadcast of Christmas music, including him playing the violin, that was heard by Navy ships and shore stations down the East Coast as far as Arlington. This is considered the first AM radio entertainment broadcast.
Alexanderson continued improving his machine, and the Alexanderson alternator became widely used in high power very low frequency commercial and Naval wireless stations to transmit radiotelegraphy traffic at intercontinental distances, until by the 1930s it was replaced by vacuum tube transmitters. The only surviving transmitter in a working state is at the Grimeton radio station outside Varberg, Sweden. It is a prime example of pre-electronic radio technology and was added as a UNESCO's World Heritage Site list in 2004.
Alexanderson was also instrumental in the development of television. The first television broadcast in the United States was received in 1927 at his GE Plot home at 1132 Adams Rd, Schenectady, N.Y.
Alexanderson retired from General Electric in 1948. The inventor and engineer remained active to an advanced age. He continued television research as a consultant for the Radio Corporation of America filing his 321st patent application in 1955. Over his lifetime, Alexanderson received 345 US patents, the last filed in 1968 at age 89. He died in 1975 and was buried at Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.
Alexanderson is also mentioned in connection with the emergence of the patent system, that he was partially critical to. As the technology historian David Noble writes:
The change in the focus of the patent system, from the protection of the inventor to the protection of the corporation which either employed the inventor or purchased his patents, was succinctly phrased by E.F.W. Alexanderson, a Swedish immigrant who became one of GE's early leading research engineers. "The patent system was established, I believe", he said, "to protect the lone inventor. In this it has not succeeded ... the patent system protects the institutions which favor invention".
Kidnapping incident
In 1923, Alexanderson's son, Verner, was kidnapped. He was located after three days and returned to his family.
IEEE Medal of Honor from the Institute of Radio Engineers, now IEEE, (1919)
IEEE Edison Medal from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, now IEEE, (1944)
Valdemar Poulsen Gold Medal from the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences [da] (1947)
National Inventors Hall of Fame induction (1983)
Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame induction (2002)
Ernst was very active and got a total of 345 patents granted.
U.S. Patent 1,008,577 – High frequency alternator (100 kHz), filed April 1909; issued, November 1911
U.S. Patent 1,173,079 – Selective Tuning System (Tuned RF Circuit, filed October 1913; issued February 1916
U.S. Patent 1,723,908 – Ignition system, (RFI suppressor), filed June 1926; issued August 1929
U.S. Patent 1,775,801 – Radio signaling system (directional antenna), filed November 1927, issued September 1930
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Tuned radio frequency receiver
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Frank B. Jewett (1928)
Charles F. Scott (1929)
Frank Conrad (1930)
Edwin W. Rice (1931)
Bancroft Gherardi (1932)
Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1933)
Willis R. Whitney (1934)
Lewis B. Stillwell (1935)
Alex Dow (1936)
Gano Dunn (1937)
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Philip Torchio (1939)
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Reginald Fessenden (1921)
John Stone Stone (1923)
Mihajlo Pupin (1924)
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Robert Watson-Watt (1946)
Edward Victor Appleton (1948)
Balthasar van der Pol (1953)
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John R. Pierce (1963)
Jay Wright Forrester (1969)
J. B. Gunn (1973)
Andrew Bobeck (1976)
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Bosnian FM pays respect to national leader Heydar Aliyev and Azerbaijani martyrs
Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Crnadak has today visited the Alley of Honors to lay a wreath at the tomb of national leader, founder and architect of modern Azerbaijani state Heydar Aliyev.
The FM also put flowers at the grave of prominent ophthalmologist, academician Zarifa Aliyeva.
Igor Crnadak then visited the Alley of Martyrs to commemorate Azerbaijani heroes who gave their lives for the country's independence and territorial integrity, and laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame monument.


I enjoyed the varied style of the artworks presented by the 6 artists featured in this group exhibition. There is no theme.
As you enter, on the left Skinner's pen and ink drawings greet you. Next to these, in contrast to the mainly black and white artworks of Skinner's, are Harold 'Egn' Eswar's colourful 'tribalistic street art'. Though colourful, Egn's artworks hold much deeper meanings. To fully appreciate both of these two artists' artworks, they need to be viewed in the flesh. Here is Skinner with his favourite drawing - I had to force him to choose one as he loves all of them! Egn was unfortunately not around.
Across on the other side are the remaining four artists' works. Here they are all captured with their favourite pieces.
I was hoping Azimuddin would choose the P Ramlee painting as I am a big fan. And the title Lagenda Malaysia is so apt! Don't you agree?
Though Shyevin S'ng is captured with her oil painting of Amsterdam, her other 3 works on display are of the impasto painting technique. And I believe a popular technique in Vietnam where she is based. Nice!
In my brief chat with Lyia, I found out that her father and a sister are painters. And so is Hafiz's father. I am convinced - talent is definitely in the genes and runs in the family! Not only is Hafiz's father, Dato' Hajeedar Majid, a painter, he was part of the Wednesday Art group! He was the child artist in the group! Artemis Art fortunately had a copy of Peter Harris: Founder of the Wednesday Art Group, published by The Art Gallery Penang, in the gallery. We flicked through it and there were photographs of him as a lad in it. What a lovely piece of history to discover that evening! But the art world was not the path Dato' Hajeedar chose to take, he trained as an architect instead.
Apart from, Lyia and Skinner, the artists are fulltime. Lyia is an active singer-songwriter, whilst Skinner is an IT manager in an ad agency. And he specially created the token gift for the guest of honour, Ms Sharmin Parameswaran of interper8 art space, who officially opened the exhibition. Don't you love the colour?
This exhibition is not on for long, so head on down to the Publika to view this lovely variety of works.


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#ifndef _MQWeb_ListenerInquire_H
#define _MQWeb_ListenerInquire_H

#include "MQ/Web/PCFCommand.h"

namespace MQ {
namespace Web {

class ListenerInquire : public PCFCommand
	/// Maps listener object to Websphere MQ
{
public:

	ListenerInquire(CommandServer& commandServer, Poco::JSON::Object::Ptr input);
		/// Constructor

	virtual ~ListenerInquire();
		/// Destructor

	Poco::JSON::Array::Ptr execute();
		/// Implements the inquire listener command.

private:

	ListenerInquire(const ListenerInquire&);

	bool _excludeSystem;
};

}} // Namespace MQ::Web

#endif // _MQWeb_ListenerInquire_H

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The July 4th Spirit in "Valley of the Sun," also known as Phoenix, Arizona, will be alive and well in 2021, after fewer celebrations take place during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 .
While some events have been canceled and others are a mix of in-car or in-person events, citizens of the region will have plenty to feast on on July 4th of this year. Check out the full schedule (all PT schedules) below:
Apache Junction 4th of July fireworks:
The Apache Junction High School football field will be the site of a fireworks display starting at 8:30 p.m., and the parking lot will open at 6:00 p.m. for the free event. Other activities will also be available (some for a fee), including live music, games and family activities, and face painting.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Francisco Giants Post-Game Fireworks Show
Fans of the Diamondbacks planning to attend this weekend's game series against the San Francisco Giants will receive an additional treat at Chase Field, where the roof will open after each game for fireworks. Tickets to the game are required to see the show and can be purchased at various prices on MLB.com.
Buckeye Independence Day Celebration
This year's annual show will be a drive-in / tailgate style event, featuring food trucks, vendors and music. The car park will open at 6.30 p.m., with the fireworks due to start around 8.45 p.m.
Chandler 4th of July Fireworks Show
A drive-through fireworks display is scheduled at Tumbleweed Park. The parking lots open at 7 p.m., with fireworks scheduled for 9 p.m. Parking passes will be available for $ 5.00 and can be purchased here.
Fourth at the fountain
Fountain Park will be the site of an event with live music from Rock Lobster (a cover band), food vendors and fireworks. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. and the fireworks will begin at 9 p.m.
Gilbert July 4th Celebration
Head to Gilbert Regional Park for a free event with live music, food trucks and fireworks from 5:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. Fireworks start at 8:45 p.m.
Goodyear Star Spangled Fourth
The show, at the Goodyear Ballpark, will feature live music, family-friendly activities and bounce houses, as well as indoor stadium seating or in-vehicle parking to watch fireworks. Things start at 6 p.m. and end at 10 p.m., with fireworks scheduled for 9 p.m.
Hometown 4th at Schnepf Farms
Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek will host a wonderful event and show featuring live music, a vendor's market, bubble pit, food trucks and a beer and wine garden , and of course, the fireworks. Tickets can be purchased online (and must be in advance). They are $ 25 per vehicle for general admission or $ 75 per person for a VIP option that includes front row seating for the fireworks, access to private bathrooms, and dinner.
Great American 4th & Tailgate by Maricopa
Visitors can enjoy fireworks at Copper Sky Park, as well as live music. The fireworks start at 9 p.m. and those interested in a specialized parking pass can also grill and tailgate before the show.
Peoria All-American Festival
This festival, at the Peoria Sports Complex, will feature music by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, family entertainment, concessions and fireworks, which will begin at 9:15 p.m. A VIP experience will also be available, with a buffet, private toilets and air conditioning.
Red, white and BOOM at Wigwam
Make your way to The Wigwam complex in Litchfield Park for a fireworks show, to which access is free, though resort parking is only available to guests. Tickets to buy food and drink will also be available for those who wish to purchase. The event starts at 7 p.m.
Subaru Presents the 4th of July Celebration in Scottsdale at WestWorld
There will be three different ways to enjoy the festivities this year, which include a barbecue at 5 p.m., parking lots open at 6:30 p.m. and fireworks at 9 p.m. The in-person indoor barbecue will feature games, live music, and premium seating for $ 18- $ 36 per person. A parking space on the polo field where customers can bring their own chairs, blankets, food and drinks is $ 36 per vehicle, and parking in a smaller observation area from the parking lot is $ 21 per vehicle .
Surprise July 4th celebration
This free event, which kicks off at 6 p.m. at Mark Coronado Park, will feature live music and food trucks. The fireworks will start at 8:40 p.m.
Wickenburg July 4th Show
This free event at Sunset Park will run from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will feature live music, corn hole tournament, food trucks, classic car show, water slides, dunk tank and an "off-road showcase". The fireworks start at 9 p.m.
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The Sweet House of Horrors (1989) ~ Review by Deep Red
Being a fan of Lucio Fulci I was quite looking forward to this made for Italian TV offering from the 80s. I was aware before buying a copy that it probably wasn't going to be one of Fulci's better films but having already seen and enjoyed The House of Clocks to some extent, also '89 and made for TV, I thought it might be worth a watch.
The film starts with a couple returning home and disturbing a masked intruder. We are then treated to some trademark Fulci gore, which thankfully seemed uncut, as the intruder attacks and murders the couple.
Another couple then moves into the house to look after the murdered couple's two children and so begins a very odd tale of the supernatural.
I couldn't really recommend this film to anyone, except maybe ardent Fulci fans; other than the aforementioned opening scene there is very little on offer. The film certainly isn't scary and poor special effects and woeful English dubbing dominate an already badly executed story. There is even some very unnecessary slapstick which seals it fate.
Did I like it? Well, it does feel like a Fulci film and there were scenes that were kind of OK; the opening scene was very promising but things really went downhill after that and I found it fairly bland and uneventful. I'd say of all the Fulci films I've seen this would have to place at the very bottom.
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Q: '/etc/init.d' or 'service' equivalent on Mac OS X Is there any /etc/init.d or service equivalent on Mac OS X Lion?
I want to start/stop daemons, such as apache.

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<trackbot> Sorry, tantek, I don't understand 'trackbot, this meeting spans midnight'. Please refer to <http://www.w3.org/2005/06/tracker/irc> for help.
<shevski> i did a fair amount of wandering around the 4th floor..
tantek: this fully schedules what we had for goals and items to schedule thus far.
... do we have any other items we'd like to add?
shevski: what about reviewing implementations?
AnnBass: do we have anyone on talky?
<eprodrom> Arnaud: are you joining by Talky?
... by a quick show of hands how many can make it to that?
eprodrom: if we are to have another meeting after that it would be close to the end of the year, do we want to schedule that?
eprodrom: would there be any benefit to being here?
aaronpk: if we have to decide that before december, is it better to have it earlier?
eprodrom: could we sketch in a proposed F2F @MIT for early november 2016?
AnnBass: are we officially saying it here at MIT?
... any other input on F2F or all other admin items?
sandro: why are these all SHOULDs not MUSTs?
<tantek> specifically, we could updated this: "Conforming publishers should make conforming documents available according to the serialization requirements of section 2." to "Conforming publishers must make conforming documents available according to the serialization requirements of section 2."
... is that a worthwhile goal for this section?
sandro: if you are as2 with some compatibility for as1 processors, are you "conformant"
tantek: is there a transition section in the spec?
tantek: we can remove "human processes"
sandro: have you had feedback from jasnell_ on this?
tantek: has anyone heard from james?
eprodrom: lets make sure we get his sign off.
tantek: do you think there is enough experience with how feed-readers treat other formats, to provide a base of how readers MUST treat AS2?
tantek: we could at least say "if you are building a feed reader here is your list of MUSTs"
<trackbot> Created ACTION-86 - Add a section on feed readers to as2 conformance section [on Evan Prodromou - due 2016-03-23].
... would recaping those be good for this section?
<eprodrom> Is the conformance section a good place to recapitulate them?
eprodrom: are there other things you would expect here or that are confusing?
sandro: i think this is good, the sort of lawyer perspective is what is someone going to get away with because of something we missed here? I think this is the right track but we can't guess what all those loopholes are in the future.
... shall we take a break?
eprodrom: is there any reason not to start doing this immediately?
dmitriz: "editorial" vs "editorial: spec is ambiguous" is there a difference there?
... it was "have you actually responded to all comments after the last call for comments"
sandro: okay, maybe we don't have to do that, We SHOULD do that..
eprodrom: can i suggest moving this to a wiki page and edit it down there?
eprodrom: when do we move our repos under the w3c space on github?
<trackbot> Created ACTION-87 - Add labels to the wiki with short description of each [on Sandro Hawke - due 2016-03-23].
<annbass_> Jasnell: I have a paper print of AS, with a few "English" edits ... Would it work for me to give it to Arnaud next week, to give to you?
<annbass_> Whoops ... A lotta pages to scan ... Maybe give me your snail mail address in private, and I'll do that?
<aaronpk> Arnaud: can you hear now?
tantek: is name or name map a must?
eprodrom: good question, all of them are "these should work"
tantek: it's realtively stable at this point, could we add links for all warnings and errors?
<Arnaud> I agree, nice progress!
... one of them is editorial but it's not my version of editorial!
eprodrom: we have 12, one is "why is as2 so bloated"
... so given what you said about not willing to categorize, can you be by tomorrow morning?
sandro: james may participate remotely, maybe we can get an answer from him about ??
eprodrom: with intent to close!
shevski: why not have it be in the official w3c-social?
<rhiaro> eprodrom: does the validator send an accept header?
eprodrom: Bravo! Couple of questions..
... How does it work for idfferent media types?
eprodrom: About likes... do they translate to media goblin?
eprodrom: What do you think next steps are with this?
... with federation of mediagoblin?
tsyesika: Currently we don't have comments that you make in mediagoblin federated *back*. All activities need to federate and there will be support of like and the others.
... WHat can we do to help people know and prepare fo rdoing this?
... Do we permit organisations to set these kinds of constraints?
... It's a huge question. Good to have an api that you can use to model all kinds of social interactions, but does it mena that every social network has to support everything that every other social network supports?
tantek: the experience with webmention is that there are situations where having defined fallback behaviour is useful and implementable. And also sometimes just dropping stuff works. Very case by case.
Karli: so it's the responsibilty of the consumer to ignore or translate something?
... So how do we build on these different world views?
... Do you think that where we're going with activitypub is going to .. what's th erelationship with all that stuff and where we're going with activitypub?
cwebber2: do you think there's anything other than auth?
cwebber2: I think discovery would be smooth put in there, but authentication I would be enthusiastic about saying there are auxilliary specs, but they might not make it to rec within this group's lifetime, but we have something that we can point people to. I think that's a good route.
cwebber2: lots of things close, major things that are different are.. moving from as1 to as2 is not very hard, but needs to be done.
tantek: When do you think you'll have an implementaiton of the current version of ap?
tantek: so you think you can release with this implementation?
tantek: several generations of frozen federation suites out there that are being left behind. Like diaspora, federating amongst itslef and nobody else. And GNU social. Thousands of users, but not federating with others, only themselves.
... Movement has been slow.
... This is why I'm concerned that if you're going to make a release that includes this work will it end up like one of those, or will it move quickly and break things?
eprodrom: Can I challenge us to do a similar demo to this with AP in portland?
... We will try, but no promises. Set your expecations accordingly.
... That we can see a path.
tantek: what level of breaking new ground vs. interoperating with a few things vs interoperating with a lot ofthings are you comfortable with?
<KevinMarks> https://talky.io/socialweb is empty - are you doing demos somewhere else I can see?
<KevinMarks> screenshare instead of cam?
<annbass> ok .. arnaud and kevinmarks ... you can hear?
shevski: in what ways can I rsvp to your event?
shevski: any other way? Only way is for me to create a post on my site using...?
shevski: Why can't I go on your site and click a button?
aaronpk: you want me to host your rsvps?
aaronpk: my site is not a general purpose events site, it's just my site. I also don't have a comments form.
dmitriz: is there any access control? Can events be private?
dmitriz: you don't have access control on this site, but is there provision for private and public?
<aaronpk> Arnaud: haha i never considered that!
<aaronpk> is it not used as a verb in french?
<KevinMarks> well the R part is the verb Respondez S'il Vous Plait - "respond if it pleases you"
<eprodrom_> So, the favor was, "Please weigh in on them by tomorrow morning so we have an idea where you stand."
<aaronpk> is "RSVP" as an abbreviation used in french?
<Arnaud> then you would just talk about "responses"
eprodrom: it's not a different post type, it's just ap ost that has a single emoji? So you're looking in the content?
<tantek> annbass, can you post a reply?
<eprodrom_> "*it is a poop*"
sandro: does the activity feed live on the same server as the file?
sandro: so if 100 people share a file, there's one feed?
dmitriz: how do yu handle permissions and access control?
dmitriz: where do you store access control information?
shevski: if something is shared do they get a copy? what if they both change at the same time?
sandro: how many companies run servers?
sandro: dinner at 6, any objections?
... Fulfilling process requirements and also the wider problem of getting more users and implementations?
tantek: it has links to implemenations?
<hhalpin> Where's the links to existing implementations?
aaronpk: what status do you mean?
aaronpk: WD or other major ones, what are they?
eprodrom: could we put this in github?
sandro: see what they are first?
... Unless there's strong debate we can probably move fast. Not that I'm discouraging debate.
tantek: How many implementations do we have of current activitystreams drafts?
tantek: why is it cheating?
eprodrom: is it an implementation or an implementation tool?
... An action item on someone who's willing to do it?
tantek: which implementations are testable?
shevski: what are the formal requirements for w3c implementation report?
<hhalpin> I would suggest adding an estimate on the number of users per implementation.
<cwebber2> hhalpin, is that another implementation?
<hhalpin> So you *may* have another implementation there.
eprodrom: 'why are you using the old version'?
shevski: whose responsibility is it to do that? Editors for each draft?
<hhalpin> That being said, I'm not sure if they have any users per se. There was supposed to be 3 pilots: Iceland, Finland, Spain - I think Finland is interested.
shevski: but for initial implementaton report?
<hhalpin> We assume all these browsers have users.
<wilkie> doesn't it measure browser market share?
<hhalpin> So, in theory in some of the SemWeb space (GRDDL comes to mind) I've seen stuff with users numbering in less than a dozen go to Rec, but I think W3C is discouraging that kind of thing.
<hhalpin> Typically a WG converges, then we do a call for implementations. Its a bit odd to do a call for implementation without some convergence!
... but post CR, does that sound fair?
tantek: what do we need to take things to CR, then once we're in CR what do we need to do to exit?
eprodrom: what's our intention with publication?
... With those resolved I feel like things are stable enough that there are no major blocking issues and plenty of implementations..
sandro: the small utitlities haven' treally poked the edge cases right?
tantek: do you have a privacy and security section?
dmitriz: From what I remember from AS2 and AP specs the security and privacy ocnsiderations sections used language with 'must provide x level of privacy' and so on: how is that testable?
... how can we enforce that?
... Reading the w3c process documents is overwhelming, so what is the human readable version of the next step?
aaronpk: Assuming we close issues and build a test suite, what's left?
<hhalpin> But basically, the Process Doc is pretty easily explained and its legal to publish different documents.
... if it applies to every spec can we put this list somewhere?
cwebber2: I dont' know if we need to leave owen on there, should we remove him because he's not a current editor?
<eprodrom_> "1.1.0 initial AS2 feed (beta)"
eprodrom: work on bugs, do a new version, get review, then start talking about test suite?
eprodrom: date for next version of ap?
... That doesn't go in the spec right?
tantek: when can we expect a new draft of micropub?
annbass: what's involved with converting it?
hhaplin: when people have edited specs in wikis in the past... it's possible..
eprodrom: and what form would help take?
... you want a coeditor, or general participation in wiki editing?
... If not, we are at the end of our agenda. Pretty impressed.
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tantek: Not sure what happened to it. I think we have enough work, so we drop this as a work item?
sandro: is it dependant on microformats?
tantek: what do you need to do as editor to produce a working draft towards a note?
eprodrom: time to wrap up. Any other agenda items that we need to address before the end of the day?
<KevinMarks> St Patricks Day in Boston?


If communication between students and professors is important in a face-to-face class, it's downright critical in an online class. Without in-person, in-class nudges from profs, online students can quickly fall behind; some remain terminally behind.
Next, don't wait until the first assignment is assigned to dive into Angel, Moodle, BlackBoard, etc. If you have a paper due in a week, click through content documents immediately, and take yourself through the steps to upload the work. If you're confused, ask for help well before the deadline — when others bombard the prof with questions.
Finally, remember that at any time, your communication with your prof can expand beyond e-mail: Make an old-school phone call or, if you are within reasonable distance, a face-to-face appointment. You may eliminate six e-mail strings with one 15-minute conversation. And a call is a must if the prof isn't responding to your e-mails in a timely manner.
Distance ed students usually juggle many responsibilities. Put "e-mail my professor" high on your to-do list. You'll not only feel more satisfaction with the class and likely receive stronger grades, but you'll have incredible practice for future online interactions with colleagues.


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We will celebrate World Marriage Day on Saturday, February 11. We will pray for all married couples at all the Masses. I would like to invite those who are celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2012 to attend the 4:00 pm Mass so they can be acknowledged and receive a blessing. This Mass is followed by a reception in the Gathering Space honoring the sacrament of Marriage and those couples who will celebrate with us at Mass. Couples who plan to attend please let Irene know before Tuesday, February 8.


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In a few days, it all begins again.
For those reading this that never have idea what I'm talking about when I post something (looking at you, Ed), The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, is the biggest video game industry conference of the entire year. Last year, 48,200 people filled the Los Angeles Convention Center for the event, flying from 102 countries around the world. That's insane!
Last year, I wasn't one of those people. This year, that changes.
I'll be attending this year's E3 as a freelancer for the very first time, and I'm diving in headfirst. I'm working with FIVE different outlets spanning two countries to bring you fine folks the best damn E3 coverage you'll ever see. I'll be playing games, seeing demos, and sitting in on three of the four big media briefings on Monday (still waiting on you, Ubisoft). Needless to say, I'll be knee-deep in E3 this time next week.
I want to ask you five people that are reading this what you'd like to see at the show, and I'll try my best to make it happen. I have some appointments booked (can't say who until they happen), so I may already be covering a game that you want, but I still want to hear what you're looking forward to. Also, tell me which of the five presentation (Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo's Digital Event) you're most looking forward to. I feel like I know who's going to be win the informal poll, but I'm still curious.
Finally, look for the hashtag #E3Selfie on Twitter starting Sunday…it should be a lot of fun…
Sunday can't come soon enough!
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Scary video of an underwater sinkhole swallowing trees.
A massive sinkhole that has been swallowing up land and trees in the US state of Louisiana is being monitored by authorities as it continues to grow.
The Vatican is releasing information about Nibiru entering our solar system and extraterrestrial neighbors who have already met Vatican officials.
Another unusual triangle-shaped craft, videoed over Pine Bush, New York on the 6th June 2011. It appeared to travel by in complete silence.


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Why are they bro? Congrats bro. I don't use pi bro or anything that is non-generic benchmarking application, bro.
here is as high as I could go. windows would not boot properlly a single mhz higher. rampage gene happilly restarted my pc successfully for an hour and over as I was trying to weed out windows control of my pc from bios settings. If my pc breaks after this (currently running this clock right now) at least I captured this screenie. ALso note in bios this is officially 5130Mhz. although a low oc. it is rock solid. just temps need to cool off or my CPU will die boohoo D: - > 40-60*c.
It did cross my mind. Although now I am back on Ivy. I got my gear setup and running beautifully. The new cooler is a CoolerMaster 12cm rad edition. I could have reused my Kuhler edition, but I hate putting old fans on new tech. plus I got this system together for under 500$. I have to say going back never felt better! I have to hand it to Intel for giving up so much bandwidth I am beginning to feel like there is hope left.
You play that which you are comfortable with, I understand. Minecraft is a game for everyone! Vanilla survival is not a term I know. care to explain it? I use servers and my best stuff gets better every map. I never keep my old maps. so I know what you mean, but Idk who you are to call my maps vanilla?
New World! New Updates! WTC Recreation. More to follow in the coming weeks and months!
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"crab" meaning what exactly? cannot any1 be happy for me? is it so hard to ask? maybe you were born yesterday, but I know where you all come from and are going. you treat me like a crook, when you are the crooks. eat my shorts.
Well I have this rare condition where my peripheral vision is better than my frontal vision. It's actually better in a way that it is enhanced over normal vision. I can see the dots of light in my room through the window in the dark better out of the corner of my eye rather than looking at them straight on. This setup makes it easy for me to utilize that skill. The short version. because it's rad.


South Butler School administrators are moving forward with a plan to get some help creating a consistent overall brand for the district.
During a school board meeting Wednesday, Superintendent Dr. David Foley discussed plans to take advantage of a free service offered by Jostens, which already provides the district with yearbooks and graduation caps and gowns.
Beginning today, about 25 staff members, faculty, coaches, administrators, board members and PTO members will be surveyed concerning opinions about Knoch's school colors, fonts and logos.
Jostens will then use that information-along with the skills of a graphic artist- to develop a consistent brand and unifying logo to represent the district in areas like sporting uniforms and web pages.
The district currently has many different designs and branding schemes that have been pulled together over many years.
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Dateline: Kuala Lumpur International Airport - 22 Aug 2014
Date: 08/22/2014 07:27 AM
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3. Coffins being taken out of plane
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"I feel really sad that in a couple of months and all, I would say MAS (Malaysian Airline System) has just been unlucky."
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Malaysia observed a day of mourning on Friday as bodies and ashes of 20 of the 43 Malaysian victims of the MH17 incident arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang.
Next of kin and government officials attended a simple ceremony given as a mark of respect to the victims of the tragedy.
A specially chartered plane took off from Amsterdam earlier in the day and landed at KLIA at 10.00am local time (0200 GMT) carrying the remains of the victims.
The victims were received in a solemn ceremony on the tarmac, watched by King Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah and Prime Minister Najib Razak.
The coffins, draped in Malaysian flags, were carried by teams of eight soldiers to waiting hearses before being taken to private funerals.
The government has urged people to wear black and observe a minute of silence and prayer to honour the victims in the first day of national mourning in Malaysia's history.
All 298 people onboard died when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over an area of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russia separatists as it flew to Kuala Lumpur International Airport from Amsterdam.
The victims included 43 Malaysians and 195 Dutch nationals.
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Fujitsu to Manufacture Leading-Edge FPGA Products for Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor Announces FPGA Technology, Product Roadmap
Plans to Invest in Fujitsu's New 300mm Fab
TOKYO - March 23, 2004 - In a press conference today, Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace, and Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), a leading provider of programmable logic devices, announced an agreement under which Fujitsu Limited will manufacture Lattice Semiconductor's next-generation FPGA (field programmable gate array) products on its leading-edge 130-nanometer (nm) and 90nm CMOS process technologies, as well as a 130nm technology with embedded Flash memory being jointly developed by Fujitsu and Lattice.
Agreement Overview
Fujitsu has agreed to manufacture next-generation FPGA products for Lattice, a leader in programmable logic devices. Lattice selected Fujitsu to manufacture its next-generation, high-performance products based on Fujitsu's extensive expertise in the development and manufacturing of state-of-the-art process technologies. Lattice is also in discussions with Fujitsu regarding the manufacturing of 65nm technology products.
Fujitsu's semiconductor technology is built on high-performance and high-reliability expertise gained through the development of its own products. In particular, Fujitsu is a pioneer in the use of cutting-edge technologies such as copper wiring and Low-k for its high-end servers. Fujitsu already manufactures products using 90nm CMOS technology at its Akiruno Technology Center, located in western Tokyo. Fujitsu offers total manufacturing solutions, from process technology to testing and packaging, and provides customers such as Lattice advanced technology, high reliability, and integrated solutions capabilities.
Lattice Plans Investment In New 300mm Fab
Lattice plans to invest in a new 300mm wafer fab which Fujitsu has scheduled for operation in spring 2005, and which will enable a long-term, stable, 300mm advanced technology wafer supply for Lattice. In conjunction with construction of the new fab, Fujitsu will strengthen and expand its leading-edge semiconductor foundry business with various strategic customers, including Lattice.
Partnership Is Synergistic, Interactive
Toshihiko Ono, Group President of Fujitsu's Electronic Devices Business Group, said that FPGAs are among the fastest growing semiconductor products and ideal for Fujitsu's foundry services. Ono said, "This agreement represents an excellent opportunity for Fujitsu to expand its foundry services. Fujitsu and Lattice have enjoyed a mutually rewarding and trusting relationship for several years. Lattice was seeking a foundry partner with strong expertise in advanced sub-micron processes and embedded Flash technology, and Fujitsu was seeking an opportunity to fabricate mainstream, high-volume, next-generation FPGAs. In retrospect, our partnership seemed almost inevitable."
Lattice CEO and Chairman Cyrus Tsui noted that Fujitsu has proven to be an exceptional partner. "Fujitsu is providing us with process technologies that have not been generally available in the open foundry market," Tsui said. "Fujitsu's production-proven technology and capacity will be very important as Lattice becomes the programmable logic company that drives new standards in FPGA products. It is essential that Lattice FPGAs take advantage of the most advanced technologies, and Fujitsu has demonstrated its commitment and capability to continually expand the boundaries of what is technologically possible," Tsui concluded.
Three New FPGA Product Families, Optimized For Performance, Non-Volatility And Low-Cost, Are Based Upon Fujitsu Process Technologies
The initial result of the partnership agreement between Fujitsu and Lattice will be the planned introduction throughout 2004 of three distinctly focused FPGA product families. Lattice identified its highest density products as the LatticeSCTM family of ultra high-performance, 90nm CMOS FPGAs. This family will incorporate an efficient programmable fabric supporting devices with over 10 million system gates and 10 million bits of embedded RAM, as well as optimized, embedded system functions. The LatticeXPTM family, on the other hand, is a family of non-volatile, infinitely reconfigurable 130nm FPGAs incorporating embedded Flash for "instant-on" operation. Finally, the LatticeECTM family provides a range of ultra low-cost FPGAs based on Fujitsu's production-proven, Low-k, copper metallization 130nm process.
Volume Production, Including 90nm, To Begin Autumn 2004
Lattice CEO Tsui said the first family of this new generation of products would be introduced in mid-2004, with introduction of the remaining families expected by year-end. Volume shipments will begin by the end of 2004. "These new product families anticipate customer requirements for FPGAs over the next three to five years," said Tsui, "and are targeted to the FPGA market segments that we believe will grow most rapidly." Tsui added that the new product families address market segments first pioneered by earlier Lattice devices, such as the company's revolutionary field programmable system chip (FPSC) devices, the industry's first FPGAs with embedded 3 Gigabit/sec SERDES technology; and the company's "instant-on" ispXPGA® FPGA families. "Lattice established a viable market for FPGAs with embedded system functions as well as non-volatile and infinitely reconfigurable FPGAs," Tsui said. "Now, with these new products, Lattice is poised to dramatically expand that market." Tsui also noted that the LatticeEC product family is a "precise and targeted response" to the market's exploding demand for low-cost, architecturally streamlined FPGAs.
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and telecommunications platforms, and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/.
All company/product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification purpose only.
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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, the inventor of in-system programmableTM (ISPTM) logic products, designs, develops and markets the broadest range of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Field Programmable System Chips (FPSC) and high-performance ISP Programmable Logic Devices (PLD), including Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD), Programmable Analog Chips (PAC), and Programmable Digital Interconnect (GDX). Lattice also offers industry leading SERDES products. Lattice provides total solutions for today's system designs by delivering innovative programmable silicon products that embody leading-edge system expertise.
Lattice products are sold worldwide through an extensive network of independent sales representatives and distributors, primarily to OEM customers in the communications, computing, industrial and military end markets. Company headquarters are located at 5555 N.E. Moore Court, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124, USA; telephone 503-268-8000, fax 503-268-8037. For more information about Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, visit http://www.latticesemi.com.
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North Korea Urged To End 'Threatening Statements' By Britain's Foreign Office (VIDEO)
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30/03/2013 09:49am GMT | Updated May 29, 2013
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The British government has called on North Korea to end its bellicose rhetoric after Kim Jong-un released a statement on Saturday via the country's official news agency declaring that a "state of war" existed between the North and South of the peninsula.
"We have noted today's statement from North Korea," said a spokesman for the Foreign Office, adding: "We have made clear to North Korea that its long-term interests will only be served by constructive engagement with the international community. These threatening statements will only seek to isolate it further. The armistice agreement has enabled the Korean peninsula to benefit from 60 years' peace. Maintaining it is in the best interests of all."
The declaration of war is the latest in what have become almost daily pronouncements from Pyongyang, which in recent weeks has threatened to launch attacks on Seoul, American bases in Guam, Hawaii and Japan, and even on the US mainland, though experts agree that the hermetic state is unlikely to have military capabilities beyond attacking its near neighbour.
North Korea's military has been put on 'high alert'
The North's latest raft of inflammatory language follows a tightening of UN sanctions, imposed after the illegal testing of a nuclear bomb in February. In recent weeks, the US and South Korea have carried out their annual joint manoeuvres, which this year included the flying of B2 bombers over the South, test runs for an attack on the North.
Saturday's statement from Pyongyang said that "from this time on, the North-South relations will be entering the state of war and all issues raised between the North and the South will be handled accordingly", adding that "military provocations "will not be limited to a local war, but develop into an all-out war, a nuclear war".
So far the Kaesong industrial park, in which workers from the North are allowed to be employed by companies from the South, has not been closed, however the KCNA news agency said it may be shut should the North's "dignity" continue to be insulted.
Many commentators believe the current escalation is simply an attempt by the North's fledgling leader to draw the US back to the negotiating table, with the hope of procuring additional aid from Washington, as well as scoring a propaganda victory at home.
In response to Saturday's declaration, Kim Min-seok, a South Korean defence ministry spokesman, said: "The series of North Korean threats - announcing all-out war, scrapping the ceasefire agreement and the non-aggression agreement between the South and the North, cutting the military hotline, entering into combat posture No 1 and entering a 'state of war' - are unacceptable and harm the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula.
"We are maintaining full military readiness in order to protect our people's lives and security."
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In ANTIBODY, a brilliant short film, scientists struggle to find a cure while a horrifying zombie plague devastates the human race. After being bitten, a woman wakes to find herself infected and in a cage–and, possibly, our only hope for a cure. But time is running out … This is a fantastic short film, highly recommended.
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