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pkg/43588: devel/libgweather PLIST problem (well known fix applies I suspect)

>Number:         43588
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       devel/libgweather PLIST problem (well known fix applies I
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 09 12:00:00 +0000 2010
>Originator:     Robert Elz
>Release:        NetBSD 4.0 / i386  (pkgsrc current 2010-07-09)
        Prince of Songkla University
System: NetBSD 4.0_STABLE NetBSD 4.0_STABLE
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Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
        PLIST problem with devel/libgweather (as below).

        I think this one is one of those "well known" cases that
        someone will fix by adding the magic dependency or something...
        (so I'm going to keep this PR very short).

        I use pkg_comp with NetBSD 4.0 and libkver ... (blah blah).
        That's largely irrelevant - except that I start the install
        (build) of the package in an almost completely empty sandbox
        (that is, netBSD 4.0 is installed, and nothing else).

        Declared dependencies are pkg_add'd from binary packages
        as required by the package being built - and (almost) only

        With that environment, building devel/libgweather results in ...

=> Checking file-check results for libgweather-2.30.2
ERROR: ************************************************************
ERROR: The following files are in /usr/pkg but not in the PLIST:
ERROR:         /usr/pkg/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache
*** Error code 1

make: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/libgweather
*** Error code 1

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Working the Refs Continues to Work

For the last 40 years or so, conservatives have undertaken a carefully planned and sustained campaign to "work the refs," complaining constantly about "liberal media bias" in an attempt to bully reporters and obtain more favorable coverage for their side. That isn't to say they don't sincerely believe that the establishment media is biased against them—they do—but they also understand that the complaints, no matter how silly they are in a particular instance, keep pressure on reporters and have them constantly bending over backwards to show that they're not biased. And when it works really well, you get stories like this one from POLITICO honchos Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen. "To GOP, blatant bias in vetting," reads the headline. Apparently, Republicans are angry that Mitt Romney's life is being investigated by reporters, while Barack Obama, who has been president for almost four years and went through all this in 2008, isn't getting precisely the same scrutiny in precisely the same ways. Stop the presses!

VandeHei and Allen's article is a masterpiece of unsupported claims, false equivalences, speculations about what news stories "imply," and Republican complaints taken not as complaints but as truths. It starts by scolding The New York Times for running an article about Ann Romney's involvement in dressage on the front page of its Sunday edition (where this kind of non-breaking personality story often runs), but not giving front-page treatment to the details of Barack Obama's high-school pot smoking unearthed by David Maraniss in an upcoming biography. Then they say this:

Republicans cry "bias" so often it feels like a campaign theme. It is, largely because it fires up conservatives and diminishes the punch of legitimate investigative or narrative journalism. But it also is because it often rings true, even to people who don't listen to Rush Limbaugh – or Haley Barbour.

And the imbalance can do slow, low-grade but unmistakable damage to Romney: Swing voters are just getting to know him. And coverage suggesting he is mean or extravagant can soak in, even though voters who took the time to weigh the details might dismiss the storyline.

It's certainly hard to argue that the Romneys' horse-riding habits today are worse than the Maraniss revelations, which have gotten little mainstream coverage.

Let's examine this, shall we? The bias charge, they say, "often rings true." But is it true? Well, that's a complex question, so why bother trying to answer it at all? It feels true, so that's good enough. The "imbalance" in coverage, which has been alleged by Republicans but we don't know is actually true, is nevertheless doing "unmistakable damage to Romney." Really? Any evidence for that? Nah, but it sure feels true. And one thing I find really interesting is the idea that unless Ann Romney's dressage hobby is "worse" than Obama's youthful pot smoking—which I guess means the kind of thing that would make you think less of Ann Romney than you do of Barack Obama—then the story's placement on the front page can't be justified. As though the only purpose of a story delving into details about the life of a candidate or his family is to make you dislike them. And has the pot-smoking story really "gotten little mainstream coverage"? Well, I did a search on Google News for "Choom Gang" in the past month and got 14,300 results. My search for "Ann Romney" and "dressage" got 199. Those searches will bring in many non-mainstream sources, but you couldn't exactly say that the media has been saturated with dressage stories.

In fact, I'd say the coverage of Ann Romney's hobby has been just about right. It's obviously something that's very important to the potential next First Lady, and she talks often about it. The story in the Times explained how she took it up as treatment for her multiple sclerosis, and has found it very therapeutic. It also detailed what a rarefied world dressage is, and how, for instance, the Romneys own multiple horses for which they've paid six figures each. The story wasn't unfair or sensationalistic, and it's the kind of thing a paper does once and then moves on. It isn't as though the Times now has a team of reporters out searching for new dressage scandals involving the Romneys. Yet VandeHei and Allen say, "The story in the Sunday Times, 'In Rarefied Sport, a View of the Romneys' World,' looks at a sport Ann Romney took up as part of her multiple-sclerosis therapy, and stretches it into another telltale sign that the Romneys are out of touch." And what does this "stretching" consist of? Some unfair description of the dressage world? Here's their case: "The reporter, Trip Gabriel, who is among the Times's regulars on the Romney bus, describes 'the wealthy women drawn to the sport of dressage, in which horses costing up to seven figures execute pirouettes and other dancelike moves for riders wearing tails and top hats.'" How grossly unfair, and an obvious attempt to smear the Romneys as out of touch! I suppose Gabriel should have described "the stevedores and plumbers drawn to the sport of dressage, in which formerly feral cats costing up to five dollars hiss at each other for attendants wearing t-shirts and sweat pants." Except that wouldn't actually be a description of dressage, while Gabriel's actually was.

I could go on—VandeHei and Allen complain that the story of Mitt Romney bullying a high-school classmate got too much coverage, too, their reasoning essentially being, Who cares?—but the point is that this article is really a triumph for conservatives and their strategy of working the refs. But it also shows how thin the evidence is when someone tries to make the case.

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Blue Dog Coalition

4:48 pm
Thu January 3, 2013

McIntyre votes for fellow Blue Dog for Speaker of the House

Congressman Mike McIntyre (D-NC)

Listen here.

While Ohio Congressman John Boehner retains his title as Speaker of the House, it’s no surprise that most Democrats voted for Nancy Pelosi – with the notable exception of members of the Blue Dog Coalition.

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Concern over poor air quality and traffic congestion in north east cities; action must gather momentum | Centre for Science and Environment

Concern over poor air quality and traffic congestion in north east cities; action must gather momentum

  • New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), and Environment and Journalists Union of Assam organised a workshop in Guwahati on Air Quality and Sustainable Transportation Challenge

  • The limited air quality monitoring in the states of the north east region of India shows that 68 per cent of all cities monitored in the region have particulate matter levels higher than the standards.

  • This mirrors the national trend in which one third of urban Indians live in critically polluted areas.

  • Public transport, walking, and cycling are the strengths of the region. Pro-car policies can destroy this advantage and lead to enormous pollution, ill health and fuel wastage

  • Cities must scale up public transport, integrated multi-modal transport options, car restraint and walking for clean air

Guwahati, May 9, 2013:  After the recent shocker from the global burden of disease estimates that one fifth of global deaths occur from outdoor air pollution in India has forced a re-look at region specific solutions to cut the killer pollution. The national air quality review carried out by the Centre for Science and Environment shows that the states in the north east region of India are witnessing rapid increase in air pollution and untamed motorization. They need urgent action to leapfrog vehicle technology, scale up public transport, integrate multi-modal transport options, and encourage car restraint, walking and cycling.
This has emerged from the workshop on clean air and sustainable mobility jointly organized by the Centre for Science and Environment and Journalists Union of Assam. This meeting was organised to find solutions to the daunting air pollution and mobility challenges facing our cities. This is a part of the dialogue series that CSE has initiated across the country to focus on region-specific solutions of local relevance and interest.

The key cities in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura have begun to take steps to control air pollution. But limited information and awareness blocks effective solutions. Also many newer issues have remained unresolved. Most cities while taking steps in meeting air quality and transportation challenges, are also making mistakes in promoting cars that negate their efforts. These cities need to protect their inherent strength in sustainable commuting practices – public transport, walking, cycling and city design.

CSE review has brought out the following challenges and potential:

Air quality challenge in the region

  • In the grip of killer pollution: Limited air quality monitoring in the cities of this region shows that 68 per cent of all cities monitored in this region have particulate matter levels higher than the standards.  This mirrors the national trend and the crisis in which half of urban population breathes air with particulate levels that exceed the permissible limit and one third of urban Indians live in critically polluted areas. The key cities in the Assam valley -- Gwuahati, Byrnihat, Nagaon have already experienced that are officially turned as critical. At the same time Shillong, Silchar, lakhimpur, Dimapur, Golaghat, Dawki, Naulbari, Tazpur, Kohima and Tura have recorded levels termed as High.

  • Pollution hotspots: Several states in the north eastern region have pollution hotspots. This makes people extremely vulnerable to air pollution related diseases. It is said that the Central Pollution Control Board has identified several pollution hotspots. The well known survey of the C-NES in Guwahati and Shillong show air pollution has grown worse, It has found Khanapara in Guwahati and police bazaar in Shillong were most polluted because of vehicular pollution. Hill cities have special challenges.

  • Higher elevation has other challenges. Pollution can hand close to the ground because of inversion condition. This needs assessment. Influx of vehicles is bringing pollution to the nose level of people and increasing risk.

  • Serious public health impacts: While it is known from other studies that air pollution has serious public health concern, very little studies have been carried out to investigate this exhaustively. There are many media reports that have captured growing illness – respiratory, eye and skin problems and many more – as a result of this. Unfortunately, we could not identify any specific study done for the health effects of air pollution.

  • Global spotlight on local particulate pollution in Guwahati:  Emerging science shows that warming depends not only on the accumulated concentration of CO2 but also on the intensity of emissions of short-lived pollutants with much higher warming potential. Black carbon is an integral part of particulate matter. This absorbs radiative heat from the sun and warms everything around it (direct effect). Black carbon interacts with clouds and affects rainfall patterns (indirect effect); Black carbon falls onto snow and ice and changes the overall reflectivity of those surfaces, making them melt faster, which exposes the darker ground or water below them, causing even faster warming (albedo effect) Controlling particles gives co-benefits for air quality and climate mitigation….

  • Studies have shown that high levels of black carbon pollution in Guwahati responsible for accelerating glacier melt in the Himalayas. Desert Research Institute in Nevada, US, and NASA on  the affect of black carbon aerosols (emitted from vehicles and other combustion sources) on the atmosphere of the region.  Guwahati is experiencing extreme regional climate change already.  Study calculated that on an average the high level of pollutants have resulted in increased daily temperature of 2 degrees Celsius The Brahmaputra River Valley affects the climate. These pollutants are also carcinogenic and a serious health hazard. This emergence science will shape global discourse on climate change.

  • Unique air pollution challenge of the region – jhum cultivation: The Central Pollution Control Board’s (Impact Assessment of Jhum Cultivation on the ambient air quality shows Jhum burning areas of Manipur and  Mizoram: PM10 levels in the range 200-250 µg/m3 during burning period. Compared to “before burning” the background levels below 100 µg/m3. The CO levels  increased from nil to 200 mg/M3 during Jhum Burning. CPCB found reduction in burning time can reduce exposure time of the people to high Particulate Matters and Carbon  Monoxide

  • Vehicles are a major cause of concern: Vehicles emit significant amount of pollutants. The relative share of the vehicle segments to different pollutants varies.  Available evidences show that Vehicular emissions contribute to significant human exposure. Pollution concentration in our breathe is 3-4 times higher than the ambient air concentration. In cities like Gwuahati the Desert Research Institute and -NASA report shows that more than 400,000 vehicles ply Guwahati’s roads. About 70% of these vehicles don’t have emission clearance certificates, and emit excessive amounts of black carbon and other very toxic pollutants.. Unplanned and open burning of solid waste disposal is also aggravating the problem…CPCB has also identified High traffic congestions because of cars in the eleven spots.

Action has begun
States in the north east have already initiated a wide gamut of measures:

  • Expansion of air quality monitoring in several states
  • Introduction of Euro II and Euro III emissions standards and fuel quality
  • Introduction of unleaded petrol
  • Introduction of LPG vehicles in some states. CNG in Tripura
  • Action on non-motorised transport – cycle, cycle rickshaws, and pedestrianisation
  • Expansion of bus transport etc
  • CPCB has adjudged Mizoram as the state which took the best steps against air pollution under the National Ambient Air Monitoring Program. Goa, Kerala and Pondicherry follow Mizoram. These grades given after examining the steps taken by states for a clean environment.
  • 2010-2011: Planning Commission announced incentives of Rs 1849.84 crore for those states that are environmentally aware.
  • CNG is one of the most important programmes with more than 70 per cent of the city’s fleet running on clean fuel. Studies carried out in Agartala. have already shown that the CNG programme has helped prevent 4,260 premature deaths annually in the city. The health cost savings is close to 1 per cent of the GDP.

North east faces the second generation challenge.

  • Explosive increase in vehicle numbers: Growing congestion is crippling cities. The north-eastern states together have 2.7 million registered vehicles. Assam comprises the largest vehicle fleet share (59%) followed by Nagaland (10%), Manipur (7.7%), Tripura (7%). Meghalaya (6.4%), Arunachal Pradesh (5.4%), Mizoram (3.4%) and Sikkim with the lowest vehicle fleet (1.4%)

Poor state of bus transport: There are only three bus transport undertakings in this region with 0.1% of the total fleet strength of all SRTUs. But these are not performing well given the enormous burden of inefficiency and costs. Meghalaya STC has the lowest number of employees at 307; Mizoram ST has the highest number of staff per bus (13.83); Tripura RTC has the largest decline in the proportion of fleet utilization from 70.2% during 2010-11 to 60.3% during 2011-12; Mizoram ST has the lowest vehicle productivity (49.7 km/bus/day) ura RTC: biggest decline in vehicle productivity (22.2 km/bus/day); Meghalaya STC: highest increase in fuel efficiency at 0.51 km/litre during 2011-12; Mizoram ST: Lowest staff productivity at 3.59 km/worker/day
Mizoram ST carried the lowest number of person at 0.7 lakh

  •  Special challenge of hill cities:
    Hill towns have land constraints: Available data shows that in Gangtok 92 per cent of roads have two lanes whereas in Gwuahati which is in the valley 61 per cent of roads have four lanes.
    Greater dependence on personal vehicles: The available data shows that in hill towns like Gangtok the share of car trips in the total number of daily trips is high – as much as 40 per cent. This share is much higher than many other cities in the plains. This has happened because alternative modes of transport have not evolved adequately in these cities that were originally walking cities. Also on key roads of Gangtok cars form 88-91 per cent of traffic.

  • Enormous congestion and parking pressure: With growing motorization public spaces are coming under enormous parking pressure. According to a study carried out under the aegis of the ministry of urban development about 45 per cent of the roads in Guwahati and 31 per cent of road in Gangtok are under parking encroachment. These towns how very high congestion index, poor walkability score and unacceptable level of road safety.

  • Pollution and congestion can discourage tourism in the region which is a new growth area. Promote ecologically responsible tourism and sustainable transportation mode for all.

Where must cities go from here?

  • Nurture strength of the region—Most of the cities in the region have originally evolved as walking cities. Vehicular intrusion is more recent. Yet, despite increase in number of vehicular trips by 14 times the daily trip length in cities ranges between only 2 to 4 km as in Gangtok, average trip length is 2.11 km. In Guwahati average trip length is 4.14 km. This makes these cities very conducive to using non-motorised transport and public transport system. The short trip length has made these cities and towns very walkable. This is the low polluting and low carbon mobility that needs encouragement.

  • This region must not repeat the same mistakes as Delhi: Pro-car policies and investment in car-centric infrastructure can undermine the current strength. Car-centric policy is steadily marginalising and edging out the bus and non-motorised trips. In Delhi, bus ridership has dropped from 60 per cent in 2000 to 40 per cent now while its Master Plan has set a target of 80 per cent of public transport ridership by 2020. Both the cities are paying a very high price of congestion. Traffic jams lead to fuel wastage, more pollution and serious economic losses. A normal commuting time of half an hour has increased two-hours during peak hours. The difference between peak and non-peak hour is nearly disappearing.

  • Only more roads are not the answer: Delhi has not been able to solve its problem of pollution and congestion by building more roads and flyovers for cars.  Delhi is most privileged to have more than 21 per cent of its geographical area under road space. Delhi has built the maximum roads and flyovers. Yet its roads are totally gridlocked. Peak hour traffic has even slumped to below 15 km/hour. Cars and two-wheelers in Delhi occupy 90 per cent of the road space but meet less than 20 per cent of the travel demand. More roads are not the answer.

  • Need a public transport strategy: Design roads for public transport, cycling and walking. Not cars. This is the option for the city to cut killer pollution, crippling congestion, expensive oil guzzling and global warming impacts of vehicles.

  • Control fuel guzzling: The markets are shifting steadily towards bigger cars. Cars are predominantly big. This can seriously threaten energy security. It is evident from global studies that show even a 10 per cent increase in large vehicle sales can roughly result in a 2 per cent deterioration in fleet fuel economy. This means roughly, an additional 17,500 barrels of oil that will be consumed annually by those 10 per cent large vehicle sales. Cities need to fuel efficiency measures and standards to conserve fuel.

  • Car-centric infrastructure threaten walking and cycling infrastructure: In the region there is growing obsession with signal free corridors, elevated expressways to give cars the advantage. People are being forced to use foot overbridges to allow cars free movement. Non-motorised vehicles are being withdrawn from main roads to make space for cars. Bus routes are being curtailed. These are against the principle of sustainable mobility. Cities need to scale up infrastructure for public transport, walking and cycling. They need to follow compact city design to keep distances low.

  • Growing parking pressure: Personal vehicles demand enormous land area for parking. According to the CSE’s estimates annual registration of new cars created demand for additional land for parking equal to almost 80 football fields. How can the city commit so much of public space for parking and compromise on the other requirements for public amenities? The DNCC plans to establish as many as 70 parking lots in different areas within its limits aiming to ease acute gridlock in the metropolis. But only supply of parking spaces will not solve the problem.

Initiatives in the region

  • Bus transport programme under JNNURM: Cities are planning to revive bus transport systems but have not thought through the strategy. Otherwise this investment can be at risk. Only few towns of the region are included in the category of eligible cities to receive fund through JNNURM. These include Itanagar, Imphal, Shillong, Aizawl, Kohima, Gangtok, Agartala.  Agartala and Shillong have received funds to buy buses under the JNNURM. According to the available information in Shillong bus ridership is expected to increase from 3 per cent to 10 per cent; in Agartala from 9 per cent to 12 per cent. Though modest it is a sure sign of improvement. All the three state undertaking Meghalaya, Miziram, Tripura are performing at a suboptimal level. Meghalaya STC had the lowest number of employees at 307. Mizoram STU has the highest number of staff per bus (13.83). Tripura RTC has the largest decline in the proportion of fleet utilization from 70.2% during 2010-11 to 60.3% during 2011-12. Moreover, Mizoram ST has the lowest vehicle productivity (49.7 km/bus/day)Tripura RTC: biggest decline in vehicle productivity (22.2 km/bus/day)

  • Bus procurement must by backed by a proper bus deployment strategy. Otherwise investments will go waste and it cannot be a game changer. For example, Kohima, Imphal, Aizwal and Itanagar were all awarded 25 semi low floor buses each. The NE states were given 90% of central assistance for the bus scheme as opposed to 50% to other states. Agartala had been sanctioned 75 buses but none were on road. Shillong procured only 60 of the 120 buses sanctioned. Shillong utilised the money from the Union government but could not contributed its own share of 10% etc.

  • Promoting pedestrian plaza and streets: Some of the cities have begun to reclaim the public space and streets to nake them vehicle free and improve liveability of the area. In Gangtok the M G Road, the central road of Gangtok, has gone for a major make over and been pedestrianised. In Imphal ‘pedestrian only’ regulations in Imphal market on experimental basis. Enforcement challenge: Led to mayhem on the first day of implementation on the roads surrounding the main market.  This ‘pedestrian only’ regulation in the market area should be regularized  and also implemented in Thangal Bazar and Paona Bazar. Such initiatives will have to planned and implemented well.

  • Good usage of non-motorised transport: The index of slow moving non-motorised vehicles like cycle rickshaws is among one of the best in Guwahati according to the study by the ministry of urban development. But naturally very poor in hilly like towns like Gangtok. This is very important part of the para transit that is needed for last mile connectivity to reduce dependence on personal vehicles.

  • First to put parking restraint in the region: It is notable that when other cities of India are grappling with the parking problem and are focused only on providing more parking, Aizawl in Mizoram has taken the lead to use parking policy to also reduce car numbers. To own and buy a car the owner of any type of motor vehicle including two wheelers must have a garage within the residential or business compound or in some other place, or a garage hired from any other person, for parking the vehicle. Purchaser, before purchasing any type of motor vehicle including two wheelers or the person intending to purchase any such motor vehicle shall obtain a certificate from the ….transport department…that he has a garage, within his own residential or business compound or in some other place, or a garage to hire from other person, for parking the vehicle he intends to purchase.

The way ahead

Take cognizance of the unique challenges of the region and chart the future roadmap to cut pollution and congestion:

  • Need improved air quality monitoring and assess pollution profile: It is not possible to mitigate what is not known. The region needs to expand its monitoring grid and air quality assessment. At the same time carry out health impact studies.

  • The states in the north east have a chance to plan their future growth differently: Cities need to make maximum investment in redesigning their existing road space and travel pattern to provide the majority of the people who use public transport and non-motorised transport, affordable and efficient mode of public transport and other alternatives to cars. Scale up and accelerate public transport and para transit reforms. Integrate public transport with para transit systems and non-motorised transport and make neighbourhoods accessible. It is wrong to curtail the services of para transit and cycle rickshaws. This will increase dependence on personal cars.

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I'd like to run the R version installed in my Windows 7 system from within Mathematica 9 but when I execute the following command:

InstallR["RHomeLocation" -> "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.14.2\\bin\\x64"]

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Try to set it to the home directory of R, not the directory containing the binaries (based on the RLink docs it should point there). –  Szabolcs Dec 5 '12 at 3:41
@Szabolcs Why don't you make that an answer? Because that's the only sensible answer there is. And if it fails, I really want to know about it. –  Leonid Shifrin Dec 5 '12 at 3:51
@Leonid I did that now. I didn't want to post it as an answer as I don't have Mathematica 9 on Windows at the moment so I couldn't test it. It was the first thing that came to mind though and checking the docs confirmed it. –  Szabolcs Dec 5 '12 at 4:51
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I had the same problem, but it turned out that was because I was using R.2.10.1. After I installed R.2.14.0, InstallR["RHomeLocation" -> "C:/Program Files/R/R.2.14.0"] worked fine. It also worked with R.2.15.2. –  user4902 Dec 6 '12 at 1:40
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The "RHomeLocation" option must be set to the base directory of the R installation, not the directory containing the binaries. Please try to set it to C:\Program Files\R.

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You can specify the location by using the "RHomeLocation" option to InstallR, calling it as follows.

InstallR["RHomeLocation" -> "LocationOfYourRDistribution"]

The value of the option should correspond to the R_HOME variable you usually set for your R distribution, and point at the root of it.

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Beware that at present, Mathematica 9 allows you to use your own R installation only on the Windows platform. On other platforms, you must use the R run-time supplied by Wolfram. (This is clearly documented, although disappointing.) –  murray Dec 5 '12 at 20:15
@murray Well, it has been reported that you can use external R on at least some flavors of Linux. I can't promise anything, but I hope to be able to address this issue for the 9.1 release. –  Leonid Shifrin Dec 6 '12 at 0:16
@Szabolcs Thanks a lot for your answer. After following it, everything is fine now. May I suggest that the Mathematica 9 documentation is updated to put a specific example instead of the generic "LocationOfYourRDistribution"? –  Ruben.Garcia Dec 6 '12 at 3:46
Unfortunately for some reason that solution does not work on my machine with Windows 7. I had just installed R from a mirror site and given the proposed InstallR["RHomeLocation" -> "C:\\Program Files\\R"] only to receive the follwing error message: InstallR::nopaclet: Could not find RLink runtime installed. Please use RLinkResourcesInstall to install it. How can that be? –  gwr Dec 22 '13 at 16:28
@gwr Does RLink work with the internal R that gets automatically downloaded the first time you use it? What if you just do Needs["RLink`"]; InstallR[]? –  Szabolcs Dec 22 '13 at 16:30
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Over in the AskUbuntu meta, I found it worrying that many search engines direct people to duplicates because their titles are more searchable. Often (or so I guess from looking at the viewcounts), people visiting a duplicate page do not make to the leap to following the Possible duplicate link to the original, answered question.

Could duplicates just embed the actual question in the closed link to avoid visitor confusion? Like so:

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The core idea is that a duplicate question link is basically equivalent to a redirect, but retains the duplicate's question title for searchability.

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@AnnaLear Hm, I don't really see why. It's not a "whole other question"; it's an exact duplicate. The title and link of the duplicate is preserved for cases where the it is more searchable than the actual question. –  j-johan-edwards Jan 13 '12 at 5:30
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This already happens when the duplicate is deleted. If the duplicate is deleted, the question redirects to the thing it is a duplicate of.

I just deleted this post:

Try it yourself; as a non-mod, non-10k user -- you will get redirected to the duplicate now. (If you are a mod or 10k user there, try in Incognito Mode so you aren't logged in.)

However, there is a catch-22 with this approach: if the duplicate is deleted, how will Google et al know to index the alternative title?

To solve this while allowing all the relevant search terms, you have to combine the "best" of both posts. It's unavoidable; I can't think of any other way. So:

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Thanks! Just one question: admittedly this is an edge case, but for the question you redirected to, there are an infinite number of duplicates. That is: "How do I upgrade from <release X> to <release Y>" where Y>X+1. How could you edit the remaining question to accomodate that regularly expanding pool of search terms? –  j-johan-edwards Jan 13 '12 at 7:27
hmm, dunno -- in that case if you have {n} possible variants, sounds like there's no other way than to have {n} closed duplicates..? –  Jeff Atwood Jan 13 '12 at 7:53
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For those of us (an estimated 130,000 people) who wandered South Beach for hours during a windy November night in 2009, this year's version of Sleepless Night will be a welcome repeat. For one, the weather shouldn't force the cancellation of any performances like it did last time.

Another plus: Miami Beach has several new amenities to enjoy this time around, including the New World Center and SoundScape Park, both of which will host events, and the bike rental system DecoBikes. Way easier to get from Lincoln Road to 8th and Ocean on a bike.

My own plans call for a couple shows at the Colony Theatre (to see Pablo Cano and Jim Hammond's shadow puppets and Seraphic Fire's concert), then a jaunt to Ocean Drive for Sarruga's "Fishes" (see photo above), a stop at the Raleigh for some water ballet, Project Bandaloop at SoundScape and back to Ocean for Heliosphere at 11:45. There will be some coffee stops along the way.

With the end of daylight savings time conveniently falling this weekend, I might even stay out past midnight.

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The Rangers acquired right-hander Tim Wood from the Pirates on a trade waiver claim Thursday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Wood was added to the Rangers' 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Round Rock.

The 28-year-old went 0-3 with a 5.63 ERA in 13 appearances for the Pirates this year. He was designated for assignment on Friday in order for the club to reinstate Ross Ohlendorf from the 60-day disabled list. He was released by the Nationals before the Pirates signed him to a Minor League contract on March 31.

When he wasn't with the Pirates from June 10-July 1, he was with Triple-A Indianapolis and posted a 2-0 mark with a league-leading 23 saves and a 2.84 ERA in 40 relief appearances.

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All fighters competing in tonight’s Showtime-televised Strikeforce Challengers 11 event successfully have made weight for the show.

Official fighter weigh-ins took place at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Fresno, Calif.

Tonight’s event, headlined by welterweights Roger Bowling and Voelker, takes place at the Save Mart Center in Fresno..

Bowling weighed 171 pounds, and Voelker weighed 170.8.

Bowling (8-0 MMA, 1-0 SF) and Voelker (22-8 MMA, 2-1 SF) first met in May at Strikeforce Challengers 8. Bowling, a veteran of the Ohio-based MMA Big Show promotion, dominated the first two rounds of the welterweight fight before he suffered an accidental eyepoke in the third. With Bowling unable to continue in the otherwise-entertaining fight, officials were forced to go to the judges’ scorecards. Bowling earned the technical-decision win.

“Just like the last time, this is going to be a war from start to finish against a great opponent,” Bowling stated. “I’ve trained really well, and I’m very confident.”

Voelker admittedly was overwhelmed by the undefeated youngster.

“I’ve been working on a lot of new things and making changes so I can improve,” he stated. “Roger is a tough guy, for sure. I’m used to being the bully, but I got blitzed a little the first time.”

Evangelista (10-0 MMA, 6-0 SF), meanwhile, returns from a near-year-long layoff. The rising lightweight contender, who most recently topped Jorge Gurgel at Strikeforce Challengers 4 in November 2009, now enters a 165-pound catchweight fight to take on Spiritwolf (8-6-1 MMA, 0-0 SF), a King of the Cage vet who initially struggled to make weight for the fight.

Once one of the organization’s top prospects, the California-based Evangelista is determined to get back in a competitive lightweight title picture now that injury issues are behind him.

“I’m injury free, feel great and looking for a good fight Friday and then, ultimately, to a return to 155 pounds,” he stated. “I’m in good condition, but after not fighting for 11 months, fighting at around 165 made sense.

“There are plenty of top fighters at 155 in Strikeforce, and I’m willing to fight any of them. I definitely plan on fighting more often and going after the big guys at 155.”

The main card also features a bout between heavyweight prospects Lavar Johnson (10-0 MMA, 6-0 SF) and Virgil Zwicker (8-1 MMA, 0-0 SF), and a women’s 145-pound matchup pits unbeaten Shana Olsen (4-0 MMA, 0-0 SF) against Canadian Muay Thai champion Julia Budd (0-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC). A heavyweight fight between Brandon Cash (5-2 MMA, 0-1 SF) and John Devine (5-3 MMA, 0-1 SF) was a late addition the card.

The featured bout of the untelevised prelims is lightweights Dominic Clark (4-0 MMA, 0-0 SF) vs. David “Tarzan” Douglas (4-2 MMA, 0-1 SF).

The official weigh-in results from the pro fights include:

  • Roger Bowling (171) vs. Bobby Voelker (170.8)
  • Billy Evangelista (165.2) vs. Waachiim “Native Warrior” Spiritwolf (166.8)
  • Lavar Johnson (251) vs. Virgil Zwicker (227.4)
  • Julia Budd (145.8) vs. Shana Olsen (143.4)
  • Brandon Cash (255.4) vs. John Devine (247.4)

  • Dominic Clark (155.6) vs. David Douglas (154)

In addition to the above bouts, tonight’s show features an eight-fight amateur lineup on the preliminary card.

For more on Strikeforce Challengers 11, including the amateur lineup, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

(Pictured: Roger Bowling and Bobby Voelker)

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UFC 125 "UFC Prelims" draws 829,000 viewers on ION Television

While many MMA fans had little knowledge of ION Television before the network partnered with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, more than three-quarters-of-a-million viewers were able to find the channel this past weekend.

MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today learned from industry sources that this past weekend’s “UFC Prelims” special, which featured a trio of live fights from “UFC 125: Resolution,” drew an average of 829,000 viewers.

This past weekend’s one-hour special marked the UFC’s debut on ION Television. Past editions of “UFC Prelims” have aired on Spike TV and UFC.com.

Prior to UFC 125, the most recent edition of “UFC Prelims” to air on TV was “UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida,” which drew 1.5 million viewers. The figures for this past weekend’s event mark a 44 percent decrease from the November broadcast of UFC 123.

UFC 124 also featured two fights streaming live on UFC.com, though the promotion did not reveal the number of online viewers that tuned in.

UFC officials have yet to announce if the promotion will continue to provide content to ION Television, which was launched in 1998 as PAX TV, was rebranded as
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The “UFC Prelims” special for UFC 125 featured three exciting contests as Jeremy Stephens knocked out Marcus Davis, Dustin Poirier earned a one-sided decision over Josh Grispi, and Brad Tavares earned a first-round TKO win over Phil Baroni.

To date, the UFC has aired 14 “UFC Prelims” broadcasts. The top six “UFC Prelims” specials in terms of viewership all aired in 2010.

The full list of “UFC Prelims” broadcasts and ratings, which has traditionally aired on Spike TV, as compiled by MMAjunkie.com includes:

  • 1) UFC 109 (February 2010): 1.7 million viewers
  • 2) UFC 114 (May 2010): 1.6 million viewers
  • 3) UFC 108 (January 2010): 1.5 million viewers
  • 3) UFC 121 (October 2010): 1.5 million viewers
  • 3) UFC 123 (November 2010): 1.5 million viewers
  • 6) UFC 104 (October 2009): 1.4 million viewers
  • 6) UFC 103 (September 2009): 1.4 million viewers
  • 8) UFC 119 (September 2010): 1.3 million viewers
  • 8) UFC 116 (July 2010): 1.3 million viewers
  • 8) UFC 115 (June 2010): 1.3 million viewers
  • 8) UFC 106 (November 2009): 1.3 million viewers
  • 12) UFC 111 (March 2010): 1.2 million viewers
  • 13) UFC 118 (August 2010): 1.1 million viewers
  • 14) UFC 125 (January 2011): 829,000 viewers*

* – Aired on ION Television

The UFC first offered a PPV teaser broadcast for UFC 103, when the UFC
went head-to-head with a boxing PPV broadcast featuring Floyd Mayweather
vs. Juan Manuel Marquez. The specials proved effective enough at
generating last-minute PPV buys that officials from the UFC and the
organization’s longtime cable partner decided to make them a regular

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colton-smith-2.jpgTwo recent winners from “The Ultimate Fighter” will meet at UFC 160 as Robert Whittaker (10-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) takes on Colton Smith (3-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at UFC 160 in May.

UFC officials recently announced the welterweight bout.

UFC 160 takes place May 25 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.

Whittaker vs. Smith likely will be part of the prelims.

Whittaker recently represented Team Australia and won “TUF: The Smashes” with a December victory over fellow finalist Brad Scott. The decision win followed earlier knockout victories over Luke Newman and Xavier Lucas in the tournament. Of his 10 pro wins, nine have come via stoppage, including five via submission.

Smith, meanwhile, recently scored a decision victory over early favorite Mike Ricci to win “TUF 16″ back in December. The military veteran entered the show with just three pro fights but won the 32-man tournament with five consecutive victories.

The latest UFC 160 card now includes:

  • Champ Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva – for heavyweight title
  • Junior dos Santos vs. Alistair Overeem
  • Ryan Bader vs. Glover Teixeira
  • TJ Grant vs. Gray Maynard
  • Donald Cerrone vs. KJ Noons
  • Gunnar Nelson vs. Mike Pyle*
  • Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Abel Trujillo
  • Amir Sadollah vs. Stephen Thompson
  • Colton Smith vs. Robert Whittaker
  • Estevan Payan vs. Jeremy Stephens

* – Not officially announced

For the latest on UFC 160, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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KenOur guest speaker for March will be Ken Kressin. Ken organized the Cannon Falls Freethinkers group about three years ago – shortly after an episode at his daughter’s high school set him on an unexpected journey. Before that, Ken was an apathetic atheist and was unfamiliar with the basic tenets of skepticism, humanism, or atheism. Ken now considers himself an atheist acDvist and organizer in Cannon Falls. He has helped motivate dozens of residents to write over a hundred printed letters to the local newspaper on the subject of religion and non-belief. Much of his summer and fall was spent protesting against the Minnesota marriage amendment--eventually becoming a conspicuous counter to the activities of the local Catholic Church.

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cable show 2.13Minnesota Atheists President Eric Jayne discussed the importance of giving time, energy, and money by volunteering for important causes. Eric first cited reasons why humans, whether or not they are religious, feel impelled to volunteer. He also provided reasons for rejecting the claim that religion is what makes people want to help their fellow humans. Next, Eric detailed many of the organizations and events that Minnesota Atheists has helped to - and continues to - support. He mentioned a few upcoming volunteering events and offered resources for how freethinkers can find out more about volunteering for non-religious charities. James Zimmerman hosted.

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august headIn the early days of the atheist/humanist movement, we looked to the Unitarian Universalist (UU) churches for some of our new members. This made sense because, until our groups formed, the UU churches were the most nontheistic organizations around. They offered humanistic programs and tended to use words like “god” and “spirit” metaphorically. Some of their members embraced a more openly atheistic group like ours and joined us.

Today, as the UU membership ages and dwindles, we find them looking to our atheist and humanist groups for members. But the problem is is that atheists and secular humanists are neither Unitarians (believing in one supernatural god) nor Universalists (believing in supernatural salvation for all). So, while politically most of us would vote the same way most UU members would, UU churches really aren’t a good fit for most atheists.

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george head smallI was pleased to learn before this election that my polling place had moved from Como Park Lutheran Church to the North Dale Recreation Center, even though it is a couple of miles from my home. When I lived in California, I always voted at a public school. I don’t know if California ever uses churches as polling places, but I found the practice here in Minnesota to be an unsettling mix of the sacred with the civic act of voting. This election provided considerable evidence that it is time for Minnesota to end the practice. Many churches are activists in political issues these days, and cannot be trusted to provide a politically neutral environment.

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eric.mug.1One week after 2013 arrived, my dad called and said he began receiving hospice care for congestive heart failure. I went to Iowa to visit him two days later. When I got there he was lying in his bed, struggling to breathe because his heart was having trouble pumping oxygenated blood. We talked a little about his health and how the weather was during my 4-hour drive, and then we reminisced about some distant shared memories. When dinner time came Dad took me up on my offer to bring him a beer and an enchilada from one of our favorite local restaurants. After enjoying our feast the nurses and staff came in to administer pain meds and adjust his large, heavy body the way he requested. He thanked me for dinner then proceeded to fall sleep. I gave him a hug and began my journey back home. I received a call from my stepmother just after midnight the next night. She tearfully reported that Dad died a few minutes ago.

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Patch video reporter Ken Guanga takes us up close with the bands, the food, the crowds, the dancing and more.

Crowds from all over the Bay Area - including as far as Oakland - came out for the City of Redwood City's Fourth Annual Salsa Festival on Saturday.

The event featured live salsa bands, booth after booth of artists' wares, appearances by local groups like the Peninsula Roller Girls, and, of course, the salsa! Salsa tastings and competitions took place throughout the day.

Whether you were there or not, take a moment to watch Patch reporter Ken Guanga's video highlights of the event, getting up close and personal with festival-goers, council members and event organizers alike, and featuring footage of some of the amazing bands that performed.

For more information about this and other City events throughout the year, visit www.redwoodcity.org.

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Asheville, NC— City Councilmember Cecil Bothwell announces today his support of Scouts for Equality, a Boy Scouts alumni organization advocating an end to the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on homosexual members.

Earlier this year, the BSA indicated that it would finally make a decision on its policy banning gay members, but the organization later back-tracked and opted to put off the decision until May. At the time, a Quinnipiac University poll found that 55 percent of Americans support lifting the BSA’s ban, with only 33 percent opposed.

Bothwell and Campaign Director Bruce Mulkey are both former Eagle Scouts who support Scouts for Equality. “The BSA’s current policy banning gays is widely discriminatory, and it’s actually harmful to children. This is an organization that is meant to teach kids about responsibility and morality, not about excluding others,” Bothwell said.

The BSA’s ban on gay members unfairly discriminates against the children of gay couples, traumatically excludes gay youth from participating in activities with other children, and sends a dangerous message to kids that discrimination is okay and that being gay is something that should be hidden. Further, and even more disturbing, the BSA’s policy discourages gay youth from coming forward if they are bullied or targeted by their peers.

Scouts for Equality was formed in June 2012, just before the BSA reaffirmed its policy of banning gays in July of that same year. Since then, the BSA has faced serious opposition from parents, former Scouts, and businesses who are uneasy about contributing to an organization that practices discrimination.

View the Scouts for Equality website, along with the organization’s mission statement and goals, by visiting

Incumbent Cecil Bothwell is running for re-election for another four-year term on the Asheville City Council. Bothwell is an investigative reporter, builder, organic gardener and public servant.

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The Story: Three young Palestinian men who fancy themselves as "freedom fighters" manage to kill an Israeli soldier — with disastrous results. The Lowdown: Compelling and riveting entertainment that's as good as any action thriller out there (and better than most) but with dark and deeply disturbing undercurrents.
Genre: Thriller Drama
Director: Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now)
Starring: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Iyad Hoorani, Samer Bisharat, Waleed Zuaiter
Rated: NR

Another Oscar-nominated film comes to Asheville this Friday with Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar, a striking — and very good — thriller with political underpinnings. (Though Abu-Assad keeps insisting that he isn’t a political filmmaker.) Some of you may know the filmmaker for his (also Oscar-nominated) 2005 film Paradise Now. I think it only played a week locally, and I only saw it once, but the experience of the showing I saw is indelible. When the film came to its inevitable but shattering conclusion, no one applauded. No one said a word. In fact, no one moved. We just sat there in silence through the credits, and then quietly filed out of the theater. I think that ending and that experience work against Omar attaining the power of the earlier film for me. Omar goes for a similar ending — sudden, shocking, yet inescapably how it must end. The difference is that here I knew what Abu-Assad was up to well before it happened, which blunted the effect a good bit. It’s still powerful, but not paralyzingly so. If you’ve never seen the earlier film, you may well have a stronger reaction.

Omar is not dissimilar to Paradise Now in that both films are about the Palestinian resistance. However, Omar is more audience-friendly in that its main characters are not suicide bombers. They do qualify as terrorists, though, even if they view themselves as freedom fighters. But like the characters in Paradise Now, they’re not especially bright. What possible blow against the Israeli occupation they hope to accomplish by killing one random soldier is never made clear — probably because the characters themselves don’t have a clue. The plan — right down to implicating each of the three so that no one isn’t a participant — is childish in the extreme and underscored by motives that have nothing to do with any kind of “freedom fighting.” The most committed of the three, Tarek (Iyad Hoorani), seems to be the leader just because he enjoys being in charge of his younger friends. On the other hand, both Omar (Adam Bakri) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat) want to impress Tarek so that he’ll be receptive to the idea of them as candidates for marrying his sister, Nadia (Leem Lubany).

Not surprisingly, things do not go to plan. Oh, they manage their “assassination,” but it doesn’t take long for Omar to get tagged with the crime, imprisoned and tricked into what is accepted as a confession. But the Israeli forces only want this confession as a bargaining chip for Omar to be forced into handing them the others. Faced with life in prison as an alternative, Omar agrees, while hoping to find a way out. What he hasn’t reckoned on is that it has become impossible to know who to trust or, in fact, if anybody can be trusted. The truth is that in this world, no one can be believed. No one’s motives are ever obvious, and promises mean nothing.

Its political content has little to do with the film’s success. Instead, it’s the combination of the love story between Omar and Nadia and the thriller approach Abu-Assad takes with the material. The love story is startlingly sweet and straightforward, yet undercut at every turn by the improbability of a happy ending — regardless of how many billboards in the film suggest otherwise. As a thriller, Omar is quite on a par with the slickest action suspense film, and its twists and turns keep it compelling on a pure entertainment level. If it falls short compared to Paradise Now in terms of audience devastation, it perhaps makes up for it as a brilliantly achieved piece of filmmaking. Not Rated, but contains adult themes and violence.

Playing at Fine Arts Theatre.

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  1. Edwin Arnaudin

    I found the alleyway chases especially well crafted. So many films resort to literal pursuits, following the hunted via shaky-cam. Here, we get no motion sickness and the sequences are just as thrilling thanks to precision editing.

  2. Ken Hanke

    Actually, I think they’re more thrilling when you can tell what’s going on and have some sense of the space.

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When I used to work those same kind of hours I will never forget the feeling of pain that would start at my feet and go all the way up my body when I would get out of bed. Later on years later that feeling went away. Keep up the good work-because this job and your blog is going to be your gateway into writing a book so that you can make a good living without standing.

Oh là là... but you ARE getting paid for it now, right? Right?

What a lovely sentiment..

Noticed that you couldn't resist with the body bits photo. They are meanwhile one of your specialities.

The fact that you work such long and strenuous hours and can still write entertaining and coherent posts, just goes to show that you are still a young chicken!

bea at La tartine gourmande

trop drole, je l'avais oublie cette expression! ;-)

you need good dansko's for the feet, and probably to wear some sort of tights for your circulation. the arms, i can't help with. but i will say chocolate is most definitely the cure for what ails you.

I was very seriously considering going to school to work as a chef at some point, but then thought it might not be quite as glamorous as I would think. Well, your blog has confirmed it - glad someone is willing to tell it like it is. My sister's a doctor, and I thought 24-hour shifts with emergency trauma patients every hour sounded bad, but seriously, your job sounds harder. It's good that there are people strong enough and talented enough to do it, but as for me, I think I'll be a sommelier instead. ;)

I love your blog. Posts like this capture what it is really like working in the restaurant industry. I worked front of the house for a bunch of years and I'll never forget hauling trays with cast iron skillets with steaks up and down stairs. My legs would be so exhausted, I would have to take asprin just to sleep at night. Eventually, I learned to take asprin to start my shift, so I could endure a double.

Oh I could tell front of the house stories...like when we ran out of food...on Father's Day! Ticket times were two hours and one server literally broke down in tears..."I just can't go back to that table with another excuse..."

Everyone should work in a restaurant at some point. It makes you much more humble...

At least you have a pastry chef on your side!

Ms. Glaze

There is a women who is just finishing her stage at the restaurant and she wears compression stockings that go thigh high. After three weeks her legs started turning black and blue from standing all day for 14 hours so a doctor prescibed her the socks. The problem is they're very very hot. Advil has become part of diet I'm afraid – that and chocolate!

Yes, the pain and exhaustion is never ending. But I've always been a glutton for punishment!

Ms. Glaze

Are these the cute chefs who were promised and not delivered to my party?

Rachel Lindsay

Hi. I came here via Megnut. I'm fascinated by your job and have really enjoyed reading about it. I also appreciate the videos you have posted, especially the fish filleting. Please do some more of these! Jointing a chicken would be great.

Best wishes to you.

I agree with La Tartine, get a pair of Dansko's if you have not already done so. I have been wearing them for the last 13 years in the kitchen. They are comfortable and you won't bust your a$$ on spilled water.

I wish I were still there giving you massage everyday to help with you aches and pains. I miss you so much!

by the way.... who is the hottie on the right in the picture of the three cooks? Why didn't you ever introduce me to him??

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Richard Sherman is quickly becoming one of the brashest young players in the league.

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Two weeks ago, the Seahawks' second-year cornerback made headlines after taunting Tom Brady following Seattle's last-minute win over New England. Now, the Stanford product is turning his attention to one of the best wide receivers in the league.

Sherman changed his name on Twitter to "Optimus Prime," a response to Calvin Johnson's nickname of "Megatron." Optimus Prime is the main protagonist robot in the Transformers franchise, while Megatron is the leader of the villainous Decepticons.

The matchup between Johnson and Sherman will be an interesting one. Sherman is known for his physical play, and at 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, he's used to towering over wide receivers. At 6-foot-5, 236 pounds, Johnson may be one of the few players that can outmatch Sherman's strength and size.

Johnson has 38 receptions for 592 yards and one touchdown on the season, while Sherman has allowed 21 receptions for 296 yards, zero touchdowns and has picked off three passes.

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