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Real-life Events Edit

Classic World of Darkness Events Edit

  • 2003
    • The newly installed American administrator in Iraq today called his agenda in the region "advancing the plan laid out for us in Scripture." Despite a stream of communiqués from Washington arguing that the ambassador was referring to Christian charity, sources inside the interim authority in Baghdad claim that many top officials are now "reading Revelations for policy choices.[4]
  • 2004
    • Three more of the Elizabeth Dane's crew have gone missing, coinciding with the appearance of blood on the upper and lower decks. The Turk is curled up in a ball in his cabin, muttering something even he can't understand. Lt. Stygian and the radio technician were among the missing crew. A shortwave radio is found, but all calls for help have gone unanswered.[5]
    • Virgil Crumb's body is moved to the Santa Monica Medical Clinic morgue. Crumb died of heart failure.[5]

Trinity Universe Events Edit

  • 2119
    • A report is written to Proteus Division Director William Renton regarding Proteus' failure to locate the ISRAn orbital station Huruf al-Hayy. Telepathic probes on the Mashriqi are useless. Searching every known body in the solar system yields nothing, even when scanning off the ecliptic. One possible explanation is that the station is in another solar system, but even if it were at Alpha Centauri, Otha Herzog would be unable to make his regular appearances on Luna without access to either a teleporter or a jump-ship.[7]
  • 2120
    • Kristi Halonen sends an OpMail to Antonia Felostino, letting her know she's back in action, and the Port-au-Prince Counseling Center is just marvellous. She feels like her head is screwed on right again. She doesn't know where she'll go following training/therapy; she likes the holistic side of the Port-au-Prince practise, but the spirituality angle is a bit much.[8]

References Edit

  1. CCP Focuses on the EVE Universe
  2. MTAs: Technocracy: Progenitors, p. 17
  3. 3.0 3.1 HTR: Hunter: The Reckoning Rulebook, p. 35
  4. cWOD: WTOJ
  5. 5.0 5.1 VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
  6. Aberrant: Aberrant: Year One, p. 27
  7. Trinity: Luna Rising: Psi Order ISRA and Luna Sourcebook, p. 25
  8. Trinity: Shattered Europe: Psi Order Æsculapian and Europe Sourcebook, p. 17

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CHILD ENDANGERMENT: Ottumwa Man Pleads Not Guilty

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

An Ottumwa man accused of injuring a toddler entered a not guilty plea Wednesday.

Nineteen-year-old Dustin Armstrong is charged with child endangerment and willful injury stemming from an April incident.

Police found a 2-year-old unresponsive after an apparent assault. The child was transported to the hospital with extensive injuries and will be moved to a rehab facility in Des Moines Thursday.

A preliminary hearing for Armstrong is scheduled for June 14.

He is in Wapello County Jail on $50,000 bond.

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Friday, May 8, 2015

Bistro By The Tracks--Knoxville

A new visit with even more flavors....

The once little town of Knoxville  has come into its own with the evolution of Bistro By The Tracks in their new location!  Let's be honest...the old location was twenty years of shop worn interior!   This place is gorgeous from The  Main Entrance to the Private Dining Room.  It just is comfortable, well decorated and inviting to their guests.

We stopped in for Dinner and was soon to find out they are now open for Lunch, Monday-Friday, 11:30 to 2:30.  The Lunch selection includes soups, featuring their Baked Onion Soup, Calamari with sweet/sour tomato sauce, grilled shrimp salad and the over served Strawberry Salad.  That salad seems to be in every restaurant and I am getting a little tired of seeing it.   Time to come up with a few new choices.

A very comfortable Lounge
The extensive wine list is all inclusive.  Too many choices and our server was spot on with recommendations.   We began with the Curried Sea Scallops for our split appetizer.   Very well balanced coconut red curry sauce with a spinach accompaniment.     Cocktails were as expected and we enjoyed them while anticipating the great dinner to arrive.    Some of the features on the menu included Alaskan Halibut with truffle potato cake, shitakes, corn, grapes and mushroom jus at 30.00,  Grilled Pork Chop with rice salad and grilled pineapple at 24.00.  I immediately targeted the Pan Seared Duck with vegetable arancini, with pear cherry chutney at 24.00.

The entire evening was one of class and memorable of an Atlanta upscale event.   I would highly recommend a return experience.    Dress is smart casual...leave your jeans at will look out of place at this restaurant.

The Private Dining Room

March 4, 2011 Update:   Got to enjoy lunch today with a great friend.   We both were very hungry and ready for a relaxing time to eat and enjoy catching up on conversation.

Miss B ordered the Bistro Burger with Sweetwater Valley Cheddar Cheese and I ordered the  Slaw Reuben.  Both were wonderful!!

Crunchy Fresh Bread

Bistro Burger with Cheddar Cheese

Slaw Reuben with Fries

May 8, 2015 Update

Once again....Bistro by the Tracks hit it out of the park!    Celebrating a birthday and our server, Jason was great to help.   I asked him to surprise me and enjoyed wonderful food and drink.   My first surprise selection was the Warm Mushroom Salad.  It was so good....something I might have overlooked if I were ordering myself. Our entreés included the Halibut and my surprise was the Roast Duck.  Oh, was so good.  Moist and tender...and the gouda polenta, ( we call them grits down here) was a perfect compliment to the dish.    Rounded out the evening with the Chocolate and Peanut Butter Tart and the Strawberries & Cream.   Great evening and we must return soon.

Caesar Salad

Warm Mushroom Salad

Rhubarb Glazed Duck

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Tart

Strawberries and Cream Cheesecake

Roast Halibut with Caramelized Fennell

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What is the life span of a scorpion?

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Red Scorpions eat insects, such as spiders and roaches. They will also eat ants and termites.
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Call of Duty 4: Servers

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PC server admin guide for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

  • Ports in use
UDP 20800
UDP 20810
UDP 28960-28970
  • Hardware/Bandwidth Requirements

Bandwidth and server resource usage should be lower than that of COD2 in most situations, but it is not guaranteed. There are some situations where bandwidth usage may spike, and the server will get hit harder resume writing service than usual. Generally, if you're capable of hosting a COD2 dedicated server you should be just fine for COD4.

Server Messages via PB Console

Punkbuster Console Message Generator v1.4

Running Mods

Running mods on Server

IWD Packaging For Custom Maps

Windows Server Setup

Linux Server Setup

Server Administration

Server commands

say "my message"
tell [clientnum] "my message to you"

Server Settings (Stock)

map rotation

sv_mapRotation gametype <gametype> map <mapname> gametype <gametype> map <mapname> ...

<gametype> is one of:

  • "dm" - free for all deathmatch
  • "dom" - domination
  • "koth" - headquarters
  • "sab" - sabotage
  • "sd" - search & destroy
  • "war" - team deathmatch

Parameter Value
sv_hostname "my server"
g_gametype <gametype>
sv_maxclients [1-32]
g_password "my password"
sv_voice [0-1]
g_allowvote [0-1]
sv_punkbuster [0-1]
sv_minping [0-n] (milliseconds)
sv_maxping [0-n] (milliseconds)
sv_connectTimeout [0-n] (seconds)
sv_timeout [0-n] (seconds)

Using TCAdmin Panel

Gameplay Options

Rcon Commands

Rcon Commands for COD

DDos Attack

From Icculus:

So we're getting reports of DDoS attacks, where botnets will send infostring queries to COD4 dedicated servers as fast as possible with spoofed addresses. They send a small UDP packet, and the server replies with a larger packet to the faked address. Multiply this by however fast you can stuff UDP packets into the server's incoming packet buffer per frame, times 7500+ public COD4 servers, and you can really bring a victim to its knees with a serious flood of unwanted packets.

I've got a patch for COD4 for this, and I need admins to test it before I make an official release.

You'll need a server updated to 1.7 before applying this, because this is only a replacement cod4_lnxded file. The defaults for the new cvars are probably fine, but you can tweak them as you like.

If you want to see it in action, find your patched server in the in-game server browser, click "Server Info" and keep hitting refresh. If you're doing it faster than the limit, you'll see you don't get a response right away.

All this info is in README.linux in that tarball, but I'll post it here, too:

About query limits:

There is a class of DDoS attack that can utilize COD4 servers to flood a third party, by spoofing UDP packets so that the game server sends its reply for information to an unsuspecting party, over and over, as fast as it can. Unlike most packets sent by the server, this reply packet does not require a player with a legitimate connection before sending.

This patch sets up some reasonable defaults to limit the rate at which the server will send these reply packets to a given IP address. It does not throttle legitimate connections in the process.

The gist is this: If someone sends a query packet, we note their IP address and ignore any further queries for X seconds. If they send a port-unreachable packet (person being spoofed isn't playing the game), we ignore their IP address for Y seconds. This will let normal people play, it prevents people that don't have a legitimate player connection from flooding the server with queries, and it'll stop DDoS attacks against third parties.

If millions of computers try to wail on a single server, this patch should handle it gracefully (we don't allocate memory when adding IP addresses to the ignore list, we use a hashtable so we don't have to check millions of IP addresses for every query, and we clean out old addresses a little each frame).

People that are connected to the server don't have their packets ignored; this only limits server responses to packets that don't need a valid player connection (like the infostring, etc). LAN addresses are never limited.

Admins can tune it (and turn it off completely) with cvars.

Note that a single IP address using different ports all get lumped into the same ignore list entry. This is to make life difficult for attackers and keep things efficient on the server. If 16 players are all behind the same NAT, they might notice it takes longer for the server to respond to each of them individually at the start. They should run a LAN server anyhow, but gameplay will still perform normally here.

Server admins have 4 cvars to control this:

sv_queryIgnoreDebug: set to 1 to log information about attacks. This will write out a lot of logging. Defaults to 0.

sv_queryIgnoreMegs: Number of megabytes we should use to store the ignore list. Set to 0 to turn off the ignore list (basically disables this patch). 1 megabyte handles about 65000 IP addresses, each megabyte after the first adds about 87000 more. 1 is probably fine unless you're under serious attack, but maybe a server wants to spare 12 megs to block a million IP addresses simultaneously. Defaults to 1.

sv_queryIgnoreTime: Number of milliseconds to ignore an IP address's info requests after responding to one of them. Set to 0 to not ignore at all. Defaults to 2000 (2 seconds).

sv_queryBounceIgnoreTime: Number of milliseconds to ignore an IP address's info requests after a server packet bounced with an ICMP Port Unreachable notice. Set to 0 to not ignore at all. Defaults to 12000 (2 _minutes_).

Please note that I haven't touched this code since 2008, so even though the changes are relatively localized, don't blast this out to all your servers until you feel it's stable.

Please give me feedback!

Firewall solution

$IPT -A INPUT -p UDP -m length --length 42 -m recent --set --name getstatus_cod
$IPT -A INPUT -p UDP -m string --algo bm --string "getstatus" -m recent --update --seconds 1 --hitcount 20 --name getstatus_cod -j DROP

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Screenshot of iLOS
Author: Johannes Eiseler
Version: 1.1 (2010-12-07)
License: proprietary (1.99$)
Platform: iPhone

OSM Map and POI finder

Some search items

iLOS - iPhone Little OSM Searcher is an OpenStreetMap Viewer App for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. It features worldwide and very fast extensive search possibilities for the near and far search. It finds locations, playgrounds for example, which even the big search machines can't find. It works worldwide and can search over great distances, which you need when you search for seldom POIs.

iLos is available in english, german, french, italian and spanish.

Quick HowTo: Start with left button to get your position. Your position will be tracked as long it ist switched on. Use search to start searching. Delete the prevoius search markers with the „X“ button. The search starts in the middle of the map. So simply zoom and move the map to search where ever you like. You find more search results by simply searching the same item again. The search continues until it finds results, If the search reaches 100+ results, the search radius will be set back again.

With the new Version you can add your own searches out of 1500 predefined searches. Very handy if you are interested in special topics or search for errors in OSM.

iLOS was developed by the maker of iLOE

iLOS iPad Screenshoot

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Unit 7A: Memory
  1. Introduction
    1. We are our memories. Without memory, we’d be little more than a rock.
    2. Memory is learning that has remained over time, information that’s stored and can be retrieved.
    3. Even regular people have amazing memories.
      1. In one experiment, people were shown 2,500 slides for 10 seconds. Later, 280 slides were repeated along with never-before-seen slides. People could pick out the seen-slides 90% of the time.
      2. In another experiment, people were shown pictures. Then 17 years later, shown partial images of those pictures. Those who had seen the pictures were better at recognizing the partial images than those who’d never seen them.
    4. One idea of memory is called the information processing model and takes after a computer. There are three parts to this model…
      1. Encoding - How we get information into our brain. Like a keyboard on a computer.
      2. Storage - How we hold onto that information. Like a hard drive.
      3. Retrieval – How we get the info back out of our brain. Like a computer’s file system.
    5. Another model is called connectionism. It has the idea that memories are made up of interconnected neural networks. The theory is that memories are made in three stages…
      1. A brief sensory memory is stored. This is like an after-image if you have your eyes closed then flashing them open-and-closed again.
      2. The info goes into short-term memory where it’s encoded via rehearsal.
      3. Finally, the info goes into long-term memory.
      4. This theory is a bit limited. A modified version of this 3-step theory would also include:
        1. The idea that some memories go straight to long-term memory.
        2. There is a working memory, a version of stage 2. The working memory is where we focus on information that is useful or needed right then.
  2. Encoding: getting information in
    1. There are two main types of encoding: automatic (where you don’t think about it) and effortful (where you must purposely try to remember).
    2. Automatic processing takes place automatically, without any conscious effort on your part. You know the way from a classroom to the cafeteria and you walk there without even thinking about it.
      1. Whereas computers do things in sequence (called “serial processing”), the human brain can do many things at once, called parallel processing.
      2. Automatic processing can simultaneously handle: space (where you are), time, frequency (how often something happens), well-learned information (some things we’ve learned so well, like words on a sign, we process them without even knowing it).
        1. Reading is a good example of automatic processing. While first learning to read, you start with a word or two. Then maybe 50 on a page, then more. Eventually, your eyes cover pages almost as fast as they can scan the words.
    3. Effortful processing takes place when we put in a purposeful effort to remember something. There are three components to effortful processing. They are:
        1. Rehearsal is simply repetition. Hermann Ebbinghaus studied this type of memory.
          1. He made up jibberish syllables like: BAZ, KEL, NOX, or WUQ. Then he read them aloud until he remembered them. The next day he recorded how many he could remember (not many). But…
          2. The more times he’d rehearsed or repeated the syllables, the quicker he could relearn them the next day.
          3. Once learned, additional rehearsal called overlearning increased retention.
          4. The principle emerged: the amount remembered depends on amount of time spent learning.
        2. The spacing effect influences memory. This says that we remember better if we space our study or reheasal out over time.
          1. “Mass practice” (AKA “cramming”) gives quick, short-term learning and may make a person feel more confident.
          2. However, “distributed study time” yields better long-term learning.
          3. Also, in the “testing effect,” repeated quizzing helps to learn material (as well as evaluate what someone has learned).
        3. The serial position effect suggests that, when trying to remember a list of something, you’re more likely to remember the first and last ones.
          1. The idea here is that while trying to remember the first things, your learning of them interferes with your learning of the ones that follow. This is called the “primacy effect.”
          2. Then, you’re likely to remember the last one or two because they’re in your working memory. This is called the “recency effect.”
      1. What we encode is sometimes a mystery. We immediately ignore some things, work to remember some things, and remember others without much or any effort at all.
        1. What we encode is affected by its context. This means that what we already know impacts what we take in and how we remember it. This can sometimes mess us up.
        2. There are three types of encoding techniques for verbal information…
          1. Visual encoding – refers to images and shapes.
          2. Acoustic encoding – refers to sounds.
          3. Semantic encoding – refers to meanings of words.
          4. A study tried to measure which of these was most effective to memory. Words were flashed then people were asked visual, acoustic, and questions of meaning.
            1. The results revealed that semantic encoding was most effective, then acoustic, and lastly visual encoding.
            2. These studies show how effective it is to rephrase things in our own words when trying to memorize them.
            3. They also show that when learning new material it’s (a) important to rehearse or repeat it and (b) it’s important to make it meaningful to you in some way.
        3. Visual encoding involves imagery. We can much more easily remember concrete things or words, like “dog”, “truck”, or “flower” than abstract words like “honor”, “wrath”, or “clever.”
          1. The “good times” of our memories may be due to what’s called “rosy retrospection.” This is where the boring memories fade away and the nice images remain. For instance, on a trip to New York City, we forget the long wait in the airport but remember the scene atop the Empire State Building.
          2. Mnemonic devices are tricks that help memory and are often visually based.
            1. For example, the peg-word system assigns a visual image to a number, like one-bun, two-shoe, three-tree, etc. By pairing another word to the peg-word, a list can be recalled in order.
        4. Chunking is memorizing things in small groups, rather than alone or in one large group. This is why we write and think of phone numbers as 555-867-5309. We remember 555, then 867, and 5309.
          1. Chunking is often used as a mnemonic device. For instance Roy G. Biv stands for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.
        5. Hierarchies are organized structures. You usually see these as flow-charts that analyze an organization (like a government) or a process.
          1. Hierarchies help us to organize and thus to remember info. The human brain likes order – hierarchies help us get that.
  3. Storage: retaining information
    1. Sensory memory is like a lightning flash of what you see (or hear, etc.). How much of this do we remember?
      1. George Sperling flashed a 3 by 3 grid of letters to people and asked how many letters they remembered (about half). But, if prompted just after the flash to remember a certain row, they remembered them almost perfectly.
      2. This illustrated iconic memory which says that for a brief moment the image remains "burnt" in our eye. In Sperling’s experiment, all 9 letters were “visible” for a short time. That’s why a row could be named.
      3. For sound, we also have a very similar echoic memory where sound is very briefly stored.
    2. Working or short-term memory is the temporary holding place for information that we’re using at the current time. For instance, if someone tells us a phone number, we can stick it in our head long enough to dial, then we forget it.
      1. Short-term memory lasts only a few seconds. In one study, after a 3 second delay, people forgot 3-consonant groups half the time. They forgot them almost completely after 12 seconds.
      2. Short-term memory can hold only about 7 bits of information.
    3. Long-term memory appears to be limitless.
      1. There are extreme examples of this, like people remembering and reciting pi to ridiculous levels.
      2. The biological storage process is complex.
        1. Memories appear to be stored throughout the brain (not in one place).
        2. Researchers have studied the synapses of sea slugs called Aplysia. It’s nerve cells are very large and accessible.
          1. The sea slugs' synapses changed. Eventually it needed less of a stimulus to make the neuron “fire.” This is called long-term potentiation or (LTP). In other words, the threshold needed to achieve action potential is lowered due to LTP.
        3. The protein “CREB” is an off/on switch for genes. A drug or supplement of CREB may one day help the synapses that help memory.
        4. Increasing glutamate, a neurotransmitter, may also increase LTP and memory.
        5. An electric current or a jolt to the head won’t affect long-term memories, but can wipe out short-term memories. A boxer who gets knocked out often doesn’t remember the hit that brought him down.
    4. Strong emotion or severe stress can heavily influence memories.
      1. Emotional news, like hearing of a loved-one’s death, or stressful situations, like an oncoming tornado “burn” themselves into our memories. These memories are very accurate.
      2. These memories are “written” into our memories due to action by the amygdala and to hormones released at the time.
      3. Flashbulb memories occur at times of crisis, such as the events of 9/11, 2001. Our brain’s take a “snapshot” when something like that happens. These memories also prove to be very accurate.
    5. Amnesia is the inability to form new memories.
      1. The famous patient known as “H. M.” had part of his brain removed. He retained old memories, but could not retain new ones.
    6. There appears to be two types of memory systems…
      1. Explicit memory – Consciously recalled memories. AKA declarative memory.
        1. These are things like facts or experiences that you can call up.
      2. Implicit memory – Memory without conscious recall. AKA nondeclarative memory or procedural memory.
        1. This can be either skills (like riding a bike) or classical conditioning. The person may know how to skateboard, but wouldn't be able to explain (or declare) that they know it.
      3. Two parts of the brain play a special role in memory…
        1. The hippocampus (in the temporal lobe) seems important in writing new memories.
          1. Damage to the hippocampus hurts memories. Extra activity in it during sleep seems to help people remember things later on.
          2. The hippocampus is more of a temporary site for memories.
        2. The cerebellum is important for storing implicit memories from classical conditioning.
      4. The dual implicit/explicit memory systems apply to infants as well. Things infants learn may well stretch into the future, but we have no explicit memories of learning them.
  4. Retrieval: getting information out
    1. Key terms in retrieval…
      1. Recall is the ability to call up stored memories. It’s like a fill-in-the-blank test.
      2. Recognition is identifying something already learned. It’s like pinpointing a correct definition on a multiple choice test.
      3. Relearning is a measurement of time saved when learning something a second time. Learning something a second time comes faster and easier.
    2. Retrieval cues help us to pull information out of our memories.
      1. Mnemonic devices serve as retrieval cues. Examples are ROY G. BIV and peg-words.
      2. Sometimes priming cues us to remember things. Priming gives us hints to unlock our memories, and could be nothing more than a key word to open the door to our memories.
    3. Context effects refer to the fact that we remember things in the context or setting in which they’re normal. It’s like knowing a person by name, then seeing them somewhere unexpected and not being able to recognize them.
      1. The phenomena of déjà vu can be triggered by reentering a similar situation. Rather than actually having been in a situation before, certain similar memories may be similar enough to make us believe we’ve been there before.
    4. Moods and memories also cue us to remember certain things. If we re-live a certain mood or memory, we’re more likely to remember a certain memory that was stamped into our brains at that time.
      1. Our memories are said to be mood-congruent. This means that that when in a certain mood, it’s easier to recall memories that fit that mood. For instance, when in a depressed mood, for whatever reason, it’s easier to recall other depressing memories.
  5. Forgetting
    1. Memory can be stunningly accurate, like people who remember every detail of every day of their lives, or stupidly bad, like forgetting a person’s name who was introduced to you 2 seconds earlier.
    2. Daniel Schacter has identified “7 sins of memory”…
      1. Forgetting:
        1. Absent-mindedness – our minds are elsewhere.
        2. Transience – time decays memories.
        3. Blocking – we have it on the tip of our tongue, but can’t get it.
      2. Distortion:
        1. Misattribution – our memories “cross wires” as to who said it or if it was a dream.
        2. Suggestibility – our memories become susceptible to suggestion by others.
        3. Bias – our current feelings/beliefs can influence memories.
      3. Intrusion:
        1. Persistence – certain memories, usually bad, won’t go away.
  6. Encoding failure
    1. Most of what we sense, we don’t notice. And, much of what we notice we don’t encode (thus don’t remember it).
    2. As we get older, our ability to encode declines.
    3. An example of sensing much but encoding less is seen in the penny. Most people incorrectly identify a real penny if its components are switched around.
  7. Storage decay
    1. Once encoded, the question then is, “How quickly do we forget?”
    2. Hermann Ebbinghaus graphed his forgetting of nonsense syllables. His results showed the forgetting curve.
      1. At first, we forget very much very fast.
      2. Then, forgetting diminishes, then finally levels off.
  8. Retrieval failure
    1. Sometimes, info is “on the tip of our tongues.” It hasn’t been forgotten, it’s in memory, but we can’t get it out. There’s a retrieval failure.
    2. Interference can hurt retrieval. Its when something similar gets in the way of trying to remember something. For instance, it’s hard to remember a phone number if other phone numbers are told to you at that time.
      1. Proactive interference (AKA “forward acting interference”) takes place when something you’ve previously learned gets in the way of learning something new.
        1. For example, learning letters in Italian may be tricky if you’d first learned letters in Spanish (they’re similar).
      2. Retroactive inference (AKA “backward-acting interference”) takes place when new info makes it hard to remember old info.
        1. For example, a computer programmer might learn a new programming language. Then, he may have trouble reverting back to the old language that he once knew well.
        2. Two researchers, John Jenkins and Karl Dallenbach, studied this in 1924.
          1. They had people study nonsense syllables then tried to recall them 8 hours later. One group stayed awake, the other group slept.
          2. The two groups’ forgetting curves showed that the sleeping group remembered things much better.
          3. The idea was that the awake group experienced more sensations which interfered with the retrieval. The sleeping group did not have that interference.
      3. Notably, sometimes knowing something similar can help. Knowing a similar language can sometimes help you learn another. This is called positive transfer.
    3. Our memories are pretty fluid. That is to say, we tend to unknowingly revise them.
      1. As to why we do this, Sigmund Freud would’ve said we do this as a defense-mechanism. He felt we “repress” painful memories to protect our self-concepts and reduce anxiety.
      2. In Freud’s world, these memories are repressed, but not forgotten. They’ll one day surface if cued the right way.
        1. An example was a woman afraid of running water. She didn’t understand her fear until her aunt said, “I have never told.” As a girl the woman had run off, gotten trapped under a waterfall, and was saved by the aunt who promised to never tell.
        2. Freud’s ideas are rich throughout psychology. But, modern psychologists tend to think that he was wrong. Sadly, painful memories usually last.
  9. Misinformation and imagination effects
    1. Oftentimes, we weave memories from things we remember—we tend to fill-in-the-blanks. This fact means that our memories are often inaccurate.
    2. Studies of eyewitnesses consistently reveal that eyewitness memory is a rather fluid thing. Memories can be very different depending on cues such as how the questions about the incident are asked.
      1. The misinformation effect tricks us. This occurs when we’re given a bit of wrong information, we often incorrectly remember things. Often, it’s hard to tell what really happened and what we created.
      2. “Imagination inflation” occurs when we repeatedly imagine something that happened, then remember it as though it actually did.
  10. Source amnesia
    1. Source amnesia (AKA “source misattribution”) occurs when we either can’t or wrongly label the source of a memory. The memory is there, but we’re not sure where it came from.
      1. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a memory was real or if it was a dream.
  11. Discerning true and false memories
    1. Memories, both real and invented, seem real. So, by going by gut only it’s hard to tell which is real and which is made-up.
    2. Memories are influenced by the way we interpret them.
      1. In a study, researchers showed a face that was either happy or angry. The subjects were asked to interpret one of the emotions (“Why is she happy?” or, “Why is she angry?”).
      2. Later, a slider morphed the picture from happy to angry. Those who explained the angry face stopped the slider at a much “angrier” level than those that saw the happy face.
    3. Eyewitness testimony is frequently wrong. 79% of convicts who were proven innocent by DNA testing had been jailed largely due to eyewitness testimony.
      1. This field (eyewitness memory and the fabrication/unreliability or memories) is pioneered by Elizabeth Loftus.
      2. Police officers take this to heart when interviewing witnesses. They let the eyewitness tell everything without much interruption. Then they ask “cognitive interview techniques” to cue memories.
    4. As we grow older, we tend to think our opinions when young were much like they currently are (they usually change).
  12. Children’s eyewitness recall
    1. Children’s memories seem even more far-fetched.
      1. In a study to gauge memories for child-abuse cases, children were shown anatomically-correct dolls and asked, “Where did the doctor touch you?” Although none were touched there, 55% pointed to the genitals or anal area.
      2. Most preschool children would report false events when using suggestive interviewing techniques.
    2. Children’s memories can be reliable when asked neutrally and without interaction with adults involved in the memory.
  13. Repressed or constructed memories of abuse?
    1. Therapists go into murky waters when trying to dig up supposed lost child-abuse memories. Using techniques like hypnosis, drugs, and “guided imagery”, they often create the memories they’re trying to discover.
      1. On one hand, the therapists may be trying to correctly get to the bottom of a bad deed.
      2. On the other hand, this can lead to innocent people being wrongly accused.
    2. Several psychological groups use the following guidelines on this topic:
      1. Sexual abuse happens. It’s too common.
      2. Injustice happens. Sometimes, the guilty walk free and the innocent are charged.
      3. Forgetting happens. The person may simply have been too young to remember.
      4. Recovered memories are common. When cued, it’s common to dig up old memories. But, memories that surface on their own are more reliable than cued ones.
      5. Memories of events before age 3 are unreliable.
      6. Memories recovered while under hypnosis or drugs are very unreliable.
      7. Memories, real or false, can be emotionally upsetting.
  14. Improving memory
    1. There are psychologically-proven strategies to improve your memory. They are…
      1. Study repeatedly. It’s best to space out study time. Speeding over material is of little or no value. Like the tortoise who beats the hare, “Slow and steady wins the race.”
      2. Make the material meaningful. It’s very effective if you can tie whatever you’re studying to you personally. Take notes in your own words.
      3. Activate retrieval cues. Try to recreate the mood and situation you were in when you studied it.
      4. Use mnemonic devices.
      5. Sleep more.
      6. Test yourself. This rehearsal helps you learn and it shows what you need to study more.

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Develop guidelines for best practices and promotional materials to encourage formation and growth of new communities.

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Special Cases: Paper [TGS--Dec. 1999]

Separates. Note the "S" shipping lists are included in the regular boxes.

Note that sometimes  [in a regular box] you will have a few shipping lists

together. Check each shipping list to see whether the shipping list number ends with an "S". These are lists for documents which have been sent separately, in their own boxes and not in regular boxes.

Tattletaping and Barcoding: All materials with a thick enough spine to have a title on it need both. (Originally, the rule was has a title, but there were materials permanent and valuable that had the thickness but were blank).

Supreme Court materials: United States Reports [Supreme Court] come as separates. They supersede the Official Reports of the Supreme Court [Advance Sheets] which come with soft covers in the shipment boxes. The Advance sheets supersede the white paper: Supreme Court of the United States [Slip Opinion]

The Supreme Court materials are FAIRLY straightfoward, with instructions in the cataloging records. The first two are properly given the Ref LC number, stamped and PUT IN CHARLOTTE BURR'S OFFICE BOX. Nothing is done in the Roslin Record.

The final hardbound version is given checked in on Roslin and given all the proper stamps AND A TATTLETAPE AND A BARCODE and given to Cataloging (Carl) to make a printed label for Reference and give other Reference label/stamps as needed. There is a form for this called "Blue Slip."

Public Law and Statutes at Large: See computer file "Public Law"

The Public Laws which are superseded by the Statutes at Large are tricky. The slip versions get individual Marcive records; the bound volumes do not.

If the Public Laws are checked in as part of Marcive electronic lists, then they need to be customized by going to <wpublic law 106> or whatever and bringing them into line with the local adjustments: Ref, call #'s, item record.

United States Code: Same as the final version of Supreme Court Reports.

Administrative Notes / Administrative Notes Technical Supplements: For the edification of the GovDocs Librarian. No processing, just give them to the Librarian. In the file on my computer : "Read Me" is an explanation under "Standing Order" of how the Admin Notes Tech Suppl can be used to update the Standing Order.

Federal Register: No Roslin record. Stamp with Depository and date. Shelve at end of SuDoc Shelves (one month to a stack: previous full year and current year; throw out 1999 Jan. 1, 2001 etc.) Special Cases: Fiche [TGS--Dec. 1999]

N. There are currently nine (9) SERIAL fiche with O.S.S. records.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): AE 2.106/3

    • Title 3, The President. does not supersede and has check-in boxes. **

All others have LIBRARY HAS fields updated, usually, just by changing the "/year". If it gets more complicated than that involving changes in pagination and you can't figure it out, see the GovDocs Librarian. Otherwise, process with all stamps and put in the file drawers on the table outside the Processing Room.

List of Classes of US Gov Publications Available for Selection (and other "funny colored" fiche referring to related topics: sales, price lists) : Confusing and not much used. In the little drawer next to the CFR fiche drawer on the table outside the Processing Room. The best thing I can tell you is to take the new ones; copy the SuDocs from the old ones of the same kind; throw away the old ones. No Roslin record.

X Fiche and Fiche Y1.4/  : See the computer files on these.

Special Cases: Misc. Notes The big philosophic difference between these notes and those I found when I came in November '97 and even the special case notes as I have revised them several times is that they are more self-contained and self-explanatory. On most of these items instructions like "Give to govdocs librarian" and "see govdocs librarian" were not very helpful to me as the new librarian.

Nor did "give to catalogers" or "ask Don [serials]" help if staff had not been briefed on how they were supposed to help with govdocs. But as I found that some student workers found the items too difficult to figure out even with instructions, I simply deleted all mention of those items and "headed them off at the pass" so that students never saw them and I handled them. But the best student workers I have had could handle them and there is currently no librarian or staff member ready to become the acting govdocs librarian in an emergency or hiatus between my leaving and being replaced.

So I am putting this as hard copy in the Processing Room and on my office computer file so that between experienced student workers and tech staff knowledgeable about library matters per se, it ought to be possible to figure out what to do.

Govdocs with LC's in Ref that are superseded: It is the govdoc librarian's responsibilty to dispose of these. But since these items go to cataloging and then reference or directly to reference, it is a matter of nice judgment to know WHEN.

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The Trump Administration & Illinois Manufacturing; Mark Morris Dance Group

On the next 21st: We continue our week-long series on the impact of a Trump presidency on Illinois' economy with a discussion about manufacturing and jobs. We'll also talk with the founder of Mark Morris Dance Group, which will be performing in Urbana this weekend.

Participants in Saturday's Women's March in downtown Champaign make their way down Park Avenue.
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January 21, 2017

An Estimated 5,000 Attend Women’s March In Downtown Champaign

On a day that has seen huge crowds in cities across the country, the Champaign County Young Democrats brought out an estimated 5,000 people to protest Friday's inauguration of President Donald Trump. Following a series of speeches in Westside Park Saturday, the group made its way through downtown Champaign. The event was touted as an official sister march to the national Women's March on Washington.

Protesters demonstrate against new U.S. President Donald Trump in Sydney, Australia.
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January 21, 2017

Women’s Marches Go Global: Postcards From Protests Around The World

As the Women's March on Washington has swelled in support, attracting attention and supporters in the lead-up to Saturday's demonstrations, its name has become something of a misnomer. Sister marches have been organized in all 50 states, and in countries around the world.

In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 photo, Illinois Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, speaks to reporters outside Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's office during veto session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.
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January 20, 2017

Cullerton, Radogno Promise Budget-Package Vote Wednesday

Illinois Senate leaders plan to vote on a compromise budget deal next week. Democratic Senate President John Cullerton of Chicago and Minority Leader Christine Radogno of Lemont told the Chicago Tribune editorial board that they will put the proposal to a floor vote Wednesday. It would raise income taxes, borrow to pay off overdue bills, expand casino gambling, and freeze local property taxes.

President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in advance of Friday's inauguration.
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NPR Live Coverage: Donald Trump’s Inauguration Speech, Annotated

Reporters from the NPR Politics team will be analyzing Donald Trump's Inauguration speech as it happens, and adding footnotes to go with the transcript. Look for updates from the time the speech starts, until about an hour after its conclusion.

President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, waves as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in advance of Friday's inauguration.
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January 20, 2017

NPR Live Coverage: Inauguration Day

Follow our live coverage for news of the day, photos and videos from the National Mall, and for analysis on what the day's events mean for the world. Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.

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I love cooking with collard greens; I find that I can hide them in food and my family is none the wiser. They don't seem to have a strong taste to me, though I've heard people complain about it.

After I chiffonade the greens I put them in the food processor with the cheese layer for lasagne. I use cottage cheese because I don't care for store bought ricotta, and an egg or two. After a minute or two in the food processor, it turns out nice and smooth.

What a wonderful treat. We have been eating outside most nights, it's a real luxury. Though it's mostly shady in the afternoon, the back yard gets some fading sun(set)light at dinnertime that is fantastic for taking pictures.

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I so need a food processor! That looks great!

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I'm asking for a full size food processor for my bday! I love greens, too. Collards, Mustard, Kale and Chard's my fav. very easy to grow in SD. Great idea for lasagna!


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A. No. This is a common misunderstanding. SCCM 2007 increases the functionality of the NAP that is part of Server 2008.

SCCM has a NAP site role that extends NAP by adding additional System Health Validator (SHV) policy support, which is used to validate system health based on the presence of Software Updates. SCCM installs an additional SHV into the Network Policy Server (NPS) on Server 2008, and that SHV points to the SCCM SHV site role. That site role relates to the NAP policy extensions that can be added to a software update.

SCCM requires Server 2008 and NPS. The network enforcement methods of DHCP, IPSec, and 802.1x are used as they usually are with NAP; SCCM doesn't have its own restriction mechanism.

SCCM is useful in making clients compliant by using the SCCM distribution points to deploy patches and software to unhealthy systems.

Related Reading:

Check out hundreds more useful Q&As like this in John Savill's FAQ for Windows. Also, watch instructional videos made by John at ITTV.net.


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In late 2006, a Grant County jury ordered Daniel Virnich and Jack Moores to pay a $6.5 million judgment, the largest in Wisconsin that year. The lawsuit brought by receiver Michael Polsky had accused the two men of plundering a stereo components company, through excessive payments to themselves. The company had gone belly up, leaving its creditors — including numerous small businesses — with major losses.


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No motor boats allowed this weekend in several Finger Lakes

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP modified) – If you are heading out to the Finger Lakes this holiday weekend be aware that motorized boats being banned on three of the major lakes due to hazardous conditions caused by last week’s flooding.

Ontario County Sheriff Phil Povero says the boating ban goes into effect at 8 a.m. Friday for Canandaigua and Honeoye lakes.

On Keuka Lake boaters face cangers from docks that have been knocked off their moorings and floating trees.   Motor boats also also been banned in that lake which is Yates County

Seneca Lake also has a  5 mph “no wake” rule in effect.

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Tampa Bay Lightning fire Coach John Tortorella

This news had been rumored for months at least.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - John Tortorella was fired Tuesday as coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, four years after leading the team to its only Stanley Cup championship. He had one season remaining on his contract.

The Lightning were 239-222-36-38 and made the playoffs four times in 6 1/2 seasons under Tortorella.

"This has been a very difficult decision because of everything that John Tortorella has meant to and done for this organization," Lightning general manager Jay Feaster said in a statement.

"Torts came to Tampa and not only built the foundation under our club but he also changed the culture and raised the expectations, eventually leading us to the Stanley Cup in 2004. What he accomplished during his tenure in Tampa was nothing short of remarkable and our organization will always owe him our thanks, gratitude and deep respect."

The firing came as no surprise. There has already been speculation about television analyst and former Los Angeles Kings coach Barry Melrose possibly replacing Tortorella.

If Tampa Bay replaces Tortorella with Melrose, the Lightning are going to remain in the Southeast Division's cellar for some time to come. Melrose hasn't coached in the NHL for over 10 years and I think is out of touch with the game today.

I'd like to see the Florida Panthers now hire Tortorella. The cats have been leaderless since Jacques Martin stepped down as coach almost two months ago. Martin, who is still the Panther's GM, hasn't hired a new coach yet. I say hire Tortorella, the listless Panthers could use the kick in the ass this firey coach would give them. Unfortunately I don't think the Panthers will make that move. They'll play it safe again with the head coaching job and miss the playoffs again.

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This new ownership is going to lead the Lightning into disaster. The firing of Torts was insane. The team was ravaged by injuries all year and had them playing hard throughout.

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thanks, Blake - and nice post on your blog as well!

Cool article Renny. After reading it, I started wondering why the facebook community lacks that narrative. Narrative requires conflict and characters, while Facebook places you in a largely safe bubble with only your friends and their concerns. That is no nation and no wider community. I wrote up a post on my blog: (http://numenary.com/why-the-facebook-nation-lacks-a-narrative/) where I talk about these things and the ways in which virtual worlds like Warcraft attempt to create narratives. Thanks for sparking these thoughts.

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Health care activist, author to speak on health reform act

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KALAMAZOO—A noted health care activist and author will speak in mid-November at Western Michigan University.

Richard Kirsch, author of the book "Fighting for Our Health: The Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right in the United States," will speak at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Fetzer Center on how ordinary citizens fought for the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The lecture and a reception afterward are free and open to the public as part of the Burian University-Community Lecture Series.

Kirsch's book offers a vivid, first-person account of how health care reform came to be, revealing how a reform campaign led by grassroots organizers played a crucial role in President Obama's signing of health reform legislation in March 2010.

The outcome of the Nov. 6 election may have a big impact on the health care reform act, as well as the tenor of Kirsch's lecture. But the legislation's fate is only part of the story, Kirsch maintains.

"One thing that's true about the fight over the Affordable Care Act is that it shows grassroots politics can still matter," Kirsch says. "It was grassroots activists with personal stories who led the fight for its passage. With all the money in politics today, organized citizens can still make change."

Richard Kirsch

As the national manager and chief spokesperson of Health Care for America Now, Kirsch led that grassroots campaign. Currently, he is senior adviser to USAction and a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. Since the 1980s, he has worked for Citizen Action of New York and for USAction affiliates in Illinois and New Jersey.

He has authored op-eds on health policy and several studies on health care reform, while Families USA named him Health Care Consumer Advocate of the Year. He also received the New York Statewide Senior Action Council Human Services Advocacy Award for his "vision, boldness and relentless dedication in the pursuit of health care for all."

Burian University-Community Lecture Series

Established in memory of the founding dean of the WMU College of Health and Human Services, the Burian University-Community Lecture Series brings members of the community and University together to interact with leaders in the field, focusing on the qualities of health and human services that were the essence of Bill Burian's mission.

Registration for the lecture is not required, but is appreciated at or by calling (269) 387-2663.

For more information about the book "Fighting for Our Health: The Epic Battle to Make Health Care a Right in the United States," visit


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School of Music presents annual scholarship benefit spectacular

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Vocal jazz ensemble Gold Company will be one of several performers at the showcase.

KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University's School of Music will present its fourth annual WMUsic Showcase Spectacular at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, in Miller Auditorium. The showcase of talent for WMU’s internationally recognized music program is a benefit concert, with all proceeds being applied toward music student scholarships.

Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors and $5 for students, and are available from Miller Auditorium at or by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858.

WMUsic Showcase Spectacular

Produced by Scott Boerma, director of bands and conductor of the University Symphonic Band, this event will showcase the talents of ensembles as well as those of individual students and faculty in the School of Music. This year's showcase will feature a new format, in which the diverse musical performances threads together into a montage of ever-changing sights and sounds: A brass ensemble shifts to a woodwind consort, a symphonic band morphs into a symphony orchestra, a tenor soloist expands to a full choir, computer-generated sounds take a quantum leap to music from the 1600s, vocal jazz becomes instrumental, striking percussion contrasts with delicately feminine voices, and a tiny chamber ensemble grows to a gargantuan marching band.

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School Starts Today For Students in Stephens Co.

It is the start of a new school year for students in Stephens County.

Today is the first day of school for students in the Stephens County school system for the 2014-2015 school year.

Stephens County School Superintendent Bryan Dorsey said they are ready to go on this first day.

“We have had our teachers and administrators and staff working very hard to get ready for our students and we are excited about getting a great year started,” said Dorsey.

This is the first full school year in Stephens County for Dorsey, who started in his position in May.

He said he is excited to get his first full school year underway.

“I am extremely pleased to be able to get back involved with our students, seeing them do their student achievement, making progress in their classroom studies,” said Dorsey. “I am also looking forward to seeing some of our students involved in our extracurricular activities, clubs and sports and seeing all the great things we are able to offer and do with our students and for our community.”

The 2014-2015 school year marks the first year for the Stephens County school system as a charter school system.

In a charter system, a local Board of Education reaches a contract with the state Board of Education regarding the operation of the school system.

In that contract, a local school board can request to do things differently that normal state rules may allow in various categories.

However, the state in return sets certain requirements and benchmarks for performance that the school system must meet.

Dorsey said becoming a charter system will provide opportunities for the school system and its students.

“With all initial start-ups, there is a period of learning, so we will be going through some training sessions with our school governance teams, making sure they are up to date on proper protocols and laws and the ways that they will be able to operate,” said Dorsey. “Then we look forward to being able to expand the opportunities for our students so that they are able to learn more and be able to do more. We want to see performers and kids that are for the next level.”

In addition, schools in Georgia are facing a new testing format with what the state is calling the “Georgia Milestones” test.

Dorsey said that will be an adjustment for Stephens County schools and others across the state.

“It is a big change, but we know that our staff is ready and will step up to that challenge,” said Dorsey.

Dorsey also encouraged people to be patient on the roads and allow for extra time to get to school or wherever they may be headed.


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Last week, Chris Christie laid out his plan for the rest of the year. Now, the man who may run against him for Governor next year has done the same thing.

While Governor Christie says he’ll work to end municipal user fees, sick leave payouts, promote shared services, enact ethics reform, and push through a state tax cut, State Senate President Steve Sweeney says he wants greater investment in higher education, an increase in the minimum wage- with a built-in cost of living adjustment, increased shared services, a tax cut if it’s feasible, and a greater focus on job creation.

Sweeney says the Governor should have the same goal.

“We gave him a package of jobs bills that he doesn’t want to talk about – he needs to start talking to us about what’s he going to do for jobs. Our unemployment is 9.8 percent – one of the highest in the nation…I actually introduced a bill that would help small businesses, where if you hired somebody that was on unemployment for a month, that you wouldn’t pay the state taxes for them.”

He adds, “The governor has to focus on jobs first – as we will – jobs is number one. He has got to wake up and recognize what he’s been talking about and what’s reality are two different things – starting with the Jersey Comeback. Slogans are great but jobs are better…As a construction guy, I know there was 46 or 47 hundred less construction jobs – just recently announced- less than was before…There’s less jobs in New Jersey now than there was in the year 2000, so when the Governor says things are good…he’s a likeable person, but the reason he’s having a hard time gaining traction is cause my neighbors are still out of work, I still have friends going through foreclosure.”

“Poverty is up 11.4 percent since he came into office…We gotta focus on the economy, what he’s doing isn’t working – now it’s time to get down – let’s get together…We gave him 30 bills – he didn’t like em- so where are your 30 bills? We need to have a package to focus on the economy…I think the governor doesn’t like to admit when it doesn’t work out for him…We’ve done some great things together – in a bipartisan fashion. But where there’s been an enormous failure on the governor’s part is jobs…He’s been traveling around the nation campaigning and stumping for Mitt Romney- and that might be great for Chris Christie and Mitt Romney – but the people of New Jersey really need him to come back and focus on the economy.”

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Friday, July 14, 2006

Brussels ...

I love having guests, each new person gifts some new thing in the places I live ... it's always been that way and ML and Al have been no exception. Yesterday I saw Brussels in a new way.

We began at the famous Atomium . You haven't heard of the Atomium well ... it was designed by the engineer André Waterkeyn for the International Exhibition of Brussels back in 1958. The Atomium is a structure that is half way between sculpture and architecture, symbolising a crystal molecule of metal by the scale of its atoms, magnified 165 billion times.

It's an impressive wee place, with a restaurant at the top of the 335 foot high structure. The spheres have a diameter of 59.0 ft and weigh 2400 tons ...

Photographs taken, we caught the metro into the city, abandoning our car in a shady place because the temperature was once again in the high 20's. We wandered in Grote Markt where I harassed street musicians with my camera ... I've taken to unashamedly asking for peoples email addresses after photographing them. No one has yet mistaken me for a stalker.

We ate on Kaasmarkt, in one of the many Greek restaurants lining the back street, eating Gyros (otherwise known as Döner kebab in that other life that I lived). I do believe that Döner kebab is a meat I could eat endlessly ... it was good.

Gert took us to a small pub called La Becasse where we each tried a different Brussels beer. A Lambic and two fruit beers(as in a cherry and a raspberry beer) ... lovely on a really hot day and so tucked away that it doesn't seem to have become a regular on the tourist beat.

We introduced ML to Manneken Pis but of course. No visit to Brussels is complete without a visit to the famous statue of a little boy peeing in a fountain. It's supposedly the perfect representative of the irreverent Belgian humor ...a unique Brussels icon has been amusing visitors since 1619.

Personally, I think the co-called irreverent humour of the Belgians is now directed at hapless immigrants wanting into the country ... but that's a whole other story.

I had written to expat friends located in Brussels, warning them of our planned invasion ... Shannon had a horrendous study deadline but Alison and Andrew were still in the relax and recovery mode after their trip home to Canada and invited us in for dinner.

After riding the infamous Brussels Ring Road for a while (traffic-jam style), we arrived and were poured a selection of drinks. The deck chairs were set up outside and we caught up on a month's worth of news. I'm sure ML considered jumping ship after experiencing their warm Canadian hospitality ... we left around 10pm, full of good food and wine.

Ahhhh, the expat life .. there's nothing quite like it sometimes. (And no, you may not quote me my writings from the winter).

Postscript: Gert is responsible for the entirely sexy photograph of our beers in La Becasse.

Dobermann said...

Oh, you're having so much fun ALL THE TIME now! I'm almost jealous, only almost because I don't have time since I'm watching your photos! lol

woman wandering said...

Lol, you made me laugh out loud doberman. Does it help you to know that I'm truly exhausted?

We've moved the Brugge trip to tomorrow and I have Amsterdam next week ... let's see how that goes.

Anyway, I'm glad you're finding ways to enjoy coming with us. :)

Dobermann said...

I'm stuck here and would like to do some traveling. I might have to strike back and do a little trip around south-west Finland in august and post pics! HAH! ;)

I love reading and looking the photos from your trips around there.

So, you've had so much fun you're exhausted? Oh, you deserve it since they're messing with you at the immigration..

woman wandering said...

South-west Finland ... yes please, do it and post about it :)

Immigration ... bleh. On the bright side, I guess I wouldn't be free to travel had they been nice to me.

wandering-woman said...

You found a bright side! (to them not being nice to you...)
And tell Gert the beer photo really is very sexy. I have two Belgian bottles in my fridge: Leffe brown and Leffe blonde. Kristien gifts. Does he wish to recommend glass shape for serving? Food to go with? Hmmm?

woman wandering said...

Gert said ... 'Search google for the glass shape' and that 'Leffe Brown is best with some kind of stew or beef type dish which Leffe Blonde is more for chicken or rabbit dishes.

I typed as he spoke, I don't think he dared imagine me writing up his glass-shape description. :)

Leffe Blonde and images in google will give you '16,000' photos with the glass shape.


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