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created May 7, 2001 · complexity intermediate · author Erhan · version 5.7

You can learn the ASCII or Unicode value of the character under the cursor by pressing ga in command mode or :as / :ascii on the command line . This displays the value of the current character in decimal, hex and octal. (Think "get ascii.")

Seeing ASCII/Unicode values in the status line

You can also add options to the statusline option to show the ASCII/Unicode value of the character under the cursor.

:set statusline=%<%f%h%m%r%=%b\ 0x%B\ \ %l,%c%V\ %P

It's the %b\ 0x%B that does the trick. Note that you may need to :set laststatus=2 so that the status line is visible in with only one window showing.

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  • The characterize plugin overrides the ga command to provide even more useful information for Unicode characters, such as any digraphs Vim has defined to enter the character. But note that it contains a bug so it will not identify any combining characters for UTF-8 characters.
  • The unicode plugin also provides additional information for any character without overriding the ga normal command. It provides the :UnicodeName command, that displays the official Unicode name for any character as well as defined digraphs or html entity name. This also works correctly for combined chars.

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The full moon is tomorrow night and called the Beaver Moon. It is also one of the biggest full moons of the year and the closest. The moon is in perigee. Expect extreme high and low tides in the days ahead. When the moon is both full and close to the Earth, its gravitational pull on the world’s oceans with the sun is most extreme.

Tides run highest at noon and midnight through the weekend. Tides run lowest around sunrise and sunset.

Evidence of high water will be left in the height of the wrack line along the Island’s beaches, higher than usual. Sand bars that are normally underwater may be visible at low water.

The red planet Mars is easy to spot after the dinner hour. The red planet appears low in the eastern sky at 8 p.m. and as the evening moves ahead, Mars rises with the night. Mars is in the constellation Gemini and will be visited by the gibbous moon on Tuesday.

After midnight look for the ringed-planet Saturn rising in the east. Saturn isn’t as bright as Mars, but it is clearly the brightest in the east after midnight. Saturn is in the zodiacal constellation Leo and near the principal star Regulus.

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We drove down the driveway, turned right so that we could see the front of the house one last time, and then the dam broke. The tears and the deep breaths and the attempt to control all well-intentioned behavior was for naught. The house looked so empty. The grounds were just beginning to look like winter with little foliage, and just by looking up and through the light of thewindows, you could tell it was empty . . . as in nothing left, no furniture, no lights, no paintings, no curtains, etc. It was time for us to keep moving.

We headed the car toward our beloved Martha’s Vineyard, knowing that we were going to a place not only loved, but a place that would enrich us and nourish us and make us feel wonderful . . . once we made the break from our home of almost 30 years. With all the turmoil going on in the country and around the world, with all the people suffering, we knew we had nothing but blessings in our life and had no right to be maudlin or depressed. So we kept our sights on the road and kept on moving.

But it is not possible to leave a home and neighborhood and friends and everyday people that we interacted with for so long without feeling something, make that a lot of something. Not only is it a change in a lifestyle and area, but a realization that we are now at an age where this is expected. Maybe it is even a rite of passage. That is what was hardest for me. To know that even though we could have stayed in our home outside New York city, it was a time in our life where it would be too much to take care of, worry about and spend money on. Why shouldn’t we be doing things for fun and excitement and broadening our horizons in new worlds? After all, we are of the age where the saying goes “do it now or you might not be able to do it at all.” That always sticks in my craw and is never easy to accept. Our home had been home for so long and we had lived through every wonderful, sad, challenging and riveting emotion one lives through in a life, so age had to be a factor and remind us of the times we had had and the memories that will be with us forever. A house is only a structure. A home encompasses lives and living. But still we must keep moving.

Now, after all the boxes have been unpacked, all the memories of a 50-year marriage and a lifetime of children and now grandchildren, I think I have made some sense out of why we are here, why we moved, why it was time (even though that has to do with age!) and why we can never look back if we want to move ahead. The years ahead are just as exciting as the ones we left behind. And with technology we never feel really far away from kids and friends. And it is also not like moving to some really far away place. We are only three hours from any of our kids and one lives right here on the Vineyard. So it is a bittersweet time, but a positive one too. How lucky we are to have made the choice at all, butespecially to a place like the Vineyard. We don’t need to keep on moving. We are here.

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I just watched the program Nature, on PBS, about the environment around Chernobyl 25 years after the nuclear accident.  It featured two Russian scientists, one of whom has spent his life studying wolves.

Following the Chernobyl accident, the forest in the immediate area turned red.  Now it is green again.  They observed the wolf packs and the young cubs.  They also watched the doormice.  They found that 4 to 6 percent of the doormice had abnormalities, presumably caused by radiation.  The rest of the dormice population was healthy, normal, and thriving.

The two scientists did not remain in the area for long at a time because of the radiation danger, and no humans live there.

In two weeks of observation, they located 17 wolf packs and around 120 individual wolves.  The one wolf expert had an extraordinary ability to call the wolves by howling.  Wolves appeared out of the trees, howling as well.

White-tailed eagles, ravens, songbirds, and the carp in the river seemed well and healthy. They spotted a large boar.

The beaver were not doing too well since they are prey to the wolves.

The scenery and the beautiful winter light on the trees and the rivers gave the impression of a magical world.

The conclusion the scientists drew was that the population of wolves and the habitat in general was exactly the same, no better and no worse than other natural, undisturbed wilderness areas.

This is an area where humans cannot go because of the high levels of radiation. It is interesting to recall that, as humans, we are the weakest of the earth’s creatures, having lost much of our original physical strength over the course of the centuries while we have removed ourselves further and further from the natural world, and as we make a habit of living in artificial environments.  Other primates for example, even the small ones, are much stronger than we are.  We are no longer well adapted to living in nature.

This study, done by the two Russian scientists, seemed, in its own way, remarkably hopeful and uplifting, for the future of animals and the earth.


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Game Suspended. Come Back Tomorrow (Maybe)

Game 5 has been suspended, in the bottom of the sixth inning, due to significant rainfall in Philadelphia that saturated the playing surface and led Commissioner Bud Selig and Chief Operating Officer Bob DuPuy to deem the game unplayable.

Want to know how unexpected that was to Selig, even though there was a significant chance of rainfall in the Philadelphia forecast tonight? Selig pulled out a day-planner sized MLB rulebook and cited the official rule and resumption of a game, which stipulates that the teams will pick up in the bottom of the sixth some time tomorrow.

In fairness, we should all cut Selig a little bit of slack. After all, this is the first suspension of a World Series game ever.

Or maybe they'll have to wait until Wednesday, because of this forecast, which we showed you earlier. There really, really is a significant chance that the rain will continue throughout tomorrow, which would push the final 3 1/2 innings of Game 5 to Wednesday. Of course, that in turn would push back a potential Game 6 to Thursday and Game 7 to Friday.

Naturally, that's getting way ahead of ourselves. Unfortunately for fans of Philadelphia, let alone those living IN Philadelphia itself, they have to live with dreams of a title dancing in their head for at least a day. That may make a World Series crown even sweeter if it comes. If it doesn't, those fans will surely reminded everyone else that rain ruined Game 5 for the rest of time.

No matter how it turns out, the city of Philadelphia will be sure to let Bud Selig know what they thought of his decision to play the game -- and what they thought of this eventual press conference -- the next time they see him. And the time after that. And so on and so forth.

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In my opinion they should have postponed that game waayyyyy before the 6th. It was cold, windy and rainy (and coming down hard!). Why didn't they make it sooner if Selig had announced before that no games would be called a win for anything less than 9 innings! Geez (eyes roll)!

I have a question for all you Stats people. Which team plays better after a suspended and/or rain delay? Do some teams play better than others? I don't think the NATS or the O's end up winning after rain delays. What do you think?

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A second look at Apple's Snow Leopard

It's now been almost two months since I reviewed Apple's Snow Leopard version of Mac OS X -- enough time for Apple to have shipped its first major patch to that operating system, and enough time for any new-release shininess to have dulled.

Granted, Snow Leopard (aka, Mac OS X 10.6) wasn't that shiny in the first place, as I wrote here at the time. Apple itself calls this version "refined, not reinvented" and sells it for the low, low price of $29.

But after two months of using Snow Leopard every day on a roughly three-year-old iMac, how do I appreciate this update? Not all that much, honestly. Some of its improvements have grown less noticeable over time, one problem has become a little more objectionable and one promised improvement has yet to surface.

Take Snow Leopard's changes to the Dock: While I find its scrollable "Grid Stack" pop-up listings of the Documents, Applications and Downloads folders' contents a big upgrade over Leopard's less flexible interface, I never use its "Dock Expose" preview -- clicking and holding an application's Dock icon to see thumbnail images of its open windows just takes too long.

The Quick Time X video player has also been somewhat of a non-entity, perhaps because most of the time I don't do anything with a video clip but watch it inside a browser window -- and that works about the same as ever in this new software.

Since my review ran, I've discovered another weird conflict with a third-party program: the PhotoStitch panorama-assembly tool included with Canon's cameras no longer works. Canon deserves most of the blame -- this application, which looks like a refugee from Mac OS 9, should have been updated long ago -- but the Snow Leopard installer offered no warning about this problem, and Apple's list of incompatible software has yet to mention it.

My biggest Snow Leopard disappointment, though, has to be the crash protection allegedly built into its Safari Web browser. Apple's site brags:

Apple engineers redesigned Safari to make plug-ins run separately from the browser. If a plug-in crashes on a web page, Safari keeps running. Just refresh the page and get going again.

I have yet to see this happen. Safari crashes about as often as it did before and also seems just as vulnerable to slowdowns and stalls once I have too many pages open. Just like in Leopard, Safari will stop responding to any input a second or two before the cursor changes into the dreaded "spinning beach ball of death," and then the only thing I can do is wait for the browser to snap out of it.

At least Snow Leopard's Activity Monitor utility now breaks out the processor and memory footprint of each plug-in, so I can accurately condemn Adobe's Flash plug-in for its appetites.

A few Snow Leopard users have discovered a much more serious problem: a rare but gruesome bug, still fixed, that caused Snow Leopard to wipe out all of their data after somebody else logged into the Mac using its Guest Account option.

I still consider Mac OS X a more pleasant software environment than Windows. I also still think Snow Leopard will bring worthwhile changes over time, both as successive bug fixes address its flaws (the next big one is supposedly due this month) and as third-party developers write new software to take advantage of its foundation-level improvements. But two months in, my not-all-that-glowing review looks a little too positive.

Were you an early adopter of Snow Leopard? What's your assessment, now that you've had some time to get accustomed to the software?

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My overall assessment is 'meh'. As they say, It Just Works. Had to get new software for my ElGato EyeTV, and the patch got my HP printer running again. Now I just need to get VMWare 3 (I shot you an e-mail about their asinine upgrade problem).

Cool thing I noticed with the iPod Nano. Bought a new 16 gb one a week ago after the 8 gb one (remember when 8gb was a huge hard drive?) filled up. The new one does playlist folders, which the old one didn't. That's handy. Now if they would just allow the folders, playlists in the folders, to be in other than alphabetical order so that I don't have to prefix numbers on them...

Posted by: wiredog | November 2, 2009 12:15 PM | Report abuse

During one of your chats, when I complained about Quicktime, one chatter called it “progress.” Again I say, Apple hasn’t done any real update to Quicktime or Safari in years! Some of the HD content still sputters on Quicktime. Why Apple can’t add some more codex to it, I'll never know. But iTunes has grown, at least in size, by leaps and bounds. But you still can't have iTunes without Quicktime.

Posted by: ummhuh1 | November 2, 2009 12:59 PM | Report abuse

If anything, Safari now crashes MORE often, not less.

I like the concept of the dock-triggered exposé, but as you point out, it takes too long and I never use it.

I hadn't heard of the guest bug, but as a result I've disabled the guest account (which we only use when my parents are here, anyway).

My biggest beef isn't strictly Apple's's the loss of google Gears. One of my Macs is a notebook and I liked the ability to access my googlage offline. (Yes, I know I could use Firefox, but that involves remembering to launch Firefox periodically so it can catch up.)

Overall...not earth-shattering, but $29 is worth it to avoid the hassle my father just went through trying to migrate from 10.2.x to 10.6.

Posted by: pjgeraghty | November 2, 2009 1:08 PM | Report abuse

Not happy with Snow leopard. After upgrading two Mac's (2009 MacBook white/ Mac Mini 2009) I had major problems with internet slowdowns and this was with Airport or Ethernet. I even tried a Clean install twice but no resolution of these network problems. Even went out and bought a new router! I have three Windows 7 computers using same network with no problems. I ended up going back to Leopard. Just waiting for 10.6.2 release to see if it has patches for this problem.

Posted by: jescott418 | November 2, 2009 1:41 PM | Report abuse

My biggest problem w/Snow Leopard (although this may also be present w/Tiger and/or Leopard) is that I can't use multiple profiles w/Firefox 3.5.4. There's been a glitch between Firefox's libsqlite and the version installed in OS X for a while -- there used to be a work-around but now you can't seem to do anything with the profile manager at all. Quite annoying.......

Posted by: skug67 | November 2, 2009 1:58 PM | Report abuse

This is a pretty negative article on Snow Leopard, but I think it is a fair one. My own experience has been worse and I may well have lost everything on one of my three Macs. MobileMe was a disaster on roll out and this could be even worse in the end.

Actually, the problem that started the disaster was MobileMe related and cascaded from there. Worse, it propagated to another machine as well. The Mac may not have a virus problem, but a serious issue on one machine may in fact move to another one via MobileMe Sync.

While I was a very early adopter of .Mac, I may in fact drop it now after this experience. A restore via TImeMachine did not fix the problem nor did the advice from two Apple techs. Loosing everything on your wife's machine is not good. :-(

At its root, both these problems result directly from Apple's fetish with secrecy and marketing surprise. If REAL users, not propeller heads, had tested Snow Leopard and MobileMe there would have been far fewer problems. Showmanship is fine, but not when much of what you do is dependent on the soundness of your computer.

Posted by: rsvaught | November 2, 2009 2:18 PM | Report abuse

I think Rob would have better luck on a computer that's newer than 3 years old. I've had a very positive experience with SL. For example, Rob says he nevers uses Dock Expose b/c it takes too long. I have a 1-year old black MB 13" with 4G RAM and there's no delay at all.

Posted by: philip2 | November 2, 2009 2:57 PM | Report abuse

I've also found Snow Leopard to be buggy and unreliable compared to other Apple releases. I agree with pjgeraghty and Safari is now annoyingly crash-prone. I like Safari on the Mac although I hate it, like most Apple software, on Windows, but I've started using Opera and Firefox on my Mac because Safari is truly annoying.

You may "still consider Mac OS X [to be] a more pleasant software environment than Windows" but don't suffer the same short-term memory loss that many Apple fans seem to suffer from when it comes to writing about all things Apple. Somehow the accolades stay in the memory and the sourness evaporates. You're entitled to an opinion that favors OSX over Windows, as I still do, but at least be fair about it which you frequently aren't. The differences between the two OS's are mostly down to personal preference now and not some egregious unusable experience as some rabid fanboys still insist. You owe it to your readers to provide a realistic view and that doesn't mean being yet another obsequious drone. If Windows is so starkly a different experience for you than OSX as to be painful, then it's you doing something wrong.

Posted by: scarper86 | November 2, 2009 3:25 PM | Report abuse

I had a hardware issue with my MacBook - the internal microphone was not working - and, to rule out software, I ended up installing 10.6 from scratch, on a bare drive, reinstalling all of my apps and manually copying over my data (so I did not do a migration at all.) And 10.6 is running perfectly - I have had zero issues with Safari, no more crashes in the Finder.

I suggest to anybody having issues with 10.6 to do a good couple of data backups and try installing SL fresh and see if things are better.

Posted by: doog | November 2, 2009 6:10 PM | Report abuse

* jescott418: Can you e-mail with the details of your situation? I haven't seen wired Internet connectivity be an issue with OS X or any other operating system in a long time, and I'm not aware of any noteworthy changes to the TCP/IP stack in Snow Leopard.

* rsvaught: That's the peril of any sort of background sync--errors can propagate themselves around your network before you even notice them. But I would also say that MobileMe has issues that go well beyond the usual risks of sync services: limited features, unnecessary compatibility limits (like not supporting the return e-mail addresses of your choice) and an increasingly poor value proposition.

* philip2: A newer machine would do a lot of things faster--like, say, running a copy of XP inside of Parallels or Fusion--but it would still have the latency of click-and-hold between me and Dock Expose. That's not a processor-determined delay; the software needs to wait to make sure you're really trying to invoke Dock Expose.

* scarper86: You've made this criticism elsewhere, but I remain unconvinced by your assertion that Windows and OS X are now matters of "personal preference." There are plenty of objective measures of performance that show OS X ahead, like startup times or the number of clicks it takes to unmount a flash drive. But the more important difference I would point to is architectural: OS X enforces a proper separation between the OS, applications and each user's data and settings, while Windows largely does not. That's why OS X doesn't need app installers or uninstallers and Windows does. That's also why Snow Leopard's default reinstall preserves your applications, files and settings in place and Windows 7 can't do those things. I'm not doing anything "wrong" to find Windows awkward and inconvenient compared to OS X in these matters--even if I also don't think Apple moved the chains much with Snow Leopard.

* doog: By default, Snow Leopard does that clean install for you--"archive and install" was an option in Leopard, but now it's the standard behavior.

- RP

Posted by: Rob Pegoraro | November 2, 2009 7:25 PM | Report abuse

"Just like in Leopard, Safari will stop responding to any input a second or two before the cursor changes into the dreaded "spinning beach ball of death," and then the only thing I can do is wait for the browser to snap out of it." I guess you've never noticed the Force Quit menu item?

I was exceedingly pleased to find that Image Capture can now operate my scanner! It can even 'see' individual pieces of an image and save them in separate files, should I wish. The previous piece of junque, second-hand, poorly ported "Presto! Page Manager" was the most horrid, unstable and nearly useless software I have ever had to put up with, ever, even back to the Apple][! ;-)

Too bad the changes under the hood are not more visible to "the rest of us" but a little investigation would make those more appreciated. Of course, it is also unacceptable that there are still bugs and even new ones in Snow Leopard. The fact that many old ones are gone is simply not noticed, unfortunately.

Nor should Apple be blamed for improving a more modern OS and not having developers care enough to take advantage of them. I know that takes time, and I hope to see even better software sooner than later. And it is basically impossible to test a new OS against every possible combination of third-party apps and the hardware they could be using. There is never enough user-testing in practically any device on any market, from toasters to commercial aircraft! 8+|

But thanks for bring some of the 'warts' to the masses. I still wonder, however, how people can be 'unaware' of the Guest account problem. Do these people depend on TV for their Mac information?! There are simply too many, friendly, helpful, well-informed Internet forums available to depend on rare and irregular non-computer publications. If these people take the time to read this site, they certainly have time to get competent information in a much more timely manner. Of course, that's just my opinion, but I don't want to depend on some occasional comments to learn of very useful and sound reports of new information and tips. Use your own power and skills, people! ;-)

Posted by: xairbusdriver | November 3, 2009 9:55 AM | Report abuse

I just recently upgraded to SL and have had no problems with the OS or with Safari. In fact, Safari runs slightly faster and seems more stable, at least for me. I also appreciate the smaller footprint, as I think I have saved some 10-15 GBs compared to Leopard.

One complaint -- built in print drivers for my older Epson all-in-one are really not Epson drivers and, therefore, I have lost some functionality. Not exactly Apple's fault, but not the best case either.

Overall, I think the upgrade was worthwhile, given the cost and the improvements I have noticed.

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A Party of Sociopaths: GOP and "rock star" (NOT!) Scott Walker

Are people starting to notice a clear and emerging trend in US politics?  The republican party's national heroes are documentable flip-floppers, sociopaths, liars, and dimwits - George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnel, John Boehner, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Newt Gingrich & the entire psycho-talk parade of buffoons that ran for that party's presidential nominee, Scott Walker...

I could go on and on.  GOP is the party of sociopaths.  Most of our readers are paying attention to this stuff.  I could probably just rest my case now and end this post, but this is a disturbing trend because:
  1. Mainstream media and news is biasedtowards republicans, especially when it comes to the endless punditry and political propaganda analysis.   This is especially true here in Wisconsin as our readers that follow Scott Walker's recall regularly see.
  2. These sociopaths have been given a "free pass" by the media for decades now, which actively works to create the "rock-star" status that your TEE-VEE tells you Scott Walker enjoys even while he is unable to maintain his favorability ratings despite an extended multi-million dollar media campaign.
  3. The "big bucks" increasingly are going to these sociopaths or their PACs.  By definition, sociopathic politicians are incapable of being direct, truthful, and honest.  Even worse - they don't believe in democracy or representative government.
All powerful reasons to get out and vote next week, Walker's historic recall election will not be determined by polls some of which can easily be proven to be bogus.  It will be determined by turnout.

Our communities, state, and nation face extreme challenges right now.  More and more people are coming to see that America's (and the rest of the world's) biggest problem is the republican party.

This is a fight that will not be over on June 6th regardless of the outcome of the recall elections, but recalling Scott Walker will send a message around the country and world and be the first step in taking back our democracy.

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Profile of the Sociopath ( Mitt Romney and cohorts)
1/Glibness and Superficial Charm -
2/Manipulative and Conning
They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be
used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.
3/Grandiose Sense of Self
Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."
4/Pathological Lying - it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis.
4/Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core.
4/Shallow Emotions
When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive.
4/Incapacity for Love
5/Need for Stimulation
Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal.
6/Callousness/Lack of Empathy
Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.

6/ Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim.
7/Early Behavior Problems
Aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.
Not concerned about wrecking others' lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.

9/Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity
Promiscuity, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts.
10/Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle
11/Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility
Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily.
12/Other Related Qualities:
Contemptuous of those who seek to understand them
Does not perceive that anything is wrong with them
Only rarely in difficulty with the law, but seeks out situations where their tyrannical behavior will be tolerated, condoned, or admired
Conventional appearance
Goal of enslavement of their victim(s)
Exercises despotic control over every aspect of the victim's life
Has an emotional need to justify their crimes and therefore needs their victim's affirmation (respect, gratitude and love)
Ultimate goal is the creation of a willing victim
Incapable of real human attachment to another
Unable to feel remorse or guilt
Extreme narcissism and grandiose
May state readily that their goal is to rule the world
(The above traits are based on the psychopath checklists of H. Cleckley and R. Hare
NOTE: In the 1830's this disorder was called "moral insanity." By 1900 it was changed to "psychopathic personality." More recently it has been termed "antisocial personality disorder",
Antisocial personality disorder is characterized by a lack of regard for the moral or legal standards in the local culture. There is a marked inability to get along with others or abide by societal rules. Individuals with this disorder are sometimes called psychopaths or sociopaths.

They appear to be incapable of any true emotions, from love to shame to guilt. They are quick to anger, but just as quick to let it go, without holding grudges. No matter what emotion they state they have, it has no bearing on their future actions or attitudes.
The notion that any elected representative of the people can sign a pledge that removes his or hers obligation and sworn commitment to uphold and carry forward the intent to which they were elected is criminal and treasonous by definition. The RNC is a subversive agent of Marxist philosophy and intent and therefore has committed high crimes and violated the public’s trust.


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Tyler Olson's Voting Records on Issue: Federal, State and Local Relations

Iowa Key Votes

Date Bill No. Bill Title Outcome Vote
May 23, 2013 SF 446 2013-2014 Health and Human Services Budget Conference Report Adopted - House
(80 - 17)
May 1, 2013 SF 446 2013-2014 Health and Human Services Budget Bill Passed - House
(52 - 46)
May 9, 2012 SF 2315 Amends the Mental Health and Disability Services Program Conference Report Adopted - House
(66 - 31)
Feb. 17, 2011 HF 260 House Rule School Governance Bill Passed - House
(65 - 30)
Feb. 2, 2011 HF 111 Purchase of Health Care Bill Passed - House
(59 - 39)
Jan. 29, 2009 SF 44 Expediting Local-Option Tax Approval in Disaster Areas Bill Passed - House
(55 - 37)
April 14, 2008 SF 2216 State-Mandated Curriculum for Schools Bill Passed - House
(97 - 3)
April 9, 2008 HF 2663 Statewide Sales Tax Increase for School Infrastructure Funding Bill Passed - House
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Hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee - The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act

Location: Washington, DC

Chairman Bishop, Ranking Member Grijalva, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding this hearing on H.R. 3388, the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act, and for inviting me to testify in support of this measure. I also want to thank my good friend Congressman Courtney, who has been an outstanding partner in this effort, and I am pleased to have his support on this bill.

The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act proposes a study of segments of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in Rhode Island and Connecticut for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Our states have long been outstanding stewards of these rivers, and I hope passage and completion of this study will affirm what we, who live near these rivers, already know -- that they possess outstanding recreational, natural, and historical qualities that make them worthy of the designation of Wild and Scenic Rivers.

We are privileged as a nation to have such a diverse system of wilderness areas, not only in the remote expanses of our beautiful country, but also close to home -- in our "backyard wilderness" such as the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed. These rivers are within a 45 minute drive of every Rhode Islander, easily
accessible for family outings and school field trips alike. Rhode Islanders have long enjoyed the recreational and scenic wealth of the Wood-Pawcatuck, and we are eager to share this natural treasure with the rest of New England and the Nation.

These rivers are not only an important part of our national heritage; they are a critical part of our daily lives, especially as much of our economy relies on the health of our waters. From Colonial battlegrounds to Native American fishing grounds, the Wood-Pawcatuck watershed offers diverse destinations for tourism -- a vital industry to Rhode Island and Connecticut. These rivers offer exceptional trout fishing, canoeing, photography, and bird watching opportunities, with adjacent hiking and camping for our sportsmen.

While outstanding recreational features abound throughout the watershed, there are certain areas which hold natural qualities that I hope the study will recognize for their uniqueness and protect accordingly.

Segments of the Wood, Queen and Beaver Rivers contain populations of rare and endangered species, and spawning grounds for native fish. These areas were found to be the most biologically diverse in all of New England by the National Parks Service in 1980, and they deserve special attention.

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act offers the best guarantee that the Wood-Pawcatuck will be here for future generations to enjoy. Adoption and passage of this study is an important first step along that path. Nothing could have highlighted the need for conservation and preservation clearer than the 500-
year flooding event throughout Rhode Island and the greater New England area in 2010. Protecting these areas may be our strongest tool in mitigating the impacts of flooding.

This study has overwhelming local backing. The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association has been a steadfast ally in advancing this legislation; and I would like to extend my personal appreciation to Denise Poyer, their esteemed Program Director, who has taken time out of her busy schedule to testify
at today's hearing. The Watershed Association, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy in Connecticut and Rhode Island, have received the support of every town and city within the boundary outlined in this legislation for the proposed study. Additionally, the bill is supported by the State of
Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management, the State of Connecticut's Department of Environmental Protection, and Save the Bay. This coalition has pledged to assist the Department of Interior in developing the study.

The rivers of the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed contain outstanding recreational, scenic, and natural heritage qualities that would be an excellent addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. I urge you to support this legislation and to approve it for floor consideration. Again, I appreciate your leadership and responsiveness in scheduling this hearing, and I would be pleased to respond to any questions.

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Griffin: Court Ruling a "Monumental Error'

Location: Washington, DC

Congressman Tim Griffin (AR-02) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold President Obama's 2010 health care law, commonly referred to as ObamaCare:

"I agree with the dissent that ObamaCare is "invalid in its entirety.' In 2009, President Obama said the penalty for not obtaining health insurance is not a tax, but his lawyers argued just the opposite before the Supreme Court. Today's decision is a monumental error and paves the way for one of the largest tax increases in history. While the Court may have found a narrow majority to uphold ObamaCare, the vast majority of hardworking Americans remain opposed to this unprecedented and expensive law that fails to lower costs and increase access to quality health care. I will continue to fight to repeal President Obama's health care law so that we can replace it with patient-centered health care reform that maintains high quality service, empowers consumers, promotes innovation, lowers costs and is supported by hardworking American taxpayers."

In 2009, when President Obama was trying to sell his health care law, he was unequivocal: "for us to say that you've got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is absolutely not a tax increase. Nobody considers that a tax increase."

A recent study produced by the House Ways & Means Committee showed that ObamaCare could actually encourage employers to drop health care coverage and impact more than 10.2 million employees and dependents. In March, the Congressional Budget Office projected the cost of the President's health care law will be $1.76 trillion, almost doubling its original estimate published when ObamaCare was signed into law. Within four years, individuals and families who buy coverage on their own can expect to pay 13 percent more for their insurance, compared to if the law hadn't been enacted at all.

A New York Times/CBS News poll from earlier this month showed that more than two-thirds of Americans hoped the Supreme Court would overturn some or all of the health care law. Less than a quarter said they hoped the Court "would keep the entire health care law in place."

Since January 2011, the House has voted 30 times to repeal all or part of ObamaCare.

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Johanns Statement on President Missing Budget Deadline

Location: Washington, DC

U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) released the following statement today after President Obama failed to submit a budget to Congress on time:

"Today marks the fourth time in five years the president has missed the statutory deadline to present a budget. This comes at a time when our country continues to mount trillion-dollar budget deficits each year and we continue to spend our way into deeper and deeper debt. The President needs to provide the leadership the American people deserve and present a budget that will rein in spending and put our country back on a fiscally responsible path."

Under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, today is the deadline for the Administration to submit a budget to Congress. The White House Press Secretary, however, said the President would miss this deadline and did not know when the budget for the next fiscal year would be released. The President has now missed the legal budget deadline line four times and this is the third consecutive time he has missed it.

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Located on Main Street in my hometown of American Fork, Utah, is a car repair shop--World Class Auto Service. After the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), insurance premiums for this earnest, small business doubled within one month and it was forced to drop health insurance for its ten mechanics. But after World Class Auto Service enrolled in the Utah Health Exchange, it restored health insurance and offered employees customized, individual options.

Affordable options, customer choice, and tailored solutions are all available because the State of Utah had the vision--long before health care reform was a gleam in President Obama's eye--to pursue our market-oriented, private sector-based Utah Health Exchange known as Avenue H. Utah's overarching philosophy in our approach to healthcare reform is this: The invisible hand of the private sector, operating in a free market--not the heavy hand of government--is the most effective way to reform healthcare.

In all health care analysis, the central challenge is cost. Incentives for providers and insurers simply fail to align with incentives for consumers. Consumers often lack a compelling incentive to seek more cost-effective solutions. Healthcare providers are paid for each service, rather than for each patient they keep well. When costs increase, there is no pressure to be more affordable than competitors.

Rising costs, misaligned incentives, and increasing numbers of uninsured Utahns prompted our pursuit of bold, innovative, state-based reform. We were driven to empower consumers.

Utah's unique solution allowed a defined contribution, creating greater certainty for small businesses because they can project costs; removed insurance coverage mandates and enhanced flexibility; and allowed consumers to compare prices and value through a consumer-based portal.

However, Utah's Avenue H is not yet as robust as we anticipated. We have suffered from arrested development, thanks to federal uncertainty.

Now, can the Utah Exchange operate in an ACA world? The law gives significant discretion to HHS, and Utah wants the flexibility to innovate. States are unique, and need unique healthcare solutions. Utah will work within federal law to ensure continued success of our exchange. However, there are some red lines we will not cross.

We will not enforce the individual mandate. Despite the Supreme Court's ruling, it remains bad policy.

We will not administer Medicaid through Utah's health exchange. There is a clear distinction between enrolling in private insurance and participating in welfare-based public programs. Those in need should receive assistance, but that determination should be separate.

Utah will not administer individual premium tax credit through our exchange. To ensure Utah's exchange can continue to grow, Utah made a simple proposal this week to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: Let Utah to innovate and expand without federal micromanagement.

Utah will bifurcate the central functions of the Utah Health Exchange, continue to operate our small business exchange, and retain oversight of insurance markets. Utah will also retain control of our Medicaid eligibility system and make the final determination of who is eligible for Medicaid and CHIP using our existing system.

Meanwhile, HHS can assume responsibility for the individual exchange, including the website portal for individuals and families, the navigator grant program, and tax credit administration.

Further, we stipulate that HHS will not establish a small business exchange in Utah as long as the State operates a certified small business exchange.

In Utah, we recognize the best way to reduce cost, while improving quality, is through the solid bedrock of free market principles. Policy makers need the essential discipline, focus and restraint to allow those principles to work.

The fundamental position of my administration, and the State of Utah, is clear: With any product, with any service, if you want the highest quality for the most people at the lowest cost, then the private sector, free market system called capitalism has done that better than any institution or idea on this planet. Why would it be any different for healthcare?

The proof of a good solution is when it's not only good for American Fork's Main Street; it's equally as good for New York's Wall Street.

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If it is an easy-to-use Linux distribution that you are looking for, look no further than Canonical’s Ubuntu. The popular Linux distribution has just recently announced its latest version, 10.10 (which is also known as Maverick Meerkat), which claims several improvements over its predecessor, 10.04 LTS (or Lucid Lynx).

Read on to view the press release from Canonical.

Latest Ubuntu Version Puts Focus on Consumers and Mobile

Ubuntu 10.10 adds features for desktop and netbook users

Canonical today announced the availability of Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop and Netbook Editions for download on Sunday, October 10.

Focused on home and mobile computing users, Ubuntu 10.10 introduces an array of online and offline applications to Ubuntu Desktop Edition with a particular focus on the personal cloud. Ubuntu Netbook Edition users will experience an all-new desktop interface called ‘Unity’ — specifically tuned for smaller screens and computing on the move.

Ubuntu One, the personal cloud service for Ubuntu users, includes new services and expanded features, significant performance enhancements and interoperability with other operating systems including Google’s Android, Apple’s iPhone and Microsoft Windows.

The Ubuntu Software Centre, which gives users instant access to thousands of applications, games and tools, now includes the ability to purchase commercial applications, providing a unified portal for both free and commercial software. The Ubuntu community is putting renewed focus on attracting application developers and software publishers to make their work available to Ubuntu users. The universe of applications, both free and commercial, certified on Ubuntu continues to grow.

Also new in 10.10, Ubuntu’s music player includes an integrated store, so you
can buy and download new tracks with just a few clicks. And thanks to
Ubuntu One’s file-syncing magic you can stream your music uninterrupted
to your Android device or iPhone

Ubuntu One Basic, available free of charge, provides a personal cloud for sharing and syncing files, contacts, bookmarks and notes, with 2GB of free storage, access to music from the integrated store and (new in 10.10) a beta client for Windows allowing users to integrate their Windows and Ubuntu worlds.

As part of the paid Ubuntu One Mobile service, applications are now available for Android and iPhone so users can stream their music collections from their personal cloud to their mobile devices and synchronize contacts. Users might find that they need extra capacity so 20GB blocks of additional storage can be purchased on demand.

Unity is a new interface for Ubuntu that is making its debut in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition. It is designed for highly mobile computing, making the most of precious screen space on mobile devices. The Unity interface also supports touch and gestures for the increasing number of devices that will support it, with larger icons and a more touch-intuitive interface.

Pricing and availability

– Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition is available free of charge for download from Sunday, October 10 from http://www.ubuntu.com.

– Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition (featuring the Unity interface) is available free of charge for download from Sunday, October 10 from http://www.ubuntu.com.

– Existing Ubuntu users can upgrade directly from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

– Ubuntu One is available from http://one.ubuntu.com.

– Ubuntu One Basic is free of charge.

– Ubuntu One Mobile costs USD $3.99 per month or USD $39.99 annually.

– Ubuntu One 20-pack storage costs USD $2.99 per month or USD $29.99 annually for each 20GB package.

– Ubuntu Software Centre and its applications can be accessed from the Ubuntu Applications menu.

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Mozilla Seabird

Billy May, a Mozilla designer, has come up with a futuristic concept phone that comes with 8-megapixel camera, dual pico projectors, embedded Bluetooth dongle and features wireless charging. Called Seabird, the phone has an unusual shape though it looks stylish overall.

The Mozilla Seabird may be a concept phone, but it could be what phones are going to be like in the not-so-distant future. The phone comes with two pico projectors on either side. When docked, one projects your presentation on the wall while the other projects a full-size virtual keyboard; the Seabird should be able to accurately detect your typing.

You can also use the two projectors to form two halves of the virtual keyboard on each side instead of relying on the onscreen keyboard. The Seabird also has a small Bluetooth dongle that fits neatly at the back of the phone. It can be used as a earpiece, or to move the cursor on the phone’s display. The dongle also has a button for clicking/selecting the icon onscreen, and you can also pan and zoom.

Based on Android platform, the Seabird has a unique shape, though it does look good aesthetically. Well, its still a concept phone, but it will be cool if such phone do exist.

Check out the YouTube video of the Mozilla Seabird

Source: Mozilla

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Lawmakers To Look At How Teachers Can Restrain Disruptive Students

Maine educators are looking for more clarity in the state’s law relating to restraining children in schools. The Maine Education Association says the state’s current rule allows the use of restraint only to prevent an imminent risk of injury or harm to a student or others. But the ambiguity in the law is causing problems in schools when it comes to dealing with disruptive students. “There’s been significant behavior issues that have resulted in children controlling classrooms for an extended amount of time. Fire alarms have been pulled, classrooms disrupted, there’s been scratches and bruises on staff and loss of instruction time for all students has occurred,” said Jill Watson, a special education teacher. A hearing was held Wednesday on the proposal that would change the rule to allow the use of restraint or seclusion to prevent significant property damage, disruption of the educational environment or when authorized in writing by a student’s parent. Some teachers say there is some confusion about what exactly “imminent danger” means in the current law. Many of those teachers contacted Wilton Republican, Senator Tom Saviello, who sponsored the resolve. “The word they use is ‘could’ result, ‘could’ do this, ‘could’ do that. Define could,” Saviello said at a State House rally. “So that means in one case where a child is being very physical with a teacher could be a problem and in another case could not be a problem. It’s very gray. So if I were trying to decide what to do I might air on the conservative side and not do anything.”The Maine Education Association supports a resolve that would prompt lawmakers to take another look at Chapter 33. Maine educators say the law has made life tough on them and their students. Currently, when teachers are confronted by a disruptive student, they can no longer remove that child from the classroom…they have to remove the other students instead. “Interrupting your own learning as a disruptive child is one thing. But having the ability to disrupt the learning of other children really shouldn’t be allowed,” said Cyndy Fish, a special education teacher.Not everyone supports the measure. The ACLU of Maine says Chapter 33 protects kids, especially those with disabilities, from what they call abusive practices. “We’re concerned there’s a significant amount of misunderstanding around rule 33,” said Shenna Bellows, Executive Director, ACLU of Maine. “But we don’t think the rule is the problem. The safety of teachers and students is of paramount importance. We should not go back to the bad old days of when teachers and administrators could use restraint and seclusion without limits.”The fate of Chapter 33 now lies in the hands of the lawmakers.


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Used Equipment Updates February 28, 2014

By Union Farm Equipment | Mar 02, 2014

Union Farm Equipment has updated the Used Equipment List. This week we added a 2010 Kubota B2620HSD with a loader and mid mount mower. We also added a Toro Timecutter Z480 and a Walker MS42GHS. Finally we added a Kubota KX61 and a 5x8 off road dump trailer.

You can see these units and the rest of our used equipment at: USED or SPECIALS

Right now used equipment is selling well. We are looking for good, used equipment at the right price. If you have unneeded equipment you would like to turn into cash, please give our sales department a call at 1-800-935-7999. We are actively seeking tractors and equipment to sell on consignment.

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Alec Baldwin Hosts Panel On Indian Point

Oct 7, 2013

NYS Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, Alec Baldwin
NYS Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee, Alec Baldwin
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Actor Alec Baldwin hosted a panel Friday evening in Rockland County on the Indian Point nuclear power plant. A state assemblywoman and the president of an environmental group were among those on the panel, calling for the shutdown of Indian Point.

The panel discussion, “Driving Without a License: Indian Point at the Crossroads,” was presented by the nonprofit Radiation and Public Health Project, with which Alec Baldwin has been connected for some time. However, Baldwin says this marks his first activist role specifically pertaining to Westchester-based Indian Point.

Though Indian Point Two’s license expired September 28, the reactor will continue to operate until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission renders a decision, which is not expected for several months given the ongoing case review. Paul Gallay is president of Riverkeeper.

Gallay, who was a speaker on the panel at Rockland Community College, says having Baldwin calling for the shutdown of Indian Point lends a strong voice.

Alec Baldwin and Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay
Alec Baldwin and Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay
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Paul Steidler disagrees. He is spokesman for New York AREA, or Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance, of which Indian Point parent Entergy is a member.

Here’s Baldwin.

Democratic Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee was also a panel member.

She says the Assembly has passed her bill but she cannot find traction in the Senate.

Joseph Mangano is executive director of the Radiation and Public Health Project. He is introducing a citizen monitoring program.

Mangano put out a report in 2009 pointing to higher incidences of cancer, particularly thyroid cancer, in areas surrounding Indian Point. New York AREA’s Steidler says many scientists and government health agencies have looked at the issue of potential radiation exposure from nuclear power plants and find no negative health impact.

That’s John Kelly. He is retired from Entergy, having served as director of licensing for Entergy’s Northeast Operations. He was also radiation protection manager.

As for Baldwin’s next step with it comes to Indian point, he told WAMC:

Governor Andrew Cuomo has come out in favor of closing Indian Point.

The license for Indian Point 3 expires in December 2015.


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Harbor Days 2011

It was another scorching Harbor Days this past weekend when the Mattapoisett Lions hosted the annual event under clear skies and hot sun on July 16 and 17. Visitors milled around, enjoying the wares, lemonade, strawberry shortcake, music and more. Photos by Anne Kakley and Felix Perez.

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What Sort of Adventure Gal are You?

by Beth Whitman (March 1st, 2012)

Intrepid TestInternational Women’s Day is March 8th. In honor of we adventuring wanderlusters, this month, the folks over at Intrepid Travel are giving you a chance to get 15% off of one of their tours just by taking their Adventure Girl Quiz.

It’s super easy and really quite clever how this is all laid out. Just pop on over to the Intrepid Facebook page, answer their questions to determine what sort of traveler you are and they’ll provide you with a list of tours that fit your style (giving you a nice discount, too). Here’s a breakdown of their adventure gals…

The Culture Connoisseur – You like to expand your horizons and explore new places by getting to know the local culture. Recommended trips include Burma, Cuba, Iran and Guyana (wow!).

The Inspired Explorer – You never have enough time to see everything. You’re on the go but also inspired by people watching at your destination. Recommended trips include China, Morocco and Sumatra.

The Fun Lover – You like the best of both worlds. You take in the culture, but you also like your late nights and to sleep in. Recommended trips include Road to Zanzibar, Classic Thailand and Barcelona to Rome.

The Adventure Addict - No settling down for this gal. Climb those mountains, surf the sea or find yourself trekking from hut to hut. Recommended trips include the Serengeti and Kilimanjaro, Hiking Yosemite and Cycling the Backroads of Sri Lanka.

Fly-by-the-Seat-of-Your-Pants - No research but so what. You’re still going to have a blast. Recommended trips include American Gold Rush, Explore Eastern Europe and Mexico Unplugged (aaaaaah).

I took the test myself and discovered I’m all over the map and am a bit of each of the above. (Boy, and I thought I was the Culture Connoiseur all the way!)

Don’t forget to claim your voucher after taking the test and leave a comment below to share kind of adventure gal YOU are!

Travel Well,

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On March 3rd, 2012 at 11:44 am, Court from Haunt Jaunts said:

Oh I’m so glad you wrote about this. I’m going to go take this test and see what kind of traveler I am!!

On March 5th, 2012 at 9:43 am, MsCathy said:

Oh, how I wish I can open up Facebook right now to take this quiz. Currently traveling in Vietnam and Facebook is blocked in the country :/ After reading some of the travelers’ description though, I’d have to say I am a Fly-by-the-seats and the Fun Lover traveler ;) I seem to make plans on a day to day basis but also enjoy relaxation time. What about you??

Cathy Trails

On March 5th, 2012 at 2:06 pm, Carolyn said:

Hmm, equal parts Culture Connoisseur and Inspired Explorer — must be all those “stop and eat at the market…” and “look for local food…” answers! But, yes, (since I’ve already made multiple trips to China), Burma, Cuba, Iran, Guyana, Morocco, and Sumatra are all on my wish list.

On March 6th, 2012 at 1:30 pm, Lauren said:

I guess I need to pack my bags for Burma, because I got Culture Connoisseur!

On March 7th, 2012 at 7:12 pm, Rissa said:

Turns out am a Fun Lover! Am ready for more excitement in my next trip! Oh… the joy of traveling! :)

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Excess wattage

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In three days in Ayutthaya and Sukhothai I visited twenty-odd wats and three museums. Both are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Ayutthaya is nearer Bangkok (80 km or so north; two hours by commuter train; 15 baht) and I visited it first, but I’ll mention Sukhothai first because its golden age preceded that of Ayutthaya. Sukhothai is a long way further north of Ayutthaya, at 17º N 100º E.

In the ninth and tenth centuries the Khmer kingdom, which took over the area now corresponding to Cambodia in the first half of the ninth century, pushed into Vietnam, Laos, China and northeast Thailand. Their culture was Hindu, although the Khmer leaders converted to Mahayana Buddhism in the late twelfth century. Their religious architecture therefore includes the usual Hindu pantheon, particularly Shiva and Vishnu. Like the Chams in Vietnam, they often worshipped Shiva in his impersonal form as a linga. The most notable architectural style is the prang, a tower shaped like a cob of corn. Again like the Chams, and like the later kings of Ayutthaya, the king was a remote, all-powerful devaraja, a god-king, a living embodiment of Shiva.

During the period when northeast Thailand was within the mandala of Angkor, ethnic Tais pushed down in large numbers from southern China into what are now Thailand and Laos. The land became known as ‘Syam’.

Jayavarman VII reigned from 1181 to 1219, and he spent so much on temples and monks that the economy “overreached itself” (I’m not sure what this means exactly; it wouldn’t have been a property bubble, since these wats would not have been traded. There was cash money, but the economy was not highly monetised. More likely, therefore, that the state’s use of the main factor of production – by corvée - crowded out other activities, particularly those that required a food surplus, such as military defence). Shortly afterwards the empire began to fall apart. The collapse was finally provoked by the invasion by Kublai Khan’s Mongol hordes between 1215 and 1250. The fact that there was bubonic plague at the time may also have contributed, as it did to the decline of the Roman Empire – for which see the entertaining Justinian’s Flea.

The Mongol invasion also forced the Thais to unite among themselves to face the threat. At this time Sukhothai, which is now in the middle of Thailand, was the main Khmer outpost in the region. Two Thai princes joined up to force the weakened Khmers out of Sukhothai. One of the princes became king Intradit and founded a dynasty known as Phra Ruang. At first it was as local as the Capet kingdom in the Île de France, but it expanded under the reign of Intradit’s youngest son, Ramkhamhaeng, ‘Rama the bold’. Ramkhamhaeng expanded south along the Chao Praya valley and, mainly by marrying his children wisely, gained supremacy over most of Thailand, and parts of Laos and Burma.

Several momentous events occurred in the reign of Ramkhamhaeng. The earliest example of Thai script is on a stone from Sukhothai dating from 1292. In it Ramkhamhaeng records how he came to the throne, what a wonderful ruler he is and what he has done. “Sukhothai is ranked in the top six places in the world for ease of doing business”, he says. "The green goods sector is the sixth largest in the world. We have one of the lowest rates of work-related deaths and injuries in the known world." Or something.

He also records that in 1283 he invented a script for the Thai language. This was not the first writing to be used in Thailand, as Pallava script is found from the seventh to the ninth centuries, Khmer script from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries, and Mon from the eleventh century to the present day. But it was the first Thai writing, Lai Sue Thai, and in 1992 its 700th anniversary was celebrated with great ceremony.

The early Sukhothai script had 39 consonants, 20 vowels and two accent signs. Unlike Pallava and Khmer, and modern Thai, the vowels were incorporated into the main line of consonants, rather than floating over or under. The letters and words are therefore easier to distinguish than in modern Thai, which has 44 consonants, 26 vowels and four accent signs. The Sukhothai stone is so important that it is on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, whatever that is.

Ramkhamhaeng also started building temples, and he espoused Theravada Buddhism instead of the Mahayana Buddhism then practised by the Khmer leaders. Ninety per cent of the population of Thailand are now Theravada Buddhists. In 1284 he ordered the building of a chedi at Si Satchanala. The wats at Lopburi, Sukhothai and Si Satchanala date from this time until the fifteenth century.

Sukhothai – and therefore Thai - Buddhism is syncretic. It encompasses large parts of Hinduism. So not only were the Khmer temples in Sukhothai converted to Buddhist use, but the Hindu icons remained. Even now, Thais worship Hindu gods, especially Vishnu (including his seventh incarnation, Rama), Shiva and Ganesh; the Ramayana was reworked into the Ramakien, as I have mentioned before; and garudas and nagas are seen all over temples in Thailand.

Ramkhamhaeng possessed great influence, but the alliance fell apart soon after his death, and by 1320 Sukhothai was back to being a merely local kingdom. It became a mere province of the kingdom of Ayutthaya in 1438, six years after Ayutthaya had captured Angkor.

After the Burmese invasion of 1766-7 Sukhothai was abandoned, and the local administrative centre moved at some unknown date to a new town 12 km to the east, known, confusingly, as Sukhothai. That is where most of the tourists stay and it is a nice place, full of Italian tourists.

Sukhothai also gives its name to an architectural and artistic style. Sukhothai Buddhas have oval, androgynous faces, relatively slim bodies and long fingers - about four feet long in this case.

His robes cling diaphanously. And the Buddha has a serene, not to say positively happy, expression. The Buddha may have achieved absolute renunciation of earthly desires, but he seems to be chuffed to bits about it.

Before the development of figurative images of the Buddha, in the early centuries of the common era, the Buddha was indicated by symbols: the Dhammachakra (Wheel of Law), umbrellas and footprints. The Buddha’s footprint, the Buddhapada, is found in India and Sri Lanka from the second century BC, and the tradition of footprints began in Thailand by the seventh century AD. There are quite a few around Sukhothai. Here is one at Wat Tra Phang Thong, which dates from 1359 AD.

Although seated Buddha images are more common, the image for which Sukhothai is known the walking Buddha in the round, which depicts the Buddha returning from preaching to his mother in Tāvatiṃsa heaven. He has one foot forward and one hand raised in the policeman’s ‘stop’ position. These Buddhas are known from the 13th/14th centuries onwards.

In a day in Sukhothai I rented a bike and visited eight wats and two museums.

Within the precincts of the town is the Heritage Site, which has been extensively reconstructed. Much of the restored Sukothai is on the water, and there are bright flowers everywhere: it is reminiscent of Augusta National, and indeed it could be a grand golf course, but for all the temples.

Wat Phra Mahathat is a wonderful, very extensive site. It was the royal temple of Sukhothai, and it grew to be so big that it had one bot, ten viharns, eight mondops and over 200 chedis. All of these were made of red brick or laterite, and covered in stucco.

At the centre, and still-standing, is a late Sukhothai innovation, the lotus-bud chedi.

On each side of the main chedi are two very large walking Buddhas.

Also visiting the wat was a party of a hundred monks from Sri Lanka. Thailand got much of its Theravada tradition and practice from Sri Lanka, and the religious links are close. The monks were toting cameras and buying souvenirs like any other tourist.

They were due to go to Bangkok for a ceremony at the royal palace over New Year. I chatted to one of them – it was nice to meet a Buddhist monk who could speak English fluently – and he gave me his card and we agreed to go and watch some cricket in Colombo one day.

Wat Si Sawai dates originally from the twelfth centuries, predating the Sukhothai kingdom. It has three Khmer prangs built in Lopburi style, with low bases and decorated with stucco, decorated with nagas and garudas.

The prangs are made of brick with stucco, and the pillars are of laterite. There were images of Hari-Hara (a combination of Vishnu and Shiva) and of Vishnu as a linga. The later Buddhists simply built a viharn next to the prangs and turned it into a Buddhist temple. Little remains of the viharn.

Wat Traphang Ngoen is another lotus bud chedi, with four niches for Buddhas.

There is a viharn, and a nearby bot surrounded by water.

Wat Sa Si is a brick bell-shaped chedi in Sri Lankan style.

Wat Sorasak is a heavily restored bell-shaped chedi. Its base is surrounded by elephant buttresses.

Wat Phra Phai Luang was, like Wat Si Sawai, a thirteenth-century Hindu prasad later converted into a Buddhist temple. It was probably the centre of the old Khmer town. Again there used to be three prangs, of which only one remains.

At Wat Si Chum an enormous square mandapa almost entirely surrounds a large seated Buddha, again in smiley Sukhothai style, late thirteenth century.

The mandapa has a staircase, which allows one to climb to the level of the Buddha’s face. In principle the staircase could be used to project a voice from the level of the Buddha’s head down to worshippers below. Indeed, there is a tradition that this Buddha speaks to certain privileged people. One of the kings of Ayutthaya, King Naresuan, assembled his troops here before marching on Sawankhalok in the mid-fifteenth century, and he probably got the Buddha to do his talking.

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A judge delayed it while attorneys work out issues over testimony from Brown’s bodyguard, who was convicted of assault in a separate trial.

Both Brown and bodyguard Christopher Hollosy were arrested in October after a man accused them of punching him outside a Washington hotel. Hollosy told police that he punched the man after he tried to get on Brown’s tour bus. But the man says Brown and later Hollosy punched him after he tried to get in a photo Brown was taking with two women.

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We were asked, by some of the attendees of a recent webinar we held, to write a definitive list of power words that will help sell any product or service, in any market.

I thought this was a fantastic idea so I’ve been busy compiling a list of my ‘Top 20 Power Words that Sell’, which I hope will help you create the necessary desire in your customers to take the action you want them to take. After all, this is something we ALL need, right?

Power words have historically been used in advertising and sales media as well as things such as creative copy and even CV and letter writing.

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  • You – It’s so simple, right? This word personally involves me and makes me part of the conversation. Use it early on in your copy.
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  • Lifetime – Tells me that this is going to last.
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  • How – Because people like to know the details.
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  4. Create an emotional tie – exciting, love
  5. Tell them what’s going to happen – delivered, direct, immediately, how
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  7. Create urgency – hurry, offer

Then all you have to do is give them an option, a button to click, a number to call, a form to fill out, basically something to say ‘here’s the next step, all you have to do is take it’.

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Why not try it on one of your sales pages and see how your customers react to using different power words in your copy? There are many ways you can test and record the results but we like to test our new content against our old content to make sure we get better results so we would use something like Google Website Optimizer or Visual Website Optimizer.

I’d be very interested to hear about anyone’s results so if you have any luck with my list of power words, leave me a comment or get in touch.

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Ben Hunt - 4 years ago

Great list, thanks Jimmy. We should obviously always consider variations of this power list, like “Save” – which is both a promise and a command.

Radek Stavarcik - 4 years ago

A wonderful article! I just sent it to my friend.

Julie - a couple of years ago

Great article. Thanks for sharing!

John St.Pierre - last year

Fantastic.I wanted to learn how to write a captivating ad copy the top 20 words are effective, and produce results….thanks

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OK, all this is Pending Approval of the BOT, but I think Angelos and Brogan pulled off a nice end-around by having the press conference first.

Is the BOT really going to balk at the contract when the story about the Owls new coach is in every TV channel and newspaper in South Florida?

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THE CONTRACT: Four-year deal, $175,000 per year. Buyout is $300,000 after one year, $200,000 every year after that.

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With MJ on board, we now have two marquee coaches in the two biggest sports. Howard has done his part to transform the football team into a winner. Once MJ does the same with basketball, I really look forward to moving to a better conference within the next 5 years.

It's time to get dirty!!!!!!

Anyone know what time it is??? It's Dirty Bird time woooooo.

he does look pretty good for 63. I am so glad that this search is over and the players and coaches can start focusing on next year and winning the sunbelt in BB. now what is it 96 days till austin??? GO OWLS!!!

Good point Alan. Jarvis does look exactly like he did like 8 years ago. Hopefully that's a good thing.

tbh he actually looks pretty young for 63, kinda amazed that he is. Anyways I think it's a great hire for FAU, if he stays the contract length I'd be very happy, that job needs some stability in it.

Great work as always Ted.

doherty and walters were both 4 year deals, buyout of 200 after one, 100 after two, 50 after three.

jarvis (who was inducted into the george washington hall of fame this year) did use a lot of international players, but said today he would be focsing on florida kids.
and you have to win first before locals will stay around.

I have a hard time thinking that Brogan and Angelos did an end around the BOT. I am sure they got an un-official go ahead for the press conference...

Well The Mike Javis era has come to South Florida huh?

As a GW Colonial during the tail end of Jarvis's career at GW all I can tell you from my previous experience with him is expect a lot of international players and unless he has changed ignoring local players.

While at GW Jarvis was always bringing Russian, and other former soviet republic players to GW. Don't get me wrong they where very good players, but when he left for St. John's GW started getting some very talanted local recruits that seemed to be ignored by Jarvis during his tenure.

I believe Rex's buyout was $200,000 thru the second year of his contract. Then it dropped to $100,000.

I think Rex's buyout was $100K

how much of a buy out Did Runaway Rex have? Wasn't it $200 K as well?

From what it sounds like at least, he sounds like he wants to be here, then again no coach is going to say "I'll stay here as long as it takes, to get a better job for more money from a big school". I guess time will tell.

I like it. Five years (hopefully 5 winning years) and then he is 68...not too many BIG programs hiring 68 year old coaches. I only see him leaving if we get to the tournament in the 1st or 2nd and making it to the second or third round! GO OWLS! Let's hire a baseball coach while we are on a roll...

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