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I have an awful lot to learn about rock gardening, but do have some low-ish flowers blooming today. Zone 7 in Maryland is not generally known for its winter flowers, but I'll bet there are probably a few out there with which we could all "push our envelopes further." If anyone has any suggestions to add for clay-based soil in our zone to perk up our winters, would love to hear them. Also, wherever you live, would also love to see more posts and pics of December rock gardens.

I don't know if this one qualifies as a rock garden plant, but the whole plant is 24" high right now, with half-a-dozen flowering stalks to about 19" with blossoms clustered at the top: Helleborus x hybridus. This came to us as a random seedling from a local nursery, and none of the others in this batch start blooming from December into May as does this one. It's single, white with purple speckles toward the center and is unusually vigorous compared to the others. I hope everyone feels free to dmail me in May for seeds - fresh ones may germinate more easily.

Occasional blooms from Viola labradorica are appearing up and down a path along a yew hedge where they have self-sowed through a cream/green variegated vinca minor.

Viola odorata - a pink form whose parent came from Sorgina. Its normal blooming time is said to be between November and April and this is its first winter with us, so it will be interesting to see how it does during any warm spells. I had thought it would make a pretty edging to Begonia evansii (from Critterologist), but who knew what a thug that begonia could be with so little sun and water? When I move it next spring, perhaps it'll make more than 2 stalks of flowers this time next year.

Viola tricolor - it crossed all by itself with some pansies and has behaved differently from its more ordinary relatives around here in that it blooms longer through the entire summer, has a color range from pale blue/violet to very dark purple with cream, whiskered faces and no yellow; and varies a great deal in size and patterns (much to my delight).

Ordinarily, camellias are not known to be very bud-hardy around here, even though their roots may be cold-hardy. However, the National Arboretum bred some camellias that they named after various Native American tribes which are definitely bud hardy here and that bloom mainly in the fall - into December with us with 'Snow Flurry.' They shatter more easily and thus might not compete well with other kinds in a show, but nevertheless we are thrilled to have Snow Flurry's flowers in our garden this time of year.

Thanks in advance for any input.

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Lib Dems In Government

Sir Menzies Campbell can protest all he likes: it has nothing to do with him, and he is in any case going to be removed as part of the whole process. This Eustonite pseudo-Labour Government is determined to bring in, not only Orange Book Lib Dems, but also Jacksonite pseudo-Tories such as now run the Conservative Party. After all, they are all really members of the same party anyway, the party that it is now impossible to vote against.

As for making non-MPs Ministers without giving them peerages, so that they will be members of the Government but not of Parliament, that will be yet another step down the ruinous Liberal road of "the separation of powers", on which see here.

We need new parties.

  1. Newsnight says Brown is going to appoint "talented" non-Labour people to the House of Lords and then make them junior ministers.
    Totally unacceptable.
    I've suggested a course of action for the left on my blog.

  2. I've blogged on the day I met Paddy Ashdown if anyone is interested.


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The "Obama is a Muslim" issue

There have been various attempts, I think mostly online, to argue that Obama is really a Muslim. The silliest version is probably the claim that when Obama referred to campaigning in 57 states he was referring to the number of Muslim states. That one only works if you don't read the text of what he said, in which he says he has one state to go and isn't going to campaign in Alaska and Hawaii, making it obvious that "fifty-seven" was a slip of the tongue for 47. It also depends on not noticing that he in fact has not campaigned in fifty-seven Muslim states.

I recently came across a more interesting version by Daniel Pipes. His argument is not that Obama is a Muslim but that, from the standpoint of Muslim law, he was a Muslim as a small child, at a point at which he had a Muslim step-father whom he occasionally accompanied to the Mosque. If so then, from the Muslim standpoint, Obama is now an apostate, a Muslim who converted to Christianity. Under Muslim law, it is permissable to be a Christian (or a Jew or a Sabean--along with Muslims the four "peoples of the book"), but for a Muslim to abandon Islam is a serious, indeed capital, offense. Hence, Pipes argues, Obama might have problems dealing with Muslim leaders.

So far as I can tell, the argument is at least plausible. I am not sure what the Sharia rules are on the age at which a religious choice counts, but I am pretty sure that repeating the formula "There is no God but God and Mohammed is his prophet" is supposed to make one a Muslim, legally speaking, and it seems likely enough that a child who attended services at a mosque would have repeated that formula at some point.

At 1:03 PM, September 24, 2008, Anonymous HH said...

While I don't believe in a god myself [having recently realized that I never did], I am still familiar with much of the major religious books [as I think any educated person should be]. I think you have confused what it means to be an apostate in Islam and what it means to be an apostate in some contemporary Islamic countries. I've linked to an article below that summarizes the Koranic take on apostasy, and it's very persuasive that an earthly punishment was never intended [though hell awaits], and that freedom of choice in religious matters is paramount. This has obviously been perverted by some Islamic authorities, often in the name of political gain. So no matter what Obama has said or done, he has done no wrong under the Koran that anyone should punish.

At 1:42 PM, September 24, 2008, Blogger Raționalitate said...

To be a Muslim, you must adhere to the five tenets of Islam. One of these is the oath of allegiance to the prophet, which you discussed. The other four are: almsgiving (2.5% of your income is the standard amount), fasting during Ramadan, praying five times a day, and making the hajj (if you are able).

As far as I know, Obama has not (and has no intention of) making the hajj, and does not pray five times a day. This makes him, unambiguously, not a Muslim.

At 2:16 PM, September 24, 2008, Blogger David Friedman said...

hh links to a piece arguing that the Koran established freedom of religion.

I think if you actually read the quotes, you will find them consistent with what I believe is, and long has been, the conventional interpretation in Islamic law. You are free to be a Christian (or Jew or Sabean--the situation of other religions is less clear). But you are not free, having once chosen to be a Muslim, to switch to another religion.

A quick google turned up the following Koranic quote, not mentioned in the piece you linked to:

IV. 89: “If they desert you seize them and put them to death wherever you find them. Look for neither friends nor helpers among them…” Baydawi (died c. 1315-16), in his celebrated commentary on the Koran, interprets this passage to mean: “Whosover turns back from his belief ( irtada ), openly or secretly, take him and kill him wheresoever ye find him, like any other infidel.

In any case, I think it is clear that apostasy has been considered a capital offense from the early years of Islam. For more details, see:

At 4:31 PM, September 24, 2008, Blogger Milhouse said...

On the "57 states" thing, I think Snopes's explanation, that he meant to say "forty" and somehow "fifty" came out, is at all plausible. But there is that pause between "fifty" and "seven". What I think happened is that he started to say "all fifty states", and realised mid-phrase that that wasn't true - he'd only been to 47 of them - so he tried to correct himself. In his head, he said "I've been to all, I've been to forty-seven states", but the correction stepped on the original, and what came out was "I've been to all states". No biggie, but you can imagine what would happen if Palin made such a mistake.

As it is, nobody really thinks he doesn't know how many states there are, but it's still a legitimate object of humour. When someone recently predicted that Obama would win "seven states, max", and I replied "so that would be 50 for McCain, then?", everyone understood the joke, and that it was a joke.

At 5:22 PM, September 24, 2008, Blogger scojo said...

Juan Cole has a post on a similar argument made by Edward Luttwak over at his blog "Informed Comment". He quotes some Arabist scholars on this issue:

"So here is what the academic literature has to say about Islamic law on this issue (Rudolph Peters and Gert J. J. De Vries
Die Welt des Islams, New Series, Vol. 17, Issue 1/4 (1976 - 1977), pp. 1-25 ):

"Not only the act of apostasy is subject to certain conditions in order to be legally valid, but also with regard to the perpetrator (murtadd) specific qualifications have been laid down. He can perform a legally effective act of riddah [apostasy] only out of free will (ikhtiyar) at an adult age (bulugh), being compos mentis (`aqil [of sound mind]), and, as emphasized by the Malikite school, after his unambiguous and explicit adoption of Islam." [- p. 3][P. 2, n. 3: "It is equally stated that this Islam needs to be evident in both qawl [speech] and `amal [deed]; a person who embraced the faith by merely pronouncing the shahadah [profession of faith] would not be considered qulified to perform a legally valid act of apostasy-- Cf. Mawwaq in the margin of Hattab, Mawahib al-Jalil, VI, pp. 279-80]"

Cole goes on:

"Barack Obama never accepted or practiced Islam as an adult (which would be age 15 in Islamic law) and therefore according to classical Islamic jurisprudence cannot be an apostate. Peters and DeVries are Arabists and are among the foremost scholars on Islamic law, unlike Luttwak, who does not have the slightest idea what he is talking about."

It appears that Obama really isn't a Muslim after all.

At 5:56 PM, September 24, 2008, Blogger Milhouse said...

I wouldn't trust anything coming from Juan Cole, especially against Daniel Pipes, who has the advantage of actually knowing Arabic.

At 6:06 PM, September 24, 2008, Blogger scojo said...

Apparently Cole speaks Arabic too. From his resume: "Cole commands Arabic, Persian and Urdu and reads some Turkish, knows both Middle Eastern and South Asian Islam, and lived in a number of places in the Muslim world for extended periods of time."

At 1:49 PM, September 25, 2008, Blogger Dan Clore said...

Juan Cole's blog Informed Comment ( ) continually links to Arabic-language publications, describing their contents. Notably including news stories that go unreported in English-language publications.

Obama, on the other hand, was clearly thinking of the number of card-carrying Communists in the Defense Department.

At 5:40 PM, October 01, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

David, I am Arab living in the middle east and I can tell you these worries about Obama not being welcome here have never shown up on any of the Arabic media.

In Islam, a person is not punished for anything he/she commits before puberty. As long as Obama has never admitted an Islamic faith while adult, then he is not/never was a Muslim. Also, in Sari'aa, there is a rule that says "Alhodood Mukafferat". It can be translated as, "earthly religious punishments are meant to lift the perpetrator's afterlife ones". If a person rejects the religion, there is no point in punishing him since he is doomed in hell anyway. Killing a convert is pointless.

Not religious myself, but I often hear so many misinterpretations of Islam.

At 11:31 PM, October 01, 2008, Blogger David Friedman said...

"Killing a convert is pointless."

I don't think that has ever been the dominant position in any of the four schools of Sunni law, however sensible it may be.

On your other point, I'm not surprised. I wasn't arguing that the argument I was repeating was correct, just trying to explain it.

At 10:40 PM, October 03, 2008, Anonymous sad said...

What's wrong with the simplest, most obvious answer?

This is troll bait that the republicans created to draw upon the fears and bigotry of rural america. Furthermore, it is difficult to discredit properly in a way that is respectful to religion since it requires acceptance of that bigotry to find it insulting instead of merely incorrect. (i.e. even though it's more correct, adding "but there's nothing wrong with that if he were" makes it a weaker argument).

Simply talking about it without clear ridicule lends more credibility than it deserves. It is the modern bigot equivalent of "how often did John McCain beat his ex-wife".

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RAY BRISCOE’S new book tells of Bountiful High School’s early years.
RAY BRISCOE’S new book tells of Bountiful High School’s early years.
I learned early in my first year of teaching how powerful grades are in getting students to

produce. In college I had a business which employed many college students. I am

convinced that grades in normal circumstances are more powerful than money in motivating

I believe grades can be given for efforts other than remembering information when being

tested. Should we not count effort in rewarding grades? Should we not count how far the student has come from where he or she started when considering grades? Can not grades reflect a purpose for reward as well as motivation? Should grades reflect how hard a persons tries or how much they care about the subject they are trying to learn? I believe all considerations should be used when reflecting the work of a student.

While writing about my first year of teaching I shared the changed grade when a bright

young lady challenged the ‘B’ she received. The following stores all reflect on grades and

their relationship to student learning.

Lena the Learner

“You taught American Problems in a shocking and challenging way. We were taught new stuff, not the same old stuff we had heard so many times before in our lives. We were required to question what we believed. I was LDS and very conservative in my thoughts. I was also shy and had a nerd complex. I was

capable and you attracted me to ‘get into life.’

“You spent a lot of time on the presidency of the United States and how he can make a significant difference in the country and the world. It made me want to be part of the change. Dan Jones (another Social Studies teacher) used to come into our class and teach. You two were hot numbers, and raised the level of our thought. You were the person who gave me permission to be who I wanted to

be. You were the catalyst that made me what I am today.

“I was a four-point student and never in honor society. However, you still taught me to be the best I can be. You called four of us in after class one day and said, “I am not sure what grade you have earned. Would you visit with me about what you think?”

“We were all the same, and I said, ‘I don’t think I deserve an ‘A’, but if they do, I do.’ You agreed with me.” Neither of us remembered what grade she got. We did know it was a mid-term grade and not a semester grade.

Lena has a deeply spiritual life and thinks that her high school teaching stretched her into finding answers where ever they might be.

Book Reports

Van remembered during the interview my method of ensuring that students did not get credit for books they had not read. I learned early that written book reports were a drag on both the student and the teacher. I changed

the grading and required all book reports be between the student and me, one-on-one. If I had not read the book they were required to hand me the book they were about to report. I would open somewhere in the middle of the book and start reading aloud. As soon as I got to a compelling part I asked the student,

“What happens next?”

If there was some question, two or three more examples would assure me the book had been read.

In Van’s case it was Seven Days in May. The movie was playing and I did not want anyone to get credit for seeing a movie. I had also read the book so he did not have to bring it. I asked him only one question, “Was the road to the airbase graveled or paved?” He got it right. In the movie the road was paved, in

the book it was gravel.

Group Grades and Embarrassing Emile

I found it easy to get kids to study for tests when a lot of information was important to know and they had plenty of time to learn the material and be prepared for the test. I grouped kids together to test them orally. If five kids were in a group then they all got the same grade. It’s wicked pressure not to

know the right answer.

In Emile’s case it was a simple right or wrong answer to a simple question. Did the Puritans get that name because they were considered pure? Her answer was yes, the correct answer was no. They got the name because it was

their intent to purify the Church of England.

Emile told me it was her most embarrassing moment. She may be right, if so, in my judgment, she has lived a very protective and sheltered life.

Lee Ann and Horseshoes

“I liked the desks in a horseshoe where we could all see each other and learn from the responses each had about what you were saying. It was not a class where you came to sit and listen. As a teacher you paced back and forth a lot, but it had a purpose. It kept the class focused on you and the things you were saying.

At anytime unexpected things could happen. Often they did.

“You had lots of books in your room and were always getting more. We were in class one day when a new box arrived and you were excited about the new supply. You were telling us how valuable the books were to us students. You

opened one book named Arnold Nitch.

“You said, ‘What in the hell is Arnold Nitch?’ You read to us a little further and it revealed that the book was about someone building a statue to Benedict Arnold. You took the book over to the waste basket and dropped it in.

“I thought you showed a lot of interest in students. I read an article a while ago about an outrageous teacher, and I wanted to nominate you. “You were very challenging. We all had to write a history paper from original sources. I wrote my paper on the Utah Fish and Game Department.

Most of my information was out of law books. The article was published by the

“The first test you gave in AP History was graded with a lot of ‘C’s’ and a few ‘D’s’. The parents were outraged. Their opinion was that we were the cream of the students and should be getting ‘A’s’. They were sure you were going to ruin our GPA’s. It was effective, because we all got the message that we had to work harder.

“I did hear that you were a Communist. I talked a lot with my parents about your class. Dad and I were always debating unions. We had different opinions, but explored our differences together.

“You took me to Utah State University and introduced me to Judd Harmon. (He was my Political Science professor while I attended college.) It got me a history scholarship to USU.

Had You Twice

Allen was one of the most informed students I ever had in high school.

He was extremely deep from a vast amount of reading he had done during his short life. He was tall and quiet of voice. When he had something to say it was worth listening to for the students and for me the teacher.

“You gave a few lectures, but the class was mostly an exchange between you and the students. It was very lively. You drew us out through the Socratic method. The curriculum was an open environment and we covered the controversial topics of the day. For AP history I read a ton of books, I remember Hofstoder’s, Parnoid Style of American Politics the most.

“I was a budding radical and I enjoyed the lively debates in your class. In American Problems you let each student determine what grade he or she wanted.

As soon as they decided what grade they wanted you outlined for each student what they had to do to earn that grade. It was great, and fair, and well administered. I was aware that there were negative opinions about you from

several people.

“You allowed students to leave messages on the blackboard for other students to read. I wrote, ‘Tried drugs, get out of it!’”

Max Made a Difference Max was a bright, athletic, young fellow with blonde hair and an

inquisitive mind. His dad was a hard working owner of his own business and did not believe in federal aid to education. He didn’t think government should have anything to do with social programs.

After the Russians launched Sputnik One, President Eisenhower recommended to Congress that the national government needed to improve

public schools by offering a whopping twenty billion dollar budget. Naturally, I was in favor of the proposed legislation. Max’s father saw it differently. Max took

my arguments back to his home and his father would load him up to bring further arguments back to class.

We had good exchanges in class. Max went home and primed himself to continue the argument. He walked into class the next day and said something outrageous he knew would get my goat. Max said, “You slide all your books off

the desk and put them in the waste basket,” and then said, ‘You’ve had it today!’”

I skipped calling the roll and sat on the desk with my legs crossed, and we got into it in royal fashion. The rest of the class was intrigued and enjoyed a debate between a teacher and one bright star for a full class period. I don’t believe it was a conversation on who won and who lost. The students got a good critique concerning the issue of federal aid to education. I enjoyed just being around Max. He made every class more interesting.

After school we played ping pong on several occasions. I was a very good player,

but he could not hold his own with me. Several students tried my game and I

never lost. Finally one day Max said, “I know someone who can beat you!”

“Oh yeah,” I demanded in short breath, my ego never gave an inch.

Max brought in a neighbor and staged the production in the auditorium. He was good! I had only been beaten in three or four tournaments in my life, but I lost to this capable six foot six killer, two out of three games. Unfortunately, I was so sure of myself that I’d told Max, “If he beats me you get an ‘A’ for the quarter.” Well I wasn’t too happy to hand out an ‘A’ and after the match said in my gruff voice, “We’ll deal with that tomorrow!”

The next day I told Max he would not have to take the final exam, but he would get the same grade a Larry. Unbeknownst to Max I met with Larry and told him to flunk the test and I would give him the same grade that Alice earns.

Alice was always a straight ‘A’ student. All three were straight ‘A’ students. Larry was not a good actor and Max found out about my duplicity. It ended up that each of the three got the ‘A’ they deserved. When I interviewed Max he said, “Your teaching method was extremely effective for me. You did it so effectively that the whole community came to

believe you were the same person as the stuff you taught. By the time I was your student in my senior year I realized that you were just one great big disguise.

“You made me think. For a while I sat and listened. As I got to know you it became more and more fun to engage you. You had a quick wit and were very sarcastic. I enjoyed your humor.”

I recalled teaching a lesson on growing into maturity. I made the following statement, “If an adult is a rational being and able to understand a situation at hand, and a child is emotional and not sure what is happening, what

then is a teenager?”

Immediately came his quick reply, “He’s the person that can use either method to get what he wants.”

Right on!

Franklin – Intelligence Comes in Different Forms Some theorists believe that in any normal classroom of thirty kids that

all will be at least average in some intellectual ability. I learned this teaching in the classroom before the theory was taught to me during my graduate work. I was only using about one-third of the government textbook in my American Problems class. I inquired of Mr. Wright, the principal, if I could have the money the district spent on text books. I wanted to buy a variety of books, which I thought would improve the quality of information my students had to

read. He agreed and I was excited. I found classical novels, sociological studies,

political viewpoints, historical analyses, sports, etc., and I bought a few of many

different titles. Some of the books were selected to be challenging to the best

students, and some to be easier to read for others. I tried to find as many interests as I could for the students to access.

I found the book-keeping problem a little difficult. I had a couple of hundred books and I was spending too much time checking out books and making sure they were returned. I had a student who many would consider below

average in academic ability. We got along great and he suggested to me that he have that responsibility of caring for the books. I was delighted. He did a better job than I could in accounting for each book and getting them back so other students could read them. The circulation system he devised worked extremely

I believe his grade for the class was a ‘C.’ I don’t remember. It might have been a gift if his grade had been based on how much information he could remember and repeat on typical tests and exams. That was not his ability.

I didn’t see him for several years. I bumped into him while looking for some help for my car which would not start one winter day in a large parking lot. It was a blustery day and I didn’t want to have to mess with my car. He got the problem fixed in very short order.

We visited for awhile, after he solved my car’s problem. Franklin shared a bit of his life with tears in his eyes. He said, “Mr. Briscoe, I took two courses at the University of Utah in accounting and I got ‘B’s’ in both classes!”

I congratulated him and I wondered how I would have done in an accounting class. I know it was not my expertise. He had an educational experience which taught him of his worth. He

had abilities. The experience also taught me we are all different with a variety of talents. Education’s job is to find the strength and abilities of students and help

them expand and enhance them.

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Segment 1: Nicole is in the rectory. She recalls Johnny telling Eric he should marry her. Eric comes in ... looks are exchanged. Nicole smiles.

Lucas comes into Will's room. Look who's awake. Will grins - Hi Dad. Lucas - Obviously he's on the mend ... looking good. Sonny - He'll be good as new. Lucas - Excellent. Well look at her. That's amazing. You must be popping stitches with pride right now. Look at that little baby. Look at those eyes. You got to meet your daddy. You know I got all the details about what happened on Smith Island. It's pretty incredible. Will - I just did what I had to do you know. I learned that from you. Lucas - I don't know about that. You did some wild and crazy things that you learned from the blonde over there. Sami - Of course. Lucas - Thank you Sonny for bringing the baby here so Will could see her. Sonny - We didn't do that. Will - Nick did.

Repeat of Nick crying and telling Gabi it's time for her to know the truth about him. Gabi - I do know the truth. Of course I know the truth. You're an amazing man with a great heart and we're going to have a really great life together. Nick - Gabi, stop. Gabi - What? Nick - You just think you know me but you can't. I don't even know who I am. Gabi - We shouldn't talk about this today because you've had a really awful day and you just need some sleep, that's it. Nick - Gabi, we have to do it now. I've been hiding stuff. I've been telling myself ... I don't know ... that somehow it would evaporate or something. Or maybe I thought I could just lie forever. Gabi - No, we haven't lied. We've told everything to each other. We haven't done that. Nick - Gabi, I lied about everything. Gabi - No ... what ... Nick - Everything. I blackmailed Will to give up his rights to the baby. I blackmailed him. Gabi - Okay, I always thought that you had something over him but that's because you were trying to protect me from Sami. Nick - No. It had nothing to do with Sami. It's because Will's gay.

John approaches Brady. You look like hell. What's happened? Brady - What did you do tonight Dad with Kristen? John - All I want to know is are you okay. Brady - All I want to know is what you did with Kristen tonight. Did you go to her room tonight? Did you try to seduce her Dad? Yes or no.

Repeat of Kristen looking up and seeing Marlena. Bitch! Marlena - Isn't that what payback is Kristen? Kristen - You viscious, vindicative ... Marlena - Bitch. Yes I know. You said that. Kristen - Can't help yourself, huh? Had to come back and gloat. Marlena - I didn't come back for you. I came to make sure Brady was okay. Kristen - He left and he's not okay. You ruined his life, remember? Marlena - I thought he had the right to know the truth. Kristen - Is that what you thought? Are you sure you didn't think that you've been trying to get revenge on me for 15 years and now is your chance. So what if Brady gets hurt in the process. Marlena - That was never the intention. Kristen - Oh really. Now you're here, what do you want! You want me on the ground again so you can kick me when I'm down. You know what, I didn't think it was possible but I hate you more than I ever did. I only have one regret ... that I didn't kill you when I had the chance.

Segment 2: Nick - Look, the way I treated Will and Sonny is not because I'm religious. In prison ... things happened that changed me. Gabi is going to say something but Nick stops her. You need to let me get through this okay ... all of it. Because if I can't tell you ... Life inside, Gabi ... you have no idea the things that can happen. When I got out I was a wreck you know ... I was lost. I was just faking everything just to get through an hour. And then to get through another hour. And I thought if I could just forget you know ... if I could just wipe away everything that happened that I would be okay. He cries. And then I met you and OMG, you were so wonderful and warm and sexy and loving and I made a huge mistake. Gabi - What are you talking about? Nick - I held on to you Gabi. I held on to you for dear life. I made you my whole world and I took everything that happened in prison and I put it in this box. I just locked it away. And that's ... I thought it would be okay. I thought that you would save me because as long as I had you then I wouldn't have to deal with all my demons. And then Will ... Will turned out to be the baby's father and that's when some of those demons started to come out again. Gabi - Will and Sonny never did anything to hurt you. Nick - I know. I know. But if I didn't treat them like dirt how was I going to justify all my dirty secrets. I know this doesn't make any sense Gabi but I couldn't stop it from happening. And then Will ... Will risked his life for me. He almost died trying to stop Jensen from killing me. And that's when I realised I've got to face what Jensen did to me in prison. I've got to face all of the lies. I'm sorry. I'm sorry Gabi. I'm so sorry. They both cry.

Nicole - So how was Johnny after I left. Eric recalls Johnny telling him that Nicole liked him and how he knew. Eric - Interesting.

John - I need you to know that no matter what son I love you more than anything in this world. Brady - Wow, that's reassuring Dad. Do I get my answer now. Hope walks up - Brady. John - Hope, we're in the middle of something. Hope - So am I, sorry to interrupt. Brady I need to ask you some questions about Kristen and Sy Miller. Brady looks down at the crumpled photo in his hand.

Marlena - Wow. The real Kristen emerges. Hello again. Kristen - Go to hell. Marlena - You put on quite a show the last six months but I never bought a ticket because I knew the truth about you, I always have. Kristen - I think you and I need to have a little talk. I don't think you know everything you think you do. Marlena - I don't care what you say about anything or anyone. Kristen - Not even John.

Segment 3: Nicole watches as Eric fiddles with his collar. Johnny was interesting ... what does that mean? Eric - You know that little boy. I was just wondering, are you comfortable working here? Nicole - Sorry? Eric - I guess what I'm trying to say is are you at peace living here. Nicole - At peace? I don't know ... ooooh ... are you talking about that comment Johnny made earlier. Eric - I'm just concerned that maybe ... Nicole - You can't possibly think that I have feelings for you, that's crazy. What's the matter with you!

Sonny is holding Arianna now. Sami - Let's get the baby back to the nursery. I'll go with you. They leave. Will - Dad, would you mind sticking around for a minute. Lucas - Sure.

Sami - I really want to hear every detail ... what Nick said to you when he brought the baby in.

Gabi - You said that I was someone you grabbed on to. Does that mean that what we had wasn't real? Nick - When it all came flooding back I realised I've spent every day since I first met you pretending I was someone else. Gabi - So you never really loved me? Nick - I thought I did. I wanted to. I'm so confused Gabi. I was lying so much to so many people. How could I know what I really felt. Gabi - Nick, you swore you loved me. Nick - Honest to God Gabi I wanted my fantasy to be real but you have to understand in prison I was so twisted that I ... Gabi - Before we got married Nick I asked you, I begged you to tell me what happened to you. Nick - I know! And I couldn't tell you. I couldn't do it. I'm sorry. Gabi - We got married Nick! And I just had a baby. What is it that you're trying to tell me? Nick - Jensen ... Jensen raped me Gabi. He raped me and he beat me again and again and again and again and after that there was no me.

Hope - That photograph will be key evidence. I'll need it. The man receiving the money from Kristen ... he's one of the muggers from the square, correct? Brady - Yeah and that's Kristen paying him off right there. Hope - You received that photograph from Marlena tonight. Brady - Yes I did. Hope - Has Kristen seen it? Brady - Yes she has. Hope - And what did she say? Brady - She lied. She lied just like the day in your office when I ID'd this guy as one of the muggers. Hope - Exactly, when she insisted he wasn't one of the muggers. Brady, what do you think now? Brady - What do I think now? I think she hired two men to stage an attack. I think she knew that I'd follow her. She knew that I'd rescue her and she knew she could reel me in and lie to me and then use me. That's what she did.

Kristen - First of all my condolences for your upcoming divorce. John told me. Marlena - Well first of all it's none of your business. And secondly, nothing is written in stone. Kristen - You crazy kids think you're going to work things out? Marlena - As I said, none of your business. Kristen - Maybe. I can't help being a little nosy because a couple of hours ago he was in my hotel room. Actually he was on my bed. He had me on my back ... should I go on?

Segment 4: Sonny - Nick just showed Arianna to Will, said he was sorry about everything and Will said he understood. Sami - Will was really amazing out there, wasn't he? Sonny - Yeah, that's who he is. Sami - It's a weird feeling when you realise you're child is a better person than you are. Sonny - You wouldn't have let Nick die. You know you would have done something too. Sami - No, I'm not a 100% sure of that. What I really want to know is how the hell that guy Jensen got out of prison in the first place. Look what he's done to Rafe, what he did to Will, what he was going to do to Gabi. Man, somebody better have some answers.

Will - I just wanted to say that everything you said was spot on about me seeing my daughter for the first time. Lucas - Overwhelming, isn't it? Will - I swear it's like when I woke up and Nick was standing there and he brought me her, it was just like ... I swear music started playing. Lucas - She's beautiful man. So tiny and helpless. Will - Yeah. Lucas - And you've got to realisel; you've got to know you're responsible now. Will - Yeah. I'm going to do everything I can to give her the best life you know. I'm not going to let anybody hurt her. Lucas - That's how I felt when you were born.

Nick - He raped me. I've never said that out loud before. But that's what happened. It's real. And that's what I have to deal with now. What's real. I can't tell you how sorry I am that I used you Gabi. Gabi - So you're saying that it was a fantasy ... what we had ... Nick - It was so obvious what I was doing you know. Sonny and Will show up and I start in with the names, then thrashing them every chance I get. I hated them because of what Jensen did to me. It's sick. Jensen wasn't even gay. In prison it's not about being gay or straight, it's about violence, power. Gabi, I'm so sorry. I wished you'd never met me. Sami and Sonny come in with Arianna. Look who we have for you. They come in and see that they're both crying. Sonny - I'm sorry, is this a bad time? Sami - We'll just take the baby to the nursery. Gabi - No, I want to hold her. Sami - Isn't she precious. A nurse comes in. Mrs. Fallon, I need your signature. Gabi looks at the paper. It's Arianna's birth certificate. Nick takes it.

Nicole - You are a piece of work. May I remind you since you hired me ... and I admit, we've had our fights, but I've stood by you and I've tried to be the best friend I could possibly be. And what are you doing? You're obsessing over what a child said. Really, a child. Oooh Nicole can't keep her eyes off of me. I'm so irrestible to her. Eric - Nicole, I never ... Nicole - You were thinking it. Better get over yourself Eric.

Hope - Brady, I'm so sorry. The photograph, I'll need it. Brady - It's evidence, take it. Hope thanks him and leaves.

Marlena - I think I'll pass on your stories about John. We all know you're incapable of telling the truth. I guess Brady found out the hard way, huh? Kristen - Ask him. Marlena - Sorry? Kristen - Ask John if he wasn't on top of me ready to go. Marlena - I think I've heard enough. Kristen - He's going to tell you that he did it to save Brady. That he had to have sex with me so he could show Brady what a horrible person I am. That's plausible, sort of. It's crazy that I know John so well. I think I know him better than you do. He has this way of doing things. He convinces himself that he's doing them for the right reasons. That seducing me was okay because it served a higher purpose. But did you know that he's been coming on to me for weeks. Marlena scoffs - Have you no shame? Kristen - There's no shame in telling the truth. Marlena - You're trying to fool yourself into thinking that John would have anything to do with you at all. Kristen - Oh honey, honey, sweetie. I don't have to fool myself about anything. He was on top of me. Now granted, his pants weren't at his ankles but he was ready ... Marlena - You are disgusting. Kristen - Aww... can I help it if he still wants me. There might be a little emotion stuff there but basically it's just sex and I know that you're not exactly in touch with that part of yourself. You know and I know that when John and I are in the same room sparks fly. You see it ... it terrifies you because you know it's never going to die.

Segment 5: Eric - I think you're reading too much into this. Nicole - You're reading too much into things. Really, a silly little comment from Johnny DiMera. But I know why ... because you're always judging me and you're disappointed that I'm an openly sexual person with healthy needs and desires. Eric - Nicole, I really don't want ... Nicole - Why don't you just face it Father okay. I can get those needs met anytime without your help. So stop assuming that you're on my radar. In fact, if I'm going to continue working here, I want a full blown apology from you by noon tomorrow. She walks out and breathes a sigh of relief.

Sami - I'd like to see that birth certificate. Nick - No, you wouldn't. Sami - Excuse me Nick but I have every right to look at it. Nick - There's no point Sami. He looks at the nurse. It has to be redone. The name of the father is wrong. Nurse - I'm sorry. The paperwork says you two are married. Nick - We are but the name of the father is wrong. Gabi - The name of the father should read William Horton.

Will falls asleep after mumbling that everything is going to be perfect now. Lucas kisses his forehead.

Marlena - If you're expecting me to have some apoleptic fit over your accusations, you're wrong. Kristen yells - Ask him! Marlena - I wish you could understand how sick you really are. You are as sick as the day you tried to kill me. You're ranting, you're raving, you're out of control. Kristen throws her glass past Marlena's head. Kristen - I could have destroyed all of you tonight. You and John, Brady. All I had to do was let John do what he came to do and make sure that Brady caught us in the act. It wasn't a lie. I don't care what anybody says. It wasn't a lie. I changed. I changed because of Brady's love. I realised that no revenge could ever give me the joy that loving Brady gives me. She starts to cry - So I told John that I was leaving. That I chose a wonderful man's love ... I chose love. And then you came with that photograph and you ruined all of our lives. Marlena - That's a heartbreaking story and you brought it on yourself. Kristen - Shut up! You smug, sanctimonious bitch. Get out. But just remember one thing; remember what I told you about John. He was all over me ... he was everywhere. Now you live with that the rest of your putrid little life.

Brady - You never answered my question. John - You know the truth now. Isn't that all that matters? Brady - So I don't get an answer which is an answer. John - Son ... Brady ... Brady yells 'get away' as he's leaving.

Segment 6: Hope is now in the DiMera living room. Marlena - She has convinced herself that she's the victim. Hope - Of course she has. I saw Brady. Marlena - How is he? Hope - About how you'd expect. Marlena, you did the right thing. Marlena leaves. Hope - Kristen ... Kristen - No, I cannot deal with this right now. Hope - Well unfortunately you do have to talk to me about this. She holds up the picture which is now in an evidence bag. I think you know who gave it to me.

The nurse takes the paperwork from Nick. I'll get this taken care of. Sami cries - Gabi, Nick, you're doing the right thing. That was ... thank you. She leaves. Sonny leaves as well.

John and Marlena come face to face in the square. John - You did it! You nailed Kristen. Marlena - She did that herself. All I did was show Brady the picture and then she couldn't lie her way out of it. John - Well it's over and we won. Brady knows the truth and now we can just put things right.

Brady is still in the park. A dealer comes up to him. I've got some great stuff bro. Durango dynamite. It takes you straight to happy. C-note makes you a winner again. Brady says no. Guy - Your loss bro. He sits on the bench. Nicole comes along. Brady, what are you doing here? Hey, you look awful. What happened. Hold on, it's something about Kristen. What? Tell me. Brady - It's over.

Segment 7: Sami and Lucas sit down in the chairs near the nurse's station. Sami - I had this big revelation tonight. I had to tell Sonny. It's a crazy feeling when you realise your kid is a better person than you are. What do you think? Lucas - I think our kid is a lot better person than you are. She swats him and laughs. Lucas - What? He's a better person than both of us put together and that is just the way we should want it. He kisses her hand.

Sonny talks to a sleeping Will. So incredible. Not so long ago everything seemed so dark, nothing to hold on to. Now everything is going to work out. We're going to make it work. He takes his hand. You and me together.

Gabi - Nick, we have alot to think about. Nick - Get some rest. He leaves. Gabi cries. Don't worry sweetie. You're mommy's always going to be here for you. You're always going to be loved.

Eric kneels down in his bedroom to pray. Heavenly Father, I ... please bless Nicole, whatever her needs. I also want to pray tonight for my stepbrother Brady ...

Brady - I fell in love with a lie. I just ... how could I have been so stupid! I don't understand. It was all just a joke. Nicole - I'm so sorry. Listen, why don't you and me go somewhere okay. We'll go to a bar ... to an all-night diner and we'll just talk until they kick us out, okay. Look at me. You need a friend right now and I could use one too. I'm not going to leave you alone tonight. I'm serious. I'm not going to leave you alone. You're not fine. I'm so sorry. They hug.

Marlena - What did you do tonight John? John - Well it's complicated. Marlena - Always is. John - Look Doc, I'm not sure what you heard ... Marlena - You know what, I don't want to think about this tonight. Not about you or Kristen or about what happened or what didn't happen. I don't want to give it one more ounce of my energy. She leaves.

Kristen - So I don't suppose you'd be willing to call Brady for me. Tell him how much I love him. I always will. Hope - No, I won't be doing that Kristen. I'm here to take you down to the station where you'll probably be charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated assault ... a felony ... that I'm sure will stick and I think you know that because Brady will be testifying against you.
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Methods invoked within an application are called application-side methods. Methods invoked within Derby are called database-side routines.

An application-side method can be exactly the same as a database-side routine. The only difference is where you invoke them. You write the method only once. Where you invoke the method--within the application or within an SQL statement--determines whether it is an "application-side" or a "database-side" method.

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Downloads of the Dynamic Digital Map
of Selected Sedimentary Rock Outcrops
in Western Massachusetts (DDM-SedRxWMa)
Department of Geosciences
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
National Science Foundation - Grant # DUE-CCLI-0127331 2002-2006

Links to download the latest cross-platform, web enabled versions of the Dynamic Digital Map of Selected Sedimentary Rock Outcrops in Western Massachusetts (DDM-SedRxWMa) are found below.
The Dynamic Digital Map of Sedimentary Rocks in Western Massachusetts examines the sedimentary rocks of five areas in the Deerfield Basin, each of which either typify the location, or display exceptional features. These rocks reveil a rich geologic story that encompasses both the late Triassic - early Jurassic and the late Pleistocene periods. The sedimentary structures at these localities in turn lend themselves to interpreting the regional geology of the area. Illustrating this are about 184 images, ~18 QuickTime movies and 6 animations, which are linked to the maps and guide articles of the DDM. Many of the images are oblique aerial photos taken by Chris Condit, used to show the geology in its scenic setting.

This Dynamic Digital Map presents three thematic maps of five areas, visited by students in the Fall 2006 Sedimentology class at the University of Massachusetts, Department of Geosciences. The maps and media were initially developed by the class, and, with additional work extending into 2009, they were complied into the DDM by Chris Condit and Steve Nathan, after content review by John Hubert.

The maps, in stratigraphic succession include:
(1). Roaring Brook, Leverett/Sunderland, MA - The Mount Toby Conglomerate (examines the Mt. Toby alluvial fan);
(2). Chard Pond, Sunderland, MA - The Turners Falls Formation and the Mount Toby Conglomerate (examines the sedimentary structures seen at the contact of the two formations);
(3). Barton Cove, Gill, MA - The Turners Falls Formation (examines tectonic features located mid-section in the formation);
(4). Greenfield Stop and Shop, Greenfield, MA - Sugarloaf Arkose, Fall River Beds, and Deerfield Basalt (examines the fluvial features within the Arkose at the base of the outcrop as well as the two contacts between the three units further up section); and
(5). Dinosaur Footprints, Holyoke, MA - The Jurassic Portland Formation (examines the dinosaur footprints as well as sedimentary structures within the arkosic ~200 Ma old siltstone).


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‘Highway Thru Hell’ Lands At Nat Geo US
Beyond Distribution has sold Highway Thru Hell, a documentary series examining the treacherous trucking route, the Coquihalla Highway in British Columbia, to National Geographic Channel U.S., where it will premiere next February. Produced by Vancouver’s Great Pacific Media, the docu was commissioned by Discovery Canada where it posted the highest series debut in the channel’s history in September. The eight-part series follows the heavy rescue team as it attends the scenes of numerous wrecks, removing often dangerous cargo, cleaning up twisted metal and clearing the roads.- Don Groves
Producer Al Clark Feted By Australian Film Academy
The Raymond Longford Award is the Australian film industry’s highest honor, named after the pioneer filmmaker and bestowed by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (formerly the Australian Film Institute). The latest recipient, Al Clark, has produced or executive produced 19 films including Chopper, The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, The Crossing (which gave Russell Crowe his first lead role), Siam Sunset (the directing debut of John Polson) and Red Hill. The English-born Clark started his career with Richard Branson’s music and film company Virgin, where he co-produced Michael Radford’s 1984 and exec produced Julien Temple’s Absolute Beginners. “Al’s commitment to and passion for the Australian film industry, his body of work and the way in which he has nurtured new talent who have all gone on to great heights deserves this highest of recognitions,” said AACTA chairman Alan Finney. The Longford award was first presented in 1968; previous recipients include Geoffrey Rush, Peter Weir, George Miller, Fred Schepisi, DOPs Don McAlpine and Russell Boyd and producers Anthony Buckley, Sue Milliken and Jan Chapman.- Don Groves

Jackie Chan To Scale Back On Action
Jackie Chan has told Reuters that his upcoming Chinese Zodiac 2012 will be his last major action movie. The martial arts star cited his increasing age, but said he’d still be involved in action in some form. “I’m not young any more, honestly,” he said, noting that special effects and doubles could help avoid physical risk in the future. “Why (do) I have to use my own life to still do these kind of things? I will still do as much as I can. But I just don’t want to risk my life to sit in a wheelchair, that’s all.” Chan is the director, writer, producer and star of the new film which also stars Oliver Platt and debuts in China next month. The story follows Chan’s treasure hunter who is aiming to repatriate sculpture heads of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, which were taken from Beijing’s Summer Palace during the Opium Wars. Chan also told Reuters he is looking to devote more time to charitable work.

Berlinale Sets 2013 Retrospective Co-Curated With MoMA
The Berlin Film Festival has designated 2013’s retrospective The Weimar Touch: The International Influence Of Weimar Cinema After 1933. The section, co-curated by the Deutsche Kinemathek and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, will focus on continuities, mutual effects and transformations in the films of German-speaking emigrants up into the 1950s. Weimar cinema flourished between 1918 and 1933, but with the Nazi takeover the German film industry was forced to align with Party politics and more than 2000 people working in the industry, for the most part of Jewish descent, had to emigrate and many sought a new start in Europe and the U.S. Thirty-three films are to be presented in five chapters: Rhythm And Laughter, Unheimlich – The Dark Side, Light And Shadow, Variations, and Know Your Enemy. Included will be Hermann Kosterlitz’s socially critical comedy Peter, the recently restored Dutch film, Komedie Om Geld by Max Ophüls and Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot. The festival notes the latter film put “the subversive humor and frivolous travesty of Weimar cinema into an American context.” Other titles will include Joseph Losey’s 1951 adaptation of Fritz Lang’s M and Victor Saville’s 1935 British film First A Girl, based on Reinhold Schünzel’s Viktor Und Viktoria which was ultimately remade by Blake Edwards in 1982 as Victor/Victoria. In the Know Your Enemy section, films shown will be those that took a stand against the Nazi regime including Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be Or Not To Be and Michael Curtiz’ Casablanca. After the festival, which runs February 7-17, films from the retrospective will be shown at the MoMA in New York.


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If Only Mike Cooper Called New York City Home...

It's a sad commentary on the state of the summer sports scene that one of the most important things happening today (other than the Arena Football playoffs, of course) is this Mustache Madness tournament going on at Keyboard Quarterbacks.

Unfortunately, the contestants are limited to those who have had something to do with sports in New York City. And that's fine, NYC is a good place to start if you're looking for the best in hairy upper lips, but representatives from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and much of the midwest would like to take on the winner. Rollie Fingers is just waiting to kick anybody's ass.

We're down to the Sweet 16 today, with 1 seeds Goose Gossage, Keith Hernandez, Bobby Nystrom, and Walt Frazier (my pick) still alive. Darkhorse candidate John Starks and his penciled-on mustache, I'm sorry to say, didn't survive the first round.

Mustache Madness: Sweet Sixteen [Keyboard Quarterbacks]


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Guys! Mike Vick Nude Photo Scandal Is Not Derailing Tonight's Monday Night Football Party

Radar's suspiciously-named Amber Goodhand reached out to Vick's rep for a reaction about the the alleged nudeness: "The only thing Mike has on his mind is his date with the Chicago Bears this evening," his rep Rick French tells Yeah, us, too.

So again:

The Place: Bleecker Street Bar, corner of Bleecker/Crosby btw Broadway and Lafayette.

The Time: 7:30 until the game ends

So come on down! We'll be there. Soonish.

Thanks for your continued suport of Deadspin. Hit it.


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Where Is The Black Jeremy Lin?

Is Jeremy Lin unprecedented? William Rhoden takes a whack at the question in The New York Times today:

Midway through a discussion about the world of sports at the Connecticut Forum in Hartford last week, Rebecca Lobo, the former University of Connecticut basketball star, posed an intriguing question. Could anyone recall a black athlete who had come off the bench like Tim Tebow or out of the blue like Jeremy Lin, flared to immediate stardom and received the sort of impassioned outpouring of love that has enveloped Tebow and Lin?....

Between the Tebow phenomenon in the fall and the recent Lin explosion, I had been asking myself a variation of Lobo's question: When was the last time a young, untested professional African-American athlete had been on the receiving end of this type of adulation? Specifically, adulation that had more to do with positive, universal characteristics—faith, humility, selflessness—than with athletic acumen.

Well, specifically, that last part is balderdash. Jeremy Lin is getting adulation because he peeled off his warmups moments before the Knicks could slap a return-to-D-League UPS label on his back, stepped out on the court, and started averaging 25 points and 9.2 assists. For the season, those figures would make him No. 5 in the NBA in scoring and No. 3 in assists. The Knicks have gone, in less than three weeks, from not having a point guard to having a point guard who scores like Russell Westbrook and dishes like Chris Paul.

Keep Tebow out of this. All Tim Tebow has in common with Jeremy Lin is that they both wear blue and orange and they both spent time on the bench. Yes, each one self-identifies as Christian, but that's a little like noticing that Adonal Foyle and Wilt Chamberlain both played center for the Warriors. Tebow is a missionary evangelist who plays football; Lin is a basketball player who goes to church. People talk about Tebow's faith and humility because his actual game statistics can't explain how the Broncos possibly started winning with him.

So: when's the last time a young, formerly obscure African-American athlete received adulation like Jeremy Lin? When was the last time an overlooked guard became an elite scorer who inspired his teammates and presented the basketball world with an unusual and genuine and complex character? Easy: 2004. Gilbert Arenas. Maybe Jeremy Lin is better off being Jeremy Lin.


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NFLPA Executive Committee Absolutely Kills NFL Owners And Roger Goodell For Locking Out Officials

The NFLPA released a letter this morning in which they slam the league, and in particular Roger Goodell, for locking out the referees.

Characterizations like "your commissioner" and "greed" and "embarrassing" are peppered throughout the statement signed by, among others, Drew Brees and Scott Fujita. The overall tone is one of incredulity at the NFL's hypocrisy, whether it's from a player safety angle, or a purely financial one.

The full letter is below, courtesy of the players association website.

TO: Owners of NFL Teams

FROM: NFLPA Executive Committee

DATE: September 20, 2012

RE: Your Lockout of the NFL Referees and the Negative Impact on Football

The NFL Players Association Executive Committee is calling on you to end the lockout of our referees. We believe there is substantial evidence that you have failed in your obligation to provide as safe a working environment as possible.

Your decision to lock out officials with more than 1,500 years of collective NFL experience has led to a deterioration of order, safety and integrity. This affirmative decision has not only resulted in poor calls, missed calls and bad game management, but the combination of those deficiencies will only continue to jeopardize player health and safety and the integrity of the game that has taken decades to build.

As we predicted and explained to you weeks ago, the removal of the veteran officials from regular season games left a group of your replacements who have proved to be incapable of keeping pace with the speed of the game. Coaches and players have complained of numerous errors and failures including: erratic and missed calls on egregious holds and hits, increased skirmishes between players and confusion about game rules. Many replacements have lost control of games due to inexperience and unfamiliarity with players and rules.

The headlines are embarrassing: a scab working a game despite having been on the payroll of one of the teams, another who was assigned to referee a team he publicly supported on Facebook, and one who is a professional poker player when you propose even more stringent player rules on gambling.

It is lost on us as to how you allow a Commissioner to cavalierly issue suspensions and fines in the name of player health and safety yet permit the wholesale removal of the officials that you trained and entrusted to maintain that very health and safety. It has been reported that the two sides are apart by approximately $60,000 per team. We note that your Commissioner has fined an individual player as much in the name of "safety." Your actions are looking more and more like simple greed. As players, we see this game as more than the "product" you reference at times. You cannot simply switch to a group of cheaper officials and fulfill your legal, moral, and duty obligations to us and our fans. You need to end the lockout and bring back the officials immediately.

We are all men who love and respect this game and believe that it represents something beyond just money. For our teammates, our coaches and our fans who deserve better, vote to end this lockout now.


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questionsshould woot! imitate 1saleaday's new homepage…

no, they should go back to their old design. or at least something of that sort

A redesign doesn't help much if they continue to omit vital information about the deals they're offering. Selling a Garmin Nuvi for $69.95 isn't much of a deal at all if you con't tell people -- till way down in the bottom half of the next screen -- which model it is.

As a general rule, I like 1Sale A Day, and I've bought several items from them without any service or delivery problems. Their new website is nice, but it's not a big deal to me at all.

On the other hand, I really don't want any more tinkering around with this site. None. Nada. Zip.

I like the new design, but I kind of miss the joke, stat, and useless trivia of the day that used to be at the bottom.

@bill7718: I see those links are still on the individual Main, Wireless, Watch, etc. pages; at least for now unless they change those also.

I'm with @magic cave on this one also. Woot has already proved that "change for the sake of change" isn't well received. Give it a rest.

@dealseekerdude: HAHA Made me look.

Did You Know?

A McDonald's straw will hold 7.7 ml, or just over one-and-a-half teaspoons of whatever you are drinking.

Their new site design is ok, but I do miss the one old one. The boxes are definitely cleaner and easier to look at, but personally I need to see the model number on page one (still wish it were the case here).

I like 1SaleADay's new website design.. it saves me the trouble of clicking every tab to see the prices of the items. It almost looks like the Groupon Goods section from

What I don't like however, is the new BensOutlet (1SaleADay's sister site) website design. Its as bad as the new app store search on iOS 6 in my opinion.

As for Woot, no more changes for now please. If there was one thing to change.. it'll have to be the addition of a mobile friendly website for the site and most importantly the forums.

I'd give you multiple upvotes for that if I could. Accessing deals.woot on a blackberry is terrible.

Speaking of slow shipping. Yeah, it's really slow compared to how fast I get things on eBay (from the 48 states, that is).

Fastest shipment I got from them was about seven days (from FL to CA?). I would guess it would depend how much orders was put through (before your purchase) from other deals because I think they don't have that much people working the warehouse.

I've also read (and watched) about people getting their packages smashed. I've bought about 10+ things from them over the past six months and they came out pretty well.. probably just a little bit of warehouse mildew(?) on the plastics.

No, and in fact I like the new Woot design, it just needs more vitals on the first page. Don't like having to click to the next screen just to see what color options are being offered.


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REVIEW: Snowball in Hell, by Josh Lanyon

Dear Mr. Lanyon,

It’s no secret around here that you are one of my autobuy authors. Amazingly, however, I have not yet read every single one of your stories. Snowball in Hell was originally published in 2007; this edition is a slightly revised version. It is a standalone novel, shorter than Fair Game or the books in the Adrien English series, but definitely longer than a novella. Set in World War II Los Angeles, it combines a noirish murder mystery plot with a tentative, slowly developing romance between a police detective and a newspaper reporter. I should note at the outset that the ending is not an unambiguous HEA, but rather a hopeful HFN.

snowball in hell josh lanyonMathew Spain is a widower and police detective who returns to his job with the LAPD after he is wounded at Guadalcanal. Nathan Doyle is a journalist who comes home and takes a position with an LA daily after suffering shrapnel wounds in the North African campaign. The two meet when a body is discovered in the La Brea tar pits. Nathan knows the deceased, Philip Arlen, and the rest of the wealthy Arlen family. His connections to the Arlens bring him into repeated contact with Matt, who is investigating the case.

Both Matt and Nathan are attracted to each other, but they initially ignore their feelings. Nathan assumes Matt is straight and therefore off-limits, and Matt doesn’t know quite what do do with the knowledge that he’s attracted to men. Despite having had sexual encounters with men during his military service, Matt thinks of himself as heterosexual; after all, he sincerely loved his sweetheart, Rachel, who became his wife, and he enjoyed making love with her. He treats his behavior when he was away at war as context-specific. Nathan is much clearer about his own sexuality, but he isn’t comfortable with it, and he sees his sexual longings as shameful urges to be dealt with quickly and unsympathetically, rather than as natural feelings that accompany a desire for a loving and stable relationship. The contrast you draw between Matt, who is less self-aware about his sexuality but much more comfortable with himself, and Nathan, who knows who he is, sexually speaking, but fights it all the time, messes with the more common relationship trope, where the veteran educates the newbie. It’s interesting, and it feels appropriate for a time period in which homosexuality was stigmatized, homosexual practices were criminalized, and gay men had little choice but to remain closeted.

The mystery plot is well written and paced. From the opening pages, when we see Phil Arlen’s body and meet Doyle and Spain, the style is very cinematic. It reminded me both of the Thin Man films (in terms of the murder plot and characterizations of the possible suspects) and movies like The Big Sleep (in terms of the noirish style). The style harks back to Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, but the overall feel is less grim, even in the more serious and emotionally difficult stretches. The suspects range from several members of the Arlen family, Phil Arlen’s wife and brother-in-law, the singer with whom Phil was having an affair, and the owners of the club at which the singer performed. The pursuit of suspects takes our two heroes into the various Arlen households, the club, and up and down California, and their chase has the requisite number of misdirections and wild goose chases. I did figure out whodunit before the final reveal, but I very much enjoyed the ride.

The cinematic feel of the novel arises not only from the style, but also from the dense, textured depiction of Los Angeles in the 1940s. I kept seeing movie images in my head as I was reading, not because the book is copying them, but because the story inhabits the same world. Each scene, whether long or short, is beautifully evocative. During the club scene I was visualizing supper clubs from an Astaire and Rogers movie. During the Arlen home scenes, I was reminded of the Nick and Nora movie with Jimmy Stewart. And okay, during the inn scene, I thought of White Christmas. I know that’s set later. But it was an empty inn, at Christmas! How could I not?

The sequence at the inn is critical to the development of Matt and Nathan’s relationship. When Nathan is injured and the suspect gets away, Matt stays behind to look after Nathan, and Matt gives voice to his feelings:

Spain said, “You and me will have to take the train back. The day after tomorrow.”

Noonan’s thugs must have really conked him because he just couldn’t seem to connect the dots. “The day after tomorrow?”

“Tonight’s Christmas Eve.”

Nathan let that sink in for a moment. Christmas Eve? Then he protested, “I don’t understand. Why would you-‘?”

Spain’s eyes met Nathan’s once more, but there was something funny in his expression. “We didn’t want to move you. The doctor said you needed complete rest and quiet.”

“The hell with that.” And then, slowly, “You could have just left me on my own.”

“I didn’t want to.”

Nathan couldn’t seem to tear his gaze away. He wondered if he was still asleep, dreaming maybe. Or maybe what Spain was saying was that Nathan was in custody, that he didn’t trust him to come back to Los Angeles on his own.

Or-‘was Spain setting a trap for him? His heart jerked.

Was there a remote chance that Spain intended what he seemed to be saying with those honey-brown eyes?

“I don’t understand,” Nathan said at last, huskily, terrified that even this much was giving himself away.

Spain reached over and covered Nathan’s hand with the warm strength of his own. “I’m hoping you do.”

And after a shocked moment, Nathan turned his hand, intertwining his fingers with Spain. He was almost afraid to look at Spain’s face, but when he did, Spain looked as naked and vulnerable as he felt.

Given the era and our heroes’ respective professions, it would require a major suspension of disbelief for their romance to result in an HEA. And it doesn’t. Indeed, Nathan engages in more than one era-appropriate instance of anonymous sex both before and after their time together over Christmas. This behavior fits the context, because even though Matt is emotionally attracted to Nathan, neither man can see a relationship as a possibility; even a superficial sexual relationship puts them at risk of being discovered. The story reminds the reader how dangerous acting on any type of m/m sex or love was at the time, and our heroes are well aware of these dangers. The scenes with Nathan and his pickups are emotionally intense because they are not only about Nathan’s desires, but about his ambivalence and his recklessness. By the end of the novel, we are hopeful about their future, but we are also acutely aware of the hurdles before them.

This is a gem of a novel. The language and writing style is flavored with 1940s idiom without being overly slangy. There is nothing extraneous; the shorter length provides a tight, focused plot and story. At the same time, though, the mystery has a satisfying number of twists and turns.  We don’t get to know Matt and Nathan as well as we would in a longer book, but we learn enough to give us a good sense of who they are and how their relationship will unfold. As I said at the outset, it’s not an obvious HEA, but there is optimism. At least I am determined to see it that way! Grade: A-

Book Link | Kindle | nook
| Sony| KoboBooks | Carina Press

Sunita has been reading romances almost as long as she has been reading. Her favorite genres these days are contemporary, category, and novels with romantic elements. She also reads SFF, mysteries, historical fiction, literary fiction, and the backs of cereal boxes. As of January 2015, all the books she reviews at Dear Author are from: (1) her massive TBR, (2) borrowed from the library, (3) received as gifts from friends/family, or (4) purchased with her own funds.

  1. hapax
    Apr 16, 2011 @ 12:39:32

    This is my favorite Lanyon (so far!) for all the reasons you mention: the atmospheric noir-ish setting, the poignant melancholy mood, the finely structured mystery, the genuine (and different!) characters…

    It’s also on my top ten list of Books That Desperately Want A Sequel.

  2. Sunita
    Apr 16, 2011 @ 13:20:34

    @hapax: A sequel is apparently in the works, although I don’t think it’s likely to appear until next year.

  3. chanceofbooks
    Apr 16, 2011 @ 15:48:12

    Awesome review. I loved this story and would love to see a whole series with the characters.

  4. Merrian
    Apr 16, 2011 @ 21:58:51

    I am looking forward to reading this – not only do I love Josh’s work but your description of the book has me thinking about an elderly gay man I know who died recently and how he was quietly and beautifully who he was but was not willing to be ‘out’ in the way of younger generations. As time goes by and people pass we forget very easily the wider circumstances that shaped their lives and how they got to live and therefore the way in which they saw themselves. All history is at some point someones life and personal journey.

  5. Sunita
    Apr 17, 2011 @ 11:13:24

    @Merrian: One of the things I really liked about the characterizations here was that we get two quite different ways of dealing with sexual identity, both of which seem plausible for the era. Identities are formed not just by social context, but by the interaction of individual psychology with social and cultural forces. There is no era in which everyone responded to an event/condition in exactly the same way.

  6. SarahT
    Apr 17, 2011 @ 13:04:32

    Excellent review, Sunita. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was the first of Josh Lanyon’s books I’d read. I loved the setting and the two main characters. My one criticism: I felt the denouement was rushed. I definitely want to read more Spain and Doyle mysteries.

  7. Sunita
    Apr 17, 2011 @ 16:04:26

    @SarahT: I find that several of JL’s books have endings that feel abrupt to a romance novel reader. You get the HEA/HFN, but you don’t get the long scene or the full-out groveling that we are more used to. I’ve come to think of it as part of his writing style.

    I think you’re talking about the whodunit solution, not just the romance part, but it reminded me that the romance thread often ends pretty quickly as well.

  8. A Year of Digital Reading
    Apr 19, 2011 @ 06:04:58

    […] in Hell’, a 44,000 word mystery slash m/m romance set in early Forties Los Angeles (Sunita reviewed this at Dear […]

  9. REVIEW: Come Unto These Yellow Sands, by Josh Lanyon | Dear Author
    Jun 13, 2011 @ 12:37:53

    […] series that some readers may be less familiar with your stand-alone books. I’ve done my part to avoid this possibility, and I was delighted to see that you were releasing a new stand-alone novel. Come […]

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Auxiliary files management with Pinnacle Studio By Le Papy - Last updated on Sunday, July 28, 2013
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Category: Studio 1-15 Tutorials / General, Pinnacle Studio 18 & S16-S17 Tutorials / General  -  Previous tutorials
Published on Saturday, April 24, 2010
Created on Sunday, January 6, 2008 8:10 AM

This tutorial created for Pinnacle Studio 1-15 can also be done with a new version Studio with some adjustments. These adjustments are shown in bold italics: "If you are using new Studio version : {...}"

The auxiliary files, sometimes called temporary, sometimes secondary files, and now render files in new Studio versions are created by Studio, in different circumstances, when editing or exporting a project. These files are saved in a specific folder. The auxiliary files can grow quite large (on the order of several GB) and cause various disturbances in exporting your projects. These auxiliary files can be deleted at any time during your editing for Studio will recreate them automatically when you work on the project.

Step 1 : Why delete the auxiliary files ?

Over the time and creation of your project, these files can occupy a growing place on your hard drive because they do not remove automatically. Only a manual removal can overcome. For that reason alone it is expedient to periodically remove ... but that's not all.

Various problems are due to the presence of these auxiliary files :

  • If during the process of the rendering of your project you have an alarm, remember to remove the auxiliary files before restarting the process;
  • When you create a DVD with Studio and that it does not contain some changes to your project, remember to remove the auxiliary files before restarting your DVD creation;
  • If you have a sound problem on DVD discs with studio, several causes may be the cause but one of them may come from the presence of auxiliary files;
  • If you have a project going and after you apply a patch to Studio, the results do not meet your expectations, remember to remove the auxiliary files. ( See step 4 below ).

The reason for these incidents is relatively simple, modify an effect, each modification of an audio track, Studio creates or recreates an auxiliary file. If you make many changes to the same element, Studio comes a little lost in the maze of your imagination and does not know what auxiliary file must be applied in rendering that you will ask him to do.

So rather than launching a rendering without first deleting auxiliary files, having trouble and being forced to start over, I'll let you discover the path of wisdom...

Step 2 : Where auxiliary files are located ?

By default, Studio puts the auxiliary files in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Pinnacle Studio\Data\Render. As suggested in our tutorial "Optimize your computer before you start editing", it is recommended to change this default location and select a location on another physical disk (not a partition of C: \), the same disk such as that used for the capture of your video.

Changing the default location is very easy to achieve. Just go for a walk in the configuration options of Studio (Menu Setup / Project Preferences) and change the destination folder for auxiliary files by clicking on the folder icon and choosing another folder to receive these auxiliary files. If you choose the folder "Video" for example, Studio will take care of adding a file "Render" under the folder "Video". The configuration window if Studio Project preferences

If you are using a new Studio version :

The default location is different but the recommendations remain the same. Do not create your render files on the same physical disk drive where Studio is installed. This recommendation becomes a requirement if your system disk is an SSD ...

Le Panneau de configuration Studio 16
  1. From the " Setup " menu you can reach the " Control Panel ";
  2. In this panel, you select the " Storage Locations " item;
  3. You can then access the storage location for the render files;
  4. By clicking the folder icon, you can change the storage location and even create a new storage folder location;
  5. You can also access the " Delete render files ... ";
  6. Once you have completed your changes or deleted your rendered files, click the "OK" button to exit the Control Panel.
Step 3 : Delete auxiliary files

As you can see in the screenshot above, a beautiful button "Delete" is available (from Studio 10 seems to me there ...). Contrary to what one might think at first glance, this button does not remove the auxiliary files folder but opens a dialog box that allows you to choose the auxiliary files that you want to delete :

  • or only the auxiliary files in the current project;
  • or only the auxiliary files of other projects excepted current project;
  • or all the auxiliary files of all projects.

You can get the same dialog using the Studio menus as described in step 4 below.

If you are using a new Studio version :

The " Delete Render Files ... " button, visible on the previous screenshot with reference #5, deletes all files in the folder set to receive the rendered files. If a project is loaded in Studio when this action is applied, Studio immediately recreates new files made specifically for this project.

Step 4 : Remove auxiliary files after applying a patch to update Studio

In all updates of Studio often there are improvements which will be visible in the final production. An example thereof are the shaking transitions in some Studio versions. When Pinnacle releases a patch, in which third problem has been solved, you better install that patch. When that has been done, you start the ‘Make Film’ again to render your video.

But…. The disappointment is big, when you see that the transitions still are shaky. But that is not due to the update, but due to the fact, that the Auxiliary files (temporary files) were not deleted. These are still there since the last render action (the one with the old version). And Studio only renders those parts, which have been changed.

So, when you want to see the result of such a program-update, you have to delete the temporary files and have the film rendered again. That will cost some extra time, but then you know that all calculations will be done under the latest patch. Deleting files auxiliary from Studio Menu

If you are using a new Studio version :

The rendered files can only be deleted with the " Delete Render Files ... " button visible on the previous screenshot marked with the number 5. The ability to delete temporary files from the "File" menu has disappeared in new Studio version..

Step 5 : Bonus

We have seen that the auxiliary files could offer some inconvenience. However they may also have some benefits as stated in a Pinnacle FAQ. To overcome the problem "Unable to find function Import CD Audio in WaveLab Lite software comes with Pinnacle MediaSuite - How to extract audio track from my CD? [231373], Pinnacle gives you a tip for doing :
" You can use Studio software and its Audio CD tool to add a track from an audio CD in your project. A WAV file will be created in the "Auxiliaries" Studio folder (defined in the Studio Control Panel) ". Look for a file with a name like "_z0000.wav". With new Studio versions, this will have a name like 7060D236.wav for example.

{Thanks to saby who translated this tutorial from french to english and cross-checked it}
{Thanks to Loosecannon for the fine tuning}

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Gert Oskar Reitner By # Gert Oskar Reitner @ Sunday, April 25, 2010 9:46 AM
Another valuable lesson learned ! Many thanks

David By # David @ Monday, August 22, 2011 1:03 PM
Very helpful information about Auxiliary file management for Pinnacle 14 & 15.

How does one manage files with Avid Studio? Is there an article on that topic? Thanks.

Déclic Vidéo FX By # Déclic Vidéo FX @ Sunday, September 4, 2011 2:49 PM
Not yet, but that's a good suggestion !!!! We will check what can be done.... Saby ?...... Do you hear me ?....

saby By # saby @ Sunday, September 4, 2011 2:53 PM
Loud and clear, Sir.

I'll see what I can do ASAP.

merefizi By # merefizi @ Monday, October 10, 2011 1:08 AM
once deleted auxiliary files, the project won't open anymore, it's just empty. help please. it was a two months work.

John By # John @ Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:28 PM
[Rendering Errors & Auxillary Files]
I found this posting very informative. I began using Studio 8 and have used every new version when it becomes available. I use Studio 15 Ultimate presently. I've been very frustrated using Studio over the years because the programmers have never come up with a user friendly solution to solving/preventing rendering errors when creating a disk image. I found this article useful however, I have done every one of these things mentioned at one time or other. The problem I have is not with rendering a video but with making a slideshow from jpeg images. Recently I made a slideshow with 200 pictures about 19 minutes in length. I used lots of transitions and many pan and zoom effects. I kept getting render errors when I tried to make a dvd movie just after the message to locate where to put the Video TS folder. I would always delete the Auxillary files and I would delete the Render folder before making a movie. I always re-render the movie before a burn. I close Studio and restart the computer before a burn. The main problem is with pan and zoom effects on photos nearest the end of the storyboard. Pictures may not display or the photos are choppy. I've had to remove the pan and zoom effect on the affected photos and use a simple dissolve transition between the photos. I also found that deleting the photo and reinserting it sometimes corrects the problem. I had to re-render this simple slideshow so many times and I would correct one problem and another photo and transition would not display correctly somewhere else on the storyboard. Bottom line is that Studio 15 is not reliable when making slideshows and is incredibly frustrating to use. Is Avid any better when it comes to lengthy slideshows?

Déclic Vidéo FX By # Déclic Vidéo FX @ Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:45 PM
Hello John,

It's quite the same I would say, it strongly depends of what you do with it. I had a project of 1 hour, and recently I had few crashes with some effects. I render just the effects which was causing trouble, and everything went smoothly. You might try to render the photo which create problems, and normally it should go better afterward (re-insert the rendered part).

ken dec By # ken dec @ Saturday, August 11, 2012 12:26 PM
What is the "MEDIA" FOLDER ?
It does not get deleted with delete projects or delete aux files and mine had data from very old projects from over a year ago

Déclic Vidéo FX By # Déclic Vidéo FX @ Sunday, August 12, 2012 3:09 PM
It's one of the folder which contains old project, do not hesitate to delete it (make sure you do not have project ongoing, to avoid any problem - I do not want to be taken as responsible for data loss...).

Garcia By # Garcia @ Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:32 PM
MERCI! Moving the auxillary files to drive D: from C: cured my export error problem!

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12 Mei 2011

Fighter Jets Late and More Expensive

12 Mei 2011

F-35 Lightning II (photo : Lockheed Martin)

For the first time in an official, public document, the government has admitted the revolutionary Joint Strike Fighters intended to provide Australia's main air defence long into this century are likely to arrive later than planned and cost much more than expected.

A document released with Tuesday's budget describes a technical review of the US program to develop the multi-purpose stealth aircraft, which the RAAF intends will replace its retired F-111 long-range bombers and F/A-18 Hornet fighters. The review is expected to be completed mid-year.

Australia has ordered 14 JSFs, now officially designated the F-35 Lockheed Lightning II. The first of those aircraft was to be handed over to the RAAF in the US in 2014 so training of pilots and ground crew could begin there. It is hoped the first squadron of JSFs will be operational by 2018.

The Australian Defence Force, the Defence Department and successive governments have long said sufficient margins were built into the anticipated $16 billion cost of the project to cover any increases.

The budget document says the current approved costs of the aircraft and timing of their delivery are adequate, but it adds: "However, the diminishing buffers are of considerable concern and are being closely monitored."

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