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Arkady Dvorkovich: I Am Proud of My Family and Friends
FIDE presidential candidate answers SCHACH Magazine's questionnaire
1. Where would you like to be right now, at this moment?

With my children, wherever they are.

2. What would you do if chess disappeared from your life tomorrow?

I would certainly rediscover them, perhaps after playing football for a day.

3. What, in your opinion, has a positive and negative role in the development of contemporary chess?

The most positive is the interest of millions in chess, a remarkably-positive image of the sport and a global appreciation of the role of chess in intellectual development. All that is complemented by a significant number of young talented players and a growing level of competition among countries.

The negative aspect is the low quality of administration shown by FIDE, a lack of long-term programs, a lack of recognition given to chess as a sport and a defective style of communication with the corporate world.

4. In the history of chess, who has been unjustly elevated or unjustly underappreciated?

Chess gives everyone what they deserve. The answer is unoriginal, but accurate. However, it has been known that politics or tragic events have left their marks in biographies of exceptional players.

5. What clichés do you know about chess and how would you respond to them?

Clichés that "the strongest chess players are purely intellectual and are strong in everything" and "most chess players are nerds-introverts" are wrong. There's not much to say here- the strongest chess players are extremely talented people who are, nonetheless, different, with their own strong and weak sides.

6. What preconceptions about life or about chess would you like to be rid of?

I don't pay attention to them. I just try to go about my job professionally. I try to remain open and kind. With chess, I hope, as FIDE President, to prove that chess isn't some incomprehensible activity of a pre-computer age, but a modern game that can be interesting to many people around the world.

7. What should the chess press accentuate?

In chess, just like in any other activity, no detail is insignificant. Every aspect is important. The beauty of the game, the role of chess in intellectual development (there have not been many studies of that), the coverage of large tournaments, all the different competitions- no matter where they are held and who is competing- are worthy of media attention.

8. What skill would you like to learn, or regret never learning?

To be better at chess! To become a teacher one day, maybe. To speak several foreign languages. But I don't regret as much as I try to make up for it.

9. What are you ashamed of?

I feel shame when I am unable to do what I promised in time.

10. What do you like and dislike about yourself?

I won't speak about my personal qualities out loud. But I am happy that I am surrounded by many kind and professional people and that I am supported by my family.

I don't like the fact that I devote too little time and attention to them. And many other things. I always think that I could have done more.

11. What would you like to improve about your country if you had the opportunity?

I did have that opportunity in the past and continue to have it today. I think that our team has achieved a lot in the last twenty years. But there remains even more to do. I will help to improve the quality of education and innovation at the Skolkovo Institute. And, of course, I will help to develop chess!

12. Who is your hero of our time?

Every true professional, no matter what one does.

13. What question would you like to hear from us and how would you answer it?

"Do you believe that chess can be elevated to a new level of popularity and recognition throughout the world? Yes, I do."

14. Which three books would you recommend?

A collection of Chekhov's works, though that is more than three books.

15. Which of you games was the most interesting?

I shan't pick up my chess diary, since most the games were played when I was a child. Furthermore, some magazine has already described my amazing three-move mate against Tal's daughter in those distant 1970s. But even now, I sometimes manage to perform well on the Internet.

16. Which chess players would you invite to a tournament, and how would you organise that tournament if a sponsor gave you the chance?

We already organise the Tal Memorial in Moscow for the strongest players from Russia and elsewhere, and we will continue to do so. The main accent is on classical chess, but rapid formats must also be employed, as we do on a regular basis. I don't really believe that chess' problems lie within a bad format of tournaments.

17. Which achievement are you most proud of and why?

A difficult question. In life, I am proud of my family and my friends. In work, as chess players like to say, that game is ahead of me. Let's say that my main achievements are still to come.

18. With whom would you trade your life for one day, and why?

I wouldn't, because everyone has their own fate and their own chance to change something. Sometimes, I do wish I was in the shoes of a chess or football champion. But that is the fruit of their efforts, which would have to replace what I have done so far. But they have their own lives and their own calling.

19. When was the last time you did something for the first time, and what was it?

Once again, I found myself in another country for the first time. But that happens a lot with me. Recently, I ran a half-marathon in San Paulo with my friends. It felt unusual, but I am glad that I survived it.

All in all, I try not to stand still and to keep growing, which requires me to try things anew fairly regularly.

20. An important question: how do you see your chances in the upcoming elections for FIDE President in Batumi? If you win, what would you change in chess?

My chances are high, but whether that translated itself into a victory depends on me and my team alone. We'll do everything we can to make it happen.

We have to change a lot and our program speaks about this in detail. The main thing to have is a professional approach to the task. We need to strive for real results, not just empty words. We need a team that will work and that will not become submerged in intrigues. Chess has enormous potential and I will be happy to apply my knowledge and experience to ensure that our favourite game occupies a worthy place- in sport as well as in society.
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Tot School: Geography Recap

So, as I had suspected, we did just a little with this unit due to wanting to be outside more during the nice weather. We did, however, go back and finish a few of the 4th of July activities I had planned, and we did get to give some exposure to the topic of geography. Below is a little recap with some pictures:

America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful – love the pictures

By Bates, Katharine Lee, 1859-1929(Book – 2003 )

Celebrate the 50 States

Celebrate the 50 States – too much info for now

By Leedy, Loreen(Paperback – 1999 )

How to Make A Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A

By Priceman, Marjorie(Paperback – 2008 )

HarlemA Poem – We already had this one, and Fairley really likes it.

ABC NYC – Good book about the city!

A Book About Seeing New York City

By Dugan, Joanne, 1961-(Book – 2005 )

The Colors of Us

The Colors of Us – Still waiting on this one…

By Katz, Karen(Book – 1999 )

Madison in New York

Madison in New York – Still waiting on this one…

By Pataki, Libby(Book – 2004 )

My New York

My New York – Still waiting on this one…

By Jakobsen, Kathy(Book – 1993 )

New York

New York – Too much info

By Rodriguez, Cindy(Book – 2013 )

This Is New York

This Is New York – Too much (and some outdated) info

By Sasek, M., 1916-1980(Book – 2003 )

Here are a few other books that my mom sent for our last unit that will also work for this unit. They’re great “American” books.

  GEOGRAPHY STACKING BLOCKS – This was a success! Fairley really enjoyed stacking these blocks, and it seemed to introduce the concept well.

 Starting with the world and ending with our apartment, Fairley will stack the blocks in order from biggest to smallest.

BOOK EXCHANGE: So far, we have received one book, and it was from Texas! 🙂
We are participating in a book exchange in which we sent out one book to another child in Texas, and then we’ll also send out six letters to other children inviting them to participate. We should receive several books in the mail throughout our unit I hope. We’ll find all the places where people live (those we send letters to and those we receive books from) on a US map.
LEARNING CONTINENTS: The song worked well (although, after searching on Youtube, I found other ones I liked better.) But Fairley does enjoy singing the song while I point out the continents.
I’m mostly focusing more on American geography, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to introduce continents as well. The website (linked above) has a fun song for teaching them.
NY LANDMARKS: We actually didn’t get to these but will try to do it next time around.
NY State Map (to reference)
Coloring Sheets:
Snack: Same as above – next time!
-I need to give this one more thought, but some how, I feel like our family samples New York City food really well. 🙂
-Maybe I’ll do a snack tray with pizza, apples, a black and white cookie, and…well, I’ll keep thinking. 🙂
Other resources we are using:
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Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden USA Map Puzzle – THIS ONE IS GREAT! Fairley did really well with this one, even though there are a ton of pieces! She knows a few of the names/locations of states (mostly ones that we have a connection with via family members), but it’s a great start to American geography!
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I’m mostly just introducing geography this time around (and the idea of country, state, city, neighborhood, etc.). There are a lot of things that I would want to do with NY geography specifically, so maybe this time next year, we’ll focus on that. Some things I would love to include are:
-NYC magnet or flannel board (with landmarks from the city)
-NYC or NY State discovery bin

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Tot Camp 2015 – Week 6 – Goodness

We’re working our way through the fruit of the spirit, remembering that things are attributes of God that he first shows us and that he grows in us through his spirit. This week, we’re focusing on goodness.

**As a reminder, most of my ideas are taken from this blog, which has a great devotional thought for moms at the beginning of the post. (It’s especially good this week, so check it out!) I also love the way this blogger opens up her lessons with an intro and closes them with three main points and a prayer, so those pieces always come from this blog. I also took great activity ideas from this blog. (And then sometimes I added my own ideas in parentheses.)**

Also, every day we practice our unit memory verse with this video.

And then we add a memory verse specific to the fruit of the spirit for that week.

“Run for dear life from evil; hold on for dear life to good. Be good friends who love deeply…” Romans 12:9-10

Day 1:

Discussion from Wind in a Letterbox:

Discussion: Talk about what ‘good’ means to your child. Explain that ‘good’ is not related to what you do, but what you are. Read the Creation story. Explain that we are good because we have been created by (a good) God.

(Remind them that before sin entered the world, everything was good because God had created it, and HE was good. Now that sin is part of our world, the world is broken, but we can still see glimpses of God’s goodness through his redemption, which comes through Jesus. He is renewing all things, including us, to better reflect his goodness.One day, when he returns, he will make ALL things new and good again!)

Activity: Creation collage – make a collage of the good things that God has created. (using magazine pictures)

If there’s extra time:

Activity: Give your children a blank sheet of paper and some finger paint, and let them create their masterpieces.

Discussion: Ephesians 2:10. Why have we been created? To do the good works that God has planned for us to do. (And we can only do good works because of God, who is good.)

Day 2:

Discussion from Grace for Moms:

Discussion: Matthew 12:35 says, “A good person* produces good things from the treasury of a good heart.” Think about a treasure box filled with all sorts of good things. Maybe it’s the prize box at school or church. Maybe it’s your toy chest at home. Or maybe it’s your piggy bank filled with shiny coins you are saving. That treasure has been saved and is ready to be shared at any time. Goodness is a treasure that you keep in your heart so that it’s ready to be shared with those who need it. (*And remind them that God puts that goodness in their hearts and helps them share it! We can’t be good people on our own!)

Activity: Grab an old shoe box or other cardboard box and decorate your own treasure box. Write down ways that God has been good to you and your family on small strips of paper and put them in the box. Now write down ways you can be good to others – your parents, siblings, family and friends – and put those in the box as well. Keep your goodness treasure box in a place you can see it as a reminder of God’s goodness and how you can be good to others.

Day 3:

Discussion from Grace for Moms:

Discussion: Read Psalm 23 together. Talk about the goodness of God as it is expressed in this scripture. Read line by line and share the different ways God is good to us. He gives us rest and strength. He leads and guides. He protects and comforts. He brings countless blessings. The verse ends with “surely your goodness and unfailing {or never-ending} love will follow me all the days of my life.” Discuss how God’s love and goodness will never leave us. On good days and bad days, one thing remains the same. . .God is good. This is his character. It is who he is. He does not change, even when it seems things aren’t going our way.

Activity from Wind in a Letter Box:

Activity: Make sheep masks, remembering that Jesus is the Good Shepherd, and we are his sheep! (John 10:1-20)

Wrap up from Grace for Moms:

1. No matter what we are going through, we can be sure that God is good and will never change.

2. As we walk with God and enjoy his goodness, we will begin to be an example of his good character.

3. The more we treasure goodness (God) and keep it on our heart, the more we can share with others.

Pray this Prayer:

God, thank you for your incredible goodness. We can see it in our lives every single day. May good character plant itself deeply into our hearts and grow as we walk with you. Help us to show others goodness through loving and serving well. We love you. Amen.

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Cracker Barrel, a Southern restaurant chain known for its racist hiring policies and Confederate flag decor, instituted a company-wide policy in 1991 to not employ persons “whose sexual preferences fail to demonstrate normal heterosexual values.” Twelve people were promptly fired from the chain because they were lesbian or gay.

Several hundred people from the Detroit/Ann Arbor activist community took part in a series of energetic demonstrations to protest the opening of a new Bigot Barrel in Belleville, Mich. beginning October 1.

The left/liberal “leadership” of the “protest coalition” issued a list of demands asking Cracker Barrel to rehire all terminated employees, advertise in the gay/lesbian media, donate to AIDS research and so on. While the many anti-authoritarians who participated in the actions were not eager to embrace a “right to work” ethos, they were visible in facing off the backlash against sexual freedom represented by Cracker Barrel and the large cop/right-wing christian/homophobe presence at the demonstrations.

Brutality by the cops, who were overwhelmingly white, badgeless, and wearing surgical gloves, set the tone for the tense weekly Sunday confrontations. One top cop on the scene said the gloves and not wearing badges was a “common safety measure.” A regular contingent of pro-Cracker Barrel demonstrators also appeared each week carrying placards with slogans such as, “We’re the Gay Bashers,” “If You’re Not Straight, Get out of the State,” and “I’ve Got A Cure For Aids,” (with a picture of a handgun).

In one instance, when a skirmish line of cops in riot gear forced the protesters out of the street and toward a muddy ditch by the side of the road, a demonstrator grabbed a cop by his baton, threw him into the ditch and successfully escaped. The following Sunday, the same man was singled out by storm troopers on horseback, beaten and charged with assault

Some local punks from the notorious 404 collective, who had brought donuts with them hung on strings at the end of bamboo fishing rods, responded with chants of, “Bad Cop, NO Donut.” During the protests, anti-gay demonstrators were allowed to stand on Cracker Barrel property, protected by the cops. “I don’t want ‘them’ touching my food!” they screamed.

Like many political situations, the Cracker Barrel protests ultimately devolved into a petty power struggle between liberals and leftists, namely the original coalition leadership and the RWL (Redundant Wreckers Legion). The RWL attempted to control the protests at every level with their stifling tactics and rhetoric, to the point of trying to suppress any autonomous speech or action which did not fit into their “militant” scheme of things.

The RWL, an authoritarian trotskyist cult, has massed half of their 120 national members in Detroit, making their usual disruption even more troublesome. They accused anarchists, radical faeries and independent thinkers of not being “serious” or “militant” enough for staging a same sex kiss-in and a dance in a circle singing (to the tune of “London Bridge”) “Cracker Barrel. Falling Down, Falling Down...My Fair Faggot”! So, we had to fight not only the cops and the Cracker Barrel supporters, but also the leftist cops.

As the movement against Cracker Barrel dwindled under the weight of a court injunction against the queer liberation activists, arrests, police brutality, and internal movement squabbles, serious questions are raised about the value of participating in spectacularized left/liberal events. The need for autonomous groups of homo-/bi-/omnisexual community and action presents itself again.


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2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,000 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people.

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  1. GOF

    You deserve such excellent stats. Best wishes for 2012.

  2. Yeah I was the one getting on as the doors closed and half my sweater was hanging out flapping down the tube!

  3. Love it! Of course I need to go check mine out now, I didn’t even know this existed! Congratulations!

    • Thanks! WP just sent me an email. I thought I’d get one of those thing-ys on the right side of my blog; they gave me a post instead.

      Happy New Year, Karyn. Hope it is wonderful for you in OZ!

  4. Well done Elyse and Happy New Year. Wishing you nothing but the best for 2012.

  5. Happy New Year and congratulations on your first year of blogging. Looking forward to more of your posts.

  6. This is wonderful! Congratulations! So when do you turn 55? Just wondering…or did I miss something?

    • Thanks, Georgette. I didn’t realize that this would be an actual post. I thought that it would just go over there to the right. OH well!
      And you are right. My birthday is coming up and I will soon be no longer 54-1/2. I am leaning towards keeping the name, anyway. I may have to do a poll!
      Look forward to lurking around the ‘sphere with you this year! All the best for 2012!

  7. Great Stats! Best wishes for 2012.May your blog reach lot more people this year.
    Wish you a very Happy new Year! 🙂

  8. Whoo Hoo! Here comes the train. Congrats.

  9. 5k hits! Great. Keep it up in 2012.

  10. Excellent! Congrats, and all the best in 2012!

  11. Hi,
    That’s fantastic, congrats, I didn’t know it was your first year well done. 😀

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Akhoundi: No Obligation to Buy Airbus A380

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Roads and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi said Iran is under no obligation to buy Airbus A380 superjumbo jets.

The order for the double-decker jetliners grabbed attention in January as part of a preliminary deal signed in Paris for 118 Airbus planes worth $27 billion. Iran has also provisionally agreed to buy or lease 109 Boeing jets.

“We have freedom to choose ... We have no obligation and commitment to buy A380 planes,” Akhoundi was quoted as saying by IRNA.

Discussing the Airbus order in February, its chairman told Reuters the A380 would not arrive for another five years and that the airline would in the meantime monitor the expansion of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport.

“This is part of a five-year plan for Iran’s aviation ... Iranian official in charge of buying such planes will decide then,” he said.

Citing several unnamed Iranian officials, Reuters reported on Monday, that Tehran was having second thoughts about whether to take delivery of the order for a dozen A380 superjumbo jets.

“We always made clear this is an option,” an Iranian official told Reuters, asking not to be identified. “It is possible to switch to other models.”

Another source said Iran was committed to the rest of the order, but was less interested in taking the A380s.

Others said the A380 part of the order, worth $5.2 billion at list prices, can be canceled or amended without penalty under the contract before Airbus starts building the jets.

One industry source acknowledged “the A380 part is less solid” than the remaining 106 aircraft, despite the fact that Airbus had pressed Tehran to include the slow-selling model.

The United States and Europe lifted sanctions in January under a 2015 deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, but US sanctions unrelated to the nuclear issue remain, banning dollar transactions with Iran and making it harder for firms to access finance for business in the Islamic Republic.

Iran needs an estimated 400 jets to renew its fleet after decades of sanctions and to prepare for projected growth, according to Iranian and western estimates.

Iran’s order threw a lifeline to the A380 itself, following a slump in orders that has left the future of one of Europe’s highest profile industrial projects in doubt.

While Airbus faces uncertainty over the A380 part of the deal, Boeing appears to have won a slight reprieve for the latest version of its 747 jumbo, which has also been suffering from poor sales.

A person familiar with Boeing’s own provisional deal with Iran Air said it included four 747-8s.

Both the A380 and 747-8 have seen production cuts, as airlines switch to smaller two-engined models like the Airbus A350 or Boeing 777.

But regional sources say Boeing’s 747 has a more naturally receptive audience in Iran, given the experience of its pilots and engineers in keeping old 747s flying during sanctions.


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The state-owned monopoly Transgaz has started the assembly works of the first parts of the Romanian section of international pipeline Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria (BRUA) in Recas, Timis County (Western Romania), according to Agerpres.

Transgaz, the technical operator of Romania’s national natural gas transmission system, is in charge of building the infrastructure on the Romanian territory on the BRUA pipeline, a project supported by the European Commission.

“The first tubes reached the site at the Recaş area, where the assembly works began,” Transgaz’s CEO Ion Sterian told Agerpres.

In June, Transgaz started the Phase 1 of BRUA project, which involves the construction of the 478-km long transport pipeline Podisor-Recas with a diameter of 32 ‘ (Dn 800) and a design pressure of 63 bar.

The total value of Phase is estimated at EUR 478.6 million. In the BRUA – Phase I, Transgaz has already been working on the three gas compressing stations at Podisor, Jupa and Bibesti since April 14.

A total share of 40 percent of the estimated eligible costs were covered by the European Union through a EUR 179 million grant.

The post Transgaz stats assembling first parts of BRUA pipeline in Western Romania appeared first on Business Review.


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The Truth Of Beauty is a painting by Sheri Howe which was uploaded on June 24th, 2011.

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I can"t realy say what i feel when i see this beautiful painting! I think man do not undestand real meaning of this image. It"s big secret for Man!

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Feelings reveal a lot, understanding is relative. Thank you for appreciating my work!

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The Spark

This started out as another depressing story, and yet it turned into the cutest little piece of fluff I think I'll ever write. It's so simple, so repetitive that it makes you feel like brushing your teeth.

I think it's to make up for such a serious fic thirty minutes ago.

Ah well. Here's The Spark. I dislike it, but I'm not a fluffy person, to start.

Flames + Alcohol

Okay, this started out as a simple writer's block prompt I hunted out to do. It also started out as a AkuRoku fic written from Roxas's point of view. Now, there is no pair. It's just... it's there.

And I'm rather proud of it's existance.

Sep. 3rd, 2007

Ideas as of Septmber 3rd

One Shot; Original - Colored Black And White - Suggested by Daniel

Synopsis - The world has become united under one force, simply called The Government. They have altered genes so that everyone is full out colorblind, have completely mechanic defense systems, and a rule book that both compliments the Bible with many of the ideas, and competes with the Bible's length. Life seems perfect. No one argues, everyone does just as they're told.
But that's the problem. No one makes waves. At all. And those who do are hunted down, and are either brainwashed, or killed. After being interrogated, of course.
That's where the hero shows up. At least, a normal person. Once upon a time, he was as complacent and flat as everyone else. Then he sees one of these brutal attacks, these 'intrrogations' that give no chance for redemption. And suddenly, the world's colored. And people grow suspicious towards this man, and pursue him, and yet, he remains one step ahead. Until he preaches to the wrong person, in the wrong place. He's killed, but changes another person for the better.
And so the beat continues.

One Shot; Original -The Scream Heard Around The World - Based off of 'Final Command' and Crisis Core Trailer

Synopsis - The world has been at war with itself for longer than anyone can remember. Anyone. Hundreds of years, really. The smallest faction, a small group aptly named the resistance, is led by a man who no one but his closest advisors know. He blends in with the other generals.

One who is the heroine of the war, having knocked the leading power down a few notches. She was a private then, but has been promoted up to generals with that final aid to the resistance. She's given her own branch of the faction to lead, and under that branch is a man who quickly becomes her best friend. And lover.

One day, he comes in on her busily 'involved' with another of the generals. That was the last time they spoke for five months, while rumors were cast around and became solidified that the only female general was pregnant. No one knew who the father was. He knew who it was though.

Then the leading force attacked them. Almost everyone was killed. This was during an argument she started with him, and they had taken it far enough that they were safe. For now. Then, the soldiers found them and shot, aiming only to kill those who looked like threats. She was dressed in her suit, he wasn't. They aimed for her, however.

They leave, and she's still alive, but barely. She removes a gun, and explains that he was the father, that the only reason she had been with the general was because he was the true leader of the faction. She died after shooting herself in the stomach.

One Shot; Original - Walk Away - Based of off icon 'Walk Away like you always do' Written sort of like "Can't Stand':

Synopsis -  They're the best of friends, but she doesn't know why. He's a womanizer, constantly flirting with other girls. But he never once looked her way. She finally has enough and starts up an argument.

Finally, he just starts to walk away. She yells the line after him, and he stops, noticing she's near tears. He comes closer again, and she starts snapping at him, while he's slowly pulling her closer into an embrace. Finally, they're kissing, and she doesn't even know how they got there.

Poor Little White Girl

When we read To Kill A Mockingbird last year, my teacher gave us all fourty-five minutes to write a short story about prejudice. Typical rules applied, and I wrote out what I was very proud of. She never gave it back to me. I rewrote it, using a bit more language. This is the end product.

Slamming Doors

This was a fic I wrote before I even found gorgeous livejournal. Slamming doors was written after I saw a Zack Aeris picture, and, well with me? It was angsty, of course.

Diary Of Jane

This is a one-shot that was inspired by the song Diary of Jane, by Breaking Benjamin.

It's extremely angsty, and kind of violent, and has a dash of language.

Here's a fanfic I wrote - my first shounen-ai fic, in fact. This was a present for my wonderful friend Tami, and as far as I remember, she loved it. I hope you all do, as well.

Stacatto Waltz

This is something that started out as a prologue for a very neat idea I had for a very long story that would improve my fight descriptions.

Needless to say, it never really lifted off.

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Bloody Claws

Here's another story I've posted on my main account.

Can't Stand

Okay, so I'm going to post all of my stories here. Each is going to be a different entry. So, this first night...

I'm going to have a whole lot of posts. I'm clearing out my real livejournal, plus my fictionpress. Haven't updated that thing in ages anyway.

Anyway, here's one of my oneshot's.

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If You’ve Got a Ten to Get Yourself In…*

ZZ Top did a song about it. Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton did a movie about it and Houston news guy Marvin Zindler was instrumental in getting the joint shut down. We are, of course, talking about the infamous Chicken Ranch outside La Grange. Wikipedia continues the story : “The brothel that became the Chicken Ranch opened in La Grange in 1844. Run by a widow known as “Mrs. Swine,” the brothel operated out of a hotel near the saloon and featured three young women from New Orleans, Louisiana. The ladies used the hotel lobby for entertaining and rented a room upstairs for conducting their business. The brothel was successful for over a decade, but was forced to close during the Civil War, when Swine and one of her prostitutes were forced to leave town as Yankees and American loyalists. After the war, prostitution was endemic in the local saloons, but no official records were kept.” At least the good folks of La Grange had the sense to run the Yankees out of town. 🙂  Am I the only one that finds humor in the fact that a house of ill repute was run by a lady named Mrs. Swine?

During the Great Depression the number of “visitors” to the Chicken Ranch dwindled, so the “lady” who ran the place started charging one live chicken instead of cash for the favors of the working girls. Business as usual went on at the Chicken Ranch until late 1972 when the Texas Department of Public Safety got a tip that the brothel was a front for organized crime. That rumor was quickly proven false, but in 1973 Marvin Zindler, a consumer reporter for KTRK-TV in Houston, began an investigation that involved the Governor of Texas and eventually lead to the closing of the now-world famous Chicken Ranch. An interesting and more in depth history of the Chicken Ranch can be found here.  (Cue ZZ Top) “…if you’ve got a ten to get yourself in….”


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Three poems ----- Koon Woon

Love me when I am old

No need to love me when I am young,
because I can only love myself then.
No need to kiss me under the apple bough,
as any pair of fair arms would me arouse.

But love me, love me when I am old,
when the extremities of me grow cold,
when neither food nor drink will do.
For all the years that we drift through,
pretending we each other didn’t know,
now love me, love me as we stand in snow

Static as Buddha
inert as a rock
I move you not,

But snow melts
and rains fall
on mountain top,

Even as I breathe
vapors of December –
that after taste

of my days, I hold
you in memory
as a photo in wallet.

Oh come run with me
for a day more
in the valley

And linger there
as the ice melts
and snow dissipates.

How like a clearing in the woods

On the 10th day of the 19th year we finally stumble
out into a clearing

The remaining men shrieked like children
as our captain in full beard

Supplicates to the blue sky

We had killed our imagination for otherwise
the numerous cries of the jungle
haunt the years we are forgotten

As men on expedition

And finally we have each our own place
even though as our neighbors

Have changed to the right of us
to the left of us

And the truth now is to put our machetes
down, disrobe, and cleanse

In the creek
with the dense foliage of the jungle
behind us

amid the fearsome flights of Gothic
bats and growling bears

But now our wise captain leads us
into this clearing

Where the light is right for a van Gogh
the price is right for a Picasso

And on this 10th day of the 19th year
we cry, but we no longer know
why we are here

We will go back into it for another 19 years.

  1. Love your poem, "Love me when I am old"

  2. For those of you Koon poetry followers, he will have two poems in an upcoming raptor anthology, called Prey Tell. More on this soon. The anthology is a fundraiser for the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyd, MD.


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Airline Safety Videos … Finally A Funny Parody

The number of airline safety video parodies I have seen is more than I can count on all my fingers and toes … and the fingers and toes of my three kids.   The number of airline safety parody videos that actually made me laugh would be zero until this evening (I don’t count Air New Zealand’s Richard Simmons video … that is a real safety video).

Delta Air Lines safety videos for the past few years have featured flight attendant Katherine Lee, also known as Deltalina.  While the Deltalina videos have been parodied, imitated, none of these videos have caused me to find myself laughing alone in the dark while watching them … that is until tonight.

What makes this airline safety video parody hysterical?  It isn’t mocking the safety video; it matches absolutely nonsensical lip-synching to the video.   Its takes a moment to realize what is going on … once your brain kicks it, it’s hilarious.

So sit back, put your tray table up, close your window shades get in the mood to laugh.

Happy Flying!

  1. Russell,

    Last night some folks saw the video and others could not for some reason. The issue seems to be corrected now.

    Sorry about that.

    Happy Flying!

  2. Very funny but not rolling on the floor funny Air NZ and Virgin America they are by far the best safety videos . The Rico and body painted cabin crew being my favorites.

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 What is Brain Food ?

Brain foods are food sources, nutrients, and/or combinations of both that promote healthy brain function. It is also important to recognize that food connections are based on an improvement of health overall, which also supports brain function. There are really four categories that contribute to the overall health of the brain.Brain food is essential for all of us and changes in diet that include essential brain food can help alleviate certain ADHD symptoms.

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Four Categories of Brain Food

1. Fats

2. Proteins

3. Carbohydrates

4. Antioxidants

What is Good Brain Food?

Not every food that would technically fall into one of the above categories is necessarily beneficial for overall brain health nor can be considered brain food. However, there are certain variants of these foods that would be considered, “good” brain foods.

Omega 3 Brain Food1. Fats

Omega-3 Fatty Acids contribute to brain health and are an essential brain foodThey assist in retaining memory and maintain mood balance. These foods include pumpkin seeds, walnuts, fish, eggs, and flax. Canola Oil and and soy oil are also rich in Omega-3. Since it is nearly impossible to consume all of the Omega fatty acids we need, you should consider supplementing fish oils, daily.

2.  Protein

Neurotransmitters are affected by brain food derived from protein. Eggs and fish are both excellent choices. Plus, eggs contain choline, which is a nootropic that is essential to overall brain health and cognitive function. Some nootropic supplements are an EXCELLENT source that enables us to consume the necessary amounts of choline. Beans are also excellent as they serve as a source rich in protein and carbohydrates.

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3.  Carbohydrates –

One of the worst choices you can make for your brain is to forego meals. Carbohydrates provide energy and are considered a power brain food.

Skipping a meal can make you feel tired, less sharp, and unable to focus.  This is especially important to remember for children and adults with ADHD symptoms.carbs for the brain

One of the things I hated about taking ADHD prescriptions, like Adderall, was it completely eliminated my appetite. This caused me not to eat, which is obviously, just not healthy. I felt it was contradicting the effects that the drug was supposed to have on the brain because I was constantly lacking essential daily nutrients. This is a common problem for people taking prescription ADHD medications. However, not all carbs are equally as good for the brain. The best brain food carbs are starchy carbs like potatoes, winter squash, corn, beets, and cooked carrots.

4.  Antioxidants –

Antioxidant brain food has been shown to stabilize and even improve memory. They also have anti-aging and cancer fighting properties. Nearly all fruits and vegetables contain antioxidants, but some are more richly infused than others. Berries and leafy green vegetables are some of the best. I would recommend eating a lot of vegetables in season to get the most benefit from these excellent brain food antioxidant sources.

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The best part about eating healthy brain foods is that it is good for the rest of your body, too. Try and eat more brain foods and you will not only be doing your brain good, but your body good too!

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Hey everyone,

I’m a big fan of the Cryptoeconomics course, and I think the more accessible it is, the merrier! Do you folks think translating the content to other languages is a worthwhile direction to pursue? if so, how could one go about it? I’d be definitely interested in helping with Persian.

Hi s1na,

I already contributed two Chinese subtitle translation submitted to Introduction video and 1.1 lecture.
The videos on YouTube are submitting Social Translation subtitles, just need the host/ video owner to approve.
I’m waiting, and will keep contributing. Looking forward to see more translation going to be done! :))

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I’ve uploaded translated Traditional Chinese sub to two video lecture:

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Discussion in 'Absolute Beginners' started by phunkyphil, Jun 20, 2002.

  1. i havent really seen this mentioned anywhere.. roughly how much dry bud per plant should the average-joe grower expect at harvest time? i know this is kind of a general question and depends on a lot of things, but i dont grow and im really only looking for ballpark figures (1/2? ounce? QP? pound?).. guessing lots of people here can speak from experience :D

  2. with a hydro grow u can get 3-4 oz's pretty easy.
  3. what about a soil grow? ( I think it's a good I've been meaning to ask myself) Ballpark?
  4. There are so many strains that produce, that its hard to put a number on it. Its like asking how fast are the cars on the interstate, each one does their own thing. But you should expect at least 3 to 4 oz minimum, and up to 12 oz on a good plant.
  5. holy shit big poppa, i think you made me crap my pants...can you get 12 oz's from a bubble bucket?
  6. 3-4 oz. per plant Big Poppa? Sweet!! I can't wait to start my crops next summer. It must feel good to harvest and then get high off of something you pretty much made yourself!

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Discussion in 'General' started by cushy, Apr 29, 2006.

  1. havent been playing the original grand theft auto in a while? good! because now you really wont be used to this fucking amazing perspective on our word.

    check these 3 pages out...but wait!! if you havent smoked yet..go do that because theyre about 4 1/2 times better stoned

    my personal favorite is this one..the flections are amazing
    (pic of forest with crazy river)

    but this one is also real good too..hmm..maybe its just the colors

    (pic of yellow beach with blue water)

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  3. Those were really awesome.

    But why was their like a duck clucking at me? :p
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Discussion in 'Jailbreaks and iOS Hacks' started by superbox, Jun 21, 2009.

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    Jailbroken 3g phone for a couple months, did not update to 3.0 yet.
    but i did upgrade to the new sbsetting which has the processes toggle.

    Is there a way to turn it off? not the toggle itself but the notification that something is running (ie:mail, phone)

    heres a screen cap, basically i want those 2 circles to disappear but ant figure it out for the life of me.

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We observe that the number of reported stations is different depending on the table use:
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here we get 56

does not match the listed number of stations by:
here we get 68

Any suggestion? (are we misunderstanding this)

How often are the Statistics updated in:

Regarding a specific (Stations) TX & RX BW usage in bytes:
Are these zeroed after each Association Period?  (in other words, when they disconnect)

What happens if a Station MAC reconnects again later in the day, is this BW usage accumulated or is the usage reported for a specific Association Time?

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Paranoia will destroya~

Imagine if everythnig that ever happened it your life was a lie,
Would you roll over and die?
Have you ever heard of the theatre of the Absurd?
What if nothing in life ever occured?
Then where would you be
think very thouroughly.
What if everywhere you went you were never late nor early?
No dress code
Yer never young or old
would you worship a pot of gold
if you were to never be hot or cold
dissapear into the soil
like so much used motor oil
Would you be STRONG and recoil
and live forever like just like alluminum foil
assuming you don't boil
now your life is styrofoam
yer coaught up in the spiral form
These are the things that i think about when i brainstorm and never conform

Crossing elements of ignorance with intelligence
hence forth the wicked cannot distort the truth any longer
many years i fell victim to phallacies
chasing pipe dreams and fantasies
causing a wanted anomosity
towards industrials pimps that lie to the masses
saying how simple that they had it
I never envisioned a dark side of this
but what got in their heads
ya'll know the biz is my witness
take off those rose colored lenses
and ask yourself where an artists creative control is in the hands of an A & R and exec table
bull**** if you think your paid in record sales
the monhey fronted pales in comparrison to studio engineer costs
if you thought it would pay yer rent where thats where you lost.
promotional booking and touring is where your cash is
and from this how; much is your manager getting again?
So I ask you all is it really worth it?
Is falling to corporative descisions all your purpose?
please avoid the sidewinding serpent
investigate teh underground knowledge before you surface
hold your own
your music is your element
take control of your situations
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I have stored procedure with several table variable .Performance is slow and not able to create index on table variable.I cannot change to temp table can anyone please suggest how to optimise table variable.

  1. dont use table variables as they cannot be optimized
  2. add index on joining columns and filter columns

why cant you use temp tables

You can create PRIMARY KEY or UNIQUE KEY indexes on table variables.

Clarification. PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE KEY are only designed to enforce the constraints on the table. The problem with table variables is that you don't get statistics on data like you do on temp tables. The optimizer will use row counts and not actual data distribution.

Here is a link with more info: Table Variables vs. Statistics

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From Abigail Smith Adams to Catherine Nuth Johnson, 20 May 1798

Philadelphia May 20 1798

my dear Madam

I received a few days past your obliging favour of May 7th. inclosing the Letters of my Sons, and one from the Godmother of Mrs Adams, which contains a pleasing and agreable picture of the mutual regard, and affection of our Children. Mr. Adams never writes me, but he expresses the Satisfaction which he derives from his connection. Long may they live in the full enjoyment of those domestick attachments hich sweeten the cup of Life, and without which, paridice itself would yeald no solid pleasures.

Mr Adams’s mission to Berlin, tho much envyed by some of his countrymen, has never met his approbation, more however from the circumstance of his receiving the nomination from his Father, than from any other cause. If it had been an advancement of him, either as it respected Rank, or emolument; he would not have been advanced by his Father, but the President conceiving that he might render to his Country more essential Service at Berlin than Lisbon thought proper to change his destination, and for this single act he has been calumniated and abused, with all the bitterness of party Spirit. The disorganizers of our Country have represented it, as the advancement of the Presidents own Son to a pecuniary office, and a member of Congress during the present Session, has written a Letter to his constituents containing the grocest falshoods which he knew at the time to be such, saying that, the President appointed his son to Prussia, before he met Congress. The Jounals of the Senate prove, that the appointment took place in June near the close of the Session. he then adds that he had, had a new outfit every year since he went abroad. I inclose you the Letter as publishd if you will give yourself the trouble to read it, as one Specimin amongst ten thousand others, that the Jacobinic party stick at nothing to answer their own views.

you must have noticed in one of those Letters which I sent you, an apprehension of Mr. Adams’s least an honorary distinction, conferd upon him by the Academy of Arts and Sciences, originated from his Father. tell him, says his Father, that I say he is a very proud young Man, but that I had no hand in, or lot or part in his Election as a member of that academy, nor knew of it untill I saw his Name upon the Books.

I cannot however blame that Spirit of independance, which chuses to rest upon its own merrits and individual foundation.

I presume my dear Madam, that you will not consider me acting an improper part, if I mention to you that as Mr. Johnson has concluded to place his Son at the college in Annapolis, it will be expected by the President, and mr T B Johnsons Tutor, that some notice should be given to them of it. The Age of the university, the Respectability of its institutions, the Number of its Students, and the Character of the President, the Corporation and overseers, justly entitle it to the first Rank amongst the Seminaries of Learning in the United States.

Inquiries have been made of me, knowing the connection between our Families, whether Mr. Johnson was not soon expected to return, as no intimation had been received to the contrary and his Chamber is still held for him. Mr. Otis who is here as a Member of Congress to whose care your Son was confided, mentiond to me that he had not received a line from your Son since he left this place

If you should wish for information upon any point respecting the usages and customs of the university, Mr. Cranch can inform you. Mr. Johnsons behaviour and conduct whilst at Cambridge not only endeared him to his fellow students, but engaged him the particular regard of the President as I have been informd. It is natural for me to have partialities towards the university where my Grandfather, Father Husband and Sons recived their Education. you will pardon me then if I regret that your son will not finish his Education there. It must however accord more with your feelings to have him near you and with your connection.

There is a publick Letter from Mr. Adams to 12th. Febry. There is nothing to the contrary of their being well at that time.

Accept my dear Madam, my thanks for the obliging present inclosed in your Letter. It has an intrinsick value as the work of your own Hands, and on that account I shall value it much more, than if it did not possess that merit, even tho it had been ten times most costly.

Your Letter to mrs Smith, I forwarded to her, and I shall not fail to communicate to her, the favourable Sentiments so obligingly exprest by you to me. The col has been unfortunate. Mrs. Smith has retired to a Farm about 20 miles from the city of N york—her Spirits are not what they once were. her prospects are not pleasent.

Alass my dear Madam Who of us are Without our troubles, and our anxieties; what ever our Situation or lot in Life?

I pray you to make the Presidents and my respects to mr. Johnson Mr Cranch had written us an account of Your Friendly visit, and of mr Johnson’s patronage towards him. I trust he will prove worthy of it. my Love to the young Ladies & to your Son from Madam your Friend and Humble Servant

A Adams

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Success Always Starts With Failure

I’ve been reading a fascinating book, Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure, by Tim Harford, an “economic journalist”. The book is surprisingly readable and impressive in the breadth of its case studies. His thesis is that in a complex world (which we in fact live in and is getting even more complex), succeeding at a project requires adaptation to changing circumstances and our failures.

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Harford discusses with clarity issues such as how the Iraq war was carried out, the financial crisis of 2008, how to help people in developing nations, and a whole lot more.

In the end, of course, I was most interested in how to apply his insights to my own life. The last chapter of his book, “Adapting and you”, gave ideas:

The main goal is to be able to recover from failures. Since we cannot anticipate everything and are going to encounter failure in one form or another anyway, we might as well plan to make use of it. Not all of us are superhuman and can endure large humiliating failures all the time, so Harford discusses tips to avoid non-recoverable failures.

Failures of the mind

Harford starts with noting that we human beings are more frail than we sometimes think, and illustrates with three failures of the human mind. One is “denial”, our not even admitting that we failed. The threat to our ego is too great. But the first step in learning from a failure is to actually admit it.

Also, we “chase our losses”: after making a decision that turns out badly, we might continue along it hoping that things will magically turn out better eventually. It’s easier to maintain the hope that something bad will end up good, than admit the bad is hopeless and should be abandoned. We all know people who hang on in bad careers, bad financial investments, bad marriages, because it’s easier to hope that one didn’t make a bad decision after all, rather than quickly move on and avoid wasting more time, money, and heartache.

Finally, there is “hedonic editing”, in which we make ourselves feel better by thinking about gains along with the loss at hand, or convince ourselves that what we got (failure) was actually what we really were OK with all along. Some examples from my own life:

Harford says that since we are too soft on ourselves, we need a critic, such as trusted friends, to tell us honestly when we have not done well.

We need a safe place to experiment, where if we lose we are not trapped, but can continue on.

What this means to me

My blog is an experiment. It has been just over two weeks since I started it. I had a lot of anxiety over getting started: “what should I write about”, “for whom”, “how should I style the site”, “will I put up anything good”, and dozens of other random anxieties. To get started on this blog, I had to come up with a plan to stay the course, learn from mistakes, and accept honest feedback. I perceive my blog as a fairly “safe” place to experiment. I am committed to learning from my failures here!

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Finally performing some sonatas for Baroque flute

English Airs and Dances

Abby and I went to another party at Henry’s, the first one we’ve been to in five months. He’s had other parties, but we’ve been very busy all spring and summer.

Tonight was another big musical milestone for me.

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Henry had actually announced two parties coming up. This party was going to feature a four-hand piano recital after dinner, to be performed by his friends Gabe and Eric. The second party was going to be for his father’s birthday, as his parents were going to be visiting him. He was asking whether anyone wanted to play for his father’s birthday party, so I volunteered for that, saying that I would like to play some music for Baroque flute.

Henry was very curious to hear me play Baroque flute, since I had in fact never played it at one of his earlier parties. He said I should bring along the music to the first party so that he could read the keyboard part, before his father’s birthday party.

Baroque flute

For the past couple of months, the Baroque flute has been my main focus of music practice, because of my fascination with Baroque music and the special qualities of the Baroque flute (in contrast with the modern flute). It’s a very difficult instrument to play, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I want to get at least close to using the Baroque flute to create the kind of sound and texture I want to get from Baroque music.

So I have been using the book/CD sets from the Carnegie Library that I found in the “Baroque Around the World” series. Ironically, the first of those sets that I had taken out, I had done not even knowing it was Baroque music, and used it for practicing with modern flute! In fact, I once performed one of the selections, Henry Holcombe’s Air in E minor, on modern flute (gasp), at a “Baroque music jam session”. It was not until recently that I decided to start playing the music on Baroque flute. Now, I don’t want to play this music on modern flute if I can help it!

Recently, I took out some of the other volumes from the “Baroque Around the World” series. For example, I was intrigued by the “4 Scottish Sonatas” volume. Much of the music is clearly for violin, but some of it seems to work pretty well for flute also. In any case, it is different.

For Henry’s parties, I decided to focus on playing well a few of the selections “English Airs and Dances”.

At the party

The usual things happened at the party before our pianists showed up to perform after dinner: good food, conversation, chess, music jamming. Abby brought her various stringed instruments to play.

I ended up reading almost the whole book of “English Airs and Dances” with Henry on piano. “Oops”. I should know by now that if I bring a book of music, we’ll go through a lot more than the few selections I thought I was preparing. So I had to sight read some stuff I had never actually played. I can’t play very fast on Baroque flute, so I was botching things up here and there. No matter, it was fun.

Up till now, I had never actually performed Baroque flute sonatas and other works with keyboard accompaniment. This is partly because I am not very good at Baroque flute and also because I just don’t have as many opportunities to play Baroque flute with other people as I do using other instruments. In any case, I was pleased to finally be out there on Baroque flute.

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American Co-Masonry Degree Structure

American Co-Masonry practices the Co-Masonic Rite, which is an amalgamation of the Scottish Rite and English Rite Degrees, and is governed by a Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree. The structure of the Rite is as follows:

1° – Entered Apprentice
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After weeks of speculation, the Detroit Lions have hired Matt Patricia as their new head coach. Patricia comes from the New England Patriots, where he’s coached since 2004 and has served as the team’s defensive coordinator since 2012.

The decision has been known for several weeks, however, the Lions had to wait for the Patriots to be eliminated from the postseason before they could officially give Patricia the job. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the Patriots lost a 41-33 shootout to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.

The Lions will introduce Patricia on Wednesday, but he did release a statement on the Lions’ official website which you can read below.

“I’m incredibly honored and grateful to be named Head Coach of the Detroit Lions. Thank you to Mrs. Ford and her family, Rod Wood, and Bob Quinn for their trust and support as we begin this new chapter of Lions football.

“This position comes with great responsibility, and I will commit every ounce of my energy to this football team, starting today. My family is excited to become part of this wonderful city that displays so much passion for their teams.

“I can’t express enough appreciation to the entire New England Patriots franchise, particularly Robert and Jonathan Kraft and their entire family. I will truly cherish these last 14 years as a member of this incredible organization.

“Lastly, I’d like to express my appreciation and thanks to Bill Belichick. He’s been a remarkable mentor to me, not only as a football coach but also as a man and as a friend. I have learned immensely from his detailed leadership approach to the game, which has certainly shaped me into the football coach that I am today. Quite simply, I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work with, who I believe, is the greatest coach in NFL history.

“Now I turn all of my attention to the Lions. I look forward to the next chapter of my career in Detroit.”

The expectations will indeed be high for Patricia, who is replacing Jim Caldwell – the winningest head coach in Lions history. Caldwell led the team to back-to-back winning seasons but because the team failed to make the playoffs this season, he was fired.

General manager Bob Quinn indicated in his season-ending press conference that he felt the Lions underachieved with the talent they have on their roster under Caldwell. Only time will tell if Patricia is the guy to get this Lions team to the next level.

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Javapolis 2006

I'm on my way back from Javapolis 2006, unfortunately missing the third day of the conference. One of the innovations this year was a bank of ten whiteboards where people brainstormed about the future of the Java language and platform. I had a camera with me but I realized too late that I should have taken snapshots of the contents of all those boards before I left. I hope someone else will. The only snapshots I took were the vote tallies that I discuss below.

There were three issues discussed on those boards that I'd like to share with you.

The first board contained a discussion of closures, including an informal vote of people "in favor of" and "against" adding support for closures. I gave a talk about closures yesterday afternoon, which explained the goals and design criteria, showed how they fit quite smoothly into the existing language and APIs, and more importantly explained in detail why anonymous instance creation expressions do not solve the problems closures were designed to solve. Before my talk about closures, the vote was about 55% in favor and 45% against. After my talk the vote was 71% in favor and 29% against. I don't think any "against" votes were added to the tally after my talk. There was also a BOF (Birds-Of-a-Feather) session in the evening discussing closures. Of the 20 or so attendees none admitted being against adding closures. I'm sure the fact that the BOF was scheduled opposite a free showing of Casino Royale didn't help, but I had hoped to hear from opponents more about their concerns. We discussed a number of issues and concerns, most of which had been discussed on my blog at one time or another.

One issue that I discussed with a few individuals earlier and then at the BOF was the idea of adding a statement whose purpose is to yield a result from the surrounding closure, which you could use instead of or in addition to providing a result as the last expression in the closure. It turns out that adding this feature make closures no longer suitable for expressing control abstractions. In other words, adding this feature to the language would make closures less useful! This is a very counterintuitive result. I first understood the issue by analyzing the construct using Tennent's Correspondence Principle, but it is much easier for most people to understand when the result is presented as specific examples that fail to work as expected. For now I'll leave this as an exercise to the reader, but I'll probably write more about it later. Incidentally, I believe the folks who designed Groovy got closures wrong for exactly this reason.

There was a video made of my talk that will be posted to the Javapolis website. Ted Neward also interviewed me on video, and Bill Venners interviewed me on audio. As soon as these are available on the web I'll blog pointers to them.

Native XML Support

Mark Reinhold gave a talk on adding native (i.e. language-level) support for XML into Java. Though they were not presented as such, some people prefer to think of the proposal as separable into a language extension part and an API part. The proposed APIs appear to be an improvement over the existing alternatives. However, the language extension for writing XML literals appears to be only marginally more convenient than the XML construction techniques provided by libraries in JDOM. I personally would like to see the new APIs pursued but XML creation provided in the JDOM way. Mark took a vote by show of hands on how people felt about the two issues, but I couldn't see the tally. There was also an informal tally about adding native XML support on one of the whiteboards. The result was 29% in favor and 71% against.

Constructor Invocation for Generics

Another much-discussed issue appeared on one of the whiteboards: the verbosity of creating instances of generic types. This is typical:

Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap<Pair<String,Integer>,Node>();

The problem here is that the type parameters have to be repeated twice. One common "workaround" to this problem is to always create your generic objects using static factories, but the language should not force you to do that. A number of different syntax forms have been suggested for fixing this:

var map = new HashMap<Pair<String,Integer>,Node>();

This unfortuately requires the addition of a new keyword. Another:

final map = new HashMap<Pair<String,Integer>,Node>();

This reuses an existing keyword, but at the same time it also makes the variable final. Another variation on this idea:

map := new HashMap<Pair<String,Integer>,Node>();

In my opinion these three forms all suffer the same flaw: they place the type parameters in the wrong place. Since the variable is to be used later in the program, the programmer presumably wants control over its type and the reader wants the type to be clear from the variable declaration. In this case you probably want the variable to be a Map and not a HashMap. An idea that addresses my concern is:

Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap();

Unfortunately, this is currently legal syntax that creates a raw HashMap. I don't know if it is possible to change the meaning of this construct without breaking backward compatibility. Another possibility:

Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap<>();

You can see clearly by the presence of the empty angle brackets that the type parameters have been omitted where the compiler is asked to infer them. Of the alternatives, this is my favorite. I don't think it will be too hard to implement in javac using the same techniques that work for static factories of generic types.

Anonymous said...

Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap<>();

I think you haven't taken into consideration the looks of this construct ... which is the ugliest of all the other alternatives. Special signs should not be abused this way.

And, of all the alternatives, I find this one the most readable:

var map = new HashMapMap<Pair<String,Integer>,Node>();

If someone wants a Map, it can always be explicitly declared.

Also, I really hope you find a nice and clear syntax for closures, because the proposals I saw look horrible.

Ioannis Cherouvim said...

The whiteboards have been published in the
JavaPolis website

Your talk on closures was great! Now it all makes sense, thanks.

jessewilson said...

Doesn't Java's convenient erasure mechanism cause these two statements to be identical?
Map<A,B> = new HashMap();
Map<A,B> = new HashMap<A,B>();

Is type-aliasing feasable for the Java language? That could clean up a lot of the verbosity caused by generics.

Anonymous said...

Hey Neal, the final content of the white boards can be found @

Thanks again for presenting at JavaPolis :)

Tom Hawtin said...

If you are going to create a Map with new, 98% of the time it is going to be a HashMap. It therefore makes sense to me that Map should nominate a default implementation class (or overloaded set of static methods). So we don't need the information as to which type to construct in the client code.

Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new();

Jochen "blackdrag" Theodorou said...

because closure are a widely misused term you shouldn't say Groovy designers got them wrong. Not without an example of what you mean. Then we can discuss about what exactly is wrong. Oh, and I hope you don't think in terms of implementation here.

Tom said...

I can't go into details but I feel like the features being added to Java are "tacked on" and don't really fit well. Even generics bring along their own set of issues.

Closures support looked ugly and crippled, and native XML support is ugly period. I think Groovy builders got it right.

I'd like to see Java stay simple, and support for higher level language features be provided by another language, be it JRuby or Groovy.

If it still compiles to Java classes (Groovy does this and JRuby will) there will be no concern about interoperability. And those who are 'concerned' about performance can write the logic-complex portions in the dynamic language, and the rest in Java.

If you find yourself needing those language features everywhere... Well then maybe the Java hammer isn't the answer and the JVM should focus on support for high- level dynamic languages.

My 2c. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Possibility to write Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap<>(); would be a nice syntax sugar. Although most verbose it is also the best of all possibilities mentioned. Introducing a new keyword for sugar only is IMO out of question and this proposal looks exactly like what it is: slightly sweetened version of an already existing language construct.

Florida said...

Why can't you get rid of the new, since there isn't the "allocate on the stack vs allocate on the heap" issue that C++ has? What I mean is:
X x = new X(y, z);
X x(y, z);
So the case you cite would become:
Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map();

It should still be possible to write
X x; // An uninitialised X
X x = another; // Assign from another instance
exactly as is done now.

Tom Hawtin said...

Florida> That is already valid syntax:

interface Example {
    Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map();

axel said...

my vote is for
Map<...> map = new HashMap()

Firstly, it keeps the distinction between interface (Map) and implementation (HashMap).

Secondly, when you're omitting type parameters from a method call, you don't have to write <> either; and as you say, the analogy between a constructor call and a static method call is so strong that both would be implemented "in javac using the same techniques". Analogy in syntax should follow.

Thirdly, it is a compatible extension: If the new object is used only as the initializer of a declaration, then (apart from compiler warnings) there is no difference between a "raw" HashMap and a correctly typed one. The byte code is the same either way.

Rémi Forax said...

Neal, i've patched javac to create a prototype that allow ':=' or final syntax to declare a local variable without its type.

It is available on my blog

I don't get your point about using
a Map instead a HashMap for a local variable (which is not visible elsewhere).

Eugene Kuleshov said...

The least verbose would be to use Map<Pair<String, Integer>, Node> map := new HashMap();

However it will only work for assignments. But what about inferring type info inside expressions?

JodaStephen said...

I'm sure that you won't be surprised to hear that I like

Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap<>();

for the shortened instance creation ;-) I'm going to try and write up the white boards more fully soon.

axel said...

@Rémi: Concise typing can make things easier for a reader - like a comment that's checked by the compiler. When you declare a "Map" variable, then you document that the following code will not rely on any specifics of HashMap, TreeMap,...

If you change your mind about the kind of Map you want to use later on, you can be sure you'll only have to change the initializer.

By the way, type inference should also work for method arguments! Semantically, passing an argument to a parameter is almost the same as initializing a variable.

Rémi said...

@Axel, i don't like that idea.
Suppose that i write a code like this:

List<String> list =
new ArrayList<String>();
for(int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)

if i change the first line to:
List<String> list =
new LinkedList<String>()

the complexity of my algorithm is
now quadratic, so knowing the implementation is important.

Note that if i wrote :
list := new ArrayList<String>();
i have only one line to change
if i want to change the implementation.

Julian Morrison said...

Add "var" as a keyword (specifically, a pseudo type with the same grammar place as a type) meaning "...with inferred type".

var x = y; // means: compute the type of y and give it to x.

All vars must be initialized, ergo they can't be parameters.

This also means that "var" will cut down on a lot of type repetition in locals and member variables.

lordpixel said...

Another vote for:

Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap<>();

* Doesn't close the door on reified generics where someday in the future 'new HashMap()' and 'new HashMap<>()' may not be equivalent statements at runtime anymore.

* No new keywords or operators

* Has the type parameters on the declaration, which is where they belong for consistency. It's the most Java-like.

* As axel notes, I can declare the variable as Map, which means it can become TreeMap or WeakHashMap (or any of the concurrent maps) by simply changing one line - yes, it may be a local variable, but it doesn't mean I'm not going to return it from the method! (besides, who said I can't use this syntax on instance variables?)

Brian said...

The argument against the "var" syntax for type inference seems rather weak. The reason I'd like to leave out the type for the local variable is because I *don't* want to figure out the type. Local variables have such limited scope that I'm content to let the compiler figure it out, even if it means that the variable's type is HashMap where I would have written Map. If it were important to declare the type for some particularly confusing code then I can already do so by writing out the type explictly.

axel said...

@lordpixel: The "reified generics" argument for empty angle brackets is not very strong - the problem would have to be solved for static methods anyway.

@brian: that goes in the direction of either a scripting language (no need for a safety net if you're not going to jump) or a mind-bending functional language (making the code as dense as possible so you can jump higher). It's actually a feature of Java that it's so plain and obvious, most of the time. I'd rather mix languages than mix up Java.

I haven't heard any reason yet against turning raw types into inferred types, wherever possible - the compiler could still warn (as currently for a raw type) if it cannot determine a sensible typing.

Yardena said...

Following lordpixel's idea - how about Map<Pair<String,Integer>,Node> map = new HashMap<...>() or <*>
And the parser would replace ... or * with the last generic type? Or maybe
Map<T = <Pair<String,Integer>,Node>> map = new HashMap<T>()


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