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1972 Chevrolet Suburban: Prepping The Interior - Dress For Success Part 1
Prepping An Interior
It's never as easy as it first appears. It just isn't. Of course, by the time you get to prepping the interior for paint, then insulate it, then carpet it, add fresh weather-stripping, hang the refreshed door panels, etc...you have probably figured that out. So goes the saga of our '72 Suburban or as we like to call it-Super Sub. Follow along with part one of a two part series on prepping the interior.
We have finished the body and paintwork on our Super Sub and for the most part it really is pretty straightforward stuff. Filled some holes, took out a few dents, and seem to have installed a few extra 'waves.' In fact, the rumor around the office is that the Super Sub has more waves than you will find at a beach. Of well, it's meant to be a driver, an everyday classic truck that's fun to drive and not much to worry about. Okay, we will worry about it but not loose any sleep. Super Sub won't be winning any shows but it will be mechanically sound, allow us to ride in comfort, and give us the confidence we can tow anything anywhere and get all of us back to the office for the next deadline on CLASSIC TRUCKS.
Much of what we will you show you involving our Super Sub can be applied to any classic truck, but especially the '67-72 Chevy/GMC line of pickups, Blazers, and Suburbans. The intent here is to show you some of the subjects that you will want to address in order to lay a good foundation for a solid interior on your classic truck. An interior that will be sound proofed, and insulated against heat. (Stay tuned, for there will be other stories that deal with what happens to, on, and under the dashboard-there's lots of goodies here that you will like.)
In this segment we also opted to install a new windshield, rear glass, and side glass including the rubber weather-stripping and stainless trim all from Brothers. It was time to paint. The only way to make sure all of the collective years of hidden corrosion and wind noise from tired weather-stripping would vanish was to remove these pieces and prep and paint the metal before installing fresh rubber seals along with a new windshield.
How's is all this accomplished? We will start by showing which areas we inspected and what was done to these areas before painting. Then we will take a look at weather-stripping from Brothers and install Accumat insulation from Scosche Industries. All of this rummaging around also showed that there were a few sections of electrical wiring beneath the upholstered areas that needed replacing as well. We went to American Autowire and rounded up direct-factory replacement sections of wiring. What we ended up with was an interior that features a color change, has insulation and sound deadening characteristics, new window rubber, and a front windshield.
Where do you start? If you are planning on a color change for your ride then it really is a good idea to remove the glass and plan on installing new rubber and a new windshield, if necessary. Why remove the old glass? Simple. Do you know what's under the glass and rubber after 30-plus years of enduring the elements? Probably not, and some would say you don't want too. We believe you should know through investigation and solve any problems now while they're accessible and much simpler to deal with.
In the case of the Super Sub we knew it had spent most of its life in Bakersfield, California. Why is this important? Rust shouldn't prove to be a problem in this typically hot and dry climate. When we took out the old window trim, and removed the glass and rubber we were pleasantly surprised at how little rust damage existed after 30 years of abuse.
Next up painting: Remember we went from a blue and white to a red and white truck, we wanted to prep the hidden metal, primer it, and get fresh paint on it. This would ensure against rust deterioration as well as provide a good seal eliminating the potential for wind leaks.
Next was the installation of the new weather-stripping from Brothers and evaluation of the glass and windshield trim. Aside from the aging windshield, all the glass was in excellent condition. The original-factory stainless windshield trim was in reasonably good condition. However, we soon found out that it could be replaced with brand new stainless from Brothers for the same money it would cost us to have the original-factory trim polished and brought back to life.
We also found segments of the wiring loom that went to the side markers, taillights, gas tank-sending unit, and rear license plate lighting all had suffered various indignities during a life span as a truck. It should be noted that since we have switched to a GM Performance Parts engine and 4L60E transmission, we opted to replace the engine compartment wiring. Here we mixed and matched wiring to come up with what we needed. The wiring loom (side markers, headlights, turn signals, etc...) from the firewall forward came from American Autowire while the engine management wiring loom (alternator, distributor, starter, etc...) came from Brothers. This work is a matter of carefully removing the old wiring corrosion causes these wires sometimes to be difficult to remove) and replacing it.
Once the wiring, the new weather-stripping, and glass were handled it was time to begin to reconstruct the interior. We can tell you this; it isn't difficult but it will take some time and if you are working on a Suburban it will take you a lot of time!
Sound InsulationThe first step was to decide how to attack the subject of proper insulation against unwanted sound and heat. We settled on Accumat by Scosche located in Oxnard, California. Accumat has long been known for its superior noise suppression. However, earlier testing with Accumat by the magazine staff has also shown it to be an adequate insulator against invasion of exterior heat. We found ourselves with the opportunity to overcome the undesirable affects of both noise and heat with one-stop shopping-so to speak.
Noise may be controlled typically in three ways: vibrations may be damped; noises can be blocked via a wall; or they can be absorbed. In our application we opted to use two different versions of the Accumat-AMT045 and AMT250.
There are three basic sources of noise that you will want to control-road, wind, and structural (moving mechanical parts). These three areas will bombard you inside a truck, especially a Suburban, making it more difficult to enjoy your stereo system, and making the drive, especially a long drive, uncomfortable.
Road noise is typically generated by the tread pattern on your trucks' tires. Typically it will enter the passenger compartment through the floor pan, wheel wells, and firewall.
Wind noise results from your truck being pushed through the air, and can be intensified as speed increases. Generally this noise is high pitched and typically works its way into the passenger compartment via the small gaps, cracks, and panels seams usually found in the floor or firewall.
The structural noise is generally the result of the engine, transmission, rearend, and any other mechanical moving components of the truck. Structural noise is the result of body panels vibrating and multiplying and will affect door, quarter panels, roof, wheel wells, floorpan, and any other body panel your truck has. Have you seen the size of a Suburban roof lately?
Accumat 045 is ideal when attempting to ensure the control of vibrations coming from the doors, roof, or side panels. Here we are trying to control vibration from a structural part of the truck through the excellent damping characteristics of AMT045 that's a single-layer product, .045 inches thick, and comes in a 24x27 inch panel or 1-foot squares. It's a peel and stick material and easily cut to fit. We opted to use AMT045 on the inside of the doors, interior rear side panels, and the roof.
It should be noted that Accumat has AMT05 that's a perforated vinyl, making an ideal exposed headliner. Since we are planning on covering the inside of the roof with headliner material we opted to use AMT045.
Next up was the use of AMT250 that measures .250 inches thick, is a two-layer product, and comes in a 24x27 inch panels or 1-foot squares. It's ideal for floor pans, transmission tunnels, and in the case of our Suburban, the rear cargo area. Because it's thicker it keeps out even more noise but has the desirable side-affect of yielding a padded feel. While working on our knees within the truck interior it became immediately apparent how comfortable it is. This added padding affect will also prove beneficial later on during the tucks normal operation.
Experience with this product has also shown, through the use of a heat-temperature gun, which the AMT250 will keep measurable quantities of heat from getting into the interior. Again, another plus when driving, especially on long drives or in hot climes.
Both the AMT045 and the AMT250 are peel and stick in application. The 045 can be easily cut with a pair of heavy duty scissors, razor, or like cutting tool, while the 250, being thicker, will require a bit more careful approach but is still easily cut.
It's best to clearly map out where you want the material to final rest and cut precisely before attempting the installation. The adhesive backing is just that-adhesive, and willimmediately stick and can prove a bit difficult when trying to remove from an unwanted area. With the Accumat on the floor, side panels, and roof it was time to move to the next step.
What's left on the interior? Well, next month we will finish up with part two that deals with carpeting, a color change on the door and side panels, and a few interior trim pieces. Stay tuned for these goodies.
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This is Your $400 Racist Anthropologie Candlestick
You've spent years carefully cultivating your home's boho-chic look. Tearing through boutiques, looking for just the right accent pieces that look like they'd been found at a Portland, Ore. estate sale.
Now, finally, you've found it. That last piece to complete the home you'd always dreamed of: a racist candlestick.
The "Trinket & Treasure Candlestick" from Anthropologie — a boutique for rich women who like to look French — is neither. It is a totem pole of racial stereotypes. Working from the bottom up, in just 21 inches, Anthropologie has managed to offend Asians, staunch JFK opposers, African-Americans, Palins and clowns (I think? I don't really have any idea what the hell that thing is).
I'm legitimately curious: did Anthropologie think sticking a porcelain mammy figurine in the middle of a candlestick was cool? Sure, the mammy archetype represents decades of marginalization of African-American women, but look how cute it is!
Your perfect candlestick is an "online exclusive" and will only set you back $398. Chump change if you're really dedicated to polishing your home's "fashionable horder" look.

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It's been almost a year since I decided to begin learning the Dvorak layout, and just over six months since switching entirely. I thought I would post one last update about my progress and observations on typing with the Dvorak layout.
First, the speed. I am just a tad slower than I was when typing under the QWERTY layout. In QWERTY, I could type around 65-70 WPM on average, with peaks around 90 WPM. Using the Dvorak layout, I sit around 50-55 WPM peaking around 80 WPM. So while I am still no up to par with where I was on QWERTY, the speed is bearable, and really, I don't even notice that it feels slower.
Next, the accuracy. My accuracy has increased about 10% since the switch. On QWERTY, my average accuracy was around 80-82%. On Dvorak, I sit roughly around 88-91%. The funny thing, is I feel that my accuracy has gone down. However, when I sit and look at it, it's not the accuracy of the letters that is bad, but the inability for my brain to process complete logical sentances BEFORE typing. When I sit at a typing tutor or type text that is already before me, my accuracy is around 98%. It's when the words are in my mind that the accuracy slips.
Finally, the comfort. This was the #1 reason why I switched in the first place. I spend my entire day in front of a computer typing away. On QWERTY, I could feel the fatigue of my hands and wrists, and on occasion, pain. Since switching, I no longer feel that fatigue or pain. However, with that said, right after the initial switch, I was typing ~5-10 WPM. It was so slow, that I found myself stiffening my wrists while I typed. It was much more painful. However, I stuck through it, and my wrists have since relaxed, no longer giving me discomfort. Overall, I feel better while typing in Dvorak.
So, those are my observations since switching. Of course, I would be ignorant if I didn't talk about some of the drawbacks to Dvorak since switching. Not everything has been peaches and cream.
The number one problem that I face is when I sit at another computer. The world is using QWERTY. I accept that, although I may not like it. What is frustrating is doing the two-finger peck dance when sitting at that computer. For someone observing me type, this can't look good knowing that I am a computer scientist and programmer. But, after sitting at the keyboard for a few minutes, the QWERTY keys come back, and I can type sub-marginally. Being a Dvorak typist in a QWERTY world is frustrating. Also, when someone sits at my computer, for whatever reason, I have to switch the layout back to QWERTY to accommodate their needs, or type for them. This can be a hassle.
The second problem that I have noticed, is Dvorak favors people who are right-handed. This is intentional. When August Dvorak created the layout, he wanted to favor those who are right-handed as the majority of people use their right hands over their left. However, I have seen some lefties come to the layout, and sense frustration with the layout preferring the right hand. I am not a leftie, so I can't empathize, but apparently, left-handed users experience some frustration.
A note about switching to Dvorak: it really isn't that difficult. If you play more than one music instrument, then you are probably familiar with learning a new staff, notes, rules, etc. that come with learning that instrument. However, it probably came fairly easily to learn. The same rules apply with Dvorak. Think of it as learning a new instrument. It takes a little time, and brain power, but once you sit down, and get into "Dvorak mode", it really comes easy. As with learning a new instrument though, the key is practice, practice, practice. I would say, that if you practiced 30 minutes a day for 2 - 3 weeks, you could be at a decent typing sped where you wouldn't need to fall back to QWERTY.
All-in-all, I'm glad I made the switch. It's always a fun conversation piece. People don't realize that there could possibly be another keyboard layout. Everyone must type in QWERTY. Even those who speak different languages. Right? Heh. Most people don't even know that the layout they use is referred to as "QWERTY". So telling them that I use a layout that has the keys in different locations gets some crazy looks. 🙂


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Microphone innovator James West to speak
James West, co-inventor of the modern-day microphone, will give the keynote address at a leadership conference sponsored by the Princeton chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Friend Center Auditorium. His talk is titled "Where Credit Is Due: The Black and Hispanic Heritage in Technology."
West, who holds more than 250 patents, has been awarded a National Medal of Technology and inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. In 1962, he and colleague Gerhard Sessler at Bell Laboratories patented the electret microphone -- today, some 90 percent of microphones are built using the principles they developed.
While at Bell Labs in the early 1970s, West and other African American scientists created graduate fellowship programs and undergraduate summer research programs for underrepresented minorities. These programs had far-reaching influence and underwrote the Ph.D. educations of nearly 200 minority scientists and engineers in the United States.
West's talk is part of a daylong New Jersey Spring Zone Leadership conference hosted by Princeton. Other schools participating in the conference are Rutgers University, the Stevens Institute of Technology, the College of New Jersey and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Nii Attoh-Okine of the University of Delaware, a visiting professor in civil and environmental engineering at Princeton this year, also will be a keynote speaker. Other highlights include a poster session, a career fair, alumni networking opportunities and a presentation on applying to graduate school by Stephen Friedfeld, associate dean of graduate affairs at the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
West's talk, which will be introduced by Dean of Engineering H. Vincent Poor, is open to the public. The rest of the conference is free to registered members of NSBE and is open to graduate students, undergraduates and high school students in the New Jersey area.
"We want to offer tools and resources to college students and to expose them to the wide range of career opportunities in engineering," said senior Rochelle Murray, past president of the Princeton chapter of NSBE. "We also want to reach out to high schoolers so that they can talk to college students and understand what engineering is all about."
For more information on registering for the conference, which runs from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., contact Kent Cameron at (718) 219-3735.


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Yesterday I wrote about the Mt. Gorongosa Pygmy Chameleon, a species endemic to a single mountain in central Mozambique. But if you travel towards the southwestern corner of South Africa, you are likely to encounter another lineage of these amazing lizards, the Dwarf Chameleons (Bradypodion). About twenty species of these small but incredibly colorful chameleons are known from South Africa, and they are all endemic to this country.
Last year Kristin and I met one of the species, the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (B. pumilum), in a picturesque vineyard near Stellenbosch, as we were walking, glasses in hand, among rows of grapevines before sunset. A biologist's life is sometimes so tough.


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Hold the wall. Your fingertips should always graze the tile. It is unsanitary. Do not lift your fingers to your mouth or to your eyes. You could become infected; you could die. The walls underground are filmy with sewage, are coated in the filth of those who've died and who've survived. Survivors hold the wall. They do not allow themselves to forget where they are. They know that no wall is endless, that someday their fingers will again find air.
You will be hungry, often. The occasional mole person you pass will show you all the manholes, will tell you where the dumpsters are the richest. And you will decide whether it is worth it to breach these stark parameters and dive. This act will prolong your stay; but sometimes, the lengthier stay is the wisest. Sometimes the lengthier stay will be your last. You will determine whether or not you'd rather starve or eat what is surely the innards of rats, proffered in the thin skins of sausages. If you have a bit of money, you will count the costs of low-cost markets, of bread two days past molding, of fruit not just bruised but left to rot. Your children must eat when you will not. Try not to be ashamed of what you feed them. Humiliation does not kill as quickly as hunger. After they are sated, do eat their crusts.
When you are alone, when money is no longer your currency, when you've seen too few people with whom you might barter, when you no longer understand the function of days, this is when you are closest to the feel of nothing, to an opening through which you can grovel and claw, escape.
But it does not end with air. Freedom is never as simple as breath. Breath is a beginning. You have exited into the world of the employed, a world you once knew well and have forgotten. For so long, this has been a citadel on the other side of a sea. The underground has been neither a bridge nor a buoy. And here, you can no longer feel the walls.
Soon enough, a way, however winding, will become apparent. Employment is an invitation; depending on its type, it will arrive on filigreed parchment or on an inscrutable scrap. But neither the invitation nor the work will reacclimate you to air's architecture. It will be the pay and how far you can stretch it. It will be how you behave, above ground, when there is nothing left.
You will remember how thoroughly forgotten you were when you were too poor to be more than cellophane to the people who now use expense accounts to treat you to lunch. You will avoid mirrors, because they portend a regression into your more desperate self. It is in the shabbiness of a too-worn dress, in the raggedy soles of your only shoes. It is in the hair and the skin and eyes — you swear it — that film that cannot quite scrub off. It isn't permanent for people like you, up here, experiencing air. Poverty above ground is a different beast's belly. Roomier. You can slosh around; you can wait. This beast regurgitates. And when it does, you will find yourself, at least temporarily, free.
But there is something wrong in a world where some live in constant fear of being swallowed whole while others remain blissfully unaware of the rampage. If you have ever been poor, if you have scraped to afford furnishings then found yourself hastily throwing them away in a sudden move to a city with more livable wages; if you've been down to a dollar, swinging wildly at debt collectors to stave off an overdraft fee; if you've begged for payment arrangements; if you've been denied a bank account; if you've eaten Saltines as a meal: you are at war; you are being hunted. And an estimated 80 percent of the people in this country are crouching and flinching and looking over their shoulders right along with you.
Someone wealthy will tell you it is peacetime. You are no longer eating entrails, so we are in recovery. They are wrong. It is neither the opinion of wealthy nor the condition of the world that will determine when you are in recovery.
Only when you are no longer so reliant on walls that you waste whole years building them yourself, only when you are no longer afraid of what may await you underground, only when, upon seeing a hand emerge from a manhole, you can kneel and clasp it and pull with all your might — without fearing it will snatch you down before you can lift it up — will you know that you've reached recovery.


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Applications and libraries
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The first place to look for data types or functions that do what you want is the Standard Prelude, then the Language and library specification (both parts of the Haskell standards documentation), then in whatever extra libraries are provided by the Haskell implementation you are using, then on the page you are looking at. If it is not here, then it may be in the archives of the Haskell Weekly News.
Search the standard libraries collection (by name or type signature) using Hoogle.
There is a mailing list for discussing issues related to libraries.
A large collection of standard hierarchical libraries are currently distributed with GHC (from version 5.04), Hugs (from Nov 2003), and nhc98 (from 1.16).
Cabal, The Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries, is an framework for packaging, building, and installing any tool developed in the Haskell language. See also the Hackage database.
This page was intended as a comprehensive list of all Haskell libraries and tools. Because of Haskell's success, the list grew too large to be on one page, and it has now been split up. Some of the libraries and tools linked to from the library and tools pages are proof-of-concepts rather than production code. Some have no longer been maintained for a long time.
On freshmeat.net there is an alternative list of software written in Haskell. That list is currently short (for you to change that). Even more Haskell projects are documented in the community reports and in the archives of the Haskell Weekly News. Google knows about some rare things not documented anywhere else.
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Camp Parks Night Time Training?
Original post made by Stacey, Amberwood/Wood Meadows, on Apr 3, 2009
Comments (12)
a resident of Val Vista
on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I was wondering what is going on after hearing helicopters fly over so many times. One is pretty close to here right now.
a resident of Pleasanton Meadows
on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I think they're a lot lower than that! They are flying right over my house and I think I could see the whites of the eyes of the pilots, so to speak.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
The last one I saw looked like it was at about 500 ft right over Santa Rita!
a resident of Birdland
on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:15 pm
some notification would've been considerate
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Lucky Guy is a registered user.
Go Military--fly over my house anytime you want -train, train, train. God Bless Our Troops.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 3, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
As per Lucky Guy above, I don't want anyone to think I was implying that I don't like the idea of them training. As 9grand wrote, a little notification would've been considerate. That's all.
a resident of Downtown
on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Flight plans are typically made on a need-to-know basis, and if it is a military movement, such info is considered secret. The Department of Defense tends not to broadcast the exact location at any given time of its multi-million dollar assets. I wouldn't expect anything like a notice being given. If it was law enforcement advance notification would also be unlikely.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:32 pm
PToWN94566 is a registered user.
Here's the article that was posted earlier this afternoon
Web Link
Not sure how much more notice one needs but it'll all be over soon enough. Mailers and phone calls would be a waste of resources.
a resident of Stoneridge
on Apr 3, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I live right by the mall and its been going on for a good 2 hours now. It's really loud! there is 1 every few minutes. I read that article and that would be really annoying if that is going on until 1am. I dont understand why they couldnt have started alittle earlier!!
a resident of Fairlands Elementary School
on Apr 3, 2009 at 11:42 pm
OMG LOL I was so nervous because I had no idea what was going on. Its good to know that they are just training! I had my window open and I was freaking out because it is LOUD like really LOUD! They seem really close to the ground but I have been looking and I can't see the helicopters or whatever they are. One is flying right over or near my house, right at this moment, its loud!!!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 8, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Stacey is a member (registered user) of Pleasanton Weekly
So I would like the commander in chief to personally call and notify me whenever a training exercise is scheduled in my area.
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« A response to Randy Barnett's essay on the Roberts nomination | Main | Dalia Lithwick's response, and Beldar's reply, re Judge Roberts' Hedgepeth french fry case »
Thursday, July 21, 2005
A challenge to Dahlia Lithwick
From something you wrote today (boldface mine, link in original):
[Judge John Roberts] doesn't appear to be crusading for a wholesale national retreat to the good old days of executing miscreant 'tweens (although he seemingly finds arresting them for French-fry possession to be a cornerstone in good parent-child relations).
Snark, satire, sarcasm, exaggeration — these all have their places, and from time to time I'm a willing practitioner of each. As rhetorical devices, they're effective and defensible only if they are grounded in at least a grain of arguable factual truth.
Regular readers of my blog will know that I don't use the term "liar" lightly. But I assert that you, ma'am, have told an outright lie in the parenthetical quoted above, and I call you on it.
The LA Times article that you link is a partial reprint of what Judge Roberts wrote in the Hedgepeth case. The text there not only fails to support your assertion, it entirely refutes it. And although (as my friend Patterico has demonstrated) the LAT has elsewhere engaged in the same misrepresentation that you did, one could at least defend the LAT's writers and editors as being merely stupid instead of dishonest. Perhaps they never actually read the opinion, or lacked the training to understand it.
But you, Ms. Lithwick — a senior Slate editor, a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Law School who had incontrovertible access to the facts that you've misrepresented — cannot plead stupidity. I therefore say that you, ma'am, are just a liar.
My challenge is for you to either substantiate your statement with even a single paragraph from the opinion itself which even "seemingly" supports the view that Judge Roberts saw anything "good" (or wise or appropriate or admirable) in the local law and policies being challenged — or else admit that you can't. If all you can point to is the raw outcome of the case — in which the district judge, Judge Roberts, and two other DC Circuit judges all refused to find a constitutional violation, yet all expressly condemned the local law and policies as "foolish" or worse — then you surely must explain why that result is a better indicator of Judge Roberts' views than everything else he wrote in the opinion that is absolutely contrary to the views you impute to him.
I expect that you'll neither defend yourself nor admit that you were lying, and that instead you'll simply ignore this. I'll email you and your publication to try to bring it to your attention, but my blog is a small one (barely 1.5 million "page views" since 3/10/04), and although you've linked to it in the past, this time you'll probably just pretend that I don't exist — that's no harder than pretending Judge Roberts has said the opposite of what he actually said, is it? Still, my comments section is open, ma'am, and you certainly have plenty of bandwidth of your own to defend yourself. Can you?
UPDATE (Fri Jul 22 @ 1:20pm): Be sure to read Ms. Lithwick's emailed response, and my reply, in this new post!
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(1) Patterico made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 6:51:26 PM | Permalink
I have been disappointed with Dahlia Lithwick's snide attitude in the past, but off the top of my head, I can't think of something she has said that misrepresents the truth this badly.
Her only excuse would be to say that she didn't read the opinion. Well, if she doesn't read the opinions, what the hell good is she anyway?
I will do my best to spread the word of your post far and wide.
(2) Beldar made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 7:08:28 PM | Permalink
I have two daughters, ages 10 and 14, and they eat french fries. Judge Roberts has a much younger daughter. I can't speak for him, of course, but I'll freely admit that if it'd been one of my daughters who'd been arrested, I'd almost certainly have ended up spending more than three hours in the clink and have richly deserved it because I'd probably have gotten into a fistfight with the arresting officers. I also freely admit that when it comes to them, my powers of constitutional analysis evaporate and my reptilian hindbrain takes over. (Young suitors-to-be beware, you are again on notice, and I again undercut my potential temporary insanity defense to manslaughter-by-shotgun charges.) But (recusal/disbarment/impeachment aside) if I'd been convicted as a father, I hope that I'd have had the courage to vote to affirm my conviction as a circuit judge (or, as here, to affirm the dismissal of a section 1983 collateral attack on the arrest, which never led to any conviction).
Fortunately, my own daughters have so far not run afoul of any laws and policies like that which young Miss Hedgepeth encountered. No french fry they've yet eaten has landed any of us in jail. And fortunately, to my knowledge anyway, my daughters have so far been far more honest with me than Ms. Lithwick has been with her readers.
(3) Eaglespeak made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 8:43:47 PM | Permalink
(4) James B. Shearer made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 9:04:13 PM | Permalink
I don't believe Lithwick's comment was intended to be taken seriously.
(5) Beldar made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 9:15:31 PM | Permalink
Mr. Shearer, I know you, from your many valued comments here, to be a well-educated and well-informed person. You probably had read other descriptions of the Hedgepeth decision, or perhaps had read it yourself. Certainly anyone who's read the decision or a fair characterization of it would recognize that Ms. Lithwick's description was ridiculous.
How many of her readers, though, fall into your category? 10%? 30%? Even if it's 90%, that would make this an inexcusable distortion in my humble opinion, unworthy of either a lawyer or a journalist, and especially unworthy of a lawyer-journalist.
Maybe it's okay to tell a lie if everyone knows you're lying. But that's not this, and huge segments of the American public and probably of the Senate are still learning and making up their minds about Judge Roberts. "[E]xecuting miscreant 'tweens" was the obvious hyperbole, but in context, Ms. Lithwick appeared to be making an assertion of fact in her parenthetical, and it precisely ties to similar distortions being promulgated by anti-Roberts interest groups.
(6) The Drill SGT made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 9:38:29 PM | Permalink
As a resident of greater Washington DC, I find the application by Metro police of anti-eating ordinances to 12 year olds to be appalling. Having said that, I am extremely comforted by Roberts' approach to the case and its lack of judicial activism to "right a clear injustice" (borrowing progressive tone). My read of the facts and ruling seem clear that Roberts subscribes to that conservative maxim that, "the fact that a law is incredibly dumb, does not in itself make the law unconstitutional. In this case the locals, outraged at the actions by Metro had changed their policies on handling of children, if not on food, long before the case got to Roberts.
(7) Paul Deignan made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 9:52:47 PM | Permalink
I think we made a mistake some years ago in not confronting more forcefully all polticians, media types, etc. who misused and abused the word, "liar". The word and concept have become so normalized that now there is hardly a sting to it at all. We have the capacity due to the division in our society between personality types to maintain such a double standard.
The likely response is, "So what. F__ off now."
But the point made is good and well worth making. If not made, the situation will be worse yet. However, the lesson will not be learned without punishment (drop your subscriptions).
(8) James B. Shearer made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 10:57:57 PM | Permalink
Beldar, it is true I was familiar with the facts of the case. However I think even an uninformed reader would have reason to doubt the sentence you bolded was intended to be a fair summary of Roberts' views. This is easily confirmed by following the included link. I believe others (like instapundit) sometimes do the same thing (ie provide a misleading characterization to get you to click a link).
I have noticed some conservatives seem to have a visceral dislike for Dahlia Lithwick which I don't really understand. Similarly for some liberals and Mickey Kaus. I don't see anything wrong with trying to mix in a little humor (even if it doesn't always work).
Also I think if a statement has several possible interpretations it is uncharitable to immediately assume the worst.
Finally if I understand the case correctly the child would not have been arrested if she had been accompanied by a parent so it is probably safe for Beldar to take his daughters on the Washington metro.
(9) Beldar made the following comment | Jul 21, 2005 11:51:08 PM | Permalink
Mr. Shearer, I don't mind mixing in a little humor. And I don't have a visceral dislike for Dahlia Lithwick, although I frequently disagree with her; if you follow the link in my original post, you'll find that I basically agreed with her about Justice Scalia's recusal in the Newdow Pledge case, even though she (apparently through sloppiness) absolutely misdescribed my own arguments that she'd linked to. That wasn't humor on her part, that was sloppy. Sloppy doesn't earn my respect, but it doesn't prompt me to call someone a "liar," either.
But this wasn't sloppy. This was Ms. Lithwick repeating, even embellishing upon, a talking point of the far-left that is a serious misrepresentation one that no lawyer, nor any reasonably intelligent person, could possibly have believed to be truthful if he or she had actually read the opinion.
And I do hold Ms. Lithwick to a higher standard, based on her education, her law license, and her self-proclaimed expertise about legal matters. She writes about "Jurisprudence" for a national online publication; Slate markets her as being someone upon whom its readers can rely with respect to its reporting and commentary on the Supreme Court. Whether I like her or not, I do not expect her to be able to lie with impunity, certainly not on something this important.
Is her lie excused by the fact that it was so clumsy? Tell me this, sir: You felt strongly enough to comment twice about this post (which, again, I appreciate; I do indeed value your input). Did you click and read word-for-word, start to finish, every single hyperlink that I included in it? The LAT headline was: "'Eating a Single French Fry in a Metrorail Station.'" The LAT's brief summary before it began quoting from the opinion was:
In a zero tolerance case, the court upheld the arrest and booking of a 12-year-old girl for eating a French fry on the Washington, D.C., subway system, where consuming food is prohibited by law. Her lawyers challenged the legality of her arrest. In October 2004, Roberts wrote the majority opinion rejecting her contentions.
The headline and summary are both pretty harsh, or at least suggest that Judge Roberts was. At a quick glance, they might indeed seem to support Ms. Lithwick's misrepresentation. If one clicks her hyperlink merely to confirm that, "Yup, there's a description of a french fry case," one won't catch her in her lie, but will be reinforced in believing it.
I repeat, if the probability of anyone being misled by this lie is even 10 percent, that's unacceptable. Surely you don't suggest, sir, that at least one out of ten readers might not have taken Ms. Lithwick at her (false) word, do you?
Were I to misrepresent a precedent like this to a court in a legal brief, I'd be in danger of losing my license. At a minimum, I'd get a serious chewing-out by any judge who caught me, and I guarantee that "I was making a little joke, Your Honor" would get me in worse trouble. The Canons of Ethics requiring "candor to the tribunal" don't govern Ms. Lithwick's publications in Slate. But what she wrote is still false, and I believe she knew it was false when she wrote it. (If she wrote about the case without having read it, then her inescapable implication that she'd read it was a lie, and she was inexcusably reckless.)
(10) Patterico made the following comment | Jul 22, 2005 12:11:32 AM | Permalink
I believe others (like instapundit) sometimes do the same thing (ie provide a misleading characterization to get you to click a link).
Anyone who has heard the special interest talking points will understand the reference without having to click on the link. So Lithwick's assertion can easily be understood as a genuine slam on Roberts, without clicking on the link.
Can you give an example of Instapundit doing something like that?
And if the reader does click on the link -- then, what Beldar said.
(11) Beldar made the following comment | Jul 22, 2005 12:40:35 AM | Permalink
A Google site search on Slate.com for "Lithwick miscreant" produces 8 hits other than today's post; in none of them did Ms. Lithwick herself use that word.
It's not a terribly common word, but Ms. Lithwick, as previously noted, has an excellent education, and Walter Dellinger did use it in an online debate with her last year, in a funny and memorable fashion:
You can often tell from the first sentence uttered from the bench where a decision is heading. Take criminal cases, for example. If the conviction is being overturned, the opinion will start with something exalted, like, "From the time of the Magna Carta. ..." But if majority opinion begins, "It was a dark and stormy night as Mary Jones walked home from her very first prom ..." you know the miscreant who did Mary harm is headed straight for the penitentiary.
So let us stipulate that this word was already part of her active vocabulary. Interestingly enough, it also appears in Judge Roberts' opinion, in the quoted excerpts from that opinion published by the LAT article, and in this description of the Hedgepeth case in anti-Roberts materials published by the People for the American Way. Hmmmm.
Was Judge Roberts calling young Miss Hedgepeth a "miscreant" for eating the french fry? No, he wasn't, notwithstanding Ms. Lithwick's reference to "the good old days of executing miscreant 'tweens." That, I'll agree, clearly enough appears from the context to be Ms. Lithwick's sarcastic hyperbole, rather than any sort of factual assertion about what Judge Roberts said or wrote in the case.
But take a look at the PFTAM's pitch: Like the LAT, they selectively quote from Judge Roberts' opinion to give the misleading impression that he was endorsing as wise the DC Metro's rationale for not issuing tickets to juveniles (bracketed portion theirs):
According to Roberts, juveniles given citations might give the police "an entirely fanciful [name] or, better yet, the name of the miscreant who pushed them on the playground that morning," and their parents would then never know about their transgression.
Well, that's very misleading as well. Ed Whelan has fisked PFTAM's overall mistreatment of Hedgepeth PFTAM is desperate to make Judge Roberts look like an ogre who lives to mock, belittle, and gnaw the bones of twelve-year-old girls (instead of being a concerned father who was privately outraged by the treatment of this particular little girl). But with respect to this specific point and the "miscreant" reference, Judge Roberts was engaged in something familiar to every first-year law student taking constitutional law a discussion of "rational review" analysis. Here's the full quote from the opinion, for context (boldface mine):
Rational basis review applies and we accord the challenged policies a strong presumption of validity. We will uphold them "if there is any reasonably conceivable state of facts that could provide a rational basis for the classification." FCC v. Beach Communications, 508 U.S. 307, 313 (1993). What is more, "those attacking the rationality of the legislative classification have the burden 'to negative every conceivable basis which might support it.'" Id. at 315 (quoting Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co., 410 U.S. 356, 364 (1973)). We therefore need not review all the reasons given by the defendants in support of the challenged distinction between children and adults; it is enough that we find one reason rational. We conclude that the no-citation policy for minors is rationally related to the legitimate goal of promoting parental awareness and involvement with children who commit delinquent acts.
Issuing a citation to a child is complicated by the fact that there is often no ready way to ensure that the child is providing truthful or accurate identifying information. A child often will not be carrying a form of identification, and there is nothing to stop one from giving an officer a false name -- an entirely fanciful one or, better yet, the name of the miscreant who pushed them on the playground that morning. In this situation parents would be none the wiser concerning the behavior of their children. The correction of straying youth is an undisputed state interest and one different from enforcing the law against adults. Because parents and guardians play an essential role in that rehabilitative process, it is reasonable for the District to seek to ensure their participation, and the method chosen -- detention until the parent is notified and retrieves the child -- certainly does that, in a way issuing a citation might not. The district court had and we too may have thoughts on the wisdom of this policy choice -- it is far from clear that the gains in certainty of notification are worth the youthful trauma and tears -- but it is not our place to second-guess such legislative judgments. See City of New Orleans v. Duke, 427 U.S. 297, 303 (1976) (per curiam) (rational basis review does not authorize the judiciary to sit as a "superlegislature").
Was Judge Roberts saying that it's a good idea to arrest (rather than ticket) first-offending juveniles for eating a french fry? No, in context he very clearly was suggesting it was a stupid idea, but that "stupid idea vs. smart idea" wasn't the issue. If "stupid idea vs. smart idea" is the issue, then courts get to trump legislatures whenever they think they're smarter than legislators (which is pretty much every day, on almost every issue, given human nature and world history of legislatures). Refusing to declare legislation unconstitutional simply because it's stupid is a key indication of a judicial conservative, and it also happens to be what the relevant Supreme Court precedents (cited by Justice Roberts) require as well.
So tell me, Ms. Lithwick, if you're reading this: Is your first-time use of the word "miscreant" today in all the tens of thousands of words you've written before on Slate a coincidence? Or maybe did that word jump out at you, and stick in your mind, after reading the Dowdified quotation of Judge Roberts that appears on the PFTAM website? I'll take your word for it either way, ma'am ... just wonderin'.
(12) craig mclaughlin made the following comment | Jul 22, 2005 9:18:52 AM | Permalink
In line with what Patterico alluded to above, Ms. Lithwick has proven herself to be unserious--she often writes drivel. (For example she wrote a frivolous essay about Justice O'Connor which someone with Lithwick's credentials should of have been embarrassed by. Heather MacDonald, who is a serious person, ripped it to shreds on NRO.) But she seems to have crosed the line into outright mendacity here. And I'm glad you (and Patterico) have called her on it.
Speaking of frivolous, I saw on Captain Ed's site that Robin Givhan of the Washington Post has resorted to the "and your mother dresses you funny" critique of a Supreme Court nominee's children. No word yet if the Democrats think Givhan's observations constitute "extraordinary circumstances..."
(13) Pat made the following comment | Jul 22, 2005 9:50:53 AM | Permalink
No less a lawyer than Lawrence Tribe is using the French Fry attack on Roberts. I heard this last night on Fox News:
HUME: From what you know of him, how do you see that?
TRIBE: It's a little hard to say. I was, I have to say, frankly, a little stunned at this strange case of the French fry, this case of Ansche Hedgepeth, because, even though it's just one small case with one 12-year- old girl, there were things about it that I wanted really to ask John about.
I mean, in particular, in saying that the Constitution afforded no protection against a flat rule that allowed no tolerance whatsoever when someone, like a little kid, eats a piece of food in the subway, why didn't think that violated liberty?
After all, Justice O'Connor (search), whose place he would take, thought that even a less stringent rule, a rule about seat belts, which did allow the police discretion, violated liberty. She was in dissent in that case, and he extended the Supreme Court's rather narrow view of liberty.
And I think that's sort of a window. So I want to know, you know -- that's not consistent, really, with the sort of humane and decent John Roberts that I thought I knew."
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(14) Whitehall made the following comment | Jul 22, 2005 10:40:03 AM | Permalink
Maybe discussion of this case will get down to the real issue that our political process has to resolve - what is the nature and scope of the power of judges? Judicial conservatives are saying - just read the law and the Constitution. Liberals are saying, here's our means of bringing a higher view of worldly affairs to society. The pitfall is obviously "our means" - not you the voter.
Liberals see this case as a heart-tugger, much like black civil rights was, and eagerly exploit the details to uncut the conservative principles. If one debated openly the issue about judges making law, liberals would lose so the burden is been thrust on 12 year old female miscreants.
(15) Noel made the following comment | Jul 23, 2005 3:03:54 PM | Permalink
Of course French fries should be banned...they're French, no?
Tribe can't seem to grasp that NOT EVERY STUPID LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL! Yet we're supposed to give statehood and two senators to the people who wrote and enforced it.
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- Recommendations – not normally recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women, but your GP will advise. Not recommended for children under the age of 12 (because of the risk of permanent tooth discolouration), people who are sensitive to tetracycline antibiotics, or people with liver problems.
- Possible side effects – stomach upset, heartburn, thrush, and sunburn as a result of light sensitivity. It should always be taken with food, preferably when standing or sitting.
- Other factors – it is relatively cheap. If you take doxycycline for acne, it will also provide protection against malaria as long as you're taking an adequate dose. Ask your GP.
Mefloquine (also known as Lariam)
- Dosage – the adult dose is 1 tablet weekly. Child dosage is also once a week, but the amount will depend on their weight. It should be started 3 weeks before you travel and taken all the time you're in a risk area, and for 4 weeks after you get back.
- Recommendations – it's not recommended if you have epilepsy, seizures, depression or other mental health problems, or if a close relative has any of these conditions. It's not usually recommended for people with severe heart or liver problems.
- Possible side effects – dizziness, headache, sleep disturbances (insomnia and vivid dreams) and psychiatric reactions (anxiety, depression, panic attacks and hallucinations). It's very important to tell your doctor about any previous mental health problems, including mild depression. Don't take this medication if you have a seizure disorder.
- Other factors – if you haven't taken mefloquine before, it's recommended you do a 3-week trial before you travel to see whether you develop any side effects.
Chloroquine and proguanil
A combination of antimalarial medications called chloroquine and proguanil is also available, although these are rarely recommended nowadays because they're largely ineffective against the most common and dangerous type of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.
However, chloroquine and proguanil may occasionally be recommended for certain destinations where the Plasmodium falciparum parasite is less common than other types, such as India and Sri Lanka.
Treating malaria
If malaria is diagnosed and treated promptly, a full recovery can be expected. Treatment should be started as soon as a blood test confirms malaria.
Many of the same antimalarial medicines used to prevent malaria can also be used to treat the disease. However, if you've taken an antimalarial to prevent malaria, you shouldn't take the same one to treat it. This means it's important to tell your doctor the name of the antimalarials you took.
The type of antimalarial medicine and how long you need to take it will depend on:
- the type of malaria you have
- where you caught malaria
- the severity of your symptoms
- whether you took preventative antimalarial tablets
- your age
- whether you're pregnant
Your doctor may recommend using a combination of different antimalarials to overcome strains of malaria that have become resistant to single types of medication.
Antimalarial medication is usually given as tablets or capsules. If someone is very ill, it will be given through a drip into a vein in the arm (intravenously) in hospital.
Treatment for malaria can leave you feeling very tired and weak for several weeks.
Emergency standby treatment
In some cases, you may be prescribed emergency standby treatment for malaria before you travel. This is usually if there's a risk of you becoming infected with malaria while travelling in a remote area with little or no access to medical care.
Examples of emergency standby medications include:
- atovaquone with proguanil
- artemether with lumefantrine
- quinine plus doxycycline
- quinine plus clindamycin
Your GP may decide to seek advice from a travel health specialist before prescribing standby emergency treatment.
Read more about standby emergency treatment for malaria.
Antimalarials in pregnancy
If you're pregnant, it's advisable to avoid travelling to areas where there's a risk of malaria.
Pregnant women have an increased risk of developing severe malaria, and both the baby and mother could experience serious complications.
It's very important to take the right antimalarial medicine if you're pregnant and unable to postpone or cancel your trip to an area where there's a malaria risk.
Some of the antimalarials used to prevent and treat malaria are unsuitable for pregnant women because they can cause side effects for both mother and baby.
The list below outlines which medications are safe or unsafe to use while pregnant:
- Mefloquine – not usually prescribed during the first trimester of pregnancy, or if pregnancy is a possibility during the first 3 months after preventative antimalarial medication is stopped. This is a precaution, even though there's no evidence to suggest mefloquine is harmful to an unborn baby.
- Doxycycline – never recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women as it could harm the baby.
- Atovaquone plus proguanil – not generally recommended during pregnancy or breastfeeding because research into the effects is limited. However, if the risk of malaria is high, they may be recommended if there's no suitable alternative.
Chloroquine combined with proguanil is suitable during pregnancy, but it is rarely used as it's not very effective against the most common and dangerous type of malaria parasite.


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Candles and greenery are turning up everywhere. Sunday being the first Sunday in Advent – and part of the first weekend in December – we began our Christmas preparations… at least a few initial ones.
We put up our tree. I know it's early, but I'm like a little child when it comes to Christmas. I can hardly wait!
Saturday evening our church held its annual Christmas turkey dinner and the mood was set. There were candles at every table.
Then in church Sunday morning we lit the first candle on the Advent wreath – the "Candle of Hope" – and we sang:
You are the Hope living in us
You are the Rock in whom we trust
You are the light
shining for all the world to see…
Jesus, our hope,
living for all who will receive…
Lord we believe *
Our children come from muddled parents. My upbringing didn't include faith or church attendance and Christmas was a secular celebration. My hubby's father was a Presbyterian minister and in their household the holiness of Christmas was important. Our children grew up with a heritage that included a little of everything that both of us found meaningful from our backgrounds, and it's a wonder they ever found their way through the magic and the mystery!
But they did… all the way through to their own solid Christian faith. (Obviously it wasn't of our doing but the hand of God on their lives.)
Christmas can be celebrated in the silence of an unadorned stable, the holiness of our churches or amid the twinkling lights, greenery and decorations of our homes. The important thing is that we acknowledge the Christ of Christmas, the Hope of the nations, the Light of the world, and during this season of Advent prepare again for the significance of his coming.
As I write this, I'm squinting at the lights on our tree and setting my sights on him.
* Hope of the Nations – Brian Doerksen
In his name the nations will put their hope.
Matthew 12:21 – NIV
We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
Psalm 33:20 – NIV
But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 – NIV
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This post has nothing to do with what research I have been doing lately or my family history really, but instead, its about inspiration..and a box.
A few minutes ago I sent Thomas MacEntee an email, one of several that we have exchanged the past few days but this one had a .pdf as an attachment. Not unusual of course to attach that kind of file to an email but the creation of this one had pushed me out of my box, as I told Thomas. I knew about digital signatures, but had the thought to learn about that stored safely in the 'someday I will' box.
The original file I received from Thomas, a contract for him to provide a virtual presentation to our genealogical society. "…slap your signature graphic on it" he said. Yeah, right Thomas! Of course I could have printed it out, used a pen to sign it, a stamp and envelope and a trip to the post office as he also suggested but that phrase: "slap your signature graphic on it" rang out like a huge challenge. Besides, I have been working very hard to eliminate paper waste whenever possible, oh yeah and I hate spending money on printer ink too. Hmmm, could those ideas also have been planted by Thomas?
Anyway, I tackled the task, or rather Googled it, and finally managed to create that digital signature to 'slap on it", but not without some trial and error, mind you.
About the time I hit the 'send' button it dawned on me. Yeah, he pushed me out of that box but bigger than that he inspired me. He INSPIRES me. This isn't the first time. I've been 'following' Thomas for a pretty long time although I can't put my digital signature on exactly when I started. I remember reading something about him…who knows where…then we became friends on Facebook and one day he wrote about blogging. "What the heck is blogging?" I thought. So I had to get out of my box and find out. Then-what-does-he-do?! HE makes a new WORD! 'Geneablogger'. Dang it, Thomas, don't you know I have laundry to do and a museum to run and..and…and… So, I figured out the Geneablogger thing and then he comes up with Google Docs, and Dropbox and Cloud Computing and Weebly….and….and…and….all these other things that I have to stop life for and figure out.
Thanks Thomas. Seriously. What's next?


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But once you do decide to buy a new Mac and you start perusing the Apple Store, you're presented with a series of choices. Should you choose with a Mac mini over an iMac or a Mac Pro? Or should you buy a notebook instead of a desktop Mac? And if so, why not opt for a MacBook Air instead of a MacBook or a MacBook Pro?
These questions and others like them are among the ones most frequently asked of the Macworld staff. And with good reason: Not only do we test and review every new Mac, but we also have strong opinions about which Mac is best for a certain type of user . If you're in the market for a new Mac, you can count on our advice.
In this article, six Macworld editors and contributors talk about why they chose the Mac they use every day. While each person has their own, unique set of daily tasks, those tasks may be similar to what you do every day. And other considerations—such as price, size, and specifications—also influenced each person's decision.
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A celebrity news website reported today that Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been rejected by at least eight law firms as he tries to retain counsel to sue the NBA, which has banned him from professional basketball and wants to banish him as a team owner.
Sterling was rejected as a client because the firms he approached — large and prestigious firms in Los Angeles and San Francisco — think he's toxic and that working for him would upset their other clients, TMZ.com reported.
Sterling, 80, got in trouble with the NBA because of racist comments that were surreptitiously tape-recorded. He apologized over the weekend.


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Church Wellesley Village is a very colourful neighbourhood within the central core of downtown Toronto. It is bordered to the west by Yonge Street, to the east by Jarvis Street, to the north by Bloor Street and to the south by Gerrard Street. The main commercial center of the Church Wellesley Village runs down Church Street from Wellesley Street to Alexander Street.
Church Wellesley Village is full of many great cafes, bars, restaurants and small shops. It is an area of Toronto that attracts people of all ethnicities, economic backgrounds and sexual identities. Often also known as the Gay Village, the Church Wellesley Village is perhaps most famous for its annual Pride Week festival. Hundreds of thousands of Torontonians and tourists flock to this area every summer for this wonderful weeklong celebration of queer culture. The Pride Parade, the Dyke Walk, concerts and the community fair are all highlights of this week.
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Bloomberg editor quits over China story
Bloomberg News editor Ben Richardson has quit the organization in protest of the editors' handling of an investigative piece on China.
"I left Bloomberg because of the way the story was mishandled, and because of how the company made misleading statements in the global press and senior executives disparaged the team that worked so hard to execute an incredibly demanding story," Richardson, who served as editor-at-large for Asia news, told Jim Romenesko on Monday.
The story in question was written by reporter Michael Forstyhe, who left Bloomberg for the New York Times after anonymous Bloomberg employees revealed that top editors did not publish Forstyhe's investigative article on Chinese elites due to fears that Bloomberg would be expelled from the country. Bloomberg relies heavily on sales of its financial data terminals in the country.
Late last week, Bloomberg LP chairman Peter T. Grauer said publicly that the company should have reconsidered publishing critical articles about Chinese President Xi Jinping because they harmed Bloomberg's bottom line.
Richardson said Grauer's comments were frank and that they "illustrate the frame of mind of senior management from the business side" at Bloomberg.
"Clearly, there needs to be a robust debate about how the media engages with China. That debate isn't happening at Bloomberg," Richardson said.
"The sad thing about this is that a small group of incompetent and self-serving managers have screwed things up for everyone else," he said. "I spent 13 years at the company, as did Mike [Forsythe]. I worked with some fantastic people who did and continue to do great work."
Richardson also gave Romenesko some insight into how the story was pulled, noting that "the reporters who worked on the story for months didn't get to review the copy before it was unilaterally spiked on a conference call with a ludicrous amount of top brass."


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Alex Bowman picked to drive Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s 88 car for Hendrick in 2018
Dale Earnhardt Jr. got the replacement he wanted and Alex Bowman got his dream job.
Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday that the 24-year-old Bowman will replace one of the series' biggest stars in the No. 88 car next season after Earnhardt retires.
Bowman has big shoes to fill.
Earnhardt was named NASCAR's most popular driver each of the last 14 seasons and fans of his late father often tracked Junior's results following Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash in the 2001 season opener at Daytona.
"Ever since I was a kid, racing is all I've wanted to do," Bowman said. "I've had so many people believe in me along the way. My family has sacrificed a lot and always been behind me. I would never have this chance without the support of Dale and everyone involved with the No. 88 team. To be part of Hendrick Motorsports and for Mr. Hendrick to have this confidence in me, it's just amazing."
Bowman already has some experience in this job.
When the 42-year-old Earnhardt missed 18 races because of a concussion last season, Bowman started 10 of them in the No. 88, winning the first Cup pole of his career and finishing in the top 10 three times.
That was enough to get Earnhardt's attention and eventually an endorsement in May.
"Alex Bowman to the 88 next year — is that what you guys want?" Junior asked during a livestream on Periscope following the series' All-Star race. "That would be pretty awesome to see Alex in that car. That's the plan, I hope. Yeah, Alex in the 88. That sounds good to me. That kid earned it last year. He ran good."
The 24-year-old Bowman performed well enough to get several full-time offers to drive in the Cup series this year.
Instead, he stayed patient. Bowman said he turned down each offer as he continued searching for the right situation. The Tucson, Arizona, native wound up with no full-time ride in 2017.
But with Earnhardt's concussion history, Bowman likely knew it wouldn't be long until he stepped away. Rick Hendrick's team contemplated its options for months before finally deciding bring back Bowman.
In 81 career Cup starts and 50 career starts in the Xfinity Series, Bowman has never won a race. But he had 13 top-finishes and won three poles on the Xfinity circuit before blossoming in Earnhardt's car last season.
He joins a series that is clearly in transition.
With television ratings and attendance sagging and three major stars — Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Earnhardt — retiring since 2015, Bowman will become yet another prominent fresh face in a series that currently has five drivers who are in their 20s in the top 15.
The announcement comes two days Earnhardt attempts to qualify for his final Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis. The race is scheduled to be run Sunday.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Tianlang Guan put off his homework for a few hours, grabbed the snack his mom had made and went out to play with his friends.
His playground was Augusta National and the world had tuned in to watch the 14-year-old from China, the youngest player ever to tee it up at the Masters and youngest at any major in 148 years.
That's some play date.
"I felt a little bit nervous on the first tee," Guan said. "But I hit a great tee shot and, after that, everything feels comfortable. ... I just had fun today. Pretty much fun."
Played great, too.
Guan made a 15-footer from off the fringe to birdie his final hole Thursday, finishing with a 1-over 73. As the ball rolled into the cup, the crowd around 18 gave the teenager a standing ovation, with two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw leading the cheers for his young playing partner.
Play like this again Friday, and he's got a shot at making the cut.
"I'm telling you, he played like a veteran today," Crenshaw said. "Played a beautiful round of golf. He stays well within himself. He's very confident and, obviously, beautiful hands. His thought process never got rushed. Very patient. Very, very, very impressive."
He wasn't the only one who was impressed. The same "wow" murmurs could be heard on every hole, as fans -- young and old -- marveled at the eighth-grader who was holding his own with the greatest golfers in the world.
"That's the 14-year-old."
"Fourteen? You're joking!"
"Fourteen? That's amazing."
"It's amazing. Absolutely amazing," said Lisa Nichols, whose folding chair, from the 1998 Masters, was older than Guan.
And more than a little bit humbling.
"It makes me feel a little lousy," 15-year-old Daniel Thrailkill said sheepishly. "I do (play). I can't play as good as him, though."
About the only person who didn't seem impressed with Guan was Guan himself. He strode onto the first tee with confidence, shaking hands with Crenshaw and Matteo Manassero, who three years ago, at 16, became the youngest person to make the cut at Augusta National, and their caddies.
He gave a long look down the fairway before taking a few warm-up swings, then stepped up to the tee and let it rip.
At 5-foot-9 and about 150 pounds, he doesn't hit it anywhere close to the big guys. But he rarely strayed from the fairway, and his short game more than makes up for what he lacks in length.
He got his first birdie on No. 3, chipping to about 12 feet past the hole and rolling it in. After his drive on the long par-4 No. 5 sailed far right, he recovered with a nice shot to just below the green, then chipped within 3 feet.
And though he didn't have the distance to reach the green on the par-5 15 in two, he got close enough to give himself a makeable birdie putt.
"(Adam Scott) and I were talking about it, joking a little bit, if we would have been here at 14 years old, we would have been shaking," said Sergio Garcia, who knows a little bit about being a phenom. "It happened to me at 16 when I played the British Open and I thought I was going to miss it on that first tee shot, so I can't imagine how he must have felt."
If Guan was nervous, he never let it show. Didn't show any emotions, really. There were occasional smiles, a fist pump when he rolled a putt in for a birdie, a polite touch of his cap to acknowledge the cheers of the crowd.
But the baby-faced teenager never looked flustered, and there was never a hint of the petulance.
That was certainly impressive considering he was the second youngest player ever to compete in a major. The youngest was Young Tom Morris, who played the 1865 Open Championship and shot a 60 in his opening round with one caveat -- the course was only 12 holes, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
"People were very nice to me," Guan said. "And I feel comfortable on the course."
If he ever did get overwhelmed, Guan knew his parents were only a few feet away.
After having breakfast with their only child -- potatoes, beef, rice, vegetables and stir-fried eggs -- Hong Yu and Han Wen followed him for the entire round, joined by several family friends. But unlike the parents of some other young stars, they didn't seem overbearing or caught up in their son's results.
After Guan's second shot on the first hole, while everyone else followed the flight of the ball, Han Wen watched his son, breathing a sigh of relief when the youngster nodded in satisfaction. He clapped enthusiastically after every shot -- his son's and those of his playing partners.
Asked if his son would turn professional soon, Han Wen answered,
"Not for a long time, maybe. Amateurs have fun. Enjoy it."
But if Guan keeps playing well, surely there will be pressure on him to turn pro before he's out of high school.
Golf is only beginning to catch on in China, making it a huge untapped market for the tours, sponsors and television. Guan is the first Chinese player with real star potential, and don't think golf's marketing gurus aren't already envisioning him as the Asian Tiger Woods.
There was even a little something Tiger-esque about the reaction Guan got Thursday. The galleries buzzed when he walked by. Kids followed him from hole to hole, running ahead so they could stake out spots to watch him.
"He's going to come right by us!" 12-year-old D.J. Kellar exclaimed after Guan's second shot on No. 2 landed on the right side of the fairway.
Pretty heady stuff for someone who arrived at Augusta National with six textbooks stuffed in his bag. Guan still goes to public school back home -- math, English and history are his favorite subjects -- and he spends at least 90 minutes a day studying.
But Guan is wise enough to know he's not going to contend at the Masters.
Not this year, at least.
"But I think I can win in the future," he said, flashing a smile.
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When Darren Kersey plugged his mobile phone charger into the power supply of a picnic shelter in Gillespie Park, Sarasota, all he wanted was a little boost of his battery level. He certainly didn't bank on getting arrested and spending the night in a cell.
But that's what happened: police arrested Kersey, charging him with "theft of utilities", after they spotted him charging his phone in the park last Sunday. Unable to raise the $500 bail asked of him, he had no option but to spend the night in jail.
In a subsequent police report, reports the Herald Trubune, Sgt. Anthony Frangioni wrote that "theft of city utilities will not be tolerated during this bad economy." This might be a good time to point out that it only costs 41 cents to charge an iPhone for a whole year. (For the record, it's not clear what kind of phone Kersey was charging.)
It seems unlikely, then, that Kersey's sneaky little charge was costing the city a great deal—which is why, on Monday morning, Circuit Judge Charles Williams threw the case out because Frangioni lacked any legal justification to make the arrest. For once, justice is served. [Herald Tribune via Boing Boing]
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