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We have just released a new version of the synthetic tree, along with new versions of the APIs.
The biggest change in this version is that we have completely replaced the synthesis method used to produce the tree. We are still using neo4j to serve the tree, but have moved synthesis out of the graph database and into a make-based pipeline that uses a C++ library. This new method is improves efficiency, reproducibility, and allows us to more clearly connect input sources with edges in the tree. In addition to support statements, the new pipeline also produces conflict statements about the inputs that do not support a given edge (we are working to get these displayed on the properties panel for each node).
You can view the new version here and read the release notes. We want to particularly highlight the self-documenting nature of the new method. Primary credit for the new method goes to Mark Holder and Ben Redelings – paper coming soon!
The largest change is the node IDs. We have previously mentioned issues with node stability, and in this version of the tree & APIs, we use either Open Tree Taxonomy IDs for taxa nodes or mrca statements for non-taxa nodes rather than unstable neo4j node IDs which will transfer (or fail gracefully) for new versions of the tree. We have also made input and output parameters more stable across methods.
We also make public the verbose subtree format that we use to build the tree browser – rather than simply a newick string, you can obtain the tree with all provenance information, including support and conflict.
All v2 methods should continue to work, but we plan to deprecate the v2 methods in June 2016.
Take a look at the API docs and release notes for more information.

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Help Iraqi Neighborhood Councils Step Up
Brent Williams
OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq — The soldiers
of Company C, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, a mix of
armor and infantry, assumed
responsibility for the majority of southern Baghdad's Risalah community,
an area made up of 12 neighborhoods and home to about 250,000 people, in
October 2007.
The company's third deployment to Iraq took the soldiers to the Iraqi
capital's Rashid district and introduced them to an area recovering from
the violence and turmoil of Iranian-backed groups and other enemy operatives
trying to impose their will on the Iraqi people.
attached in Multinational Division Baghdad to the to the 4th
Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, the "Cyclone
Company" soldiers recently took a huge step in the right
direction, their commander, Army Capt. Michael Berriman said.
have changed significantly since his first deployment in 2003,
through his second tour in 2005, and now near the conclusion
of his third deployment, the captain said.
The armor
officer from Springfield, Mo., explained that he saw the focus
of efforts change from major combat operations of past deployments
to increasing the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces
and working to return normalcy to the daily lives of the Iraqi
approach has always been that it is going to be a joint effort," Berriman
said. "The company has always included the Iraqi security
forces, as my goal was to get the ISF involved because I knew
that they would take ownership."
During the
past seven months, Iraqi security forces have taken ownership
of their communities, and they're good at it, he said.
got past that part involving ISF," he said. "The
next thing we did is start incorporating the neighborhood advisory
The Risalah
community's new neighborhood advisory council hall, collocated
with two Iraqi National Police battalions and coalition forces
at a joint security station, opened Oct. 26 to provide local
leaders a venue where they can meet in a secure area and maintain
direct coordination with their community, Berriman said.
has served more than two years as the Cyclone Company commander,
and his career, like those of many of the company's other
soldiers, has spanned the many phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
working through major combat operations to providing stability
and support for the people of Baghdad.
has been a very interesting deployment, very challenging, and
I think the soldiers of this company can walk away with a good
feeling – a better appreciation for what they have done," he
citizens started reaping the benefits of the improving security
situation through programs that provide electricity to the
neighborhoods and grants for Iraqi entrepreneurs to stimulate
the local economy, said Army 2nd Lt. Daniel Gorczynski, Company
C fires support officer.
events, such as school supply distributions and community medical
engagements, are critical opportunities to get local leadership,
Iraqi security forces and the people involved, he added.
[neighborhood advisory council] has the biggest potential for
development, especially with civil operations in Risalah, because
they are knowledgeable of the area," Gorczynski said. "The
power lines, generators, micro-generators and [essential services]
in the area all belong to the NAC."
The Cyclone
Company soldiers recently started working with the council
to gain Education Ministry support to refurbish the schools
in the area, said Gorczynski, a native of Basking Ridge, N.J.
The council also played an essential role in assisting with
resettlement in Risalah, he said, adding that the new governance
building in the Iraqi security forces compound provides a haven
for Iraqis to discuss their problems.
The unit's
relationship with the neighborhood advisory council and the
Rashid district council have helped to improve the security
situation on the ground, said Army Staff Sgt. Herbert Smitley,
a Company C mechanized infantry platoon sergeant.
In fact,
said Smitley, a native of Waynesburgh, Pa., it is the best
he has seen in his three deployments to Baghdad.
have a good relationship with the NACs, and that plays an important
part in getting the Iraqi people to work with the U.S. forces
and work with the people to get the [Iranian-backed groups]
out and build trust," he said.
in Risalah and Saydiyah changed drastically from the heavy
fighting at the beginning of 2008, said Smitley, who re-enlisted
during the deployment.
think that we're closer than we ever have been in building
a functioning government," he said. "This year
has been a complete success."
Taking Iraqi
security forces out on every mission, the company's focus
has been to push them to work to their maximum potential, said
Smitley, who credited the Iraqi National Police with taking
responsibility for their area of operations.
are taking a step back with the ISF, letting them work to meet
the needs of their people," he said. "A lot of
our focus is to step out, step back and watch to make sure
that they are doing the right thing.
for us means using their leaders," he continued. "If
they have one good leader per platoon, then we focus on that
leader, mainly the lieutenants and high-ranking noncommissioned
officers, forcing them to do more of the job."
Army Staff
Sgt. William Bailey, a Company C mechanized infantry squad
leader, said he has seen a drastic change in conditions and
quality of life for the people in Risalah.
people have returned to the streets, returned to their daily
lives," he said. "People are out; they are smiling
and living their lives."
vary day to day for the armor company, Bailey said. Those missions
include conducting cordon-and-knock operations, raids, security
overwatch, market assessments and checkpoint inspections.
The Iraqi
security forces gradually have transitioned into a leading
role in providing security for their country, said Bailey,
a native of Worland, Wyo.
The Cyclone
soldiers, who primarily conducted patrols from their M2 Bradley
fighting vehicles, now work mostly from Humvees and conduct
dismounted patrols through the area, another indicator of continuing
progress, Bailey noted.
As the unit
looks toward the end of its 15-month deployment in December,
Bailey said, the company's soldiers and those who follow
must continue to build on the progress.
think it is important to maintain the relationships we have
built with the ISF," he said. "We have to continue
to work and use the ISF to help accomplish the mission."
Army Staff
Sgt. Joshua Mager, who worked on a military transition and
training team for the Iraqi security forces in the Rashid district
in 2005, said the Iraqi National Police have made great accomplishments
since then.
Since the
violence in Iraq subsided, the armor section sergeant and tank
commander traded his M1 Abrams tank for a mine-resistant, ambush-protected
vehicle and assumed many of the duties normally allocated to
an infantryman, he said.
While day-to-day
operations remain the same, Mager said he takes pride in watching
the national police grow into the lead, becoming more competent
in the pursuit of the enemy and taking a more active role in
their community.
to see the NP doing the same things that the Iraqi army did
back [in 2005], I think we have made great strides and progress
in their security forces," the Statesboro, Ga., native
aggression of the NP and the aggression of the American forces
pushing the ISF to accomplish the mission have caused the people
in the area to get to a point where they trust us – and
where they trust the NP," Mager said. "Things are
getting better all the time, and looking over time here in
the next few years, I think we will see a good turning point."
Mager added
that he wants to maintain what has been accomplished during
his three deployments in the last five years.


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It has always been fascinating to me how strong and fervent the power of love can be. It can make the simplest and humblest individual into a person who is incredibly courageous, strong, and brave…especially in the time of harm and danger.
Such is the story that you will read today. I can't help but think…how many people would have the determination, love, and bravery that this man, husband and son had when his life was at one of its darkest depths? It makes you think….
In March 2001, Japan got hit with the most devastating and deadly Tsunami's that have ever hit the country. Millions of people lost their homes, businesses, belongings, etc., and tens of thousands of people either were injured or lost their lives.
One of the towns that was struck was named Ishinomaki where a man named Hideaki Akaiwa was working in his home.. Realizing his wife was trapped in their home, he ignored the advice of the emergency personnel and other professionals, who told him to wait for the army to arrive and help him with a search and rescue.
Instead, he found a wet suit, jumped in the furious water current…dodging cars, houses, and other kinds of debris that was being dragged around and carried away by the current…any of which could have killed him instantly. He navigated the now submerged streets in the pitch dark, freezing water until he found his house.
Swimming inside, he discovered his wife alive on the upper level with only a small amount of breathing room and pulled her to safety. If he had waited for the army, his wife, of 20 years, would have been dead.
But Hideaki wasn't finished. A short time later, he realized that his mother was also missing. So he jumped back into the water and managed to save her life as well.
Every day, for weeks after the tsunamis struck, Hideaki got into the water on one-man search and rescue missions, saving countless lives. This proved that two natural disasters in a single day…and insurmountable odds…can't stand in the way of love.
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Sunshine Week is about your right to know
American democracy, at its core, has a purity of purpose endowed by its originators. Going back to our very Declaration of Independence, in which the founders threw over the divine right of kings, there is embedded in this national birth certificate the core of our revolutionary concept that governments derived "their just powers from the consent of the governed." It's what made us, as President Abraham Lincoln would so eloquently sum up, a "Government of the people, by the people, for the people."
That means you. Our democracy exists because of you, through you, and for you. Perhaps not perfect, but from the beginning of our constitutional system of governance it carried the aspirational message of seeking a more perfect union, one that derives its "just powers" from you. But our "consent" is only as informed to the degree that the functions of our democracy are open, as in accessible and transparent, to all of us.
That, in a nutshell, is at the heart of Sunshine Week, when we assess the degree of openness of our government's policymaking and operations through what are known as its "sunshine laws." It's important to note, however, that this isn't only about the media's ability to keep you informed, but how open the workings of government are for you directly as individuals.
Our rights of access as "the press," while honed through centuries of experience, are no greater than your rights to the same information. And while our function as an institution is to observe and report and analyze, your individual and collective rights are far greater — to act, to influence, to effect change, to democratically select who will govern us.
In the absence of government openness and your ability to participate in and benefit from knowledgeable debate, trust in government is a risky business, especially in an era in which accusations of "fake news" — both real and imagined — pervade our national discussion. We do get the government we collectively deserve, which is why your ability to know and to understand the functioning of your government and your leaders at all levels — local, state, and national — is so crucial to our democracy. It's why the very First Amendment to the Constitution enshrines not only the freedom of religion and of speech to all, but of the press, and to your right to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. There are no exceptions or qualifications among those words.
Which is why we're devoting our opinion pages to a guide to your democracy.
We've assembled contact information for your elected leadership at all levels of government, tools you can use in engaging your government and leaders, with perspectives on how to detect the rising tide of fake news, ways for approaching and communicating with your elected leaders and the importance and state of our commonwealth's openness to you. What you see on these opinion pages is part of a collaborative effort by our sister paper the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, both in print and online.
Last year's revision of the state's public records access law — the first significant update in nearly 45 years — at least addressed what was part of our stigma in having one of the worst public records laws in America. And that was just what was on the books. The implementation of even those laws, we had found, was spotty at best. Requests for information that you have the right to access was routinely ignored or pushed aside, or even greeted with hostility, and where access to records could come with outrageous fees for information that in other states was free or available for a nominal fee. You could go to court and prove that your government illegally withheld public records from you, but you were prohibited from collecting legal fees, something that 47 other states allowed — and something that last year's update fortunately now allows.
But much work remains.
The secretary of state's "A Guide to the Massachusetts Public Records Law" is 40 pages long, not counting an extensive appendix. Remarkably, 19 of those 40 pages are filled with the 21 broad categories of exceptions to the public records law. Even worse, just one of those 21 broad categories includes — in the appendix — 62 statutory exemptions from the law. It's mind-boggling. We are the only state in the union in which all three branches of government — the governor, the legislature, and the judiciary — each claim to be exempt from the open records law. That's right, the legislature that approved last year's reforms, the governor who signed them into law and the judiciary whose members are the ultimate enforcers are all in effect saying, "Do what I tell you, and I'll do what I want in secret."
It's more important than ever that you have access to the "facts" of how your government makes its decisions and how it functions. The point of Sunshine Week is to monitor, inform and hopefully spur action to assure your rights — as the governed — to those facts.


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Effective, Safe Asbestos Removal in Phoenix
If asbestos is discovered in your home or business, effective, safe removal of this harmful material is crucial. At ASAP Restoration, we have the qualified professionals and the right equipment to do the job right and help keep you safe.
What is Asbestos?
Asbestos is a building material that was widely used in commercial and residential buildings up until the 1980s, when its catastrophic health impacts were discovered. One of the scariest aspects of this material is the scope to which it was used.
Before it was banned, asbestos was used as a fireproofing material, but was also added to pipes, shingles, floor tiles, drywall, insulation, siding and sealants. Because it was so easy to work with and manipulate for multiple purposes, asbestos became one of the most widely-used building materials across the country.
Today, asbestos removal remains widespread, especially as the material gets old and breaks down, releasing toxic fibers into the air. Prolonged exposure to asbestos fibers is known to cause serious and even fatal illness, including lung cancer.
How Do You Know if Asbestos is Present?
In Phoenix, asbestos removal is often required when someone buys and renovates an older office building or home. If a home or building was built before the 1980s and hasn't been extensively remodeled, there's a very good chance asbestos exists somewhere on the property.
The dangers of this material only get worse as time goes on because the asbestos breaks down and the fiber spores become airborne. Even the simple act of nailing a picture frame to an old plaster wall could release deadly fibers into the air.
If you are worried asbestos could be in your home or business, call ASAP Restoration today at 602-515-7918.
We are fully licensed, bonded and well qualified to handle asbestos issues. We'll even schedule a free home visit and analysis. Our thorough process ensures we root out all traces of asbestos and come up with the best course of action for asbestos removal.
Consultation: We'll make sure to schedule a consultation right away. A qualified technician can be dispatched day or night to carefully inspect your property and look for signs of potential asbestos use. Because the material was used in so many building products, a careful inspection performed by a skilled and reputable company is absolutely crucial.
Sample Collection and Testing: It may be necessary to take several samples from your home during the inspection. We send these samples off to an independent and trusted lab to have them tested for asbestos.
Removal: If the lab tests come back positive, we'll formulate a detailed plan to safely eradicate all signs of asbestos from your property. Our asbestos removal procedure is designed to remove and dispose of the material while minimizing the health risks involved.
Restoration: Once the asbestos removal is complete, we'll start the process of putting the affected areas back together. At ASAP Restoration, we always strive to leave the job with your home or office in pristine condition.
It's important to always hire a professional company with experience in asbestos removal. The material must be contained and removed by specialists who know how to mitigate contamination before it becomes more dangerous.
Call ASAP Restoration 24 hours a day for Asbestos removal at 602-515-7918.
Our professionals can properly remove Asbestos from the property without risking further contamination. Asbestos must be contained and removed by qualified professionals who specialize in Asbestos removal. Asbestos contamination can also effect things such as drinking water, and even sneak its way into ventilation, cooling or heating systems.
At ASAP Restoration, we'll also take care of removing popcorn ceilings. Like asbestos, fibers from popcorn ceilings can contaminate the air and pose potential health risks.
Give ASAP Restoration a call today at 602-515-7918 and we'll take care of all your asbestos removal needs in a safe and effective way.


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Nothing offends a Chinese employee more than cancelling the annual lunar new year party – a rare chance to eat, drink and win a free iPad or iPhone, courtesy of the boss.
But the austerity drive launched by the new Chinese leadership of Xi Jinping, coupled with the economic slowdown, has led government departments and state-owned enterprises across China to cancel or radically scale back new year festivities this year – the equivalent of office Christmas parties in the West, but often far more lavish. Lunar new year begins this year on February 10, but banqueting season is normally in full swing at least a fortnight before.
(Read More: China's New Boss Xi Hits Nationalist Note With Talk of 'Revival')
Some multinational companies say they are struggling to find any government officials willing to be wined and dined, as they scramble to respond to a fresh call for frugality from Beijing, part of the leadership's anti-corruption drive.
Even private companies are getting in on the austerity act, with some opting to hold their lunar new year parties at fast food restaurants, prompting a backlash from employees on social networking sites. Everyone from caterers to florists, purveyors of fine Chinese wines to watches, report their revenues have been affected by the wave of asceticism.
More From The Financial Times:
CIC, China's $500 billion sovereign wealth fund, opted not to hold a new year party this year. One employee said: "Wehave never been extravagant in our nianhui [new year parties], and actually had a really good year last year. I can understand if they wanted to do a smaller nianhui, but none at all is going too far."
(Read More: Coming of Age: China's Used Car Market Outspaces New Sales Growth)
PetroChina, the state-owned oil producer, said some of its celebrations had been cancelled or scaled down. Sinopec, China's largest oil refiner, said annual celebrations at its headquarters and at some of its subsidiaries had been cancelled. Two years ago, Sinopec claimed that its year-end party, which included comedy skits and singing and dancing routines by staff, was held to encourage the "spiritual life" of employees.
In Shanghai, employees from branches of Agricultural Bank of China and Pudong Development Bank said their year-end festivities did not take place.
(Read More: New China Leaders Must Steady Economy in 2013 Before Driving Reform)
One florist at Shanghai Chengzhuang Florist Company, which supplies flowers to hotels and restaurants where business is normally boosted by the parties, said that they were "greatly" affected by the cancellations and that their business had been cut by half from last year.
On Sina Weibo, the microblogging site, one employee posted pictures of her company's year-end party at Pizza Hut, while another complained her company party at a five-star hotel took place from 9am to 11am and offered only the most meagre sustenance: "No gifts, no lunch, no set plate . . . no tea or coffee offered. Everyone only got a mini bottle of mineral water."


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Evilkid is rocking Dia de los Muertos!! Here, Gato Muerto--an awesome modern cat sugar skull. Super cool, and extra cute for the cat and Day of the Dead lover in your life! This keychain is printed metal, die-cut, bright and beautiful and made to last! Artist: Evilkid
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similarly addicted to Ginsberg LP
Mike Hennessey's blog, "A Crash Course in Counter-Intelligence", riffs off PoemTalk #4 helpfully:
I look forward to each new PoemTalk for the sharp insights of its panelists..., but this is the first episode that covers both a poet and a poem with which I'm intimately familiar...
For me, the most salient aspect of the program was hearing Charles Bernstein discuss the great sway that Ginsberg's Songs of Innocence and Experience album had over him as a Harvard undergrad — in part because I had a similar experience during my college years. Somehow, I'd managed to come across a 50%-off coupon to Borders and scurried out to the local strip mall as quickly as possible to purchase a (suddenly affordable) copy of Ginsberg's 4-disc box set, Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems and Songs, 1949-1993, which I then listened to intensely over the next few years. I remember being stranded in Cleveland over the summer of 1999, during which time my discman and sleeve of cds were one of the few defenses I had against monotony and a quickly-dissolving romantic relationship — and one of my favorite things to listen to was disc 3 of the Ginsberg collection, which was largely comprised of selections from the Blake album.
Why the Blake tracks in particular? First, while I was well-acquainted with Ginsberg's major poems (in fact, by this point, the spine was nearly broken on my big red Ginsberg collected from little slips of paper marking my favorite poems), they tend to run long, and it requires a considerable amount of attention to absorb, say, a thirty-minute recording of "Howl," let alone the hour-plus rendition of "Kaddish," especially when doing data entry or photocopying medical records (so much for quality control). The Blake songs, on the other hand, were like perfect little pop ditties — radio-ready, catchy and always surprising. This is largely due to the impressive roster of musicians, including well-known jazz figures Don Cherry (who plays a half-dozen instruments including harpsichord and wooden flute), Bob Dorough (best known as the musical director for Schoolhouse Rock) and Elvin Jones (John Coltrane's scattershot drummer), who manage to create a fantastic amalgam of free-jazz, funereal drone, folk and Bach to accompany the songs. While some of Ginsberg's later musical experiments fall flat (the calypsos, blues songs and pop-punk numbers occupying disc 4 of the box set), these songs are timeless and ever-engaging.
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El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum
Review: El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum 87/100
a review by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)
Posted March 04, 2012
According to the El Dorado Website, the El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum is blended from selected light to medium bodied aged rums which have been produced on Demerara Distillers' wooden Coffey still (the last of its kind operating in the world today) and the company's famous French Savalle Still. The result is a fully aged, double-filtered, 6 Year Old White Rum. This rum is meant not just to compete with the new strain of super premium white rums that have entered the market recently, it is meant to compete head to head with the super premium luxury vodkas which have garnered a good chunk of the market share in the distilled spirits category.
Woodman Wine and Spirits provided me a bottle of the El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum for me to review here on my website. This rum is presently available in Ontario, Canada and will hopefully be available in other locales soon.
(Note: For a great introduction into the history of one of the world's most famous rum brand's visit The Demerara History.)
In the Bottle 5/5
Pictured to the left is the bottle the El Dorado Deluxe Silver Rum arrives in. The bottle is tall and sleek and exudes suave character and class. I like the design which seems to be directing itself squarely towards the style of bottle and labeling used by a few of the super premium vodkas I have seen recently (Think Grey Goose and Patriot Excellence). It is rather obvious to me whom El Dorado believes this brand will be competing with. When I placed the bottle in front of my friends at a recent tasting, everyone agreed the look was deserving of a perfect score.
In the Glass 8.5/10
I poured the rum into my glencairn glass and began with a good look at the spirit. As far as I can tell, it is clear without any colour. I gave the glass a tilt and a slow swirl and then examined the clear sheen left on the sides of the glass. Only a few skinny legs formed and ran back down into the rum.
The initial scents rising into the breezes above the glass carried a lightly candied sweetness with very mild minty undertones. I also noticed some more complex aromas which included banana and orange peel as well as some lemon and lime citrus zest which give the rum a freshness that I quite enjoy. As well, a light butterscotch accent builds up slowly over time as the glass sits.
My overall impression is that this is a very clean, light spirit which I think will be quite suitable for fancy cocktails.
In the Mouth 52.5/60
To put this spirit into its proper context I will refer to the following statement from the El Dorado Rums Website with respect to the 6 Year Deluxe White Rum:
"This exceptional luxury aged white rum with a contemporary image is designed to offer the younger more adventurous spirit drinker a more flavourful alternative to vodka, backed by the heritage and provenance of the El Dorado brand."
This statement makes it clear that the El Dorado Deluxe Silver Rum is positioning itself as an alternative to high-end vodka rather than as an alternative to your regular mixing rum. It is meant for high-end cocktails, not for sipping neat or drinking on the rocks. Having said that, I found the rum to be quite acceptable to my palate when I took a few sips. That candied sweetness I noted in the breezes above the glass takes form in the mouth with a flavour that resembles something like Christmas candies. The rum also carries forward a nice 'fresh' spiciness with flavours of orange peel and banana peel swirling around that sweet candy. Vague hints of butterscotch and canned fruit syrup (think canned peaches here) compliment the flavour.
What I really wanted to do with this rum was to mix a few cocktails. In fact, I had a gathering of friends over for my first tasting of the El Dorado Deluxe, and we made a batch of daiquiris and mojitos with some of the white rums which I had recently been given to review. The common quality which everyone remarked upon when I made the cocktails with the El Dorado Rum was how clean these cocktails tasted as compared with the cocktails made with the other rums. The rum really allows the lime and the mint to express themselves alongside the rum without overpowering either flavour. (In case you are wondering the other rums in the tasting were Traveller's White Rum, Parrot Crystal Lite, Flor de Cana 4 Year Extra Dry, and Havana Club Añejo 3 Años.)
On my own, I made a few Vodka Cocktails to see how the rum stacked up against some of the more high-end vodkas I had on my shelf. I started with a Cosmopolitan, and I also made a few other recipes including the Sloe Comfortable Screw using the El Dorado Deluxe in place of the Vodka in the recipes. The Cosmopolitan in particular tasted really nice. It was still clean and tart the way a Cosmo should be, but it also carried the flavours of the rum into the cocktail in a good way. The El Dorado Deluxe is exactly what it aims to be, an outstanding mixing rum for both vodka style and white rum style drinks.
In the Throat 12.5/15
The lemon-lime zest really shines through in the exit. This finish is spicy and sweet, and it is apparent that the combination of the citrus in the finish and the sweetness in the entry are a strong combination for enjoyment. A light thin burn down the throat keeps the score down a little, and I would punish the score more if this was a sipping rum. However as a mixing rum, this light harshness is quite forgivable.
The Afterburn 8.5/10
The El Dorado Deluxe Silver is a very nice, very clean rum, in fact 'clean' is probably the best adjective to use to describe the rum. It is a great rum to use for mixing cocktails when you are trying to satisfy a crowd because that clean taste will appeal to just about everyone.
If you are interested in comparing more scores, here is a link to my other published Rum Reviews.
Suggested Recipes:
The El Dorado Silver Rumopolitan
2 oz El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum
1 oz Triple Sec
1 oz lime juice
1 oz Cranberry juice
1 tsp of Grenadine
orange peel
Shake all the ingredients over ice
Strain into a cocktail glass
Garnish with Orange Peel
Enjoy this sumptuous variation on the classic Cosmopolitan!
The Silver Celebration
2 oz El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum
2 oz Fresh Squeezed and strained Pink Grapefruit Juice
3/4 oz London Dry Gin (I used Broker's Gin)
1/4 oz to 1/2 oz Sugar Syrup
Combine ingredients into a metal shaker with ice.
Shake until the metal shaker chills.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with lime slice
This cocktail is extremely refreshing!
My Final Score is out of 100 and you may (loosely) interpret the score as follows:
0-25 A spirit with a rating this low would actually kill you.
26-49 Depending upon your fortitude you might actually survive this.
50 -59 You are safe to drink this…but you shouldn't.
60-69 Substandard swill which you may offer to people you do not want to see again.
70-74 Now we have a fair mixing rum or whisky. Accept this but make sure it is mixed into a cocktail.
75-79 You may begin to serve this to friends, again probably still cocktail territory.
80-84 We begin to enjoy this spirit neat or on the rocks. (I will still primarily mix cocktails)
85-89 Excellent for sipping or for mixing!
90-94 Definitely a primary sipping spirit, in fact you may want to hoard this for yourself.
95-97.5 The Cream of the Crop
98+ I haven't met this bottle yet…but I want to.
Very loosely we may put my scores into terms that you may be familiar with on a Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal scale as follows:
70 – 79.5 Bronze Medal (Recommended only as a mixer)
80 – 89.5 Silver Medal (Recommended for sipping and or a high quality mixer)
90 – 95 Gold Medal (Highly recommended for sipping and for sublime cocktails.)
95.5+ Platinum Award (Highest Recommendation)
2 Responses to "El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 Year Aged Rum"
March 6, 2012 at 2:44 pm
The 3 year disappeared around here for a few months and then returned with a more expensive price tag ($15 instead of $13 at the same store). The 5/8 year amber rums have also disappeared and have not returned. Instead, their white and dark no-age-description rums have showed up — rums that are perhaps more geared for well drinks than for attracting cocktail fans. The 12/15/18/21 year aged rums are still around and never seemed to have disappeared (probably due to their longer dwelling on shelves due to price). Not sure why they are mucking around and I am curious to know what the 6 year white will sell for, but it has made me start searching around for a replacement for the house white rum instead of ED3 (hopefully Denizen appears in our market soon).


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I can't believe we're in December! It feels like 2 seconds ago I was just starting graduate school and now I've been here a year. Moving to a new place was challenging, but it pushed me out of my comfort zone and allowed my to interact with different types of people. With this, I had my ups and downs. I had to learn how to properly navigate interpersonal relationships with different types of people. I'm still working on this, but I've learnt some lessons along the way…
I'm not sure if it's because I'm easy-going, or because I'm just hyper-sensitive to people's feelings. But there were several situations I encountered this year where I could have just put my foot down and spoken up. I think because of this, I'm probably at risk of becoming oppressed. This a serious fear I have always had so it's disheartening that I keep finding myself in these situations.
I noticed a reoccurring theme with me this year: Something would happen that I don't like, a situation that I was not comfortable with and instead of just speaking my peace, I would manage the situation poorly until after a long time I would finally realize I'm being taken for granted then speak up.
Remember how I said I need to take into account people's feelings and how it affects them? Well that backfired. A lot of people tend to take advantage of that. They begin to manipulate and use this thoughtfulness or are too selfish to meet me at the middle. Because I am thinking about them and they are thinking about themselves, there is a massive imbalance. On one hand, I don't want to be an absolute savage, but the serious peace of mind I had when I was savage was just amazing.
In light of this, my goal for next year is to figure out how to balance my savagery and putting people's feelings into consideration. I need to properly vet people and see if they deserve this consideration, because not every person is deserving of me. Else, I run the risk of being taken advantage of.
I think it's important to fight sometimes. It's weird but observing people's relationships and mine, I think the only way some solutions can be met is if there is an argument. Arguments are completely natural. However, what I think is important is how both sides handle that argument.
I usually don't like conflict, I'm more of a "agree to disagree" type of person. However with conflicts I just know how quickly things can devolve into a screaming match and I hate that. But if two parties come into an argument with a place of humility to listen to the other person and accept their faults, this is a great way to handle conflict. It's not always easy though.
I've seen conflicts work this year….even screaming match, throwing chairs conflicts. I still hate it though. Maybe one day I'll learn how to handle conflicts properly.
Honestly I don't know how I would have survived 2018 without the support of my family. This was the toughest school year I have ever experienced and I was at one point I was the verge of tears. Having my family (especially my mom and dad) constantly reassure me that I can do it was really the push of confidence I needed to see through my school.
Being around people who are always looking out for you is very hard to come by. Handling tough situations is so much easier when you have people by your side cheering you on. I think this semester really allowed me to realize that and I will never take that for granted.
Those are the relationship lessons I've learned in 2018. Thank you so much for reading! What have you learnt?


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Empirical observation #1: Cameras with higher resolutions, for a given sensor size, are harder to hand-hold and get a good result than those with a lower resolution.
And I define a good result as one which the image is critically sharp at 100% actual-pixels view, with no motion blurring or other artefacts such as slightly missed focus (we'll get to this later). Motion blur is when the camera moves by a greater amount than a pixel during the time when the shutter is open; if it's less than this, then you see either hard edges on your subject as a perfect sharp edge, or with slightly lower contrast than expected due to the image projected by the lens on the sensor plane 'spilling over' into the next adjacent pixel slightly when the camera moves.
The simple reason why higher resolution cameras are less forgiving is that for a given angle of view, the camera with the high resolution will put the greater number of pixels per degree of field of view on the subject. This means, that less angular movement is needed before it becomes visible as blur on the image – i.e. you need to be more static than with a lower resolution camera to avoid seeing the effects of motion blur at the pixel level.
But what about the image when viewed as a whole at the same reproduction size? If we started out with a huge number of pixels with both – say 24MP and 36MP and resized both them down to say, 4MP or so – we would not see any difference between two cameras assuming one assuming both were equally downsized. This is because the downsampling process has enough information for each pixel to accurately determine its color and luminance value and therefore appears as true detail. If we downsize 36MP to 24MP, it might or might not look better: a lot of the outcome depends on the interpolation process. It isn't a 'clean' situation where each new, downsized pixel has multiple pieces of information (the original pixels) to form an average that would be the same whether you used 8 or 12 pixels originally. Since 36 doesn't divide cleanly into 24 – you get 1.5 old pixels per new one – there's always going to be some guesswork as to precisely how that half pixel is allocated. And depending on the algorithm, any one of the following might happen – blur edges; stairstep artefacts; haloes or abrupt transitions; odd discontinuities in diagonal lines.
Let's take an example: if you have a scene shot with 12 (8.45um pixel pitch) and 36 MP (4.88um pixel pitch) cameras, and both are equally motion-blurred. The degree of camera shake may be less than a pixel on the 12MP camera – let's say 5um for argument's sake, which will still produce a critically sharp image. However, the 36MP camera is now blurred by more than one pixel, which definitely will not look critically sharp at 100%. Yes, we can downsize – but you are downsizing not to 1/2 of the original linear dimension (which would yield 8MP, and bin the two blurred pixels into one sharp one that looks perceptually okay), but to 1.7x of it – and once again, we run into potential issues in trying to fit discrete, nonlinear data into a linear continuum.
This is one of the reasons why less pixels might actually produce a perceptually sharper/ crisper image for a given reproduction size, providing that this size is reasonable for the amount of resolution you've got in the smaller image.
The upshot of all of this in practical shooting is that you'll need to use a higher shutter speed than you expect, which lowers your shooting envelope by a corresponding number of stops as noise increases as you ramp up the sensitivity to keep shutter speeds high. Perceptually, if you're going to be shooting under already borderline conditions to get a critically sharp image with a 12MP camera, you're not going to get one with a 36MP one – even if you print them at the same size.
Empirical observation #2: Cameras with higher resolution require more precise autofocus.
Comparatively, this one is very simple to explain: if the camera misses focus, the resolving power of the lens is diminished. You need to have the ability to resolve slightly smaller structures than the pixel pitch of the camera in order to create a perfectly sharp image at the sensor plane. If you miss focus by an arbitrary amount – let's say 1% of your subject to camera distance – this may result in a loss of resolution corresponding to the inability to resolve structures below 5um in size. For our 36MP, 4.88um pitch camera, this will appear to be a blurry shot. For our 12MP, 8.45um one, things still look critically sharp.
A lot of what we're seeing isn't necessarily worse autofocus; what's happening is that we are now visibly reaching the limits of tolerances and precision since sensor quality is now high enough to resolve at or close to the previously acceptable tolerances.
A lot of the reasons why an image appears sharp or not has to do with the reproduction medium, as well as how our eyes interpret information: an image with hard edge is seen to be 'sharper' than an image without one, even if there is less fine detail or edge definition. The fact that digital capture splits out our images into distinct zones – the pixels – doesn't help this at all, either. It's important to remember that a slightly blurred image (depending on the degree of blur, of course) from a higher resolution camera may technically still have more detail, our eyes don't necessarily pick up on this; it's a perceptual thing. Bottom line: don't use more pixels than you are capable of handling properly for a given situation. It's one of the reasons why I don't shoot the D800E for casual work…but it's also the reason it's my camera of choice when I have full control of the execution. MT
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Rudy Valdez, Kiwanis honored for service
Winners tout need for, ability of community to work together
ROCKFORD — A man who volunteers in two dozen community and state groups, and an agency that supports other nonprofits were honored Thursday at the Register Star's annual Excalibur and Excelsior awards.
Rudy Valdez received this year's Excalibur for his level of volunteerism in educational, Latino and youth organizations; the Kiwanis Clubs of Freeport, Loves Park and Rockford took home the Excelsior for the positive effect the organization has on the area.
But both chose to recognize the entire volunteering community in the region, though.
Valdez said people can work to better the region on their own, but joining forces with others can truly bring forth change. He compared it to building a deck: multiple people working to construct it will reach the goal faster than working alone.
"When you work together to reach the same goal, you can do it a lot faster and a lot more efficient," he said.
Kiwanis membership chairman Randall Larson thanked the 440-plus volunteers who help the organization serve children, saying the community is in this together. In the past 35 years, the agency has raised $4 million and completed 500 hours of community service.
"We at Kiwanis believe, if we work together, all working for the same purpose, we can magnify our product and do it in a much more expedient and efficient way and take on additional projects," he said.
Thursday's ceremony marked the 43rd anniversary of the Excalibur award, which bestows a crystal Steuben Eagle on the winner. The winner of the Excelsior award, which has been presented for the past 35 years, receives a plaque and a check for $500.
The Register Star also announced a new recognition — the regional winner of the Jefferson Awards — which is given to individuals who volunteer in the community. The award is often called the "Nobel Prize for public service."
Valdez will represent the area in June at the national ceremony in Washington.
Travis Engebretson, director of consumer marketing for the Register Star, talked about the volunteer effors of the finalists, winners and other organizations that packed Giovanni's, 610 N. Bell School Road.
"We are blessed to live in a community where the spirit of volunteerism and lending a hand to your neighbor is alive and well," he said.
Attendees said they were grateful to see the Register Star highlight organizations and people who positively influence the community, which it can be a thankless job.
"In this world, we see not so nice things all around us, and sometimes you forget the good that people do...someday people are going to wake up and realize that there is goodness everywhere," Freeport Mayor Jim Gitz said.
"These folks are doing the hardest jobs in the community. They're not overpaid. They usually work without any recognition at all," said Jim Jenkins, alumnus of the Phantom Regiment, which was the 1984 Excelsior recipient.
"And I think an event like this is just one time of year where people can say 'Hey, thank you'."
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At least Adrian's having fun…
You know that thing I was saying about the Padres having no chance against Interleague teams?
Check out the score tonight from the first game in the Boston Red Sox series: 14-5 Red Sox. We gave up an unearthly amount of runs in the bottom of the seventh. It was one of the most horrible innings we've had all year. Four pitchers threw in the inning, all of them doing badly. We gave up four walks, hit two batters, and gave up five hits while allowing 10 runs.
It stunk. But not only did this game hurt like any other loss, but it was hard to see how well Adrian Gonzalez is doing…especially against us. Don't get me wrong, I am so happy for Adrian and that he is in a place where he's more appreciated and where he can play in that tiny park called Fenway. But really, does he have to go 3-for-5 with three RBIs the first game he faces his former team??
The player who really deserves credit for keeping us in the game at least a little is Orlando Hudson. With the score 3-0 Red Sox in the sixth, Hudson hit a huge three-run homer to tie the game. It didn't last long, but at least we got a little closer than we had been before.
Chase Headley had a big game as well, going 4-for-5. You get the feeling that he'd do great in a smaller stadium like Adrian is. Surprisingly, I haven't heard any trade rumors about him. He's been doing really, really well for us. I wonder why we haven't heard anything about him getting traded. We've heard the Heath stuff, but nothing on Chase. Weird.
Anyway, it was a sad game. Most likely, we won't get a win in this series, but I guess that's okay. At least we're losing to a worthy team.
But tomorrow's pitching matchup is going to be great. Mat Latos vs. Josh Beckett. I'm so excited!!


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Hey everyone,
A team member found an interesting bug today that caused chrome to go non-responsive. The cause was simply dragging a file from the file explorer onto a drag and drop upload area. It is reproducible on every site I've tested, including Gmail and Dropbox.
- Go to https://mail.google.com
- Click compose
- Click attach files (close any of the annoying popups that appear)
- DRAG a number of files from the file selector window to the new message screen (they will start to upload) (IMPORTANT: these need to be dragged from the file selector popup, NOT a new explorer window)
- While they are still uploading hit cancel on the file browser window. Browser will go non-responsive
A bug has been reported here: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=388661


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What a world. I started interning at the Alibi six years ago as a culinary student and liberal arts college dropout. My entire work history before that consisted of catering and short-order cooking. The Alibi was my first desk job.
And now look at me! Specifically, take a good look at my embossed name plate and the contemplative clacking-ball desk ornament I just ordered from SkyMall. I've earned these white-collar talismans by clawing my way to the top, burning bridges and collecting other business metaphors on the golf course.
... I'm joking, of course. I am proud of the journalism awards I've won for editing the music and food sections in the Alibi. But, honestly, it's not knickknacks (or U.S. legal tender) that measure success at this paper. It's people. You guys are the whole point of the Alibi. Your stories fill these pages. You keep us on our toes by telling us what you think of the coverage. You care. And that relationship—the locally owned rag and its longtime readers—is not at all commonplace anymore. So thanks. If you keep sticking around, so will we.
This issue is my last in charge of the Music section, which I've edited every week since the spring of 2005. In that time, I've managed to amass band projects and Alibi job titles like an Alpine snowball rolling down the Matterhorn.
By the way, I'm leaving you.
Just kidding again! I'm staying at the Alibi, but I am handing over the keys to the Music section. As you can read in Christie Chisholm's editorial, our editor in chief is leaving the Alibi to pursue a career in independent reporting. And so I'm moving on up to take Chisholm's place at the helm of the paper.
This issue is my last in charge of the Music section, which I've edited every week since the spring of 2005. In that time, I've managed to amass band projects and Alibi job titles like an Alpine snowball rolling down the Matterhorn. Something's gotta give. So taking my place as music editor is Jessica Cassyle Carr. You know her. She's been writing for the Alibi, and this section in particular, for years. She's fantastic. Her music knowledge, sense of humor, fearless interview-hunting and outspoken opinions will be a boon to this part of the paper. My only hope is that she lets me write for it sometimes—and that she gives my bands the favorable press I was ethically unable to give myself as music editor. (Kidding again. She can't do that, either.) E-mail your hot tips to the new music editor at email@example.com. And wish us both luck.


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Join a fun ride through Vancouver in your funky bike wear, bikesexual wear, sexy evening wear, or fetish wear on the Bikesexual Fetish Ride of the Summer. We hit the streets and cycle around showing everyone our fine assets to all those smelly cars.
The ride winds up at Club 23 West where you can then join us to dance the night away at SinCity Fetish Night which is now open until 4 a.m. For SinCity you need to dress fetish, sexually daring, or in costume. Fetish wear includes: pleather, lace, costume, cross-dress, latex, body paint, etc... (if you have any questions about an outfit, just contact us)
For this month's ride you can meet us around 7 p.m. at apt 410 at 1688 east 4th, right at 4th and Commercial drive, where you can get dressed and socialize before we head out at 8:15 p.m. or you can meet us at 8:30 p.m. at the south end of Davie at Marinaside Cresc as we ride by.
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First National Little 100 Race - Saturday, August 23, 2003
One speed cruiser bikes only, teams of four, 100 laps on a mini oval track, open class. $20 pre-reg at Denman Bike Shop, $25 on race day. www.cruiserbikecentral.com
VACC Vancouver Committee Monthly Meeting - Wednesday, August 27
The last meeting was 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the barbecue shed beside the Cat's Meow on Granville Island in Vancouver.
The Vancouver Committee of the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition focuses on cycling issues and opportunities within the City of Vancouver. We are an advocacy group working towards making Vancouver a better cycling place for all types and skill levels of cyclists. Our process is to work through the City infrastructure and make representations on cycling issues to the Council, staff, and the City of Vancouver Bicycle Advisory Committee.
All, both VACC members and non-members, are welcome to attend, suggest topics to be discussed, participate in the committee discussions, and arrive at decisions and courses of actions. Both members and non-members can undertake the lead role in initiatives that we undertake.
For more information, contact Bonnie at firstname.lastname@example.com
Critical Mass Ride and Roll - Friday, August 29, 2003
Join dozens of fellow bicyclists, skaters, and bladers for a leisurely ride and skate through the streets of Vancouver. Meet rain or shine at the Vancouver Art Gallery on the Georgia Street side between 5:00 to 5:30 p.m. Decorated bicycles, signs, costumes, noisemakers, squirt guns, and wildly modified bicycles are all highly encouraged.
Following the ride we go somewhere to eat and drink. Come to the ride to find out where.
UBC Cyclists: Meet 4:30pm on the South SUB Plaza for a group ride down to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
East Van Cyclists: Meet 4:00pm, leaves 4:30pm, from Grandview park on Commercial Drive for a group ride down to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
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BC Lung Association's Bicycle Trek - September 6 and 7, 2003
Register now for the BC Lung Association's 19th annual Bicycle Trek for Life & Breath on September 6 and 7, 2003. Experience the most breathtaking ride of your life in the beautiful Fraser Valley and join hundreds of other cycling enthusiasts in adventure, fitness, and fun. The weekend is all about fresh air and new friends, in support of the one in five British Columbians with lung disease - cyclists raise money for the BC Lung Association and collect some great incentive prizes for their efforts.
You can register as an individual, or get a team together to qualify for even more prizes. Visit www.bc.lung.ca/trek to find out how you can be a part of this event, or call 604-731-5864 (toll-free 1-800-665-5864), or email Diane Wild <firstname.lastname@example.com> for more information.
World Car Free Day - Monday, September 22, 2003
Be part of an international movement that is held in over 1400 cities in 38 countries every September 22nd.
Listen to Pedal Revolutionary Bike Radio!
Every other Thursday, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., on CiTR 101.9 FM
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'Poor Chicago' Critique Touches Raw Nerve In The Windy City
'Poor Chicago' Critique Touches Raw Nerve In The Windy City
"Poor Chicago." That's how a piece in the New York Times Sunday Book Review begins. The essay goes on to criticize the Windy City for everything from political corruption and violent crime to the weather and the Cubs never winning. Most of all, the author attacks Chicago's boosterism and swagger in spite of it's problems, and predictably, it's touched a nerve in the Second City.
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And I'm Audie Cornish. "Poor Chicago," so begins an essay in The New York Times Sunday Book Review. The author uses her review of three books about Chicago to criticize everything from the city's political corruption and murder rate to its cold winters. Most of all, the reviewer calls out the Windy City for its swagger in the midst of all that is wrong. Needless to say, the piece has touched a nerve in Chicago, where NPR's David Schaper reports.
DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: DePaul University theater professor and writer Rachel Shteir is quoting a friend from a recent conversation when beginning her review with the words: Poor Chicago. She then adds: Given the number of urban apocalypses here, I couldn't tell which problem she was referring to. Ouch. Shteir then lists many of those problems, including violent crime, racial segregation, corruption, parking meter rates, the abominable weather and, oh, yeah, the Cubs never winning. And yet, Chicago never ceases to boast about itself, Shteir writes. The swagger has bugged me since I've moved here from New York 13 years ago.
JACK D'AMATO: I think she's stayed here 13 years too long.
SCHAPER: Jack D'Amato is one of many lifelong Chicagoans riled up by Shteir's piece.
D'AMATO: If that's the way she feels, she should move back to New York.
SCHAPER: D'Amato says Shteir just doesn't seem to get Chicago.
D'AMATO: She's missing the people. Our people here are a lot more kinder, more generous people than New York. We're not as rude.
SCHAPER: And it's not just regular Chicagoans taking issue with Shteir's essay. A testy mayor, Rahm Emanuel, urges residents to not even bother reading it.
MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL: You know, it didn't note that the city of Chicago has the most Nobel Prize winners of any city in America. And they think we shouldn't be proud of ourselves? I'm quite proud of the city of Chicago, and I would recommend that writer, while they've been here in the city of Chicago, go see our city, meet the people, meet our neighborhoods.
SCHAPER: Newspaper columnists, talk radio hosts, bloggers and others are sounding off too. Many call Shteir's piece pretentious, arrogant and condescending. I caught up with Shteir at a cafe near the DePaul University campus, and she says she doesn't hate the city.
RACHEL SHTEIR: I feel a great deal of affection toward Chicago, but I also feel sadness about Chicago.
SCHAPER: And Shteir doesn't apologize for her sometimes harsh words in describing the city's problems.
SHTEIR: These are things that seem stuck to Chicago, so I think that they're apocalypses. I mean, it's a provocative piece.
SCHAPER: Provocative indeed, even at Chicago's comedic institution The Second City.
CARISSA BARECKA: Yes.
ROSS BRYANT: She could have been more scathing.
BARECKA: Oh.
SCHAPER: Ross Bryant and Carissa Barecka are cast members at The Second City.
BRYANT: I don't think she went far enough.
SCHAPER: Barecka and Bryant say Shteir isn't wrong about Chicago's problems.
BARECKA: I think the difference between what she's doing and what we do on stage, we put it from a place of love, and she's literally just tearing Chicago down brick by beautiful brick.
BRYANT: The tone of the article seems to be it's like I live here, but I'm not one of those people.
BARECKA: Yeah.
SCHAPER: I asked Barecka and Bryant to tell me their favorite jokes or skits about Chicago. They told me I'd have to buy a ticket for the show.
BRYANT: It's the Chicago way.
SCHAPER: Indeed, it is. Although I wonder if my alderman can clout me in for free. David Schaper, NPR News, Chicago.
CORNISH: Tomorrow, Scott Simon speaks with Baltimore Sun reporter Ian Duncan about an astonishing case: Prosecutors say inmates at the Baltimore Detention Center were working with prison guards to run a drug and cellphone smuggling operation. That's tomorrow on WEEKEND EDITION.
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America has had a rough week. The tragedies in Massachusetts and Texas are still firmly on everyone's minds, despite the jubilation last night, and it can begin to weigh on a country. With all that's been going on, why don't we take a brief respite and work up a bit of nostalgia?
Whether real or imagined, the 1950s are thought of almost as a golden-era for the United States. Dwight D. Eisenhower was President, and we liked Ike. The economy was also returning to proper form, after decades of Depression, and we liked that too. Sure, there were things we didn't like, such as segregation, a dramatic increase in nuclear weapons, and the Korean War. But for a small time, at least, there was a bit of a renaissance in the American automobile industry.
Everyone already knows the Big Three of Ford, GM, and Chrysler. Those have continued in some form or another to this day, but back in that illustrious decade the motoring landscape was dotted with other carmakers putting their products on the new Interstates.
We had Hudsons, Kaisers, Packards, Studebakers, even your occasional Crosley and Nash. Cruising down the street on a weekend or at a local car show today you might think the cars were produced by some other defunct brand, a Pontiac or an Oldsmobile. But no, they were distinct in their own right, and often independent, too. Let's take a look at a couple of these hunks of iron that trundled across the country back then:
Hudson (1909-1954)
I'm starting off with Hudson for a very simple reason: I like it the most. Though it didn't last long into the decade, it was perhaps the baddest of any carmaker of that era. Perhaps the quintessential car when you think "classic," the Hudson Hornet dominated NASCAR in its early days, winning four times from 1951-1954, and was even enshrined as the character "Doc Hudson" in Pixar's Cars.
Unfortunately, the whole concept of "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" hadn't had its kinks worked out yet, and sales declined every year of the 1950s. The company was only kept afloat by its Korean War contracts, and when those dried up, the company did too. Although Hudson continued as a nameplate until 1957, by 1954 the company was acquired by the next entrant on our list, Nash-Kelvinator.
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Nash-Kelvinator (1917-1954)
Despite the name, "Nash" was the nameplate the company was known for the in the motoring world, as Kelvinator was primarily a brand of refrigerators and other appliances. Back then, car companies were either diversified, or had too many non-core products, depending on how you look at it. Either way, it doesn't matter, as the company is dead.
But before it was dead, it made cars like the Nash Statesman, pictured above, which actually looked a bit like the muscular Hornet's chubby little brother. Nash wasn't all about small fat children, however, as they also made sports cars like the Nash-Healey from 1951-1954.
With an American engine, British chassis, and Pininfarina-styled body, it's a wonder there aren't more of these around today. Nash-Kelvinator went through a series of mergers, eventually becoming a key component of the American Motors Corporation, or AMC.
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Crosley (1939-1952)
Crosley was the pluckiest of them all. Producers of the original American sub-compact, it predated cars like the Chevy Spark by a whole lot. Though the cars had awesome names like the Super Sedan and the Hot Shot, the vehicles themselves weren't so awesome, at least by 1950s standards.
Americans wanted big things with chrome and engines that had things like eight cylinders, all arranged in a V-shape, and Crosley never stood a chance. The company's best selling year was 1948 with 24,871 cars sold, and that's not too many. A planned merger with Nash never came to fruition when Nash joined up with Hudson.
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Kaiser (1946-1970)
Kaiser was a flash in the pan compared to some of the other small auto manufacturers, but their influence can still be felt today, in the form of the Jeep. How can a company that made the jet-themed Kaiser Darrin above, be responsible for my big hairy manly Jeep, you say? Simple. Kaiser, founded by industrialist Henry Kaiser, merged with Willys-Overland, creator of the Jeep, in 1954. Kaiser sort of continued on as Kaiser-Jeep until 1970, when the real jewel in its crown, the Jeep bit, was bought out by AMC.
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Packard (1899-1954)
At the end of World War II, Packard was doing well. Riding high off of government contracts and lit by the fires of nuclear reactions, the future could not be brighter for the company. Packard was a luxury carmaker and was known for its comfort and styling in an era when Mercedes-Benz and BMW had not quite gained their footing yet, though those very things came to be its downfall.
While it had its own pockets that weren't so shallow, Packard didn't have the truly deep pockets of the Big Three, and didn't really spend its money on styling. It got to the point where its cars just sort of looked the same, and the brand became diluted. Nowadays a company might like that because of "branding" or somesuch, but it didn't go over well for Packard at the time. Things started to go downhill pretty quickly, and it was acquired by Studebaker in 1954.
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Studebaker (1852-1967)
"1852?! No way a carmaker existed in 1852!" you exclaim, spittle and bits of morning sports drink flying everywhere. "No cars existed then!" True. No cars existed then, but Studebaker did.
It started out mostly as a carriage company, but then switched over to gasoline-powered transportation once everything for that was invented. Based in South Bend, Indiana, the company was a bit far removed from everything centered on Detroit. South Bend is a nice town, I suppose, I've never really been there myself, but that's actually what led to the company's collapse.
Price wars in the 1950s with Ford and GM put Studebaker in a bit of a bind, as the company really couldn't afford to cut costs. Sourcing parts from Michigan was expensive, as was Studebaker's labor costs. By 1954, the company was losing money. It bought out Packard in a last-ditch attempt to save itself, but by then it was too late.
The slow tumble continued into the early 1960s, when rumors of the company's exit from the auto business may have actually pushed it over the edge. Not wanting to be stuck with "orphan cars" after a possible bankruptcy, consumers stayed away from Studebakers. So many stayed away that the company was dead and out of the auto business forever by 1967.
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Gosh, that was supposed to be nostalgic and fun, not depressing and bankruptcy-ridden. No matter. The 1950s were a glorious decade, full of chrome, iron, and Elvis, and it left us beautiful cars. The muscular Hornet, jet-inspired everything, and even some legacies left to this day.
If you take away nothing else from all of them, then, take the beauty and soul of what we once had. And go check the cars out next time you see them on the road. You'll like what you see.
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SUPERINTENDENT v. COMMISSIONER(1935)
Messrs. Thomas J. Reilly and Arthur F. Mullen, both of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.
The Attorney General and Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
Mr. Justice McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.
Sandy Fox, for whom this suit was instituted, is a full-blood Creek Indian. Certain funds, said to have been [295 U.S. 418, 419] derived from his restricted allotment, in excess of his needs were invested. The proceeds therefrom were collected and held in trust under direction of the Secretary of Interior. The question now presented is whether this income was subject to the federal tax laid by the 1928 Revenue Act (chapter 852, 11, 12, 45 Stat. 791, 26 USCA 2011, 2012). The Commissioner, the Board of Tax Appeals, and the court below answered in the affirmative.
Petitioner maintains that the court should have followed the rule which it applied in Blackbird v. Commissioner (C.C.A.) 38 F.(2d) 976, 977; also that it erroneously held Congress intended to tax income derived from investment of funds arising from restricted lands belonging to a full- blood Creek Indian.
Blackbird, restricted full-blood Osage, maintained that she was not subject to the federal income tax statute. The court sustained that view and declared:
This does not harmonize with what we said in Choteau v. Burnet (1931) 283 U.S. 691, 693 , 696 S., 51 S.Ct. 598, 600:
The court below properly declined to follow its quoted pronouncement in Blackbird's Case. The terms of the 1928 Revenue Act are very broad, and nothing there indicates that Indians are to be excepted. See Irwin v. Gavit, 268 U.S. 161 , 45 S.Ct. 475; Heiner v. Colonial Trust Co., 275 U.S. 232 , 48 S.Ct. 65; Helvering v. Stockholms, etc ., Bank, 293 U.S. 84 , 55 S.Ct. 50; Pitman v. Commissioner (C. C.A.) 64 F.(2d) 740. The purpose is sufficiently clear.
It is affirmed that 'inalienability and nontaxability go hand in hand; and that it is not lightly to be assumed that Congress intended to tax the ward for the benefit of the guardian.'
The general terms of the taxing act include the income under consideration and if exemption exists it must derive plainly from agreements with the Creeks or some act of Congress dealing with their affairs.
Neither the Creek agreement of 1901 (31 Stat. 861), nor the Supplemental Agreement of 1902 (32 Stat. 500), conferred general exemption from taxation upon Indians; homesteads only were definitely excluded, although alienation of allotted lands was restricted.
The suggestion that exemption must be inferred from the Act of April 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 137) or Act of May 27, 1908 [295 U.S. 418, 421] (35 Stat. 312) is not well founded. The first of these extended restrictions upon the alienation of allotments for twenty-five years unless sooner removed by Congress, and provided: 'Sec. 19. ... That all lands upon which restrictions are removed shall be subject to taxation, and the other lands shall be exempt from taxation as long as the title remains in the original allottee.' This exemption related to land and not to income derived from investment of surplus income from land. Moreover, the act itself was superseded by the second one which did not contain the quoted provision, but declared: 'Sec. 4. That all land from which restrictions have been or shall be removed shall be subject to taxation and all other civil burdens as though it were the property of other persons than allottees of the Five Civilized Tribes. ...'
We find nothing in either act which expresses definite intent to exclude from taxation such income as that here involved. See Shaw v. Gibson-Zahniser Oil Corp., 276 U.S. 575, 581 , 48 S.Ct. 333.
Nor can we conclude that taxation of income from trust funds of an Indian ward is so inconsistent with that relationship that exemption is a necessary implication. Non-taxability and restriction upon alienation are distinct things. Choate v. Trapp, 224 U.S. 665, 673 , 32 S.Ct. 565. The taxpayer here is a citizen of the United States, and wardship with limited power over his property does not, without more, render him immune from the common burden.
Shaw v. Gibson-Zahniser Oil Corp., supra, held that restricted land purchased for a full-blood Creek-ward of the United States-with trust funds was not free from state taxation, and declared that such exemption could not be implied merely because of the restrictions upon the Indian's power to alienate.
[ Footnote 1 ] Like provisions are in sections 210 and 211(a), Revenue Acts 1921, 1924, 1926 (26 USCA 951, 952 notes), and sections 11 and 12(a), Revenue Act 1928 (26 USCA 2011, 2012(a); section 213(a), Revenue Acts 1921, 1924, 1926 (26 USCA 954(a) and note), and section 22, Revenue Act 1928 ( 26 USCA 2022).