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The need for electricity in British Columbia could jump by 50 per cent in 20 years, without taking into account conservation, BC Hydro believes.
The provincial Crown corporation is counting on its Site C Dam along the Peace River to supply some of that power, and hopes the $7.9-billion dam — which still has to go through the environmental process — will be generating electricity by 2021. It has taken decades to get to this stage; it was chosen as a potential dam site in 1976 and rejected in the 1980s and early 1990s by previous governments on the premise the province did not need the power.
Now — with new mines opening throughout the province, and three liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in the northwest — Site C is needed, the province says.
"If you look at what the need is for LNG alone and then we also have a number of mines coming onstream, we probably need 25 per cent more power than we have in B.C. today to meet future needs," Energy and Mines Minister Rich Coleman said.
Approval not guaranteed
Situated just east of Fort St. John and downstream from the W.A.C. Bennett and Peace Canyon dams, Site C will have a capacity of 1,100 megawatts, making it the province's fourth-largest dam. W.A.C. Bennett is the province's largest dam, with 2,730 MW of capacity.
Coleman is "pretty comfortable" the province will be able to generate the power needed.
Two of BC Hydro's dams — the Mica and Revelstoke — are being expanded to add another 2,000 MW of power. And new run-of-river projects in the north should help fuel the LNG plants in the Kitimat area, Coleman said.
BC Hydro has $14 billion worth of projects, either recently completed or in the implementation or planning stage, according to a provincial review last June.
That amount of work is needed in part because BC Hydro's generating facilities are, on average, 50 years old. While significant investments were made in the 1950s through to about 1984, when the Revelstoke Dam was built, little has been done since then, according to the provincial review. By comparison, Hydro-Quebec built 20 generating facilities between 1971 and 2010.
Whether or not the energy is needed, Site C may have trouble getting approval given the opposition. The biggest issue is the flooding of lands in the area. BC Hydro has said the dam will flood 5,340 hectares of land, including 360 hectares of private land.
VIEW PHOTOS OF THE W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Site C.
Given the silty nature of the banks of the Peace River, the Treaty 8 Tribal Association, which represents five first nations in northeastern B.C. — Doig River, Halfway River, Prophet River, Saulteau and West Moberly — worries that erosion will cause even more land to disappear over time.
"This is one of the last pristine areas left for our members to go and exercise their rights because the rest of the territory is just inundated with oil and gas, mining [and] forestry," said Liz Logan, the association's tribal chief. "And there's really no place for us to go any more out in the territory."
Logan said one of the chiefs who signed Treaty 8 is buried along the banks of the river.
"Not only those remains will be affected, but there are stories and legends that our people have told over and over and those are linked to specific areas in that valley and in the islands in the river," she said.
"So what happens to our legends and stories when you can't really go out and tell your grandchildren about those areas when they are not even there any more?"
Eighty-five per cent of the tribal association's members are against Site C, Logan said.
"B.C. is saying that Site C is going to happen. Well, as far as we're concerned, we're going to fight it to the bitter end," she said.
NDP opposes dam
The NDP is also against Site C.
"Our biggest concern is the alienation of agricultural land, ... dealing with first nations and dealing with the downstream effects," said NDP energy critic John Horgan.
The NDP supports the environmental assessment "and if it determines that Site C is the next best option, then we'll have to reconsider our policy," Horgan said.
"But today we don't believe we need the energy at that point. It's a long way from the load centre and there are other alternatives that may be more cost effective and also less environmentally intrusive."
Those alternatives include conservation and relying on the spot market, where prices right now are substantially less than the $100 to $120 per megawatt hour that BC Hydro is paying independent power producers and the $87 to $95 Site C electricity is expected to cost.
Marc Lee, an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, questions whether the province should generate power to fuel industries that are causing climate change.
Demand is flat for residential consumers and commercial businesses like retailers, and that's true even with a growing population as new, more efficient technologies offset growing demand, Lee said.
So all the new demand is coming from industries, particularly new mines and new oil and gas facilities.
And those industries, which often pay less for electricity than residential customers, are the ones causing climate change, Lee said. So the province is better off without them.
If the province does need a new supply of power, it should be renewable, Lee said, so he wouldn't rule out Site C in the future.
But the cheapest way to get new energy is conservation, he said.


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Lazio to provide Fenerbahçe's toughest test yet
Wednesday 3 April 2013
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Aykut Kocaman says that S.S. Lazio will be a "step up" for his Fenerbahçe SK side while the first leg in Istanbul is a trip down memory lane for two of the visiting party.
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As Fenerbahçe SK target a first-ever European semi-final, Aykut Kocaman knows his men will give everything against S.S. Lazio, whom the coach rates as the best team his side will have faced in the UEFA Europa League.
However, with home advantage first against the Italian outfit, Kocaman recognises that taking the upper hand to Rome will be crucial in overcoming a club that stylishly dispatched Bundesliga opposition in the last two rounds. "We want to take a lead into the second leg," said the Fenerbahçe boss. "We will play a very hard game, a very big game. This is a two-legged situation, not a league game. We want to compete but will be conscious that this is the first leg, not the deciding match in the tie."
The former Turkish international, who celebrates his 48th birthday the day after this quarter-final opener, is full of admiration for the Biancocelesti and their striker Miroslav Klose – although the competition's eight-goal top scorer Libor Kozák may keep him out of the side.
"We have had to play a number of very difficult and talented teams along the way, but Lazio are a step up from that," Kocaman said. "Klose is a very famous player. He will be one of the key men for Lazio, though the tie will be won by team work, not individuals. It will be breathless and will go to the last minute."
Meanwhile, Fenerbahçe defender Reto Ziegler accepts the Sarı Kanaryalar must be fully focused to have any chance of progress. "We are delighted to be involved at this stage and we want to go further," said the Swiss international. "We face a tough game, a balanced game. We have to concentrate and play well to get the victory."
For Lazio's Vladimir Petković, the Şükrü Saracoğlu should hold no surprises, with the coach having been in the opposition dugout in both a UEFA Champions League qualifier and the Turkish Super League. "I've faced Fenerbahçe here twice before, once with Young Boys and the other time with Samsunspor. They are much improved since then. They are one of the biggest names left in the draw but we want to dominate the game."
Another of the Lazio party with experience of visiting Fenerbahçe is former Galatasaray AŞ midfielder Lorik Cana. "This is a special moment for me because I became a Galatasaray fan as well as a player, but as a professional you have to put all emotions aside and do your job."


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Canadianeh wrote:Thanks for putting the time in to put this report together! With regard to navigation, did you rely solely on track markers, map and compass? Or did you find the GPS useful? Are you aware of any GPX files for the track that could be used to make navigation more straightforward?
Xplora wrote:Thanks Doc for the report. Having dinner with Gordy at the Glen Wills retreat tonight and I will let him know. Emailed the link to him.
Xplora wrote:I have left your report open for her to read. We have passed the McMillan track on many of our trips and often thought about what it would be like. Not sure if the name will change in time as the evidence against Angus McMillan is pretty damning. Gordy told us or your intentions some time ago and is keen to read your report. Hope to catch up again next time you are in the area.
gbedford wrote:However I don't support the idea that the name should change. That is damming a person for every good thing they did as well as the bad.
McMillan was the man who marked and led the team that built track. A tremendous effort considering the country it traverses and the with mere sketch maps available. A far cry from the topographical, satellite navigation laden walkers like me and probably most other modern people.
Let's honour people for what they did well but honest and appropriate about what they did wrong.
LLSC wrote:Canadianeh wrote:Thanks for putting the time in to put this report together! With regard to navigation, did you rely solely on track markers, map and compass? Or did you find the GPS useful? Are you aware of any GPX files for the track that could be used to make navigation more straightforward?
Hi Canadianeh.
Thanks for your interest. On a few occasions, I did consult the GPS. Someone told me about Mudmaps for iPhone and I love it: it has got me out of a few fixes. I use it when I realise that I have made an error and want confirmation. There were a few occasions on this track when it helped us cut our losses (including when we were on Shamrock Spur on day 1; missing the turnoff from D4 on day 7). I am not an expert navigator, so for me, it is really worthwhile.
I don't know if there is going to be an official electronic map released. I believe that the data used on a recent walk will be given to Vicmaps, so their updated maps will have the correct route in future. There is a version of the route on Open Street Map that looks pretty accurate ( https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4034791 ), as far as I can see, but I didn't use it. It does not show the current track up Crooked River but otherwise seems accurate. The track shown after Stonewall goes up the Jeff Spur Track, which would lead to Dargo High Plains Rd OK but, as I understand, was not the official McMWT prior to Crooked River Track being reopened. It used to go up the Jeff Davis Track. It probably doesn't matter much: I believe McMillan used all three tracks, at times. However, my strong preference is to to take the Crooked River Track, to avoid the long road walk along DHP Rd.
I think the notes of the BCWC trip from late last year should be released on their website pretty soon: they will be worth a look, to describe the current track.
Good luck, if you decide to walk it. The walk is interesting and the history, also.
Further edit on 18th May: the OSM track appears to be recent, showing accurately the route avoiding Mt Lookout and the path across the saddle immediately to the west of the Macalister River. The map itself does indicate the route across Gow's plain at the top of White Timber Spur and does show a track for Crooked River Mining Track and for 30 Mile Creek Mining Track. I haven't seen these details on other maps, so the OSM map is worth a look.
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john biles
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Location: Australia
Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2012, 07:05
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Did a Derivative bring you to Puppy? Why Derivatives Matter
Subject description: Tell your story
Hello Everyone,
Over the years Puppy users have said "I now use Puppy but it was the xxxxxxpup that introduced to it.
I would never have considered using Puppy if I hadn't first discovered xxxxxxpup.
What's your story.... Did a Derivative bring you here?
Legacy OS 2017 has been released.
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Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2012, 08:34
Post subject: puppeez
The first puppy that I tried was Puppeez (a 2.17 derivative).
It was simple, ran on my old 266MHz Gateway laptop, but not stable enough. But a great puplet. It is too bad that the old forum page that gave a graphical matrix of puplets is gone. That would definitely promote puplets (derivatives).
Later I tried Macpup 412. But at that time I had difficulty understanding all these puppy specific programs (as a windooze user) and the different behaviour (Mac-alike). To be honest, the biggest hurdle comming from Microsoft is the variety of programs in linux, but everyone keeps calling them by the name. "ROX", Thunar", "GIMP", "Abiword" ??? It is nice to know that there is a program with that name, but I need to type a text, and I don't care what program does it, as long as it does. Anyway, I got used to this now.
The first puppy I used for longer time on that laptop was mainstream 412.
The later 431 would not run on it anymore in frugal mode (too large).
Since I have my eeePC 1001HA (2 years) I use Puppeee 1.0 and later 4.4RC2 from Jemimah. I think these are derivatives also.
The only thing that I know of that comes close in simplicity to the old puppeez is Browserlinux from Puppymartin, but that does not work well on my eeePC, and I have simply not spend the effort to make it work.
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Location: Central United States
Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2012, 09:38
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Indeed it was a derivative. The first two puppy derivatives i tried out were TEENpup and Vestapup (honestly cannot remember which was first)
As i surfed and researched, i became intrigued by the many variations of Puppy, and over the past several years i have tried dozens of puplets and even remastered a few of my own. I now use a Lucid derivative and a 431 derivative on a daily basis for my main computing needs.
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Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2012, 15:43
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My first "Puppy Linux" has been Muppy 08.3F - a German Puppy Linux Derivative. It was assembled on the com! Multibootstick Builder, presented in a German computer magazine. This one contains Avira, Damn Small Linux 4.4.6, Darik's Boot & Nuke 1.0.7, F-Secure CD 3.0, Memtest86+ 2.01, Muppy Linux 08.3F, Parted Magic 3.1, Puppy Linux 4.1, Ubuntu 8.10 & XBMC Atlantis Beta 2..
I did not know anyone of them but gave it all a try. Muppy 08.3F has impressed me because of its German Menu & Surface but mainly of its included sfs files.
So i gave this one the opportunity to encounter my usb stick, which i mainly did need and use until then for the use of PortableApps in Windows - actually Lupu PenSuite.
Muppy 08.3F
It took at least one year to get the Muppy 08.3F to work with all the programs i wanted to use with it. Several times i returned to windows, wiped the usb stick (not without making a backup
) and then return to muppy. 14 Months later i got this:
This has been my daily OS since february 2010 until i did create my LazY Puppy. Today i do use windows only on testing the win installer of LazY Puppy.
These two songs i did record using audacity & rosegarden in Muppy 08.3F.
Recorded track by track and then mixed down. All instruments are played by myself.
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Posted: Thu 22 Mar 2012, 21:06
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Heh. Funny one should ask, it's a cool story
I was looking to find a lightweight version of Linux that would run on a Thin Client that I had modded for use as a desktop PC
trust me, that thing was slooooooooooow. It took like 10min to boot, once I'd installed something on it... from the beginning I knew that it wouldn't work with Windblows, and I'd need a version of Linux that was a lot less hefty (and nicer to hardware overall) than the Ubuntu stuff I'd tried in the past.
Anyhow, I'd heard of something new called WattOS, and I posted on their forums. I was ignored for a week straight. Meanwhile, everyone on the other forum I'm on (it's called [H]ard|Forum and is a popular computer-enthusiast forum) was recommending this thing I'd never heard of called Puppy Linux.
At some point I left a nasty note on WattOS' forums, saying exactly how I felt about being ignored for a week... not what I would call good customer service, at least, and I said as much. At the same time, I made a thread on this very forum, trying to find out if Puppy would be a good 'fit' for my application.
My question was answered within the hour IIRC. I was at some point encouraged to try a derivative called Puppeee to see what Puppy was like (as my other system at the time was --and remains still-- my trusty Asus Eee netbook). I burnt a CD of this Puppeee, and booted from it, and fell in love.
I used a (rather slightly) modified version of sc0ttman's Puplite 4 (the newest at the time) on that system and it was still pathetically slow... but that was the fault of the hardware -- the system was incapable of accepting more than 256mb RAM, and I'd used a CF card for the hard drive so swap was out of the question. Didn't help that the CPU was an appallingly slow (and old) example of the VIA Eden line -- the lower power fanless CPUs that VIA sells under that line are engineered for extremely low power consumption and little else -- any actual processing that goes on is apparently beside the point.
I eventually gave that system to a friend, who used it for a while and right now is waiting for an opportunity to give it back. He seemed to like the idea and the OS, but that one system is a little slow for him...
...and I'm still in love with Puppy (strictly Platonic, I promise!)
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Posted: Sun 25 Mar 2012, 10:51
Post subject: GrafPup
Way back when, I somehow managed to get an early version of Puppy to boot off of a thumb drive. At the time I was completely clueless (whereas now I have moved up to partailly clueless) as to computers in general and linux was a complete mystery. However I did manage to follow step by step instructions and was able to try out Puppy. The results were that I realized that puppy was over my head but I was impressed by what the developers had created. I settled on Ubuntu as it was good at spoon feeding.
A year or so later however I found GrafPup. After a month of using it I began playing with the mainstream Puppy. When 4.31 came along I was so happy with it I've since always had at least one machine running Puppy exclusively. I may not have gotten back to Puppy if not for GrafPup.
These days 5.2.8.004 is frugally installed on my favorite laptop. I have 4.31 on a thumb drive for use on the road and a thumb drive install of 5.2.8 that I use as a rescue system. I also have a thumb drive with Thnake installed on it with the intention of buckling down and learning emacs, LISP and Python.
Anyway the Puppy derivatives were instrumental in bringing me to Puppy and keeping me with Puppy.
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Posted: Fri 06 Apr 2012, 00:32
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In the late '90s I had a subscription to MaximumPC. They sent a bonus issue that had a 3-disc set of Mandrake. I installed it on an old AMD K7 550 with 512mb ram and a 4.3 HD. It booted slowly, ran fair and crashed once in the week I had it installed. This got me started with Linux.
During a search for Linux distros I came across Distrowatch and found DSL. It ran much better on that K7 box. I got curious about small live distros and somehow came across Fire Hydrant Puppy. WOW! It looked great, ran quick and had about everything I needed for routine work. I STILL fire it up every now and then! I also found PizzaPup, which became the go-to Puppy distro for me for a while.
Since then I have been a live distro junkie!! I currently have 189 live discs, with 58 of those Puppy or derivatives. I boot 'em up, test 'em out and make notes about features and how well they run on my 2 current computers, collect screenshots and so forth. But it's the Puppies that I take and show frustrated Win folks. I always boot a Puppy for backing up files and other tasks.
What I like about the derivatives is that each one expresses a particular personality. So many times I read about a new one and the builder says "I just made it for me and if anyone likes it...here it is". I find that I usually like it, too...unless it won't work with my hardware. I get excited when someone puts out a new derivative, or even an update.
It's like a Christmas present...open it up and see what's inside! Then, show it off to other people. It's a good way to change the computing world one "bark bark" at a time!
~ Sparkie
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Posted: Fri 06 Apr 2012, 02:20
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My 1st puppy install was becouse of a deriate, that was hardware-optimized for a PC that I have. The eeepc 701. Was inportant to me to find a linux-distro-derivate that aready recognize the special ardware, for feel attracted to a puppy linux adventure, 1st time.
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Posted: Fri 06 Apr 2012, 02:56
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What great stories guys.
I started with Puppy straight up, as derivatives were not available in ye olden days of Puppy. Our first community driven Puppy was fun and I used that - 1.09CE.
109CE had a solid base from Barrys last of the 1 series. 109CE used Firefox and Geany editor. Nathan who was the main developer went on to create Grafpup.
Muppy was well ahead of its time. Radically different and by Puppy standards a massive over 300MB. I knew how good it was but stayed with the mainstream.
Igi (Iguleder) is working on something too radical for me (at present) and Saluki too I find involves too much relearning. Saluki will lead to some innovative new Puplets - no doubt.
My own derivatives . . .
twinkle was the last. It is too easy now to create a basic puplet.
Configure and press a few buttons. Even I can do it without much effort . . .
However some puplets are crafted and honed continually . . .
I want a Raspberry Pi + Puppy
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Location: Israel, somewhere in the beautiful desert
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Well, time to share my story, too.
It began at the age of 15. I studied for the A+ and CCNA certifications and got a good IT and networking background, with focus on Windows. I already had a rich background in programming and web development (yep, at that young age!) and I got thrilled with Windows internals, so I started tweaking it both with
and manually.
It was really nice - I became a true Windows geek and knew it better than anyone I knew. At a certain point, I discovered something called "Linux" exists, so I searched for it and discovered DSL. I booted it but its ancient 2.4 kernel did not recognize my NIC, so my excitement about Linux disappeared.
After some time, I decided to give Linux another try, in the form of Puppy and SLAX, because I needed a live distro. SLAX was nice, but it was extremely hard for me to understand where my files are and how to do stuff - I wasn't very productive and my flash drive became full within minutes. Puppy was better - it was Puppy 4.0 and I thought it's extremely ugly, but I liked it - I could install Pidgin through PPM in seconds and even had a save file. Anyway, I was disappointed with both, because I couldn't do all the usual stuff.
After some time, at the age of 17, I discovered
and started using those portable applications with my flash drive - I carried them to school to aid in my graduation project in software engineering. I found myself using Firefox, GIMP, Pidgin, OpenOffice and many other popular FOSS applications, so I thought - if I install a normal Linux distro meant for the casual user, it should be pretty much the same - it's the same selection of application, same interface, but another underlying operating system. So I gave Ubuntu a try - it was Ubuntu 8.04.
After some time with Ubuntu I knew all there is to know about Linux, for the average user - so I started asking why and how. I found myself remastering it, trying out other distributions and even had my own Ubuntu remix. I moved to Xubuntu, then Zenwalk, then Arch, then LFS, but had Puppy in parallel since Zenwalk. That was the time when I started liking Puppy and became a developer. My first contributions were modest, but I learnt more as time went by.
After about a year with Arch, I moved on to Fedora, back to Arch, tried Debian, but Puppy was always there as my true Linux love. When I purchased my netbook, in August 2010, Puppy became my only operating system and I devoted all my skills to its development. During all this time with Puppy, I built numerous puplets and made many contributions - it was extremely fun.
Now I'm working on
and my own distro, Subito GNU/Linux, in parallel with Puppy.
Well, that's my story - official Puppy all the way
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I read somewhere that said something like:
Object is data wrapped in methods. Closure is subroutine wrapped in data.Instead of talking about the philosophical differences first, I ran some benchmarks to compare closure and object, just for the fun of it. I have the following three results:
Directory Iterator:
Turtle Graph (drawing Koch curve):
Closure counter beat object's by ~100%; Closure directory iterator beat object's by ~10%; but object turtle beat closure's by ~30%.
Why the difference?
Going from empirical to completely academic and philosophical, closure has pretty good application in lambda calculus. Consider the following code (we use "%" place of "lambda"):
To verify algebraically
(IF TRUE A B)observe that
(%b.%x.%y.(b x y) %a.%b.a A B) (%x.%y.(%a.%b.a x y) A B) (%y.(%a.%b.a A y) B) (%a.%b.a A B) (%b.A B) ALikewise, (IF FALSE A B) gives us B. (Full discussion can be found here.)
Is it a big deal? Well, set theory and mathematical logic may look naively useless (which after all only give us Incompleteness Theorem); or number theory or group/fields theory may seem trivial (where only comes some obscure Elliptic Curves for us to make highly unbreakable encryption).
Lisp, considered a functional language, where closure's considered a major technique, is often used to implement A.I. stuff--somewhere along the line, there come RegEx, Mathematica, and taken-for-granted stuff like that.
Is closure (and functional programming) for everyone? Not when a third of the bookshelves in Computer section in the major bookstores are stuffed with Java and OOP. It's hard to be Func-ie when almost everyone else is Ob-ing.
But then, if somebody could find good use of group theory, somebody could surely find meaningful application of closure and functional programming. It's just a matter of creativity and practice.
In reply to Re: (On Speed Diff, etc.) Closure on Closures (beta)
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Earlier today I posted Data Explorer walkthrough – Parsing a Twitter list in which I explained that I have been using Data Explorer for a few weeks now. In that time I have been compiling some feedback for the Data Explorer product team which I was going to email privately but I see no harm in putting these thoughts into the public domain, hence why I am writing this blog post – a hodge podge of thoughts/suggestions/gripes from the past few weeks of using Data Explorer.
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I have one, possibly controversial comment: if Data Explorer is going to be part of the self-service BI stack (which is where I assume it belongs) then I think the syntax of its language needs to be consistent with Excel and PowerPivot/DAX. Power users should not be expected to learn yet another language, syntax and list of function names.


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- 6:00 PM Empathy, Freedom, Saying No: An Indian Perspective on Palestine
Tuesday, March 5
- 12:30 PM The EU Inside Out: A Panel Discussion with João Vale de Almeida, EU Ambassador to the US, and Michael Collins, Irish Ambassador to the US
- 3:30 PM Physics Colloquium
- 4:00 PM Muslimness and the Spatial State of Emergency: Lessons Learned on Grounded Politics Among Muslims in a Copenhagen Neighborhood
- ECE Seminar with Dan Feldman
- 5:00 PM One Drop Rule: Colorism and Black Consciousness
- Jack Falla Speaker Series: Ben Sturner
- 5:30 PM Does God Speak Tamil or Sanskrit? On the Infancy of a Tamil Goddess
- 6:00 PM Teaching the Body: A Lecture by Dr. Elliot Bostwick Davis, John Moors Cabot Chair of the Art of the Americas Dept., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Capturing the Changing Cityscape: Visual Expressions of the Built Environment
- 7:00 PM BU UEA Economics Alumni Panel
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Courtesy of the Endicott College sports information department, here's today's release about the Gulls football team's first win against Castleton State:
CASTLETON, Vt. – The Endicott football team earned their first victory of the 2013 season on the road as the Gulls handed ECFC opponent Castleton State a 43-7 loss on their own field Saturday afternoon. The Blue and Green got 19 points from senior kicker Dylan Rushe (Palos Verdes, Calif.) on five field goals and four extra points which nearly tied a NCAA Division III record (20 points, six FGs).
Endicott (1-1) also got seven turnovers from their defense, including three interceptions and three fumble recoveries, and nearly 450 yards of total offense. The Gulls will continue their non-conference schedule on Saturday, September 21st at home against Kean University at Endicott Stadium.
Rushe drilled three field goals of over 40 yards and two more from inside 30 yards. His five field goal set career-high, previously set at four back on September 3rd, 2011 against Framingham State, and his 19 overall points broke his personal record set back in the same game. Rushe's four extra points came after two touchdown passes by junior quarterback Drew Frenette (New Bedford, Mass.), a touchdown run for sophomore Spencer Walsh (Malden, Mass.), and an interception return by senior linebacker Kyle Connolly (Berlin, Conn.).
The Gulls defense held Castleton State to just 10 total first downs, under 250 yards of total offense, and forced seven turnovers. Endicott seniors Curtis Manuel (Beverly, Mass.) and Nick Kozlowski (Beverly, Mass.) led the team with seven tackles each while freshman defensive end Craig Anderson (Franklin, Mass.) added six takedowns including a sack. Junior defensive back Jake Cox (Wrentham, Mass.) intercepted Spartans quarterback Tyler Higley twice for 21 return yards. Connolly recorded the other interception, a pick-six for 22 yards to the Castleton State end zone to cap off the scoring in the fourth quarter. Kozlowski forced a fumble which was recovered by senior defensive lineman Marcell Cooper (Dorchester, Mass.).
Rushe's 42-yard field goal at the 8:05 mark of the first quarter accounted for the first points of the game, but Castleton State quickly responded as Higley found wide out Kevin Alberque for a 46-yard touchdown to put the Spartans ahead 7-3 midway through the opening quarter. Rushe hit another field goal, this time from 27 yards out, before the end of the first to make the score 7-6 going into the second quarter.
Endicott continued to rely on Rushe to get points as his 25-yard boot through the uprights capped off a nine-play, 84-yard drive. The Endicott defense forced a three-and-out and with the ball, the offense needed just four plays to reach the end zone for the first time on the day. Senior tight end Greg Dellorco (Franklin, Mass.) caught a 35-yard pass from Frenette to put the Blue and Green on top 16-7. Later in the quarter, Rushe nailed a 42-yard field goal as Endicott took a 19-7 lead going into halftime.
On Endicott's first possession of the second half, Frenette passed for 43 yards and Walsh rushed for 34 yards in a drive that resulted in a touchdown catch for sophomore Jamison Craft (Phillipston, Mass.). Craft's 19-yard touchdown reception gave the Gulls a 26-7 advantage. Later in the third quarter, Frenette would connect with receiver Alec Matys (Woburn, Mass.) to put Endicott on the one-yard-line and Walsh finished the drive by punching it in the end zone.
In the fourth quarter, Rushe added his final field goal from 44 yards out and Connolly intercepted Higley for a pick-six with 2:14 left in the game.
Frenette finished the game 23-of-32 for 272 yards and two touchdowns in his season debut. Walsh rushed for 138 yards on 26 carries (5.3 per carry) with one score. Brett Egizi (Westwood, Mass.), Craft, and Matys all had a team-high four catches with 50-plus yards receiving. Craft and Dellorco had the touchdown receptions.


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Dear Everyone,
When I meet new people they often ask me what I do. As soon as I start to answer, they regret asking. My response to this question is always long-winded and tiresome. Firstly, I work for TV's Emily Henderson (and yes, I always insert the "TV's" in front of her name, even when addressing her directly). We work on TV stuff, blog stuff, and marketing stuff. I also have my own blog, work on film, TV, and photo shoots, and have my own design clients. So I do a lot of different things and I love all of them. If you ask me what I want to do when I grow up, I'll tell you. All I want to do when I grow up is everything.
That being said, my passion lies in creating beautiful compositions. Whether they be at a client's house or on a canvas. I am starting to sound like a cheesy brochure for myself. I just want everyone to know why I'm all of the sudden talking about design clients when before I was talking about gay bodies and searching for the perfect shelving unit.
I have this new client that lives in a gorgeous 1920s apartment in Hollywood. I'm going to call him "Jon" for the purpose of this post. He's a successful writer and a super nice guy. He happens to write for/produce one of my very favorite television shows so I'm always trying my hardest not to quote it to him when we are meeting (I can't tell you what show because I've promised to keep his identity top secret. Anyone who knows me knows that keeping a secret is nearly impossible for me so this might be the hardest thing I've ever done in my whole life).
Jon's apartment is totally beautiful. It's full of character and has tons of gorgeous detail in the moulding. Luckily, the apartment is already painted a pretty color.
According to my scientific calculations, it's Benjamin Moore Oyster Shell, which is a lovely warm grey color:
This is the living room before he moved in, with the previous tenants' furniture.
How much do you love that detail in the doorway? I love it so much I want to bite it. And then wear it as a hat. And then take it home to meet my parents.
The crown moulding is a little bit ornate, but we are going very simple and clean with furnishings so the contrast will be nice with the building's traditional flourishes.
Depending on how we are doing on budget, we might change out this chandelier. It's beautiful, but a little too small. To me it screams, "Gurl, let's have some tea with the ladiez!" Which isn't exactly what you want in a cool bachelor pad inhabited by a hip dude.
Again, this is the furniture from the previous tenant. We are going to be doing the same basic layout though, with a chair and reading lamp situation next to the fireplace.
I'm planning on doing a fun decal in the non-functional fireplace. I like these three:
This is the bedroom but we are going to use it as the writing/music studio. Like me, Jon has many interests which vary from writing hit TV shows to composing his own music. Sidenote: why wasn't I born with any musical talent? I hate everything.
The apartment has a ton of beautiful windows and so much pretty natural light.
Now onto things I want to buy for Jon. Firstly, this thing:
Okay, I didn't actually buy it. But it's ridiculous, right? I can't decide if it's ridiculous in a good way or ridiculous in a bad way. I found it at Wertz Brothers.
We got this table from HD Buttercup. Jon likes things that are quirky and unique, so this table ($950) fit the bill perfectly.
We paired the dining table with these mid-century dining chairs. $400 for the set of 4 from Modcrib:
The upholstery on the chairs looks great, but we might have them upholstered in a more vibrant color if we can fit it into the budget.
Because Jon just moved from New York and had zero furniture, we also needed to get him a sofa. He wanted a big comfortable sectional. I wanted clean lines. Our needs met with this piece from Blueprint Furniture. It's called the Garamond Sectional and it's a steal at $1199.
Jon loves mid-century, so he was attracted to this vintage piece from Modcrib. $375.
We nabbed this piece for $200 at Sunset Bazaar.
We are using it in the dining room, topped with this lamp from West Elm.
I bought him this awesome rug from Rugs USA for $350.
I found these great wingback chairs ($150/pair) at Modcrib. They have a great, classic shape and a few interesting details that make them more exciting than your average wingback.
I had the chair upholstered in glamorous velvet from Home Fabrics in disgusting Downtown Los Angeles. I used to love the idea of downtown LA. But if you go down there to look at fabrics and buy drapery rods, it's like hell on earth. It always smells like hot dogs and it's always 145 degrees (even in winter). There are some trendy parts of Downtown, but those are mostly ridiculously overpriced condos surrounded by homeless encampments. [End rant]. Anyway, sometimes you just have to go Downtown. Mainly when you want to get glamourous velvet for $17.95 a yard. And that makes it worth it.
The price breakdown for these chairs was as follows:
Original Price: $75
Fabric (4 yards for each chair): $80
Uphostery labor: $320
Total: $475
I know that doesn't sound super cheap, but I dare you to find a chair of that quality that will last as long for $475. These will last forever and the shape and color is so classic that they will only get better with age as they get more worn, cozy, and tattered.
I bought this high boy for the bedroom. $200 from Pepe's Thrift Shop. Sidenote: Sometimes I wear tank tops to work. So what?!? Who cares.
Unfortunately that mirror won't hang horizontally so I bought this delightful "O" mirror from Wertz Brothers ($60):
I found this coffee table at TINI. $275.
Red is not in our color pallet, so the plan right now is to paint the coffee table Bunker Hill Green from Benjamin Moore:
This is also from TINI. I haven't bought it yet because it's expensive but I love it.
I got these bedside tables for the master bedroom. $95 each from TINI.
Finally I found this beautiful old box for $200. It's super old and aged (just like my face after a weekend of pool parties and margaritas). I found it at Wertz Brothers and immediately knew I had to have it. It's going to rest at the end of Jon's bed.
For the hallway, I founds this burl console table. I actually bought this from myself on my Hipswap shop. I was all "Hey Orlando can I buy that burl table?" and then I was all "Hey, Self, sure!" and then I was like "Hey Orlando can I get a good deal?" and I was all "No" and then I realized I was a terrible person.
I'm probably going to hang a big, graphic piece of art above the console. For now we are using that Frank Lloyd Wright print as a placeholder. The basket is from West Elm. The rug is from Ikea, $25.
There's still a ton of work to do at Jon's house. But it's shaping up quite nicely and I'm glad that we are 90% done with the furniture shopping. I'm excited to get to the next step where I get to start styling everything, hanging art, and making the place look as cool as Jon.


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I want to make a function that has a return value array with three dimensions.
I tried first
to create a function that will return vector of a structure that has 3 elements., but I got a compilation error C2143 saying that ";" is missing. I don't know how many elements will be in vector but I know that each element should have 3 values. I would put an array as a return value but how to fill out array dinamically?Code:vector <struct> look(....) { .... }
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July was a strangely euphoric but infuriating month here in London. There were scenes of
British Scottish tennis success, sweltering summer temperatures (cold desk beers certainly help) and for some reason Boris decided to offend everyone who doesn't read the Daily Mail with his stupid van. As a nation, we were also very lucky to avoid insulting leaders when David Cameron foolishly handed them this mixtape, which is so abysmal it could be declared an act of war. There was the Royal Baby (doesn't Charles look happy (see above)? Actually this was from when he learnt to DJ in Toronto a few months ago), the trolls and there was also talk of the government blocking/filtering/censoring not just internet porn, but forums like ours. And then there was some music released...
Here are our picks of the month, plus a few things which happened or were announced or we wrote about this month.
This playlist is also available on RDIO.
At the time of writing (1pm on July 31st 2013), DiS has had 2,292,303 pageviews, and this is what you were looking at:
Record Reviews
1) Pet Shop Boys - Electric
2) Tom Odell - Long Way Down
3) Johnny Borrell - Borrell 1
4) Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus
5) Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels
6) Jay-Z - Magna Carta… Holy Grail
7) The Icarus Line - Slave Vows
8) Future Of The Left - Love Songs for Our Husbands
9) David Lynch - The Big Dream
10) AlunaGeorge - Body Music
11) Daughn Gibson - Me Moan
12) The Crimea - Square Moon
13) Maps - Vicissitude
14) Palms - Palms
15) Robbie Williams - Live at Knebworth 10th Anniversary Edition
1) Ultimate Power's Top 10 Indie Power Ballads
2) DiS Does Singles: Best of 2013 so far
3) Glastonbury 2013: The DiS Review
4) Modem Life Is Rubbish #2: The Victory of the Social Network
5) First Listen: Elvis Costello & The Roots – Wise Up Ghost
6) DiS Does Singles: Chvrches, Sampha, Franz Ferdinand
7) "You can give up or you can rise up and tell everyone to eat a dick" - DiS meets Giant Drag
8) Optimus Alive 2013: The DiS Review
9) Latitude 2013: The DiS Review
10) "I wish there was a different story to tell" - Josh Homme talks to DiS
Music Forum Threads
1) Bands that everyone got exited about and then immediately got bored of after one album
2) Apparently Johnny Borrell's new album has only sold 379 copies
3) Worst album you've heard so far this year?
4) Cliches in songs that will sound really shit & dated in a few years
5) A Radiohesd thread: Nigel Godrich vs Spotify
Social Board Threads
1) A Week's Football Thread
2) Do You Turn The Setting On Fridges Up Or Down To Make It Colder?
3) Wimbledon 2013 Thread
4) Humorous Pub Quiz Team Names...
5) Who The Fuck Are You?: Part III
"After the joyous surge of 2009, there's a palpable air of menace to the duo's third album, which slows down the beats and cuts out the ravey high-end in favour of a hip-hop style tempo, rumbling percussion, and a strange, alien detachment." - 8/10, Andrzej Lukowski
...And if you love guitars that snarl and you've not heard the new Icarus Line record, you should really give it a listen at a brain-bleed inducing volume (click here to read J.R.'s fantastic review):


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Here is what former NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer says about Eye of the Beholder:
"The eye in Scott Owens' "Eye of the Beholder" is the passionate "I" of the poet, watching every turn and gesture of the beloved and speaking from it, sounding the lineaments of desire in each poem and pulling the reader into its embrace. Over the years, Owens has ranged widely in subject matter and style. This is his most intimate book yet, his voice tender, full of longing and anticipation. He beholds what he loves, whether woman, blossom, or falling leaf, all of it gathered up in the world's body, the ultimate beloved, after all, that he renders in finely tuned lyrics."
This is one of those wonderfully gratifying moments a writer can only hope happens: when a poet whom you admire almost beyond words endorses your own work with a perceptive and intelligent evaluation. One of my goals as a writer has been to avoid limiting myself in regards to subject matter or "voice," and I am thrilled that Kay comments on that very element in my writing. I am also thrilled that what I hoped would be the underlying feeling of the book is as it reflects how I feel about the world is perceived and stated so clearly in Kay's words.
If you haven't already ordered a copy, you can still get the pre-publication discount by ordering with PayPal at http://mainstreetrag.com/bookstore/product/eye-of-the-beholder/, but since the release date has been moved up to mid-October, it won't be available at that rate much longer. Please give it a shot. For $9 how could you go wrong?


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Good Morning,
Equity futures are down this morning, but not as hard as they were last night:
Amazon missed on their earnings report, then Microsoft announced sales were down a staggering 17% year over year last quarter, and then American Express missed huge too. Here are their charts showing the immediate effect:
Sorry, but those who think a real recovery are underway are as deluded as they were (if not more so) than when they were snapping up stocks and real estate back in 2006 and 2007.
At 9:55 Eastern this morning Consumer Sentiment is released and that will wrap up the economic reports for the week.
There's bad and then there's horrific… the amount of bond offerings next week can be called nothing short of horrific. The total? For one week? $235 BILLION!!! That's nearly a quarter trillion in just one week of DEBT issuance. Annualized, that's over $12 trillion, which of course is completely not doable. Heck, I don't believe $235 billion in one week is truly doable. Seen the TIC data? Overseas investors have been net sellers of our debt lately, so just who is going to buy up all that debt? I have my suspicions because the math is not adding up, and yes, I would love to see a complete and thorough, INDEPENDENT audit of both the FED and the Treasury, because I think they are funneling funny money (much more than their announced $300 billion) through their surrogates (hello JPM, GS)! Now, that's just a hunch, but I'm smelling something worse than smoke. Indirect bidders? Who exactly are they? Boy, I hope I'm wrong about that, because if I'm right there is going to be a serious manure storm in the currency and bond world. Transparency? Let's see it.
Yesterday's large and unbelievable ramp job, call it "Computers Gone Wild – Part 9,666" obviously fulfilled the large price move called for by Wednesday's small move in the McClelland Oscillator.
Volume did expand on the up side slightly yesterday but we closed on all the major indices ABOVE the upper Bollinger band again and overbought on all the timeframes from daily on down. McHugh's been using EW to count this rally pretty well and this appears to be wave 5 up of 1 up of c up of B up. In a nutshell, the rally should end soon, we should get a pullback, rally some more, and eventually the bottom will fall out again. When is always the question and there are probably too many people expecting it this fall, but we'll see.
Here's a chart showing the percent of stocks above their 50 day moving averages. You can see that we are back to being in Lala land, over 1 standard deviation above the norm:
So, yesterday the Transports made a new short term, NOT MAJOR, high which confirms the most recent minor new high in the Industrials. There are many, many technicians who watch this and will call a buy signal on that occurring. I am not so sure, I would not call it until a SIGNIFICANT new high is established in both. Where is that? I have drawn in small circles for minor highs, but the larger circle is where I think that the significant new high would occur:
My interpretation may not be the same as others and I'm sure there will be much ado about it.
Now then, I must point you to that chart of the Industrials. There is a large inverted Head & Shoulders pattern forming and we are at the neckline now. That's a huge pattern, worth about 2,500 points and would have a target above 11,000. Not that I think we get there, but I'm pointing it out and I would not eliminate it as a possibility. Of course it would be disconnected from the real world should it occur, but the pattern is there.
It's also now on the Point and Figure charts. Take a look at these new targets and you will see targets up in that range. Again, I am just pointing them out and think it's pure Alice in Wonderland to think they will get there, but with surrogate buying of $235 billion of debt in one week, if it does it will be strictly a monetary phenomenon.
So, there you have it. This may be a part of wave B psychology… that would be my view, but timing on being short needs to be careful. I think we'll see the signs of exhaustion, the panic buying yesterday and overall lower volumes are arguing that the rally is NOT REAL. It is bear market panic buying, the stuff of failures, not REAL and LASTING economic growth. We'll see, and if stocks can overcome the stinker reports of last night, then you have to respect the bulls and their computers, they're on fire!
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Itching to get out on the sand? There are some things you should know before you head to one of southwestern Connecticut's beaches.
Every beach has its own fees and summer schedule, and some are changing this year.
As of now, state park passes include sales tax, but the DEEP is talking about getting rid of that this year. Nothing has been finalized yet, but this could mean lower fees for Squantz Pond in New Fairfield and Sherwood Island in Westport.
In Stratford, beach goers can expect a new and improved experience at Short Beach with a full-service restaurant and bar, a tournament-grade bocce court, an upgraded golf course and a general sprucing-up.
The new restaurant — The Beach House Grill — is expected to open in the coming weeks in the former Recreation Department headquarters. It's the same building that greets visitors to the park.
"We know that the golf course can't survive on greens fees alone," said Karen Daden, the Short Beach Commission member who is spearheading the latest push to get the park shipshape. "It needs the restaurant and the rent money we'll get from that, and from other revenue streams, too."
The news is not as good for those looking to get out to Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport.
Faced with already high taxes, a budget deficit and possible losses in state aid, members of the City Council trying to craft a new budget are considering charging out-of-towners who currently enjoy free summer sojourns at Pleasure Beach.
"I think it's a great idea to generate more revenue," said Councilman Anthony Paoletto.
"City residents pay taxes and I understand why they should get a benefit to be able to go to Pleasure Beach for free," said Council President Tom McCarthy. "Folks coming from out of town and out of state don't pay taxes to Bridgeport, so it's only fair and reasonable."
But the practicalities of imposing and collecting any fees could keep the attraction free for the foreseeable future.
"We have a lot of things to consider," said John Ricci, head of public facilities who will soon be pulling double-duty managing the parks following the pending retirement of Charles Carroll.
"Establishing a fee is the easy part," Ricci said. "Collecting the fee is the difficult part without causing a lot of chaos and angering a lot of people in the process."
A one-time summer destination, the Pleasure Beach peninsula was cut off from major traffic after a 1996 fire demolished the wooden bridge from Seaview Avenue. It was reopened to great fanfare in 2014 by then-Mayor Bill Finch with state and federal aid.
Unlike other recreational sites in Bridgeport where park stickers are required of both residents and non-residents, Pleasure Beach has free entry. Visitors can park their cars for free on the mainland and hop a water taxi for a free ride to and from the peninsula.
"It was, in the beginning, to get people used to the idea of going there again," said Carroll, long time parks director. "We had talked about possibly charging a nominal fee for the (boat) ride over, but at that time Mayor Finch didn't want to do that."
It would appear revenue is being left on the table. According to Carroll's department, 50,000 people total visited Pleasure Beach over the last two years. But the parks department could not provide a breakdown of how many of those 50,000 are not from Bridgeport.
Given it is less convenient and less-developed than other seaside areas of Bridgeport and Connecticut in general, ex-Mayor Bill Finch, whose administration re-opened the attraction, likened Pleasure Beach to the Nantucket island off of Cape Cod.
Deliberations over a Pleasure Beach fee come as Mayor Joe Ganim's administration is moving ahead with across-the-board fee increases for everything from parks use to building permits.
So, for example, the resident park sticker price will rise from $10 to $15. Non-city residents parking at Seaside Park - the other major beach - would see the fee double from $20 to $40.
Ricci said one of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to collect a Pleasure Beach fee from out-of-town visitors. How would they be identified, and would they be charged for parking in the lot or when boarding the water taxi?
"And we're looking at what the price break would be," Ricci said.
Councilwoman Eneida Martinez's district includes Pleasure Beach. Martinez said she opposes establishing any fees there.
"It probably should be exempt for the next five years," Martinez said, arguing the attraction is still building a following.
"It's already an inconvenience for (visitors). They have to wait for the taxi to get across the water," Martinez said. "And you're going to charge them to come? They (the city) was taking a loss anyway and not making a profit because the park was closed for so many years."


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FAYETTEVILLE — There was nothing easy about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' trip from Dallas to Fayetteville on Friday morning.
FAYETTEVILLE — There was nothing easy about Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' trip from Dallas to Fayetteville on Friday morning.
Rough weather on the ground forced his jet to circle Northwest Arkansas much longer than usual. When it was finally cleared to land, the destination wasn't the planned spot at Fayetteville's Drake Field. Instead, Jones' flight was diverted to Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport in Bentonville.
But the reason for the trip — to honor former Arkansas coach and athletic director Frank Broyles before a golf outing — was worth any amount of travel troubles.
"It was very, very important," Jones said nearly four hours after the trip began. "We were circling in the air for a long time, but we had to get in for this."
Jones and roughly 150 others gathered at Paradise Valley Golf and Athletic Club to applaud Broyles' nearly 56-year affiliation with the Razorbacks on Friday. The golf tournament was the first leg of functions celebrating Broyles' life and legacy at Arkansas ahead of his official retirement at the end of the month. He'll also be honored during a banquet at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers tonight.
Jones was the guest speaker for Friday's kickoff event and, even though his appearance was delayed because of the weather issues, delivered an emotional message with Broyles standing by his side. The former Arkansas football player, who was a member of the 1964 national championship team, referred to Broyles as inspiration and role model throughout his athletic and business career.
"He's been a great example," said Jones, who had to fight back tears during portions of his speech Friday. "He's certainly not only a man of exceptional integrity and character, but he also has been very talented and accomplished, very organized. With not only what he accomplished as a coach, but as an athletic director and how he has made decisions. How he has attracted people to him. He's attracted the best, first in football, and then administratively.
"What he's done for our state and what he's done for the Razorbacks has just been a beacon. There's no doubt he influenced me wanting to be involved in sports and wanting to be involved with the Cowboys."
Jones has owned the Cowboys since 1989. The organization has won three Super Bowls in that span and has remained one of the most recognizable in sports.
Jones said Friday he would not be in his position with the Cowboys if he hadn't crossed Broyles' path long ago. Jones reiterated later the statement was not a reach.
"He very candidly gave me a feeling that I could do it," Jones said. "That I could get it done. I remember visiting with him right after I had made the decision, and he said, 'You can do this. I'm convinced you've got the skills to get her done.' That really helps, too. Even after I made the decision to buy the Cowboys, I was very apprehensive. I was scared, if you will, how we would make it work. How we might try to do it not only on the field, but off the field. When I look at the things he's done, the salesman he is, the organizer, the way he put things together up here, the building programs, all of that, there are a lot of parallel decisions I make every day."
Similar sentiments filled the building as former Arkansas coaches and players gathered Friday. Among those in attendance were former Razorback Foundation president Harold Horton, former Arkansas player and assistant Jesse Branch and former Razorback Bill McClard. The gathering also included Arkansas men's basketball coach Mike Anderson, tight ends coach Barry Lunney Jr., former Arkansas baseball coach Norm DeBriyn and long-time football trainer Dean Weber.
Everyone looked back at Broyles' impact on Arkansas athletics as coach, athletic director and ambassador over his career. Broyles' affiliation with the school began when he was named football coach in 1958. He retired as Arkansas' athletic director in 2007, but has maintained office hours in the Razorback Foundation in his role as athletic director emeritus since turning the program over to Jeff Long.
"You are talking about someone who has given his heart and his soul to this university for 55 years," Anderson said. "I always said that if you cut him, little Razorbacks would come out of him. He's strong, man. The word is strong — to continue and do it in the capacity that he has done for so long."
Broyles also has dedicated much of the past 10 years to the Frank and Barbara Broyles Foundation CareGivers United. The organization was created after his wife's death in 2004 from complications with Alzheimers and is aimed toward educating families with loved ones who are suffering from the disease.
Broyles wrote the book on the subject. His daughter, Betsy Arnold, has called the work his "second legacy." Tonight's banquet will help raise money for the foundation and Jones announced a $100,000 contribution Friday.
"I never dreamed that when he was talking about the fourth quarter to us the night before a ballgame in Eureka Springs — when he had the team up there and telling us the way it was going to be — I never dreamed that we would be standing here right now in 2014 and him coaching us on how to be in life in the fourth quarter," Jones said. "How to handle the stuff that comes along in life in the fourth quarter. And boy did he coach us up. You showed us how to do it."
While he is retiring at the end of the month, Broyles won't stop working. He plans to remain active in the foundation. Broyles said he was "blown away" by Jones' donation and added he was "flattered" by the attention this week.
He was especially grateful to have Jones in attendance Friday.
"I have great respect for him," said Broyles, who insisted on introducing Jones to the crowd before he spoke Friday. "One thing I appreciate very much is that he's been a great success with character and has run a great program and he hasn't forgotten his ties as a Razorbacks. … We're very proud of him. Very proud of him."
Jones joked that he came to Fayetteville to look into the "rumor" that Broyles was retiring, believing it was false. He said men like Broyles "don't go away. They're there … Because they're just too influential."
Jones said it has been evident in the five decades he has known Broyles.
"I didn't even think about being 50, much less 55 years later," Jones said. "But it's so easy when you live them year by year to generalize when you say 55. The facts are, I've spent a lifetime … I was 17, maybe 16, when I first met Coach Broyles.
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Isn't it surprising that the population of Panthera tigris in India, widely known as the land of tiger is decreasing at such an alarming rate that has led to the fear of extinction of this glorious national animal from India. Famous for its grace, strength, agility and enormous power, this lord of the jungle is in extreme threat of extinction.
Due to illegal smuggling of Tiger Skin and other body parts, there are very few tigers left in the world today. According to the World Census of Tigers, there are only 5000 -7000 tigers in the world today. Out of which, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar claim to have a population of 3000 to 4500 and India alone claims to have a population of 2500 to 3750. However, a 2008 census held by Government of India revealed that the tiger population had dropped to 1,411. What started as a Royal Sport during the olden times is now a target of Poaching and Depleting Habitat. Our National Animal is fighting for its life!
The population of tiger is not only decreasing because of illegal poaching but also because of continuous shrinking of its natural habitat. If we don't act now, we'll loose this beautiful heritage from us. The questions is what we can do??? and How we can save the tiger???
Every little bit helps. You can speak up about the cause. You can write or blog about our tigers. Even staying up-to-date with tiger facts like knowledge of tiger sanctuaries, their population, news updates, etc. helps. You can also donate money to NGOs working for the cause, like WWF-India.
Tiger Facts
- From around 40,000 tigers at the turn of the last century, there are just 1411 tigers left in India.
- 2009 was the worst year for tigers in India, with 86 deaths reported.
- There are 37 Tiger sanctuaries in India. However, 17 sanctuaries are on the verge of losing their tiger population.
- Corbett National Park is the oldest tiger park in India. It was created in 1936 as 'Hailey National Park'. The Kanha National Park's lush sal and bamboo forests, grassy meadows and ravines provided inspiration to Rudyard Kipling for his famous novel, The Jungle Book.


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Protest at the Qalandia checkpoint in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners. Photo by Lazar Simeonov.
For families, activists and observers in Palestine, the passing of time has come to be loaded with a grave significance. Each 24 hours represents another day of hunger for hundreds of prisoners protesting administrative detention in Israeli jails: a new mark in an increasingly morbid tally that takes the situation of inmates closer to the brink.
Today the count reached 45 days, and as the figure edges upward the consequences for the 125 inmates look increasingly grim. At least 65 strikers are now in the hospital, where they are shackled to their beds 24 hours a day. According to a report from Addameer some are suffering from intestinal bleeding and vomiting blood. The protesters are committed to continue the strike until their demand – to end administrative detention, which amounts to indefinite imprisonment without trial – is met. But as their conditions worsen and day count increases, one is left wondering just how much the prisoners, and their bodies, can endure
Rami al-Barghouti knows the reality of the strike well. The 33-year-old had been in administrative detention since January when he joined the hunger strike on April 21st. When he was released by authorities, on the set release date, of the 2oth May, his body weight had dropped significantly, and he was immediately transferred to the hospital.
When considering the condition of his fellow strikers, his tone was grave. "The situation was very bad," he said. "When I left, there were still 20 prisoners in the Naqab prison. Their weight loss was extreme. Now many of them have been sent to hospital," he said.
When Palestine Monitor met al-Barghouti at his home in Kufr Ein, the table laid out with coffee, drinks and Quality Street chocolates seemed a harsh reminder of absolute scarcity endured by the strikers. One week after his release, al-Barghouti himself was unable to eat solid food. "My stomach will not accept anything, just soup," he said. "The recovery is very long and slow – it will be two weeks until I can eat normally."
Starvation and abuse
At this point, deteriorating health conditions are the most obvious concern for observers of the strike. But prisoners also face grave abuse from prison authorities – abuse, al-Barghouti reported, that started almost immediately after the strike began. "They took all the prisoners and collected them in a closed room, then took them into a tent, an open section outside in the sun," he told Palestine Monitor. "We were kept apart from what was happening in the rest of the prison, and away from the bathrooms."
"The manager of the Naqab prison treats the striking prisoners badly, interrogating them: he wants to punish them, to tire the prisoners out," said al-Barghouti. "We have no radio and no phone, so there is no contact between us and anyone outside the prison. They want to shut down any information coming from the hunger strikers to others in the prison."
The violations, continue – prison authorities reportedly give prisoners salt and water in urine-sample containers. Worryingly, a draft bill is currently being fast-tracked through the Israeli Parliament authorising the force-feeding of prisoners, a policy which Israeli medical professionals have condemned, in uncompromising terms, as utterly unacceptable. "Force-feeding is torture," Ziva Miral, spokesperson for the Israeli Medical Association said on Tuesday, "and we can't have doctors participating in torture."
Now, when Rami reflects on the most difficult aspects of the strike, it is indeed the behaviour of authorities, not the hunger itself, which features most prominently. "The worst things?" he asks, "[they are] the section in which we lived, the treatment of the prison authority, and the fact that we didn't know anything about our families. But despite this, we didn't stop."
The combination of physical precarity and political isolation is a persistent theme in the hunger strike story. But while prison authorities continue to exploit the vulnerability of inmates, they real danger to strikers' lives seems, still, to be a matter of concern. "The last time the Shabak said to the prisoners: 'If any prisoners die in the hunger strike, it's normal,'" al-Barghouti recalled. "But when the prisoners' lives are in danger, they will always be transferred to hospital. The prison authorities send them there to avoid the responsibility they should bear to the prisoners."
After more than six weeks of striking, the number of prisoners committed to hospitals, all in serious medical conditions, now stands at more than 65. But as the situations worsens for these inmates, the momentum behind the strike is growing. Across Palestine protests are taking place in support of the inmates, and on Friday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon echoed the strikers' demand that Palestinian administrative prisoners should be released, or charged, without delay.
International pressure like this, al-Barghouti said, thats what the hunger strikers' desperately need, especially as the strike reaches its critical stages. "There is no voice for Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli prisons, no-one to speak for them," he told Palestine Monitor. "Until now, among the prison authorities, there has been no response."
"But the prisoners will continue in the hunger strike. This is the only way to press the Shabak. It is the last method we can use inside the prison. It is the only thing we can do."
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The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards will be handed out Monday night, and what was expected to be a coronation honoring the final season of AMC's "Breaking Bad" has emerged as something a little more competitive, thanks to HBO's "True Detective," the moody crime series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Though "Bad" still has a decided edge for best drama series — the handicappers at Goldderby.com, for example, are unanimous in their support of the Bryan Cranston-led show — the onrush of McConaughey love earlier this year, when the actor was hailed for his performances in "Mud," "The Wolf of Wall Street" and an Oscar-winning turn in "Dallas Buyers Club," may turn the tide in favor of "Detective."
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But watch out for "True Detective." Even if "Breaking Bad" wins best drama, "Detective" might take other major categories. For all the praise he's received, Bryan Cranston has come up empty for best actor the last two years, losing to Jeff Daniels ("The Newsroom") last year and Damian Lewis ("Homeland") in 2012. This time he's facing both McConaughey and Harrelson, not to mention Daniels, perennial bridesmaid Jon Hamm ("Mad Men") and the wily Kevin Spacey ("House of Cards").
And what about "Game of Thrones"? Sure, the series got stiffed in the lead acting categories, but it's up in supporting slots — for Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey — as well as best drama. Moreover, it led all programs with 19 nominations. Moreover, they "would do things for their family you couldn't imagine."
2. Living is easy, comedy is hard. The comedy categories are incredibly competitive this year. Last year's winner, "Modern Family," is nominated once again, but this time there's a sense that it's ripe for a fall.
"Any (of the other nominees) would be better than yet another win for 'Modern Family,' " wrote New York magazine's Margaret Lyons and Denise Martin.
But what will take its place? "Orange Is the New Black," Netflix's most popular show, could notch a win. So could "Veep," which has the benefit of last year's lead actress winner, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. And, lurking in the corner, there's "Louie," which finished perhaps its most talked-about season — one that had audiences wondering if they were, indeed, actually watching a comedy.
The performers' trophies are even more uncertain. Will best comedy actor go to "Big Bang's" Jim Parsons again — he's won three of the last five — or Louis C.K.? Will best comedy actress go to Louis-Dreyfus, "Parks and Recreation's" Amy Poehler or "Orange's" Taylor Schilling? Can Allison Janney, who won an Emmy at the Creative Arts event for her guest spot in "Masters of Sex," win another for "Mom"? It's enough to make you long for the certainty of "Parks and Recreation's" Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) — who's not, incidentally, up for an Emmy. Not that he would sweat over it.
3. "Race" for the top. Once upon a time, there was essentially no competition in the reality-competition category: The winner was almost always "The Amazing Race." The popular series — part travelogue, part game, all fun — won nine out of 10 years from 2003 to 2012, except for 2010, when "Top Chef" took the title. But last year "The Voice" took home the trophy, and the battle isn't getting any easier. "The Voice" is up again, so is "Top Chef," and the other nominees include "Dancing With the Stars," "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Project Runway."
4. Rating Seth Meyers. This is the first time the "Late Night" host and former "SNL" newsman is hosting the Emmys, and no doubt some critics will have their knives out.
Meyers admits he's nervous.
"I think it would be weird if there were no nerves," he said. "It's a big undertaking and you want to make sure you treat it with the proper respect, and I think nerves constantly remind you to do that."
He's certainly hoping to do a good job, and he emphasizes: He will not sing.
"I can't! I wish I could!" he said.
Do it well, Seth, and maybe you'll get a shot.
Also, the stars will be remembering Robin Williams at the Emmys. The famed comedian and actor, who died August 11, will be remembered during the "In Memoriam" section in a tribute presented by Billy Crystal. Regardless of how tasteful, thoughtful or warmhearted the segment is, you can bet that someone will complain about it.
The Emmys will air Monday on NBC. The show begins at 8 p.m. ET and airs from Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre.