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Welcome to the developer documentation for protocol buffers – a language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible way of serializing structured data for use in communications protocols, data storage, and more.
This documentation is aimed at Java, C++, or Python developers who want to use protocol buffers in their applications. This overview introduces protocol buffers and tells you what you need to do to get started – you can then go on to follow the tutorials or delve deeper into protocol buffer encoding. API reference documentation is also provided for all three languages, as well as language and style guides for writing
.proto files.
What are protocol buffers?
Protocol buffers are a flexible, efficient, automated mechanism for serializing structured data – think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler. You define how you want your data to be structured once, then you can use special generated source code to easily write and read your structured data to and from a variety of data streams and using a variety of languages. You can even update your data structure without breaking deployed programs that are compiled against the "old" format.
How do they work?
You specify how you want the information you're serializing to be structured by defining protocol buffer message types in
.proto files. Each protocol buffer message is a small logical record of information, containing a series of name-value pairs. Here's a very basic example of a
.proto file that defines a message containing information about a person:
message Person { required string name = 1; required int32 id = 2; optional string email = 3; enum PhoneType { MOBILE = 0; HOME = 1; WORK = 2; } message PhoneNumber { required string number = 1; optional PhoneType type = 2 [default = HOME]; } repeated PhoneNumber phone = 4; }
As you can see, the message format is simple – each message type has one or more uniquely numbered fields, and each field has a name and a value type, where value types can be numbers (integer or floating-point), booleans, strings, raw bytes, or even (as in the example above) other protocol buffer message types, allowing you to structure your data hierarchically. You can specify optional fields, required fields, and repeated fields. You can find more information about writing
.proto files in the Protocol Buffer Language Guide.
Once you've defined your messages, you run the protocol buffer compiler for your application's language on your
.proto file to generate data access classes. These provide simple accessors for each field (like
name() and
set_name()) as well as methods to serialize/parse the whole structure to/from raw bytes – so, for instance, if your chosen language is C++, running the compiler on the above example will generate a class called
Person. You can then use this class in your application to populate, serialize, and retrieve
Person protocol buffer messages. You might then write some code like this:
Person person; person.set_name("John Doe"); person.set_id(1234); person.set_email("firstname.lastname@example.com"); fstream output("myfile", ios::out | ios::binary); person.SerializeToOstream(&output);
Then, later on, you could read your message back in:
fstream input("myfile", ios::in | ios::binary); Person person; person.ParseFromIstream(&input); cout << "Name: " << person.name() << endl; cout << "E-mail: " << person.email() << endl;
You can add new fields to your message formats without breaking backwards-compatibility; old binaries simply ignore the new field when parsing. So if you have a communications protocol that uses protocol buffers as its data format, you can extend your protocol without having to worry about breaking existing code.
You'll find a complete reference for using generated protocol buffer code in the API Reference section, and you can find out more about how protocol buffer messages are encoded in Protocol Buffer Encoding.
Why not just use XML?
Protocol buffers have many advantages over XML for serializing structured data. Protocol buffers:
- are simpler
- are 3 to 10 times smaller
- are 20 to 100 times faster
- are less ambiguous
- generate data access classes that are easier to use programmatically
For example, let's say you want to model a
person with a
name and an
<person> <name>John Doe</name> <email>email@example.com</email> </person>
while the corresponding protocol buffer message (in protocol buffer text format) is:
# Textual representation of a protocol buffer. # This is *not* the binary format used on the wire. person { name: "John Doe" email: "email@example.com" }
When this message is encoded to the protocol buffer binary format (the text format above is just a convenient human-readable representation for debugging and editing), it would probably be 28 bytes long and take around 100-200 nanoseconds to parse. The XML version is at least 69 bytes if you remove whitespace, and would take around 5,000-10,000 nanoseconds to parse.
Also, manipulating a protocol buffer is much easier:
cout << "Name: " << person.name() << endl; cout << "E-mail: " << person.email() << endl;
Whereas with XML you would have to do something like:
cout << "Name: " << person.getElementsByTagName("name")->item(0)->innerText() << endl; cout << "E-mail: " << person.getElementsByTagName("email")->item(0)->innerText() << endl;
However, protocol buffers are not always a better solution than XML – for instance, protocol buffers would not be a good way to model a text-based document with markup (e.g. HTML), since you cannot easily interleave structure with text. In addition, XML is human-readable and human-editable; protocol buffers, at least in their native format, are not. XML is also – to some extent – self-describing. A protocol buffer is only meaningful if you have the message definition (the
.proto file).
Sounds like the solution for me! How do I get started?
Download the package – this contains the complete source code for the Java, Python, and C++ protocol buffer compilers, as well as the classes you need for I/O and testing. To build and install your compiler, follow the instructions in the README.
Once you're all set, try following the tutorial for your chosen language – this will step you through creating a simple application that uses protocol buffers.
Introducing proto3
Our most recent version 3 release introduces a new language version - Protocol Buffers language version 3 (aka proto3), as well as some new features in our existing language version (aka proto2). Proto3 simplifies the protocol buffer language, both for ease of use and to make it available in a wider range of programming languages: our current release lets you generate protocol buffer code in Java, C++, Python, Java Lite, Ruby, JavaScript, Objective-C, and C#. In addition you can generate proto3 code for Go using the latest Go protoc plugin, available from the golang/protobuf Github repository. More languages are in the pipeline.
Note that the two language version APIs are not completely compatible. To avoid inconvenience to existing users, we will continue to support the previous language version in new protocol buffers releases.
You can see the major differences from the current default version in the release notes and learn about proto3 syntax in the Proto3 Language Guide. Full documentation for proto3 is coming soon!
(If the names proto2 and proto3 seem a little confusing, it's because when we originally open-sourced protocol buffers it was actually Google's second version of the language – also known as proto2. This is also why our open source version number started from v2.0.0).
A bit of history
Protocol buffers were initially developed at Google to deal with an index server request/response protocol. Prior to protocol buffers, there was a format for requests and responses that used hand marshalling/unmarshalling of requests and responses, and that supported a number of versions of the protocol. This resulted in some very ugly code, like:
if (version == 3) { ... } else if (version > 4) { if (version == 5) { ... } ... }
Explicitly formatted protocols also complicated the rollout of new protocol versions, because developers had to make sure that all servers between the originator of the request and the actual server handling the request understood the new protocol before they could flip a switch to start using the new protocol.
Protocol buffers were designed to solve many of these problems:
- New fields could be easily introduced, and intermediate servers that didn't need to inspect the data could simply parse it and pass through the data without needing to know about all the fields.
- Formats were more self-describing, and could be dealt with from a variety of languages (C++, Java, etc.)
However, users still needed to hand-write their own parsing code.
As the system evolved, it acquired a number of other features and uses:
- Automatically-generated serialization and deserialization code avoided the need for hand parsing.
- In addition to being used for short-lived RPC (Remote Procedure Call) requests, people started to use protocol buffers as a handy self-describing format for storing data persistently (for example, in Bigtable).
- Server RPC interfaces started to be declared as part of protocol files, with the protocol compiler generating stub classes that users could override with actual implementations of the server's interface.
Protocol buffers are now Google's lingua franca for data – at time of writing, there are 306,747 different message types defined in the Google code tree across 348,952
.proto files. They're used both in RPC systems and for persistent storage of data in a variety of storage systems.


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My thanks to Julie Gildred, founder of Ride Strong Bike Tours (www.ridestrongbiketours.com), for this story of riding up the Mortirolo which she will re-visiitng again in September.
Mind Games on the Mortirolo
"Nobody has ever explained to me why suffering opens up the mind. But if it weren't for the mind, I'm not sure my muscles could have propelled me to the top of the Passo Mortirolo today. I use the term 'propelled' loosely. In no sense does it imply speed or ease. It only means, I made it! The Mortirolo (traditionally known as the Passo della Foppa) is one of the toughest climbs in Europe. Lance declared it the hardest climb he's ever done. Unaided, I'd have to agree. It's not that it's the longest or highest climb around. At only 12.5 km long starting from Mazzo de Valtellina, it's not even close.
Most people who climb the Mortirolo base themselves in Bormio and enjoy a 30 km gradual descent to the start of the climb in Mazzo. It's tempting to turn off in Grosio which, geographically, is before Mazzo and also takes you up one of the three ascents of the Mortirolo. But that's not the real deal. So, joining 90% of the other cyclists, I start the climb from Mazzo but not before one last shot of espresso at the 'Funny Bar' just 50 meters from the start. I now wonder whether that name isn't an insider joke amongst locals.
I used to tell people that if they have enough gears, they can make it up any slope. Right from the get go I slipped into my granny gear realizing that my long held belief could be wrong. It wasn't so much my heart as much as it was the ability (or inability) to turn one pedal over…..and then the other. All climbing techniques I know and studied were inapplicable. It was all I could do to keep my front end from doing an involuntary wheelie or my back wheel from spinning out. Standing became my preferred and, actually, only way of making it to the top. I visualized I was on the stair stepper at the gym on the hardest possible setting and then just drifted off into a mind oblivion.
Of the numerous conversations and incoherent thoughts I had with myself in the 1hour and 50 minutes to the top, most are not for public sharing. Every now and again I 'came to' and noticed things like how easy a 10% grade felt, how much I enjoy the strong scent of pine, how absolutely beautiful the Mortirolo is and how much I actually want this climb to go on forever. Yes, it's a sickness. But I was in good company with several other sick cyclists testing their strength and, more importantly, perhaps their mental fortitude on one of the greatest climbs in Europe."
The Mortirolo climb profile.
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It's every Beliebers worst fear: Justin Bieber taking a break from his singing career.
Based on the Biebs bad month, the idea doesn't seem too far-fetched. The 19-year-old singer has been constantly criticized for his antics as of late, most recently being accused of battery by his neighbor at his L.A.-area home.
But the pop star isn't afraid to take a stand, firing back at his haters in a new interview with Us Weekly in which he admits he might take a "break" while he's "figuring out" his life.
U.S. & World
All the details on Bieber's bad week
"The biggest misconception about me is that I'm a bad person," the superstar tells the mag. "I get upset about that. I have a big heart. I want to be a good role model, but some people want me to fail."
"I'm young and I make mistakes," he adds. "That's part of growing up. I mess up sometimes."
Growing up in the public eye certainly hasn't been easy for the star. In addition to his battery case, the singer attacked paparazzi on the streets of London and came under serious fire for canceling tour dates and arriving two hours late to his London show.
Bieber made how much last year??! Find out how many millions the teen banked
Still, the singer never forgets about his loyal Beliebers, and he admits he continued his London performance after collapsing onstage because he didn't want to upset his fans.
"I passed out from the flu. The worst thing to me is disappointing my fans--we only had five songs left--so they gave me oxygen, and I decided to finish the show and then go to the hospital. The show must go on."
Indeed, it must, and so must the life of the Biebs, despite his desire to get away from the constant media attention.
"I wanted to hide my face from all the cameras," Bieber explains in response to the odd gas mask he donned across the pond. "They [my friends] got it as a joke. My friends and I like messing around."
And while a little messing around may have contributed to J.B.'s "worst birthday" ever, he vows not to buy into the negative attention:
"I know who I am and I'm not gonna let negativity towards me bring me down. I'm a positive person and I plan on staying that way," he says. "This business can break you down, but I have a strong team around me, and my family and all the fans. The love overcomes the negativity. I'm not perfect but I'm growing and trying to be better every day. That's part of life."
Wise words from a young star who's supposedly spiraling out of control, and the pop sensation is already plotting his next career move. He was also announced as the new face of Adidas' Neo Label in October and currently stars in the company's interactive lookbook spring/summer ad campaign.
"I'm thinking about my next album, next tour. Or maybe I'll take a break," he confesses. "I'm figuring it out. Isn't that what you're supposed to do at 19?"
Sounds about right, and the Biebs doesn't seem to have too much of an issue with his recent behavior:
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A Hillman by any other name doth smell as sweet.
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In the 2014 Accenture survey of citizens across eight countries, a convincing 96 percent of respondents said the public should play a role in police services. Coupled with the fact that two-thirds (66 percent) of citizens said they wanted more interaction with their local police, this public enthusiasm offers a golden opportunity to rebalance responsibilities for public safety through greater involvement from local communities.
The use of digital police solutions not only serves an "always on, always aware" culture, but also opens up the potential to enhance the dialogue with citizens—in a way that meets their expectations.
Read the full survey to find out why:
Citizens are keen to use digital channels more with the police
The public understands crime fighting is a priority—and one that can be helped by using digital technologies
Comfort levels are running high with citizens when it comes to police using digital tools sample only
Download the report or access the infographic for more statistics from the survey.
Watch this video which includes insights from the Accenture Public Safety leadership team.
The 2014 online citizen survey follows on from a similar survey undertaken in 2012; some year-over-year data comparisons have been made. The 2014 findings included the responses of 4,000 citizens (global margin of error ±1.55), across eight countries, with approximately 500 respondents each from Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States (margin of error ±4.38 per country).
The survey age categories represented include 30 percent between 18 years and 34 years of age 37 percent between 35 and 54 years of age and 32 percent who were more than 55 years old. Fifty-one percent of respondents were female and 49 percent were male. The survey was conducted by Penn Schoen Berland in August 2014.
The police should be congratulated for making significant progress in adopting police solutions that advance their digital capabilities. When our survey asked citizens about their local police force use of digital channels, the responses showed that this use has more than doubled in the last two years—42 percent in 2014 versus 20 percent in 2012. However, despite this increase, in 2014, 77 percent of citizens said that digital should be used—a gap of some 35 percentage points from where they perceive the police are today.
Gaps also exist betwee expectation and perceived reality for specific digital channels—with citizens looking to communicate more via websites or Web portals, smartphone apps and social media—such as Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Indeed, the demand for certain social media increased against the 2012 survey results; of those who would use social media to interact with police, 35 percent said they would most likely use Twitter in 2012 versus 42 percent in 2014.
In all, according to citizens, the police have demonstrated an increased use of digital technologies, in scale and scope, over the past two years. Such digital progress is proving to offer positive outcomes—not only as a means to better fight crime, but also to develop a more effective relationship with citizens.
The 2014 research offers insights into how police forces around the world can develop their digital journeys. We examine three key takeaways for the police:
Citizens are keen to take an active role in policing and are responsive to the use of digital channels—even new technologies such as wearables. How can the police can take advantage of this willingness to be involved, while at the same time tackling crime?
Citizens recognize that digital can be useful to prevent crime, as well as detect it. With declining resources and changing citizens demands, how can the police more effectively communicate and build trust with citizens?
Using traditional means to interact with the police is clearly still important to citizens. How can the police balance their physical presence with the virtual world and best share information to achieve the right outcome?


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Message from the President
Welcome to 2012! We are moving forward with details for the conference,
and have made a change in venue due to the larger estimated size of the
joint conference with the Washington State Beekeepers Association.
The dates are October 4th thru October 7th and the venue is now at the
Embassy Suites Hotel-Seattle Tacoma International Airport, 15920 West
Valley Highway, Seattle, Washington, 98188
Tel: 1-425-227-8844 Fax: 1-425-227-9567. More information will be posted
soon, so keep checking the WAS website for updates.
This conference will focus on Sustainable Colony Health and we are still
developing the conference speaker list. If there is someone you would
especially like to hear, let us know and we
will see what we can do about bringing them in.
Stay tuned for more details. We look forward to seeing you in October!
Jim Smith, President
note: The hotel is located north of the airport, within easy
access of most of Seattle's main attractions. There is an airport shuttle
so a car will be necessary only if you plan on playing tourist. Some of
the attractions: Westfield Southcenter Mall - 0.7 mi, Starfire Sports
Complex - 0.8 mi, Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum - 2.3 mi, Emerald Downs
Racecourse - 9 mi, Pike Place Market - 11.3 mi, Space Needle - 12.2 mi,
Museum of Glass - 16.7 mi.
See www.embassysuitestukwila.roomstays.com for more information. Remember
to mention the WAS conference when booking your room, and that most
hotels do not honor discounted rates if you book on the internet. Call
them. Booking deadlines will be announced in the May issue of this
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Fayette's "Friends 4 the Fields" group meets at 7 p.m. today (Wednesday) to begin planning for school athletic fields at the new school.
Group members intend to "design goals, projects, fund raisers and budgets" in hopes of creating quality athletic fields east of the new school.
Anyone interested is invited to attend meetings.
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North Holland is an area in northern Algonquin, Liberty City, bordered to the north by Wardite Street (Northwood), to the east by Exeter Avenue (East Holland), to the south by Topaz Street (Middle Park and Varsity Heights), and to the west by the West River.
North Holland is mainly made up of high-rise projects, stores, and apartments. It has a heavy hip-hop culture influence. The area is ethnically diverse although there is a large African-American population. It is where the North Holland Hustlers originated from and currently operate from. Like many other projects in Liberty City, North Holland suffers from a high crime rate, drugs and gang violence. Gangs that can be found in North Holland include the North Holland Hustlers and the Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers (TBoGT only).
North Holland is easily based on Harlem, a northern Manhattan, New York City neighborhood that was known for crime throughout the 20th century, but is currently experiencing gentrification. The choice of name for North Holland is presumably based on the location of Haarlem (which Harlem takes its name from), the provincial capital of Noord-Holland, (Translation: North Holland), Netherlands. Among the landmarks spoofed in the district include Hotel Theresa, known in game as "Hotel Hamilton", located on both sides of the East Holland-North Holland border, the 125th Street station as the elevated Frankfort High station, the Harlem Hospital Center as the Holland Hospital Center, and the second Cotton Club as the Linen Lounge.
North Holland houses Vauxite subway station on Vauxite Street, the train station is served by the Algonquin Outer Line. Frankfort High and Frankfort Low stations also serve North Holland, located on Frankfort Avenue at the border of Northwood and North Holland; the stations are served by the Algonquin Inner Line. The three stations and two lines served in North Holland make the district very well facilitated from a transport standpoint.
Playboy's Loft is located in North Holland and is available as a safehouse if the player chooses to kill him. This safehouse is the only one in the game to feature an exterior balcony. In the Ballad of Gay Tony, Luis' Apartment is in North Holland.
Notable Residents
- Playboy X
- Niko Bellic (if Playboy X is killed in The Holland Play)
- Teddy Benavidez
- Dwayne Forge
- Luis Lopez
- Wade Heston
- In TBoGT, the AOD members spawn frequently in North Holland, unlike the original game and the first DLC where it is the North Holland Hustlers and Spanish Lords's gang territory.
If you go to Vauxite Street in North Holland, there is a red accessible door to the west of the Modo store. If you can get the police to follow you when you have a wanted level, it is possible to accomplish this glitch. So when you have lured them up the stairs, go to the rooftop and head south around the small building and go down the stairs and you will find a plank. Jump over the gap to the other building (Police still following) and find cover behind the brick wall. Up your wanted level and the police will attempt to jump over the gap between the two buildings. However every police officer will just fall of the edge of the plank, without even jumping. The police officer just walks off.


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I Wanna Go Fast!
Here's a slow motion video of my long travel slash at half speed so you can see the suspension working. It gets jerky in spots because I don't a high speed camera. Looks cool, at regular speed it just looks like its floating along.
Slash 2wd upgraded to VXL
Traxxas Slash 2WD completely stock--Some on-board, some music video action and a Travis Pastrana-esque jump parody. Enjoy
jimmie (reverse wheelie)
Slo-Mode Reverse Wheelie.
O.K guys. My videos are very quick and not that great, but I went and checked out the very old BMX track this morning. As you will see my son loves the car hahahahaha. Half of te time I was hoping my skills were good enough to drive the slash even though I could not see it. Thankfully I was able to. I didn't once have to go looking for it. on the last video where my fiance said she couldn't see it, I was right next to her and neither could I but I still got round the bend and over the jump.
Last edited by Spudz27; 09-02-2011 at 08:20 PM.
I dont think I want to live anymore
With the new Novak motor on 2s.
I Wanna Go Fast!
a few videos of me outside my Tattoo shop jumping my slash up onto a jeep cherokee!,what!!?,I was bored!
My latest Slash travelling from point A to B video. 9km traverse thru a river valley at highway speed. Click vid info in youtube for Specs on slash.
Last edited by judgegixxer; 10-14-2011 at 09:29 PM.
Just got the Grave Digger for my 8 year old son. Filmed with a Hacked Panasonic GH2 and a GO Pro. It is bone stock but I am sure we will upgrade it eventually.
"How far is the range on that thing?"
Just some pic in a video on my slash
Here is a another video.
I´m still new on this. I have not drive so much yet.
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Another one
Here is the first video. I had not drive before, first time. Differcult, but fun. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGARf0Ls6AE
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Here are a few videos with our slashes in the backyard RC track... Some 2wd, some 4x4, and some buggy conversion
Buggy Conversion
One 4x4 running on new layout
night racing 2wd
Two 4x4s, 2wd brushless, and buggy conversion
A video of the old track layout with slashes
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This is my jetlag2222 contest entry. i think its pretty good. enjoy!
if you want me to i can break your truck for free!
"enjoy your ride"
Here is a video when i was drifting in the snow for the first time.
Me just messin around with my slash....
pretty much bone stock, except for proline steering and tires and an upgraded servo
got it up to 42.3 mph on 2s geared at 28/86
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My new Jconcepts '79 F-250 body.
I Wanna Go Fast!
My Slash making hill climb, trail and crawler:
Slash 2wd Vxl, ERBE; Crash N Learn
My sons Slash 2wd w/ Fuze Brushless 4800kv motor.
Sidewinder 3800 ESC/Motor. 2s 25c, 23/90 Gearing, Extrem lcg chassis, protec arms/towers, stock shocks with alu. caps Well should describe the set up pretty much. I am not happy with the top speed but it sure does get there quick! So the motor/esc set up should work nicely for racing on the short tracks around were I live but speed runs?? I am on the iffy side yet. The system is limited to 2s.
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Broken parts=New better parts
This is my stock Slash , getting into it in the water.I love my new hobby
http://youtu.be/wEpdbJpzzKM with a camera. (better quality)
http://youtu.be/i-oUU8JQxMk from an android phone
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Traxxas Slash 2wd and Thunder Tiger Tomahawk Vx
Slash 2wd 3s LiPo 60 mph music vid
I finally made a new video.
Well I got the Bajr body, painted it, and mounted it on my E revo... Fit almost perfict
"enjoy your ride"
Some fun on our track out in Iraq... next one will prob. be in the 4x4 forum, and have my new build... with much better camera work, and shots, etc...
Check out this video on YouTube:
Sent from my iPad
At Baldwin park CA. At Tony's hobby shop .
Velineon brushless vxl3s stock tires that's why theres no traction. I'll get some clay tires later , check out my channel I also have two more videos one with 23/87 gears doing wheelies and stuff
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Traxxas Slash 2wd and Thunder Tiger Tomahawk Vx
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My Parents' Experiences as Polish Slave Laborers in Nazi Germany and Displaced Persons after the War
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
I know that a lot of the students I had over the years at Eastern Illinois University hated to hear about wars and such because it sounded to them like war was just a bunch of numbers. I was afraid that the students at VHS would respond like that, so I wrote up this introduction. I wanted them to know that the war was more than just numbers. I ended up not using the introduction because the students at VHS didn't seem afraid of numbers, but I hate to write something and not use it so I thought I would post my introduction here.
History is full of numbers, dates, fractions, the number of this, the number of that.
Maybe you've heard of the M-1 rifle or the V-2 bomb or the B-17 bomber, or 2nd Lieutenants and Privates first class and 5-star generals.
We even give numbers to Wars. There was the 100 Year War, the War of 1812, the First World War, and World War II. Right now the US is fighting what's some times called the Second Gulf War.
But it's the Second World War that I'm here to talk about.
If you go on line, and Google WWII statistics, you'll get a lot of numbers, enough to fill up a couple or more textbooks.
You'll find out that the Nazis murdered 6,000,000 Jews. You'll find out that altogether 52,000,000 people died in the war, more or less. You'll hear that 20 million died in Russia, 7,000,000 died in Germany. 2 million in Japan. I was surprised to hear that Yugoslavia, a country that I don't think much about anymore and probably never did, lost 1.7 million people. The country my parents came from was Poland, and it lost 1/6 of its population. Before the war, there were 36 million Poles; that means about 6 million died. In Warsaw, the capitol city of Poland, a quarter of a million civilians died during a 60 day battle to throw the Germans out in 1944.
America got off pretty easy in WWII. It lost just a half a million, mostly soldiers. In those other countries it was about half soldiers and half civilians. "Civilians" is another way of saying wives and husbands and their children.
There are also the numbers involved in how much was spent on the war. The numbers here run pretty high. The U.S. spent the most money on the war, an estimated $341 billion. Germany was next, with $272 billion, followed by the Soviet Union with $192 billion. All the billions spent probably add up to a trillion.
There are also numbers associated with what kind of mess was made by the war. The Soviet government calculated that Russia lost 30 percent of its national wealth. As far as I can figure, that means it lost one out of every three of everything: houses, banks, cars, schools, railroads, bikes, and farms.
In Germany, bombing and shelling produced 4 billion cu m (5 billion cu yd) of rubble. I don't know how big a pile that is but it sounds like a big pile of rubble. By the end of the war, the Germany capitol Berlin had been pretty much leveled. The people that count up such things estimate that 400,000 buildings were destroyed in Berlin. After the war, the Germans who survived the war got shovels and bulldozers and shoved all of those 400,000 building out of the city. Altogether there was about 17,000,000 cubic yards of rubble, bricks, bits of glass and silverware that melted together during the bombings, wood beams, busted up furniture, rusting pipes and porcelain bathtubs. It made a mountain 390 foot tall that in the past was used by Berliners looking to ski in the winter. It's called Teufelsberg in German. That means Devil's Mountain.
War does generate a lot of numbers, and the numbers tend to be big.
I was talking to a friend at VSU, a mathematician, a person who studies numbers, and she said that most people can't imagine a number larger than 1000.
I know I can't.
I only think about small numbers, human numbers. My mother, for example, would be one, my dad would be another one. That's two, the two my poems are about.
(The photos are from the book The Fire: The Bombing of Germany, 1939-1945 by the historian Jörg Friedrich--there's a link to it on the right hand side.)
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- Unknown said...
When I was in Southern Germany, the tour guide told us about the mountains of rubble. In Munich, for instance, they were covered with soil and grass grew over them. It's odd to think that what was once a building, destroyed by war, is not a grass hill in the middle of a big city.
- October 11, 2007 at 3:41 PM
- John Guzlowski said...
I remember when I first read about the rubble in Germany. It was shortly after 9/11, and I was teaching a class where we were reading Vonnegut's great novel Slaughterhouse 5, about the fire bombing of Dresden and the 35,000 people who were killed by us.
I read about how much rubble there was in Germany, and I tried to understand it by thinking about the rubble after the twin towers came down. So much rubble, so long to clean it up.
And the rubble in Germany?
There are still areas in Berlin where you can see bomb damage.
Here's a link:
But it's not just Germany. All over Europe there are ruins and the leavings of World War II.
In Hungary, in 1990 I came across a ruined bridge over the Danube.
The Germans blew it up when they were fleeing from the Russians at the end of WWII.
In London, if you go to the Albert and Victoria museum, take a look at the stone on either side of the main entrance. You'll see holes left by the shrapnel from bombs exploding during the Battle of Britain.
I've never been to Russia, but I can imagine how much rubble the Russians have to walk around each day.
- October 11, 2007 at 4:11 PM
- Urkat said...
When I see that picture of the piled bodies--human rubble--I think: they all had to get up that day and put on clothes to be killed in. They're all wearing clothes.
- October 12, 2007 at 5:53 PM
- John Guzlowski said...
I got this from a friend, Mario Bartoletti
The problem with any numbers from WWII is that subsequent generations of young people cannot actually get their minds around such atrocities - they are just beyond their ability to grasp. So, the next thing we know, more young people are marching off to another war - with bands playing and flags waving.
Maybe it is that misguided "My country, right or wrong!" patriot philosophy, or jingoist refrains that de-humanize another nationality to the extent that they (or we) are prepared to forget any religious or moral restraints that were taught us when we were children that we should not kill. Instead, medals are given for doing just that.
This past weekend, we attended the Oktoberfest in Ontario Canada; the German Mennonite communities in that province go back to the 1700s and 1800s. We sat at tables, banging steins of beer on the tabletops, and singing Hofbrauhaus with great enthusiasm along with hundreds of others. My son in law at one point, said: "How could such a fun-loving people follow Hitler?" My reply was: "How can the first modern democracy, the United States, condone torture and illegal incarceration at Guantanamo?" He shrugged his shoulders and I said: "Because we, the people, allow it in the name of patriotism - and "protecting our country" from the evil-doers, to quote President Bush. For the Germans, it was the Jews; for we Americans, it is the Muslims. So, war continues - to kill, to destroy and to consume vast amounts of money.
As the old folk song goes: "When will we learn; when will we ever learn?"
- October 17, 2007 at 12:20 PM
- Urkat said...
Mario, Logic has fallen out of favor, in favor of whatever will help so-called conservatives sell their talking point. Oh well, we know where the buck stops.
- October 20, 2007 at 2:16 PM


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Topic: What are the chances Jodo Kast survived?
The subject line pretty much says it all, I just want to know how many people think it is possible that Jodo Kast survived the end of Twin Engine's of Destruction? I like to think that an older wiser Jodo Kast walked away from that last encounter and continued his life of Bounty Hunting with a little more anonymity than before. And before anyone just says that the final frame of him shows his arm limply poking out of a pile of rubble and he is therefore certainly dead, keep in mind that the Fett-man was swallowed by the Sarlacc.


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Perhaps Jets owner Woody Johnson is finally interested in stealing something besides the back pages from the Giants.
According to Kimberly Jones of the NFL Network, the Jets have asked permission to talk to Giants college scouting director Marc Ross for their vacant general manager job.
While the Jets generally try to avoid comparisons with their more successful co-tenants of MetLife Stadium, Ross brings a solid personnel background, which they need.
Ross is also on the Panthers' list, emerging as a contender for that job as soon as former Giants GM Ernie Accorsi was brought in as a consultant.


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Barbara Walters' Insightful Question to Michelle Obama: 'You Love' Barack, 'Don't You?'
a wife if she loves her husband isn't exactly the most insightful
question, but that's one of the softballs that Barbara Walters tossed to
Michelle and Barack Obama during 20/20 on
Friday. She also asked the President if he curses and what Lincoln means
to him.
At one point, the journalist lauded Michelle Obama as "comfortable" and "outspoken." Walters then cooed, "You love him very much, don't you?" (The First Lady's unsurprising answer? "Yes, I do.")
Digging for answers, the reporter investigated Mr. Obama, "Do you ever curse?...You pray?" Walters also allowed the President the chance to attack the internet, bringing up insinuations that he's a Muslim: "Why do you think it is that so many people think you're a Muslim and why is that confusion?"
Visiting the White House, Walters also offered an easy question about the nation's 16th
President: "When I walk in here, the first thing I see, of course, is
the portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. President, what does Lincoln mean
to you?" (Portions of the interview aired only on the November 26
edition of Nightline.)
In one question, the host managed to congratulate both herself and Mrs. Obama: "Believe it or not, I've interviewed every First Lady since Pat Nixon. A woman tortured by political life whose language was carefully controlled. Unlike many first ladies, Michelle Obama can laugh at herself. Are you sick of people talking about your toned arms?"
Walters did pose a few tough queries, such as wondering, "Mr President, there are some folks who say that you squandered your political capital with the health care plan when you should have been focusing on jobs." But, in addition to prompting the First Lady to express her love for her husband, she also played with the family dog.
[Thanks to MRC intern Matt Hadro for the video.]
A transcript of the November 26 interview, which aired at 11:35pm EST, follows:
- Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.
CYNTHIA MCFADDEN: It's been a November full of bumps and bruises for the White House. But until today, at least, no blood. President Obama is sporting 12 stitches in his lip tonight after being hit by an errant elbow in a pickup basketball game. This afternoon, the President was seen sitting in a window with an ice pack on the lip during the delivery of the White House Christmas tree. The elbow wielder, Ray Decerega of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute said he learned, "the President is both a tough competitor and a good sport." The President believes in the power of prayer, as Barbara Walters learned earlier this week when she sat down with him and the First Lady for their first joint interview in a year.
BARACK OBAMA: All righty.
BARBARA WALTERS: I first interviewed the President and Mrs Obama together two Thanksgivings ago, when Mr Obama had not yet taken office. They teased each other.
BARACK OBAMA: Can I cut? You got a little lipstick on your tooth.
WALTERS: I'm gonna leave this in. I think this is the most natural piece of television they've had. I'm not going to cut this out. I'm gonna leave it. I just think it's so natural. And had optimistic thoughts for the future of the country. Where will we be in this country a year from now on Thanksgiving?
BARACK OBAMA: Here's what I hope: I hope a year from now, people will say, we've been through the worst of it. That the economy is starting to rebound and pick up.
WALTERS: Now they still tease each other, but the economy is sputtering. And, so they're more realistic about the problems that have not yet been solved. Mr President, there are some folks who say that you squandered your political capital with the health care plan when you should have been focusing on jobs.
BARACK OBAMA: This notion that somehow you can only do one thing at once is simply not true. I mean, the fact is, is that we stabilized the financial system. We turned an economy that was contracting to one that was growing. We've added a million jobs over the last year to the economy. We've seen families who have health insurance more secure and they're not being jerked around by arbitrary rules from their insurance companies. That's going to be a lasting legacy that I'm extraordinarily proud of.
WALTERS: Michelle Obama refuses to take the rough and tumble of politics personally. So, what did you say to him the night of November 2nd, when he was, as he put it, shellacked?
MICHELLE OBAMA: I said, let's get to work. There's a lot to do. You know, I think for us, it's always the focus on what we need to get done. The work ahead. And there's so much left to be done that there really isn't time to lick your wounds and worry about what did or didn't happen.
BARACK OBAMA: Now keep in mind that election night, I think she went to sleep, so-
WALTERS: Did you really?
BARACK OBAMA: She goes to sleep early.
WALTERS: Well, I go to bed early. I can't stay awake for the returns. I got to get up, work out. And I can't change it. I voted, I voted weeks before.
WALTERS: So you didn't care whether the Democrats took over the House-
MICHELLE OBAMA: I absolutely cared. But I figured-
WALTERS: You had time to think about it the next day.
MICHELLE OBAMA: It was going to be whatever it was going to be the next day, so I did go to sleep.
WALTERS: He says his wife is his balance wheel. And his closest adviser. You've said that you very often make decisions, asking your wife her opinion. Can you give us an example of when a decision was made that affected something specifically?
BARACK OBAMA: You know, I - I can't give a specific example because every night we sit and talk and there are issues that Michelle has strong opinions about and there are some that she feels less strongly about, but she's always got an opinion. And it shapes how I think and how I view things. I think, you know, Michelle always brags that she's like the every person, you know, she kind of has a sense of, you know, in her mind, at least, how folks are thinking about - a one-person poll.
WALTERS: Believe it or not, I've interviewed every First Lady since Pat Nixon. A woman tortured by political life whose language was carefully controlled. Unlike many first ladies, Michelle Obama can laugh at herself. Are you sick of people talking about your toned arms? I notice you're not wearing a sleeveless dress.
MICHELLE OBAMA: No, I will never get sick of people talking about my toned - if it's a positive compliment, I am a woman, it's like, bring it on. I'm cool with it. But no, I - you know, I - I still wear what I like and enjoy and I thought this dress was pretty. In fact, my husband, you like this dress.
BARACK OBAMA: It's a nice looking dress.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Yeah.
WALTERS: The most comfortable with herself and the most outspoken. You love him very much, don't you?
MICHELLE OBAMA: I do. Yes, I do.
BARACK OBAMA: Yes.
WALTERS: I ask this, because after your husband lost the Democratic primary campaign for Congress in 2000, you wanted him to give up politics.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Oh, yes.
WALTERS: Yeah. And you talked about it openly. It affected your marriage, you wanted him to get out of it. Is there ever a moment when you say to yourself, one term is enough?
MICHELLE OBAMA: You know, I think that it's important for him to finish what he started. If I had to pick the man I'd want to be in politics, the kind of person that we seek out in this country, he would be the person that I would pick and that's always been why I followed him into these escapades.
WALTERS: Do you ever curse?
BARACK OBAMA: Oh, yeah.
WALTERS: You do curse?
BARACK OBAMA: Absolutely.
WALTERS: When was the last time you cursed?
BARACK OBAMA: Let's see, what time is it?
WALTERS: Mr President, you pray?
BARACK OBAMA: I do.
WALTERS: Every day?
BARACK OBAMA: Every night.
WALTERS: Read the Bible?
BARACK OBAMA: Yes.
WALTERS: Why do you think it is that so many people think you're a Muslim and why is that confusion?
BARACK OBAMA: Well, you know, the internet has a powerful affect these days. But you know, the thing, obviously that's important to me is what I believe and, Michelle and I, you know, have not only benefitted from our prayer life, but I think the girls have, too. We say grace before we eat dinner every night and we take turns. It's interesting listening to the girls what they pray for.
WALTERS: What do they pray for?
BARACK OBAMA: Well, you know, they'll about family and, you know, thanking God for blessings.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Everybody.
BARACK OBAMA: And, but they'll always add a little twist, you know. They used to pray for a dog until we got a dog. [Video of family playing with the dog.]
MICHELLE OBAMA: That's Bo.
BARACK OBAMA: Bo.
WALTERS: Another thing that has changed, they now have the most adorable dog named Bo. He shakes hands like a true politician.


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As a merchandiser you will experience flexibility and diversity within your role by working for various clients to promote & increase brand awareness in store and to drive sales. As an merchandiser you will play a key role in delivering world class in-store execution. Working as part of a dedicated team, passionate about our client's brands, you'll be accountable for ensuring all products are presented in the best possible displays to satisfy customer's needs, attract consumers and drive sales.
Your role as a merchandiser will include: Implementing POS, merchandising stock, activating promotions, building FSDUs (Floor Standing Display Units) and other promotional displays, store auditing, gaining incremental space/POS for products and brands for which the specific requirements are identified on a bespoke brief available to each merchandiser prior to the call. This must be read and digested fully prior to going to the call.
The role:
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Maryland Day: I Wouldn't Miss It
In a state as old as Maryland — 378 years — historic tourism is big business. It's like shows and shopping in New York, architecture in Chicago and monuments in D.C.
Unless history is your hobby, however, you're likely to leave Maryland's many historic sites to the kids, who do them at school. Or save them for visiting friends and family.
Maryland Day — the subject of this week's special issue — gives you dozens of good reasons to get up and see what you're missing.
When you think about it, it's neat to have an official state day. The State Board of Education established March 25 as Maryland Day in 1903 as a day for schools to honor the state's history. The General Assembly authorized it as a state holiday in 1916.
March 25, by the way, is not the day Lord Baltimore's colonists landed, which was a few days earlier. It's the day Roman Catholic priest Andrew White celebrated a mass of thanksgiving for the successful conclusion of a 123-day voyage.
There's no better place to feel the drama and imagine the human stories that led up to Maryland Day than St. Clement's Island, where the mass was celebrated, or Historic St. Mary's City, where the new colony was established.
Throughout Chesapeake Country, you can see how far we've come since those rough encampments. Contrast the farming village excavated and recreated in Historic St. Mary's City with the historic homes of Annapolis begun less than a century and a half later. Amazing ambition, determination and diligence is what that contrast shows you. Even more amazing: That same span is the distance between the founding of the Maryland colony, in part for religious freedom, and the creation of a new and historic nation in the Declaration of Independence.
In a year that the American nation can't seem to get any business done — or done right — the trip from St. Clement's Island or St. Mary's City to Historic Annapolis is a lesson in can-do-it-ness. It's a spring tonic that can shake you out of your doldrums.
In Annapolis and southern Anne Arundel County, the Four Rivers Heritage Area has rallied a couple of dozen heritage sites and organizations, businesses and communities to show their stuff on Maryland Day. The celebration has become so expansive it takes three days to fit it all in.
For you, that spread means lots of choice. You can pick and choose by date, destination and distance as well as by the aspect of history that interests you.
If grand historic homes are your thing, Maryland Day gives you Hammond-Harwood, William Paca and Chase Lloyd houses, each with special programs. Friday's Chase Lloyd House event is my favorite: Formal tea for 25 with the retired ladies who make their home there. Joining the party will cost you $1; the two seatings require reservations.
On the opposite domestic scale, you can visit single-room frontier homes at Historic St. Mary's City, the Historic Village at Herrington Harbour North or Historic London Town and Garden.
Spring gardens, historic boats, and environmental activities, including osprey hunts, are also yours for the having, all priced at $1 or less.
Maryland Day 2012 is also geared to helping Girl Scouts earn their Maryland Heritage Patch. The event website, marylandday.org, lists where and what.
It's nice to pretend that Maryland history is all about winners, but that's not a true story. This year's celebration of Maryland Day includes the losers.
We call the passengers of the Ark and Dove by the sanitized word colonists, but two I-words describe them as well: They were both immigrants and invaders. Neither of those, by today's reckoning, is such a nice word. Both have come to mean takers, and that's just what those colonists were of the land, lives and culture of the American Indians.
Just this year, Maryland recognized the authenticity of the Piscataway Indian Nation and the Piscataway Conoy Tribe. Anthropologist and Indian affairs advocate Rebecca Seib speaks on that relationship on Maryland Day in Historic St. Mary's City.
Slaves bore the burden of Maryland history on their backs, enabling the early achievements that gave them no reward. You'll learn about contributions of African Americans, including Ark passenger Mathias de Sousa, at Maryland History at Banneker-Douglass Museum and Bates Heritage Center.
Read this week's feature to find your niche. Then get up and delve into Maryland history.


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December 27th, 2012
Portman, 'Twilight' stars make Forbes list of best actors for the buck
Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart and Shia LaBeouf are among the top 10 stars on Forbes list of Hollywood's Best Actors For The Buck.
Unlike Eddie Murphy, who Forbes named the most overpaid actor, these stars offer the best return on investment.
Based on Portman's "Black Swan," "No Strings Attached" and "Your Highness," Forbes estimates that the Oscar winner returns $42.70 for every $1 she's paid.
Stewart nabbed the No. 2 spot, retuning $40.60 for every $1. Trailing behind her is LaBeouf, followed by her "Twilight Saga" co-stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
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Wee Waa is Australia's Cotton Capital and the place Daft Punk selected to launch it's album Random Access Memories in 2013, a dynamic rural community situated in the rich agricultural heartland of the Lower Namoi Valley in North West NSW. The town of Wee Waa has a population of 2,080 which has fluctuated over the years, (according to the Census 2006 1,689, 2011 Census 2,433, and 2016 Census 2,080) and services a far greater rural community as well as the villages of Merah North, Spring Plains, Burren Junction, Pilliga and Gwabegar. The majority of this area is rich fertile country well suited to the agricultural pursuits that sustain the district and provide its people with a quality way of life.
Wee Waa is a mere 42 kilometres off the Newell Highway, west of Narrabri, and is a gateway to the far west centres of Walgett, Collarenebri, Lightning Ridge Opal Fields and beyond.
Wee Waa is Australi's cotton Capital and the place Daft Punk selected to launch it's album Random Access Memories in 2013, a dynamic rural community situated in the rich agricultural heartland of the Lower Namoi Valley in North West NSW.
On a regional scale Wee Waa is encompassed by Regional Development Australia - Northern Inland NSW. This entity undertakes the promotion of the region
The Wee Waa District is a major producer of a variety of agricultural commodities including cotton, wheat, beef cattle and sheep and pulse crops.
OWee Waa always has houses for sale and houses for rent on a wide range and commercial blocks and shops also come up for sale. The variety is amazing.
This business directory encompasses the towns of Wee Waa and Narrabri if you own a business the cost to have a landing page and or a listing is very minimal.
The news is full of Covid-19 right now, but there are other dangers in the world that YOU need to look out for.
One of the greatest dangers comes in the form of your very own car (or someone else's)
Approximately 40% of all car accidents happen at intersections, with most of these resulting in serious injuries.
Roundabouts, however, make intersections much safer.
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ANOTHER 12 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus [covid-19] at the weekend in the Hunter New England Health district, bringing the total to 30.
The news comes as Premier Glady Berejiklian announced today that NSW would go into "comprehensive shutdown" of non-essential services.
"Tonight I will be informing the National Cabinet that NSW will proceed to a more comprehensive shutdown of non-essential services," she said.
Supermarkets, petrol stations, pharmacies and convenience stores, freight and logistics and home delivery will remain open.
The shutdown will take place over the next 48 hours.
Schools will be open on Monday but Ms Berejiklian is expected to make more comment on that in the morning.
GRDC Northern Region team members are just back from Grains Research Updates throughout Queensland and New South Wales. It was great to catch up with so many growers, agronomists and researchers at the events and even better to hear many regions had received rain. Let's hope there is more on the horizon and everyone gets a winter crop in this season.
If you didn't make it to an Update, you'll find a lot of the valuable presentations from these events on our website. And if you did attend one of the Updates, you may find yourself or a colleague in social photo galleries from Wagga Wagga, Dubbo and Goondiwindi Grains Research Updates. To view the latest Newsletter click the heading.
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In the months since the economy collapsed, it's become something of a bittersweet parlor game to try to pinpoint exactly when the overwhelming confidence of the financial boom tipped over into something closer to hubris.
The bank executives who spent their days on the golf course or at the card table while their companies collapsed? The condo in Florida that was flipped so many times it doubled in value without ever being lived in? The college graduates who earned more in their first year on Wall Street than their parents made in a decade for doing—what exactly?
The metals sector wasn't part of that particular bubble. This industry isn't in the business of hawking sub-prime mortgages or collateralizing debt; we make, consume and trade things, from copper concentrate to hot-rolled coil to aluminum extrusions, and a lot in between. No bailouts needed.
But with the benefit of a healthy dose of hindsight, it's easy to see that metals had its share of hubris moments, too.
Here's one. At a conference early last year, a steel analyst was presenting his outlook for the industry. An audience of mainly mill executives watched as the analyst traced an unbroken path of strong growth in demand that over the next decade would double global steel output to almost 2.5 billion tons a year. In the coming years, $1,000 a ton would emerge as a solid floor for hot band prices. The BRIC nations would keep on building, construction sites in the Middle East would light up the desert nights and developing countries like Vietnam would emerge as the next drivers of sustainable steel demand.
It wasn't just analysts who got it wrong. Many of us operated on the assumption, reinforced by order books and opinionators, that the only way was up. At AMM's Steel Success Strategies conference in June last year, a top industry executive told attendees that the cycle of boom and bust was over—less than three months before the biggest bust in our lifetimes.
We don't mean to be wise after the event, either. The cover of AMM's July 2008 declared boldly Steel Stands Tall. We didn't see this coming, any more than anyone else did.
Many a beautiful theory has been destroyed by an ugly fact, as a scientist once said. The inconvenient truths that got in the way of this kind of scenario are well known. The repercussions are still being felt throughout the industry.
There are plenty of metal consumers who are still smarting at having had to pay $1,000-plus for a ton of plate or $4 for a pound of copper at the market's peak; and plenty of producers who have since had to lay off staff or ask hard-working employees to make cutbacks as a result of bad decisions made in Detroit, Washington or New York.
This isn't about apportioning blame. As summer gets underway, there are indications in the media, the markets and even in some of those industries that continue to make real things that conditions might be improving—or at least not getting any worse.
What's also emerging, slowly and painfully, are the first signs of optimism. It might take three, five or 10 years, but the North American metals industry will recover. What shape the industry will take, and how bumpy the road will be getting there, remains to be seen. After all, if the events of the past year have taught us anything, it's not to pay too much attention to anyone who says they know what the future will look like.
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Chocolate Marshmallow Peeps Recipe
These homemade chocolate marshmallow Peeps are delicious and adorable.
- Make sure marshmallow is set enough to hold it's shape before piping or you'll end up with blobs instead of chicks.
- Don't chill the mixture too much or it will be difficult to pipe. The test mound should gently hold it's shape.
- To pipe chicks: Start by piping base. Holding tip at 90 degree angle, squirt a half dollar sized mound and then release pressure and pull away. This will create the tail. Then pipe another mound on top and toward the direction of the tail end. Halfway to the end, pull up and then release pressure as you slightly angle tip in the opposite direction, creating the head and beak.
- To fix any flaws, use a wet fingertip. The marshmallow won't stick to it.
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- Yield:18
- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:1 hour
- 3 tablespoons gelatin
- 2/3 cup plus 1/2 cup water, divided
- 2 cups sugar, plus extra for coating peeps
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder, sifted
- 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, melted
Place 2/3 cup water in mixing bowl of standing mixer and sprinkle gelatin over top. Let sit until gelatin is absorbed into water, about 5 minutes. Set aside. Sprinkle enough sugar to generously coat bottom of rimmed baking sheet. Set aside.
In medium saucepan, stir remaining 1/2 cup water with 2 cups sugar and corn syrup. Heat over medium-high heat until mixture just comes to boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. When mixture comes to boil stop stirring. Continue to cook until mixture registers 240°F. Occasionally brush down sides of pan with water as the mixture cooks.
When sugar syrup comes up to temperature, pour over gelatin and stir gently to combine. Let mixture sit to cool briefly, about 10 minutes. Then whip on medium-high speed until light, fluffy, and the consistency of shaving cream, about 10 minutes. Gently fold in vanilla and cocoa until combined.
Plop a small spoonful of marshmallow onto plate. If it doesn't hold its shape, set mixing bowl over pan of ice water until marshmallow thickens to the point where it just holds its shape. Fill pastry bag and pipe chicks (see note). Let chicks sit for 10 minutes to set and then sprinkle sugar over to coat. Use toothpick to dab chocolate eyes onto chicks.
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An outbreak of salmonella illnesses linked to shell eggs has prompted a nationwide recall of 13 popular egg brands produced by an Iowa company and triggered a multi-state investigation that is expected to grow, federal health officials said Tuesday.
So far, clusters of illnesses linked to eggs have been confirmed in at least three states, California, Colorado and Minnesota, the Centers for Disease Control said.
But the agency is looking into a four-fold spike in reported cases of salmonella Enteritidis with a particular genetic fingerprint in late June and early July, said Lola Russell, a CDC spokeswoman. In addition, many states have reported increases in the specific pattern since May. That could indicate perhaps hundreds of illnesses tied to the outbreak, Russell said.
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On Friday, officials with Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa, issued a national recall for 13 brands of eggs with a particular date stamp because they had the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.
The recalled eggs are packaged under the following brand names: Lucerne, Albertson, Mountain Dairy, Ralph's, Boomsma's, Sunshine, Hillandale, Trafficanda, Farm Fresh, Shoreland, Lund, Dutch Farms and Kemps. The eggs are packed in cartons of various sizes, including 6-egg cartons, dozen-egg cartons and 18-egg cartons.
They feature Julian dates ranging from 136 to 225 and plant numbers 1026, 1413 and 1946. Dates and codes can be found stamped on the end of the egg carton. The plant number begins with the letter P and then the number. The date follows the plant number. For example: P-1946 223.
The federal Food and Drug Administration has launched an investigation at the Iowa firm.
Salmonella Enteritidis can cause fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins with 12 to 72 hours of eating contaminated food and lasts four to seven days. It can cause serious illness in people with compromised immune systems.
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