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Measures to counter unsolicited commercial communications ("spam")
Measures to counter unsolicited commercial communications ("spam")
Measures to counter unsolicited commercial communications ("spam")
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Measures to counter unsolicited commercial communications ("spam")
Unsolicited commercial communications by e-mail, otherwise known as 'spam' have reached worrying proportions. This phenomenon is now one of the greatest challenges to the Internet. In this context, this Communication identifies a series of actions to complement the existing rules against spam. The aim is to make the ban on spam as effective as possible.
Communication from the Commission of 22 January 2004 on unsolicited commercial communications or 'spam' [COM(2004) 28 final - not published in the Official Journal].
In just a few years, spam has become a problem of worrying proportions. More than 50 percent of global e-mail traffic is now estimated to be spam. What is even more worrying is the rate of growth: in 2001 the proportion of spam was around 7 percent.
Spam is a problem for many reasons:
- invasion of privacy;
- frequently misleading or deceptive;
- shocking pornographic content;
- loss of time (emptying e-mailboxes) and financial cost to the user (purchase of filtering software);
- the considerable cost to businesses: IT departments spend an increasing amount of time and money trying to address this problem. The time used to empty e-mailboxes also reduces efficiency and productivity. There are also indirect costs: some legitimate commercial or business e-mails are not delivered due to current anti-spam filtering techniques. It has been estimated that, in 2002, spam cost European companies EUR 2.5 billion in terms of lost productivity alone.
The 2002 Directive on privacy and electronic communications prohibits the sending of unsolicited commercial mail (by e-mail, SMS or MMS) without the prior consent of the subscriber to such electronic communications services ("opt-in" principle). Implementing this measure is a necessary first step. However, a series of further actions will be needed to complement the Directive and make the "ban on spam" a reality.
This Communication therefore proposes different types of action:
Effective implementation and enforcement by Member States and public authorities
Effective application of the opt-in principle must be a priority in all Member States. This will involve the provision of monitoring tools and adequate application mechanisms, including cross-border mechanisms. Cooperation with non-EU countries is also essential.
Effective remedies and penalties
Administrative sanctions seem to be more appropriate than judicial remedies for tackling the problem of unsolicited commercial communications. They are both affordable and quick.
The Commission proposes that Member States take the following action:
- complete the transposition of the Directive on privacy and electronic communications, in particular the provisions on unsolicited communications;
- assess the effectiveness of their systems of remedies and penalties for infringements and make sure victims have the possibility to claim damages;
- Member States and competent authorities that do not have administrative remedies should consider the creation of such remedies to enforce the new rules.
Complaints mechanisms
Effective enforcement of the existing rules necessitates adequate complaint mechanisms. In this context, the creation of dedicated e-mailboxes for receiving complaints about spam ("spam boxes") is an interesting approach. One advantage of this type of initiative is that it seems to encourage consumers to report infringements, helping to improve law enforcement. They also make it possible to monitor and measure the scale and scope of spam.
Member States are encouraged to:
- assess the effectiveness of their legal systems to cope with user complaints and make adjustments if needed;
- establish adequate complaint mechanisms, including dedicated e-mailboxes for users to complain about spam.
Cross-border complaints and cooperation on enforcement inside the EU
It is essential that cross-border complaints are dealt with effectively if consumers are to be properly protected. It is also very important for the national complaints mechanisms to be linked to ensure that complaints from users in one Member State regarding messages originating in another Member State are dealt with effectively. At present not all Member States have a formal procedure to deal with cross-border complaints.
The Member States are invited to:
- assess the effectiveness of their procedures for dealing with cross-border complaints;
- examine any existing barriers to information exchange and cooperation;
- use an existing liaison mechanism - or create one - by which national authorities can cooperate in pursuit of cross-border enforcement inside the EU.
Cooperation with third countries
Effective enforcement of the rules with regard to messages originating in third countries is vital as a large proportion of spam comes from outside the EU. The first objective of international cooperation is to promote the adoption of appropriate legislation in third countries. The second objective is to ensure the effective enforcement of the applicable rules.
The Commission calls upon the Member States to:
- take an active role in forums such as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which is working to address the problem of spam;
- engage in or reinforce bilateral cooperation with third countries, and with the private sector (in particular ISPs and ESPs), in order to trace back spammers.
Self-regulatory action concerns market players in particular. The measures relate to areas such as contractual arrangements, codes of conduct, acceptable marketing practices, labels, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms and technical solutions such as filtering and server security.
Effective application of the "opt-in" regime
The industry must turn the opt-in regime into an everyday business practice. Industry self-regulation, or indeed co-regulation, should be promoted in areas where legislation may not be sufficient. Contracts can be particularly useful in the fight against spam, subject to safeguards with respect to individual rights. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) and e-mail service providers (ESPs) already include obligations in contracts with their customers prohibiting the use of their services for sending spam.
The following actions are planned:
- the industry must assess the extent to which its existing contracts are compatible with the new rules and, if not, adapt them accordingly;
- direct marketeers are invited to adapt their practices to the opt-in regime, in particular by agreeing on specific, lawful methods of collecting personal data;
- effective codes of practice which comply with the "opt-in" regime must be developed and disseminated;
- tools such as labels ("trustmarks" or "webseals") could be used for e-mail messages and databases which comply with the "opt-in" regime.
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms
An out-of-court redress mechanism may be a useful means of dealing with disputes in relation to on-line transactions and communications. The Commission therefore recommends the use (or creation, if necessary) of self-regulatory complaints mechanisms, building on existing initiatives (such as the European Extra-Judicial Network EEJ-NET.
Technical issues
Different filtering tools are used to counter spam on the technical front. However, not all filtering techniques offer the same level of user control, or the same guarantees of data protection and privacy. The techniques may also cause efficiency problems by blocking some legitimate e-mail ("false positives") or allowing spam to get through ("false negatives").
Filtering software providers are invited to:
- ensure that their filtering systems are compatible with the opt-in regime;
- take into account the consequences for users of "false positives", "false negatives", certain forms of content-based filtering, and the possible associated liability issues;
- cooperate with interested parties to develop ways of recognising those marketing e-mails which comply with accepted marketing practices, for example using labels, etc.;
- offer filtering facilities or services to their customers as an option available on request, as well as information on third party products.
Raising awareness
All those concerned (Member States and competent authorities, consumer and/or user associations, the industry, etc.) should be actively involved in prevention, consumer awareness-raising and dealing with complaints.
In their awareness campaigns the parties concerned should provide basic information on the new rules and on the rights of industry and consumers under those rules; information on acceptable marketing practices under the opt-in regime; and information on the products and services available to avoid spam and on practical steps to take when confronted with spam (complaints mechanisms and ADR systems). They should also refer to effective industry codes of conduct.
Action proposed by the Commission
The Commission will monitor the actions proposed in this Communication and will assess - by the end of 2004 - the need for any supplementary action. The Commission departments have also created an informal group to facilitate work on the effective enforcement of the 2002 Directive on privacy and electronic communications, as well as the other actions identified in the Communication. The Commission also supports the launch of Europe-wide on-line codes of conduct for direct marketing,
The Commission supports projects to deal with spam in the context of the Safer Internet programme.
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) [Official Journal L 201 of 31.07.02].
The purpose of the Directive is to protect the right to privacy with regard to personal data processing in the electronic communications sector.
Decision 276/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 January 1999 adopting a multiannual Community action plan on promoting safer use of the Internet by combating illegal and harmful content on global networks.
The general objective of the action plan is to promote a favourable environment for the development of Internet-based industry. Towards this end, the action plan promotes the safer use of the Internet and measures to combat illegal and harmful content on global networks
Further information on European policy to combat spam can be found here.
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I just received my Zen Head and am putting it through its paces. So far I'm impressed. I use AKG 271s, Sennheiser 595, Grado 325i as my primary headphones. I am interested in your impression of this amp and, of course, once I've had a decent listen, I'll share mine. BTW, the crossfeed is excellent. Better than the Total Bithead (my other portable amp). I went with the Total Bithead for my computer. I choose the Zen Head for something better with my Mp3 player.
Steve Deckert knows how to market. Good thkng or he'd be out of business. He also knows how to make excellent stereo gear. Buying direct is a savings and the customer service is superb. Sometimes when I read so many positive reviews, I think of a concept called groupthink. If many people say that they like something, then others may agree (even if they aren't sure they like that something) just go do along with the group (and not make waves). When I see a whole bunch of laudatory reviews, I wonder if I'm being set up; however, I've read reviews in other places than the Decware website (such as Skylab's very thourough and thoughtful review of the Zen Head) which did influence my decision to get a Zen amp and to finally spring for a Zen Head. I also knew that I could audition Decware gear and send it back for a modest restocking fee if I didn't like it. That is important to me as I'm a rather critical listener.
I've been listening to my Phililps GoGear hard drive 2 gb music player with the Decware Zen Head for the last three weeks or thereabouts. I do not use any of the EQ features on the Philips. My headphone of choice for this review is a pair of AKG 271s with velour ear pads. I find the AKG 271s to be an accurate studio monitorish (read: flat sounding) honest sounding set of cans. My Grado 325i performs well with the Zen Head, but given the Grado sonic signature, I choose to focus on the AKG's for this review (Grado 325i and the Zen Head is another review waiting to happen).
Music choices include Issac Hayes', Shaft, Edgar Winter Group's, "Frankenstein," Flogging Molly's Float, Lalo Shifrin's Jazz Meets the Symphony, Maria Muldaur's Midnight at the Oasis, George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord," Elton John's Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Alanis Morrisette, "Uninvited," Sarah McLachlan, "Angel" and Mike Oldfield, "Tubular Bells, Pt. 1."
The one thing that I first notice and which impresses me the most is the glorously rich soundstage--it's wide, it's deep, it's three dimensional. This is where the Zen Head excels! The crossfeed works well and I feel no need to ever turn it off (one can if one so desires by taking a trip into the interior of the Zen Head--there one can also change the input impedence, which I left at 10K--the standard setting). I find the crossfeed to be better than the Total Bithead (my only other headphone amp which I've had for a few years). I like how well the crossfeed circuitry works. Simply excellent.
Bass is excellent--tight, controlled, and rich. Midrange and highs are very good. Vocalists come accross well and life-like. Maria Muldaur's "Midnight at the Oasis" sparkles and comes across crystal clear and inviting. Lovely. Morrisette in "Uninvited" has great atmosphere and the vocals are ethreal. McLachlan's "Angel" brings out the goosebumps (but then this song is so well done, I'd get goosebumps even if I heard it over the 8 track in my now long gone 1977 Oldsmobile Delta 88) and the vocals come across rich and luscious. There is a bit of warmth reminiscent of tube amps (Decware is famous for its Zen SET amp--I have one), but not the over coloured euphonic golden velvety richness and bloom that I associate with AMC tube amps or even the venerable Dynaco ST70. If anything, the voice of the Zen Head reminds me a bit of my Zen SET Amp (again it's the soundstage and holographic imaging and the way voices sound).
Switching to Lalo Shifrin's Jazz Meets the Orchestra, the opening cut, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is delightful. Here a jazz combo meets a full orchestra and the results are awe inspiring. I usually use this album when I go out to listen to stereo gear as it is well engineered and sounds excellent.
Dynamics are good, soundstage is awesome.
George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord, " takes me back to my soul searching days. Elton John's "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy," sounds rich. Detail is great. Voices handled well. Again, superb soundstage.
Flogging Molly's Float, an Irish folk themed rock band, had good presence, was nicely balanced, and the strings sounded just right. The Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein," was nicely handled. Solid bass, wide soundstage.
Issac Haye's Shaft is a revelation. Amazing engineering on the hybrid SACD version. Jaw dropping, goosebumping fantastic. Again, it's got a soundstage to die for and the overall presentation is stellar. The same for Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells, Pt. 1."
The Zen Head is a highly listenable amp. It is a bit tubelike, has an incrediable soundstage, is transparent, and does vocals right--male and female. Sarah McLachlan and Elton John will melt your heart. The Shaft soundtrack is amazing. I should dig out my cd of Holst's Planets and take the trip. I only wish that I had a cd copy of Iron Butterfly's "Ina Gadda da vida."
It's hard to find fault with the Zen Head. One could criticize it for its tube-like sound as it does colour the music, albeit in a way that tube affectionados might relish. I didn't find this colouration to be too obtrusive and actually find it pleasing. One might be dismayed at the largeness of the Zen Head. It's about five inches long and about 3 inches wide. For me sound quality overrides size. If I wanted small, I'd have bought a pair of Yuin PK-2s and run them directly into my Philips and be done with it. Maybe I should borrow my wife's PK-2s, grab my Philips and go for a hike through the neighbourhood tonight...or better yet...grab my son, Zak's African thumb piano and make my own soundtrack as I trek through the neighbourhood...but I digress.
My Zen Head is still burning in (I've only gone through one 9 volt battery--about 40 hours or so). I think I've logged in about 60 hours on it so far. I would expect that in another couple hundred hours, it'll sound even better or that I'll be so used to it, my ears will adjust. This is a headphone amp that I can happily live with.
It is large, but it's robust. The sound is terrific. I'm glad that I purchased it. Eventually I'll get around to evaluating how well it works with my Grado 325i cans. Some say that the 325i's sound best with tubes, that they have a small soundstage but great immediacy. Hmmmm...maybe there will be a synergy between the Grado 325i and the Zen Head. I'll explore this in the coming weeks.
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You nailed it. The Zen Head doesn't get in the way of the music. It lets the music be. (I've taken too many philosphy courses). Yes, there are lots of other headphone amps out there (which I've love to try out btw), but when it comes down to sheer enjoyment/musicality the Zen Head delivers.
Excellent crossfeed and soundstage with very good overall sonics make the Zen Head a brilliant little (okay, kinda largish) headphone amp.
The Zen Head deserves to be considered a serious choice for those desiring a really musical headphone amp. If my sister (I only have one) were an avid headphone user, I'd buy her one just because it is that good. Anyway, all she listens to is Neil Diamond. I'm not sure what sort of headphone and headphone amp combo would suit his musical style (and I just don't want to go there).
Last evening I spent some quality time with my Zen Head and my Grado 325i's. Nice synergy. Grado's have often been slammed for being really bright with ear wax melting highs, especially the 325i. Last evening they sounded really good together amping my Philips Ipod clone (music ranging from Ray Brown to Roxy Music to Queen to Flogging Molly to John Coltrane to Holst).
I'll have to listen more with this combination, but I think that the Zen Head complements the Grado 325i sound very nicely. In the next week or so, I'll engage in some extensive listening and report back.
I'm sitting at my computer listening to Pink Floyd on my Philips Ipod clone with Zen Head on and a lovely pair of AKG 701's as my can de jure. I wonder how much sound stage a chap can take before he passes out from sheer delight. I'm reveling in a sonorous soundscape of immense proportions. I am pleased. Anyway, it's certainly worth a whirl.
I'm listening to Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother...now I've switched to Varese's "Ionization." Very terrific this. On to "Ameriques." Oh this Varese fellow is quite good. Almost as good as Zappa. Or John Cage. Or Messiean. Or even Heitor Villa Lobos. Or better yet Elvis.
So far so good with the 701's and the Zen Head via Philips. You might want to find an adaptor. This should not be missed. Even your polka albums will take on a new lease on life. Hey, even my polka albums sound good now.
Still, the best I've heard from the Zen Head and Philips is when I put on my Grado 325i's. There is magic here. Nice synergy. And I need synergy as I've decided that I'm a pirate metal fan (at least for a couple weeks before I get back to serious country music).
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Sonority has a long and contentious history. It has often been invoked by linguists as an explanatory principle underlying various cross-linguistic phonotactic generalizations, especially within the domain of the syllable. However, many phonologists and phoneticians have expressed concerns about the adequacy of formal accounts based on sonority, including even doubts about the very existence of sonority itself.
To date, the topic of sonority has never been the focus of an entire book. Consequently, this is the first complete volume that explores diverging viewpoints about phonological phenomena rooted in sonority taken from numerous languages. All of the contributors are well-known and respected linguists who publish their research in leading academic outlets. Furthermore, each chapter in this collection contains new, cutting-edge results based on the latest trends in the field. Hence, no other extant piece of literature matches this volume in terms of its breadth and coverage of issues, all converging on the common theme of sonority.
Given the wide variety of subtopics in this collection, there is something to appeal to everyone — the list of contributions encompasses areas such as Optimality Theory, acquisition, computational modeling, acoustic phonetics, typology, syllable structure, speech perception, markedness, connectionism, psycholinguistics, and even MRI technology. What ties all of these issues together is a solid and consistent emphasis on sonority as a unified background phenomenon. Furthermore, a continuum of opinions about sonority is represented, ranging from complete acceptance and enthusiasm, on the one hand, to moderate skepticism on the other hand.
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Shizzow is a new location-based social service, most similar to BrightKite. The bootstrapped startup is also a side project. The four team members have full-time jobs outside of Shizzow.
Webmonkey got together with Shizzow CEO-by-night Ryan Snyder. Read on to find out why he won't make an iPhone app, Shizzow's relation to Google Calendar, and that the original name rhymed with "kazoo."
Webmonkey: How does Shizzow compare to other location-based social networking sites like BrightKite, or a platform like FireEagle?
Ryan Snyder: We think of Shizzow as much more of a social service than a location-based service. The primary action on Shizzow is to "shout out" your location, but to us declaring your location means nothing unless doing so enables you to get together with people for a face-to-face conversation. While other services have added photo sharing or restaurant reviews to their service, we're maintaining a philosophy of simplicity - if a certain feature doesn't help you meet new people or get together with friends, we won't implement that feature.
Webmonkey: Many successful web applications start with developers scratching their own itch. How was Shizzow born?
Snyder: Shizzow is definitely one of those projects that came out of us developers scratching our own itch. In September 2007, a number of developers here in Portland were using a shared Google calendar to coordinate meetups for coding sessions, and we found it too cumbersome to notify each of the group members when we'd arrived at that place. Mark Wallaert approached me and said, "So... Ryan, I've got this idea...", then sketched out the Shizzow concept on my markerboard. When he told me how it would solve our communication problems, I was sold.
Webmonkey: Why are you opening in only a few cities?
Snyder: One of the difficulties of unveiling a new site or service is that of building community. Rather than inviting random people from all over the world, we felt it would be better to invite people to use Shizzow city-by-city so that when we roll out to your city, all of your friends will hopefully be Shizzow users within the first day or two instead of straggling in over the coming weeks or months.
Webmonkey: How have the four of you balanced this large side project with day jobs?
Snyder: Whew, this has not been easy! I'd probably call it "burnout prevention" before I'd call it anything resembling balance! Each of us has our own methods of meeting Shizzow's needs on top of our day jobs. I personally dedicate the first 2-3 hours of my day to Shizzow before heading into cubicleville for my 9 to 5'er, as well as dedicating one or both weekend days to whatever tasks may be at hand. But the real reason we've been able to persevere over the last year has been the patience and understanding of our friends and loved ones. We simply could not have done this without their support.
Webmonkey: BrightKite got a lot of attention for its iPhone app. When can I expect to see a beta version of Shizzow's?
Snyder: Since we're a small team, we're trying to remain as focused as possible on Shizzow's core functionality. We feel that developing platform-specific applications will actually scatter our attention by having to support multiple UIs and platforms. We're currently working on an API to allow other developers to build applications for Shizzow. Besides, there are some rockstar mobile developers that will probably build something cooler than we'd imagined possible using our API.
Webmonkey: My projects always have a list of alternate names. Can you share anything Shizzow was almost called?
Snyder: All of our original names for the project were either taken or they were just lame! Our first interface for Shizzow actually had a spelling variation, where we ended Shizzow with "ou" instead of "ow". People kept calling it "Shizzoo" so we quickly realized that we needed to grab the "ow" domain name before that name stuck!
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This twin-turbo C6 Z06 Vette isn't the first car try and scare its busty passenger. There was that silicone-powered CTS-V ride, that woman busting out in a drift Supra and that Hungarian going drifting with her two g-meters hanging out in the open.
I'm starting to think that wanting to scare cam girls in cars and then look at their jumblies is just hardwired into our brains, like doodling dinosaurs with lasers or laughing at farts.
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You have no plan - you're just driving and you're starving. The nagging wife grumbles, "We are NOT going to McDonalds again!" to her husband who, like a 9 year old, could eat McDonalds 7 days a week. He sighs and knows this is not the day to fight this battle and they drive on. Suddenly there it is - someplace that has food - and people bring it TO YOU at a table! But wait there's more - big square boxes hang from the walls and what do they do? They show football games!!! HOORAY HOORAY IT IS A GOOD DAY!
So that was our Saturday a couple of weeks ago. We stumbled upon the Silver Spring House and while I had heard of it - I really didn't know anything about it. It looked nice though and we were REALLY hungry - so we headed in. It's on East Kemper in the Loveland/Maineville area.
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This burrito was really great - it was full of cheese that delicious chicken. We both made a point to try a piece of the chicken on it's own - and it was really great. Marinated in yumminess - it was full of flavor and very juicy. It definitely made us want to come back for the chicken dinner. The burrito was also covered with a black bean/corn/tomato salsa, sour cream and more. It was a delicious burrito and we devoured every bite. We both liked that it was very different from the standard El Rancho Grande or Chipotle varieties of burrito - it was it's own thing - and it was so good.
Why Should You Go? We'll definitely be back to Silver Spring House. I think we might have to get one order of chicken and one burrito - because we both loved this so much - it might be hard to order something else! The atmosphere is great too - especially on a nice day when those windows are open! Head on out to this Cincinnati treasure!


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A state assemblyman from Sacramento does not appear to be living in the condo he bought so he could run for a seat in a newly drawn district.
The Sacramento Bee ( https://bit.ly/W921dp ) reports that Democratic Assemblyman Richard Pan began taking more than $28,000 in per diem payments last year, which helped him buy the condo in a neighborhood south of downtown. His home in Natomas, a neighborhood north of downtown, was in the same district as another Democratic lawmaker following redistricting in 2011.
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A federal jury in Miami is returning for a second day of deliberations in the trial of a Muslim cleric accused of sending money to the Pakistani Taliban terror organization.
The 12-person panel deliberated for about five hours Tuesday but left without deciding the fate of 77-year-old Hafiz Khan. They will resume discussions Wednesday.
Khan is accused of funneling about $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, which has been linked to numerous violent attacks including the 2010 attempt to bomb New York's Times Square.
Kahn testified that the money was for family, for charity, and for a religious school he owns in Pakistan's Swat Valley. He denied supporting the Taliban.
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ROCHESTER — Rochester School District recognized the following people in December:
Beth Wiggins — Maple Street Magnet School Title I Reading Teacher
"…the powerhouse director of the PBIS program. She leads the school's morning meeting each week with gusto and enthusiasm. She puts her whole heart and soul into each rollout to improve student behavior. She is always asking, "What can I do to help?" and takes on any task with fervor and a smile."
Middle School
Al Spader — Rochester Middle School 6th Grade Science Teacher
"…energetic, open-minded and efficient, this is how I would describe Al Spader as a Universal Team co-leader. While keeping in mind the integrity of the PBIS philosophy, Al's enthusiasm is contagious. His commitment to bringing a positive climate to RMS, decreasing the amount of BRF's and increasing staff morale is evident at our UT meetings and when reporting out to staff at Faculty meetings."
High School
Carissa Maskwa — Spaulding High Math Teacher
"…when we were searching for an Instructional Leader in the Math Department to take over the Senior Math class, Carissa Maskwa stepped forward. She jumped right in from day one. The hours that she has spent tracking data and aggregating it is testament to her dedication and passion. She is an ambitious, energetic and devoted education professional who is truly invested in each and every one of her students."
District Collaborative
Sue Schuler, Peg Hurd, Gail Nelson, Pahm Allard, Steve Eliscu, Eric Diamond, Lorraine Barrows, Sierra Faist, and Beth Gouzoules-Walton — RMS Veterans Day Assembly Council
"…each November celebrates the lives of Americans, past and present, who have served and who are serving in the United States military. Through the collaboration of council members, veterans and the student body, VDAC endeavors (strives) to promote patriotism and preserve American heritage."
Shawn Keenan — East Rochester Elementary School
"…Shawn has been such a wonderful support for so many activities in our school. He has been the "Winter Reading Elf", the "Summer Reading Bug" and a general friend and support to the Reading Team."
Student Recognition
Ashley Wilkins — RMS
"…reached out to the eight elementary schools in Rochester and asked the guidance counselors to pick two families in need. Divided the families in need up, so there were about 3 to 4 kids per team with 47 being the final number of kids she was trying to help.
The students at RMS were asked to collect gifts for them based on the forms from the elementary schools' which parents filled out.
Ashley reached out to Foster's and an article was printed on the project to help get more community awareness. This project will hopefully teach others what Ashley knows is important: doing a simple little deed can do such a great thing and make you feel so good."


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"We try to approach all the games in a similar fashion," the Sporting Director and Head Coach said. "We want to go out there and compete and play our game, try to force our game on the opponent. We're going to do the same in Seattle. It's a good test for us to see if we can do that. We might not be able to, but it'll be a good chance to try."
The Crew will be faced with a tough environment at CenturyLink Field as Sounders FC has drawn nearly 40,000 fans in its first two home matches this season. The Black & Gold have shown they can silence the Seattle crowd in the past, as they topped the Sounders 2-0 in their last visit to the Emerald City.
"It's going to be exciting," midfielder Wil Trapp said. "There's going to be a lot of fans, lots of noise. They're going to be fired up. We just have to play our game and be confident in what have on the field and stick to our gameplan.
Berhalter will have nearly a full side at his disposal as Matt Wiet and Daniel Paladini are the only injured players on the Crew roster. However, Seattle will be without start playmaker Clint Dempsey. The U.S. Men's National Team forward will serve the second of a two-match suspension for violent conduct on Saturday.
Despite Dempsey's absence, Berhalter knows his team will have its hands full against the Sounders' other Designated Players in Osvaldo Alonso and Obafemi Martins.
"[Seattle] is a good team," he complimented his opponent. "They're an experienced team. They've been together a while, a lot of the guys. Playing at home, they have a really strong crowd. We know it's going to be a difficult game. Alonso is probably one of the better midfielders in the League. It will be a good challenge for us."
Added Trapp: "They have a lot talented players and good finishers as well. We have to be compact and hopefully kind of quell what they have with Alonso in the middle and [Kenny] Cooper and Obafemi [Martins] up front."


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Christmas provides another opportunity for Greeks to celebrate a holiday season with family and friends. Here in North America, we celebrate Christmas much like many others; we decorate trees, exchange gifts, and enjoy festive meals with relatives and close acquaintances. We also remember those who are less fortunate, and we show our gratitude for all we have by providing a helping hand to those who need it most. In the Spirit of the Season, I would like to ask each of my readers to click here for an easy and free way to help people in need via The Hunger Site. It will only take a moment of your time, it will not cost you anything, and you will be helping to ensure somebody somewhere gets a meal they desperately need. Thank you for your kind consideration.
Now, on to the fun stuff- a sweet Greek recipe!
One of the quintessential Greek holiday cookies is immediately recognizable by its confectionery sugar- dusted coat. Though they may be made in a variety of shapes, Kourabiedes (pronounced "koo-rah-bee-YEH-thess") are most often fashioned into an S shape or lady finger style biscuit. My own preference is for a round bite-sized type of cookie, and that is how I make them.
Kourabiedes are butter cookies traditionally baked for Christmas and Easter festivities, but they keep well when stored, so you can enjoy them with a morning Greek coffee long after both holidays have passed. In some regions of Greece, the Christmas Kourabiedes are adorned with a single whole spice clove embedded in each biscuit. This is done to commemorate the spices which were among the gifts presented by the Biblical Magi to the baby Jesus. As I am a soft touch for quaint sentimental customs, I add the spice cloves to my Kourabiedes at Christmas too.
During the Holidays, most Greek homes will have a plate of Kourabiedes on hand to share with guests. Each matron in any Greek household on the planet has a family recipe for these cookies. Nonetheless, there are some universal points of confluence among the variations. One prerequisite for fine Kourabiedes is that they are light and fluffy- airy to the point of being slightly brittle to the touch; and, they must NOT taste of flour. I have tried many Kourabiedes in my time, most were good, some were bad, but they all had a little raw almond in the mix to keep the mastication interesting, as the rest of the cookie should practically melt on your tongue.
This recipe is from my mother in law, though I have added a twist or two of my own. (Note: the flour measurement is an approximation based on the resulting "feel" of the dough after its "rubbing", more on that below.)
7 ½ - 8 cups flour, sifted ("Five Roses" All Purpose, if you can find it)
1 lb good quality unsalted butter (Gay Lea is excellent)
1 lb Crisco® vegetable shortening
4 eggs
½ cup of well-chopped raw almonds
¼ cup mastic liqueur (or brandy)
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
Whole spice cloves
1 ½ cups powdered/confectionery sugar
Extra powdered/confectionery sugar for the dusting
- In a deep pan, melt the butter together with the Crisco® vegetable shortening, then pour into a mixer bowl and start whisking at a moderately high speed for 10 minutes or so.
- Add 1 ½ cup of powdered/confectionery sugar to the mixer bowl and continue whisking for another 10 minutes.
- Add the baking soda and baking powder to the mastic liqueur (or brandy) and mix together thoroughly, then add liqueur to the mixer bowl and continue whisking for another 10 minutes.
- Separate the egg yolks and whites of 2 of the eggs, then add the yolks to another bowl and add the remaining 2 eggs to that bowl. Combine and add the 4 yolks and 2 egg whites to the mixer bowl; continue mixing at medium-high speed for 30 – 40 minutes. (Save the 2 extra egg whites for a low-fat omelette on Boxing Day!) By this point the mixture should have the consistency of a velvety smooth well-whipped butter.
- Add the chopped almonds to the mixer bowl and mix for a further few minutes.
- Transfer the now velvety smooth mix to an extra large mixing bowl and roll up your sleeves.
- In stages, without rushing, start adding the flour by sprinkling a cup at a time into the mixture. When incorporating the flour, once past mixing the initial paste, do not knead the dough; rather, you should hold the edge of the bowl with one hand and rub the flour into the dough with a downward spiral motion towards you. As you add flour, the dough will become harder to work and you must continue to "rub" it until soft again. Once you have incorporated the flour, test the consistency of the dough by rolling some between your palms. It should stay together and be very soft and malleable. The key is to make sure the dough will have enough rigidity to keep the cookies from going flat on your baking sheet while in the oven. You may need to add a little flour to achieve the desired consistency. However, be careful you don't add too much flour and end up with hard cookies. This part may take you a few tries to perfect.
- Once the dough is ready, break away small pieces (about the size of a walnut) and roll between your palms to form a sphere. Place your cookies on a greased or parchment paper lined baking sheet in neat rows.
- Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Be sure to adjust the oven racks so that one is at the bottom of your oven and one at the top.
- When your baking sheets are ready to go into the oven, start by putting one (or more) onto the bottom rack of your oven and bake the cookies for 20 minutes. Then, move that sheet (or sheets) to the top rack of the oven and put another one (or more) on the bottom rack. Bake the cookies on the top rack for a further 10 minutes before removing them from the oven. In this way, each cookie sheet will bake for approximately 30 minutes. Rotate the trays as needed if uneven browning occurs. The cookies are ready when small cracks start to appear in their surface and an even light golden-brown colour is achieved.
- Remove cookies from oven and immediately sprinkle with rosewater such that a couple drops falls on each cookie.
- Take several trays/flat pans and sprinkle their bottoms to completely cover them with powdered/confectionery sugar. Place still warm cookies onto these trays/pans in neat rows and proceed to sprinkle a first covering layer of powdered/confectionery sugar over top.
- Once all the cookies have been covered with the first sprinkling of powdered/confectionery sugar, let the cookies stand to cool for a few hours (overnight if possible).
- Dust the biscuits with another thicker coating of powdered/confectionery sugar and then serve or store. (Note: If you add the spice cloves to the cookies you will need to slightly wet your fingertip with a little rosewater and dab overtop of the sugar covered cloves to make them appear again. Cookies can be stored in plastic Tupperware® style containers with lids that seal closed.)
*A word to the wise on eating and serving Kourabiedes: I remember viewing a TV show where Chef Gordon Ramsay choked because he inhaled while taking a bite of one of these cookies. Not to worry, Chef, we've all been there! LOL! So, whatever you do, do not breathe in (or out) through your mouth when biting into one of these biscuits; the powdered sugar will either end up in your larynx or on your clothes, or both! A glass of water will help once the coughing subsides. Always make sure to serve Kourabiedes with a glass of cold water. ;)
Wishing Celebrants a Very Merry Christmas, and Compliments of the Season to All!
Sam Sotiropoulos
Greek Gourmand™
Greek Food Recipes and Reflections
Copyright © 2008, Sam Sotiropoulos. All Rights Reserved.


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Alex Figge
Mark Cipolloni
American Champ Car rookie Alex Figge and his
rookie Champ Car team Pacific Coast Motorsports (PCM) have found the
going tough in America's premier open wheel series.
The reality of the situation is that both
rookie drivers (Figge and teammate Ryan Dalziel) and their
rookie engineers don't have any Champ Car experience to draw
upon, so when things are not going right, they sometimes
lose their way.
Despite the spec chassis and engines,
running competitively in Champ Car is no easy matter, but
the enormity of the situation isn't lost on the pragmatic
Alex Figge.
We caught up to the young California on
Sunday morning in San Jose.
Q. Why don't you tell our readers how
you got started in racing. When did you first decide that
you wanted to be a race car driver?
ALEX FIGGE: My family has always been interested in it. Then
I went to a racing school when I was like 16, something like
that. And then started racing Formula Mazda and sort of went
from there. But really I have not been racing very
Q. Has it been harder than you expected moving up to
Champ Car?
ALEX FIGGE: Yeah. I would say it has, just from the
standpoint that, you know, two new drivers and a new team
has been pretty difficult. Last time I was here was in '04
with Atlantic and it seemed like we always had a top 5 car
right out of the truck.
I was telling my engineer, the
same one I had in Atlantic, how devastated we were back then to qualify like 4th or something.
So it's a bit of a change [running at the back of the field]. Obviously there's still a little
bit of something missing between my engineer and I right
now. We're both trying our best and it hasn't quite come
together yet unfortunately.
Q. I guess you're both rookies, right, for Champ Car?
ALEX FIGGE: Yep, both rookies. And Ryan's engineer
is a rookie, too, as are other guys on our team. So we're just
trying to pick it up as fast as we can.
Q. In hindsight if you had to do it over again, would
you have picked up more veterans on the team?
ALEX FIGGE: I think that it would help
obviously to have somebody with a vast knowledge
base to draw upon. I think everybody on the team is
skilled enough, but when we lose our way we struggle to get
back on track sometimes.
Putting it all together in this environment has been
difficult, especially since a lot of Lola information
transfers over. So without even that it's definitely been
Q. Did racing in Grand-Am last year help you
and your team at all in Champ Car this year?
ALEX FIGGE: Actually, it does help with the racing
and making pitstops. I think I made some
mistakes in the races this year but I don't think I cost
anybody anything. Hopefully that's just a product of being
through a couple different series and being a little more
heads up.
Obviously we're not at the front end of the field
right now, but I certainly don't want to be screwing up
anybody else's race either. So I think it's a difficult
situation to be in, but some of those experiences have
helped a lot as far as being comfortable.
Q. Okay. Let's talk about your teammate Ryan Dalziel
- I understand you guys are buddies, good friends.
Alex Figge
Bob Heathcote
ALEX FIGGE: Yeah. We're best friends.
Q. That's great. How is it working out as far as two
rookie teammates?
ALEX FIGGE: The whole combination of an
entire rookie team is pretty difficult. But Ryan and I are
close and I don't have any ego hang-ups with Ryan and I
don't think he has any with me either.
I think that definitely promotes a single goal of just
trying to move up the grid and trying to get more
Q. Are you able to share race setups? Do you guys like the
same car setup?
ALEX FIGGE: Not usually, but the last couple races Ryan and
Tim [Ryan's Engineer] seemed to have found a little something. So on Saturday
they've ended up making some really good decisions and
making some progress. We have definitely been
able to share some information and get some gains that way.
Q. Speaking of progress, you qualified 13th in Edmonton and
Cleveland, which showed a little promise there.
ALEX FIGGE: Yeah. I think Cleveland was a good weekend. We
missed one of the practice sessions due to some car
problems, and I think without that we would have had a shot
at a decent qualifying result.
Q. How is your back by the way? You had hurt it
in Long Beach.
ALEX FIGGE: It's been slightly sore all season. I'm
back to 90%, something like that. I can only feel it after the race it hurts a bit, stuff like that. But
really no big deal. Nothing that keeps me out of car or
anything like that.
Q. How hard was it stepping out of your car in Houston
and letting someone else drive it?
ALEX FIGGE: It was pretty difficult. In one respect, you got
to give people a fair shake, and I don't think I would have
been able to do a very good job. My guys work pretty damn
hard to get the car running and, you know, just to make
everything work. To not be able to give them 100 percent is
not fair either.
In that respect it was the right thing to do, but it's
certainly an embarrassing thing to have to do, you know.
Q. But drivers do get hurt.
ALEX FIGGE: That's true, yes.
Q. I look at where you're at today. I think everybody
expects you guys to struggle the first year. Like you said,
you're all rookies. Have you set any kind of goals at all
for the end of the year? One-year, two-year, three-year
ALEX FIGGE: Obviously I'd like to qualify in the top
10 a few times here. We had some promising results but not
quite top-10. Long Beach
we were strong and then Cleveland and Edmonton seemed like
we were picking it up a little bit.
I'd love to have some Top
10s. I think that would make me feel good. To be honest with
you, right now it seems like it's been a long time since we
sort of pulled ourselves up a little bit.
So I'm trying this morning to remotivate for the race
and be able to run a good race and have a good result. I
think this place has some potential for people to make
some mistakes.
Q. The field is so tight here.
ALEX FIGGE: I know.
Q. If you're off by two tenths you're out of the
ALEX FIGGE: Absolutely.
Q. Do you see yourself being a driver
long-term, or do you have aspirations of someday being a
team owner?
ALEX FIGGE: I certainly have aspirations of being a team
owner. But I don't feel like I've reached my goals as a
driver yet, and I do feel like I do belong here and I can
succeed here given the right situation.
It has definitely been a struggle this year. Right now I'm just
trying to stay positive and have good finishes and learn as
much as I can.
Q. Some say this is the toughest series to be in. It's
so close.
ALEX FIGGE: There are some great teams here, too.
Q. Great teams, and the talent level in Champ Car is really,
really good.
ALEX FIGGE: Yeah.
Q. The series doesn't get as much attention in the media as it should
for other reasons, but the quality of the driving, is second
to none.
ALEX FIGGE: Yeah. I mean, no question.
Q. What has been the biggest issue in qualifying?
ALEX FIGGE: Sometimes we won't play the traffic right or play
the strategy right. That's not anybody's fault; we just
don't know. Seems like we're trying something different
every weekend, and sometimes we hit it better than other
Q. I see your parents are at most of the races. Are they at
all the races?
ALEX FIGGE: Yep.
Q. That must feel so good to have their support.
ALEX FIGGE: It's always nice to have their support. My
grandma is here this weekend. She lives in Palm Springs, so
that's fun. I try to have my friends come out whenever they
can get off work. It's
always nice to have a support system. Ryan and I being best
friends helps a lot, too.
Q. I notice the camaraderie there.
ALEX FIGGE: Yeah, absolutely.
Q. I have to give you credit. To come in here and do what
you're doing, you know, it's all rookies.
ALEX FIGGE: It's tough. It's tough.
Q. I saw Ryan, was it last race that he qualified up there
pretty high? So there's some potential there.
ALEX FIGGE: Absolutely.
Q. When you guys hit the setup you're going to be okay.
ALEX FIGGE: Absolutely. We're moving in the right direction,
and when we make the right decisions I think we're right
Q. Next year you might be in a lot better shape.
ALEX FIGGE: Absolutely. I think so.
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The Internet Wins Again! Writer Gets Rapper Pitbull 'Exiled' To Alaskan Walmart
from the because-what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept
Ah, the internet. Also: ah, social media. Powerful tools, which in the right hands, can turn unknowns into legends and overstepping entities into Wikipedia entries. However, in the fumbling hands of mega-corporations, these same tools become about as unwieldy as a screwdriver being used to hammer in nails. By a bear.
When these tools are put to "use" in amateurish ways, there's always the chance that they will be re-purposed for the amusement of internet natives, who know exactly how to turn these primitive tools into weapons of mass destruction/hilarity. Anyone remember Time Magazines' ill-fated effort to crowdsource the Most Influential in the World? Long story short: thanks to a combination of Time Mag's incompetence and No One's Personal Army suddenly cohering into one man's personal army, 4chan's moot ended up topping the list of names.
David Thorpe, writer for the Boston Phoenix and... wait for it... SomethingAwful, saw an opportunity too big to pass up when Wal-Mart announced (in conjunction with something called "Sheets Energy Strips") its plan to have Miami rapper Pitbull make a personal appearance at whichever Wal-Mart store could hoover up the most "Likes." Thorpe immediately mobilized his troops, (possibly with the help of Pitbull's Energy Strips) including other SomethingAwful contributors, in order to send the man of the hour to the most remote Walmart location in the US.'
Enter Boston Phoenix writer David Thorpe, a man so put off by celebrity marketing stunts that he rallied Web troops to"Help us help Wal-Mart exile Pitbull to Alaska."To his credit, Pitbull has taken this all in stride, including tweeting about purchasing bear repellent and putting together a video explaining how he would "go anywhere for his fans." To top it all off, he invited Thorpe along for the promotional visit.
"As of now, the Kodiak Walmart has over 22,000 new 'likes' on Facebook, putting it far ahead of any other Walmart in the nation - far ahead of Kodiak's actual population, in fact," Thorpe wrote.
By Pitbull's deadline, more than 70,000 users had liked the store, located on a southern isle of the Frontier State with a population of about 6,200.
At this point, it looks as if Thorpe will have to pay his own way, but he intends on making the trip.
In an email to The Associated Press, Thorpe said it's "very likely" he'll be in Kodiak. Thorpe said he had to "raise the funds to get to Kodiak on my own, since Pitbull's invitation doesn't include actually getting me there."Thorpe's only regret seems to be that Walmart will somehow spin his prank into a social media "win" for the company, something he deems to be "gross." And in a way, it is a win for Wal-Mart, albeit one it scored without lifting a finger. Thousands saw its Facebook pages and thousands more are watching Pitbull's promo spot. And now both Pitbull and Thorpe are off to a destination best known for being way the hell away from anything else... and being home to Walmart store #2711.
Thorpe said he doesn't really have anything against Pitbull, and instead saw this as a way "to disrupt a corporate social media campaign, since they really set themselves up for it."
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Dienekes has been posting a lot of composite photographs of multiple faces (an investigative technique invented by -- who else? -- Sir Francis Galton) of different nationalities. Which of the composites is Chinese? Which is Korean? Which is Japanese? Click here to find out.
I got it right, which I guess is proof that I haven't forgotten quite everything I learned at UCLA from 1980-1982 while getting my MBA.
And here's a pretty easy one: Which is Germanic? Which is Slavic? Click here.
His latest is "The geography of European phenotypical variation: 27 composite pictures of male athletes."
This raises the old question about the difference in looks between a racial average and a "type." As you can see from the composites, the differences between averages, while noticeable, are not huge. On the other hand, if you went to, say, Poland and Germany, you'd be able to find individuals in each country whom represent their types so extremely that very few adults would mistake their nationalities.
For example, Charles De Gaulle, perhaps partly through some act of will involving how he chose to hold his face, always struck me as ineffably French-looking. (Indeed, the incredibly French-looking classic 1960s Citroen luxury car always seemed to me to somehow look like De Gaulle.) That doesn't mean the average Frenchman is as French-looking as De Gaulle. But it does mean that there are tendencies within the French which De Gaulle took to an extreme. (Keep in mind that differences in looks between cultures aren't just genetic, but also involve customary facial expressions.)
Another complicating factor is that there are often multiple types within a nationality. For example, when I went to Moscow in 2001, the first night the young singer in a 1950s rockabilly band was a dead ringer for Putin and his skull-like head. "Now, that's a Russian!" I said to myself. The next morning, an elderly WWII veteran begging in the subway looked exactly like Brezhnev and his luxurious eyebrows. "Now, that's a Russian!" But, of course, Putin and Brezhnev are quite different-looking. Russia, being a vast country, is full of recognizably Russian types that don't look to much like each other.
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I'm trying to figure out how to use another class as a scanner for a text analyzer class. I've pasted the class which scans the words and the class which calls the scanner. I'm just not getting how I'm supposed to get it to feed the word into the other class and to get my loops to terminate.
package assignment05; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.NoSuchElementException; import java.util.Scanner; /** * A WordScanner is very similar to the Java Scanner class. It * produces word tokens from the characters in a file. Character * groups are processed to remove spaces, symbols, and other * non-word characters. During this process, non-word character * sequences are also removed. * * Set of rules to filter the results: * * Here are the first three of my rules (applied in this order): * Rule 1: Words "Mr.", "Mrs.", and "etc." are accepted as-is. * Rule 2: Words without an a, e, i, o, u, or y are rejected. * Rule 3: Dash characters are replaced with space characters, and * sub-words are re-parsed from rule 1 above. * Rule 4: Reject websites. * Rule 5: Reject emails. * Rule 6: Accepts contractions as is; such as, "isn't", "sister's", "would've". * * The WordScanner class has a debugging mode. When switched on, * WordScanners will output their word transformations to the console. * */ public class WordScanner { // Instance variables private boolean debugModeIsOn; Scanner s; String word; String currentWord; String remainWord; int index; boolean prep = false; String tempString; /** * Creates a WordScanner on the data in the given file. * This constructor throws an exception if the specified * file is not readable. * * Debug mode is disabled by default. * * @param filename the name of a text file * @throws IOException if the file cannot be read */ public WordScanner (File filename) throws IOException { debugModeIsOn = false; // Stub - not completed yet. //Creates a scanner for the file. try { s = new Scanner(filename); while (s.hasNext()) { word = s.next().toLowerCase().trim(); System.out.println(word); nextWord(); } } catch (Exception e){} } /** * Returns true if this word scanner can produce another word, * false otherwise. * * @return true if there is another available word */ public boolean hasNextWord() { prepareNextWord(); if (currentWord == null && s.hasNext() == false) return false; return true; } /** * Returns the next available word from the file. * * @return the next available word * @throws NoSuchElementException if there are no more words */ public String nextWord() throws NoSuchElementException { prepareNextWord(); hasNextWord(); if (debugModeIsOn && !tempString.equals(word)) System.out.println (word + " -> " + currentWord); if (debugModeIsOn) System.out.println (tempString + " -> rejected as non-word"); return currentWord; } /** * Sets the debugging mode for this WordScanner. If debugging * mode is enabled, then every non-standard word transformation should * generate a message to the console. * * @param debugOn true to enable debug output, false to disable debug output */ public void setDebugMode(boolean debugOn) { debugModeIsOn = debugOn; } /** * Returns the current debugging state. * * @return true if debugging output is enabled, false otherwise */ public boolean getDebugMode() { return debugModeIsOn; } /** * This private helper method sets up the 'nextWord' instance variable * to contain the next word that should be returned when nextWord() * is called. It does this by first checking to see if there is * more parsed/transformed input to be resolved. If so, the next word * is prepared. If not, another word is read from the file and processed * according to the rules. (Words are read from the file until a valid * word is found or the end of the file is reached.) * * It should be noted that each word that is read from the file may * result in several actual words. This method insulates the nextWord() * and hasNextWord() methods from this annoying detail. It keeps track * of which words have been returned, and only reads more words from the file * if there are no pending words. */ private void prepareNextWord() { if (prep) { prep = false; return; } //Removes the dashes and hyphens from the word. while (!prep && s.hasNext()) { if (currentWord == null) { currentWord = word; } if (word.contains("-")) { index = word.indexOf('-'); currentWord = word.substring(0, index); remainWord = word.substring(index+1, word.length()); } if (word.contains("_")) { index = word.indexOf('_'); currentWord = word.substring(0, index); remainWord = word.substring(index+1, word.length());; } //Rejects websites. if (word.contains("http")||word.contains("www")) { tempString = word; //continue; } //Rejects emails if (word.contains("@")||word.contains(".com")) { tempString = word; //continue; } prep = true; //Test statements to see what is inside currentWord and remainWord. System.out.println("This is the current word " + currentWord); System.out.println("This is the remaining word " + remainWord); } } }
this is the class which calls the WordScanner class
package assignment05; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.Scanner; import javax.swing.JFileChooser; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; public class TextAnalyzer { /** * Description: This program analyzes a text document for the following; * The total number of words in the file, * The total number of words that match the input in the file. * The average length of the words in the file. * The words that precede and follow the input word. * The number of words that have the same number of characters as the input word. * The program also checks for whitespace in the user input and will prompt the * user to re-enter input until it does not contain whitespace. * */ public static void main(String[] args) { //Brings up a dialog box for the user input. String UserWord = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Please enter a word!");; //System.out.println (UserWord); //Confirms that the user input has been put into the variable. //If the user doesn't enter input, then the program will indicate that it has terminated. if (UserWord == null) { String message01 = "You did not enter a word. Goodbye!"; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message01); return; } //If the user enters whitespace then it will continue to prompt for an actual word. while (UserWord.contains(" ")) { String message04 = "You need to enter a word. Try again."; UserWord = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "You need to enter a word. Try again."); if (UserWord == null) { String message01 = "You did not enter a word. Goodbye!"; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message01); return; } } //Saves the user input into the variable, converts to lowercase, and trims off whitespace. UserWord = UserWord.toLowerCase().trim();//.replaceAll("[\\W-0-9]", ""); //System.out.println (UserWord); //Confirms the input has been standardized. //Brings up dialog box for user to select a text file. JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); int check = chooser.showOpenDialog(null); File UserFile = null; //Holds the file in this variable. //If the user selects the file, then it will be stored in the variable; otherwise, will end the program. if (check == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) UserFile = chooser.getSelectedFile(); else { String message02 = "You did not choose a file. Goodbye!"; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message02); return; } String TextWord = ""; //Holds the words as each are read from the file. int WordCount = 0; //Holds the total number of words. int SameWords = 0; //Holds the number of input words. String PreceedingWord = ""; //Holds the word that alphabetically precedes the input word. String FollowingWord = null ; //Holds the word that alphabetically follows the input word. int User_and_Text = 0, Preceeding_and_Text = 0, Following_and_Text = 0; //Holds the values for the results for the string comparisons. float WordLength = 0, AvgWordLength = 0; int UserLength = 0; try { WordScanner s = new WordScanner(UserFile); s.setDebugMode(true); while (s.hasNextWord()) { TextWord = s.nextWord();//.replaceAll("[0-9-\\W]", ""); //System.out.println (TextWord); //Test statement to confirm that it is reading the text. WordCount++; //If the input is the same as the word from the text //then will update the count that keeps track of the //number of times the input word appears in the text. if (UserWord.compareTo(TextWord) == 0) SameWords++; //These comments helped me to think of how the compareTo method works. // If result < 0, m < n m precedes n // If result == 0, m.equals(n) m and n are the same // If result > 0, m > n m follows n if (FollowingWord == null && TextWord.compareTo(UserWord)>0) FollowingWord = TextWord; if(PreceedingWord != null) Preceeding_and_Text = PreceedingWord.compareTo(TextWord); if(FollowingWord != null) Following_and_Text = FollowingWord.compareTo(TextWord); //Compares the words from the file with the variable words to find the preceeding word and the following word. User_and_Text = UserWord.compareTo(TextWord); if (User_and_Text > 0 && Preceeding_and_Text < 0) PreceedingWord = TextWord; if (User_and_Text < 0 && Following_and_Text > 0) FollowingWord = TextWord; WordLength += TextWord.length(); //Holds the value for the word length of the input. //System.out.println ("the length is " + WordLength); //Confirms that WordLength is adding the total word lengths. //System.out.println(totalWordLength); //Confirms the word length is computing. AvgWordLength = WordLength/WordCount; //Holds the value for the average word length. if (UserWord.length() == TextWord.length()) UserLength++; } //s.close(); } catch (IOException e) { String message03 = "Could not read the file. Goodbye!"; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message03); return; } //Brings up a dialog box to print the results of the program. String message = "There are " + WordCount + " words in this file." + "\n"; message += "There are " + SameWords + " match(es) of the word '" + UserWord + "'\n"; message += "There are " + UserLength + " words with the same number of characters as '" + UserWord + "'." + "\n"; message += "The average word length is " + AvgWordLength + " characters per word." + "\n"; message += "In this book the word, " + PreceedingWord + ", alphabetically precedes '" + UserWord + "'." + "\n"; if (FollowingWord == null) { message += "There are no words that follow '" + UserWord + "'." + "\n"; } else message += "In this book the word, " + FollowingWord + ", alphabetically follows '" + UserWord + "'." + "\n"; JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, message); } }


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I've been a part of the marijuana movement since I started working for High Times in 1989. Though High Times is predominately run by a number of women at the top, the magazine is a boy's club, edited primarily by men. High Times caters to a predominately male readership. That's why the magazine has featured photo spreads of Playmates, Penthouse Pets and porn stars. It's a men's magazine first, and the editors and bosses know how to play to their crowd.
While I worked at High Times (I left in 2007), several editors pursued these photo shoots, steering the magazine perilously in the porn direction. It all started with Jenna Jameson in 2001 for a "Pot & Sex" issue. The porn star was on top of her world at the time and the issue flew off newsstands.
High Times is no different than most publishing companies. When something works, the bosses say, "Do that again." So the chase was on to find more Jennas. From that point, there was run of cheesecake covers – from Stoner Girls Next Door to Jenna (again) to more recent Miss High Times winners to yet another porn star, Tera Patrick. Do stoners really want porn with their pot?
I fought the good battle there and lost. When I was co-editor from 2004-2006, the dreaded sex issue came up. On one side of the editorial board, it was decided to pursue Jenna. On the other side, a few staffers contacted Penthouse. I stood in the middle. When push came to shove, I chose the Jenna cover.
I'm not a prude, I just don't think it's appropriate to fill up a pot magazine with images strictly for male readers, essentially turning off the female base. The few women on the staff would occasionally suggest that a sexy guy should be on the cover. Never happened. I'd regularly hear from women in the movement who'd distanced themselves from the magazine because of the racy content.
Another issue has long been the use of scantily-clad women in advertisements. Take a look at most marijuana mags and websites and you'll inevitably be confronted by objectionable ads, like the legalbuds.com banners or the BC Bud Depot two-page spreads. These are tacky trade-magazine ads that diminish the overall quality of any publication that accepts them. But they also pay the bills.
Now that I'm a website publisher, I encounter the same issues High Times faces, just on a smaller scale. We've built CelebStoner as a counter to High Times and Skunk – a sexist-free environment where readers don't have to be worried about being offended by salacious ads and editorial content. We've rejected numerous ad banners that were deemed offensive. High Times doesn't turn any advertiser away.
Elsewhere on the web, you'll find plenty of "buds & babes" sites, such as 420girls.com, Girls4ganja.com, ganjaporn.com, hailmaryjane.com and so on, featuring women smoking pot with little or no clothes on. Clearly, these are men's sites. Just like with porn, if women allow themselves to be photographed nude for the purpose of male and (and certainly in some case) female arousal, that's their choice. Let's assume no one is being forced to do anything. The same goes for so-called bud babes. Still, these sites demean women who otherwise would not be featured if they didn't play the part of sexy sirens.
Been to a cannabis trade show lately? The floors are crawling with barely-clothed women pitching products. People shrug and say that's what happens at trade shows, but why does that have to be the case at our shows? Are we not different and better? At KushCon II in December, the NORML Woman's Alliance (NWA) made a stink about the woman in question and a dress code was hastily ordered (and of course not followed).
These issues sparked the forming of the NWA last year. Women in the movement are tired of being harassed, bullied, taken for granted and advantage of, not considered for leadership positions, and objectified. The NWA got together for a tasteful photo shoot to show how they want to be seen – as elegant, powerful woman, not cheesecake girls flaunting their assets.
When I heard the MPP was returning to the Playboy Mansion for another one of their big fundraisers, I called for a boycott. At first, people wondered why. I reminded them that the organization's co-founder and executive director Rob Kampia was suspended last year for having sex with a drunk female subordinate employee after work and other charges of sexual harassment. Many of the MPP's most prominent employees quit in the wake of the scandal. In my opinion, Kampia should have been fired and replaced by a woman. Instead, he was reinstated after a three-month benching.
The MPP skipped the Playboy event in 2010 for obvious reasons, but apparently now it's okay to head back to the Mansion. People sure have short memories.
This promises to be Kampia's coming-out party. But it would be like giving a recently-stopped cigarette smoker a case of Camels. For someone who's described himself as "hypersexualized" and went through many sessions of therapy, the Playboy Mansion is the last place he and his organization should be raising money.
I'm hoping that the cannabis community will support this event only if the MPP relocates it to another venue. If not – and if people show up in droves at the Playboy Mansion on July 7 – then we have a bigger problem than I ever imagined.
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