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FoneMonkey is a GPL-licensed open source tool that automates the testing of native iOS applications. It records and plays back user interaction scripts on the iPhone and iPad Simulators, as well as on actual device hardware. It can translate recorded tests into Objective-C or JavaScript that can be run from build, test, or continuous integration environments. You can also create FoneMonkey scripts from scratch without recording.
To date, FoneMonkey has primarily been developed by my colleagues and me at Gorilla Logic. In this article, we'll take a look at what FoneMonkey does and how it is used. In a subsequent article, I'll discuss how we got FoneMonkey to do its recording and playback magic, and we'll also look at advanced customization techniques.
Why We Need a Monkey
While Apple unquestionably created a breakthrough user experience (UX) with the iPhone, most iOS developers would agree that the application development experience lags behind what most of us have come to expect from modern IDEs. Ask iOS developers how they feel about Xcode, currently the only game in town for iOS development, and many times the response will be a few muttered expletives and some wistful thoughts about an iOS SDK plug-in for Eclipse.
Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of Xcode is the
UIAutomation framework which Apple released last year to automate user interface testing.
UIAutomation provides an ability to script user interface scenarios so that developers and testers are relieved from having to perform such tests manually.
UIAutomation, however, is currently unable to script so many basic user interface operations that it's incapable of automating testing for even basic iOS applications. For example, scripting text entry into a textfield will successfully populate the field on playback, but will not trigger any delegate methods that would have been triggered if the text were entered manually.
Birth of a Monkey
True practitioners of Agile development rely on automated test suites to guard against regression errors and to enable code refactoring. While manual testing can be effective for testing individual feature enhancements, it is insane to attempt code refactoring without the ability to automatically determine if the application still works as expected after making extensive modifications to code that potentially affects wide swaths of application functionality.
When we first undertook iOS development, we were dismayed that the only automated testing we could do was the kind of API testing supported by frameworks such as OCUnit, an open source xUnit-type framework for Objective-C. Unit testing is of course important, but it's a tedious and onerous approach for testing complex UIs because it requires teasing apart the interface and its associated event handlers, and makes test scripts dependent on the API's of underlying event handlers rather than on the user interface itself.
While not an API in the traditional sense, the UI of an application is certainly an HPI (Human Program Interface) that provides a logical abstraction of higher-level application functionality similar to the way in which an API abstracts lower-level code. As such, it's quite natural to write tests that exercise such high-level abstractions directly, rather than peeling away those abstractions and testing their underlying implementations instead.
For example, in a typical calculator application with a graphical keypad and LED style display, you might want to test that 2 x 2 = 4. To automate testing without a UI, you write what the Apple documentation calls "logic tests" that exercise the non-UI code, and "application tests" that instance your application's controllers and call the handlers associated with the graphical keys on the calculator and verify that the display output has the expected result.
Writing these application tests requires understanding the underlying implementation of the user interface, and the resulting code is then dependent on the particular controllers being used.
In contrast, a functional automation script would look something like:
Tap Button 2 Tap Button X Tap Button 2 Verify Output 4
FoneMonkey not only provides the ability to play such scripts, it also records them automatically. Figure 1 shows how FoneMonkey works with the UI software.
Let's take a look at how FoneMonkey is used to record and playback test scripts.
Welcome to The Monkey House
Although it would be nice if FoneMonkey were packaged as a framework bundle, such user-defined bundles are not currently supported by iOS, so FoneMonkey is instead packaged as a static library and a set of associated files including nibs and images. To use FoneMonkey, you create a testing build target in Xcode that duplicates your normal application build target, but also adds the FoneMonkey resource files and the library libFoneMonkey.a, as well as the additional linker option
–all_load. For detailed setup instructions, see the FoneMonkey documentation.
The FoneMonkey Console
You build and run your new target in the familiar way in Xcode, but when the application is launched, the FoneMonkey Console "grafts" a window onto your app that drops down in front of your application window, providing controls for recording, playback, and script management.
In Figure 2, tapping the Record button hides the FoneMonkey Console and initiates recording. As you interact with your application, each user interface gesture is recorded as a UI component-specific command. If you stop interacting for a few seconds, the FoneMonkey Console reappears, and tapping the More button displays the recorded commands. You can edit an individual command by tapping on it to display the Command Editor in the FoneMonkey Console.


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French Business Network
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The French Business Network is a global network of 31 multidisciplinary French Business Centers (FBCs) established in 21 countries around the world. It includes more than 120 French partners and professionals integrated into the EY offices abroad and dedicated to serving French companies locally.
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil , Canada, China, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, UK, USA and Vietnam.
The FBN is an EY France initiative designed to reduce both obstacles arising from geographical distance and the problems encountered by subsidiaries and their parent company in understanding local business rules and customs.
Our teams, our added value
The French Business Centers include more than 120 French EY partners and professionals dedicated to providing audit, transaction support and advisory services to the subsidiaries of French companies. Integrated into our EY offices all around the world, they are able to mobilize resources locally to offer services tailored to their needs.
The FBN teams:
- are dedicated to French assignments locally
- have extensive experience in international and French business
- are familiar with resolving the various issues faced by the subsidiaries of French groups abroad
- deliver services, as needed, in local and in « French format », which can be immediately used by local management, EY France teams and client head offices in France
- work with EY's offices in France to provide consistency on international assignments
Our clients say why the FBN provides value to their business
- Vice President "Finance Grande Chine" of a world leader in the Hotel industry
"I have been working with EY China teams for several years, after I worked with another firm before. I especially appreciate the bi cultural aspect (French and Chinese) of the French Business Center auditors who highly facilitate the jobs execution with my local accounting and reporting teams. I also appreciate the way information flows to the parent company with appropriate and accurate explanations related to the specific issues we face in our daily working environment in China"
- Group Accounting Director of a world leader in the luxury sector
"The presence of a French Business Center at EY Shanghai reduced the cultural gap between our countries. Our own constraints, together with the constraints linked to the country are more easily handled thanks to a good communication between our teams and EY teams, locally and centrally. The relationship with our auditors seems more effective and leads to a higher level of efficiency and quality in the production of our accounts".
- Finance Controller for Asia, of a world leader in the automotive equipment sector
"An excellent knowledge of the industry sector and its problems along with a large cultural complicity in understanding the local economic and social environment have been key in the development of a fruitful relationship between our company and the EY French Business Center in Shanghai. Thanks to this mutual understanding, we could work together on the necessary methods and tools to support our development in China, while improving the fluidity of the communication with the parent company of our group".
- Asia Pacific CFO of a large French distributor of electrical products
"The cultural mix obtained by integrating French nationals into Australian teams over a sufficient long-term period creates a "bilateral" benefit, since it provides good understanding of both countries' local issues translated into both countries' cultural context and language if need be. The Australian companies understand better the French Group's expectations and requirements, which eases the exchanges and increases efficiently the level of compliance; and the issues arising from Australia's business, finance, tax and legal environment get to be better communicated and explained, and therefore known and taken into consideration by the French side."
- Americas CFO of a French leading Bank
"EY and our company have a solid, long-term and fruitful relationship. Our international development, particularly in the United States, strengthens our need to rely on an advisor who is able to accompany us on this development. The presence of a French desk in the United States is an additional advantage for EY. This presence, which is reinforced by certain cultural ties, facilitates exchanges, leads to a better understanding of our needs and finally, enables the improvement in quality of the services provided."
- CFO of one of the leading companies of the construction industry
"The presence of French professionals who were fully integrated into the local EY teams largely facilitated the acquisition operations our group carried out in the United States, Chile and Brazil. It also created a climate of confidence that is necessary in this kind of transaction. Moreover, the local resources mobilized by EY people were decisive in closing the various transactions within the deadlines planned."
- Audit Director of a French engineering and consultancy group
"Conducting internal audit outside France is quite challenging to us, in terms of cost and quick understanding of the local environment. The French Business Network facilitates access to local internal audit experts we can rely on with a good level of confidence.
In India, I made a very easy and quick contact with the French representative of the French Business Network through my usual EY France interlocutors. The French Desk facilitated both our business talks and the coordination of the mission. Thanks to the good quality of our relationship, I developed confidence towards the local management and could cancel the travels I initially had planned in order to validate the mission. I did appreciate the very efficient way EY Paris managed to hand over a strong relationship built over years to EY New Delhi."
- Senior VP NACC of the largest diversified supplier of construction materials in North America
"The involvement of the French Business Network is a key element of our relationship with E&Y. From a technical point of view, but also cultural and relational, the French Business Networks brings a very unique and highly appreciated contribution to the audit of our company."
- MD of an Indian subsidiary of a French Industrial Group, leader in their field
"Our industrial group has extensive experience in acquisitions, especially in emerging countries. Nevertheless, considering the specific nature of India, we wanted to build on the support provided by EY. With the support of its French Business Centre India, we were able to quickly identify specialists within EY India who intervened on many aspects of our transaction."

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Thomas Sydens was murdered in London on Christmas Day 1683. He was murdered by Francis Johnson. The full record of the trial is below
Francis Johnson , Indicted for Killing Thomas Sydens ; also Arthur Grayham , and Richard Grayham , as Aiders, Abetters and Comforters of Mr. Johnson in the said Fact . It appeared upon the Evidence, that Mr. Johnson, and the two Grayhams, had been late a Drinking at the Castle-Tavern, near St. Fulchers Church, London, came out from thence about One a Clock, on Christmas-day in the Morning; That Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Arthur Grayham had some difference, and drew upon one another: as soon as they came out, that the Watchman upon the next Stand cried out, Watch, Watch, that the Constable and Watch came immediately; but that Thomas Sydens having been at the Watch-house to light his Candle, went that way in the very juncture of their Fighting, and that before the Constable could get up, Sydens was wounded, of which he suddenly died; that the Watch found the said Three persons with their Swords drawn: And by circumstances it appeared, that Mr. Johnson's Sword was sweared, as if with Fat or Grease, about Three or Four Inches next the point, that a wound of that depth was made in Sydens Belly: That none else had Swords but those Three. Many Witnesses were on each side; and the Trial so long, as not to be exactly herein particularized. In conclusion, the Jury found Mr. Johnson Guilty of Manslaughter , but acquitted the Two Grayham's.This is all we know about what happened on Christmas Day 1683. The scene is vividly described. You can imagine the darkened alley way, the sounds of fighting, the constables coming down with their torches and the three men standing round a body with drawn swords. Whoever wrote this wrote it for an audience: the vivid detail and the exclusion of legal argument give this away. The account though is confusing: the original dispute was between Arthur Grayham and Francis Johnson who had been drinking together, but it was neither of them who were killed- rather it was Thomas Sydens, who disturbed their fight.
What we don't have is any account from any of the men about what they were quarrelling about, we don't know why two men were let off and one was sentenced. We do not even know- though we can guess- what the sentence eventually was for the guilty man: it is almost certain that he was hung. We have this very vivid record but even despite that, we do not actually know key things about what happened. We can all imagine the scene but we know nothing of the characters or consequences. Take for example the murderer: Francis Johnson was not an unfamiliar name to the Old Bailey in 1693, a Francis Johnson was prosecuted in April 1683 for 'Felonies to a small value' though he seems to have been transported. We do not know even though if this is our Francis Johnson or not: and if it is, why his transportation had not taken effect.
The record is silent and frustrating. In that sense it mirrors the past. Looked at another way though it gives us valuable detail. Think about the watch: we have here a description of how an early modern watch worked. A man heard something he didn't like, shouted for reinforcement and the watch from the next street and the constable came running to find the murder. Arriving too early at the scene could be dangerous though as Sydens discovered: he arrived and was murdered on the spot. Early Modern policemen might make judgements from the weapons used: Johnson was prosecuted and convicted possibly upon the basis that his sword was greased up to the length of the cut in Sydens' belly (how did they calculate that?) Alternatively we have a familiar scene from the modern world here- a night at the pub followed by drunken violence between men unfortunately carrying swords. Violence which took place on dark London streets (without lighting- Sydens had to light his candle).
This one incident can be over laboured. We don't know how typical it was. It is interesting though- partly because of how little we can actually say about events. The priorities of the past and the present are often different when it comes to the records we want them to have kept. (No socialist historian could use this for example in a class analysis of London- unless you knew where you were definitively- but though I have been able to find a Castle Tavern, just off Cheapside near St Paul's, I have not been able to find a parish of St Fulchers (There may be readers who do know where St Fulchers was, if so could you leave a comment).) All the incidental detail about the participants is missing so it is hard to generalise. What we have is an exciting story- given the nature of the published records, attempting to get sales against Exclusion crisis tracts and any number of other things in 1684, we might expect that.
What it does tell us is that public taste has not changed, crime outranks the specifics of legal process and technical description in the public imagination.


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That's it.... I officially feel like a lioness in a cage. I need to get out but I can't drive. I want to go walk in a mall or something but I can't.
It is driving me nuts. Literally.
And it shows in my attitude I think. I'm not myself. I need to see something else than the 4 walls of our house. HELP!
Unfortunately, my true friends live too far from me... to come and pick me up. Like Heidi who is in Pennsylvania, or Lyne who lives outside of Montreal. Shannon is in town but they are visiting family right now and they will go back to Cochrane, AB soon. *sigh* and I still have 2 weeks to go (actually 1 week and a half but it feels longer!).
I realize that I lack close friends and honestly I feel too old to try again (I got burned in the past - often!).
Anyone wants to go out for coffee?
UPDATE: After lunch that day - we went out! Destination - ToysRUs, Costco, Wal-Mart and Micheal's... a bit much but it was worth it... I needed to go out and breath and walk outside of our 4 walls. OUF! I think I can last for another 2 weeks....
Broken heart
Back to my story – so I called mom and the bubble exploded once again. This time, I don't know what to do. You see my mom got abused from family when she was younger and her husband too Not physically I think, but emotionally and verbally. And in so many years (she is 64 now), she has built a HUUUUUGE wall around her for protection. You think it's easy to reach out. Every time we try to visit, I think it goes well and then a couple or few months afterward, I get the entire negative… Comments are twisted to the negative and so on. ARG! Problem is I'm an only child – no brothers or sisters. I don't have support apart from my husband and he wonders why I continue to call. I can't leave her alone… no matter what I do I will get it – the negative comments I mean!
You must be wondering if we ever shared the Gospel with her. The answer is yes. I thought it had gone well… I explained twice over a week-end the whole relationship with God thing and the choice was hers… Well a bubble exploded a few months later. Boy! I wasn't expecting it. Since then, I have to ask to go down and most of the time I receive a NO. Last time I saw her when was my girl was born. Not that I didn't try but what should I do?
Now my husband wanted me to ask her to come down. I procrastinated and waited… wanting to see an opportunity to ask but knowing deep down her answer. She I didn't do it. And yesterday BAM! The guilt over me… but at the same time the rage about the whole thing. Oh LORD what should I do. I don't know.
Now Hubby wants to go down next Sunday. I say we respect her. Whatever I do I know what awaits me… conflict, cries, negative comments… and you know what? I'm tired of this. Sooooo tired. I mean how can I explain to my kids we don't see mamie often even when she lives about 2 hours 30 minutes from us? Why they don't talk on the phone to her? Why she doesn't send gifts?
You know what happened one day while Alexandre was talking to her on the phone and he asked her why she didn't have Jesus in her heart? Poor kid was 3 years old I think. She hung up on him. He looked at me and simply said "Mamie is not on the phone anymore." Breaks my heart. Then I got the brainwashing talk… She once told me that I was in a sect, that she didn't understand why I rejected the Catholic faith and so on… Mind you we never were practicing when I was younger going to church only at Christmas, Easter or when visiting my maternal grandmother. I wasn't perfect in the past, I made errors… I try to apologize for the errors… Really I did. But my mom loves to live in the past – how her husband cheated on her and left, what I said and done, what her family did and so on… So sad.
It breaks my heart. I don't know what to do. Except praying that is but even that I wonder if it's worth it… I'm at the point I just want to throw the towel. Give up in other words. But I can't… Not giving up is my way of honoring her. So what should I do?
Even Hubby thinks she doesn't deserve me and says I should stop calling her for a while. I pointed out that it's funny he says that and at the same time thinks we should go down immediately. LOL He said I'm right and that we should continue to reach out. But does he understand that I am tired and my emotions are at a thin line on this subject? I wonder.
So for now, knowing that she is emotionally instable and tired, I shall respect her wish to not go down but I need to visit her…soon.
Every year from November until February it's hard…. Her mom died on November 6th one year – the day after my mom's birthday. Then a couple of year later, my mom discovered that my dad was cheating (that was in November too!) and he waited until February 14th the following year to leave. Fast forward a few years and my dad died on December 24th 2000. That did it. My mom lost everything according to her because of this other woman. Another one has got all the work that she has done in her life. Another one is getting whatever my dad left behind. You see what I mean.
For me it's another thing from the past to deal with periodically. Maybe I shouldn't have called yesterday but it was Christmas day after all.
So honestly, what should I do? My heart is broken for her. I want to see her in Heaven with us. But my hopes are crushed.
I don't know what to do anymore…
Help me God.
Touch her in any way.
Show her the Truth.
Protect her.
Bring forth a worker to bring her to you. Family didn't work so why not a stranger.
Bring her to church – a good one.
Transform her. Save her.
Please pray for me. I need to be strong.
Most helpful 2nd grader
I think I have the most helpful 2nd grader in the world! I am blessed with all my kids but this one helps me like there is no tomorrow.
Yesterday while we were chatting with other adults - Alexandre didn't want to play with the younger ones so I put out all the food leftover - burgers, hot dogs, cake... all in plastic containers and in the fridge. I'm so proud of him.
He was sad that his friend Émilie couldn't come so he kept occupied...
Like I said.... he is such a sweetie. I think I figured out his love language - service and spending time with us.
What a week-end!
It all started unexpectedly on Thusday night.... My husband who receives earlier this week a little booklet about protecting ourselves against identity theft, decided to check it credit at one of the credit bureau in Canada....
The next morning, I learn that someone is using his identity (earlier in December) to get a car... Mmm! Not fun whatsoever. Car dealer is located in Fredericton, NB. Far from were we live!
By the end of the day, we learned that credit were refused to the guy. The guy offered to pay with a bank draft. Salesman drove the vehicule in Montreal, QC where it was agreed to be picked up by the buyer. A time was set so that the salesman can go to the bank to verify the bank draft. The buyer shows up 7 hours later after the bank are closed and vendor just want to go home and let the car go and take the bankdraft which - you guessed it - it a fake one! Car is worth 45 thousand! Then we also learn that he tried to get a cell phone which credit was refused also... Somehow we were protected. Hubby had to call all the places where a credit hit was done and explain the situation. Also called the RCMP, the car dealer, Rogers, all our banks/credit cards companies. The guy has all personal information and business information of my husband including the social insurance number. ARG! Tomorrow, we need to contact the department who takes care of the SIN, Canada Post to make sure no address changes have been done, and Revenue Canada just in case. And hubby wants to get more booklet from the insurance company who send it to us so he can give some to others. Bottom line, we learned that whoever did this probably had hubby's information from many years. The salary he declared was the salary my husband made in 2004.
I pray that somehow God will pour tons of guilt on the guy. I pray that he is caught while trying to make new transactions... I pray that they found the car he stole... but more than likely it is on a boat on it's way to Africa from what we learned. He also tried to get another car in Trois-Rivières. QC. I'm praying Ephesians 4:28 on him.
All this happened on Jasmine's birthday.
Today - what is schedule is her birthday party and it's my husband birthday too! But there was a snow storm.... and some friends who moved to Cochrane, AB were suppose to sleep over. But it won't happen and they were still suppose to come but because of the snow... well they are not coming. Both Alexandre and their daughter Emilie were crying. You see we have promised them they would see each other during Christmas time... Well now we need to arrange another meeting but this time just them and us. It will be better. Other friends were suppose to come but I don't know if they will face the snow storm if they decide to come - you see their 1 month son is back at the hospital for a possible minimum stay of 48 hours. I learned that from Facebook when Julia wrote a note at 453am. Since then - nothing. Don't know what is going on... Their son has been in the hospital at birth because of pneumonia and it lasted almost 2 weeks... Poor peanut.
So you can see why I wrote What a week-end! as a title.... It was quite hectic!!!
Happy 1st birthday to you, Jasmine !!!
One year ago, you entered our life and have brought joy since then. I wish you a marvelous birthday my little girl and hope you will grow strong and have a love for the Lord like anyone have seen.
xoxo maman xoxo
My wonderful kids....
Alexandre, Dominic, Jérémy and Jasmine.
Learning to slow down and asking for help from your kids.
Oh and if you are wondering… YES I can't wait to be able to drive so I can get out a bit more! But for now, I am enjoying the rest and peace of being at home… and even without the cast on, I will have to continue to slow down a bit since there is another 6 weeks without impact activity that will follow.
Interesting facts about Anne of Green Gables...
... Anne of Green Gables were written by Lucy Maud Montgomery who lived in Prince-Edouard Island, Canada.
2008 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of the book.
I found this site listing a bunch of interesting site about Anne... Check it out!
Blessed like there is no tomorrow...
... I've been blessed by a vendor I contacted to eventually buy his product so that my husband and I would like to go through.
I will tell you more about it another time but right now I'm floating on a cloud. So happy. It's getting shipped today...
10 famous people who were homeschool
A friend on Facebook posted this note and I thought it was interesting. I just wanted to share it with you all...
1. Agatha Christie. Agatha was a painfully shy girl, so her mom homeschooled her even though her two older siblings attended private school.
2. Pearl S. Buck was born in West Virginia, but her family moved to China when she was just three months old. She was homeschooled by a Confucian scholar and learned English as a second language from her mom.
3. Alexander Graham Bell was homeschooled by his mother until he was about 10. It was at this point that she started to go deaf and didn't feel she could properly educate him any more. Her deafness inspired Bell to study acoustics and sound later in life.
4. If Thomas Edison was around today, he would probably be diagnosed with ADD – he left public school after only three months because his mind wouldn't stop wandering. His mom homeschooled him after that, and he credited her with the success of his education: "My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint."
5. Ansel Adams was homeschooled at the age of 12 after his "wild laughter and undisguised contempt for the inept ramblings of his teachers" disrupted the classroom. His father took on his education from that point forward.
6. Robert Frost hated school so much he would get physically ill at the thought of going. He was homeschooled until his high school years.
7. Woodrow Wilson studied under his dad, one of the founders of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS). He didn't learn to read until he was about 12. He took a few classes at a school in Augusta, Georgia, to supplement his father's teachings, and ended up spending a year at Davidson College before transferring to Princeton.
8. Mozart was educated by his dad as the Mozart family toured Europe from 1763-1766.
9. Laura Ingalls Wilder was homeschooled until her parents finally settled in De Smet in what was then Dakota Territory. She started teaching school herself when she was only 15 years old.
10. Louisa May Alcott studied mostly with her dad, but had a few lessons from family friends Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Can you imagine?
Soy beverage anyone?
It started about 2 months ago... Formula in the morning was oka, lunch time I could see that there was a bit of redness in her face but nothing else... in the evening though - that was another story. The red splashed on her upper body but when we was done with her bottle... without finishing it most of the time, it would disappear. At first we thought that it was because we got some Parent's Choice Formule (Wal-Mart brand) - which was a first because usually we always get the Kirkland one (Costco brand). So at one point I drove to Costco and bought some from there... Same reaction.
About a week ago, I took her to see our family doctor and discovered that she was not tolerating the milk protein. Great! Now what to give her. He suggest to me that we go with Soy. Soy is not something new in Rob's family because our 2 nieces-to-be can't tolerate the protein in the milk either so I called my sister-in-law and asked her some questions...
Because Jasmine is so close of being 1 year old, the doctor said I could go directly to the Soy beverage not the Soy formula. So I got one Soy Beverage from the grocery store and gave her some... She dunked it!!! Surprise for me since she usually never finished her bottle. Now she drinks 9 ounces morning, lunch and supper time... WoW! And you know what I realized this week-end... she is taking weight - good. I thought she was a bit small too! Now her 12 months old pants are holding on her waist while before they would fall down.
And the best is that the red splashes are gone! Completely gone! Hip Hip Horray!
I am so happy that we figure out the problem.... even if it means she will have to dring Soy for many years.
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Coffee Talk
Despite wholeheartedly agreeing with this post on Robb Wolf's site this morning — which in some ways says, HEY! Make sure the act of goal setting helps you actually focus on what's important, rather than focusing on the idea of achieving the goal (which HELLO can cause stress) — I am still doing some day-dreaming about what I want to accomplish in 2013.
It's a sickness I have (you're all well aware of this if you have been around here any length of time) and while I definitely sometimes struggle with focusing on achievement and bottom line instead of what's actually important, there is a part of me that really loves the big picture planning part of setting some annual intentions.
(Worth noting: I am not actually setting any goals or making lists or being a complete loon about it…I'm just marinating, which I actually kind of love to do.)
The point of bringing all of this up though is that I thought some of you might be marinating too. Maybe you don't even realize it, between the holiday hullabaloo and everyday life and normal commitments, but maybe just maybe, you have some goals or thoughts or wishes or dreams sitting in the back of your head that you would like see happen in 2013 too. In the spirit of friends helping friends, I thought I'd suggest some virtual coffee talk.
(mmmm…coffee. I'm not doing SUPER well on the coffee moderation by the way, but that's probably a whole other post. ha!)
Anyway, while I would not call myself an expert on much — being stubborn, bossy and consistently talking at a volume that is inappropriate come to mind instantly — I do have lots of thoughts in my head, and a complete lack of shame at sharing my own opinions.
(Who even invited her? All she does is talk!)
So I thought I would offer this up for those of you who are interested: Between now and the end of the year, if you have a question, concern or situation that you would like me to weigh in on (Maybe something that will help you plan or crush some of your 2013 goals, maybe something you are just curious about, maybe a topic I have written about here but that you would like a follow up on or more details) let me know. You can either leave it in the comments, or if it is more personal and long winded, feel free to shoot me an email {{ hawoodcock at gmail dot com }} I will try and have my responses show up in a blog post near you, and hey if we have enough questions maybe we will make it a regular feature. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, because what if nobody has any questions. THAT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING. HEH.
In case you would like a place to start, here are some of the things that I feel pretty confident giving endless opinons about:
*Strategies for Going Paleo
*Talking About CrossFit
*Harnessing Motivation
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*Getting Creative Goals Off The Ground
*Setting Goals in General
*Losing Weight
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So talk to me folks. What is on your mind. Let's have a cup of coffee and chat, shall we?


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Cook the Book: Cucumber and Turnip Salad with Yuzu
Part of the allure of a bento lunch is the fact that it's a many faceted meal made up of little compartments filled with all sorts of meats, veggies, and grains. According to Makiko Itoh, author of The Just Bento Cookbook the ideally balanced bento is made using a 1:1:2 (or more) carb:protein:vegetable ratio, meaning that half of your lunchtime bento should be filled with some sort of veggie. These veggie compartments could theoretically be filled with raw carrots or broccoli, or a handful of mixed greens but even better and far more exciting is a quick pickle like this Cucumber and Turnip Salad with Yuzu.
Thinly sliced cucumber and turnips are massaged with salt to eliminate some of their moisture, then dressed with a mix of yuzu zest and juice for a bright, citrusy pickle that retains its crispness beautifully. This salad acts as equal parts vegetable, condiment, and palate cleanser making it a wonderful bento companion for any of the Japanese-inspired proteins in The Just Bento Cookbook.
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Massage the salt into the vegetables with your hands until the vegetables are limp. Squeeze well to expel excess moisture. Add the yuzu peel and juice and mix well. Let rest, covered, for a minimum of 20 minutes, overnight if possible.
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Wales and Scarlets fly-half Rhys Priestland will be at the Blue Lagoon water park at Bluestone, near Narberth next week.
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Longtime Mending Kids International supporter Mel Gibson with Gene Simmons, Robert Downey, Jr., Sean Penn and Jodie Foster hosted "Four Kings & An Ace" poker tournament on at The London West Hollywood.
Among other notables were World Series Of Poker Winner Jamie Gold, Madeleine Stowe, Emily VanCamp and most of the cast of "Revenge," Danny Trejo, Greg Louganis, Garry Shandling, Camille Grammer, Chuck Zito, Patricia Arquette, Linda Thompson, Quinton Aaron and World Poker Tour players Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. These celebrities were able to raise enough funds for eight missions to provide almost 200 children around the world life-saving surgeries. Mending Kids International (www.mendingkids.org) is a California-based non-profit that provides surgeries to children otherwise unavailable to them in developing countries, and surgical training to medical staff to build long-term sustainable surgical programs. 92% of every dollar received goes directly towards helping children.
Will Hartman walked away with the night's poker trophy. Those who didn't play poker enjoyed casino games and entertainment provided by The Commodores Band, American Idol Winner Lee Dewyze, and Dominic Scott Kay.
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The Bandit is one of the weakest monster in the game. However, he packs the nasty Cursed debuff effect. This debuff can be very nasty to characters dependent on resistances, and will necessitate defeating the bandit in as few attacks as possible. However, if you don't have any form of resistances or damage reduction then the bandit is just a pathetically weak opponent.
Characters with resistances will need to find a way to slay bandits with the minimum number of attacks in order to be able to removes curses as fast as possible. Use of the GETINDARE or WEYTWUT glyphs are very useful, as are the magical attack glyphs, BURNDAYRAZ and PISORF. Usually you will want to avoid bandits until you're a higher level than them and can clean them up easily. However, the curse debuff is still applied when you kill a bandit (whether he struck you or not), so you will need to pay close attention and balance out your bandit kills with other monsters.
For characters without resistances, your options are much broader and you can attack bandits with impunity. Simple hit-and-run antics often are enough to defeat them, since you will quickly heal the low amount of damage dealt by the bandit. Because the bandit is so weak, he is a favorite target for these kinds of characters. It's quite easy to kill a bandit that is three or even four levels higher than yourself, which is worth a lot of bonus experience. This can result in a large number of curse layers, so characters intending to use resistances at some point in the future should consider how they intend to work these off.
The bandit boss, Tomithy Longdall, also has the mana burn and poisonous properties, meaning hit and run becomes impossible without having immunity to these conditions. However, he is by far the weakest boss in the game and overwhelming him with pure spellcasting or just attacking him in spite of his debuffs is often more than sufficient to bring him down. If you absolutely must avoid an attack from Tomithy, the best way to get in a free shot is by worshipping Tikki Tooki to acquire his Quicksilver Potion and Reflex Potion, which is good for two free attacks.


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AMD A10-5800K & A8-5600K Review: Trinity on the Desktop, Part 2by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 2, 2012 1:45 AM EST
Video Transcoding Performance
x264 HD 3.03 Benchmark
Graysky's x264 HD test uses x264 to encode a 4Mbps 720p MPEG-2 source. The focus here is on quality rather than speed, thus the benchmark uses a 2-pass encode and reports the average frame rate in each pass.
CPU based video transcode performance is as good as it can get from AMD here given the 2/4 module/core setup of these Trinity APUs. Intel's Core i3 3220 is a bit slower than the A10-5800K. We're switching to a much newer version of the x264 HD benchmark for our new test suite (5.0.1). Some early results are below if you want to see how things change under the new test:
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Crono - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkIt's good to finally see pricing on Trinity.
Looks like AMD is still competitive at lower price points for Video transcoding performance, which is good news for me and others who's highest CPU workloads are mostly video editing.
But even for gaming the A10-5800/K doesn't look too bad for $122 chips.
Glad to see it isn't quite "Bulldozer" all over again. I need to build a new system for Windows 8 and Trinity looks promising for a budget to mid range build. Reply
ac2 - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkBig deal...
Just look at pg 2, the single threaded performance of the A10 is lower than a friggin Pentium G850
Pg 3 Sysmark, only slightly ahead of the Pentium even with 2 additional Integer cores
I wish Anand had included the Pentium G850 power comparison as well though at 65W vs 100W TDP we can be sure which way that will swing...
And the G850 costs a little more than HALF the A10 suggested price... That puts a $70 saving towards a discrete graphics card, which, as per pg 6 should result in a much better gaming performance as well... Reply
StevoLincolnite - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkIt's also slower than an old Core 2 Quad Q6600 overclocked to 3.6ghz+ which was released in 2007 both in single threaded and multi-threaded tasks.
However, what I would like to see is some under-volting tests to see how low they can go in terms of TDP as AMD has always been incredibly conservative (Even on the GPU side) with voltages, would be excellent in a Mini-ITX rig without the need for a dedicated GPU. Reply
MrMilli - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkhttp://www.computerbase.de/artikel/prozessoren/201... Reply
Belard - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkReally cool how the performance charts are NOT static.
Ah, German technology. :) Reply
phillock - Friday, January 26, 2018 - linkI think there is very little need for raw single-threaded performance increases in consumer-level "general computation" processors (e.g. few-core x86 processors). So who cares if we don't have a second intel? What we do need are better ways of extracting performance from multiple cores, and from the massively parallel architectures found in GPUs. Part of the equation is ensuring that these two paradigms are pervasive, and therefore,https://audiomanagerapp.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/a... from a big-picture point-of-view, AMD really *is* pushing things forward with Trinity Reply
B3an - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkTrinity truly is embarrassingly slow. I think it should be even cheaper for this performance level. And it's also disappointing that Intel have no performance competition AT ALL from AMD. We need this for some real progression to be made in desktop CPU's and also drive prices down at the high end. Reply
IKeelU - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkWhat kind of progress are you talking about? Power efficiency? Raw general computing performance? Progress comes in many forms.
I think there is very little need for raw single-threaded performance increases in consumer-level "general computation" processors (e.g. few-core x86 processors). So who cares if we don't have a second intel? What we do need are better ways of extracting performance from multiple cores, and from the massively parallel architectures found in GPUs. Part of the equation is ensuring that these two paradigms are pervasive, and therefore, from a big-picture point-of-view, AMD really *is* pushing things forward with Trinity. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - linkAMD's progress is about 2 years behind. While this is somewhat intel's fault by illegal competitive practices which in turn kept AMD from profiting as much as they could have during the Athlon64~X2 era.
AMD has done a lot of things wrong and would take at least 2 years to sort out... if ever. FM2 is no better than FM1 and not cross compatible. Neither is compatible with Socket AM3 and nothing AMD has on the market even supports PCIe 3.0.
Compared to buying an intel i3-something system, in which you can upgrade to an i7-something easily. AMD has a mess on their hands and I suspect part of their performance problems could also be rooted in their chipsets. (Across the board, the performance hits a wall). Yeah, for a notebook - the powerful GPU part comes into play. And both intel i3 and Trinity is more than powerful enough for MOST people. hell, I'm still running on a Q6600 at 2.4Ghz and it does quite well (going i5-3570 this weekend)... But for those who want their money's worth when performance counts, AMD is not in the game.
The performance from AMD has to be consistent, and its not. The heat is not good along with the cheap fans they include that are noisy and should be replaced with a good $20~50 cooler. Meanwhile intel CPUs are running cooler and their fans are very quiet.
So as of today, in general - it costs more to get an AMD. I really want AMD to do well, I've sold lots of AMD systems in the past. Reply
Origin64 - Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - linkAbout PCIe 3.0, nobody needs that. 2.0 * 8 is enough to drive every card on the market with maybe 2% performance loss, which is within the error margin of every benchmark. To keep prices low, of course they're not going to add extra features that nobody needs. I think it's a smart move.
Other than that, I agree. AMD hasn't been doing well price-performance wise the last two years. I have a Phenom II, and when they were released they were still competitive, for the price and the time, but the last two generations have seen no singlethreaded performance increase and cost about the same. Reply


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The world´s first wind powered car - invented in Sri Lanka - is awaiting mass production.
The car can be driven at 60kmh top speed only using wind power. Most of the European manufactures want him to sell the blue print of this car to their countries but he wants to sell this car from Southern Asia.
To clear the facts, as to my knowing this car Runs on Kinetic energy of the air sucked in from the front turbines to power up a specially designed engine. Special mechanism is used to maximize the turbine efficiency and rotation. The prevailing air powered cars founded up-to this car; uses compressed Air to power up pistons in the engine, which proved to be dangerous.Its just like running a car with a car bomb. But this Sri Lankan car proved to be 100% safe as to the developer. Its equal to a windmill built in to run the engine.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
A Photo of Lucia Lerner!
Not only did this latest gift from Steve contain another great Redbook cover by Lucia...
... it included a photo of the artist - wow! At long last, we now know what Lucia Lerner (whom her old co-worker Will Nelson described to me as "the queen" of the Stephens Biondi DiCicco art studio in 1950s Chicago) looked like.
Reading the brief description above about Lucia leaves me even more impressed than I've been since first beginning my research into Lucia's career. Lucia was a single mom raising a daughter on her own, a tremendously talented and successful illustrator and, from all accounts, a tough but fair business woman. All of which makes her exceptional for the times in which she lived.
What better person for a blog about mid-century illustration to celebrate during the week of International Woman's Day!
And speaking of International Women's Day, please take a moment to check out the work of my students in the Graphic Design program at Mohawk College. Each student designed and illustrated a poster of the woman of their choice and the top ten were selected by a jury of faculty members to be printed in multiples and displayed across all the Mohawk College campuses this week. You can see the top ten designs on our class blog.
* Thanks again to Steve Scott for his tremendous gift of these new scans, especially the rare glimpse of the artist.
* If you'd like to see many more examples of Lucia's work and read about her career, I've collected all my research on my Female Illustrators of the Mid-20th Century blog.
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Lerner's fantastic! Her work is so bold and lively! It barely feels dated. Always nice to see the artist behind the art, too! :)ReplyDelete
Lerner is truly magnifico! The fact that even the field of illustration was considered a man's game speaks volumes about how discouraged women were from building a professional career back then. Illustration calls for someone with a sense of beauty and rendering capabilities to convey a message--and that is definitely a gender-free skill! Hurray for Lucia!ReplyDelete
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I was reading about her on your blog previously and on the Female Illustrators blog, and then this week I found a picture by her in one of my Woman's Own magazines from the '50s! I'll post it up within the next couple of days on my own blog. I actually checked back here to see if you had any more information on her; lo and behold there was this! Thanks so much, really enjoying reading about a field I only recently found out about. Emma :)ReplyDelete
Hi there! I've just stumbled across your blog from 'Fuel Your Inspiration' and I am absolutely loving it!! I am a young Australian graphic designer, and I absolutely LOVE illustration and am in love with the fifties! =DReplyDelete
I cant wait to keep reading more of this fantastic blog!! =D


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"The contemporaries of Severus, in the enjoyment of the peace and glory of his reign, forgave the cruelties by which it had been introduced. Posterity, who experienced the fatal results of his maxims and example, justly considered him as the principle author of the decline of the Roman Empire"
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gibbon's perception of Septimius Severus was based on his own view of Roman history- he wrote a great longitudinal study of Rome's fall, from the age of the Antonines to the age of the Florentines and in his survey he noted the chronological passing of power. For Gibbon and for many before and after him, Rome's history took an upward turn in the second century AD. The hereditary Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties with their dynastic freaks (Tiberius, Nero, Domitian) gave way to the meritocratic series of adopted emperors- Nerva (96-8), Trajan (98-117), Hadrian (117-38), Antoninus Pius (138-61) and Marcus Aurelius (161-80). After Aurelius though the Empire slipped back- Aurelius's son Commodus was awful and he was succeeded by a period of civil war (193-97), only brought to an end when Septimius Severus seized control and reigned for a period of years until 211. After Septimius there was chaos as well- as challengers for the empire rose and fell and in the end internal chaos led to external danger- with emperors dying on foreign frontiers and various parts of the empire splitting off. The only Emperor who seemed to survive for a great period of time amidst the chaos was Severus, and hence Gibbon blamed him for the later decline.
Severus's biographer Anthony Birley takes a more lateral approach than Gibbon and stresses the ways in which Severus was a creature of his times. Severus was born in Lepcis Magna to a family with strong links to Rome- as part of the Empire's evolution more and more provincial citizens were using power within Rome itself- the great Senatorial aristocracy had been wiped out in the 1st Century AD and was replaced by a new aristocracy from the provinces, particularly Africa. Severus's ancestors- his grandfather in particular- was part of this and probably knew great literary figures such as Tacitus and Pliny. Severus's reign though marked a new turning point: he was the first Emperor not to have been brought up in Rome. He felt no great affection for the city- spending only three years of his reign in Italy (possibly less) and spending most of his time out on campaign. In that sense he marked the beggining of an evolution from an Italian Roman principate- to one which resided at key points on the frontier- as with Diocletian at Nicomedia and Milan, or with Constantine's successors at Constantinople and Ravenna.
Severus himself was part of a rich civilisation. He was a contemporary of Galen, the great doctor, and Tertullian, the Christian saint. Aurelius of course was not merely an Emperor but a philosopher. Severus was lucky in his historian, Cassius Dio, who compiled a pretty extensive history of his reign upon which much of Birley's work is based. But within that civilisation there were debates about strategy- some beleived as with Hadrian in an empire which withdrew to and solidified its boundaries, some like Trajan and Aurelius believed in extending the imperial sway to conquer new territories. Severus stood in the second camp- he looked in particular to Marcus Aurelius as a model for his reign- attempting to extend the Roman empire's sway in the East, where he sought to add Mesopotamian territory to reinforce the exposed province of Syria, in the south he forced the Roman border in Africa further south towards the Garamantes and in Britain, he attempted the conquest of Scotland but died before he could accomplish it. Such advances needed reorganisation. Severus was one of the leaders of a military reorganisation- that again was going to be paralleled later. The early Roman emperors relied upon provincial armies and a small Praetorian Guard in the Capital- Severus called up three legions to become a mobile reserve and attempted to introduce more fluidity into the army. Using it as a fluid weapon of offence and response instead of a passive defensive force- that meant that he spent far more upon the military than his predecessors. The instability of 193-7 also forced him to raise the soldiers' pay at a rate which the sterner predecessors would never have done.
Returning to Gibbon's question then- because it is worth answering, why did these trends lead to a temporary collapse and did they contribute to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Lets instead of answering Gibbon, answer a different question- did Severan reforms lead in part to the problems of the third century? To that question I think we can answer an unambiguous yes- the Severan reforms led to massive inflation throughout the empire, they led to military instability with soldiers desiring increased pay and receiving it from every new contender, Severus and his predecessors contributed to smashing up the old Roman system and the replacement was painful. But equally whilst Severan reforms contributed to the mid third century collapse, they also contributed to the recovery in the late third century. It is no accident that Diocletian and his successors used Severan ideas to reanimate the Empire: the Roman Empire in these years could in part be seen as a society going through the shock of reorganisation- and going through it spectacularly because the symptoms of that shock were civil war and invasion. Severan reforms though- introducing the itinerant, provincial, non-Roman Emperor with a mobile force behind him- shaped the later Roman Empire. Those reforms went back into the reigns of Aurelius and beyond- but they formed the template of what the Empire looked like under Constantine.
Perhaps what this demonstrates is that whereas there was definitely a fall of the Roman Empire in the West- decline isn't always the best way of conveying what happened to Rome. Rome evolved from a Republic to a Principate, from a Principate to an Empire- the changes meant that the form of the state changed- at times those changes could be painful but often they were attempts to respond to actual situations. Of course there were important failures- as you would expect with any system that relied on one individual, selected at times by the random chance of their genes, and Rome seemed to specialise in competent fathers with useless sons (Severus's son Caracalla didn't survive that long after murdering his brother) but there were strategical changes as well- some of which we see in Severus's reign. Severus's change of strategic focus is interesting because it demonstrates the increasing foreignness of Rome from what it had been- and it demonstrates the way that the Empire evolved to meet new challenges- tougher enemies on the frontiers (especially in the East with the rise of Sassanid Persia) and the need to rule by consent in the provinces, and coopt local elites. Severus afterall probably spoke with a Carthaginian accent- (he might well have pronounced his own name Sheptimus Sheverus) Carthage three hundred years before his birth, had been Rome's great rival.
Severus's reign therefore is fascinating- Gibbon was right, though other reigns built towards it, it was a watershed. But 'decline' is the wrong image, rather we should think of a Severan transition- whereby under Marcus and Severus the Empire's nature changed and the old Rome slowly ebbed away to be replaced (after the shock of the mid-third century) with something very different, the empire of Diocletian and Constantine.


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Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar took career-best figures of five for 24 to help India ease to a 28-run victory over South Africa in the opening Twenty20International of their three-game series at the Wanderers on Sunday.
Having been sent in to bat, India plundered 203 for five from its 20 overs on a flat batting wicket as opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a superb 72 from 39 balls.
It is India's highest innings total against South Africa in the shortest format of the game, with debutant seamer Junior Dala (two for 47 in four overs) the most successful home bowler.
South Africa was in the game until Bhuvneshwar's final over when he picked up the key wicket of Reeza Hendricks (70 from 50 balls) and then dismissed Heinrich Klaasen (16) and Chris Morris (0) off successive balls, before Dane Paterson (1) was the fourth wicket to fall as he was run out.
The home side ended its innings on 175 for nine, continuing its struggles against the tourists in the limited overs matches on the tour having been thrashed 5-1 in the One-Day International series.
The second Twenty20 clash will be played in Pretoria on Wednesday (February 21), with the final game on Saturday (February 24) in Cape Town.
Dhawan it was who led an aggressive Indian batting performance. The left-hander hit 10 fours and two sixes in a 39-ball innings. He was lucky to escape on 10 when he flicked at a ball down the leg side from Dala.
South Africa appealed half-heartedly for a catch behind and the ball was called wide. Replays showed the ball had brushed his glove.
India made a flying start, with Rohit Sharma square-cutting the first ball from Dane Paterson for six. He added a second six in an over which yielded 18 runs.
Rohit was caught behind off Dala in the second over but all the Indian batsmen followed his attacking example on a ground where there have been three successful run chases of over 200 in T20 Internationals.
Indian captain Virat Kohli's run of big scores ended when he was leg before wicket to left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz Shamsi for 26. He had been dropped off the same bowler at long-on when on 10.
India suffered an injury blow, with left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav missing because of a thumb injury suffered in Centurion when India completed its ODI series win.


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First, I've been to Iraq six times. Four of those were before the war, when Saddam Hussein was still in charge. Remember when President Clinton almost bombed Baghdad in November 1998, but pulled back when Iraq let UN weapons inspectors in? I was there then. Remember when Clinton did bomb, a month later, in Operation Desert Fox? I was there then, too. (Thanks, US Air Force, for missing my hotel). I've also paid two brief post-invasion visits with Secretary of State Colin Powell and current SecState Condi Rice. But I can't say I've covered the conflict as a war correspondent...
Second, my Iraq bird list stands at exactly two: House Sparrow and Mesopotamian Crow (a subspecies of Hooded Crow, which may someday be split into its own species).
It might seem odd or even selfish to write about birding in Iraq with all the carnage there, and the suffering of both Iraqis and Americans. But I got to thinking about this issue with the announcement that BirdLife International and an Iraq nongovernmental organization have published a field guide to Iraq's birds in Arabic. (For you listers, it covers 387 species recorded in Iraq).
A few thoughts come to mind: War, as terrible as it is on humans, ravages the natural environment as well. And Iraq and its environs have had their share of ecodisasters, from Saddam's draining of the southern marshes, a unique and historic habitat, to his dynamiting of nearby Kuwait's oil wells, which burned for months (I know - I saw them).
That's sad, because nature humanizes us, makes us whole. One thing I've learned about conflict is that even amid chaos and violence, life goes on. Life can be perfectly normal one minute, and horrifying the next. And vice versa. People still try to raise children, shop, go to school, and even, in places, do normal outdoor activities. Hunting with birds of prey is an ancient tradition around the Persian Gulf, for example.
Whatever happens in Iraq, it will some day be peaceful again. And traditions like that will start up. And wildlife - including birds - will be around to make life better.
Even in wartime, they can make life a teeny bit better. At least they did for one U.S. soldier, who chronicled his off-duty birding in a lovely little book, Birding Baylon.
Comments welcome. But please not about the war. There's plenty of other places to debate that and, as a professional journalist, I have to stay objective. - W


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I was thinking about how the U.S. economy would go from the upswing that Trump takes credit for to the Even Greater Depression that his trade war will bring on.
Trump should be separated from the claims of strong economy, and he could be thrown out of office and not have a chance of re-election, and he may have undone himself with the additional tariffs. I wasn't expecting the stock market to tank for a considerable time, as it happened during the 1920's. I'm not the only one who
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Comments about homelessness in the U.S.A.
Here in Amherst, Massachusetts the issue of homelessness has become a major thing recently because of some rather unpleasant people who seem to like to stay in public view. There have been homeless people here for decades, or longer, but that is true of all college towns. In the past, most of the homeless people had the good sense to be polite and keep a low profile, and those who were not polite usually were rather clearly mentally ill. For
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I started writing a blog post about unemployment, and that the stated figures are not in agreement with the greater unemployment that I see, so I looked at the available statistics, and I was shocked. The information that the BLS puts out are incomplete, and there are no tables of the missing numbers. That creates the appearance that the numbers were dreamed up. That was a disappointment. I was looking forward to ranting for six hundred words, but I cant.
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Over a decade long career, it would be fair to suggest The Raveonettes' popularity has neither significantly increased or decreased on any rapid scale since the excellent Whip It On EP landed unassumingly amidst a sea of Strokes copyists and nu metal neanderthals back in the summer of 2002. Some of that is probably due in no uncertain terms to the ever-changing fashions and tastes dictated by the likes of us within the media. The rest has to lay at the door of the band themselves, who've had a distinctly uneven track record for quality control. Indeed, one swift glance through The Raveonettes' back catalogue is likely to throw up as many disappointments as it is gems, and as a result their status has enjoyed a constantly happy medium of fair-to-middling.
However, at their best they've left much of the competition standing, hence the reason their still here, album number five in tow. Almost true to form, after the minor blips of Pretty In Black and In And Out Of Control sandwiched arguably their finest hour, 2007's Lust Lust Lust, Raven In The Grave represents a return to the reverb-heavy exuberance of Whip It On, only with more fluid in the consistency of its contents.
Comprising just nine songs, Raven In The Grave heralds a darker, more oblique side to a band whose ambiguity has always proved a key ingredient. While the are-they, aren't-they (they aren't) dynamics of Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo once again dominate, there's a strong sense of urgency that binds Raven In The Grave together like a cyanoacrylate adhesive, even when extreme levels of tenderness and poignancy threaten to alienate occasional parts.
Right from the off, 'Recharge & Revolt' signals Raven In The Grave's intentions by way of its thundering drum introduction. At times not too dissimilar to early single 'Attack Of The Ghost Riders', at others cavorting in the same luscious atmospherics M83 and The Radio Dept. serve up for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, Wagner's mid-song refrain "When I'm terrified I close my eyes, when I'm sad and blue I choose to fight" sending goose bumps around one's neck and down the spine.
Of course the same comparisons that The Raveonettes have always been labelled with will rear their head here. Mary Chain this, Phil Spector that, and so on and so forth. It comes with the territory these days, I guess. 'War In Heaven' and 'Apparitions' take a more laidback atmospheric approach that while admonishing the shoegaze/dreampop tag quite elegantly, doesn't really sound like anyone else other than The Raveonettes either. Which exemplifies the main purpose in that when all's said and done, The Raveonettes possess an instantly recognisable sound of their own doing, and in 2011's philosophy of rehash and repackage everything, how many other artists can make the same claim?
'Forget That You're Young' shimmers gracefully like a carousel in the wind, while 'Ignite' takes the feel good factor of Lust Lust Lust's 'Aly, Walk With Me' and adds a dose of The Cramps' propensity for danger as an aside. It's the pensive 'Evil Seeds', though, that elevates Raven In The Grave to another level, borrowing its melody profusely from Deerhunter's 'Fluorescent Grey' before surging even further out of the band's perceived comfort zone into reserved territories where only four-letter words like 'Epic' or 'Huge' would be admitted through border control. 'Let Me On Out' and 'My Time's Up' both serve notice somewhat in a decisively finite manner, the latter's subservient "...And I don't care" aided by the former documenting the end of time ("I feel that we have died").
One hopes Raven In The Grave doesn't signify the last post for The Raveonettes as they are a joy to behold in this mood, and more than capable of producing a belter of an album when least expected.
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FORT MEADE, Md., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The court-martial of an Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of leaking government documents to WikiLeaks, has been delayed until June, officials said.
The judge in the case, Army Col. Denise Lind, decided to change the original March start date of the court-martial so she could assess how classified information should be used in the trial, Tribune Newspapers reported Friday.
Manning is charged with sending WikiLeaks more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic memos and field reports from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Prosecutors say they plan to introduce evidence that some of the documents benefited al-Qaida.
Manning's lawyers have said he is willing to plead guilty to sending WikiLeaks the classified documents in exchange for a maximum sentence of 20 years on the condition he would not plead to aiding the enemy or other espionage charges.
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UnNews:Scientist experimenting on coffee arrested for blowing up universe
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SOME SECRET GOVERNMENT BASE, SOMEWHERE - a mad scientist working on a classified experiment to improve the infamous Double Ristretto Venti Half-Soy Nonfat Decaf Organic Chocolate Brownie Iced Vanilla Double-Shot Gingerbread Frappuccino Extra Hot With Foam Whipped Cream Upside Down Double Blended, One Sweet'N Low and One Nutrasweet, and Ice has been charged with the accidental destruction of the universe and life as we know it during an attempt to place a cherry on top, this creating a Double Ristretto Venti Half-Soy Nonfat Decaf Organic Chocolate Brownie Iced Vanilla Double-Shot Gingerbread Frappuccino Extra Hot With Foam Whipped Cream Upside Down Double Blended, One Sweet'N Low and One Nutrasweet, and Ice WITH A CHERRY ON TOP.
"But eet vahs onlee en acceedent!" protested physicist Dr. Đùşśąŀəĥøæß, the researcher in question. "I fink you haff takeen thees tohrtalee out ohf prohpohrsheen!" The police, however, were not amused. "Ignorance of the law is no excuse!" one officer informed the scientist. "Everyone knows blowing up the universe without a proper license is illegal in the United States!"
According to laboratory staff, Đùşśąŀəĥøæß had previously speculated on the possibility of creating a modified version of the drink with a cherry on top, but was unable to do so due to an extremely prohibitive budget. However, thanks to a bit of help from some friends of his, Đùşśąŀəĥøæß was able to obtain a rare sample of the beverage taken before its mysterious disappearance from the Starbucks where it had been prepared to order for Dane Earl Johnson, Jr. at the cost of the entire planet's water supply.
The experiment was performed early yesterday morning, before any of the other laboratory staff arrived for work. Rigorous inspection of the crime scene reveals that a small sample placed in a test tube was used for the test. Upon closer inspection the remnants of the cherry pit were discovered buried in the far wall of the laboratory. Several of Đùşśąŀəĥøæß's colleagues have estimated that the subsequent explosion destroyed everything in the known universe, but soon Jesus and his aide Stephen Hawking were able to restore order and bring it all back before people noticed and chaos ensued.
No one was injured during the explosion, although the lab is expected to be fined well over infinity bazillion dollars to cover the cost of rebuilding the Universe. Đùşśąŀəĥøæß himself was not available for comment.