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How'd they do it?
That is often thought to be the primary motivation behind our fascination with the life stories of business behemoths: a curiosity about the means – both noble and scurrilous – by which mammoth fortunes are made. "Steve Jobs" (Simon & Schuster) by Walter Isaacson is on track to be the highest-selling book of 2011, according to Amazon. It ranks in the top five books of the year among Barnes & Noble customers as well.
And even as you read this, myriad copies of the Jobs biography – sleek and cool-looking with that shiny white cover and bare-bones typography – are surely being wrapped and beribboned, ready to serve as stocking-stuffers for wannabe billionaires everywhere.
Is there more to the popularity of "Steve Jobs," however, than just trolling for tips on making it big? More, even, than relishing the tidbits of gossip about the odd behavior of Jobs – quirks such as eating fruit exclusively for weeks on end or dressing repetitively in black turtlenecks, and more sinister habits such as glaring at employees to intimidate them?
Even people who have no intention of enrolling in an MBA program – and who don't give a hoot about what Jobs ate or wore – are flocking to read his biography.
The secret of the appeal of "Steve Jobs" – and of any good mogul biography – can be found on page 291 of the 571-page tome. It's the moment when Isaacson is describing what happened after Jobs was sacked from Apple in 1985:
"At the company he founded after being ousted from Apple, Jobs was able to indulge all of his instincts . . . He was unbound. The result was a series of spectacular products that were dazzling market flops."
People may believe they buy mogul biographies to read about success: immense wealth, limitless power, international fame. Ideas that worked. Strategies that proved to be brilliant. "Eureka" moments. But the moments that matter – in life, in a biography – are just the opposite. They are the moments of stark despair, when ideas fizzle, when plans fall apart, when nobody's calling you a genius. When nobody's calling you, period.
As the world now knows, of course, the true and transcendent greatness of Jobs emerged after he was dumped from Apple. It came when he returned for a second go-round. It came with the development of the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad. It came with his work at Pixar. It came in the retailing innovation represented by Apple stores.
Had he not endured the "dazzling flops," however, those milestones might very well never have occurred. He'd have been a footnote in business history. A colorful one – but a footnote nonetheless.
Thus a great mogul biography is really just an epic poem about risk.
It must convey the dynamic nature of pivot points in the lives of these individuals, moments when their fortunes were poised precariously between triumph and disaster.
Looking back, it's easy to say that a Steve Jobs was inevitable. But he wasn't. He had to fight, to try, to dream. He had to lose in order to win. Isaacson calls him a "creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries." Even more crucially, the biographer adds, "Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness, imagination, and sustained innovation." Being innovative doesn't mean that every product or idea will work. It means, as "Steve Jobs" reveals, that you stick with it until a few magnificent ones finally do.
Once you've finished "Steve Jobs," try these five biographies of American moguls – listed in order of preference – because they, too, shimmer with the heat and passion of lives lived, battles fought, chances taken:
"Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr." (1998) by Ron Chernow.
One of the best biographies ever written about any public figure, this long and enthralling book captures a man whose life was marked by "silence, mystery and evasion," as Chernow notes. At one point the world's richest man, Rockefeller was the favorite target of muckrakers who shook their fists at his slippery ways. What his enemies saw as ill-gotten gains helped to build, among other things, the University of Chicago.
"The Founding Father: The Story of Joseph P. Kennedy" (1964) by Richard J. Whalen.
This book explains how the patriarch of the Kennedy clan actually accumulated his fortune – dollar by dollar, deal by deal, including the purchase of Chicago's Merchandise Mart – and held onto it through the Depression and other challenges. "Wealth, power, and the chance of greatness for his name were the lifelong ambitions of Joseph Patrick Kennedy," Whalen writes, and then he proceeds to undergird the generalities with fascinating details about this father of a beloved president.
"Morgan: American Financier" (1999) by Jean Strouse.
Morgan functioned as a one-man Federal Reserve before the United States had such an entity, but he was far more complicated than his relentless focus on money-making led many people to believe. Strouse's portrait is richly detailed – particularly about the early emotional life of a man who seemed to have been born old.
"Andrew Carnegie" (2006) by David Nasaw.
The brilliant Scot turned the fortune he made in steel production into public libraries, among other lifelong charitable impulses, and in this briskly written, even-handed picture of his life, Nasaw traces how a poor young man from a small village of weavers came to tower over the rising industrial giant known as they United States of America in the late 1800s.
"Mellon: An American Life" (2006) by David Cannadine.
The hooded stare, the gaunt body and the perpetual air of melancholy that made him resemble a mortician's assistant, all worked against Mellon's public image. But in this fine biography, Cannadine points out the tremendous risks that Mellon took when he switched from banking to manufacturing, risks that could have backfired: "He saw the moment, seized the opportunity, and took his chance, with an impressive combination of calculated aggression, right timing, and cool nerve." And he did it while enduring the public humiliation caused by his restless wife, who ran off with a con man. Mellon's only solace: making money and collecting great art. Both habits had lasting effects on American history and culture.
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Alien Rebel Assault Force vs. Xenophobic Human Interstellar Army vs. Civilian Uprising
Humans have built what appears to most as a simple military base. However it's been discovered that it's actually an alien holding and rendering facility where captured aliens are "processed". This prompted the alien attack on the facility.
The civilian construction workers and police are rioting against the XHIA. Apparently their union contract negotiation is not going well. The local government repealed their ability to bargain collectively. The civilians seized the opportunity during the chaos of the alien invasion to attack the XHIA!
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The battlefield is set! Alien assault force is now within striking distance of the XHIA facility. Civilian rioters start grabbing anything that can be used as a weapon; they even managed to appropriate several military vehicles!
Fish blaster!
Forces collide; the battle is at hand... forsooth!
Alien hero's mech is neutralized after taking blasts to the legs...
The generals plot their logistics.
Civilian uprising makes their move against the XHIA!
Alien hero leaps from the smoking wreckage, does a forward flip while drawing his knife, lands on the nearby 4WD vehicle and eviscerates it's human driver!
Both the Civilian Uprising and ARASF are converging on the XHIA's most powerful vehicle... the dreaded LO-TAC HAV!
The humans deploy the HI-TAC LAV from the back of the "Wyrm"! They open fire on the alien air craft.... it's hit hard... and crashes into the "Wyrm".
Wait... what's this?! The alien hero uses his alien telekinetic super powers to cause the "Wyrm" to launch it's huge surface to surface missile! The massive payload slams into the near by bunker, crushing the building, and killing all inside! A devastating blow to the XHIA to be sure; they have lost control of their most powerful assault vehicle and it's been used against them!
Let us survey the battlefield...
Casualties are mounting on both sides... the ARASF pushes forward! Sirens sound the retreat of the XHIA. Using teleportation technology the soldiers are teleported inside the facility which goes into lock-down! A cowardly retreat or regrouping for a coordinated counter assault? Lets find out...
Aliens direct all fire within range on the front door... it's knocked from it's hinges!
The Civilian Uprising's union leader can no longer stomach the horrors of war... she abandons her militia to go play Club Penguin! A devastating blow to moral for the CU.
A brave squad of human interstellar jump-pack pilots rush out into heavy enemy fire and attempt to rebuild the door!
Sadly their repairs only last mere moments before it's blasted off again. In a desperate effort the XHIA activate a huge battle droid and teleport it instantly to the front door in an attempt to head off the aliens. What-ho?! The aliens use their superior technology to hack the communication signal and now this devastating droid is under their control! A fierce battle at the front entrance ensues...
What's this?! Once again the alien mastermind uses his telekinetic super powers but this time he seizes the the human's power crystal and stows it in the rear chamber of his vehicle. Will he escape with the XHIA's most prized treasure??? Nay... the human's hero snaps into action, slays the alien hero, takes back what is his, and sends it with his most trusted soldier to secure it deep within the military base.
The carnage is unheard of... bodies and equipment are piling up so high in the entrance that it's nigh possible to even get inside and line of sight is being obscured!
The massive remote controlled battle droid takes one too many hits! In its death throws the alien rebel hacker manages to control it and push back all of the debris and bodies to clear the entrance. Finally the droid collapses in a heap upon the pile of mayhem he just moved.
Aliens are taking massive casualties at the entrance to the facility. Any one attempting to breach the entry is annihilated... the ARASF knows their strength is mostly from leveraging high powered assault vehicles so they are reluctant to go in to close quarters combat.
The ARASF leader orders the full force of his army to bear down on the wall near the entrance in an attempt to create a hole large enough for them to use their assault vehicles against those inside!
The humans attempt to scramble out the side entrance. The XHIA leader at the tip of the retreat! Quickly the aliens send over a squad of droids along with a HI-TAC MAV 6 they appropriated from the Civilian Uprising. The human hero is slain in a blaze of blaster and plasma fire!
On ward to fortune and glory! Aliens and their droids flow into the huge gaping hole in the side of the building. Behind them assault vehicles close in and take aim at their enemies inside.
The aliens send in their tactical battle droids deep into the building to find the power crystal. They find a lone human soldier cowering in a corner holding it tightly and shooting wildly at the droids.... they quickly descend upon him, rend him mercilessly , and seize the crystal!
Unspeakable carnage...
In the end the ARASF collects their dead and the remaining force heads back to their landing crafts. Revenge is theirs!
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This was the largest battle yet. Each side had 30 figures and we had a ton of vehicles. There's about 100 figures on the table; 3 teams each had 30 plus a handful of minifigs on the table weren't being used by anyone. Took 4 days to finish. It was fun but I think I like smaller battles. It was neat using like every vehicle we had and using a big space base.
When you reach this point in a battle, you know it's a complete win.morganm wrote:The carnage is unheard of... bodies and equipment are piling up so high in the entrance that it's nigh possible to even get inside and line of sight is being obscured!
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You may not remember my one time obsession with something called MPDX, which cost me the use of a kidney and the ability to walk backwards in the rain on Tuesdays. After years of painful physical therapy, I am now able to pee standing up again, and have some free time. So I'm back. Again. No idea why.
If anyone wants any of the old MPDX stuff, I'll upload it somewhere. I've given up on that, and am now focusing on an immersive dating-sim type scenario involving the characters from the Marathon universe. So far it's called "Tokimeki LOVE MPDX PLUS Memorial Princess Maker Doki-Doki Extreme III ∀ 2.2: You Can (Not) 4GET", but I'm open to suggestions.


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I envy the ones we lost, they have no more pain to speak of no more suffering, or torture.
We live for couture yet thrive without culture. What's the point in speaking of the future?
Each heartbeat can echo the pain of a slighting, a separation or a departing.
I envy the dead ones.
We celebrate the bullies and silence the noble.
Nobel prizes for suckers, such rhetoric is idle.
A war is waged on a Facebook page.
I envy the dead ones.
A speech in church quells the masses, breaks their spirits, supports the classes.
Grandstanding forever, no substance, no basis, stand up cheer, clap monkeys and asses.
Yet God is our most divisive treasure.
I envy the dead ones.


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Starting in 1972, Time Guitars produced incredible handmade guitars until the late 80's. This forum is a meeting place and clearing house for all things related to these great guitars!
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I'm very surprised about the ebony board. It on a non-Artist model. The ebony board would have had the diamond inlays and binding on it. I was doing the inlays and installing the frets before they were glued on the neck at that point. Of course, I may have been totally going for the black hardware look, I don't know.
I do have the colors on a Time order form. I need to go find it and post. I have also found another print out that list 49 guitars with specs that were part of a summer sale. These were for guitars built in and around 1986. I think these Prime Time Guitars maybe included. As far as the tag on the case. Someone else may have put that on their after Time closed. They didn't know the official color names. Their was true turquoise and magenta ones too! Their were also some that had both colors! I have pictures of all of the Willis collection. I'll post a time allows.
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Went up to Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut again last night for another awesome concert, this time it was the Halloween Hootenanny featuring Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper with special guests, Murderdolls. I'm a huge fan of Alice Cooper, I've seen him live a bunch of times, so the main reason for my going was the Alice show but I've also seen Rob Zombie three times and he always put on a big show. Halloween time + Alice Cooper + Rob Zombie = must attend.
Murderdolls setlist
Chapel Of Blood
Slit My Wrist
Die My Bride
My Dark Place Alone
Drug Me To Hell
Hybrid Moments (Misfits cover)
Motherfucker, I Don't Care
I have never heard any Murderdolls songs so their being the opening band really made no difference to me, the way I looked at it was I was either going to discover a new band to listen to or be bored out of my mind. The only thing I really new about the Murderdolls was that Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison are in the band and they have a new record that came out a few weeks ago. I almost bought the CD when it came out but I didn't want to chance it. The band wasn't that bad, obviously a good fit with their combination of Cooper and Zombie and they appealed to the younger crowd, especially when they swore. I can't remember but maybe I got just as wild at concerts back in the day when a band member onstage would yell "Fuck!"…..the kiddies ate it up with the Murderdolls. Like I said, decent performance and they made enough of an impression that I will try and check out their two albums soon. As far as the setlist goes, I didn't know any songs so i had to look it up online.
Alice Cooper setlist
School's Out (partial)
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Wicked Young Man
Ballad Of Dwight Fry
Go To Hell
Cold Ethyl
From The Inside
Nurse Rozetta
Be My Lover
Only Women Bleed
I Never Cry
Black Widow Jam
Vengeance Is Mine
Dirty Diamonds
Billion Dollar Babies
I Love The Dead
Feed My Frankenstein
Under My Wheels
I'm Eighteen
School's Out (reprise)
Much to my surprise, Alice Cooper opened for Rob Zombie! I was under the impression that Alice would headline considering the pedigree and bigger setlist compared to Rob Zombie but either they are trading off the headline slot or they are appealling to the younger crowd and having Zombie headline. Didn't matter because I've seen Alice seven other times and even an opening set is just as good as a headline slot. Alice always puts on a solid show, true Shock Rock theater, so his 75-80 mins was jammed with non-stop music and theatrics. Nice to see a lot of my favorite classics like 'Ballad of Dwight Fry', 'Billion Dollar Babies' and 'Go To Hell' with a few newer songs like 'Vengeance Is Mine', 'Dirty Diamonds' and 'Wicked Young Man'. Actually, 'Wicked Young Man is kind of old now since it's release 10 years ago on BRUTAL PLANET! Alice had the full compliment of props, as well as, getting killed four times by guillotine, hanging, hypodermic needle and being put in a box and having spikes pushed through. The show was really good but my only complaint is that some of the songs were shortened and some of the performance seemed rushed. I have seen Alice put on shows that go from 90 mins to 2 hours and the longer he goes the more elaborate, the more exciting the performance is. The setlist and stage show go hand in hand so great music made up for a shortened set and i always like the way Alice incorporates the new songs to fit the plot. A true legend and a great performer.
Rob Zombie setlist
Sawdust In Blood (intro)
Jesus Frankenstein
Scum of The Earth
Living Dead Girl
More Human Than Human (White Zombie cover)
Sick Bubble Gum
Demon Speeding
(drum solo)
Mars Needs Woman
Pussy Liquor
Never Gonna Stop
Thunder Kiss '65 (White Zombie cover)
(guitar solo with Munsters Theme and Star Spangled Banner)
Werewolf Women Of The SS
House of 1000 Corpses
Alice Cooper is a hard man to follow but I expected Rob Zombie to put on a very visual show just like the last three times I've seen him live. I will admit that I'm not the biggest Rob Zombie fan in the world…..I like White Zombie and his solo stuff but I never seem to get around to buying them, even the new album, HELLBILLY DELUXE 2, I just bought last week and have given only one spin. I knew I would recognize the White Zombie and HELLBILLY DELUXE (1998) songs but I wasn't sure about the rest of the set. As expected, very visual show with flamepots going the entire time and plenty of props and dry ice fog but what surprised me was just how good the band sounded, it was almost like hearing it straight off the record. Zombie is popular with the younger crowd and they knew all the words to every song but what surprised me most was that I knew a lot of the songs that were post-1998, especially off the new album. Every song just killed live and the newer songs like 'Jesus Frankenstein', 'Sick Bubble Gum', 'Mars Needs Women' and 'Werewolf Women Of The SS' were really great…..so much so in fact that I have been playing HELLBILLY DELUXE 2 all day today! Of course, hearing 'More Human Than Human' and 'Thunder Kiss '65' was awesome because White Zombie is one of those bands that we all listened to in the early to mid-90s. Overall, Zombie and his band did a solid job of following the legendary Alice Cooper (I still prefer Alice!) and he made a new believer out of me…..now I am going to go out of my way to pick up some of his previous solo albums and I may catch him live again next time around.


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U.S. and European financial officials are likely to come under pressure from peers when they meet in Mexico City for dragging their feet on implementing the so-called Basel III accords, the world's response to the 2007-09 financial crisis.
"In the last three weeks, not one conference call, not one paper that has been presented, has suggested that modifying the timetable could be put forward by anyone," said Juan Manuel Valle, head of the banking and securities department at the Finance Ministry.
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Sew L.A. is thrilled to announce a Decades of Style Trunk Show and Tea Party!
Join us on Saturday, November 3rd from 6pm till 9pm for the opening of our week long display of vintage amazingness! The show will be hanging at Sew L.A. for a week (through November 11th) , but only at the party will we be offering a 20% discount on ALL DECADES PATTERNS and the chance to win one of the three newest designs: the 1930's Beach Romper, the 1930's Leading Lady Gown, or the 1950's Object d'Art Dress. If you have never seen these GORGEOUS patterns made up before, now is your chance - they are breathtaking.
Janet, the talented owner of Decades of Style, will be joining us for our tea party, and we are requesting appropriate attire for the event - your best vintage outfit (handmade or not), hats & gloves too! Of course, all are welcome regardless of attire - we just like to have an excuse to dress up!
We'll have many types of teas and beverages, along with sweet and savory snacks - scones, finger sandwiches, cakes, tarts - yum! And just to whet your appetite even more, here are some pictures from our first ever Decades trunk show, back in 2008...
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I have a few concerns with the Lauting mine transporter design.
Armament – 400 rpg for 20mm LAA guns is not going to last very long in a shooting situation. Light AA ammunition should be multiplied by a factor of 3 to 5, if not more.
Low-stowed cargo (mines) – the weight involved is excessive. Four tons per mine seems overly much, unless you have data to that effect. Simming them as bunkers means that they are cargo, and the mine rails become superfluous. If the ship is a minelayer instead of a transport, the mines ought to be in the miscellaneous weight category, IMHO.
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In OTL in 1969, large scale icing in Bohai Sea caused great economic loss and proved that older icebreakers built before 1950 were simply too small and too old to perform icebreaking duties effectively in severe icing conditions. (from wikipedia)
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From my research, it looks like the Bohai Sea has an average of 5cm sea ice buildup around the coast, with marginal sea ice occasionally spreading a bit beyond that. Apparently the Bohai Sea is the most southerly (Northern Hemisphere) sea that regularly ices. Interesting; I wouldn't have guessed that..
Looking at the average ice thicknesses and maps of coverage, I might suggest that you have a look at whether or not you could gain more utility from a smaller design built in greater quantity. In most years, 5cm of ice shouldn't usually require any icebreaking capacity for large ships (say, over 500t). So in normal winters, the big Cuiniao will not see much use, due to its draft and comparative expense of operation (fuel and crew requirements). And in the more extreme cases, only having two hulls will limit the amount of traffic you can actually escort. In other words, normally they'll be bored with nothing to do, and every ten years, they'll be horribly overworked.
Perhaps it might be more useful to you to exchange your 2x4500t Cuiniao designs for 3x3000t ships, or even 4x2250t ships. Russia's Gavrila Derzhavin class or Germany's Castor class might be good exemplars for a smaller ship with a higher degree of utility.
If China wants to waste tonnage on icebreakers rather than cruisers and battleships and carriers then that's fine with me!
If China wants to waste tonnage on icebreakers rather than cruisers and battleships and carriers then that's fine with me!
I must admit I'm surprised how far south the ice goes, I never thought of China as having an ice problem. Interesting.
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That's why the main task is on the smaller Shen Neng - Class. The two big Cuiniao are more seen as "firefighters" :) That means the two ships will escort every expedition in the arctic or antarctic. Sure the Cuiniao is for daily work with small ice a little bit overdesigned but for the work in the extreme north / south it's a good ship (i think).
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That's why the main task is on the smaller Shen Neng - Class. The two big Cuiniao are more seen as "firefighters" That means the two ships will escort every expedition in the arctic or antarctic. Sure the Cuiniao is for daily work with small ice a little bit overdesigned but for the work in the extreme north / south it's a good ship (i think).
Mm, perhaps. I'm not fully convinced - I think it's too large for your primary mission in the Bohai Sea, and a bit too small for your secondary mission as an Antarctic expedition ship.
But this feeling might be due to one of my in-game hats being a Russian ushanka - the Russians have thirty-five icebreakers currently in service at the opening of 1948, two more under construction, and eight on order...
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Gatsby's Mansion
Gatsby's mansion. Garish, multilevel home located on "West Egg." The narrator Nick Carraway describes it as colossal, as ostentatious as it is roomy. Situated on forty acres, the mansion is the site of numerous glitzy and riotous parties thrown by Gatsby, hoping to pique Daisy Buchanan's interest. The mansion, however, is much more than a lure for Gatsby's long lost love; it is a symbol of the man himself and his dream of materialism as a vehicle to success both literally and romantically. Gatsby's home parallels his persona—grand, mysterious, and richly adorned. It is the emblem of a successful businessman and the symbol of what he hopes to recover in Daisy and her love. The mansion is also a representation of a shortsighted American Dream: that material success, in and of itself, will bring one status and happiness. Unfortunately, the dream is based on hollow underpinnings, on the vacuous Daisy and the misguided concept that large amounts of money can be made and used without responsibility. Conversely, the mansion serves also as a symbol of Gatsby's vision, aspiration, idealism, and belief in the American Dream of the self-made man. Thus, it is simultaneously a symbolic representation of the "great" Gatsby and of the flawed one. Ultimately, Nick Carraway describes the mansion as "that huge incoherent failure of a house." The mansion exists as both a vision and failure of such a vision.
East Egg
East Egg and West Egg. Fictionalized opposing peninsulas of Long Island Sound described as resembling a giant pair of eggs. They are contrasted in terms of fashionableness, color, and type of wealth. The East Egg mansions glitter along the water; they are more chic and are representative of older, Eastern, inherited wealth. The West Egg residences are more derivative and imitative, representative of the nouveau riche, affluent newcomers not yet accepted into the highest echelons of wealth. It is Gatsby's habitation in West Egg that denotes his aspiration to a social status that seems unattainable. The Buchanans, who reside on East Egg, represent the arrogance of an exclusive clique who attend Gatsby's parties and share in the fruits of his wealth but who essentially despise him. Tom Buchanan, who has inherited his fortune, does not value it in terms of the traditional American ethics of hard work, integrity, fairness, and success coupled with responsibility. The two Eggs also represent the larger framework of an East symbolic of European antiquity, old money, and corruption, and a West symbolic of independence, new money, and the pioneering spirit. Certainly Nick Carraway values Western ideals over Eastern, and at the conclusion of the novel he returns, in a westerly direction, to the traditional and conservative Midwest whence he came.
Valley of Ashes
Valley of Ashes. Generally considered to be Flushing in New York City's borough of Queens, this place exists as a gray, dead, powdery area—even the homes seem to be composed of ashes—passed by motorcars on their way to New York. Here Myrtle and George Wilson live and operate a garage and gasoline station. The valley is a metaphoric representation of the wasteland the American Dream becomes when ethics and morals are disassociated from it. The valley is also the locus of those, such as George and Myrtle, who are victimized by the arrogant wealthy who base their lives on pleasure, avoidance of boredom, and dishonesty. If East and West Egg are two renditions of attainment of the American Dream, the Valley of Ashes is its demise. Literally it is the site where Daisy kills Myrtle, without compunction, and George decides to murder Gatsby. Finally, overlooking the valley are the giant blue eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg, who stares down on the ashes from a billboard. A central symbol of guilt, judgment, and God, it invests the valley with a moral intensity that allies the novel with existential themes and statements about the moral bankruptcy of the modern...
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Hey, no one is more excited than I AM when something happens in that bathroom, but I like to take two months off at a time. Or a year. Don't judge.
Once upon a time (2 years ago) I decided that this gross, outdated bathroom HAD to go.
Anyhow, I got super excited one afternoon to get this thing out of my face.
BUT...... I had a made a plan a year earlier for a new vanity when I walked into IKEA and saw these beauties clearance priced at $49 each, down from $300 apiece. I purchased two of them for a crisp $100 bill. A $500 savings is exciting.
The vanities sat, completely assembled for a very long time in the basement storeroom because I was on my year hiatus at this point. Melanie did some very fancy plumbing maneuvers to get the pipes where they needed to be for the new sinks. I watched in absolute amazement as she measured, cut pipes and glued them together with precision. She is seriously a plumbing ninja. I can't even imagine what a plumber would have charged to do it. Basically, I'm willing the bathroom to Melanie, even though she probably hates it. And I can't believe I didn't get a picture of her doing her thing!
Fast forward to a few months later when I must have sobbed uncontrollably to poor Melanie about my plight, and so she showed up at 9:30 one night ready to help. We got the vanities installed and the oak butcher block from IKEA cut to size and secured to the top. We also set the sinks on top just to see how the whole thing was going to look. I think we did a little jig but since it was well after midnight at that point, we didn't have the energy to make up an entire routine. Darn it.
The sinks are from IKEA as well, but they don't carry them anymore. They were called the ANA sink and faucet and I have no idea why they discontinued them. I think they are so cool. When I bought the vanities, I could only justify buying one sink and faucet. The sink was $160 and the faucet was $79 and I was just going to make do with one. BUT, a visit to the "AS-IS" section (my fave) produced a floor model ANA sink and faucet combo for $79! Sold. I had dreamed of two sinks all along so it was meant to be.
And so, there is another day in the life (I mean 3 months into eternity) of this bathroom story. The only big things left are the mirrors and light fixtures. The lights have actually been installed and the mirrors.....getting close. I also have about 10 small things on my punch list, including a couple of drywall repairs, (goody) but I am honestly seeing the finish line.
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Allow me to introduce the David Weeks Cubebot.
Doesn't he look friendly? He's a bit of a transformer for architects, though. When you first meet Cubebot, he looks like this:
If you grew up creating all sorts of fun scenarios for G.I. Joe, or if you're the type of person who gets a laugh from seeing pictures of sock monkeys doing crazy things, you'll have a lot of fun with Cubebot and all of the crazy hijinks he gets himself into. I'm loving the pictures taken by Ben —– that someone kindly forwarded me last week. Here's Cubebot living large:
He can build a heck of a blazing fire:
Here Cubebot toasts some marshmallows for 'Smores:
Ever polite, Cubebot always brings a nice holiday gift for the hostess:
Always conscious of hygiene, Cubebot makes sure to set a good example for the kids and wash his hands before every meal:
Cubebot also likes to take good care of his body, so that you can fit him back into his original cube form:
Someday he's going to enter the Mr. Universe bodybuilding contest and win; right now he's working on his pose:
There are several Cubebots to choose from, including small Cubebot, medium Cubebot, and extra large Cubebot, as well as his cousins Julien Cubebot and Guthrie Cubebot. David Weeks makes all kinds of cool wooden toys that are great for tots and grown-ups alike. We love toys that are NOT made out of plastic. He also makes hilarious gorilla shaped ashtrays. Check out all of designer David Weeks' products here.
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In recent days, my aloof and oft persnickety colleague, Mr. Krause, waxed on instant replay in baseball, making assumptions about my demeanor reminiscent of Rush Limbaugh calling out the obese.
Am I "old school" in my baseball philosophy? Yes. You could say that. But just like in any endeavor worth dedicating one's life to, things change, and adaptations are necessary for survival.
Baseball needs instant replay. There are just too many important calls that get blown that could be remedied with a simple review of the tape. There are countless examples, but the two most devastating of recent memory include the Pirates/Braves 19th inning Jerry Meals fiasco of 2011 and Armando Gallaraga's perfect game being robbed by Jim Joyce*. These are just two extreme examples, but blown calls happen quite frequently and they could be fixed just as easily as they fixed the home run by review situation.
Sure, baseball is a long, slow paced game. Sure doesn't seem to stop people from caring about it though! Attendance is up, viewership via TV, computer, smartphone is at an all-time high. Does Mr. Krause seriously think that all the baseball nuts in the world are going to stop watching the game if it's 5 minutes longer?!?!
Just get the call right. That's what the fans care about. We want… the umps… TO GET IT RIGHT. That's it. And now, deeply immersed in all avenues of technocracy, is the time to start implementing some of the modern tools that are there to make things better.
And no, constitutional scholars, this ain't no slippery slope situation. Balls and strikes are not reviewable. Period.
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To say that the past two weeks have been a little crazy would be like saying Ronald Reagan "squeaked by to win reelection" in 1984. I had my first television interview, I've appeared on countless radio shows, and was featured on The Blaze, National Review, and I HotAir.com. The Associated Press ran a story about me throughout the country. Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Dana Loesch, Mark Levin and Howie Carr all gave my blog post either a shout-out or an on-air discussion. To say I'm floored would be an understatement. This has been the most exciting week of my life.
One thing I've noticed amongst all the media attention was that somewhere in between the 14th and 16th of December, the focus of the story changed. The story was no longer about the abuse and fraud of the welfare system that I had witnessed while working at Walmart. The story became something different: me. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is completely beyond the point. One impassioned columnist encouraged me to go visit a homeless shelter. Others instructed me to go work as a social worker for a year or two. Still others were calling me out for everything including the size of my arms and color of my hair. Others told me they loved me and proposed. While the proposals were lovely and flattering, I'm still not the story. This shouldn't be about me. The abuse of the welfare system is the story. That is what we should be focusing on. We shouldn't be focusing on a 20-year old college student with a laptop and a story to tell.
I wasn't condemning all welfare recipients, as one website's twisted headline suggested. I wasn't condemning the disabled nor the homeless. I was condemning those who make a career out of welfare. I was condemning those who make extravagant purchases with state aid such as those who use aid to purchase items to fund a party (as two boys buying three 24-packs of Mountain Dew one night with EBT announced, "Yeah, we're having a party tonight!" as the state paid for their beverages. Lovely. Also, I've heard Mountain Dew is horrible for your teeth…). I was condemning those who are essentially stealing taxpayer money to use on things for which it was not intended. People should be upset about this.
Those who seemed to actually read my column (as opposed to the AP summary or other article) agreed with me. I had several friends say that my column was the first time they had ever agreed with me politically. They understood the point I was trying to convey. Nobody likes seeing deductions from a paycheck going to taxes, and it's reasonable that people would get upset if they found out their taxes were being spent on lobsters, steak, beer, slip 'n slides, and WWE figurines—things that are absolutely not essential for survival.
Others got distracted by use of language such as "welfare queens" and attacked me based on that. I had one radio host point out that the majority of people on the system use it correctly, and that the amount of fraud reported is very small. This is absolutely correct, and I'm not going to dispute that. To that, however, I say: a newspaper will never report that 5,000 planes safely took off and landed on time. They will, however, report that a plane has crashed, or that a plane just barely landed safety. People using welfare correctly aren't a story. People taking advantage of the system are the story, and I witnessed numerous instances of such abuse.
I've received near-unanimous praise from my former coworkers. Many of them thanked me for telling a story they've been dying to tell. They're upset about the abuse of the system that they witness daily. I've heard stories beyond my wildest imaginations in the past two weeks. My mother used to work in the electronics department. She watched customers pay in cash for expensive electronics, and then turn around and buy food with EBT. My aunt was a cashier at another supermarket, and she told of how people would buy glass jugs of milk with EBT, dump the milk outside, and redeem the bottle for $1.50 to spend elsewhere (Maine has a bottle deposit on most beverages). It eventually got to the point where the store had to limit the amount of milk a person could purchase per transaction because the milk was being wasted down the sewer. That's despicable. Another woman shared a story of one of her customers asking her young daughter where "the card you were playing EBT with yesterday went." EBT is not a game. Welfare should not be treated as a game. This is how generations of dependency start. If a child grows up thinking receiving governmental help to buy food and other items is a normal, expected thing, and never sees her mother work, she has no constructive example of how to improve her situation. That's not what I want to see in Maine. That's not what conservatives want to see nationwide.
The Governor of Maine, Paul LePage, recently released figures showing that Maine has more people receiving welfare than paying income taxes. That scares me. A state cannot continue functioning if these statistics persist. Mainers are compassionate people. We want to help others. Our desire to help others, however, is going to destroy the state unless reasonable reforms are taken. LePage proposed removing all non-citizens (regardless of their legal status) from Maine Care (Medicaid) benefits. One concerned citizen asked if this was a fair thing to do. LePage countered that we need to ensure that Mainers are covered before we extend the benefits to others. I agree.
The Portland Press Herald reported on December 24th that a woman had been arrested for stealing more than $10,000 from the state via food stamp-fraud. She had been reporting that her children lived in her house when they did not. This type of abuse isn't possible to observe from a cashier's point of view. If my article inspired anyone to turn in a neighbor/friend/relative who was committing fraud, then I've done my job as a reporter. That's the real story here, folks. As one commenter said, I wasn't painting a picture of abuse; I was describing a photograph. Just because you may not like what the photograph reveals does not mean you have to attack the person describing the photo.
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text: That is the question... What do you prefer and why? Are you really getting that much of a more shorter and lighter shotgun with the smaller model? Would you rather have the extra rounds? Buds Gun Shop has the Mossberg Maverick 88 for $195 (20" 0r 18.5") and that is just too good of a deal to pass up. I already have a 500A 20" (Knoxx stock, Power pack, TLR-1) but I think my shotgun philosophy is changing... I want the smallest, lightest shotgun I can get for HD. Since this gun would only be used indoors I want a wieldy little boomstick. Anything outside or SHTF I'll grab the AK. Thinking about ditching the 20" Mossberg and taking the side saddle off for a light weight 5+1 Maverick + Spec-Ops. What do you folks prefer?


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As we know the NC10 is sell with 1 Gb of RAM memory, enough for most of the common users.
However the chipset supports 2 Gb of RAM max, and could be useful for some to change the 1gb module installed with a more capacious one. (the 2Gb module is very very cheap now).
The NC10 has only one slot available, so we need to take off the old 1Gb module. We've to say that the RAM on the NC10 has 533Mhz of frequency, so you could install any other module that supports faster frequency, but your ram will work at 533Mhz anyway.
Voria has just bought a Corsair 2Gb module (VS2GSDS667) with support for 667Mhz frequency for 25€ at and it works fine.
Here is the detailed instructions to make it working:
Reverse the NC10, you could see a small panel with "memory" written upon it. It's closed with a screw. After removing the screw you could notice that the panel will stay attached to the NC10...don't worry, there are two others lateral jagsthat takes the panel attached to the NC10, and a little of muscle is required to take them off.
If you are scared to destroy something (like anyone i assume), I suggest you to leave a bit the panel, use a credit card as a lever and the operation will be smart.
Now you could see a RAM slot, blocked by two small lateral hooks. You just have to pull this hooks towards the outside to unblock it. Now substitute it with the other module and close everything.
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Yes.I changed my nc10 to 2GB RAM at once.
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Does it works better now? It should be very awesome if you could show here a detailed report of performance differences between 1 or 2 gb of RAM.
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Does it works better now? It should be very awesome if you could show here a detailed report of performance differences between 1 or 2 gb of RAM.
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I upgraded to 2GB of RAM because I was ordering computer parts anyway and the 2GB module was cheap. I haven't notice any difference but then I am not transcoding video or editing large image files.
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Are We in for a September to Remember?
Traders returned from the Labor Day weekend upbeat as the Dow climbed more than 100 points shortly after the opening bell. Steven Russolillo explains if we should expect more exuberance in the fourth quarter.
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I agree 100%. The date window nicely mimics the 12 o'clock marker. What's the lug to lug on this?Graeme wrote:I did consider that but I went for the white dial because it is easier to read and I thought it looked better because it echoed the hour markers.hoppyjr wrote:I think I love you Graeme.
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Dr. Louis Pellegrino reviews medical content for
Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better
health decisions. Dr. Pellegrino is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at
State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New
York. His clinical interests include autism spectrum disorder; developmental language disorders; Down's Syndrome; and disorders of learning, attention, and motor control.
MD: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT,
Residency in Pediatrics: Health Science Center at Syracuse,
State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, 1990
Fellowship in Developmental Pediatrics: State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 1990–1991
Fellowship in Developmental Pediatrics: Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1991–1993
Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry
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Smart Airport Enabler will not only decrease the cost of deployment and maintenance of current and future systems at the airport, it is also expected to bring about an overall increase in airport service quality. It will help increase efficiency in interactions between the airport, airlines and other stakeholders, lowering overall cost of operations at the airport.
IBM's Smart Airport Enabler will seamlessly connect disparate systems and processes across the airport and create a scalable platform for future growth. This will ultimately help the Bengaluru Airport to bring together a common view of its operations across multiple internal and external stakeholders, with an aim to provide passengers, partners and airport clients with efficient and best in-class services.
The airport is one of the first airports in the world to successfully implement the latest international standard Aviation Information Data Exchange (AIDX) format, created by international aviation bodies International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airlines for America (A4A) and Airports Council International (ACI) - to exchange flight information between airlines, flight data providers and airports using the IBM-designed architecture. This will allow the airport to communicate real-time information about airport operations and situational awareness with other airport stakeholders.
As a leader of change in Indian aviation, Bengaluru International Airport recognized the need to improve operational efficiency and capitalize on real-time insights in order to increase its competitive edge. The airport's annual air traffic volume increased by 7-percent during 2011 and the number of passengers increased to 12.53 million from 11.24 million in 2010. The airport will now use IBM's Smart Airport Enabler to help manage the complexity of the airport and its operations.
"As the hub for business travel and the gateway to south India, we are committed to creating a great customer experience; achieving operational excellence is therefore critical for us. As a leader in the Indian aviation industry, we are proud to be the first to adopt the first aviation standards-based integration methodology that reinforces our position as one of the best airports in the world" said Daniel Bircher, Director Operations, Bengaluru International Airport Limited.
"Each stakeholder within the airport – whether it be airport operations, airlines, retailers, ground handling providers – is interconnected with the other," said Rahul Sharma, Partner, IBM Global Business Services, India/South Asia Region. "An airport that is able to simplify business interactions within these key stakeholders, can deliver better services and become more efficient. It ideally positions airports such as Bengaluru International to create much needed business flexibility in a dynamic and demanding environment."
The Smart Airport Enabler, an aviation standards-based architecture and corresponding set of standard airport operating procedures, forms the foundation for future initiatives and airport expansions plans and will enable faster decision making, especially during the airport's peak period.
The Smart Airport Enabler is a component of the IBM Airport Operations Management Systems, a flexible IT platform to deliver operational efficiency, cross-stakeholder collaboration, and real-time information needed for timely decisions. The capability is built using key IBM airport industry assets and products – the Intelligent Operations Center, the Smarter Airport Enabler integration platform, public safety, Smart Building solutions for terminal management, and mobile solutions for ground control. This solution was developed by IBM's Software Labs and implemented for Bengaluru International Airport by IBM's Global Business Services division.
IBM recently launched its Airport Solutions Lab in New Delhi. India is one of the leading nations at the forefront of developing smarter airports that are designed to handle the exponential growth of air travel. The lab is staffed by a network of global experts that have deep expertise in aviation.
India is poised to move from the ninth largest civil aviation market to the top five in the world within the next decade. It is also projected that passenger loads could increase threefold from about 143 million in 2010-11 to 452 million by 2020-21. The quality of aviation infrastructure directly contributes to a nation's economic vitality and competitiveness. Its physical and digital infrastructure needs to be able to expand and quickly adapt while maintaining its level of customer service and operations management.
About Bengaluru International Airport Limited
BIAL is a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act formed to build, own and operate Bengaluru's Greenfield private sector-owned and operated airport – the Bengaluru International Airport. Private promoters hold a 74% (GVK – 43%, Siemens Projects Ventures – 26%, and Unique Zurich – 5%) stake in BIAL while the government holds the remaining 26% (Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation – 13%, Airport Authority of India – 13%)
For more information on BIAL, please visit http://www.bengaluruairport.com/
About IBM and Smarter Aviation
With more than 50 years experience in aviation, IBM uses its software, hardware and services expertise to help top airlines and airports across the globe deliver more highly differentiated customer experiences and improve their operational efficiency. For more information, please visit, www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/transportation
For more information on IBM India, please visit http://www.ibm.com/in/en/
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