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These are the people killed on Cambridgeshire roads in 2017
These are the faces and names of some of the people tragically killed in collisions on the region's roads this year
Thousands of people are killed on Britain's roads every year.
Despite huge advances in safety measures, road fatalities are an all too common occurence.
According to Department for Transport figures, there were 1,710 road deaths in the year ending June 2017.
Earlier this year the News reported that there were almost 90 fatal crashes and more than 700 serious accidents on Cambridgeshire's roads between 2012 and 2016.
Here we remember some of the people who tragically lost their lives in collisions on the region's roads in 2017.
Thomas Northam and Thomas Fletcher - January 3
Thomas Fletcher (left) and Thomas Northam
These two best friends had just enjoyed a holiday to Amsterdam together before they were killed in a double hit and run incident.
Thomas Northam, 22, and Thomas Fletcher, 19, who grew up together, died in collision with a BMW X5 on the B1091 between Yaxley and Farcet on January 3.
The two young men were understood to have worked at drainage company Clarksteel Group.
Frazer Love, who was friends with both, wrote on Facebook: "Cannot believe what has happened, always will be thinking of you both and the memories we have shared, many people loved you both."
Chris Clements - January 4
Chris Clements died following a collision near Brinkley on Wednesday afternoon (January 4)
Father-of-three Chris Clements was described as a "wonderful" man by his family after he was killed in a road collision on January 4.
Mr Clements, 40, of Beech Croft, Brinkley, was travelling in a wheelchair close to a road near his home when he was hit by a car.
Paying tribute to him, his family said: "Chris will be fondly remembered by all who were lucky enough to have been a part of his life. As a child, and continuing into his adult years Chris was a vibrant, cheeky, mischievous and larger-than-life character."
Reginald and Maria Towers - January 9
Reginald and Maria Towers, who tragically died following an accident on the A1307 in January
Married for 50 years, Reginald and Maria Towers, of Palmers Close, Linton died in a collision on the A1307 in January.
A "momentary lapse of concentration" lead to their vehicle spinning across the road and into oncoming traffic.
A grandson said Mr and Mrs Towers, 75 and 71 respectively, were "loved by all".
Aaron Law, 29, from Newmarket, added: "We take great comfort in knowing that they are joined now at rest, together."
Mitchell Bailey - January 18
Mitchell Bailey, a much-loved grandfather and dedicated school governor, died in a traffic collision with a fire engine on January 18.
The 58-year-old from Royston was killed when the engine, responding to a 999 call, left the road, landing on its side in Burns Road, Royston.
An avid Spurs fan, Mr Bailey was married to Carol with whom he had three adult children Charlotte, Alyce, and George.
Carol said of her husband: "Mitchell was just a really good man and had a great sense of humour. He was selfless and always put others first. He loved his family and also had lots of friends; we could go to the other side of the world and he'd end up seeing someone he knew!"
Zoltan Domotor - January 24
Zoltan Domotor loved the horses he worked with
Father-of-two Zoltan Domotor died after being struck by a car as he cycled along Barbara Stradbroke Avenue on January 24.
The 34-year-old, of Aureole Walk, Newmarket, was a staff member at David Elsworth's horse yard in the town.
After his death thousands of pounds were raised by Racing Welfare, a charity that supports racing's workforce, to support Zoltan's family.
Rachel Cawley, who knew Mr Domotor, said: "I used to ride out with him. He was always the friendliest person, always very enthusiastic about his horses and loved the ones that he cared for very much. It was very obvious that he was a real family man too."
Zoe Saunders - January 26
Zoe Saunders, 31, of Maule Close, Eynesbury, was travelling in a blue Ford Focus at about 3.10pm on January 26 when she was involved in a collision with a grey Vauxhall Astra.
She suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
Radoslaw Cisak - January 26
Football fan Radoslaw Cisak, was cycling along the A142 Fordham Road, Newmarket, when he was hit by a lorry on January 26.
He suffered a serious head injury and two days later later died in Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Mr Cisak, 25, of Nimbus Way, Newmarket, was remembered as a "young happy man" by friends on Facebook.
Anna Blonska said: "Too early for you to leave. Rest in peace brother, you will always be in our hearts and memories. Goodbye."
Clive Kingsley - February 15
A 63-year-old biker from Bassingbourn died in a traffic collision in Fowlmere on February 15.
Clive Kingsley, of Elm Tree Drive, was riding his Royal Enfield motorcycle in Long Lane when he collided with a Smart Forfour.
He sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene.
John Smith and Wendy Wheatley - February 26
A teenager and elderly woman died after their cars collided on the A142 on February 27.
John Lee Smith, 19, from Mildenhall, was killed when his car span out of control and collided with an oncoming vehicle on February 27.
Mr Smith was remembered by his family as a "very kind" person who would "forever be in our hearts".
Wendy Wheatley, 74, of Manea, who was a passenger travelling in the other vehicle in the collision was also killed.
In an inquest statement Mr Smith's family said: "He was very kind in every way and was just mum's big boy."
Anthony Bradshaw - March 6
Anthony Bradshaw, 52, of Thetford, Norfolk, was travelling to Waterbeach on March 9 for a shift as a project coordinator when he tried to overtake a car and lost control of his vehicle.
His silver Citroen C4 clipped the wheel of a blue Nissan Micra by Rectory Farm before crossing a grass verge, flipping over several times and coming to rest against a wooden fence.
Mr Bradshaw suffered traumatic head injuries and died.
Jack Roche - March 24
Flowers at the scene of the crash that killed Jack Roche
John Roche died after a horrific crash on on Huntingdon Road, Cambridge on March 24 - just one street away from his home in Bandon Way.
Known to his family and friends as Jack, the 30-year-old lost control of his car which collided with a lamppost, flipped over, landed in a nearby garden and impaled him on a fence post.
He was taken to Addenbrooke's, but died of his injuries.
Sasha Fisher who witnessed the aftermath of the crash said at the time: "I've made sure to place flowers there so what happened doesn't go unmarked or forgotten."
Trevor Driscoll - April 1
Trevor Driscoll, 54, of Wood Lane, Ramsey, was killed after his bicycle was involved in a collision with a silver Vauxhall Vectra on April 1.
David Pokora - June 3
A Hungarian lorry driver was jailed after he drove his HGV on the wrong side of the road killing a motorcyclist on June 3.
David Pokora, 60, from Highfield Drive, Littleport, suffered fatal injuries when he was hit by the lorry on Ely Road.
Driver Istvan Becsei, 57, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for 32 months.
Becsei travelled for about 680 metres on the wrong side of the road, despite other drivers flashing him.
Sentencing, Judge Hawkesworth said: "It is a real tragedy, but you must understand that your course of driving must indicate that your mind was not on the job for quite a long time. It was as a result of this that you met your victim head-on on a blind bend.
"Nothing I can say or do can bring him back but, equally, I know nothing I can say or do can prevent you going over these circumstances in your mind, probably for the rest of your life."
David Pratt - June 7
A floral tribute to David Pratt at the scene where he died
A bunch of flowers were laid in tribute to a man who died after he was hit by a car near Wyton on June 7.
Pedestrian David Pratt was crossing Sawtry Way (B1090) near Wyton when he was in collision with an Audi A3.
The 45-year-old, of Blenheim Court, Wyton, was fatally injured and died at the scene.
Chris Bulman - July 10
Chris Bulman
A well-known motorcyclist and member of the National Chopper Club who was killed in a crash with a lorry on the A14 in July.
Chris Bulman, 56, of Berkeley Court, Penrith, Cumbria, was riding westbound, approaching junction 35 at Stow-cum-Quy, when the collision occured.
He was among three people to die on the A14 within just five days that month.
Friends remembered Mr Bulman as a "true star" who would give his time to anyone that needed a helping hand and would never expect anything in return.
Derek Eubank said: "He was a lifelong friend. I can't say enough about him. He was always there for everyone. I'm just totally gutted. He was heading home at the time."
Dave Steven Welsh - July 12
Dave Steven Welsh, 51, of Occupation Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, was killed on the A14 at Brampton Hut when his lorry was in collision with a Volkswagen van and another lorry on July 12.
Alexander Beck - July 14
Alexander Beck, 27, from Sheffield was on foot when he was hit by a car on the A14 west of Bury St Edmunds on July 14.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Charles McCulloch - July 22
An 88-year-old former football referee has been named as the victim of a fatal crash on the A11 at Barton Mills.
Charles McCulloch, known as Big Charles, sadly died at the scene of the two-vehicle smash on the northbound A11.
In a tribute his family said: "Big Charles was an avid follower of football and well known in the Cambridge area, refereeing in several leagues, to the age of 73."
Sharon Taylor - October 8
Sharon Taylor, 54, Bury Lane, Sutton, Ely, died after becoming trapped in a car that crashed off the road into a river.
Her car came off the road near a sharp bend on the B1098 Sixteen Foot Bank between Boots Bridge and Chatteris on October 8.
Ilze Dobele and Ingrida Dudeniene - October 13
In October two women died after a car crashed into a water-filled ditch in Cambridgeshire.
Ilze Dobele, 46, of New Road, Spalding, and Ingrida Dudeniene, 47, of Spring Gardens, Spalding, were both backseat passengers in a silver Mazda 6 when it left Puddock Road.
At the time of writing Ionut-Cosmin Curut, 21, of Sutton Road, still faced two charges of causing death by careless driving.
Jade Green and Kayleigh Harrison - November 9
Kayleigh Harrison (left), 29 and Jade Green (right), 24, died from injuries received when the Vauxhall Astra they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a Ford Transit van
Two women were killed after a Vauxhall Astra collided with a Ford Transit on November 9 in Black Drove.
Jade Green, 24, of Beechwood Road, Wisbech, the driver of the Vauxhall Astra died in the incident.
Her passenger Kayleigh Harrison, 29, from The Lawns in Wisbech, was also killed.
Kayleigh who had three young children has been described by her family as "unique".
They said: "Kayleigh was unique, lived life to the full and had lots of friends."
In a statement Jade's family said: "Jade was a much loved sister and daughter. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her."
Gary Durack - November 17
Gary Durack, 61, of Willow Walk, Wyton, Cambridgeshire, was walking along the A1123 Huntingdon Road not far from where he lived when he was hit by a lorry.
He died at the scene.
Dr Tony Whitten - November 29
Dr Tony Whitten (Image: Fauna and Flora International)
A conservationist who had 11 species named after him died in a crash on Newmarket Road, Cambridge on November 29.
The 64-year-old, of Gilbert Road, was cycling when he was involved in a collision with an orange Ford Focus C-Max.
Dr Whitten, Asia-Pacific regional director for Fauna & Flora International (FFI) based in Cambridge, died at the scene.
A family statement said: "We are truly grateful for the outpouring of love and support from friends and colleagues around the world.
"We can't and don't want to imagine a future without him, but we know his legacy will continue in so many ways."
Mark Jones - December 1
St Ivo School teacher Mark Jones was killed in a crash on the A1123 on December 1
A secondary school teacher was killed in a car accident on the A1123 in December.
Film and media studies teacher Mark Jones was driving to work when his blue Mazda MX5 collided with a white Vauxhall Astra Envoy.
He died at the scene of the crash.
The 38-year-old, from Bury St Edmunds, had worked at St Ivo School since September, having previously taught at King Edward Vl in Bury St Edmunds and at Samuel Ward Academy in Haverhill.
The headteacher of St Ivo School Sam Griffin paid tribute to his colleague: "The whole school is devastated by the sudden and untimely loss of an outstanding teacher and friend.
"In his short time with us he made an enormous impact on all those he came into contact with."
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Louise Stephenson: a woman of great courage
Published on: February 2, 2021 by Mary Category:Uncategorised
This article was first written for and published by Siren Sport.
GWS Giants utility Louise Stephenson is a woman of great courage.
Stephenson is preparing for her fifth year representing the GWS Giants in the AFLW and is hoping to take the field from round three onwards. While Stephenson, just like her teammates, loves playing footy, right now playing AFLW is not a full-time professional job. For Stephenson and her teammates, that means juggling footy training and all other footy commitments with other parts of life including study, family and employment.
Most women who pursue a career as an elite athlete, do so with the knowledge that they will not be paid as full-time professional athletes, but do so anyway. They do it because they love it and often make tremendous sacrifices for this love of their sport. For me, that is the very definition of courage.
For Stephenson, not only is she dreaming of the day when playing in the AFLW is a full-time job, but after an intensive 14 weeks, she has also recently been promoted to a Firefighter at Fire and Rescue NSW. This is a job which also takes tremendous courage and compassion as we saw last year during the devastating bushfires which wreaked havoc across the country and particularly NSW.
Footy has always been Stephenson's number one priority, so it was certainly a change to focus intensively on her career for 14 weeks.
"I wanted to make sure I had accomplished my promotion before pre-season," said Stephenson.
"Usually it's just footy, footy, footy and everything else fits around that, but it has been different this year."
Her commitment to Fire and Rescue NSW has also been a welcome distraction. Given the changing situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, this has been a pre-season for the AFLW teams like no other. Stephenson has not seen her teammates since last December and this has been challenging, given this is usually the time when the team reconnects after six months of being apart.
This pre-season has also had extra significance, given that for many of the players competing in the AFLW this year, the round one games will have been their first opportunity to play footy in over a year. After the 2020 season finished early due to COVID-19, the lockdown in Melbourne also prevented the VFLW season taking place so there is tremendous excitement about this season from players and fans alike.
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For each of the AFLW teams, the pandemic resulted in unique challenges. But for the Giants, the memory of one special woman has brought a beautiful closeness to the squad.
Each time the Giants take the field this AFLW season, the memory of Jacinda Barclay will never be far away. Barclay was a larger than life woman who dedicated her life to sport, playing elite baseball, American football and AFLW. Tragically, Barclay died at the end of last year and her loss was felt deeply not just by the AFLW family but the international sporting family too.
"It was a pretty awful time for everyone," said Stephenson.
"It brings you together and shows you what is important in life. We all learnt a lot in the most tragic of circumstances.
"She was so big in the sporting world and in women's sport in particular, it was hard for all of us."
While the dedication that our female athletes have to their sports is something that inspires us all, we must never forget the pressure it can place on these athletes; to manage their finances, their mental health and the rest of their lives.
This is something that is a focus at the Giants.
"Footy has always been my number one priority and I have always tried to get part time work where I can leave at 3pm to get to the footy field on time," said Stephenson.
"It's a conversation we are always having with our younger players; we love AFLW and it is a brilliant sport to be part of, but you have to make sure that you are looking at other study and career options that will help you in the future.
"We aren't sure when this will become a full-time professional career."
That sense of uncertainty is one of the reasons that Stephenson chose a career in fire and rescue. It is a career option that she can pursue at the same time as her footy.
It comes as no surprise that she is not the first elite female athlete to pursue this path given the days off and the flexibility allowed by the role; in fact Stephenson's first shift was alongside former Australian Jillaroos captain Ruan Sims.
"We were driving past rugby 7s training and she was telling me stories about the World Cup," said Stephenson.
"It's incredible that we were sharing those stories about our experiences as athletes, whilst at the same time doing our job as firefighters."
It's women like Stephenson that are changing the game, one person at a time so that one day we live in a world where pursuing a career as a professional female athlete does not require quite as much courage.
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Zombies are currently way too mainstream, that's why hipsters worldwide are getting back to their roots with Frankenstein and Frankenstein accessories. Little do people actually know is that the monster's name wasn't actually Frankenstein, the scientist who made the grotesque bolted neck monster was named Victor Frankenstein and for some reason pop-culture just gave the name to the monster. None-the-less, this "Frankenstein's Monster" flower pot is a pot made to look like "Frankenstein's" decapitated head.
Update: This item is no longer available as the Etsy store it was sold on is no longer active.
With all that extra room Frankenstein's monster had in his head with that extra long forehead, why not throw a couple of lovely daffodils or lilacs in there to liven up the place.
Created by the Etsy Store KatBones, a maker of extra weird art pieces and functional items such as pots and bowls, the Frankenstein head flower pot is handmade from once-fired ceramic, painted with an underglaze, and then detailed to match the face of Frankenstein with either white or green colors which you can choose. The Frankenstein pot measures 10 inches tall x 9 inches wide x 10 inches deep.


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Because of Brexit vote Calais, France mayor wants refugees sent to UK
The mayor of Calais is calling for a revision of the border deal between France and the UK, saying migrant camps located on the French side of the English Channel should be moved to Britain, which must feel full consequences of its decision to leave the EU. "The British must take the consequences of their choice," mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart said on Friday. "We are in a strong position to push, to press this request for a review and we are asking the president [Francois Hollande] to bring his weight [to the issue]," she told French broadcaster BFM TV. "It is we who accept the hot potato." According to the mayor, the UK decision to leave the EU undermines the so-called Touquet deal reached between the two countries in 2003 which defined the rules of border control between France and Britain. The agreement stipulated that France would carry out border checks in Calais to intercept those seeking to make illegal crossings to the UK. Bouchart stressed that the deal required negotiation due to Brexit referendum results, saying "there must be an element of division, of sharing." The suspension of the agreement would affect the biggest French refugee camp known as the 'Jungle' which houses over 3,500 people. Look at that the globalist politicians in the EU now think that since Britain has left, that the UK must pay the price with Muslim refugees that have overtaken and destroyed Europe. One of the main reasons people voted to leave the EU in the UK, is the fact that the EU has allowed refugees to continually migrate into the EU who have killed European citizens and destroyed the country. This French mayor now want's a Trojan Horse in the EU, because the British told the EU to piss off and want their Independence back.
But, the refugees are the reason that the UK left the EU. Maybe France should do the same and let Spain and Germany handle the refugees.


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Review of Part 1 of PBS' "Black in Latin America" – Haiti/Dominican Republic
A Tale of Two Countries: Haiti and the Dominican Republic
In a million years, I would never have thought to teach young students about their African heritage—especially as a white teacher.
One of the big roadblocks I've always had with students from Latin America (especially the Dominican Republic, where most of my kids are from) is recognizing their complex racial composition. All too often, it's a matter of observation: a scan of faces instantly shows the African blood permeating through almost all of them. From other students, particularly from Mexico or Central and South America, one can notice the strong indigenous nature of their complexion.
Yet when this racial complexity is noted and explained by me, even as someone of Hispanic origin myself, it is met with pushback, denial and outright hostility. "I'm Dominican, not some ugly Black!" or "I'm no dirty Indian!" is the common response.
(The former statement, by the way, is from a student whose skin is darker than that of the Black students in our school.)
Yesterday, I saw the first part of a 4-part PBS documentary that helped shed light on the complex nature of race in Latin America. Hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.—a scholar who has lately become PBS' veritable point man on race and ethnicity—Black in Latin America highlights four areas of the hemisphere that have been shaped by African influences. The first part was of particular importance to me, as it concerned the tense relationship between the two countries of Hispaniola: the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
The difference couldn't be more startling: on one side, a multiracial society that shuns its African roots and embraces European identity. On the other lies a society that openly acknowledges and respects its African heritage, and has paid an agonizing price for it.
The Dominican Republic (previously the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo), the oldest Spanish possession in the New World, was also the first to import enslaved Africans as a labor force, especially in the sugar trade. Yet sugar quickly proved unprofitable, and the economy moved towards cattle ranching. On the range, the distinctions between enslaved and enslaver slowly dissipated, as intermarriage and cultural intermingling created a society that associated itself primarily as landowners, hence the magnetism towards Spain.
Gates points out the heroes and patriots that grace the squares of Santo Domingo—almost all are white Europeans, and the mulattos (or mixed-race persons) had their features Anglicized according to local prejudices. Although 90% of Dominicans have some African ancestry, it is an ancestry pushed to the background in the name of national identity and consciousness. It is only recently that many Dominicans have even begun to discover and analyze their African roots.
This "whitewashing" of Dominican identity was also influenced by its relations to its western neighbor. Haiti occupied Santo Domingo for 22 years, attempting to Francify the population. Upon independence in 1844, Dominican identity crystallized: anything Haitian, Creole, even African was considered low and inferior. When sugar was re-established as a commodity in the late 19th century, it was migrant Haitians who did the cane-cutting. Dominicans looked on these newcomers with derision, a hatred that resulted in the horrific massacre of over 15,000 Haitians in 1937.
Haiti seems almost the exact opposite. Even amongst the rubble and poverty of Port-au-Prince, the statues of Haitian heroes are almost all Black. Haitian culture, language and music pay open homage to Africa, whereas Dominican culture only tacitly recognized its African antecedents. Though both countries are Roman Catholic, Haiti also is a center for voodoo, a religion based on African and Catholic influences—a religion that helped united Blacks from various parts of Africa to begin the unthinkable: a large-scale slave revolt.
Haiti, a former French colony (Saint-Domengue, once the richest in the New World), was born not out of a struggle against its neighbor, but out of a slave rebellion that had far-reaching influence. Starting in 1791, the enslaved Africans of Saint-Domengue revolted against their French masters in the first successful slave rebellion in the Americas. One gruesome after-effect of the revolt—the massacre of the French masters on the island—made sure that even with many mixed-race Haitians, the culture of the country would focus not towards Europe, but towards Africa.
This independent spirit just could not stand, according to the slaveholding powers of France, Great Britain and especially the United States. Through embargoes, economic strangulation and outright military intervention, Haiti has paid a dear price for daring to exist as an independent nation of Africans. Political instability, poverty, corruption—these are but a sampling of the abuses suffered by Haitians since independence. Yet through all these hardships, Haitians are still immensely proud of who they are, and especially where they came from.
The show is extremely important to educators who teach multiracial classrooms, especially those with Latin American immigrants. While the episodes are a little too short (I really wished for two hours to really go in-depth), the first episode gives an important synopsis of how race affects societies in the New World. Thus, it also gives a window on how students view their own racial identity, and why they treat their ancestry in such complex ways.
Going back to my classroom, my Dominican students came from a culture where race was not confronted head-on, as it is in the United States. Their identity is based on their nationality, which was based on ties to former colonial powers and shunning of more "Africanized" neighbors. Yet it is important for them to see the complete picture of themselves, which may be very uncomfortable given their ingrained prejudices.
Race, or racial identity, often needs to be taught outright in order to be recognized. As Dominicans, these kids may have given lip service to Africans of the past, but nothing more. As Americans, it is important for them to acknowledge and embrace a culture that is theirs, whether they like it or not.
There is no shame in being of African descent.
Whether or not that sentiment can permeate the wall of Dominican identity remains to be seen.
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Ray was certainly loved by those that knew him. An encounter with Panorama Ray always made you feel better, it was enabling. He wanted everyone to know that they impact other's lives, and to live accordingly. Those are not searchlights in this Atlanta skyline, but individual rays from hidden pedestrians.
It was about this time, with the coming of the Olympics that his creativity surged. Panorama Ray had many artist friends, Caroline is a native American Indian who collaborated with Ray on his "moving stills" panoramas.
Actually it's Ray's fault because he's the one that did the paint job on her. He put her pasties on with masking tape. She started to sweat and they fell off. And then she got arrested. They actually took her to jail like that, dragged her naked without letting her put anything on. He had been going to court with her, over and over. I hope that now that he's gone, she doesn't get railroaded.
And so we come to the flayed red shark that we all know as the Olympic Atlanta floating in the sky that is the tranquil memory that is the childhood of Atlantic City.
What's he doing, has the Seagull got time? It's got time to contemplate that it's a seagull sitting on a stump, a mooring post in fact.
And here's the flayed shark, all day dancing all night.


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NFPA 1620 in the smart mobile age
By Ala Abu Alkheir Hussein T. Mouftah and Paul Martin
Schematic diagram of an integrated presentation using annotated images. Users can tap to show a selectable list of building information items For close to twenty years
For close to twenty years, NFPA 1620 has been the de facto standard for pre-incident planning in North America. NFPA 1620 specifies the minimum information that needs to be part of a pre-incident fire plan, which includes a building's occupancy and use, architecture and design, safety features and equipment, surrounding buildings, entrances and exits, and contact information of managing staff.
While the standard specifies the minimum information, it does not specify a presentation format, which has given fire departments the ability to design their own pre-incident plans. In fact, because compliance with NFPA 1620 is voluntary, most cities end up with short pre-incident plans that only cover part of the standard.
A typical pre-incident plan consists mainly of a textual description of a building divided into several groups. Oftentimes, part of this information is projected onto a floor plan or an aerial view of the building (i.e. a visual description) in the form of image annotations. However, because such annotations can make an image too difficult to read, only a small number of annotations are typically used. Most cities produce pre-incident fire plans in paper format. A fire truck typically has a folder of pre-incident fire plans for some (sometime most) buildings in its service area.
Current usability of pre-incident fire plans is limited by its paper-based nature and the difficulty of preparing, maintaining, reproducing, and accessing to these plans. Had an alternative medium been used to present pre-incident fire plans, these limitations could easily be avoided. Such an alternative medium could be the smart mobile technology (i.e. smartphones and tablets), which is gaining momentum amongst Canadian firefighters. Seen as a catalyst for technological interoperability between different first responder groups; these devices facilitate seamless voice and data communication in an emergency. While these devices are currently using commercial cellular networks, in the future they will be using the national Public Safety Broadband Network (PSBN) that will provide public-safety-grade coverage, robustness, resilience, and security. Smart mobile devices have several attractive features that make it an optimal medium to present and access pre-incident fire plans. These include portability, inherent capability to display visual content, zooming capability using pinch-to-zoom, very large storage capacity, flexible scalability, and identity management capabilities (such as access codes and fingerprints).
Accordingly, smart mobile devices can unveil the true potentials of pre-incident planning by giving firefighters the necessary information at the right time and at the right location. However, because there can be an infinite number of different ways to present a pre-incident fire plan on a smart mobile device, there is a need for identifying the key elements of the most preferred presentation format. Such a presentation will play a pivotal role in bridging any incompatibility issues and facilitate technological interoperability between different firefighting groups. To identify these elements, a team of researchers from the University of Ottawa conducted a survey of the Canadian firefighting professionals. The survey, sponsored by APX Data, was circulated to fire departments in 84 cities over 36 days (Jan. 10, 2017 to Feb. 15, 2017) and collected 74 responses.
■ The survey
This survey had two objectives. First, to help Canadian firefighters reflect their needs and preferences about presenting pre-incident fire plans on smart mobile devices, which can be a seminal step towards achieving technological interoperability. Second, helping the sponsoring software company, APX Data, understand the needs and preferences of their prospective customers. The survey consisted of four sections. The first section asked about roles, experience, age range, and whether respondents use smart mobile devices. The second section included questions about respondent satisfaction with the content of their current pre-incident fire plans, the grouping of information in these plans, and the first five things that they wish to know about a building while en route. Respondents were also asked to classify a list of building information items as "en route" and "on site" information. The third section had questions about the essence of including elements in a pre-incident fire plan, and the customization of information presentation based on a firefighter's role, rank, or arrival time. It also asked respondents about the use of annotated images, slideshows versus thumbnails, categorized and selectable text, and the interplay between textual information and visual information. Finally, section four asked about their perspective about an integrated presentation where images and selectable text are interconnected in multiple ways.
■ Survey results
Because the survey was distributed through fire chiefs, 64 per cent of respondents were fire chiefs. The remaining respondents where full time firefighters (31 per cent) and volunteer firefighters (five per cent). While only 50 per cent of fire chiefs where at least 50 years old, 66 per cent of respondents had more than 20 years of experience. Overall, the age range of respondents was more than 25 years (three per cent were under 25 and 41 per cent were over 50). Despite this wide age range, 97 per cent of respondents reported having at least one smart mobile device. Thus, when asked to assess the idea of using smart mobile devices for fire fighting on a scale of one to 10 (one being a very bad idea and 10 being an excellent idea), 99 per cent of respondents gave it at least 5/10 while 43 per cent gave it 10/10.
When asked about the content of current pre-incident fire plans used in their perspective departments, 39 per cent of respondents thought that the content is not enough and that more information is often needed, while 45 per cent thought the opposite. Of the remaining respondents, eight per cent thought that the information is overwhelming and eight per cent did not have an opinion. This disparity in opinion was evident when respondents were asked to assess the grouping of information in current pre-incident plans on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being totally dissatisfying and 10 being very satisfying). Only 20 per cent gave it a rating of 4/10 or less (1:4 per cent, 2:3 per cent, 3:9 per cent, 4: 4 per cent), while 80 per cent rated it at least 5/10 (5:14 per cent, 6:13 per cent, 7:24 per cent, 8:21 per cent, 9:3 per cent, and 10:4 per cent).
When asked about the first five things that they need to know about a building, respondents chose the key/lock box location (64 per cent), the location of the nearest hydrant (73 per cent), the location of fire department connection (50 per cent), and building occupancy (50 per cent). Respondents where then asked to categorize a list of information items based on the location where these information items are needed into "en route information" and "on site information". While there was no unanimous classification for any information item, most items were classified with >60 per cent majority. In particular, building's entrance (78 per cent), key/lock box location (69 per cent), location of nearest hydrant (96 per cent), location of fire department connection (85 per cent), hazmat (80 per cent), and building occupancy (84 per cent) were classified as en route information. On the other hand, the location of the fire safety plan box (70 per cent), stairwells (76 per cent), firefighters' elevator (82 per cent), building representative/staff contact information (91 per cent), access to roof (85 per cent), backup generator (96 per cent), and fire phones (86 per cent) were classified as on site information.
One message that came clear out of this survey is that firefighters want every firefighter on a fire ground to have access to the same building's information as everyone else regardless of arrival time, rank, or job description (97 per cent). However, when asked about the presentation format (not the information content), 39 per cent thought that some customization based on rank, arrival time, or job description could be helpful.
On a smart mobile device, building information will consist of a sequence of textual and visual information. When asked about annotated images versus plain images, 70 per cent of respondents preferred the former. Furthermore, images could be presented in either a slideshow or a grid of selectable image thumbnails. Of those two options, 65 per cent of respondents chose selectable thumbnails while only 28 per cent chose a slideshow. On the other hand, when asked to rate a presentation where textual information is listed as a sequence of categorized and selectable information items, tapping on any item would bring further details, on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being useless and 10 being very useful), 98 per cent of respondents gave it at least 5/10. Furthermore, 73 per cent preferred that this categorized and selectable presentation of textual information be integrated with the visual information such that when an information item is tapped, the corresponding visual information is shown along with other additional details. Finally, the survey concluded by asking respondents to rate the integrated presentation shown in Fig. 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being useless and 10 being very useful). Ninety-six per cent gave it at least 5/10 and 23 per cent gave it 10/10.
■ Conclusions
By looking at the results, it becomes clear that firefighters are aware of the advantages of using smart mobile devices to access pre-incident fire plans. Fire departments often ignored parts of NFPA 1620 to keep their pre-incident fire plans short. With smart mobile devices, firefighters can leverage the full potentials of NFPA 1620 if information is presented in an intuitive and user-friendly format that maintains their operational integrity. More specifically, firefighters prefer an integrated presentation where annotated images are used to link different information items to their perspective locations. Firefighters expect to see a summary of building information while en route to the scene. Once on a fire ground, firefighters want every firefighter to have access to the same amount of information regardless of rank, role, or arrival time.
Ala Abu Alkheir is SOSCIP-OCE Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. Hussein T. Mouftah is a Canada Research Chair and Distinguished University Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa. Paul Martin is the founder and CEO of APX Building and Onsite Data Solutions.
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Officers from the 111th Precinct collared a Bayside man accused of breaking into vehicles parked on this residential Douglaston street on July 31.
Cops nabbed a Bayside man on Tuesday who allegedly broke into several vehicles parked on a Douglaston street.
Tommy Hernandez, 21, of Bayside was picked up at about 10:30 a.m. on July 31 for the series of thefts that occurred on Knollwood Avenue that morning, according to the 111th Precinct.
Officers from the precinct responded to the area after receiving a 911 call from an eyewitness to one of the break-ins. Additional units, including the NYPD Aviation and K-9 Units participated in a land-and-air search for the suspect.
A short time after initiating the search, law enforcement sources said, officers located Hernandez in the area, who matched the description of the suspected thief.
Police said they found in Hernandez's possession a number of items stolen during the reported vehicle break-ins, including a licensed firearm and cash.
Hernandez was booked on nine counts including petit larceny, unauthorized use of a vehicle and criminal possession of stolen property.
Law enforcement sources said Hernandez has a prior criminal history; in June, he was arrested on petit larceny charges for thefts that occurred in March, according to criminal records.


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Do you have an all time FAVOURITE actor or actress?
Who is the most annoying movie or stage star?
What did you think of David Bowie?
What do you think of this actor (David Tennant)?
Did you like John Wayne?
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Q: NSURLConnection connectionDidFinishLoading is called before webpage is loaded I just started iOS programming and am failing to understand this.. I am trying to connect to a website that has a login.. I am using NSURLConnection and POST, and sending my login credentials..
The credentials are right and the connectionDidFinishLoading: is called but it is not completely logged into the site.. the login is partially complete..I identified this when I looked at the response.. As per my understanding the "connectionDidFinishLoading" is called only after the connection is complete.. I am definitely missing something here.. My code is below.. Please advice..
- (IBAction)connect:(id)sender {
    // Login to the website
    urlRequest=[NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.mywebsite.com/login"]
                                       cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                   timeoutInterval:60.0];

    NSString *post = @"username=myname&password=mypassword";
    NSData *postData = [post dataUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
    NSString *postLength = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d", [postData length]];

    [urlRequest setHTTPMethod:@"POST"];
    [urlRequest setValue:postLength forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Length"];
    [urlRequest setValue:@"application/x-www-form-urlencoded" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Type"];
    [urlRequest setHTTPBody:postData];

    // Start the connection request
    urlConnection = [[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:urlRequest delegate:self];
}

Here, when I log the response, it is incomplete.. It is landing in a page that is between the final SUCCESS page.. So the authentication is partially complete..Do I need to include any delay? Please help..
- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection {
    NSLog(@"Connection success.");
    NSURLResponse *responseTest;
    NSError *error;

    NSData *responseDataTest = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:urlRequest       returningResponse:&responseTest error:&error];

    NSString *responsestring = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseDataTest encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
    NSLog(@"Recieved response.. %@",responsestring);
}

Thanks in advance..

A: - (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didReceiveResponse:(NSURLResponse *)response

Try using this method instead. According to the docs it is "Sent when the connection has received sufficient data to construct the URL response for its request. (required)"

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Daryl Morey rips NBA broadcasters who are 'hate watching' games
By Bruno Manrique · 2 min read
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey ripped the antiquated broadcasters who often shame the new style of play the NBA has brought along in recent years. Morey took the Golden State Warriors' model of high-volume 3-point shooting and extrapolated it, transforming the game into one that prioritizes effective field goal percentage, now revolving around 3-point shots and layups for Morey's Rockets.
This new style of play has slowly spread across the NBA, meeting some resistance from some long-time announcers.
Via Ben DuBose of RocketsWire:
"Right now, if you tune into a lot of NBA telecasts, the announcers are hate watching their own game. It's crazy," Morey said on FS1's First Things First. "You'll tune in, and they'll be like, 'Well, what's happening here? They're shooting too many 3-pointers. Back in my day…'
Imagine the NFL if [Tony] Romo was basically like, 'Oh, this passing is not going to work. Where's my cloud of dust? Where is it?' Literally, it's the whole game. That's NBA games right now. 'Where is my cloud? Why aren't we smashing that ball in there?'
You tune into any NBA game, that's what you get all night. I think we're going to fix it over time, but right now… [sigh]"
Morey also ripped into how broadcasters have downed the importance of the regular season over the years, chipping away at their own product.
"The other thing that happens, you tune in, and they go 'Well, why are we watching tonight? Nothing matters until the playoffs. Nothing," said Morey. "People are like, 'Okay, I'm going back to CSI.'
"I think we have the best game that highlights our best athletes in the world, every single night," Morey concluded. "It's almost like cognitive dissonance. People tune in, and they're being told how they shouldn't watch, and how it's not a fun game to watch. It's bizarre to me. The NFL would never let it happen, and I don't understand it."
While this is not the case for all markets, several color commentators have gone out of their way to criticize how the league has become a high-scoring affair with rules protecting offensive players. ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV employ former players who are at times more focused on telling anecdotes of their playing days than analyzing the game in front of them — something that is surely problematic for new fans.
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Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitorff said the team plans to have wide receiver Julio Jones "here for years to come" on Thursday at the scouting combine.
The team has had internal discussion about working on a contract extension for Jones.
The Falcons are evaluating the current roster, but know they want to lock up Jones, who had 104 catches last season.
The Falcons have some options with Jones.
The Falcons are not overally concerned about Jones' foot. He had a second screw inserted in a cutting-edge medical surgery after he was injured in the fifth game of the the 2013 season.


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Not liking that tshirt is ever so slightly racist, IMO.
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Ahem. True. Albeit disappointingly prosaic. I thought the paranoia was funnier, tho.
SWP starting to hype the Galloway phenomenon - again. Look here... Pleazzze, not again...
Alf Garnett for the 21st century
jonnyboss
http://kpbsfs.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/george-galloways-election-triumph-hails-new-era-for-the-british-left/
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Yes, but it's interesting how in Bradford green was the main colour they drenched everything in, including their battlebus.
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I'm not surprised in the slightest, love for earth Gaia has always been strong amongst the mixed communities of Bradford. Dog whistle politics or something deeper and green? The little smattering of red represents the blood left behind after George (peace be upon him) symbolically impregnated mother planet to bring forth the Bradford Spring.
cantdocartwheels
Can't beleive they're actally letting chairman meow speak at marxism, jesus those cunts have no class whatsoever, in all senses of the word.
Anyways galloways mentalism, posturing and batshit rhetoric are pretty amusing, however in the long term the effects of a victory on womens rights in bradford and the politics of an area are less to laugh about if tower hamlets is anything to go by. Largely because it just boosts the confidence of local islamists and the corrupt local politicians/bigwigs who pander to them.. Depressing shite really.
Apr 24 2012 23:31
See yer man was on Newsnight tonight. Discussion re James Murdoch's evidence to that committee. Made some unremarkable points. Not much about Bradford West though. In and of itself, not a point worth mentioning as such. But I'd say this is more likely to become the norm than not. Perhaps we should run a sweep on the first time Georgey-boy uses his re-found national media platform to actually push a Bradford related issue?
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I think its interesting that George Galloway won the Bradford West By-Election, and personally i'm glad. It seems to me the victory represents a new dawn for British politics as his party seems the only party left which is truly a socialist party.. What is even more interesting is the coverage of Sky News on the topic was extremely thorough, unlike BBC which presented him closely with Muslims, barely concealing their attempt to construe alterior motives and channel islamophobia. Rupert Murdoch seems keen to kick the 'establishment' in the teeth following their public ostracising of him and his murky business.. I know they're all dodgey characters, its just funny when they argue amongst themselves for a change
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orthodoxyproxy wrote:
It seems to me the victory represents a new dawn for British politics as his party seems the only party left which is truly a socialist party.
You're joking, right? Please say you're joking.
Jul 19 2012 13:22
http://twitter.com/georgegalloway/status/216917617263390720
For the benefits of the firewalled masses, that twitter status:
Congratulations to Dr Mohammed Mursi President of Egypt
http://www.votegeorgegalloway.com/2012/05/galloway-congratulates-yorkshire-on.html
'What a magnificent debut,' said Bradford West MP George Galloway, congratulating Leeds-born garden designer Tracy Foster on winning a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show at her first attempt. He also credited the tourism authority Welcome Yorkshire for commissioning her.
'It's a double triumph,' Galloway continued. 'The idea for the award-winner, the Bronte Garden, was inspired. I'm looking forward to visiting it at Chelsea, as I am sure are thousands of others, and the added benefit is that it will encourage many, many people to visit Bronte country, bringing substantial revenues into the area. This is both an imaginary, innovative and brilliantly realised project,' he said.
Tremble, capitalists!
Aug 4 2012 21:42
Mythical old labour values blah blah blah Respect are well popular blah blah
We should also do things like we mean them to make a difference. That's why the decision by the trade union movement to build a people's demonstration against the government's austerity in October is so welcome.
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/122239
*trigger warning*
Rape apologism is another one to add to the list - Galloway doesn't think consent is strictly necessary
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/george-galloway-assan...
George Galloway wrote:
I mean not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion. Some people believe that when you go to bed with somebody, take off your clothes, and have sex with them and then fall asleep, you're already in the sex game with them.
It might be really bad manners not to have tapped her on the shoulder and said, "do you mind if I do it again?". It might be really sordid and bad sexual etiquette, but whatever else it is, it is not rape or you bankrupt the term rape of all meaning. . .
...But George Galloway was quick to hit back at his critics. "Oh my, what a lot of 'liberal' useful idiots the Empire can count on," he tweeted. "It's about WIKILEAKS stupid...!"
http://news.uk.msn.com/blog/trending-blogpost.aspx?post=8122a000-f405-4e...
George Galloway is no longer a columnist for Holyrood magazine and the reasons for that, I would have thought, are fairly obvious. Galloway has always courted controversy and while I have not always agreed with some of his views, I have admired him for staying true to his original political beliefs and particularly for his stance over Iraq. I had always felt that in an increasingly bland and corporate political world, he added some colour and was often an effective thorn in the side of the establishment. If nothing else, he provoked debate which is healthy. However, his recent outpourings about definitions of rape have left me, frankly gobsmacked. There is no excuse, ever, for sex without consent and regardless of the details of the Assange case, Galloway's comments and inappropriate language about rape per se are alarming. I had hoped he might have taken the last 24 hours to reflect on his judgement and perhaps make some kind of public apology but that has not been apparent, far from it. So, it is with some very genuine regret that I have asked him to no longer write his column for the magazine.
http://www.holyrood.com/articles/2012/08/22/george-galloway-statement-fr...
NannerNannerNan...
I used to like Galloway, but now I don't.
He can screw himself.
Say what you like about wide-eyed university freshers, at least their flirtation with Stalinists is only a phase...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJgLH9FTQQ&feature=player_embedded
"do you want me to be the rape cat"
http://kate4manchester.org/?p=114
Andy Newman on Stalinist Unity: http://www.socialistunity.com/time-for-the-left-to-stand-up-for-galloway...
I have to say that I was disappointed that Salma Yaqoob publically distanced herself from George Galloway. It would have been more appropriate for her to have discussed any misgivings privately.
To be fair to the man, he's done well to put the controversy behind him.
from http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/sep/04/george-galloway-no-respect...
Enough is enough. George Galloway's recent tweet in which he described an individual as a "window-licker" (a derogatory term for a disabled person) is by no means the first time he has revealed the extent of his ignorance and bigotry towards a sizeable minority of the very individuals whom as a member of parliament it is his job to represent.
http://www.2ndcouncilhouse.co.uk/blog/2012/09/07/socialist-unity-cesspit...
Sep 11 2012 02:03
AP: Egypt vows structural reforms, meets US executives
Minoritarian attempts at insurrection in Greece
The French strikes of May-June 1968 - Bruno Astarian
Identity Politics and Class Struggle
The workers themselves - Wayne Thorpe
Spanish anti-fascist 'prisoners of war' in Lancashire, 1944–46
The Federacion Anarquista Uruguaya: Crisis, armed struggle and dictatorship, 1967-85


We describe deep exponential families (DEFs), a class of latent variable models that are inspired by the hidden structures used in deep neural networks. DEFs capture a hierarchy of dependencies between latent variables, and are easily generalized to many settings through exponential families. We perform inference using recent "black box" variational inference techniques. We then evaluate various DEFs on text and combine multiple DEFs into a model for pairwise recommendation data. In an extensive study, we show going beyond one layer improves predictions for DEFs. We demonstrate that DEFs find interesting exploratory structure in large data sets, and give better predictive performance than state-of-the-art models.


An old, tired section of Northwest Portland, once known for its worn-out warehouses, has been transformed almost overnight into one of the nation's snazziest neighborhoods. The Pearl District, featuring upscale condos, art galleries and shops has become a favorite with both locals and tourists. The area also boasts some of the top rated restaurants in the city and a great place for a foodie exploration.
Start feeling the pulse of the Pearl at the Blossoming Lotus restaurant on N.W. Davis, just a couple of blocks from Powell's bookstore. You may want to eat lightly since you will be tasting your way through the day. The Lotus is the perfect spot for a healthy vegan and organic dish such as the "live breakfast parfait" or the peanut butter-banana Smoothie is a delicious meal in a cup.
The Epicurean Excursion, offered by Portland Walking Tours, is a great way to experience the flavors of this vibrant, scenic district. Invest in some comfortable walking shoes, head to the Heathman Hotel downtown, and meet your tour guide. Be prepared to sample some delicious eats while your host answers questions about the Rose City.
A short stroll and a stop at Flying Elephants Delicatessen offers a sampling of soup and a game of guess the mystery ingredient. A creamy tomato-orange soup warms you on a cool Pacific Northwest day. This delightful deli at Park and Yamhill offers a great menu so make sure to come back for the grilled tuna melt and caprese panino sandwich or an Elephants chicken Caesar salad.
Next, you'll hop on the Portland Streetcar and head to the Pearl to visit Oregon's oldest craft brewery, Bridgeport Brewpub and Bakery. Bridgeport cranks out up to150 thousand bottles of hand-crafted brew a day. Tour the conditioning room, where the beer is aged. After enjoying the sweet smell of ale as it is being produced, head to the bar for some beer tasting. Notice that India Pale Ale has a citrus/floral flavor while Ropewalk is darker and less bitter. Observe the original brickwork in this Historic Landmark Building, formerly the Portland Cordage Company Building (1888).
Beer may give you a craving for baked delights, and you are in luck, because the next stop is a tour of the Pearl Bakery, at N.W. 9TH Avenue. Sample a Parisienne or whole grain baguette and dip them in olive oil for a yummy taste. While the bakers may not reveal their secrets, you'll be able to see a vat of starter mixture, a key ingredient for breads such as Ficelle and Ciabatta. A flaky croissant will give you the energy to continue the tour.
As your tour progresses, notice that Portland has the feel of a European city, complete with bicycles, buses and streetcars.
As you wind your way through the Pearl, drop by a food lover's fantasy land. In Good Taste Store, on N.W. 11th and Everett, features a plentiful selection of Northwest wines as well as imported foods, cooking utensils and books. Sit down to sample rice crackers topped with zesty City of Roses grand marnier creamy mustard and try a Jezebel 2007 Oregon Pinot Noir, from Dundee, Oregon. Jezebel is the second label for Daedalus Cellars, a small, family winery. Before you move on, buy some chocolate sea salt or black truffle salt.
Just as you are becoming an expert on Portland, it's time for a tea break. At The Tea Zone and Camellia Lounge, sip some Jasmine Green or Oolong Tea and see how they taste with yummy tea cookies.
If all that tea hasn't made you sleepy, gather up your strength and experience Portland's "greener" side. The Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, on N.W. 9th Avenue, is home to tenants who believe strongly in the environment. Enter the ecologically friendly brick and timber structure, also known as the Ecotrust building, and drop by Hot Lips Pizza. Hot Lips is locally owned and uses area ingredients. On this particular day, the seasonal pizza had a delicious mix of sliced potatoes, mushrooms, kale, garlic and mozzarella cheese. Try a pear soda (Hot Lips makes the soda) with your thin-crust pizza.
Your Epicurean Excursion ends with a stop at Cupcake Jones at 10th and Everett and a sampling of a Pearl Cupcake. Don't skimp on the napkins when you bite into the white cake, filled with slippery vanilla bean pastry cream and mouth-watering butter cream icing.
If you took the early tour, do some more Pearl exploring. Pick up a map and "Explore the Pearl" Magazine at Green Frog Toys, at 11th and Marshall. While there, try to find your inner "kid" as you browse through books, board games, toy trucks and stuffed animals. Youngsters will enjoy the marble display, where marbles can be placed on a circular maze.
Head to Jamison Square, where 11th meets Johnson Street, sit on a bench and observe the beautiful landscaping. Notice the open area where kids can run and play. You may be lucky enough to listen to a local musician playing the guitar. This is a great time to reach for your Pearl District map so you can plan your strategy for the rest of the afternoon.
Before sampling the shops and galleries, explore Tanner Springs Park, a short stroll from Jamison Square. Notice the habitat garden created on reclaimed industrial land. It's a grassland-wetland area complete with streams of water. You may even spot a small red fish. Be sure to stay on the lawns and stone paths.
A fun stop in the Pearl is Lexidog Boutique and Social Club. Dog lovers can find a wide selection of dog clothing and accessories like a champagne bottle squeeze toy and several dog munchies.
Your tour of the Pearl art scene can begin at Quintana Galleries, on N.W. 9TH Avenue. This charming, intimate Native American gallery features antique and contemporary Northwest coastal Indian art. Recent exhibitions have included arctic sculpture and native glass arts.
Wrap up your Pearl adventure by visiting a lively restaurant that offers authentic Peruvian dishes. At Andina, 13th and N.W. Glisan, you can choose the large dining area or the intimate bar where you'll find a cozy fireplace.
On the appetizer (or tapas) menu, try Anticucho De Pollo (marinated chicken kebobs, served with huacatay-peanut sauce). De Pescado "5 elementos," features Ono fish, sweet potatoes and corn, with a sweet and tangy sauce, spiced with lime juice and onions. A delightfully mild seafood blend is the Mixta Nikkei, featuring tuna, crab salad and shrimp.
Andina owner Doris Rodriquez de Platt takes great care in making sure your dining experience is memorable. She'll even answer your questions about NovoPeruvian cuisine.
In one perfect day, discover why Portland is emerging as a destination for food lovers and marvel at how a district of dusty warehouses has turned into an oasis of perfectly polished pearls.
This entry was posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at 9:13 am	and is filed under Epicurean Excursion, Press & Reviews.


A key regeneration site in Teesside has been given a multi-million pound cash boost.
The European Regional Development Fund is investing £2.1m in Boho 5, part of the DigitalCity project at the heart of St Hilda's Enterprise Zone in Middlesbrough.
Match-funded with £2m from the Homes and Communities Agency and Middlesbrough Council, the money will provide 2,322sq m of office accommodation that will house digital and creative SMEs.
At least 250 jobs are expected to be created within 10 years.
Communities Minister Baroness Hanham announced the investment during a visit to DigitalCity yesterday.
The move is part of a wider ERDF cash boost for the region, with the Darlington Business Growth Hub on the Central Park Enterprise Zone site securing £3.29m from the fund. With match funding of £3m from the Homes and Communities Agency, it will create 3,200sq m of office space, 25 new businesses and 350 jobs within 15 years.
Baroness Hanham said: "The funding will see the development of high-quality premises that will create jobs and wealth.
Construction work on Boho 5 will start later this year with the first firms expected to move in at the start of 2015. It will build on Middlesbrough's growing digital and creative hub.
DigitalCity Business - the commercial arm of DigitalCity - said Boho 5 would act as a test bed for entrepreneurs looking to scale up their business.
The DigitalCity project has spawned a series of high-tech firms now trading internationally.
Web design and development firm 360fusion, which is based in the Boho Zone, has expanded rapidly since its formation in 2005 and has won a contract to create a virtual tour of the Deira International School in Dubai.
The company also won a high-profile contract - praised yesterday by Baroness Hanham - to create an interactive virtual tour of the Houses of Parliament.


DJ Drama and his partners, Don Cannon and DJ Sense, held a press conference to officially announce the highly anticipated names of the members of The Academy. Key journalists from top hip-hop and entertainment media outlets attended the invite-only event to get the latest scoop on the trio's endeavor. The 20 members of rated next DJs were personally handpicked by DJ Drama, Don Cannon and DJ Sense to join the prestigious new collective The Academy.


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Post readers refuse to listen to mollusks!
The sound of our own hate speech: From Monday through Friday, the New York Times is the more interesting paper.
On the weekends, though, the Washington Post rules. The foppishness of the weekend Times tends to be overpowering. The Post stays where the rubber meets the road, as in this pair of letters in today's editions.
(In what does the Times' foppishness consist? Who but the Times would hire an upper-end "philosophy" professor to write a Dear Abby-style "ethics" column in which he advises a reader about whether to have his dog put to sleep? Routinely, the Sunday Times includes foppishness gone wild.)
In today's letters, two readers respond to a column in whiCh E. J. Dionne said that we liberals should get over our elitist selves and try to understand the views, concerns and experiences of Those People, the nation's (many) Trump voters.
"Those of us who are horrified by Trump's hideous lack of empathy need empathy ourselves," Dionne offensively wrote. Also this: "As a moral matter, writing off Trump voters as unenlightened and backward-looking is to engage in the very same kind of bigoted behavior that we condemn in other spheres."
Dionne stated it a bit more strongly that we would have done; we think people should try to avoid the dropping of B-bombs in general. That said, we'd say Dionne was in the general ball park with his inflammatory piece.
Unfortunately, some of our tribal members see Trump voters as "mollusks crawling over the landscape," as we noted this week. This morning, the Post published two responses to Dionne's offensive suggestions.
The first letter is the milder of the two. For our money, it still carries the hint of a tone:
LETTER TO THE WASHINGTON POST (8/13/16): Like E.J. Dionne Jr., I am interested in understanding and engaging the segment of the electorate wooed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's rhetoric and promises. I am reluctant, however, to put their pain on a pedestal. Rightly, the research paper that Mr. Dionne cited characterizes Mr. Trump's backers, in part, as "ethnic majorities," as well as male and less educated. At some point, we need to stop coddling this demographic and point out that the economic hardship and competition that working-class white men now face have plagued American women and racial and ethnic minorities for years.
Yes, it is elitist to belittle Mr. Trump's supporters, but it is also cowardly and politically expedient to not ask them to consider those Americans who have never experienced the privileges and protections from which much of white male America still benefits.
The writer says he wants to engage Trump voters. But does he want to listen to Trump voters, or does he want Trump voters to listen to him?
It sounds to us like his engagement will mainly consist in asking them to listen to him as he "points things out." What he's "pointing out" may even be right—but what might Trump voters point out to him? We detect no serious interest in that part of the engagement.
The second letter comes out of the world in which we liberals see The Others as mollusks, a politer term for cockroaches. Instantly, Trump voters are compared to Hitler supporters. A rather startling will to power mightily rolls on from there:
LETTER TO THE WASHINGTON POST (8/13/16): E.J. Dionne Jr. encouraged those who are more educated and thoughtful than supporters of Donald Trump to act and think as if they were not. In the times of pseudo-populist demagogues such as Hitler, Mussolini and Mr. Trump, the parallels to be drawn are not among the principals but among their supporters. It is high time for those who think more clearly, analytically and morally than the supporters of a demagogue, and his myths, to act as such.
I am an educated person who has a knowledge of history (gained from a lifetime of reading), is a rigorous critical thinker (honed by a formal scientific education and a lifetime of biological research) and has moral judgment informed by the facts, not the myths, of life. As such an "elite," which means little more than "literate," I oppose the supporters of Mr. Trump as ill-informed about economics, prone to be fooled by goofy-speak and itching out of ignorance to spew the hatred that has been in their hearts for far longer than the recent Republican-created recession. No, Mr. Dionne, "elites" should stand up and say what we have learned. "Elite" is not a dirty word, and there is a world of difference between being knowledgeable and being condescending. The "elite" is a category of people on whom we all depend for our modern way of life. The rejection of expertise and clear thinking is not a proper response to demagoguery.
Rather clearly, the writer belongs to the master race. The Others are not unlike mollusks. They seem to be fit for the camps.
That second letter strongly resembles hate speech. So of course did the Andrew O'Hehir piece at Salon in which The Others were revealed to be mollusks this week.
For better or worse, O'Hehir and this second writer eschewed the familiar dog whistles through which we liberals often express our loathing for Those People. We'd say their general attitude is widespread, though it more typically appears in brilliant disguise.
Friend, are you a hater? With respect to hatred of Trump voters, we'd suggest you consider some questions:
Are you able to understand that Those People won't all be exactly alike? It's amazing to see the ease with which our liberal haters sidestep this basic point. (Reread that second letter.)
When you imagine confronting Those People, can you imagine the possibility of listening to what The Others have to say? Can you imagine the possibility that you might learn something at some point in such an unpleasant process?
If you hear one of The Others state a bogus point, against whom do you rail? Do you rail against the powerful multimillionaires who have been aggressively misleading the public for decades? Or do you prefer to kick down, at regular people who, like you, may not realize that they're often deceived by the people they trust?
Last weekend, thanks to TCM, we got watch On The Waterfront. As always, we loved the famous "dropped glove" scene, in which Edie Dugan tells Terry Malloy how the sisters should have treated him back in parochial school:
TERRY: The way those sisters used to whack me, I don't know what. They thought they was going to beat an education into me, but I foxed them.
EDIE: Maybe they just didn't know how to handle you.
TERRY: How would you have done it?
EDIE: With a little more patience and kindness. That's what makes people mean and difficult. People don't care enough about them.
According to Edie, the sisters should have shown more kindness. In his offensive op-ed piece, Dionne said much the same thing.
Where do Trump supporters come from? Careful—they aren't all alike! But in Thursday's New York Times, Jennifer Senior continued her excellent work as a Times book reviewer.
(We may be a tiny bit biased. We knew Senior a tiny tad back in the first Clinton years.)
Senior wrote about Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance's new book about white Appalachian culture and its discontents and dysfunctions. Vance is plainly very smart; he writes about the horrible, unfortunate way so many young people are forced to come up.
Senior is very smart too. Eventually, at just the right moment, she uses the key word: "despair."
Other people write about mollusks. They show us that we all can succumb to familiar types of loathing, unless we decide to tell each other how unhelpful such remedies are.
Posted by bob somerby on Saturday, August 13, 2016
I've listened to Trump's supporters for a while, and they seem shallow to me. Rarely do they offer evidence. Usually they call names and believe that merely asserting something makes it true.
Has E. J. Dionne been alive on the planet? He lost America.
When will the weak-willed E. J. Dionne finally get off his ass?
E. J. Dionne has been a gutless bastard for roughly the past dozen years.
A nation can't survive this way. Isn't this already clear?
Dean Booth August 13, 2016 at 2:47 PM
Would it be reasonable to think that most if not all of David Duke supporters are bigots? Your claim about Trump supporters would be justified with a normal candidate, but there has to be line beyond which supporting a candidate commits you to inhumane policies or stigmatizes you as ignorant. Trump has crossed this line.
Ali N. Spotter August 13, 2016 at 2:54 PM
I'm with Bob. Mollusks not millionaires.
hardindr August 13, 2016 at 4:30 PM
If anyone (including Bob) is interested in reading a sympathetic portrayal of Trump's supporters, featuring long-form, in-depth interviews, please take a look at this book coming out next Tuesday. It is "The Gilded Rage: A Wild Ride Through Donald Trump's America" by veteran freelance journalist Alexander Zaitchik.
https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Rage-Through-Donald-America/dp/1510714286
Great. I love getting lectured by a failed comedian to learn to love a bunch of inbred OxyContin addicts.
While he sets such a sterling example by thinking up the vilest insults to call out people he disagrees with.
Perfect comment. No interest in engaging Trump supporters.
I like Dennis Miller as a failed comedian. His obscure cultural references are designed to get laughs.
A cultural reference needs to be apt, not just there.
Isn't it the case though that few of these Trump supporters are economically dispossessed whites?
Most of them appear to be quite well-off retirees or middle-agers, and so I don't buy this media narrative that they're some kind of forgotten underclass-- just like Trump is NOT any kind of "populist."
Belvoir August 14, 2016 at 1:56 AM
They're not economically dispossessed at all, many are affluent blue collar sorts with above average incomes. And as a recent study has shown, not affected by immigration or trade deals. Apologists can really stuff the tiny violins. Trump supporters tend to have higher incomes than Clinton/Sanders supporters.
Bob, I really think you're going senile. Trump supporters are not an oppressed underclass- studies have shown they are under educated, but often have above average incomes. Blue collar trades can be lucrative.
Your kvetching is tiresome, and I agree with the letter-writers you posted above. Trump supporters really are dumb and with malice in their heart towards others. There's no two ways about it, these are the facts, and while you love to excoriate "our tribe", you actually are attempting to justify support for an EXPLICITLY racist, bigoted moron for President. Why do you do that Bob? Do you want Trump to be president?
I really only read here anymore for your Rachel Maddow smackdowns (well deserved) and to see how you'll twist things 180 degrees, to the point where you sound like a raving Tea Party Republican. That's the direction you've long been in, Bob. Not far from sounding like a right wing nut job, at all. Why do you do that?
hardindr August 14, 2016 at 10:06 AM
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/08/study-does-not-debunk-widespread-theory-for-trumps-rise.html?mid=twitter-share-di
Nona Nym August 15, 2016 at 4:46 PM
hardindr, a unicorn among the nags mostly comprising the Howler commentariat, I thank you for this.
"The point of acknowledging the possibility that economic factors have contributed to Trump's rise is not to excuse his supporters' decision to back a hateful demagogue. Rather, the point is to identify the conditions that allow such demagoguery to flourish. Yes, Trump supporters have agency. So do jihadist terrorists and members of criminal gangs. But scholars in universities all over the world still to try to identify the socioeconomic factors that encourage human beings to adopt those pathological identities.
"When the policies that govern our economy are funneling enormous wealth to urban elites — while white workers in rural counties are seeing their median incomes fall, along with their life expectancies — we should be very careful about absolving those policies of responsibility for the ugly politics that is gaining currency in those places."
impCaesarAvg August 14, 2016 at 9:19 AM
Trump voters were exposed to leaded-gasoline fumes when they were children.
"That second letter strongly resembles hate speech."
Good Grief! You've managed to render the term meaningless in one sentence.
Smart, well-educated people looking down on others is an odd kind of "hate." Those who are educated have worked hard to become so, no matter how fortunate their childhoods and how good their schools were. They rightfully feel a sense of accomplishment. Others tend to attribute their learning to good fortune, which is not quite fair.
There is a good analogy to those who have worked their way up by starting a business or climbing a management hierarchy or inventing an app or a product. They too have benefitted from a combination of luck and hard work but tend only to recognize the hard work, while others attribute the bulk of their success to luck.
This is the fundamental attribution error in action.
Hating those who you consider to be lazier than yourself because his or her actions are placing you in jeopardy seems like a pretty natural reaction. Calling that reaction hate speech seems unempathetic, so I agree with @10:45 and others here.
I wish everyone would work harder to become educated and to better themselves, but Somerby is also urging us to give those others the benefit of the doubt instead of judging them by their results. He apparently thinks we should assume they have all done the best they could but weren't as lucky and therefore haven't wound up as well off or as well-educated as we might like them to be. So they are not inoculated to Trump's charms.
I disagree strongly with Somerby about this. I believe that it is natural to both humans and animals to expend no more effort than is absolutely necessary to survive. Unless people see a connection between effort and some reward, they don't put in the effort. Intellectual laziness is the norm. Physical laziness is too. That's why physically able people take elevators instead of stairs and watch cartoons instead of reading classics. This is human nature. I think those who have expended effort do deserve some praise and their earned rewards, and I think they can rightly claim that they have earned their status without having to give anything away to the idlers who made different choices.
If a country of idlers chooses the grasshopper Trump instead of the worker-ant Hillary, they will deserve what they get. Those who are truly smart will have fled to Canada before the ill effects descend upon us all.
Chastising the grasshoppers after they have created their own stupid beliefs and world view is about as useless as telling them their winter of play has left them with no food in winter. The deed is done and now only the consequences remain. Why rub it in?
impCaesarAvg August 14, 2016 at 10:27 PM
summer of play
David in Cal August 14, 2016 at 10:50 AM
This business of demeaning not only the other side's candidate, but the other side's voters is something new. i remember when Ike was (falsely) portrayed as stupid. And, Goldwater was (falsely) portrayed as a war-monger. And, Nixon was (rightly) portrayed as not totally sane. And, Reagan was (falsely) portrayed as ignorant. But, the supporters of these candidates weren't demeaned the way Trump voters are today.
I remember when voters used to watch the debates and conventions, read the platforms and campaign literature, go to public forums, talk with each other about the merits of the candidates and otherwise do their homework. The league of women voters ran the debates and wrong analyses for the newspapers, not pundits. Politics was serious, not entertainment. My father was a member of the CDC and a delegate to the state convention. I remember canvassing and having long, serious conversations with prospective voters. A lot was different then.
If there were any evidence that Trump voters did these things before selecting Trump to follow, I might have more respect for them, but it is hard to see how anyone could do that due diligence and wind up supporting Trump. It doesn't compute.
That's why his supporters are being called names. They are either ignorant/lazy or vile. There is no middle ground because Trump has NO redeeming qualities that might justify supporting him.
A Republican politician may wind up supporting Trump out of party loyalty or to attract his voters, but the voters themselves have no such justification for their stupidity.
Wow, 7:50 -- I read the platforms and follow the news. It's a no-brainer to vote for Trump (although I'd prefer a different Republican candidate.) I don't think I'm ignorant, lazy, or vile. Trump has two enormous rededeeming qualities -- Obama's dreadful job as President and Hillary Clinton's dreadful background. I don't know that Trump can fix all the bad things done by our current President, but I'm afraid Hillary will continue his bad policies. Here's a partial list:
-- Middle East is a horrendous mess.
-- Pointless expansion of war in Afghanistan.
-- Corruption sometimes encourages, sometimes not properly dealt with.
-- ObamaCare. Based on lies such as saving $2500 per family, keeping one's insurance, keeping one's doctor, etc. And, it doesn't work. More and more insurance companies are withdrawing, huge rate increases needed, etc.
-- Racial animus. E.g., the riots in Milwaukee yesterday.
-- Doubling of the National Debt.
Hillary's problems:
-- No achievements. She accomplished nothing as Secretary of State or as Senator.
-- Crooked. Too many examples to bother listing.
-- Believes the rules don't apply to her. E.g., disobeying White House instructions to use the government e-mail system. Imagine what a bad example this will be for all federal employees.
-- Congenital liar. Lies even when she doesn't have to, such as being named after Sir Edmund Hillary.
-- Harmful policies. Raising the minimum wage and encouraging immigration will harm poor blacks. Climate change policy won't work, according to the very models that say there's a problem.
Now, 7:50 PM, you don't agree with me, and that's OK. But, I hope you can see that my vote isn't based ignorance and vileness.
David, 12:40 is a powerful argument. I'm now thinking about voting for Mr Trump. Here's a focus group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MubunsD-7g
DavidinCal,
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This comment section couldn't provide better proof of Somerby's fears of the current "liberal."
Upon being asked to only *listen* to other Americans, the overwhelming response is the opposite of charitable.
That so many either cannot see the hate in that second letter, or, astoundingly, support it, reminds me of school children who say the pledge without understanding what the words mean. "Indivisible," in particular.
Does the right to be taken as an individual, not just an extension of characteristics assigned to whatever group someone else places you in, not apply to "Trump supporters?"
Well, I guess it's like the Middle East terrorists. There was very little serious thought put into what actions America may have taken in the past decades to inspire such massive despair in that part of the world. Nope, better to Hate. See how far it's gotten us?
mm August 15, 2016 at 9:21 AM
I simply give up. I have no idea how to talk to someone mindless brainwashed ignorant person such as DinC above, who is proudly declaring it's a "no brainer" to vote for Trump because HRC is a "congenital liar". Stealing those words from William Safire over 20 years ago.
This is simply no way to penetrate to alternate universe/reality bubble world that David lives in. This has been building for 40 years, as wingnut welfare has provided him with his own facts.
There is simply no common ground basis to talk to a person as hopelessly deluded anymore.
I have to say, David's timing is impeccable as always.
Wall Street Journal tells Trump he should 'turn the nomination over' to Pence if he can't 'behave'
I can't tell whether your making a rhetorical point or a logical one. If it's a rhetorical point, then maybe it goes like this: "it's ineffective politics to malign people with whom you disagree." This is sound advice. Advice that Trump and Trump supporters do not follow. In fact, one thing I so often hear in favor of Trump is that he eschews political correctness and so, "tells it like it is." If this is the case, then perhaps critics of Trump should follow suit. And tell it like it is. To go for the effective strategy is to succumb to "political correctness."
If, on the other hand, you're making a logical point, maybe it goes like this: "maligning Trump supporters is fallacious ad hominem, it's an irrelevant attack which doesn't address their actual points." If so, then this is likely wrong (as an interpretation of the above letters). Disagreement with someone (especially about such important matters as the ones at issue in this election) inevitably involve the allegation that the person in the wrong is cognitively impaired (even if only temporarily and on a single issue). There's no way around this.
Some might even maintain that expressing such disagreements, and adducing such conclusions, is a sign of care and respect. I care enough about you to correct you, and I respect you enough as an autonomous person to think you able to see the falsity of your beliefs and to entertain reasons. Such a person might also maintain that tiptoeing around tough criticism is another way of patronizing people. Another way, in other words, of treating them as incapable of reasons.
So perhaps, in the end, there's nothing wrong with saying: "your beliefs are false and you should know better."
Jeeves Stump August 15, 2016 at 11:55 AM
According to movie lore, Eva Marie dropped that glove by accident, and Brando, method actor of genius, spontaneously picked it up and began trying it on for size, giving rise to all kinds of lascivious interpretations. Instead of yelling "Cut!" director Elia Kazan kept the camera rolling, thus preserving for all time a classic moment in cinema. I guess he knew how to handle Brando.
In addition to Vance's book, I would point to Nancy Isenberg's "White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America." Full disclosure, my ancestry.com account could serve as the book's Cliff's Notes.
If there's one generalization I could make about the people I sit down to Christmas dinner with, it's their unquenchable need to have someone to look down on. Classless Americans love the idea of class, as long as there's at least one beneath theirs. So don't worry about Dionne's correspondents hurting the feelings of Trump supporters; they're too busy degrading someone else to notice.
Senior -- a sadly missed escapee from the analysts' hot tub? -- briefly and authoritatively cites the work of Psychologist Seligman. The name itself is disturbing to me because my understanding is that he arrived at his "learned helplessness" thesis by torturing dogs to the point they would give up trying to avoid the pain he would inflict on them. But despite being this Frankensteinian cross between Ivan Pavlov and and Alfred Southwick (inventor of the electric chair), Seligman offered an upside to his theories glossed over in Senior's report: That "learned helplessness" can be unlearned.
Getting back to Brando, who among us can forget the scene in which Vito Corleone bemoans the fact that his gifted son has become the Don rather than the Senator. Said Michael, "We'll get there, Papa."
That kind of intergenerational ambition seems more befitting the Ellis Island generation of immigrants than the earlier ones who followed Daniel Boone into the Appalachian wilderness and then stayed there.
impCaesarAvg August 15, 2016 at 1:44 PM
"We'll get there, Pop." Not "Papa."
Greg August 15, 2016 at 4:10 PM
Gosh darn it, you liberals, notes EJ and Bob, where do you get off on being so obnoxiously CORRECT?
You will note in EJ's piece, after he acknowledges what Bob won't much acknowledge (racism, etc.) that he doesn't do much of a job explaining the LEGITIMATE aspect of the Trump voters concerns. They have been replaced by machines. Well, if that's true, how do they figure they are going to get a better deal with Trump, who's economic plan is all based on economic elitism of the purist kind. What EJ might have pointed out is that the wealth gap affects white people too, this is what Jim Webb was trying to point out, and was sadly ignored. But EJ does not much get to this. We liberals are just gosh darn meanies and that's all there is to it!
This is a rather shopworn Sunday School lesson from Paster Bob; and what he does not seem to get is we are on new ground here. If you WANTED to have a civilized or polite conversation on the issues it would be impossible with Trump. He has no consistent or coherent take on any issues. He just kind of wanders from issue to issue saying stupid stuff and dopey jokes that don't make much sense. Then there is the ugly stuff that they will just tell you he didn't really mean. There is the anger there, but Kevin Drum has argued, and I think this may be right, the whole "year of anger" thing is largely dreamed up by the press to give an angle to a ridiculous campaign.
To point out for the millionth time, Paster Bob's disagreements with others do not want for a sense of superiority. There is a legitimate issue with liberals who create there own ghetto for squares and struggling whites. But Bob is too high on HIS horse looking down at liberals to ever have anything interesting to say about it.
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Q: Proving a Series Semi-Convergence I'm currently practicing problems for an upcoming test, but I'm not sure how to prove this series semi-convergence. This is the series:
$$\sum U_n=\frac{\left(-1\right)^n}{\ln n}$$
My professor puts as a hint: $\ln n\le n$ for $n$ great enough, but I'm not sure on the correct way of stating this. If it was divergent, I would simply state that we know $\frac{1}{n}$ is divergent and $\frac{1}{\ln n}\ge \frac{1}{n}$ so $\frac{1}{\ln n}$ is divergent by comparison but I'm not sure the same works for semi-convergence. Would this comparison be valid in the case of a semi-convergent series?

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Apply the alternating series test to show that $\sum \frac{(-1)^n}{\ln(n)}$ is convergent.
That is for $n>1$, show that $\frac{1}{\ln(n)}$ is positive, decreasing and $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\frac{1}{\ln(n)}=0.$

A: Dirichlet's criterion states that if $(a_n)$ is a sequence with bounded partial sums and $(b_n)$ is a sequence that decreases to $0$ then
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} {a_n b_n} < +\infty$$
Here $a_n = (-1)^n%$ which has bounded partial sums (if $s_n = a_1 + \dots + a_n$ then $s_n = 0$ for even $n$ and $s_n = -1$ for odd $n$ hence it's bounded) and $b_n = \frac{1}{\ln n}$ which decreases to $0$. From Dirichlet's criterion
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To show that this series is semi-convergent notice that
$$\left| \frac{(-1)^n}{\ln n} \right| = \frac{1}{\ln n}$$
and then your argument works.