text:
var beadImages = ["./images/fruit/strawberry.png", "./images/fruit/orange.png", "./images/fruit/pear.png", "./images/fruit/lime.png", "./images/fruit/blueberry.png"];
var counterImages = ["./images/counter dots/red_counter.png", "./images/counter dots/orange_counter.png", "./images/counter dots/yellow_counter.png", "./images/counter dots/green_counter.png", "./images/counter dots/blue_counter.png"];
var numColors = ["#e7462b", "#ff8b0e", "#ffd321", "#9fca38", "#20abc4"];
var beadCount = 10;
var beadRows = 5;
var questions = [];
var fruits = [];
var gamePage = 1;
var howToPage = 2;
var beadsPos = [];
var totalCount = 0;
var gpMsg = [];

var introMusicLoop, beginGame, fillCup, gameWin, introMusic, moveBead, startClick;

function fruit(image,width,height)
{
	this.image = image;
	this.width = width;
	this.height = height;
}

function question(rowIndex,number, numColor, image, msg, answered)
{
	this.rowIndex = rowIndex;
	this.number = number;
	this.numColor = numColor;
	this.image = image;
	this.msg = msg;
	this.answered = answered;
}

function populateQuestions()
{
	var num = 0;
	var numColor = 0;
	var imgIndex = 0;
	var colorSelected = [0,0,0,0,0];
	var questCount = 0;
	if(questions.length > 0)
		questions = [];

	for(var i=0;questCount<3;i++) {

		num = Math.floor(Math.random() * beadCount)+1;
		imgIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * beadRows);
		if(colorSelected[imgIndex] == 0) {
			colorSelected[imgIndex] = 1;
			numColor = numColors[imgIndex];
			questions.push(new question(imgIndex,num,numColor,counterImages[imgIndex],gpMsg[imgIndex],false));
			questCount++;
		}

	}

	for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
		var elem = document.querySelector("#gamePage #quest"+(i+1)+"Num");
		elem.innerText = questions[i].number;
		elem.style.color = questions[i].numColor;
		elem = document.querySelector("#gamePage #quest"+(i+1)+"Bead");
		elem.style.backgroundImage = "url('"+questions[i].image+"')";
		elem = document.querySelector("#gamePage #quest"+(i+1)+"Msg");
		elem.innerText = questions[i].msg;
		elem.style.color = questions[i].numColor;
	}
}

function populateFruits()
{
	fruits.push(new fruit("url('./images/fruit/strawberry.png')",46,53));
	fruits.push(new fruit("url('./images/fruit/orange.png')",43,46));
	fruits.push(new fruit("url('./images/fruit/pear.png')",46,63));
	fruits.push(new fruit("url('./images/fruit/lime.png')",43,46));
	fruits.push(new fruit("url('./images/fruit/blueberry.png')",43,46));
}

function populateBars(fromPage)
{
	var prefix = "";

	if(fromPage == gamePage)
		prefix = "gp";
	else if(fromPage = howToPage)
		prefix = "htp";

	for(var i=0;i<5;i++) {
		var elem = document.getElementById(prefix+"Bar"+i);
		for(var idx=0;idx<beadCount;idx++) {
			var child = document.createElement("div");
			child.style.height = fruits[(i)].height+"px";
			child.style.width = fruits[(i)].width+"px";
            child.style.top = "0px";
            child.style.left = ((idx)*fruits[(i)].width)+"px";
			child.style.backgroundImage = fruits[(i)].image;
			child.style.display = "block";
			child.style.position = "absolute";
			child.dataset.x = (i);
			child.dataset.y = (idx);
			if(fromPage == gamePage) {
				child.addEventListener("click", handleBeadClick, false);
				child.style.cursor = "pointer";
			}
			elem.appendChild(child);
		}
	}

}

function initCells()
{
	if(beadsPos.length > 0)
		beadsPos = [];

	var barWidth = (713-20);
	for(var i=0;i<fruits.length;i++) {
		var leftRightBead =	{
			cellsInRow : Math.floor(barWidth/fruits[i].width),
			leftBeads : beadCount,
			rightBeads : 0,
		};
		beadsPos.push(leftRightBead);
	}

	totalCount = 0;
}

function init()
{
        license_init("license", "introPage");
	//If Chrome i18n is defined, obtain msgs from the locale file else set to default values.
	if(window.chrome && window.chrome.i18n)
		localizeStrings();
	else {
		setGamePageMsgs();
	}

	introMusicLoop = new gamesound("audio.introMusicLoop", true);
	beginGame = new gamesound("audio.beginGame");
	fillCup = new gamesound("audio.fillCup");
	gameWin = new gamesound("audio.gameWin");
	introMusic = new gamesound("audio.introMusic");
	moveBead = new gamesound("audio.moveBead");
	startClick = new gamesound("audio.startClick");

	introMusicLoop.play();
	populateFruits();
	initCells();
	populateBars(gamePage);

	var elem = document.getElementById("startBtn");
	elem.addEventListener("click", handleStartClick, false);

	elem = document.getElementById("howToBtn");
	elem.addEventListener("click", handleHowToClick, false);

	elem = document.getElementById("gpRestart");
	elem.addEventListener("click", handleRestartClick, false);

	elem = document.getElementById("fruitBar");
	elem.addEventListener("mouseup", handleDragEnd, false);
	elem.addEventListener("click", startNewGame, false);

	elem = document.getElementById("newBtn");
	elem.addEventListener("click", handleNewClick, false);
}

function handleDragEnd(e)
{
	startNewGame(e);
}

function localizeStrings()
{
	$("#title").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("ipTitle"));
	$("#startBtn").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("ipStart"));
	$("#howToBtn").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("ipHowTo"));

	$("#gpRestart").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("startOver"));

	$("#htpQuest1Msg").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("htpHowManyBeads"));
	$("#moveMsg").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("htpMoveBeads"));
	$("#countMsg").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("htpCountBeads"));
	$("#cupFillMsg").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("htpCupFill"));
	$("#htpRestart").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("startOver"));

	$("#slideMsg").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("fpSlideText"));
	$("#finishMsg").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("fpGoodJob"));
	$("#newBtn").text(chrome.i18n.getMessage("fpNew"));

	gpMsg.push(chrome.i18n.getMessage("gpYouDidIt"));
	gpMsg.push(chrome.i18n.getMessage("gpGoldStar"));
	gpMsg.push(chrome.i18n.getMessage("gpWayToGo"));
	gpMsg.push(chrome.i18n.getMessage("gpKeepCounting"));
	gpMsg.push(chrome.i18n.getMessage("gpAwesomeJob"));
}

function setGamePageMsgs()
{
	gpMsg.push("you did it!");
	gpMsg.push("gold star!");
	gpMsg.push("way to go!");
	gpMsg.push("keep counting!");
	gpMsg.push("awesome job!");
}

function handleBeadClick(event)
{
	var target = event.target;
	var row = target.dataset.x;
	var col = target.dataset.y;
	var fromPos = col;
	var toPos = 0;
	var cellsInRow = beadsPos[row].cellsInRow;
	var validClick = false;
	var questionIndex = 0;

	if(row < 0 || col<0 ) return;

	for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
		if(row == questions[i].rowIndex) {
			validClick = true;
			questionIndex = (i+1);
			break;
		}
	}
	if(!validClick) return;

	var beadsToMove = 0;
	var leftBeads = beadsPos[row].leftBeads;
	var rightBeads = beadsPos[row].rightBeads;
	var fromIndex = 0;
	var toIndex = 0;
	var moveLeft = false;
	var moveRight = false;
	var totalElem = document.querySelector("#gamePage #gpTotal");

	if(fromPos >= (cellsInRow-rightBeads)) {
		moveLeft = true;
		beadsToMove = (rightBeads) - (cellsInRow-1-fromPos);
	} else if((leftBeads-fromPos)>0) {
		moveRight = true;
		beadsToMove = (leftBeads-fromPos);
	} else {
		return;
	}

	for(var i=1;i<beadsToMove;i++)
	{
		if(moveRight) {
			target = $(target).next();
		} else if(moveLeft){
			target = $(target).prev();
		}
	}

	for(var i=1;i<=beadsToMove;i++)
	{
		fromIndex = 0;
		toIndex = 0;
		if(moveRight && leftBeads>0) {
			fromIndex = (leftBeads-i);
			toIndex = (cellsInRow-rightBeads-i);
			beadsPos[row].leftBeads--;
			beadsPos[row].rightBeads++;
			totalCount++;
		} else if(moveLeft && rightBeads>0) {
			toIndex = (leftBeads);
			fromIndex = (cellsInRow-rightBeads);
			beadsPos[row].leftBeads++;
			beadsPos[row].rightBeads--;
			if(totalCount>0) {
				totalCount--;
			}
			leftBeads = beadsPos[row].leftBeads;
			rightBeads = beadsPos[row].rightBeads;
		}

		toPos = toIndex*$(target).width();

		$(target)[0].dataset.y = (toIndex);
		moveBead.play();
		$(target).animate({
			left: toPos
		},1000,'linear',function(){
			totalElem.innerText = totalCount;
		});

		if(moveRight) {
			target = $(target).prev();
		} else if(moveLeft){
			target = $(target).next();
		}
	}
	setKudoMsg(beadsPos[row].rightBeads,row,questionIndex,false);
}

function setKudoMsg(rightBeads,row,questionIndex,resetMsgs)
{
	for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {

		if(resetMsgs) {
			var elem = document.getElementById("quest"+(i+1));
			elem.style.display = "none";
			elem = document.getElementById("quest"+(i+1)+"Msg");
			elem.style.display = "none";
			elem = document.getElementById("quest"+(i+1)+"Num");
			elem.style.display = "block";
			elem = document.getElementById("quest"+(i+1)+"Bead");
			elem.style.display = "block";
			questions[i].answered = false;
		} else if(questions[i].rowIndex == row) {
			if(questions[i].number == rightBeads) {
				var elem = document.getElementById("quest"+questionIndex+"Msg");
				elem.style.display = "block";
				elem = document.getElementById("quest"+questionIndex+"Num");
				elem.style.display = "none";
				elem = document.getElementById("quest"+questionIndex+"Bead");
				elem.style.display = "none";
				questions[i].answered = true;
			} else {
				var elem = document.getElementById("quest"+questionIndex+"Msg");
				elem.style.display = "none";
				elem = document.getElementById("quest"+questionIndex+"Num");
				elem.style.display = "block";
				elem = document.getElementById("quest"+questionIndex+"Bead");
				elem.style.display = "block";
				questions[i].answered = false;
			}
			break;
		}

	}
	if(resetMsgs)
		setCupLevels(true);
	else
		setCupLevels(false);
}

function setCupLevels(clearCup)
{
	var correctAns = 0;
	for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
		if(questions[i].answered)
			correctAns++;
	}

	if((correctAns == 0) || clearCup) {
		$('#gpCup').removeClass('quarterCup halfCup fullCup').addClass('emptyCup');
		return;
	} else if(correctAns == 1) {
		$('#gpCup').removeClass('emptyCup halfCup fullCup').addClass('quarterCup');
		fillCup.play();
	} else if(correctAns == 2) {
		$('#gpCup').removeClass('emptyCup fullCup quarterCup').addClass('halfCup');
		fillCup.play();
	} else if(correctAns == 3) {
		$('#gpCup').removeClass('emptyCup quarterCup halfCup').addClass('fullCup');
		fillCup.play();
		if(!clearCup) {
			setTimeout("showFinalScreen()",7000);
		}
	}

}

function showFinalScreen()
{
	var correctAns = 0;
	for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
		if(questions[i].answered)
			correctAns++;
	}
	if(correctAns<3) return;

	$('#gamePage').delay(500).fadeOut(500,function(){
		$('#fruitBar')[0].style.left = 0;
		$('#slideMsg')[0].style.display = "block";
		gameWin.play();
		$('#finishPage').fadeIn(500,function(){});
	});
}

function moveBackBeadsToPosition()
{
	var beadsToMove = 0;
	var leftBeads = 0;
	var rightBeads = 0;
	var fromIndex = 0;
	var toIndex = 0;
	var fromPos = 0;
	var cellsInRow = 0;
	var row = 0;
	var totalElem = document.querySelector("#gamePage #gpTotal");

	for(var idx=0;idx<5;idx++) {
		row = idx;
		cellsInRow = beadsPos[row].cellsInRow;
		fromPos = cellsInRow-1;
		leftBeads = beadsPos[row].leftBeads;
		rightBeads = beadsPos[row].rightBeads;
		beadsToMove = (rightBeads) - (cellsInRow-1-fromPos);

		if(rightBeads == 0) continue;

		var elem = document.getElementById("gpBar"+idx);
		var children = $(elem).children();
		var lastChild =  $(children).eq(children.length - 1);
		var target = $(lastChild)[0];

		for(var i=1;i<beadsToMove;i++)
		{
			target = $(target).prev();
		}
		for(var i=1;i<=beadsToMove;i++)
		{
			fromIndex = 0;
			toIndex = 0;
			if(rightBeads>0) {
				toIndex = (leftBeads);
				fromIndex = (cellsInRow-rightBeads);
				beadsPos[row].leftBeads++;
				beadsPos[row].rightBeads--;
				if(totalCount>0) {
					totalCount--;
				}
				leftBeads = beadsPos[row].leftBeads;
				rightBeads = beadsPos[row].rightBeads;
			}

			toPos = toIndex*$(target).width();

			$(target)[0].dataset.y = (toIndex);

			$(target).animate({
				left: toPos
			},1000,'linear',function(){
				totalElem.innerText = totalCount;
			});

			target = $(target).next();
		}

	}
	moveBead.play();
}

function handleStartClick(e)
{
	populateQuestions();
	introMusicLoop.pause();
	beginGame.play();
	var elem = document.getElementById("introPage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("finishPage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("howToPage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("gamePage");
	elem.style.display = "block";

	runQuestionsAnimation();

}

function handleHowToClick(e)
{
	populateBars(howToPage);
	var elem = document.getElementById("introPage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("finishPage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("gamePage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("howToPage");
	elem.style.display = "block";

	$('#htpQuest1').fadeIn(5, function() {
		$('#htpQuest2').fadeIn(5, function() {
			$('#htpQuest3').fadeIn(5, function() {
				$('#htpQuest4').fadeIn(5, function() {
				});
			});
		});
	});

	runHowToAnimation();
}

function handleRestartClick(e)
{
	beginGame.play();
	moveBackBeadsToPosition();
	populateQuestions();
	setKudoMsg(-1,-1,-1,true);
	runQuestionsAnimation();
}

function handleHowToRestartClick(e)
{
	clearHowToAnimation();
	clearGame();

	var elem = document.getElementById("introPage");
	elem.style.display = "block";

	elem = document.getElementById("howToPage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("gamePage");
	elem.style.display = "none";

	elem = document.getElementById("finishPage");
	elem.style.display = "none";
}

function handleNewClick(e)
{
	var elem = document.getElementById("finishPage");
	$(elem).fadeOut(50, function() {
		elem = document.getElementById("introPage");
		$(elem).fadeIn(50,function() {
			moveBackBeadsToPosition();
			setKudoMsg(-1,-1,-1,true);
			introMusicLoop.play();
		});
	});
}

function startNewGame(e)
{
	$('#fruitBar').animate({left: '542px'},1500,function(){
		$('#slideMsg').fadeOut(1500, function() { });
		clearGame();
		populateQuestions();
		handleRestartClick();

		var elem = document.getElementById("finishPage");
		$(elem).fadeOut(500, function() {
			elem = document.getElementById("gamePage");
			$(elem).fadeIn(500,function() { runQuestionsAnimation(); });
		});
	});

}

function runHowToAnimation()
{
	$('#htpCup').removeClass('fullCup').addClass('emptyCup');
	$('#quest1Hint').fadeIn(250, function() {
		$('#quest1Hint').delay(4000).fadeOut(250, function() {
				$('#moveBeadsHint').fadeIn(250, function() {
					$('#moveBeadsHint').delay(4000).fadeOut(250, function() {
							$('#countHint').fadeIn(250, function() {
								$('#countHint').delay(4000).fadeOut(250, function() {
										$('#cupFillHint').fadeIn(250, function() {
											runCupAnimation();
											$('#cupFillHint').delay(4000).fadeOut(250, function() {
												introMusicLoop.pause();
												beginGame.play();
												handleStartClick(null);
											});
										});
								});
							});
					});
				});
		});
	});
}

function runCupAnimation()
{
	$('#htpCup').queue( function(){
		$(this).delay(500).removeClass('emptyCup').addClass('quarterCup');
		$(this).dequeue();
	});

	$('#htpCup').queue( function(){
		$(this).delay(500).removeClass('quarterCup').addClass('halfCup');
		$(this).dequeue();
	});
	$('#htpCup').queue( function(){
		$(this).delay(500).removeClass('halfCup').addClass('fullCup');
		$(this).dequeue();
	});
	fillCup.play();
}

function clearHowToAnimation()
{
	$('#quest1Hint').stop(true, false);
	$('#moveBeadsHint').stop(true, false);
	$('#countHint').stop(true, false);
	$('#cupFillHint').stop(true, false);
	$('#quest1Hint').fadeOut(5, function() {});
	$('#moveBeadsHint').fadeOut(5, function() {});
	$('#countHint').fadeOut(5, function() {});
	$('#cupFillHint').fadeOut(5, function() {});
}

function runQuestionsAnimation()
{
	$('#quest1').fadeIn(500, function() {
		$('#quest2').fadeIn(500, function() {
			$('#quest3').fadeIn(500, function() {
				$('#quest4').fadeIn(500, function() {
				});
			});
		});
	});
}

function clearGame()
{
	$('#quest1').stop(true, false);
	$('#quest2').stop(true, false);
	$('#quest3').stop(true, false);
	$('#quest4').stop(true, false);
	$('#quest1').fadeOut(5, function() {});
	$('#quest2').fadeOut(5, function() {});
	$('#quest3').fadeOut(5, function() {});
	$('#quest4').fadeOut(5, function() {});
}

function gamesound(id, loop) {
    var me = this;
    this.id = id;
    this.soundobj = document.querySelector(id);
    this.enable = false;
    this.infocus = true;
    this.loop = (loop == undefined)?false:loop;
    this.focus = function focus() {
        if(!me.infocus)
        {
            me.infocus = true;
            if(me.enable&&me.loop)
                me.soundobj.play();
        }
    };
    this.blur = function blur() {
        if(me.infocus)
        {
            me.infocus = false;
            if(me.enable&&me.loop)
                me.soundobj.pause();
        }
    };
    window.addEventListener('focus', me.focus, false);
    window.addEventListener('blur', me.blur, false);

    this.play = function play() {
        this.enable = true;
        if(this.infocus)
            this.soundobj.play();
    };
    this.pause = function pause() {
        this.enable = false;
        this.soundobj.pause();
    };
}

$(document).ready(function()
{
    scaleBody(document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0], 720);

	init();
});


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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Director pay rises again
Directors earned 14% more last year - that's more than six times the average pay rise. Alright for some...
by Emma Haslett
During the course of the downturn, director pay became one of the big issues dominating conversation over corporate responsibility. Despite much huffing and puffing at Westminster, its rise continues apace: new figures published by IDS show pay among FTSE 100 directors has risen by 14% over the past 12 months to £3.3m, more than six times the pay rise experienced by the rest of us. We'd say it's unfair, but then most of the rest of us don't have costly crystal meth habits to finance...
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"When I get a chance I look at the Sundial Bridge cam, and can see the Sac is raging. But at 33K cfs or thereabouts, Shasta Dam releases are still fairly modest compared to what they could be later this year, and to what they've been in years past. On Jan. 4 1997, during the devastating storms around that time (torrential rains on deep snow, classic set up), dam releases hit 74K cfs! With Lake Shasta almost full in early February, you can bet the Sac through Redding is going to get a lot bigger and rowdier fairly soon.
"We all knew one of these years California was going to get epic, drought-busting rains, and it's happened -- at least up north. The rainfall has been phenomenal. Some places in the Butte County Sierra way upstream of Oroville Dam got as much rain in the month of January as we get in an entire year, and half again as much just this week (over 100 inches since October 1, all told). And while there's a break in the weather coming up, the heavy rains could be back in NorCal by this time next week!
"Now we just need SoCal to get into the act. There are spots in the San Gabriel Mountains that can get a year's worth of rain (for them) in one day, if conditions are just right (record 26.12 inches in 24 hours at Hoegee's Camp in January, 1943).


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I am young, indestructible, and I fear nothing. I have no reason to be afraid—until today. At 20 years old, I have never intimately experienced death. Today is the day. The day that I will feel empty and void of events that that I had taken for granted in my day-to-day life. Silly things like going to lunch, or parking my car will be unnerving. Today is the day that Jimmy will run up to me and yell, "Guess what did you hear that John is dead?" My heart will sink to the floor, and I will want to barf right here where I stand. My friend is dead. Why?
For weeks, my overactive mind continues reliving our last moments together. John and I both worked hard to save up for cars. We met in an awkward way. He came in to the store I was working in. I couldn't take my eyes off him. I quickly walked down the isle and asked, "Can I help you find something". He tilted his head to the side and grinned from ear to ear.
"No. I am just killing some time during my lunch break, " he casually replied.
"Okay, then. Let me know if I can help you, " I gushed smiling right back at him. And so, the unspoken bond began.
Going to work everyday was painful. I had just lost my lunch buddy and a friend that I looked forward to seeing and chatting with daily. Not only was John my friend, but also I had hoped our relationship would blossom into more. Our bond seemed to be headed in that direction at a snail's pace, but never came to fruition. It was weeks of taunting, teasing, and harassing. You know—the things future lovers do. Whenever, I saw him walk in my direction, my heart fluttered in my chest, and I would feel my face flush. Did he notice? Sure, he did.
Not knowing what the future held—I regarded our last moments together as insignificant. It hurt me to recall our conversion. The Christmas rush was bearing down on us as customers hustled and bustled in and out of the store getting their last minute shopping done. John causally moseyed into the shop and poked around the records, futzing with the loose gold watch on his wrist as he always did. I glanced up looking his way. His golden blonde wavy hair met the wire frames of his glasses. I could see that his brow was ruffled over his deep-sea blue eyes. Our passing glances locked in on each other. "What's your problem now?" I brazenly asked.
Those were the last words I would ever hear him speak. My mind raced crafting ridiculous guesses as to what he was going to say. The guilt I felt was almost too much to bear. There was no excuse for not making an appearance at his funeral. I didn't know any of his friends or family and didn't understand the protocol for such events. Each day I drove to work, my eyes couldn't help but focus in the direction of John's private parking space. I was yearning for someone to tell me this was all a mistake, and I would see his car parked in the corner lot.
Later that evening, while in a sound sleep, I rolled over and noticed the amber glow of a light shining in the living room. "Oh. Damn!" I moaned as I yanked myself to an upright position and noticed that the luminosity of the light began to change. I rubbed my eyes and tried to shake myself conscious. The glow continued to fade into the form of a man sitting on my couch. What the hell? I thought to myself. I could not believe what I was seeing. The more I stared at the glow, the more defined it became. Then I saw the glimmer of a gold watch. Our faces met, and the glow slowly hovered out my front door. I felt both serene and freaked out at the same time.
I have always carried some sense of guilt for not officially saying goodbye to my friend, and I often think of John—wondering about what could have been. I feel that the event that occurred in my living room was paranormal. It was a sign from John telling me not to worry. I am ok, and I told you I would talk to you later! John's death was violent and pointless.
John's story has always disturbed me. Wanting to gain closure over this tragic event, I began to write about haunted history to share stories with others who have similar interests. I connected with a colleague who also had a paranormal experience. Finally, I can share my story with someone who would understand my curiosity. To my shock, my colleague was friends John for quite some time and knew where he was buried. Was this message from beyond the grave?
After thirty years, it was felt odd to be standing at the graves site of such a young man. Did he know I was there? Does he know that, after all this time, I still think of him often? I think he must.


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From the day the British left and the Arab armies invaded the country, tremendous efforts were invested by the Truce Committee in achieving a ceasefire, but with singular lack of success. On May 22, the Security Council decided on an immediate ceasefire in all the combat areas in Palestine. Israel undertook to respect the Security Council resolution, but the Arabs rejected it and the fighting continued in full force. On May 29, the Council decided again on an immediate ceasefire, but again the Arabs refused to observe it. As long as the Arabs believed themselves able to defeat the young Jewish state, they rejected all proposals to lay down their arms. It was only when victory eluded them and the Jews seemed likely to inflict a defeat on them, that they agreed to the Security Council proposal to observe a truce for a period of four weeks. The negotiations between the parties were conducted by the Swedish statesman, Count Folke Bernadotte, who had been apppointed by the UN as mediator between the Jews and the Arabs.
Aid to the populations on both sides in areas which have suffered severely from the clashes, such as Jerusalem and Jaffa, will be provided by the International Red Cross Committee in such a manner as to guarantee that the reserves of vital supplies will not be considerably larger or smaller at the end of the truce than they were before the truce.
The people of Jerusalem, both civilians and soldiers, welcomed the truce, fixed for June 11th, with relief. The soldiers, particularly those serving in combat units, were exhausted and emotionally traumatized by the sight of so many wounded and killed comrades. Tension was heightened by the sense of frustration and impotence stemming from the constant shortage of weapons and fighters. Even though I had remained optimistic throughout the battles, and had believed implicitly that we would win the war, I was nevertheless haunted by the question: Why hadn't we been ready for the big battle? Was the severe shortage of weapons really unavoidable?
Civilians, who had been in a state of severe anxiety throughout the fighting, emerged from the dark shelters and joyfully greeted the convoys of jeeps loaded with food. The shelling, which had exacted a heavy price from civilians as they stood in line for water and other necessities, had finally ceased. It was possible to go out into the fresh air, to take the children for a stroll and to visit friends and relatives, without fear of a stray shell. There was great hope that the truce and renewed contact with the coastal plain would herald a return to normal life in Jerusalem. There would be water in the taps, electricity at the flick of a switch, and a varied, substantial diet.
Immediately after the truce began, Count Bernadotte placed his men in key positions to supervise the implementation of the ceasefire. The opening of the main road to Jerusalem for the transportation of foodstuffs was under the control of the Truce Commission, and it encountered considerable difficulties. The Arabs employed delay tactics and prevented the passage of the convoys. The main problem, however, was their demand to supervise the convoys passing along the Burma Road, and until this matter was settled, they did not permit the passage of vehicles along the main road. The IDF had anticipated this problem and, well in advance, a UN representative had been driven along the Burma Road to see for himself that it had been completed before the truce and was therefore not under UN supervision. The Arabs then raised another objection, claiming that the main road had been sabotaged during the fighting and was not traversable. Dov Joseph sent workers from Jerusalem to Bab el Wad to mend the road. But the main road was opened to traffic only on June 19 - eight days after the truce began - and two supply convoys set out for Jerusalem under UN supervision. UN observers examined the convoys during loading and the entire load was meticulously recorded. They were examined again superficially at the Bab el Wad check post.
"The reserve of vital supplies should not be considerably larger or smaller at the end of the truce than they were before the truce".
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The number of Jews in Jerusalem was also the subject of debate - the Truce Commission giving a low estimate so as to reduce the quantity of food to be brought into the city. Finally, a compromise was reached whereby each of the 108,000 Jews in western Jerusalem would receive 3,100 calories daily. Supply of fuel to Jerusalem was also permitted.
Once the road was opened and traffic to the coastal plain renewed, many Jerusalemites wanted to leave the city - some to visit relatives, others to escape the suffering and danger. Thus, as soon as the truce began, special measures were adopted to prevent a mass exodus. Anyone who wanted to travel to Tel Aviv required a special permit from the Jerusalem Committee, and such permits were very hard to obtain. Despite these difficulties, a considerable number of Jerusalem residents managed to leave the city.
The Arabs were displeased at the free flow of traffic on the Burma Road and demanded once again that UN supervision be imposed. They harassed convoys on the main road so as to force the Jews and the UN to extend supervision to the Burma Road. Finally, the Israeli government succumbed and announced that the Burma Road would be used only for transferring military supplies to the strongholds in the vicinity, while food supplies to Jerusalem would be transported along the main road under UN observation.
On June 7 you agreed that, in accordance with the truce conditions, the operation of the water supply to Jerusalem was to be guaranteed as part of the resumption of the supply of vital goods to the city. However, by means of a complex method of stoppages and postponements, the Arabs have succeeded in practice in preventing the implementation of this part of the truce conditions. First they claimed that the [pumping] machinery at Rosh Ha'ayin had been irreparably damaged. When we insisted that our experts be given the opportunity to examine them, they finally agreed that British engineers, serving in the Arab Legion, could carry out the check. After an additional postponement, they announced that the machines themselves were in working order, but were lacking several small parts. They also objected to us mending the sections of the water pipeline which had been damaged, saying that they themselves would do the job. Several days passed and nothing was done. At the same time, Jewish engineers were barred from checking the pumps at Latrun.
The Arabs, well aware of the importance of water for Jerusalem, did not renew the supply. (The pumping station at Latrun was blown up in August by Legion forces, shortly after Jewish engineers had mended it). In parallel to the discussions with Count Bernadotte, the Mekorot Company began to lay a pipeline along the Burma Road. It linked the wells in the Rehovot area with the pumping station at Sha'ar Hagai, which was controlled by our forces. After two months of work, on August 11, water began to flow through the new pipeline and Jerusalem was saved.
Despite the supervision of UN observers, reinforcements of equipment and troops flowed constantly into Jerusalem, above and beyond what had been agreed with the mediator. The forces fighting in Jerusalem and on the way to the city exploited the truce in order to recuperate and to replenish their ranks.
The Irgun in Jerusalem also received reinforcements of weapons and manpower. When I asked Raanan for a short furlough to visit my family in Ramat Gan, I was informed that my presence in Jerusalem was vital, because of Irgun reorganization in the city. It had been decided to concentrate all the bases scattered throughout the city, and to set up one large camp for the new battalion. I was assigned the task of finding a suitable location and, after a lengthy search; I chose the abandoned Katamon neighborhood, where several streets could easily be blocked off. In addition to the Jerusalem force which had fought in the city, the battalion was augmented by forces from the coastal plain.
It should be recalled that when the State of Israel was proclaimed, the Irgun announced its disbandment as an independent organization. The Irgun fighters joined the Israel Defence Forces, some as individuals and others in organized fashion. The formal enlistment process was slow, and the Irgun units, which the IDF had not yet had time to absorb, fought under orders from the general staff. Thus Irgun units were sent to capture the Arab village of Yahudia (near Petah Tikva), to attack the town of Ramle and to take part in halting the Egyptian column near Ashdod. When the truce commenced, many of the fighters had not yet enlisted in the IDF and preferred to join the Irgun forces in Jerusalem which had maintained their organisational independence. When Ben-Gurion heard about this, he instructed the troops holding the Burma Road to bar the way to Irgun and Lehi fighters. The Irgun troops, who had set out by car to Jerusalem, encountered the barrier near Kibbutz Hulda and were told that there were explicit orders not to allow them to continue their journey. Furious arguments broke out, accompanied by threats to open fire. Some of the Irgun force succeeded in slipping through by various means, but most bypassed the barrier and made their way to Jerusalem on foot through the hills with their equipment.
While the IDF was using the Burma Road to transfer military equipment to Jerusalem, the main road was being used to convey food supplies under the protection of the UN observers. This was not the case with the Irgun, which had to employ various stratagems in order to despatch weapons by the main road, since the Burma Road was closed to them. I recall that one day, Yosef Bajaio, driver of a truck carrying food supplies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, arrived at the Katamon base. The truck, ostensibly loaded with sacks of onions, contained weapons of various kinds hidden beneath the onions. Yosef had passed smoothly through the UN observers' checks and we hastened to unload the weapons, so that the onions would reach their destination as soon as possible.


Lundey NS is now on its way to Reykjavík after a short trip to Breidafjördur. According to chief mate Stefán Jónsson, no herring were to be seen and with a poor weather forecast for the next few days, the decision was taken to cut the trip short and wait for the weather to improve. The fishery inspector was put ashore at Grundarfjördur and then the course was set for Reykjavík.
The current forecast is for very poor weather and for storms up to the weekend. Stefán Geir said that there was no herring to be seen in catchable amounts in Breidafjördur or Grundarfjördur this morning and the sensible course was to tie up for a few days.
There was good fishing on herring in Breidafjördur last week and HB Grandi's pelagic vessels took between 800 and 1000 tonnes in separate trips this last week. Apart from that, Faxi RE docked at Vopnafjördur last night with 900 tonnes on board. Ingunn AK is at Akranes and is due on the slipway this week. Lundey is steaming to Reykjavík, and Faxi and Lundey between them will take the rest of HB Grandi's herring quota before the start of the capelin season. According to the Marine Research Institute's recommendations, an initial 40,000 tonne quota is expected to fall to the HB Grandi fleet this time and there are hopes that the research phase in January will provide a basis for an increased quota, as has been the case in past years.


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Financial Innovation and Endogenous Growth
Stelios Michalopoulos
() (Tufts University)
Luc Laeven
(IMF and CEPR)
Ross Levine
(Brown University and NBER)
We model technological and ?nancial innovation as re?ecting the decisions of pro?t maximizing agents and explore the implications for economic growth. We start with a Schumpeterian growth model where entrepreneurs earn pro?ts by inventing better goods and ?nanciers arise to screen entrepreneurs. A novel feature of the model is that ?nanciers also engage in the costly, risky, and potentially pro?table process of innovation: Financiers can invent more e¤ective processes for screening entrepreneurs. Every screening process, however, becomes less e¤ective as technology advances. Consequently, technological inno- vation and economic growth stop unless ?nanciers continually innovate. The model also allows for rent-seeking ?nancial innovation, in which ?nanciers engage in privately pro?table but socially ine¢ cient innovation that slows growth. Empirical evidence is more consistent with this dynamic, synergistic model of ?nancial and technological innovation than with existing theories.
Stelios Michalopoulos & Luc Laeven & Ross Levine, 2011. "Financial Innovation and Endogenous Growth," Economics Working Papers 0097, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Social Science.
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counting to zero: the hapless math of English Studies
In The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jonathon Kramnick offers an analysis of the contemporary academic job market in English in comparison with its state 20 years ago (coincidentally when I was first on the job market). This can be put in the context of statistics on the awarding of phds from the NSF. This chart shows degrees by subfield since 2006 and this one, which shows only major fields, gives a view back to 1986.
To my eye there are some curious rhetorical turns in Kramnick's article. He recognizes the significant declines overall in the job market and especially for tenure-track positions (old, but worsening news) with the note that writing jobs remain comparatively strong. Of this he speculates "The rising proportion of tenure-track jobs in composition and creative writing appears to reflect a change happening within the structure and mission of many departments even as they get smaller." This apparent change suggests to him "that the jobs crisis may be worse than it seems." Really? For whom? I suppose one might similarly suggest that it is not as bad as it seems (though really it's bad for everyone).
But here's the funny part. He determines, with a few caveats, that the decline in literary studies jobs is evenly spread across all periods and fields and that as such "the field structure of English stands out as remarkably and encouragingly firm."
I don't know. To me this is like standing on the curb and remarking at how evenly all the parts of your house are burning down.
But let's circle back to those phd stats. Though the chart going back to 1986 only shows the major field of "Letters," you can see that in general there's been modest growth in the number of degrees awarded as the number of jobs have significantly declined. Looking at the other chart, though the numbers are only indications (since the fields are self-reported by institutions), between rhet/comp and speech/rhetorical studies, there are ~250 degrees per year over the last four years of the report. It's hard to compare this with job opportunities as jobs on MLA and elsewhere are often listed in multiple categories. However, generally speaking, there aren't enough jobs for all the rhet/comp degree recipients, but the situation is comparatively worse for those in literary fields. Regardless, there's nothing here for anyone to suggest creating or expanding phd programs. And the oft-remarked, ongoing decline in numbers of English majors only reinforces this evidence.
Kramnick ends by offering this observation about the failing job market. "
That pinch is real and urgent. It requires our care and our hardest thinking. But there is no evidence that individual fields need to fight it out, or that any one of them is going extinct.
In other words, we're all in this together. We ought to do everything we can to understand how best to respond to the shrinking market — how to lobby for more jobs, how to reshape Ph.D. programs, and how to decide whether all such programs can be sustained.
How can I put this? It isn't good news that the "field structure" remains firm. It's one of the primary pieces of evidence, if not sources, of English Studies' problems. It means that even as we declined we failed to do anything different. Anyway, I think for English it's pretty much all over but for the crying at this point. I mean, there's going to be literary studies for the foreseeable future. It's just probably at around 1.5% of undergraduates rather than the 4% it was 20 years ago.
As for my own field of rhetoric, I'd say its survival will depend on its almost wholesale transformation away from printcentric, belletristic traditions that still typify its research practices and much of its teaching. A multidimensional transformation is required. One that recognizes communication is/is becoming
digital/multimodal (we're sort of there, but the varieties keep expanding faster than our adaptions to them and as a field we still don't have enough practical-technical expertise)
global/multi-cultural-ethnic-etc (doing a better job of valuing cultural and human differences and the challenges of communicating across them)
data-driven/machinic (we have to do better at handling data and understanding the role that machines play in every aspect of rhetorical activity from invention to delivery)
specialized/technocratic (again, we're doing a decent job of moving away from the premise of "general writing skills" but we're still not adapting quickly enough to the proliferation/shifts of expertise)
public/distributed (somewhat in an opposite direction to the last point that more people are performing a wider range of rhetorical-compositional practices. E.g., who would have thought that technical communication would become a quotidian practice? Well anyone who's seen a "how-to" video on YouTube or visited a wiki.
And those are just the ones I can come up with on the fly. I'm sure there are many other equally observable shifts. The point for me at least is that all of this is quite different from where we were 30-40 years ago when we were really just graduating the first large generation of specifically trained rhet/comp scholars, when Maxine Hairston was talking "winds of change," when we were just taking on postmodernism and cultural studies, or when we were just starting to talk about computers and composition. (In other words, the field I was introduced to in the mid-90s.) These days we need completely different specializations and coursework from undergrad to grad, even while we still connect to the history and tradition of rhetoric.
Compare that with Kramick's observation that over the last 20 years the fields of literary studies have remained basically static. I realize he doesn't quite mean it to come out that way, and of course there have been various "turns" and theories have come in and out of fashion. But really if we looked at those undergrad courses, how many of the assigned readings would be the same? Would the students be asked to do different things? Sure things are a little different. But that has to be put in contrast to the fact that the communicational practices and literacies of most of humanity have been completely overturned during this period.
I mean I'd give rhet/comp a "gentleman's C" for its efforts to keep up, but English Studies is obviously failing, as every indicator will tell you. And I just am not sure how rhet/comp manages to do better while tied to literary studies. I also don't think rhet/comp has much chance on its own.
So… yay!
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cleverenz says:
My five-year study of job ads and surveys of Rhet.Comp job seekers (not yet published but working on it) suggests that another survival/thrival strategy is a return to writing pedagogy. Most jobs want/need committed teachers of writing while many Rhet/Comp Phds (and their mentors) want Research 1 jobs. GIven that we need to reduce our production of PhDs, Research 1 jobs are going to remain a relatively small piece of the pie. A third of the jobs available involve some kind of writing program administration. Another third are in Technical and Professional Writing.
Alex Reid says:
I think that's an important point about pedagogy. I'd like to think how that works through the shifts and diversifications in rhetoric that we're seeing. Part of it is a movement from FYC pedagogy into a wider range of pedagogical situations. Another is thinking through the relationship between developing expertise and interest in pedagogy while not necessarily focusing one's research on the classroom or students. There's a link there with the PTW third that you mention. The WPA aspect is more troubling to me (and I say that as someone who just spent 7 years as a WPA). What I see is that so much of a WPA's job is managing the disciplinary and institutional contradictions of a general education writing curriculum housed either in an English department or outside a department structure. In a way, it's good that such jobs are there for rhet/comp phds (including myself) but it is still troubling to see so much of our discipline become a permanent managerial class.
dvsnothere says:
What do you think of the fortunes for rhet/comp in, say, a Communication department and organized as a study of "written" communication and/or writing studies? Does this just trade in one poor master for another?


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Set on Tarifa's unspoiled Los Lances Beach, Beach Hotel Dos Mares offers an outdoor pool with views of the sea and Morocco, a tennis court, gym, windsurf school and horse riding.
Bungalows Bahía de la Plata is a camping site located 1148 feet from the beach in Bahía de la Plata Bay. Zahara de los Atunes is only 0.6 mi away.
Located in Tarifa, 9 miles from Punta Paloma, Kitehouse has accommodations with free WiFi. The units have a fully equipped kitchenette with dining area, a microwave and a toaster.
Set in the heart of this charming town, Alameda provides a great base to explore Tarifa and the surrounding landscape of the Costa de la Luz.
598 properties found in EL Chaparral.


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General Qamar Javed Bajwa appointed Pakistan Army Chief
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Pakistan's Army chief and the overall most favorite person in the country, General Raheel Sharif will be handing over the command to the next and upcoming chief; General Qamar Javed Bajwa on the 29th of November 2016. General Zubair Mahmood Hayat will be fulfilling the role of Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.
An official notification regarding the changes will be released soon.
Things you should know about General Qamar Javed Bajwa
He was next up in seniority list.
He was the inspector General Training and Development. General Raheel Sharif was also the inspector before he became the COAS.
He has commanded Corp 10 which is considered as the largest and one of the most significant Corps.
He has served as the chief of Force Command Northern Areas.
He commanded as the Brigadier in a peace mission to Congo.
He has a vast experience in Kashmir and Northern areas issues which makes him the perfect fit for Pakistan's current problems.
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