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I am attempting to filter every notification through espeak. However, I can't seem to find a way to get the notification body from a python script, or even what signal_name to listen to.
Trying to google for this only seems to yield results involving creating new notifications, so I am completely lost now.
Anyone can help me with this?
In short, what I want is to listen for incoming notifications using python, and obtaining the "body" attribute of the notification.
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It seems a notification doesn't produce a signal i.e., dbus-monitor "type='signal',interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'" shows nothing but dbus-monitor "interface='org.freedesktop.Notifications'" shows notifications (type is 'method_call' not 'signal'). – J.F. Sebastian Sep 7 '12 at 21:34
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By notifications you mean the "OSD bubbles" that some software sends, like changing volume, IM chat, etc? You want to create a python program to capture those?
Well, Ask Ubuntu is not a programmer's QA, and software development is a bit beyond the scope, but here is a little code I did do capture notification bubbles:
import glib
import dbus
from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
def notifications(bus, message):
if message.get_member() == "Notify":
print [arg for arg in message.get_args_list()]
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
mainloop = glib.MainLoop()
Leave this running in a terminal, then open another terminal window and test it:
notify-send --icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/debian-logo.png "My Title" "Some text body"
And the program will output this:
[dbus.String(u'notify-send'), dbus.UInt32(0L), dbus.String(u'/usr/share/pixmaps/debian-logo.png'), dbus.String(u'My Title'), dbus.String(u'Some text body'),...
As you may have guessed, message.get_args_list()[0] is the sender, [2] for icon, [3] for summary and [4] for body text.
For the meaning of the other fields, check the official specification docs
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Subject: Re: private loan - details, details... Date: 8/4/2004 2:16 AM
Author: JAFO31 Number: 72734 of 120439
Foolferlove: "I'd like to take a loan out at the first bank of Lorenzo too. 4 percent sounds real good to me! Where should I send the application?
Actually, I do have a real question...Can I loan money to a family member and charge zero interest with an indefinite repayment period? Or is this kind of loan somehow a no-no since it can be used to get around gift taxes?"
IIRC, it can create phantom income for the lender (and potential gift tax issues if the loan is relatively large). My recollection is a bit hazy, but a believe that there is a de minimis exception for loan below a certain size (mayber 10k?); but in any event, if the loan is has a below market rate --- by reference to some applicable "federal funds" rate --- then the IRS will impute additional interest until the rate is at the "federal funds" rate the the lender needs to recognize phantom income (as if the interest were paid and then gifted).
For example (all numbers hypothetical) if Daddy Warbucks loans Warbucks Junior $800k at zero interest when the applicable rate should be 4%, then Daddy Warbucks is deemed to have 32k in phantom interest income (800k * [4% - 0% charged]) on which income tax is due and is also deemed to have made a gift of the 32k interest not collected, which is larger than the 11k annual exemption (or 22k if Daddy Warbucks is married), so a gift tax return would also be due, unless Warbucks, Jr. is married, too - because 32k less than 44k available from a married couple to another married couple.
One fo the resident pros will need to add the exact details and citation.
Regards, JAFO
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I'll preface this with I don't know if anyone else who's been programming as long as I have actually has this problem, but at the very least, the answer might help someone with less xp.
I just stared at this code for 5 minutes, thinking I was losing my mind that it didn't work:
var usedNames = new HashSet<string>();
Func<string, string> l = (s) =>
for (int i = 0; ; i++)
var next = (s + i).TrimEnd('0');
if (!usedNames.Contains(next))
return next;
Finally I noticed I forgot to add the used name to the hash set.
Similarly, I've spent minutes upon minutes over omitting context.SaveChanges().
I think I get so distracted by the details that I'm thinking about that some really small details become invisible to me - it's almost at the level of mental block.
Are there tactics to prevent this?
update: a side effect of asking this was fixing the error it would have for i > 9 (Thanks!)
var usedNames = new HashSet<string>();
Func<string, string> name = (s) =>
string result = s;
for (int i = 1; ; result = s + i++)
if (!usedNames.Contains(result))
return result;
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Why are you calling .TrimEnd('0')? What happens when you get up to 10? – SLaks Oct 31 '11 at 17:28
Kind of like asking: Is a way to prevent me from doing subtraction when I meant to do addition? – mikerobi Oct 31 '11 at 17:28
I find explaining the algorithm to someone else, will quickly make me realise where I've gone wrong. – Ray Oct 31 '11 at 17:31
@Slaks - good point - its so the first iteration doesn't doesn't append a number - it won't make it to 10 :) – Aaron Anodide Oct 31 '11 at 17:31
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A unit test likely would've / should've caught this omission.
Assert.AreEqual("NEXT", obj.GetNextName("NEXT"));
Assert.AreEqual("NEXT1", obj.GetNextName("NEXT"));
It would also catch the likely bug you'll have when i = 10.
Assert.AreEqual("NEXT9", obj.GetNextName("NEXT"));
/* your TrimEnd call could be a bug */
Assert.AreEqual("NEXT10", obj.GetNextName("NEXT"));
Test-driven development is proactive by its definition. In your example, you would immediately see that it wasn't working as designed and you would get feedback as to what it was returning.
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You could ask someone else to look over your code.
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Experience is the best defense here.
Over time, you should become more adept at spotting these omissions from the observed behavior.
(You should also become more adept at not making them in the first place)
Stepping through the code line-by-line in the debugger should also highlight what's missing.
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I personally find it helpful to describe my methods in comments before writing the implementation code. That way, if I forget something, or if someone else picks it up in two weeks time, they will know what was 'supposed' to happen and should be able to implement it themselves without needing to some and ask me!
MyMethod() {
//setup vars
//perform complex function
//set flag for something or other
//save changes
It won't prevent the 'I've made an error in the algorithm' type issues, unless you really go low level with the commenting, but it should prevent the 'forgotten to save changes' type errors.
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its funny, i stopped doing that when i got wind that hip developers don't comment every line - but it's probably something that would help me to go back to – Aaron Anodide Oct 31 '11 at 17:49
There is a fine line between commenting things for the sake of it and adding useful annotation, but I try to think of it like a comment interface, if you will! That way when I satisfy my comment contracts I may remove them, but sometime they are useful for others to see what was going through my mind at the time! – dougajmcdonald Oct 31 '11 at 18:12
@Gabriel Also, nothing personal as I'm aware you're not making this statement. But from a personal perspective I resent the arrogance of certain developers who make comments like 'A good developer should just 'understand the code'' and the such like, in my opinion, anything which makes code easier to understand when you come back to it in say 2 years time, is worth adding in. It should save time/money in the long run. This is especially true in team environments when experience levels in certain areas may vary vastly. – dougajmcdonald Oct 31 '11 at 18:15
You picked up on the undercurrent of my comment - I jokingly think to myself that "EDD", ego driven development, will be the next big thing :) – Aaron Anodide Oct 31 '11 at 18:23
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"Java object creation is the most expensive operation you could perform". Mind sharing the source of that claim? – Songo May 22 '12 at 9:23
And - most expensive operation as compared to what? Compared to calculating pi to 900 digits or compared to incrementing an int? – jasonk May 22 '12 at 9:55
Most expensive (primitive) operation is actually creating a very large array... – Mehrdad May 23 '12 at 6:20
This is one of the most funny things I've ever heard about programming .) – Mert May 24 '12 at 8:58
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Your colleague has no idea what they are talking about. Your most expensive operation would be listening to them, they wasted your time mis-directing you to information at least a decade out of date as well as you having to spend time posting here and researching the Internet for the truth.
Hopefully they are just ignorantly regurgitating something they heard or read from a decade ago and don't know any better. I would take anything else they say as suspect as well, this should be a well known fallacy by anyone that keeps up to date either way.
Current GC algorithms are actually optimized for creating many many small objects that are short lived, that is basically the 99% heuristic for Java objects in every program. Object Pooling will actually make the JVM preform worse in most cases. The only Objects that need pooling today are Objects that refer to finite resources that are external to the JVM; Sockets, Files, Database Connections, etc.
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+1: "Your most expensive operation would be listening to them ...". Best I've heard for some time. – Cwan May 22 '12 at 8:16
@DeadMG, even with the cumulative GC overhead, Java can be faster than C++ (e.g., due to the heap compaction, minimising cache misses for certain data structures). – SK-logic May 22 '12 at 8:43
@DeadMG, what are you talking about? There are no extra indirections. And no, you cannot match the proper GC performance with the custom allocators, pools and all that. Please do not come back to this topic unless you're able to prove that you can infer a region-based memory management scheme for any possible program in, say, simple lambda calculus. You cannot compactify manually a custom binary tree coming from runtime-dependant data. – SK-logic May 22 '12 at 8:52
@Matsemann that is exactly the false information that the OP is referring to. It hasn't been accurate for a decade. Object polling is relevant for resources external to the JVM and that are finite, like DB Connections/Network Sockets. All that old mumbo jumbo about Object pooling in any other context is voodoo now. – Jarrod Roberson May 22 '12 at 18:06
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+1 Even though the garbage collector "just works", every Java programmer should learn about the generational garbage collector. – benzado May 22 '12 at 13:16
An the next step for escape analysis is to "allocate" memory for small object purely in registers (for example a Point object could fit in 2 general purpose registers). – Joachim Sauer May 23 '12 at 5:34
@Joachim Sauer: That's kind of what is done in the newer implementations of the HotSpot VM. It's called scalar replacement. – someguy May 24 '12 at 15:02
@someguy: I've read about it some time ago as the next thing, but didn't follow up to check if it's already done. It's excellent news to hear that we already have this. – Joachim Sauer May 24 '12 at 19:31
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Wow! 20+ MB to process 50 rows of data? Sounds crazy. In any case, are those objects long-lived? Because that's the case that would matter for GC. If on the other hand you're merely discussing memory requirements, that's unrelated to garbage collection or object creation efficiency... – Andres F. May 22 '12 at 23:52
Objects are short-lived (less than 0.5sec in the general case). That volume of garbage still affects performance. – jasonk May 23 '12 at 23:17
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Its worth noting that escape analysis will allow short lived (bounded life) objects to be stored on the stack, these objects can be deallocated for free ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp09275/index.html – Richard Tingle Jun 27 '13 at 10:36
@Richard: great point - escape analysis provides some very good optimisations. You have to be careful about relying on it though: it isn't guaranteed to happen in all Java implementations and in all circumstances. So you often need to benchmark to be sure. – mikera Jun 27 '13 at 11:43
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Most modern JVM's support better garbage collection algorithms than "stop the world". The amortized time spent in garbage collection is frequently less than what is spent explicitly calling malloc/free. Also does C++ memory management run in a separate thread? – user1249 May 22 '12 at 6:59
I don't think any of the standard garbage collectors shipped with the JVM support pauseless GC yet - the pause is shorter but not gone. Some are working on pauseless GC: infoq.com/news/2010/09/bigmemory en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azul_Systems Also here's a StackOverlow thread that mentions the deallocation method I referred to: stackoverflow.com/questions/390102/… – greg May 22 '12 at 12:05
Depends on which JVM you use. We use a non-x86 IBM JVM for production, which can do pauseless gc. – user1249 May 22 '12 at 12:07
The newer Java versions from Oracle can do escape analysis, which means that objects that don't escape a method are allocated on the stack, which makes cleaning them up free - they are automatically deallocated when the method returns. – Jesper May 22 '12 at 14:37
@Mehrdad - it runs in parallel without pausing the JVM. It does - however - stop the world if the gc cannot keep up (a gc is requested before the previous gc has finished). This usually happens only when swapping badly. – user1249 May 23 '12 at 7:48
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Other than that, the above answers hold true.
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Read the question again. It does not specify JVM anywhere including the tags. It only mentions Java. – Peter Kelly May 22 '12 at 15:08
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the GC is tuned for many short lived object
that said if you can trivially reduce object allocation you should
String str = "";
str+= appendingString;
you can easily rewrite this into:
StringBuilder strB = new StringBuilder();
String str = strB.toString();
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the biggest advantage in this StringBuilder approach is the pre-size the StringBuilder so that it never has to reallocate the underlying array with the StringBuilder(int) constructor. This makes it a single allocation, rather than a 1+N allocations. – Jarrod Roberson May 22 '12 at 18:11
@JarrodRoberson StringBuilder will at least double the current capacity or in other words the capacity will grow exponentially for only log(n) allocations – ratchet freak May 22 '12 at 19:09
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If the additional cost is moved to the 'if (firstTime)', than recreating class in a loop is still more expensive than reusing the class. – Alex May 24 '12 at 14:19
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It would be very constructive if people put comment also while down voting any answer. After all we are all here to share knowledge, and simply passing judgment without proper reason is not going to serve any purpose. – AKS Aug 2 '13 at 11:33
Stack exchange should have some mechanism to notify users who down vote any answer, when comment is posted on that answer. – AKS Aug 2 '13 at 16:46
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2. Know the exact address.
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3. Know currency rules.
Worst scenario ever: You're on line waiting to pay for those seriously jaw-dropping [insert brand name here] heels, only to throw down your AmeEx and hear "sorry, cash only." What's worse: There's no guarantee that sale staffers will hold your goods while you run to the ATM.
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Also: many sample sales require you to check your bag, so choose clothing with pockets to store you cell phone and your wallet.
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As a Bitcoin advocate, I think it's more likely that people fear what they don't understand. There's this new thing out so people (news services) are looking for the scary stories. Criminal activity in Bitcoin usage is dwarfed by that in the USD, even proportionally
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Comment: Re:Why? (Score 1) 766
by executioner (#46397759) Attached to: The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM"
I think the hate is for the unnecessary and repugnant DRM they are going to force on their consumers in the next incarnation of the product. Personally the DRM guarantees I will not be upgrading, I like my Dunkin Donuts coffee and i'm sure they will be considered a knock off as there are limited places to purchase them. They must be feeling the pain of the K-cups being made by everyone. Although I'm not sure as a company that implementing DRM is the best way for them to go, I see lots of customer complaints happening after release.. (what do you mean I can only use green mountain coffee brands?) then they will go and my the mister coffee k-cup machine that doesn't have DRM in it.
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by executioner (#44497997) Attached to: Version 2.0 of 3D-Printed Rifle Successfully Fires 14 Rounds
" These guns are made specifically to make dodging regulations easier. This shows a disdain for the will of people. If you don't like the gun control laws then go and change them. If your political system is corrupt - go and change it." dodging which regulation exactly, it is perfectly legal for a citizen to create/make their own guns as long as they don't sell it. The will of the people ? People want access to firearms for many reasons this just makes it easier for someone with the available cash to purchase a printer and materials to create something for themselves.
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after it being out only a couple days there was a uninstall/comment that her mother was tagged as owning a SKS (she didn't) Lots of room for incorrect tags on this add to it the potential for criminal abuse (theft) hope he has a 5 star legal defense team.
Comment: Re:Whoosh (Score 1) 547
by executioner (#44060493) Attached to: Microsoft Kills Xbox One Phone-Home DRM
The graphic specs have a noticeable difference in their capabilities. the PS4 is far superior in the graphics department then the XB1. I found the Kinect to decent (at least for the games I have played with it) but I do not like the always listening part of the new connect. The DRM was just plain stupid as the backlash started over a year ago when the rumors first came out that they were going to tank the used games on the system. Why the expected it to get better once they announced it I'll never understand. It just allowed Sony and the PS4 to severely spank them at E3 this year by being that stupid.
Comment: Re:BS (Score 1) 953
by executioner (#43525645) Attached to: Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade
I disagree being lazy has nothing to do with it. I have found many specialized software applications while appealing because they are designed for the niche market are too costly a) to purchase and b) to costly to maintain. some users wish they hadn't spent that much on it. I had an incident many years ago with a building company they asked me to sit in as a technical consultant on some presentations on job costing software. I knew his current setup for software. Both companies provided great pitches but cost wise one was $15,000 and $5-8,000 in maintenance fees per year and the other one was in the same realm but more expensive. After they left I told him technically both solutions would do the job he was looking for but require him to tie himself to their companies to continue using the software as once he stopped paying the maintenance fees the software would shut down. I suggested he wait a month and purchase the job costing software from quicken (would have tied nicely with his accounting software) and spend $99 a little additional customizing and it would do the same job. with no fees. He choose to go with the $15,000 solution and exactly a month later he received a postcard with the job costing software for $99 in the mail.
Comment: Re:They don't have to be (just generate a GUID) (Score 1) 327
by executioner (#41231401) Attached to: Networked Cars: Good For Safety, Bad For Privacy
yes but you miss the point the cars will not think it is as unimportant as we do and will log all activity (car connection) then they will add a bluetooth module that either interrupts the radio with a targeted ad for wal-mart that you are driving by based on the fact you stopped my the local pet store last week. unfortunately it is a slippery slope when it starts being added without protections from the start.
Comment: verizon (Score 1) 294
by executioner (#39147867) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Mobile Phone Solution With No Data Plan?
I use the LG Cosmos it is considered a basic phone (no data plan required) but can use it for email, web, has a built in music player and camera. and think it has been moved to the free category now (was 99 when i got it) I use it for texting, phone and music mostly so it handles what i need it to.
Comment: Re:Technology could be so cool (Score 1) 150
by executioner (#38876543) Attached to: Tenative Ruling Against Kaleidescape in DVD CCA Case
-Embrace streaming. The infrastructure is there. The technology is mature. Drive-in theaters died a long time ago, and so will megaplexes. Deal with it. Stop fighting Netflix. Stop trying to cling onto your antiquated distribution platform..
I couldn't agree more the antiquated distribution platform needs a rewrite for the 21st century. Although Drive-in theaters are not completely dead yet. We have one locally where I am at that shows double features every night during the summer showing current movies or sometimes ones that have been out a few months. I can get myself and my two boys in for less then $10 and about the same for snacks. so for $20 I get three people into see 2 movies. go to a traditional movie theatre and that has just ballooned to $50 or $60 dollars for the 3 of us to see 1 movie. I'll continue to go to the Drive-in as long as it is around 78th year this coming season I believe.
I also have to agree with the person who said that Money (or some sort of Graft) had to have changed hands for the judge to change so radically from 2007 to now. It is a sad commentary on were we are heading when judges and politicians cannot be bothered to do what is right and actually try to learn about what they are making laws about. the content laws and changes from the content industries that they are trying to make like, Game companies trying to kill the used game market, (you know resale of movies and cds will be next), SOPA (lets not forget C-11 in Canada, ACTA in Europe etc. they are trying to get the provisions passed outside the US and then will come back and say they have these laws lets be equals), DCMA, RIAA/MPAA biting the hand that feeds it by suing customers.
I forsee a day when my consumption of media companies content will be at zero, i have already made my decision if the new Xbox 720 comes out with used game restrictions I will stay on the current systems and continue to purchase the games that do not have these restrictions.
What ever happened to the days of fair use it seems like it is slowly dying a painful death at the hands of media companies that would rather we pay for media each time we listen to it.
Comment: Re:Oh, Canada (Score 1) 231
by executioner (#38825307) Attached to: Canadian SOPA Could Target YouTube
yeah that whole freedom of speech is a pesky problem for the MPAA/RIAA. Though I think its high time to start taking that freedom of speech and walk away from consuming the stuff that they produce. I haven't had cable TV in over a year, If I go to the movies it is the local drive in that I get to see 2 movies for me and my 2 boys for $10 and popcorn and drinks for a extra $10. There are so many other ways to spend time without helping to fill their coffers to buy politicians and further their agenda.
Comment: Did you plug it in (Score 1) 181
by executioner (#38794435) Attached to: Tales of IT Idiocy
I worked for a company that had the contract for all the state computers. I had one office call me one day with the our printer is not working. Asking the all important question "is it plugged in?" i got a rather quick response so I asked a couple other routine questions and asked again if someone got under the table and verified the printer was plugged in. I got a yes we did that. After the 90 minute drive out to the location I walked in crawled under the table plugged in the printer, wrote out the bill for my drive time and went back to the shop. At least it was a Nice summer day out :)
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I have the following situation:
1. I have a User Control with just a single Grid inside.
2. The Grid has its first column as a checkbox column, which is bound to the IsSelected property of CustomerModel
3. ItemsSource for the Grid is bound to List< CustomerModel>
4. When the user checks any of the CheckBoxes the corresponding IsSelected property of CustomerModel is getting updated
1. I added a dependency property to the UserControl named "SelectedCustomerItems", and I want it to return a List< CustomerModel> (Only for IsSelected = true)
2. This UserControl is placed on another Window
3. The Dependency Property "SelectedCustomerItems" is bound to "SelectedCustomers" property inside the WindowViewModel
But I am not getting the SelectedCustomer Items through this dependency property. Breakpoint is not hitting in Get{} Please suggest....
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Just wrap the CustomerModel in a CustomerViewModel which contains the IsSelected property. You don't need to put DependencyProperties in the UI to hold your data. – HighCore Mar 26 '13 at 20:45
Thanks HiCore, I already have it. The issue i am facing is: When i give this User Control to another User, how can he get SelectedCustmerItems from the UserControl into his ViewModel – user1386121 Mar 26 '13 at 21:00
"Selected / Non Selected" is not a responsibility of the View (IMO). Rather, have a CheckBox bound to the IsSelected property of the thing. Then it's a matter of .Where(x => X.IsSelected). – HighCore Mar 26 '13 at 21:07
I am agree. I just want another User to read all Selected data from my user control. How to do it. – user1386121 Mar 26 '13 at 21:18
Sorry, you don't seem to understand. Please post your current code and XAML, so I can tell you how to fix it. – HighCore Mar 26 '13 at 21:20
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Implement your DPs this way:
#region SomeProperty
/// <summary>
/// The <see cref="DependencyProperty"/> for <see cref="SomeProperty"/>.
/// </summary>
public static readonly DependencyProperty SomePropertyProperty =
// other types here may be appropriate for your situ
new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(null, OnSomePropertyPropertyChanged));
/// <summary>
/// Called when the value of <see cref="SomePropertyProperty"/> changes on a given instance of <see cref="SomeType"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="d">The instance on which the property changed.</param>
private static void OnSomePropertyPropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
(d as SomeType).OnSomePropertyChanged(e.OldValue as object, e.NewValue as object);
/// <summary>
/// Called when <see cref="SomeProperty"/> changes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="oldValue">The old value</param>
/// <param name="newValue">The new value</param>
private void OnSomePropertyChanged(object oldValue, object newValue)
/// <summary>
/// The name of the <see cref="SomeProperty"/> <see cref="DependencyProperty"/>.
/// </summary>
public const string SomePropertyPropertyName = "SomeProperty";
/// <summary>
/// </summary>
public object SomeProperty
get { return (object)GetValue(SomePropertyProperty); }
set { SetValue(SomePropertyProperty, value); }
You must understand that a DependencyProperty isn't just a property with a bunch of junk added, its a hook into the WPF Binding system. This is a vast, complex system that lives below the sea level upon which your DP daintily floats. It behaves in ways that you will not expect, unless you actually learn it.
You are experiencing the first revelation all of us had with DPs: Bindings do NOT access DependencyProperty values via the property accessors (i.e., get and set methods). These property accessors are convenience methods for you to use from code only. You could dispense with them and use DependencyObject.GetValue and DependencyObject.SetValue, which are the actual hooks into the system (see the implementation of the getters/setters in my example above).
If you want to listen for change notification, you should do what I have done above in my example. You can add a change notification listener when registering your DependencyProperty. You can also override the "Metadata" of inherited DependencyProperties (I do this all the time for DataContext) in order to add change notification (some use the DependencyPropertyDescriptor for this, but I've found them to be lacking).
But, whatever you do, do NOT add code to the get and set methods of your DependencyProperties! They won't be executed by binding operations.
For more information about how DependencyProperties work, I highly suggest reading this great overview on MSDN.
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I am working with a Rails 3RC app and using Phusion Passenger for the first time. It takes about 30 seconds to start up the app on the first request and here is the typical memory consumption for each ruby process in my app:
PID VMSize Private Name
18161 263.5 MB 75.4 MB Rack: /rails_apps/my_app/current
Is that typical memory consumption? My app is about 11MB ( < 4MB if you dont include my /public assets).
It runs fine after the first request if there is one user, but I run into problems when I run some of my custom stress testing scripts, and also when I use my search suggestion feature which makes a bunch of quick ajax calls(which I expected, because the next request comes thru before the first one finishes). Here is what I find odd.. the server starts spawning Ruby threads which take an additional 30 seconds to load, but no other requests can go thru while the spawning is taking place. Just to double check, I tested with browsers on other networks while the processes were spawning just to make sure it was not something specific to my local machine (like all requests being served from one process). These browser requests had to wait until all the new spawns were complete.
So my question is.. is this the typical behaviour of Passenger? Waiting on spawning before any other request can come thru? From looking at the documentation I would think that the other request would be handled by idle ruby processes while the spawning was happening. Here are the versions I am using in case you guys are aware of any incompatabilities. Thanks in advance! I really don't want to go back to Mongrel ;-)
my setup
Quarter slice Rackspace Cloud (4GB RAM & 1/4 of dual quad core)
CentOS 5.4
Rails 3.0RC
ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-05-31 revision 28117) [x86_64-linux]
Passenger 2.2.15 with mongrel
nginx config options:
passenger_max_pool_size 30;
passenger_enabled on; #in / location block..
I tried conservative spawning and I am seeing the same behavior.
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I guess this is the expected behavior of Passenger. According to the Passenger blog: "Previously, when application processes are being spawned, Phusion Passenger is unable to handle HTTP requests until the processes are done spawning, because Phusion Passenger is holding the lock on the application pool while this is happening." I find it hard to believe that Passenger could be used on an app that has a high traffic. It could take 5 minutes for an app to respond after a restart. Aside from that Passenger looks good.. looking forward to v3. guess I have to stick w/ mongrel for now. – cowboycoded Aug 14 '10 at 2:07
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Passenger 3 is out with asynchronous spawning. You can even set a minimum number of processes to keep around.
Even with the old behavior, most high-traffic sites don't experience this problem because:
1. Spawning the first process is usually much faster. For me, Rails apps typically take 5 seconds to spawn.
2. The smart spawning method makes spawning additional processes much faster, typically requiring only 10% of the original time.
3. People with high-traffic websites typically set their pool idle times to higher values so that processes don't get shut down during the day and only clean themselves up during the night.
Your memory usage is a bit high. Most Rails apps I've seen require 20-50 MB of private memory.
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Hongli, thanks for the resonse and thanks for the work you guys have done on Passenger! Passenger 3 looks amazing.. especially the new spawning and zero-downtime restarts. With these new features, the problems I described in my question are not an issue. As for the memory consumption and the process startup time, after using mongrel and thin for the same application, I believe this to be a problem with Rails 3 apps that have many dependencies. Looks like alot of overhead was added to Rails 3 startup time (Bundler, etc..) – cowboycoded Sep 19 '10 at 14:45
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I have an iphone app, and I need to capture some data right as the app is about to close...
Is it possible to associate a method call with the clicking of the iphone home button? So that I can get the most recent and current data of a particular type that I can?
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There's a few callbacks that get sent to the application delegate depending on the type of "close".
- (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application;
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application;
Use this method to release shared resources, save user data, invalidate timers, and store enough application state information to restore your application to its current state in case it is terminated later. If your application supports background execution, called instead of applicationWillTerminate: when the user quits.
- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(UIApplication *)application;
Called when the application is about to terminate.
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Additional Note - these can all be registered for at NSNotificationCenter if you need to be alerted in something other than the appDelegate – Jbonniwell Oct 29 '10 at 2:30
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The applicationWillResignActive delegate is a good place to save data before an app closes, but may be called when the app is only going to be temporarily interrupted, or stored in the background for an indeterminate period.
Under iOS 4.0 and later, applicationWillTerminate is not called, even if the app is about to be killed while in the background. So it's really only useful for some added iOS 3.x support.
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Because def/acc/crit is poorly balanced and allocated to begin with. And so they should go bye bye! Poof! Gone!
We don't even need to consider how nonsensical it is that the enemy using crippling fire to destroy your ship is somehow invisible!
Placate on landing a Crit. Why is this garbage? Well it's garbage because it favors ships that do two things well. Hit, and crit! If you have a ship that can do those things often, you're in! It is particularly useful against targets that are easy to hit and crit!
It is not very useful against targets that are hard to hit and crit. Poopy!
Placate on being hit. Why is this garbage? Well its garbage because it indiscriminately activates regardless of the source of the damage. Sci abilities were never balanced on having to 'hit' the target. Not that many tac abilites are, but lets not visit that just yet. So you have a long duration low damage but very useful hold being broken due to this. Because it happens to pulse a small bit of damage. Or your turret plink plink plink set off the placate. It just doesn't make sense. On the one hand, this is VERY nice for those larger type of ships. They could use some sort of avoidance. NOT a great way to put it in the game though. Giving this to small fast wittle ships is almost criminal. Yah. Cause they NEEDED more defense, they were running out.
I'd like to say, that if this placate could be tweaked to only proc off of incoming energy weapons damage it would be better. And then if we could limit it to cruisers and sci's.....
but I digress.
It is similar to defense in that it ignores facets of the incoming damage. If any damage can cause a placate...well....ok. But not all damage was required to hit before....sooo.
Jam sensors, ams, ss, are boff abilites or console. Yah I know we all love ams. Still they are a little bit higher on the cost scale, and they have a bit of a CD and an immunity that sorta works.
And yes, as has been pointed out, only firing once to kill someone works, but I don't see that becoming a universally adopted strategy.
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I’m an autodidact...
He writes and thinks like one.
Yes, it explains a lot. There's nothing wrong with being self-taught, but declaring one's knowledge to be superior when it's never been tested in an academic or peer-review environment is beyond presumptuous.
There's a world of difference between working one's way through a science curriculum and reading Scientific American. I think a semester in an advanced physics course would provide Dave with some much-needed humility. Maybe I'll dig up an old textbook and let him try his hand at solving some problems.
Oh, wait, I already posed a problem back in March:
Given a 700 nm photon, assuming it came from a black body, what is the probability that the temperature of the black body is between 4139 K and 4141 K?
How you coming on that, Dave?
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Production volumes are so low these are small lines, in Ilford's case taking up the same sort of floor space as their test/pilot coating line which is used for test coatings of film and paper and also things like filters. All emulsions are test coated and checked before final coating on the main coating line. A short glass plate run is relatively labour intensive needing two people one loading the plates the other almost catching at the end of the line. However when glass plates were the norm different coating lines were in use and plates were cut to size after coating in many cases.
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I completely agree with this reasoning. I would also add that 1080p lets you comfortably sit much closer than 1.5x SW (in fact most think it's necessary to take full advantage of the resolution/detail). That makes 1080p and CIH an ideal combination.
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Anyone who already has a projector and is thinking of getting a 2.35:1 screen and using the zoom method should try this experiment: First calculate the height of the screen you are considering and then project a 2.35:1 image on your current screen (or a wall) at that height. I'd recommend aligning the bottom edge of the image with the bottom of the screen so at least one black bar disappears. Obviously it won't fit correctly, but it will show you exactly what the...
I completely agree with Thunder as far as the most important reason to do CIH (if the room will allow it). I'm not afraid to admit that I'll be using the "uncool" zoom method with the RS1. I'm actually limited to using around minimum throw in a small room, so I don't really have a choice. However, I'm anticipating fantastic results, as my Panny 900 already looks very good on my 8ft wide 2.35:1 screen.
Using the zoom method definitely requires having light absorbing material on the screen wall (and frame). I personally have Duvetyne on mine. Using my current Panny 900, on the VERY darkest scenes(think The Descent), I can detect a slight brightening on the wall due to the black bars. Otherwise it looks perfect. I'm almost positive that the blacker blacks of the RS1 will completely eliminate this minor problem. The zoom method does demand some sacrifices. It's highly...
I agree that 1080p should make using a lens less necessary from almost all reasonable seating distances (as long as brightness is adequate on the given screen size). At the very least it should be even more important to use a quality lens and set it up correctly. It seems to me that since 1080p projectors inherently have very high quality lenses to fully resolve all the resolution, it's even more likely that adding a low to mid-level lens would do more harm than good.
It's simply like watching a 16:9 screen that is the same height as, and centered on your 2.35:1 screen. Should be easy to calculate. I find that the side bars distract very little as they are more in the peripheral and almost "feel" like curtains (which I might add someday).
Here's a real-world example that convinced me to go CIH. When I decided to upgrade to 1080p I started experimenting and realized that 2.35 movies would likely look amazing at around 1.0 SW. From experience, however, I knew that 1.0 SW was WAY too big for most 16:9 material (too much height). I now have a 2.35:1 screen viewed from about 1 SW which effectively gives me a 16:9 screen viewed from just under 1.4 SW. It feels like the best of both worlds and so far the "black...
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War and peace in Syria
Where are the good guys?
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Alzheimer's disease starts off with a loss of short-term term memory.
And the Economist seems to suffering from Alzheimer's; it seems to have forgotten its series of warmongering articles of a few months ago exhorting military intervention in Syria.
Stavros Saripanidis
I wonder where all those agencies that hire and employ international mercenaries are hiding.
Are they too afraid to offer military contracts for time served fighting in Syria?
Are they capable only to offer military protection to rich environmentalists in Africa?
Sirs, some months you published a cover with Assad's head demanding "hit him hard", claiming that he bears sole responsibility for the horrible gas attacks. It reminded me of your coverage of Gulf War I and II. At the time I was wondering on which intelligence and facts your conclusion was based on to demand swift war....in the meantime many insights including those presented by Seymour Heish emerged that are undermining the credibility of your sources.
The new claim that a war would have prevented the rise of the Islamists is for me also not very credible . Based on events in Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya, Islamists tend not to turn away when the West rages war against a Muslim country... I wish that such an outstanding paper as The Economist would be more humble in their assessments.
No Way,
Best thing Putin ever did is make it difficult for the US to get involved with Syria. Now the USA is ecstatic they did not get involved in Syria and have oodles of reasons to back away further.
The Middle East is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining a solution. NOT the USA. Like you said, if the Middle Eastern plan is to support the selected 'bad guys' - so be it!
Another article that vindicates those who opposed military intervention.
U.S. FP needs to refocus on diplomacy, instead of seeing every problem as a military problem.
PIIGS can´t fly
Syria is not in Hollywood
Life can be so disappointing! Wouldn´t it be nice if for every bad guy there was also a good guy, and a beautiful maiden, and a happy ending, like in Hollywood movies.
Okay, Assad is a bad guy. But that does not mean that whoever is fighting him must be a good guy. Hitler´s Germany was defeated by Russia more than any other country, which does not prove that Stalin was any better than Hitler.
Recently TE has been arguing for military involvement in Syria, just like some American politicians. You don´t learn from experience: Fools rush in ... and can make a bad situation worse. Remember Iraq?
neillwa . in reply to Abdussamad
Yes. Let him go back to Aleppo and fight with the Jihadists. Perhaps he will be martyred and end up in heaven with all those virgins.
I have been to Damascus and seen a LOT of support for President Assad. I'm sure not all Syrians like him, but he does have many many people who back him.
It's way too late to support the good guys. We should've done something immediately after Assad fired on peaceful protesters. That was our window and we blew it. There are no good options left.
Syria would become another Afghanistan (pre-war) if the Islamists win; Salafists are hardline fundamentalists and they are usually sympathetic to al Qaeda (who are also Salafist) if they're not openly supporting them. After the jihadists are done in Syria they'll move on to toppling the Iraqi government too (they kind of are already starting on that) and they will have been hardened by the Syrian conflict.
This can't be allowed to happen because they will have a safe base of operations to train more jihadists and to carry out attacks on Israel, Lebanon, the U.S., etc.. It will throw the whole region out of whack and would probably warrant military action from the Western powers at some point.
As horrible as it is, we probably need to back Assad at this point. The Free Syrian Army isn't an effective fighting force and there is no one else we should be supporting amongst the rebels. A jihadist government is just not going to be better than a ruthless dictator in terms of the threat posed to the West. They are equally ruthless, perhaps moreso. Those people need to lose this war.
But if Assad wins, he's going to murder the moderate and civilian elements of the resistance too and we don't want that either. So I think part of an agreement would be to allow those people to leave the country (if they want) and go to, I don't know, somewhere. Or divide the country between them (though that might not solve the conflict). These options suck.
The other option is to lean on Turkey and the Saudis to stop supporting Al-Qaeda elements in Syria. Why is that okay again? We should probably do that either way.
The Metaphysician
The UK is a disgrace as a sovereign state. The FCO has been led by the nose by US foreign policy idiots. Assad, like it or not, has been the best bet in Syria since the beginning of this tragic conflict. Why would any country follow the US's appalling ignorance-leadership? It's not as if the West - and I mean the US and its toady states - has made even one seriously good foreign policy decision since 9/11. The worst thing is that it was all foreseeable.
Amid Yousef
Saudi Arabian Bandar and his brother Sleiman are financing the attack on Syria. The SULTAN BROTHERS are a 2 man crime wave across the planet and somehow they avoid arrest and prosecution by BLACKMAIL with Saudi flow of Oil.
BANDAR is the real leader of AlQeda and mastermind behind 9/11 attack.
This makes Saudi Governemnt liable to USA for war reparations...
and now we know he may have been the main support of every major regional war since 1971.
l I urge all to call their Senator (USA) demanding arrest of these 2 international thugs *Call Senate 202-224-3121*!
Saudis have financed EVERY war and conflict since 1971...
Because we (USA) had cut a deal with the DEVIL in 1971 and here is how:
(Source: Thomas L. Friedman's book, Hot Flat & Crowded) Here is my summation, including personal observation:
1- 1971 Nixon lost of confidence of the world so they started pulling out the GOLD from USA.
2- France asked for its GOLD BACK, Nixon refused to give it and gave them PAPER instead.
3- To back the paper he cut a deal with Saudis King Faisal to sell Oil for dollars only, making Oil & dollars = Gold in value. In return USA pledged to protect SAUDI ARABIA. The Deal With The DEVIL!
USA told Saudis, do whatever you want, you will be protected
4- This arrangement was clever and created 2 countries with ability to print unlimited money. This WAS a mistake and a FRAUD on all nations and USA has been paying the price for it because the Monstrous Saudi Kings proved to be an ugly bunch... Real Ugly.
5- 1973, Saudi Kings led the Oil Embargo of 1973 to test America's sincerity. USA was brought down to its knees with long GAS lines.
6- 1979 internal strife bring a young man Named Usama Bin Laden to Grand Mosque where he demand the King steps down. They settle with Usama by promising him UNLIMITED money to go JIHAD so long as hee keeps it OUTSIDE Saudi Arabia.
7- 1982 1st country the Islamic Brotherhood (AlQaeda was just starting) attacked was Syria1st and soon Assad had Hama put down. (The world never let him live down the Hama Experience, but it seems he was suffering a Saudi Arabian Bin Laden just cutting his teeth on TERROR.
8- 1982-1989 after getting chased out of Syria, Afghanistan was next.
Bin Laden was funded by Hit-men of Saudi Arabian Monarchy and went to fight Russia in Afghanistan... Not for the Americans but for the SAUDIS.
9- 1992 Saudi Monarchy had its sight higher and soon Bin Laden's Ahmad Yousef (No Relation - Yousef is like Smith in USA, Jews, Christians and Muslims use that name) Ahmad tried to bring down the World Trade Center.
10- 2001- on 9-11 that day, 15 Saudis committed the worst TERROR attack in history on USA and to date. To make the insult bigger Bandar Bin Kharah(Now Hold important position in that thuggish country) was in the Whitehouse while the planes were on their way to hit the Pentagon…
11- Today (literally today) AlQuaeda Saudi Thugs under direction of Saudi Arabian Monarchy Bandar (Baboon) are shooting Missiles into Unarmed Christian Village called Malula, here LIVE VIDEO:
معلولا تحرقها نار الارهاب
********Saudi Arabian Monarchs Are Monsters, who've paid and financed every regional war, Saudi Kings are theTRUE OBSTACLE TO PEACE*****
Connect The Dots
Give free one way tickets to Syria for all Radical Muslim Jihadists and then cut them off.
Syria may prove to be the solution to world terror: Gladiator-Style Guerilla fight-to-the-death.
It is the World's Biggest Graveyard for Jihad.
***By the way, have you noticed Worldwide Terror outside of Islam is dramatically down?
Syria has solved world terror.
The "West" botched this beyond belief. They thought they could topple Assad, the same way they did in Libya. DIFFERENCE, Assad was one of the more pro-west leaders. He is highly intelligent (not a despot). The West and it's cronies turned Syria into the mess it is today and if Assad manages to survive, do you think he will forget what was done to his country?
Fahim Carim
Of course there are no good guys. There never are good guys. Only national interests. Right now for the US the national interest is to aid Israel an ally by keeping Syria in a civil war for 2-3 more years. This will probably cause the deaths of another 100,000 Syrians.
The war is not because Muslims enjoy fighting or Shites and Sunnis just don't get along or any other wild oversimplification that washes everybodies hands. It isn't because Bashar brutally suppressed pro-democracy protestors (nobody there wants western democracy). The wars is in the US and their allies national interest for Syria and it's allies (Iran/Hezbollah) to be occupied with a war.
It is not in the US interest for an outright victory by al-Qaeda. The US perfect solution is a long brutal war 2-5 more yrs with about 250-400k casualties 5mil displaced. Then a coalition gov with a weak "moderate" Hamid Karazai type Sunni leader in about 2 yr. this will neutralize Syria as a threat to Israel for 20 to 30yrs and Iran will lose a vital Arab ally.
Are there good guys in the Arab World?
Of course there are! The terrified millions of secular Arabs who cower under the authoritarianism of Islam or the authoritarianism of the military regimes. Those millions who would have willingly made peace with Israel so that the Middle East might have prospered in secular democratic states. But Islam and the Generals would NEVER prosper under these conditions so they made Israel the devil and the reason for all the Arab woes.
But things have got out of control and the Arab World is imploding from all its lies and viciousness.
Could you imagine if they had the atomic bomb as well?
Slow down cowboy! WE didn't foment these uprisings let alone choose their direction … as if WE controlled everything!
You said: "Muslim's are just as good as us if not better." AND
You said: "Like most countries their citizens are for the most part …"
YOU are either a Muslim apologist or a 'weak-minded' lefty liberal … the jury is still OUT!
No amount of coddling their miscreants will make them anything except what they are … you sound like you're singing the 'Coca-Cola Song' … LOL
You said: "How many more displaced Syrians in refugee camps do you want?"
That's entirely up to the 'thugs' on both sides … the vile genocidal Assad backed by HEZBOLLAH, RUSSIA, AND IRAN or the vile jihadi Islamists backed by QATAR/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY … wash your hands after you've picked … the stench will REFUSE TO GO AWAY!
Bluhorizon in reply to guest-wslmojs
Your comment makes me envision the marines storming ashore to Save Syria from itself. Maybe President Obama knew more than the general public at that time and was advised early-on that this was a sectarian war.
It's easy to look back with perfect hindsight and make excellent decisions. Blaming stuff on the president seems to be something with which certain people are obsessed.
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UEFA's disciplinary panel decided that the pair had committed deliberate fouls during the November 25 Group F match against Fiorentina in order to serve a one-match suspension during their team's meaningless final group stage match against Bayern Munich.
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Medical supply giant Stryker is the latest company to announce job cuts in anticipation of coming costs associated with ObamaCare, even though the man who inherited a fortune from the company's founder is a fan.
Positions within the company were eliminated altogether after the announcement and have since contracted out many of their current roster of employees to keep costs down, an employee with Stryker, who spoke to under the condition of anonymity, said.
“They really trimmed the fat with the last layoffs in 2009 and the year after which is probably why we are finally on budget for the first time since 1999,” the employee added.
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ISLAMORADA, Fla. -- Sharks abound in the waters off Florida. But not on this day at this particular spot off the Keys as some `young scientists' are on watch for them.
About a dozen high school students – guests of the University of Miami's marine research program – went aboard the vessel Curt-A-Sea. Their mission: to help scientists capture sharks, measure them, take blood and conduct other tests before tagging them so they can be tracked. The sharks would then be released back into the ocean.
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If you are not familiar with shark finning, it is a brutal process in which the shark's fin is removed for the purpose of making shark fin soup. The shark is then thrown back into the water where he/she is unable to swim and drowns to death. For a graphic clip of an actual occurrence of shark finning, click here. It is my hope that after viewing this clip you will want to join the fight to protect sharks.
Many in the ocean conservation community know what a problem shark finning is and what a threat it poses to the environment. Further, any major disruption to our ecosystem stands to threaten our entire existence. Much like the butterfly effect, when you kill a shark, you just don't know what kind of impact that can have on our environment. By eliminating an apex predator, you set off a chain of dominoes and there is no telling where they may stop. The amount of gross overfishing that has occurred in recent years may have already caused enough damage to cause certain species to become extinct in our lifetime. Organizations like Oceana allow you to log on and make your opinions known about the practice of shark finning.
Just last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill banning the trade of shark fins in the state of New York. While shark finning was already illegal in waters off New York, this also makes it illegal to trade shark fins in the state -- further enforcing New York's intolerance for the practice. Governor Cuomo stated, "Not only is the process inhumane, but it also affects the natural balance of the oceanic ecosystem." As my readers know, I am always a proud New Yorker but particularly at moments like these. Unfortunately, New York is in the minority on this issue so speak up and write to your local representatives, senators, Congress and governor and advocate for the environment that we all share!
Matt Rutherford's Mission to Make Ocean Research Affordable
Lesleyann Coker | May 21, 2013 2:27 PM ET
In 2012, Matt Rutherford became the first person to solo circumnavigate North and South America. He completed the non-stop 27,000 mile journey in 10 months in a tiny, old sailboat.
During the course of his epic journey, the then 31-year-old capsized in the Arctic battling waves, avoided being smashed by a tanker and navigated a maze of icebergs large and small. In South America, he experienced Cape Horn's famous beauty and cruel winds. He also faced the literal doldrums - areas near the equator without any wind. And all while spending more than 300 days in complete solitude.
Politicians monitored his progress, and a documentary for the Sundance Film Festival is in the works.
Now the ambitious sailor has launched a non-profit company, Ocean Research Project, which aims to identify new, lower-cost methods of conducting ocean research.
At the beginning of May, he set sail on his latest adventure in the Atlantic. Before his departure from St. Katharine docks in London, he spoke to Lesleyann Coker.
In 2012, you became the first person to solo circumnavigate the Americas and the Northwest Passage. What motivated you to attempt such a journey?
It all started as a fundraiser for a local Annapolis-based non-profit called C.R.A.B [Chesapeake Regional Assessable Boating]. At this point I've raised over $120,000 for the non-profit by doing the trip. I'm also a great admirer of [Ernest] Shackleton, and his story inspired me to try something that most people thought was impossible.
How did you get started in sailing?
I bought a little 25-foot boat from the '60s back in 2004 and sailed it from the Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Keys. I knew nothing about sailing when I left. I made every mistake possible, but over time I taught myself the skills necessary to cross oceans, and eventually, sail around the Americas.
What's your connection to Senator Tom Harkin and Governor Martin O'Malley?
Martin's wife, Katie, saw me off the dock the day before I left and I've been invited to their house several times since my return. Tom spoke about me on the floor of the Senate after I passed Cape Horn. He has shown an avid interest in my story. Tom Harkin is an old school Democrat who understands how important it is to reach across the aisle. He will be missed [after he retires next year], especially on environmental issues.
2013-05-20-IMG_1766.JPGThe Sailing Channel has produced a documentary about you, Red Dot in the Ocean. What's its status?
It looks like we may get into Sundance if it's done in time. Nothing is guaranteed. They approached me to make a documentary, and after a month of "contract negotiations'" we started the film. Here's the trailer.
You recently founded a new 501c non-profit called Ocean Research, which aims to dramatically lower the cost of conducting ocean research. What are the typical costs of ocean research, and what will be your costs? How will you approach the problem differently?
The typical running costs for scientific research in the open ocean is between $6,000 and $15,000 a day, depending on the organization. With Ocean Research Project, for our first expedition we have a daily running cost of $73 a day.
We're living in a changing economic environment; you can no longer think big boats, big crew, big budget. Instead, a non-profit should think small boat, small crew, small budget. By doing this, you not only reduce the cost of the expedition, but also the overhead.
All too often when $100 is donated to a non-profit, $90 goes to salary, renting office space, paying the electric bill, etc. With Ocean Research Project, the majority of the funds raised go to the mission.
What will be the implication of reducing the cost of ocean research? More research? Why is ocean research important?
Once you have reduced the cost of the expeditions, you can travel farther for longer and collect more data. There's still a prehistoric way of thinking within much of the general scientific community. Too many scientists think the organization that spends the most money or has the biggest research vessel somehow collects the best data.
The reality of the matter is that by working with universities and bringing along one or two scientists who bring their own equipment and are trained to use them properly, you can collect a wide variety of important data about our changing oceans. It's true, we cannot have submarines and helicopters, but most research is done by equipment that can be installed or carried onboard a 40-50 foot sailboat.
Ocean research is important because we are all affected by the ocean no matter where you live. The ocean not only produces food for 25 percent of the world's population, but also produces between 50-75 percent of the world's oxygen through Phytoplankton, which lives in the ocean. The problem is the ocean is not part of any country, and it's out of sight out of mind.
There has not been enough research done within the open ocean because in the past scientists have tried to collect important data with big boats and big budgets. I sailed 27,000 miles, over the top of Canada and around Cape Horn on a 27-foot boat without stopping. I can tell you from experience you do not need a 150-foot, two million dollar boat to cross an ocean or do good research.
You're about to embark on a research mission [he embarked the first week of May]. Where are you going, what are you researching, and what do you expect to learn?
MR: During our first expedition we will be at sea for 75 days collecting data, while sailing 6,500 miles of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean is home to the Atlantic Garbage Patch and coincides with one of the five major oceanic gyres. The Sargasso Sea Gyre is a huge spiral of seawater formed by colliding currents. Most offshore sailors have seen floating junk on the high seas, but it's a problem that has not been thoroughly explored in the mid-Atlantic. It's the poster child for one of the worldwide ocean problems: plastic that's initially created with human hands, then ends up in the ocean, often found inside animals' stomachs.
We have several objectives for this expedition:
We'll conduct a Sargasso Sea marine debris reconnaissance survey using standardized data collection methods. This study will add to the global understanding of quantity of marine debris in the gyre and will stimulate awareness of the consequences of manmade debris. This project is run in collaboration with our Partner 5 Gyres.
We'll conduct ocean acidification data collection to supplement existing efforts to portray the acidity condition within a gyre in an open ocean marine debris laden environment. This data may reveal a significant concentration of high acidic marine water that may jeopardize the livelihood of critical marine life.
The vessel will act as a mobile observing platform reporting atmospheric and oceanic observations to NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]. It serves as a voluntary observing ship to feed international atmospheric and oceanic modeling databases that depict global weather forecasts, climate studies, and support mariners' safety at sea. Work will be in cooperation with our partners which include NOAA's Voluntary Observing Ship, the Ship of Opportunity Program and the Atlantic Oceanic and Meteorological Laboratory.
What are the dangers involved in this research project?
There is always danger in the vast open ocean. That said, reward lives in the house of risk.
I can teach a person the skills necessary to cross an ocean alone, but I can't teach the mentality a person needs to sail alone across an ocean. Either you've got it or you don't. If you don't learn to control fear, fear will control you.
Exploration is the physical expression of intellectual passion.
How can people follow the progress of your journey, or support your non-profit?
You can follow the expedition at There will be a tracking device on the boat so you can see our position, and a weekly blog so you can hear the story as it's happening. You can also donate on the website.
Photo Credit; Matt Rutherford
Want to Save Starving Sea Lion Pups? Here's How
Megan Pincus Kajitani | March 18, 2013 11:26 AM ET
Tears streamed down my 7-year-old daughter's face this cloudy, March morning, as we watched the plight of a lone female California sea lion pup, clearly exhausted, struggling to keep her head above water and get herself to our local beach's jetty.
The Sea Lions' Struggle
In our city of Carlsbad, Calif., just up the coast from downtown San Diego, at least 40 malnourished, young California sea lions have been rescued since January. According to a local news story, about 150 malnourished or injured sea lions are typically rescued in our region each year -- but this year, from Jan. 1 to not even mid-March, there have already been 130 rescued.
This morning when we called the local sea animal rescue center about the stranded pup, their voicemail said they are extremely busy. A spokesperson from there told the local news that there's "something going on out in the ocean" in relation to our sea lions' food supply. Clearly.
The Bigger Picture
But here's the thing: This isn't just a local issue, and it isn't just about this specific group of sea lions' food supply.
Something is going on with all marine mammals' food supply. Something major is happening with all of our ocean ecosystems. These malnourished pups are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Dr. Bruce Monger, an oceanographer at Cornell University, told my class in eCornell's Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate Program that we as a society have "maxed out the ocean."
Many marine scientists believe that, at the rate we're going, the seas will be barren by 2048. (Did you get that? No sea life in 35 years!)
Like the roaming plains buffalo shot by humans to extinction, Dr. Monger says, we can extract every single animal out of the ocean. And with commercial fisheries not just taking all the fish but also seabirds, sharks, dolphins, turtles and every other kind of sea animal (most thrown out by the trawlers, dead, as "bycatch"), we are doing just that.
The sea lions of the Pacific Rim and Alaska are now endangered because, Dr. Monger explains, fishing "took away all their food, and they are starving to death." I contacted Dr. Monger this week and asked him about the California sea lions: Are they next?
He told me scientists are studying two main factors likely causing the crisis with this species: overfishing and climate issues. But, clearly, he said, "the sea lion pups are probably starving because their mothers are starving." Clearly.
You Can Help Save Them
So, here's the other thing: You can actually do something to stop this ocean crisis, whether you live here on the coast, in the middle of farmland or on a mountaintop. We all can.
I get that it's hard, I'm a former sushi lover myself, but we must stop eating fish. There simply are not enough fish left to keep them on our plates, and still leave enough to keep our ocean animals alive. Period.
I've heard all the justifications, and my replies go something like this:
• You can still do your sushi ritual, just do it with veggies instead of fish (as my half-Japanese, sushi-loving husband and I now happily do).
• Farmed fisheries are no better, with incredibly high rates of disease, which is unhealthy, inhumane and harms wild fish as well.
• Eating land animal meat is also harming the oceans, by the way. An amazing fifty percent of the world's fish catch is fed to industrial farm animals, not to people (as Dr. Will Tuttle explains in The World Peace Diet). And nitrogen runoff from those factory farms is creating huge "dead zones" where no sea life can survive.
The good news is that pleasurable, healthy, social eating is possible with plant-based food. It just takes making the choice -- to help animals rather than eat them.
Actually, Dr. Monger believes it's both personal choice and political will that will save or destroy our oceans: Beyond urging us to avoid eating fish and other meat, he urges us to speak out against the government subsidies that fuel overfishing.
"The fish in the ocean are as much yours as the fishing industries', and if you would rather see your fish left in the ocean, you have the right to speak up and ask your leaders to help," he says. "If you remain silent about it, someone is going to step in and take [your ocean life] away from you for their own profit."
The Next Generations
This morning, my sniffling 7-year-old asked me why the malnourished sea lion we watched could not find food.
As fishing boats trawled closer to shore than I've ever seen them, I wanted to tell her that the sea lion and her brothers and sisters will find food. That they have plenty of food to find. That the ocean is ripe with life.
But, the truth is, I can't tell her that, because as each day passes, it is becoming less true.
I told my daughter instead that we can make a difference for that sea lion by calling the rescue center to help her. And on a bigger scale, we can make a difference for all sea lions, by not eating their food and by educating others about their dwindling food supply.
Through her tears, my daughter asked me if I could educate more people today.
So, I'm writing this piece today for my daughter, for the sea lions and all the animals, and for the future. Before it's too late -- at the very least -- please do your part to save our ocean animals by letting the fish be food for them, and not for you.
Janie Campbell | December 15, 2012 7:55 AM ET
Some people say -- and they make a good case -- that to understand Miami you have to understand the forces and influences of the drug trade, money, and Cuban immigration.
Or you can look at the corals, according to Colin Foord and Jared McKay, the UM-trained marine biologist and experimental musician who form the scientific artist duo Coral Morphologic.
The pair tie their work, which involves not only growing but filming and soundtracking corals in their glowing Overtown aquaculture lab, to Miami's distinction as the only mainland U.S. city on a coral reef, with corals even growing inside the city limits.
You might even blame the tropical polyps for those vibrant "I'm In Miami, Bitch" tank tops.
"There aren't any other life forms on the planet that are as natural fluorescent as living corals; this is something that wasn't even really observable by mankind until 50 years ago," Foord told HuffPost. "The colors of Miami -- these bright neon colors -- have always been the essence of the city before the city was even here. The cement in the buildings is made from the ground-up skeletons of fossilized coral. The colorful essence is literally built into the city."
Colonies of corals, Foord says, also reflect who we are as a 21st century metro. It's a concept he and McKay have highlighted by projecting them onto South Beach buildings during Art Basel, onto AmericanAirlines Arena, and during festivals in Britain, Sundance, and Miami's own Borscht Film Festival. Saturday night at Borscht 8, they'll debut a new work called "Fungia."
Their "scientific and artistic exploration of living coral reef organisms... radiated the most beautiful and unexpected work I saw," wrote curator Patterson Sims, the man behind four Whitney Biennial exhibitions, after an arts tour of Miami in April.
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By using their carefully tended, DIY aquariums to both create and fund their art -- a side business selling cloned corals to aquarium owners helps keep the lab lights on and the artists and animals in constant symbiosis -- the pair not only highlight the Magic City's incredibly rich and unique makeup, but draw multiple parallels between reefs and humanity.
"We really see corals as futuristic organisms," Foord explains. "They're very modern. We live in a time when the world that you're born into is totally different than you die in; it necessitates that you're constantly adapting to technology. It's a changing world and the actual biosphere is also now changing more than ever. Being that they're cemented in place, [adapting] is just what corals have been doing for millions and millions of years."
But our corals point not only to Miami's past and present, but future.
"If given the chance -- if sea levels are to rise -- the corals will happily move back into the city and start growing on our infrastructure," Foord said. "We already know they're growing inside the city limits on our trash. This is the flip side of projecting onto buildings. Miami has always been an ephemeral place: it's underwater, it's out of the water, it's underwater, it's out of the water.
"Anyone who thinks the sea level rising washing South Beach back into the ocean is a terrible environmental catastrophe is misinformed about the very nature of South Beach as a real estate scheme to begin with. It's another side of the story of climate change and human interactions with the planet that every time there's a catastrophe there's an opportunity for life to take advantage of new real estate to colonize."
How is it possible two middle school best friends from New Hampshire know Miami better than most Miamians do? Foord moved to the Magic City to study marine biology at UM, then McKay came down to start Coral Morphologic in 2007. Relative newness didn't stop them both from becoming instrumental in pushing Miami culture forward. They've helped nurture Wynwood's arts scene, started a record label, and discovered four new species of zoanthids, confirmed by DNA testing and published in the Journal of Marine Biology.
Next year, they'll install a Knight Foundation-funded aquascape video project at Miami International Airport and plan to start on a full-length Imax-style film.
"Coming in as outsiders, we maybe have a more objective perception of what's really happening here, what has happened, and what is likely to continue to happen in the future," Foord said. "At the same time, our whole perception of Miami has been shaped by our friends, artists and musicians who have grown up here that have really tuned us into a lot of things that someone from outside Miami would have a very hard time engaging with as far as a 'real' Miami.
"Without the arts scene and without all these artists and amazing people that Miami is blessed with, I don't think we'd have ended up on this track. We're definitely a product of our environment here."
What Happens Underwater During a Hurricane?
Janie Campbell | November 2, 2012 11:38 AM ET
By Brian McNoldy, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
We think we’re pretty familiar with hurricanes – strong winds, storm surge, flooding rains, ominous satellite images from space, and radar loops when they get near land. But what goes on at and below the ocean’s surface when a hurricane passes overhead? Quite a lot, actually!
Effects on the ocean properties
The upper levels of the ocean are typically strongly stratified by temperature and by salinity. That is, colder, saltier water lies below the warmer, fresher water near the surface. When a hurricane comes by, it mixes everything up, resulting in a muddled and more homogeneous upper ocean. That means the surface water is cooler and saltier than it was previously was, and deeper water is warmer and less salty than it previously was. However, in very shallow coastal areas, the copious amount of fresh cold rain water from the hurricane can actually reduce the temperature and salinity of the near-surface water.
Time series of the vertical profile of temperature and salinity from the ocean’s surface down to 200m, and spanning one day prior to the hurricane’s passage through 2.5 days after the passage. The dramatic mixing down to approximately 150m is evident. Time in days relative to the passage is listed along the horizontal axis. This particular case is from Hurricane Frances (2004) on 1 September. (Sanford et al., 2007)
The colder surface water upwelled by the hurricane can actually be a fairly significant player in controlling the hurricane’s intensity. A strong slow-moving hurricane will upwell cold water much more effectively than a weaker and/or fast-moving hurricane. And since hurricanes require warm ocean water to fuel their “engine”, that upwelling can end up weakening the storm. The trail of upwelled cooler water left behind a storm is called a “cold wake”, and shows up clearly on maps of sea surface temperature.
Map of sea surface temperature before (left) and after (right) Hurricane Isabel in 2003. Isabel’s track from the eastern Atlantic all the way into the mid-Atlantic coast is evident by the cold wake left behind. (NASA/GSFC)
Intense hurricanes can generate 60′+ waves, and at the ocean surface, the boundary between the water and the air becomes nebulous. Amidst the formidable waves, sea spray and foam streak horizontally across the surface at high speed, blurring the view of the ocean’s surface in this photo from an aircraft flying through a hurricane.
Photo of the sea state under Category 4 Hurricane Isabel taken from 400 feet above the surface. Note that the aircraft was not in or near the eyewall at this time or altitude. (Will Drennan, RSMAS)
But below the ocean’s surface, the currents and turbulence beneath those waves can also be quite destructive. Unlike places above the surface, the ocean doesn’t “forget” about the storm very quickly… strong currents and turbulence have been known to exist up to a week after the storm passes overhead. Damaging currents can extend down to at least 300 feet below the surface, capable of dismantling coral reefs, relocating ship wrecks, breaking oil pipelines, and displacing huge volumes of sand on the seabed.
Simplified schematic showing the parts of an ocean wave. At the surface, there are crests and troughs. Crests are separated by a wavelength. The depth to which a wave’s effects can be felt depends on the wavelength and wave height.
Effects on marine life
Some studies conducted in the Caribbean Sea have shown that in the year following a hurricane, coral cover is reduced by 15-20 percent (more or less, depending on the intensity of the hurricane) in the affected areas. There are several factors that go into the negative effect on coral: 1) the turbulent water breaks it, 2) the days of muddied water reduces the amount of sunlight reaching the algae in coral tissue, 3) the fine suspended particles clog the pores, and 4) the tremendous amount of rain reduces the salinity of the shallow ocean in the immediate area which can stress coral.
Large self-propelled marine animals such as sharks seem to be minimally affected, since they can detect tiny changes in pressure as larger waves at the surface approach, as well as the reduced surface pressure associated with the storm itself, and go deeper or leave the area. However, hurricanes have been known to result in tremendous numbers of dead fish, crabs, sea turtles, oysters, etc due to reduced amounts of dissolved oxygen in the water, rapid salinity changes, and violent surf.
Just like us up here on the surface, marine life suffers for months to several years from the death and destruction following a hurricane.
Brian McNoldy
Senior Research Associate
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Author of Tropical Atlantic Update
Follow Brian on Twitter: @BMcNoldy
(Flickr photo via Surf Cabo)
What Does A Coral Reef Sound Like?
Janie Campbell | October 26, 2012 12:17 PM ET
What does a coral reef sound like? Perhaps surprisingly, it isn't a cacophony of indie-band boings and wriggles.
In fact, thanks to University of Miami PhD candidate Erica Staaterman, you can hear a Florida coral reef in the video above, which documents her research into the behavior of pelagic fish larvae.
Billions of such "baby fish" are born every year, but must find their way to a coral reef to survive -- a needle in a haystack journey, as Staaterman describes it. For her research at UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, she set out to determine whether larval fish use the soundscape of the reef as a navigational tool.
The project, which in video form is a finalist in the National Science Foundation's "Creating the Future" contest, involves playing the reef back to fish larvae in a special underwater chamber and then documenting their behavior.
(To us it sounds like frying bacon, but maybe we're just typing hungry.)
"Coral reefs comprise less than 1 percent of the ocean, but they are one of the most important areas on the planet both ecologically and economically," Staaterman says in her video. "Due to human impacts like overfishing and climate change, they're also one of the most threatened marine habitats. We need to discover how fish larvae find their way home, because the replenishment of reef fish populations depends upon the success of this next generation."
Click above to hear the abiotic and biological symphony of a Florida coral reef, and vote here for Staaterman's video.
RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Stephanie J. Stiavetti | July 24, 2012 10:38 AM ET
This month yet another new study about climate change* was released. But this one is different. Unlike many previous studies in which scientists are hesitant to draw causal connections between global warming and specific weather events, this study comes out and says it: "Global warming makes heat waves more likely." The study also found that global warming is making other weather extremes more likely, such as droughts and heavy rains.
Higher global temperatures heat up the oceans, as well. When the water in the seas heats up, it expands -- this is called thermal expansion. Thermal expansion is one of the biggest causes of sea level rise. Throw in melting glaciers adding more volume to the rising waters and more frequent heavy rains, and we've got a big problem for the more than 600 million people around the world who live in coastal areas that are less than 30 feet above sea level. And it's not just those people whose homes are right beside the water. Many others are at risk as floodwaters inundate sewage treatment plants, airports, freeways, and farmland.
RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities explores this international issue through the lens of a single place: the San Francisco Bay Area. Six multimedia web stories take a look at the personal lives of men and women living along the water who are facing a rising tide.
Save the Polar Bears, Save Ourselves
Sylvia Earle | April 20, 2012 3:06 PM ET
Spill Cleanup? Just a Cost of Doing Business?
Jackie Savitz | January 31, 2012 9:41 PM ET
Here's a new item to add to the long list of expenses that are putting our country into deficit spending: cleaning up oil spills. While we keep hearing that companies like BP are on the hook for the costs of cleanup, in truth, much of the cleanup will be paid for by the U.S. Treasury itself. As it turns out, BP and other oil companies can write off the costs of cleanup, forcing about a third of the billion dollar cleanup tab to come out of the Treasury. So, besides the normal billions of dollars that we already forego each year by giving tax breaks to some of the richest companies in the world, now we have billions more that those who spill oil into our oceans can get from our bank account even after committing one of the most heinous environmental crimes imaginable.
Thankfully, Congress is taking notice, but will it have the political will to end this ridiculous giveaway? So far, Big Oil and its allies have been all too effective at preventing any legislation whatsoever from passing in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon Spill. Today, Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) introduced the "Oil Spill Tax Fairness Act" to end the practice of allowing oil companies to take tax breaks after they've caused an oil spill. The Joint Committee on Taxation estimates that the bill could save the Treasury more than a billion dollars a year by placing cleanup costs squarely on the laps of those that made the mess.
Remember, these are companies making record profits. Today, Exxon announced that it earned $41 billion in 2011, up 35% from 2010. Yet there seems to be no end in sight for the broader slate of tax gimmicks that result in billions of dollars lost to the Treasury each year. At the very least, these bad actors should pay to clean up their own messes. I have nothing against writing off business expenses, but a major oil spill is not, and never has been considered a normal "cost of doing business." Nor should it be. Killing workers, devastating marine life, including dolphins, corals and endangered sea turtles, shutting down fisheries, making people sick, and destroying the cultural fabric of coastal communities should never be considered just a cost of doing business. And companies like BP that take tremendous risks with our resources certainly should not be rewarded for doing so.
Congress and the Administration should be doing much more in response to the Gulf Spill, like imposing real safety requirements, lifting the horrendously low liability cap, ending tax handouts to oil companies, and ultimately moving us away from offshore drilling. But at the very least passing the "Oil Spill Tax Fairness Act" would be a good first step.
Wallace J Nichols | October 4, 2011 10:23 AM ET
The ocean is the single biggest feature of our planet.
Phytoplankton in the ocean provide more than half of our oxygen and provides the basis of the primary protein for more than a billion people.
Humans have derived unmeasurable inspiration, joy, recreation and relaxation from the ocean for millennia.
But we have treated the ocean poorly, and its decline in recent decades has been catastrophic for our planet and its people.
We have put too much into the ocean, in the form of oil, sewage, fertilizers and pesticides, antibiotics, plastic pollution, noise and increasing levels of CO2.
We have taken too much out of the ocean by subsidizing and encouraging inefficient and destructive overfishing, bottom trawling, long-lining, purse seining, dynamite fishing, irresponsible aquaculture and illegal hunting.
We need an Ocean Revolution.
It is our coast and our ocean.
The time is now to Occupy The Ocean.
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| September 19, 2011 5:42 PM ET
By David Biello
(Click here for original article.)
Jellyfishes rely on drifting to eat. They take their luck with currents, and create tiny eddies to guide food toward their tendrils. Yet in waters from the Sea of Japan (aka East Sea) to the Black Sea, jellies today are thriving as many of their marine vertebrate and invertebrate competitors are eliminated by overfishing, dead zones and other human impacts. How have these drifters of the sea reversed millions of years of fish dominance, seemingly overnight?
Biologist José Luis Acuña of the University of Oviedo in Spain and his colleagues now suggest that jellyfishes are just as effective at mealtime as fishes when judged by the right measures. "Jellyfishes are ancient organisms, which use a primitive predation mechanism based on generating feeding currents to bring the prey into contact with their bodies," Acuña explains. "In spite of this primitivism, jellies are as effective as fishes in catching prey and in transforming the energy acquired [into] body growth and reproduction."
So where fishes use their eyes to spot planktonic prey, jellyfishes rely on body size—like the lion's mane jellyfish's 37-meter-long tentacles—to maximize their success. To achieve that size gain, predatory jellyfishes have relied on water incorporated into their tissues—the refrigerator-size Nomura's jellyfish from the Sea of Japan comprises mostly water. A larger body requires more energy to move, so jellies let the surrounding water do the work for them, which makes them some of the slowest swimmers in the sea. And measured by the amount of carbon in their bodies—rather than total weight—jellies consume and incorporate as much prey as fishes do, Acuña's team found. The results are detailed in the September 16 issue of Science.
"It is very neat work," says ecologist Kylie Pitt of Griffith University in Australia, who is working on similar research. When combined with overfishing, climate change, fertilizer runoff–induced dead zones and other human impacts on ocean fishes, a watery evolutionary stage has been set for a jellyfish takeover—dubbed the "gelatinous ocean" by some scientists.
There are exceptions to this rule: The cannonball jellyfish—a seafood delicacy in Asia—shoots through the water at 15 centimeters per second, a decent clip. And the return to ocean conditions last seen in the Ediacaran period more than 540 million years ago—when jellies last ruled the seas—has been a boon for certain fishes in habitats like the Benguela Current in the South Atlantic off Namibia in Africa, where jellyfish-eating gobies have replaced sardines in the food chain. The growing abundance of these jelly-feeding gobies now serves to provide sustenance to the predators that formerly feasted on the sardines, such as seabirds, larger fishes and, ultimately, humans. "We need research to be sure of what new ecological scenarios are arising," Acuña says.
"It is time to take [jellyfishes] seriously," Acuña adds, both as a marine predator and a future seafood source.
BP's Bad Timing
Jackie Savitz | September 8, 2011 4:51 PM ET
If you were BP, wouldn't you wait for the right time to go back to the U.S. government to ask for more permits to drill? What would seem like a good time to do that? Surely, it wouldn't be when oil is gushing uncontrollably from a BP site on the cold, dark ocean floor, or a day when oiled birds were washing up on beaches. Certainly fisheries closures wouldn't still be keeping Gulf fishermen from working, and people wouldn't still be rebuilding their lives, after losing jobs, and even loved ones following the explosion.
I picture BP coming back for more drilling rights on a bright, sunny day, with clear blue skies, birds chirping and butterflies fluttering around. Flowers would be blooming, and green marsh grasses would be swaying with the fresh breeze. The kind of day when it seems as if there is not a care in the world.
Sadly, that's not how the Gulf looked yesterday, or today. BP's announcement that it wants more drilling permits came on a day when the Gulf still looks more like a traumatized post-disaster site than the pretty picture of recovery we so hope for. Everywhere we look we see reminders that the oil is not gone and people and wildlife are still suffering.
Just two weeks ago there was a large oil sheen spotted in the Gulf, not the first since the Deepwater Horizon of course, but one which was tracked back to an area near two abandoned wells. There are about 27,000 such wells in the Gulf with the potential to leak at any time, and oftentimes do so unnoticed since they are neither monitored nor adequately inspected.
Then, just last week, a new oil sheen was found near the site of the Deepwater Horizon. BP's initial response was less than helpful, but independent chemical analysis showed that the oil looks an awful lot like theirs. The sheen can't really be explained by a passing boat, or a leaking rig. A natural seep is a very low odds possibility, not to mention a convenient theory for BP. But many believe this oil may be coming from the well, either from the abandoned riser, or from a leak springing from a fracture caused by the blowout. BP has no good explanation. They say they don't see the sheen. But it's bad timing to be asking for more drilling.
Maybe they couldn't see the sheen because far from being a clear, sunny day, the ocean is stirred up thanks to Hurricane Lee. Lee isn't the first hurricane to hit the area since the spill, and it won't be the last. It's a reminder that more permits for drilling in the Gulf may not be such a good idea. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita famously led to numerous spills in Hurricane Alley. When there's a hurricane threatening the existing Gulf rigs, it may be a bad time to ask for more permits.
And finally, anyone who did think it might be a nice beach day may have been disappointed to be greeted by a fresh new batch of tar balls on the shoreline. BP oil? Authorities are not yet sure. But one thing is for sure: it wasn't the first set of tar balls to wash up, and it won't be the last. Especially not if BP and other oil companies continue to insist that their right to drill trumps everything else in the Gulf. Oh, and one other thing: It's probably not a good day to ask for more drilling rights.
| June 23, 2011 6:13 PM ET
In case you needed any reminder of the awe-inspiring wonders in nature, this video will do just that.
We don't know how we missed this incredible footage from last year, but we weren't the only ones, and it's definitely worth posting no matter how old.
YouTube user Seainggreen documents the hatchings of a giant Pacific octopus, which can lay up to 100,000 eggs, according to Wikipedia.
From the video's description:
A giant pacific octopus mother who lived just across from downtown Seattle had her hatch right under the noses of local divers. Her den was sequestered in Cove Two in West Seattle, in a location that spared her from predators and over-visitation by humans. On September 4 (aka early, early on September 5), 2010, the eggs began hatching. It's a time of mixed emotion; joy at the hatch, and sadness at the knowledge that this event means the mother's life will end. The hatch lasted a full week, after which the mother died.
Sit back, and prepare to be blown away by mother nature -- jump to 3:24 if you want to get right to it.
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French Toast
1. Mix eggs, salt, and milk in pie pan. 2. Melt margarine in skillet. 3. Dip bread quickly in egg mixture to coat. 4. Brown one side in skillet. Sprinkle top side with cinnamon. Turn; brown second side. - 24.0964
Frozen French Toast
Beat together eggs, milk, sugar, and salt. Dip bread in egg mixture, coating both sides. Brown on both sides on hot, greased griddle or skillet. - 25.6059
Skillet French Toast
1. In pie plate, with wire whisk, beat eggs, milk, and salt until well blended. In nonstick 12-inch skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium-high heat. 2. Dip 4 bread slices, one at a time, in beaten egg mixture to coat both sides well. Place in skillet... - 26.7356
Hawaiian French Toast
Enjoy the rare combo of the Hawaiian and French cuisines in the Hawaiian French Toast ! Enjoy the Hawaiian French Toast as a party appetizer! Tell me how you like this dish! - 40.5855
French Raisin Toast
Combine sugar and cinnamon in wide shallow bowl. Beat in eggs and milk. Add bread; let stand to coat, then turn to coat other side. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in large skillet over medium-low heat. Add bread slices; cook until brown. Turn and cook other... - 38.2799
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Cinnamon French Toast
Try this Cinammon French Toast for your breakfast today ! I love my Cinammon French Toast with a generous spread of orange marmalade! How about you? - 38.5056
Orange French Toast
In shallow bowl beat together the water, 3 tablespoons orange juice concentrate, and eggs. Dip French bread slices into juice mixture, then into bread crumbs, coating evenly on both sides. In skillet cook French bread slices in a small amount of hot cooking... - 37.7295
Cheesy Grilled French Bread
In a medium skillet combine margarine or butter, parsley, garlic, and, if desired, red pepper. Heat over medium heat until margarine is melted. Stir in Parmesan cheese. Cut French bread in half lengthwise. Place bread, cut side down, on an uncovered grill... - 39.0055
Hot French Toast
This French Toast makes a yummy breakfast ! I 'm pretty used to savory French toast for breakfast and something sweet, just happens to be a dessert favorite ! But this sweet French Toast makes an incredible breakfast ! you can try it out for a snack too. Just... - 30.9426
Maple French Toast
In medium bowl, combine syrup, milk and eggs. Dip bread into egg mixture. In large greased skillet, cook bread in butter until golden brown on both sides. - 27.9316
Tempting Triangles Fabulous French Bread
Melt butter in skillet. Saute the onions, parsley,celery and garlic until limp. Stir in the sun-dried tomatoes, olives and Parmesan cheese. Stir until well-combined. Slice bread horizontally in half. Spread each half with half of the vegetable... - 41.096
Skillet Potatoes Au Gratin
Skillet Baked Flounder Provencale
1. In a large ovenproof skillet (preferably not cast iron), warm 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture begins to brown, about 5 minutes. 2. Add the tomato sauce, red wine,... - 39.869
Company Skillet Ragout
1. Mix sausage, veal, eggs, bread crumbs, parsley and the 1/2 tea spoon salt in medium-size bowl. Shape lightly into 48 small balls. 2. Brown slowly, turning several times, in a large skillet, or an electric frying pan. 3. Remove meatballs; set aside for Step... - 37.9534
Onion Soup With French Bread
Melt butter in heavy skillet. Add onions and cook gently until soft but not brown. Add flour and stir to blend. Stir in beef stock and simmer 10 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper if necessary (amount will depend on seasoning in stock). Heat oven to 450... - 36.031
French Bread Pizza
In a medium skillet, brown beef; drain. Stir in pizza sauce and mushrooms; set aside. Cut bread in half lengthwise, then into eight pieces. Spread meat sauce on bread; place on a greased baking sheet. Sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 10... - 27.914
Crepes is a recipe which you will simply love. An effortlessly prepared breakfast recipe; the Crepes is a dish that you would love to serve to your family! - 36.3534
Easy French Toast
In medium bowl, beat eggs with a fork until blended. Add milk, sugar, salt and nutmeg and beat with a fork to combine. In a skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Dip bread slices in egg mixture and cook until golden brown on both sides, about 1 to 2 minutes... - 25.9736
Italian French Bread Special
Combine tomato paste, water, Parmesan, onion, olives and seasonings. Preheat browning skillet 4 1/2 minutes. Crumble ground chuck into skillet. Microwave 4 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. Drain grease. Add tomato mixture. Slice French bread in half... - 40.62
French Toast
– In a bowl, combine eggs, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and cocoa. – Soak bread slices in mixture. Drain. Melt butter in a skillet and toast each slice of bread on both sides until golden. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. - 24.486
Sausage Stuffed French Loaves
GETTING READY 1) Preheat oven to 400°F. 2) Trim off the ends of the loaves, and reserve the ends. 3) Using the fingers hollow out the loaves. MAKING 4) In a food processor fitted with a steel blade, process the soft bread to coarse crumbs. 5) In a heavy... - 47.5207
Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake French Toast
If you are looking for a decadent French toast recipe that everyone will drool over, then try out this Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake French Toast recipe from Anne Colagioia. This is definitely one of the tastiest breakfast French toast recipes you will ever... - 98.9861
Sausage Stuffed French Bread
GETTING READY 1) Set the oven to preheat 375°. MAKING 2) In a 10-inch skillet, add sausage to cook. 3) Discard the liquid and set aside. 4) Wipe out the skillet with a paper towel. 5) In the same skillet, add onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic in... - 42.412
French Bread Pizzas
GETTING READY 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. 2. Slice the French bread lengthwise into half and cut each half crosswise into half again. MAKING 3. Place breads, cut side up, on a baking sheet and brush them with oil. 4. Toast them for about 4 minutes.... - 41.5112
Turkey French Bread Pizzas
Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray, and place over medium-high heat until hot. Add turkey and next 3 ingredients. Cook until turkey is browned, stirring until it crumbles. Drain, if necessary. Stir in pizza sauce and salt; cook until thoroughly... - 44.4979
French Bread
Combine warm water and sugar in mixing bowl and stir to dissolve sugar. Sprinkle yeast over water and let stand 10 minutes. Stir well. Add salt, shortening and about half of the flour. Beat well with a wooden spoon. Add remaining flour and mix with hand until... - 44.689
French Bread Farci
Halve rolls lengthwise. Using fork or fingers carefully remove soft centers, leaving shells about 1/4 inch thick. Let centers dry a bit. Place dried bread in batches in blender or food processor (or simply use hands) and reduce to finer consistency. Transfer... - 42.3577
Strata With Dried Plum, Bacon And French Bread
Leftover bread can never be a pain with recipes that make good use of them. Chef Dave shows how to make Dried Plum and Bacon Strata using leftover French bread, plum and bacon along with some simple seasonings. Ideal for breakfast or brunch! - 104.755
French Bread Chicken Melts
1. Preheat broiler. 2. Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray, place over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion and bell pepper,- saute 8 minutes or until very tender, adding water, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent scorching. Remove from heat, stir in... - 31.8104
Tomato French Bread Lasagna
In a skillet, brown beef, onion, celery and garlic; drain and set aside. Toast bread; line the bottom of an ungreased 13-in.x 9-in.x 2-in.baking dish with 10 slices. Top with half of the meat mixture and half of the tomatoes. Combine seasonings; sprinkle half... - 46.2422
Ratatouille French Bread Pizzas
MAKING 1. In a skillet add olive oil and warm it. 2. Add garlic and onions. Saute for 5 minutes till they are completely soft. 3. Combine eggplant, bell pepper and zucchini. Saute 5 minutes. 4. Simmer the vegetables for 10 minutes till they are tender. 5. Add... - 49.8639
Challah Bread French Toast
Stuffed French Toast - Baked
This is a dish you can serve as a treat to yourself or others. - 120.083
Baked French Toast
1.Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 2.Combine milk, egg whites, vanilla, and nutmeg in a shallow bowl. 3.Dip the bread in the milk mixture, coating both sides. 4.Spray a baking sheet with vegetable cooking spray or line with a nonstick baking liner. Arrange bread... - 41.1758
Mandarin Orange French Toast
Drain syrup from oranges into saucepan. Stir in orange peel and juice, brown sugar, cornstarch, vanilla and nutmeg. Cook over low heat, stirring, until sauce thickens slightly and turns clear. Remove from heat; add orange segments. In pie plate, combine eggs... - 40.607
French Crepes
Crepes has a fine taste. The eggs with milk gives the Crepes a divine taste. - 35.8744
Breakfast French Toast
Place egg whites in a medium pie plate. Place two slices of bread into pie plate and let soak 5 to 10 seconds; turn bread over and let soak another 5 to 10 seconds. Remove from plate and set aside. Repeat with remaining slices of bread. Coat a nonstick... - 35.3452
Slender French Toast
Combine egg whites, orange juice concentrate, flavorings, and spices in a shallow bowl, beat well. Coat a large skillet with vegetable cooking spray, place over medium heat until hot. Dip bread, one slice at a time, into egg white mixture, coating... - 33.3813
Orange French Toast
Orange french toast is a fruited frnch toast recipe. Coated with an egg and milk mixture, the wheat breads are skilet cooked in margerine. Served for breakfast, they make a light and lovely start to the day! - 31.7422
Strawberry Buttered French Toast
Drain strawberries; measure 1/3 cup syrup. Prepare Strawberry Butter, using the berries and any remaining syrup. Combine in a shallow bowl the eggs, sugar, lemon peel, and extract. Mix well and stir in the cream and the 1/3 cup strawberry syrup. Put bread... - 40.5067
French Toast
MAKING 1. In a medium sized bowl, combine milk, eggs and salt. Mix well and keep aside. 2. In a medium sized skillet, heat shortening. 3. Dip bread slices in egg mixture and place on skillet. 4. Brown evenly on both sides. SERVING 5. Transfer on to... - 35.9648
French Toast
Beat the eggs lightly in a small bowl. Pour the milk into another small bowl. In a heavy skillet, melt the butter until hot. Dip the bread slices first into the milk, then into the beaten eggs. Saute, turning once, until both sides are golden brown. Sprinkle... - 33.0903
French Toast With Cranberry Apple Topping
MAKING 1.Take a quart saucepan and melt some margarine in it. 2. Add in apple, cranberries, sugar, vanilla, apple juice and bring to boil over high heat. 3. Once boiled, let simmer over medium to loe heat for about 10 minutes until mixture attains a syrupy... - 50.3554
Cinnamon Raisin French Toast
In shallow bowl or pie plate combine eggs, milk, sugar, and cinnamon. Dip each slice bread on both sides into egg mixture. In heavy skillet melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium-hot coals. Fry bread on both sides till golden brown, about 3 minutes per... - 31.9231
French Toast
French Toast is my families favorite breakfast. This yummy bread is delicious and its soft and at the same time crisp texture coupled with its addictive flavor is gonn amake you go crazy about it!! Try this French Toast! - 29.1685
Nutella French Toast
Gourmet Style French Toast
Apple French Toast
1 Beat eggs slightly in deep pie dish with fork or wire whip; add milk, sugar, vanilla and salt and beat until well blended and fluffy. 2 Dip bread, a slice at a time, into milk mixture, turning to coat both sides; set dipped slices on plate. 3 Spray large... - 33.3239
French Toast Strips
French Toast Strips is a yummy recipe that will definitely be a winner at the next party you host. I served these unique French Toast Strips last week for my friends and they loved it. Don't miss this one out. - 38.4848
Delicious French Toast
MAKING 1) In a bowl, combine the milk and lemon juice. Mix well. 2) To this, add beaten eggs. 3) In the mixture, dip each slice of bread. Let the slices soak in the liquid thoroughly, on all sides. 4) In a large skillet, heat the butter or margarine. 5) In... - 40.5415
French Toast
Raisin French Toast
In a shallow bowl, combine egg, milk, vanilla, and salt. Soak bread in mixture, turning at least once. Let stand until as much liquid as possible is absorbed. Place in preheated nonstick skillet or on griddle treated with a release agent. Pour any remaining... - 34.7039
French Toast
Combine eggs with milk, sugar, and salt in a shallow dish or pie pan. Dip bread slices one at a time into egg mixture, coating each side well. Transfer to a skillet which has been preheated with some of the butter. Brown slices over medium heat, turning... - 30.3872
Hawaiian French Toast
Hawaiian French Toast is a tasty bread preparation that my children having for breakfast. Try this wonderful Hawaiian French Toast recipe. - 35.134
French Onion Loaves
Orange Oatmeal French Toast
MAKING 1) Take a small saucepan and combine together brown sugar with cornstarch. Mix nicely. 2) Stir in all the remaining sauce ingredients. Cook over medium heat until the mixture begins to thicken and boil, stirring repeatedly. Set aside and keep warm. 3)... - 47.373
Sugar Crusted French Toast
1 In a small bowl beat together eggs, milk, the 2 tablespoons sugar, and vanilla. Place bread in a 2-quart baking dish. Pour egg mixture over bread; turn bread to coat. Refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes or until egg mixture is absorbed. 2 In a large skillet or on... - 28.4451
French Toast Stuffed With Pumpkin Cream Cheese
Spanish French Toast
MAKING 1) Take a large bowl (large enough to hold the bread) and beat together milk, eggs, granulated sugar, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in it. 2) In this batter, dip the bread so that it is coated well. 3) In a small bowl, mix together remaining teaspoon of... - 41.8867
French Toast
MAKING 1.In a pie pan, combine egg and milk. 2.Dip the bread in egg mixture. 3.Heat an oiled skillet and cook the dipped bread from both sides in it. SERVING 4.Serve French toast with honey butter. - 29.5765
Orange French Toast
Combine eggs and orange juice, beat well with a whisk. Quickly dip each slice of raisin bread into egg mixture, and coat bread on all sides with vanilla wafer crumbs. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet, arrange 3 or 4 slices bread in a single layer... - 28.4853
Spicy French Toast
This Spicy French Toast dish is a breakfast recipe. Enjoy this deadly combination of eggs and bread in your breakfast and share your feelings for this recipe! - 35.5191
Cinnamon French Toast
Combine first 3 ingredients in a shallow bowl, stirring well with a wire whisk. Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add 1 teaspoon margarine; place over medium heat until margarine melts. Dip 1 bread slice into egg substitute mixture. Place coated... - 30.1685
Orange French Toast
1. Spread 4 bread slices with marmalade. Top with remaining bread slices. 2. In shallow dish, combine eggs, milk and sugar until well blended. Dip sandwiches, one at a time, in egg mixture, coating well. 3. Then fry in hot butter, in small skillet, until... - 35.7094
Orange Pecan French Toast
1. Using a fork, in medium mixing bowl beat together egg substitute, vanilla, orange peel, and cinnamon; set aside. 2. Spray 10-inch nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray; add margarine and melt. Dip bread slices into egg mixture, coating both sides;... - 33.7251
Cinnamon French Toast
Break eggs into a pie plate; stir in sugar, cinnamon, salt, and milk. Dip each bread slice into this mixture as you are ready to put it in the skillet. Be sure bread absorbs on both sides. Heat butter in medium skillet. Put in 1 slice of soaked bread. When... - 33.3045
Orange French Toast
In a small bowl combine eggs, juice, and sugar. Beat with a rotary beater till well combined. For easier dipping, transfer the mixture to a 9-inch pie plate. Dip bread into egg mixture, turning to coat both sides. Let bread stand in egg mixture about 30... - 42.9495
French Toast Recipe
A great recipe to make really delicious, restaurant-style french toast. Super easy to throw together! - 120.647
Whole Wheat French Toast With Florida Orange Slices
Whole Wheat French Toast With Florida Orange Slices is an irresistible recipe that you will surely love to try. A recipe prepared with wheat toast and oranges; I am sure you will enjoy this Whole Wheat French Toast With Florida Orange Slices!. - 36.924
Simple French Toast
French toast is a dish made by dipping bread into beaten eggs and then frying them in oil on a skillet or in a frying pan. The dish is also known as gypsy bread or eggy bread. - 0
Souffle French Toast
1. In a food processor or blender, process the orange sections for 1 minute. Add the eggs, egg whites, milk, sugar, liqueur, orange rind, vanilla, and salt; process 1 minute longer. 2. In a shallow dish, arrange all the bread in a single layer. Pour over the... - 36.3199
Sweet French Toast With Honey
French Onion Soup
This french onion soup is prepared with au jus gravy mix. Cooked with butter to taste, the rich gravy mix and cheese goes to make this french onion soup memorable. Topped with bread slices with cheese, the french onion soup is broiled and served up toasty and... - 39.0068
Stuffed French Toast
Cut a slit through top of each slice of bread to form a pocket. Set aside. Combine 1 tablespoon dried apricots, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl; stir well. Stuff 2 tablespoons cheese mixture into pocket of each slice of bread;... - 42.7842
Big-wheel Burger Skillet
Soak onion in milk 5 minutes; mix in ground beef, egg, rolled oats, salt, and pepper. Mound in 10 inch skillet. With wooden spoon handle, score in 5 or 6 wedges. Brush top lightly with kitchen bouquet. Combine spaghetti sauce and kidney beans (with... - 40.3027
Chocolate French Toast
1. Crack the eggs into the mixing bowl. Beat with the eggbeater or fork till the yolks and whites are mixed. Add the chocolate-flavored milk. Beat till well mixed. Pour the egg mixture into the pie plate. 2. Put half of the margarine or butter in the skillet.... - 27.9252
French Toast
Process first 6 ingredients in a blender or food processor. Add additional milk, if needed, 1 tablespoonful at a time, until mixture has the consistency of pancake batter. Pour into a wide shallow bowl. Melt a small amount of butter or margarine over low heat... - 31.0111
Fluffy French Toast
Beat flour, sugar, salt, milk and eggs with rotary beater until smooth. Soak bread in batter until saturated. Heat butter in skillet. Carefully transfer each bread slice to skillet; do not overcrowd. Cook bread over medium heat 12 minutes on each side or... - 28.7659
Classic French Toast
If you like your french toast to have a sweeter taste, you would go for this video recipe. It's almost same as the regular recipe, only you add certain special spices which makes it unique. Go through the video and enjoy a fabulous breakfast. - 118.884
French Toast
MAKING 1) In a mixing bowl, crack eggs and beat with the fork. Add salt and milk to make a batter. 2) In a skillet, melt butter and spread it evenly with a spatula. 3) Dip a bread slice into the egg batter and put it on the hot skillet. 4) Cook until the... - 36.5293
Spiced French Toast
Combine first 6 ingredients in a shallow dish, stirring well. Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray, and place over medium heat until hot. Dip bread slices, 1 at a time, into egg mixture, coating well. Place 2 bread slices in skillet, and cook 4... - 34.8739
Dessert French Toast
In mixing bowl, beat eggs, milk and vanilla until frothy. In skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter. Dip cake slices into egg mixture, then quickly fry in melted butter, turning slices as they brown. Remove from skillet and dust lightly with icing... - 32.5852
French Toasted Chicken Sandwiches
Combine chicken, celery, mayonnaise, pickle relish, onion, salt, and pepper. Spread 6 slices of bread with about 1/3 cup of the mixture; cover with remaining bread. Combine eggs and milk in pie plate. Dip sandwiches on both sides, then coat with potato... - 40.9944
Grandma's French Toast
1. In a large bowl, combine the milk, sugar, vanilla, lemon rind, and nutmeg. Soak the bread in the mixture for 10 minutes, or until all the mixture is absorbed. 2. Meanwhile, heat the butter with the oil in a heavy 12- or 14-inch skillet over moderately high... - 32.2918
Custard French Toast
Arrange bread in baking dish, 13 1/2x9x2 inches. Beat eggs, milk, sugar and salt until fluffy. Pour over bread; turn each slice to coat well. Cover; refrigerate overnight. Heat butter in skillet. Carefully transfer each bread slice to skillet. Cook over... - 31.9421
French Toast
MAKING 1) In a shallow bowl beat egg and egg whites together with a whisk or a fork. 2) Stir in milk, vanilla and cinnamon. 3) Grease a skillet with oil and heat thoroughly. 4) Dredge bread slices in egg mixture. Dredge both sides in it. 5) Add in a skillet,... - 38.9255
Simple French Toast
Beat egg with milk and salt just to blend and place in a piepan. Melt about 1/4 the butter in a large, heavy skillet. Quickly dip bread in egg mixture, turning to coat both sides well, then brown on each side in butter (add more butter to skillet as... - 28.0019
Peachy French Toast
Combine first 5 ingredients in a shallow dish, stirring mixture well. Coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray; place over medium heat until hot. Dip bread slices, one at a time, into egg mixture, coating well. Place 4 bread slices in skillet, and... - 43.6213
Hawaiian French Toast
The night before, cut the bread into slices about 3/4" to 1" thick. Spread the slices in a single layer to slightly dry them at room temperature overnight. (This will prevent the toast from becoming soggy.) In the morning, in a shallow bowl, use a wire whisk... - 36.9961
French Toast Supreme
In a bowl, beat eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla. Spread -1 tablespoon cream cheese on six slices of bread; top;with remaining slices to make six sandwiches. Dip sandwiches in egg mixture. Fry on a lightly greased skillet until golden brown on both... - 29.9277
Sweet French Toast
Beat eggs thoroughly, add milk, sugar, and salt and beat until well mixed. Dip each piece of bread into this mixture for a few seconds; then lift into a heavy skillet in which the bacon drippings or butter have been heated, and cook until golden brown on... - 25.5715
Tony Roberts's French Toast
In a medium, shallow bowl, mix the sugar, cinnamon, eggs, and milk well. Dip the slices of bread in the mixture to coat lightly. In a large skillet, melt the butter and oil over high heat. Fry the coated bread until golden brown and crispy, turning... - 25.9848
French Toast Muffins
1. Place eggs and vanilla in a medium bowl and beat together. Add cinnamon and nutmeg and mix until well incorporated. 2. Melt butter in a skillet over low heat. 3. Dip the muffin slices into the egg mixture and fry until golden brown. 4. Place on a servi - 28.6805
French Toast Sticks
In shallow bowl, combine Egg Beaters, milk, cinnamon and vanilla. In large nonstick griddle or skillet, over medium-high heat, melt 2 teaspoons margarine. Dip bread sticks in egg mixture to coat; transfer to griddle. Cook sticks on each side until golden,... - 35.1725
Different French Toast
Place all ingredients except the bread in a blender and blend completely. Pour the mixture into a small baking pan and soak the bread in it until all the liquid is absorbed, turning the bread once. Preheat a heavy 10-inch skillet, preferably nonstick, to... - 37.5009
Cinnamon French Toast
Banana & Walnut Stuffed French Toast
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly spray a cast iron or other ovenproof skillet with cooking spray and then heat over medium heat. 2. Spread mashed banana on top of 4 slices of bread.Sprinkle some chopped walnut on top. Place... - 30.1528
French Toast
1) In a large mixing bowl, combine Splenda,egg, vanilla extract and cinnamon. 2) Soak bread one slice at a time until saturated with liquid. 3) Cook on a non-stick skillet or griddle over medium/high heat until lightly browned, approximately 2-3 minutes on... - 34.6936
Simple Hawaiian French Toast
Beat eggs until light; add salt, cinnamon, sugar, and pineapple juice, and beat thoroughly. Soak bread well in this mixture. Melt butter in a heavy skillet, lay in bread and brown nicely on both sides. Serve hot with a hot thin-slice of pineapple (cut... - 28.1507 | http://www.ifood.tv/network/skillet_french_bread/recipes | dclm-gs1-002210000 |
0.048711 | <urn:uuid:bfb3e570-ab13-4396-8667-1dbc9f049a85> | en | 0.953274 | Lee v Drake - Cash Money Records, Inc.
Complaint for Music Publishing Royalty Accounting
The first 30 seconds of the song is a recording of a phone conversation with the ex-girlfriend and plaintiff, Erika Lee. Lee asserts that she and Drake had every intention to write the song together and that her contributions were intended to be incorporated into the final song. Lee contends the intro "phone message" is key to the underlying song.
Lee's complaint is somewhat confusing as issues of ownership of the sound recording are intermingled with claims asserting ownership in the underlying song.
The most interesting thing in the complaint to me is a cause of action for Breach of Fiduciary Duty. Really, songwriters have a fiduciary duty to one another? If a record label doesn't have a fiduciary duty to an artist, do we really think that one songwriter would owe the highest duty of utmost care to a co-writer?
Reference Info:Pleadings | State, 9th Circuit, California | United States | http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/complaint-for-music-publishing-royalty-a-60674/ | dclm-gs1-002240000 |
0.025486 | <urn:uuid:f6878d7b-3d3f-4f9f-a381-7f970e57fb38> | en | 0.949753 | OSFI Publishes Advisory Regarding Ownership Interests in Commodities Taken by Federally Regulated Financial Institutions
Explore: Commodities OSFI Swaps
In response to inquiries from federally regulated financial institutions (“FRFIs”), the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”) has published Advisory 2013-01, Business and Powers – Ownership Interest in Commodities. The Advisory sets out principles relevant to determining whether a transaction that involves an FRFI taking an ownership interest in commodities generally appertains to the business of providing financial services and would, therefore, be permitted by FRFI statutes. The Advisory also lists minimum prudential standards for FRFIs engaging in activities involving such ownership interests.
FRFI statutes generally prohibit a FRFI from dealing in goods such as commodities. This includes a prohibition on buying and selling commodities for a commercial purpose. However, the prohibition would not apply where the FRFI takes an ownership interest in commodities in connection with activities otherwise authorized by the applicable FRFI statute. For example, in the case of the Bank Act, a federally regulated bank may take an ownership interest in commodities where it does so in the context of the “business of banking” (which includes the provision of any financial service) or business which generally appertains to such business of banking.
In 2004, OSFI ruled on a commodity swap arrangement involving natural gas entered into by a federally regulated foreign bank. In the ruling, OSFI concluded that an FRFI that engages in physically settled commodity trading is providing a “financial service” (and, therefore, is engaged in the business of banking), provided that the FRFI:
• enters into such transactions only with customers who are producers or end users in the context of financial risk management services to those customers, or with other market intermediaries to manage its exposure to the relevant commodity; and
• takes title to the commodity only on a “transitory” basis and only in connection with, or for the purpose of facilitating, the settlement of such transaction.
In the new Advisory, OSFI acknowledges that the scope of transactions in which an FRFI might take an ownership interest in a commodity extends beyond transactions entered into for credit enhancement purposes, as was the case transaction considered in the 2004 ruling. For example, OSFI noted that the transactions might include an ownership interest in a commodity for time periods that extend beyond “transitory” periods or transactions in the nature of inventory financing. As a result, OSFI has set out the following principles for determining whether a transaction in which an FRFI takes an ownership interest in commodities generally appertains to the business of providing a financial service:
• Purpose of transaction: The ownership interest in commodities should arise from a transaction that the FRFI has entered into as an alternative to providing a traditional financial service to the customer (e.g., inventory financing, guarantee, letter of credit or risk management service).
• Duration of ownership: The FRFI should only retain ownership interests in commodities for a commercially reasonable period of time, having regard to the nature of the financial service that the transaction is intended to provide.
• Exposure: The FRFI should not, in the normal course of its business, be exposed to fluctuations in the price of the commodity as a result of the transaction. The FRFI’s exposure in this regard should not be fundamentally different in nature and degree from such exposures that arise from the provision of comparable traditional forms of financial services. On this basis, OSFI expects FRFIs to enter into an agreement to dispose of their ownership interest in commodities promptly after agreeing to acquire that ownership interest.
• Return: The return that is generated by a transaction that is an alternative to a traditional financial service and that involves a FRFI taking an ownership interest in commodities should not be based on fluctuations in the price of commodities but should rather have a close correlation to the return that would normally be generated by the comparable traditional financial service.
These principles would not apply to ownership interests in precious metals (which OSFI has acknowledged should be considered in a different light given the historical special status afforded to precious metals) or ownership interests resulting from realization of a security interest in collateral under a secured financing arrangement (which ownership interest, OSFI has noted, is incidental to the provision of the financial service).
OSFI has also set out minimum prudential standards for FRFIs engaging in activities that fall within the scope of the Advisory. | http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/osfi-publishes-advisory-regarding-owners-09446/ | dclm-gs1-002250000 |
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1. Who is this group...really. And who funds the group?
There is already an accrediting's quite stringent!
This does seem to be politically motivated...perhaps the organization would like to be more open and then it might receive the cooperation it deems necessary??
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2. "the content of the associated courses in connection with a national evaluation of schools of education"
As a retired scientist and former university professor, I can testify that there is absolutely no link between the content of a syllabus and the QUALITY of the teaching and learning curve of the students. Teacher quality should be measured by the achievements of their students in the real world!
Students pay a lot of money for their education and access to a syllabus, if the NCTQ and U.S. News and World Report want access to my syllabus, they should pay for it too!
Soon such research bodies will want to have FREE access to sit and evalutate lectures!
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• As a University professor, what would you think of a syllabus from a chemistry course that taught that atoms are the smallest units of matter? What about a math syllabus that taught that multiplication and division are unrelated and shouldn't be taught as related?
They're going to find the ed-school equivalent of those kinds of errors. That's what they're looking for and there is a lot of it to find.
Until recently, a major guide to early reading for the state said CAT and TEN had three syllables. That was just one of litteraly dozens of similar errors in that guide. That guide was written by a team that included several education professors and other university experts. It took years to find the errors (no one in the colleges ever caught them) and DPI had to go outside Wisconsin to get them fixed.
That's what this is all about. That's the scale of error to be uncovered.
• had 3 "syllables"? You mean "syllabi."
I prepared mo than a few syllabi in my years as a UW prof. Syllabi normally do not include the kinds of information that 360guy claims. They do include prof's name, office hours, course policies (exams and dates, attendance policies, policies of late work, etc.). They also include dates material is to be covered, reading assignments, and numerous other course administration issues. Never, in all my years of teaching, did any of my course syllabi contain any of the things that 360guy claims are "taught" on a syllabus.
• No. I meant syllables. Wisconsin's standards for early learning described CAT and TEN as 3 syllable words. They made many other errors, as well.
• As for other material, many course syllabi in schools of education contain factually false information. Even more fail to include important topics which should be there.
3. I agree completely with kingludwig. No relationship. However why wont UW release them? Many at UWM are already online for public access in the public access class listing as well as
I dont by this copyright garbage at all. Perhaps NCTQ wants to see how students are graded: lab work, tests, papers, or just simply showing up to class!
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4. I think the Universities are more afraid of people finding out some little known facts.
For example back when I was an undergraduate student and UW-Stevens Point it was a proven fact that statistically students enrolling in early educational majors had the worst act/sat/other test scores. Yet upon graduation it was statistically proven that Early Education majors had the highest GPA within their major out of any program in the university. This is only in my experience and this can be proven by looking at open records if desired.
You can look at this and come to your own conclusions. I already know what my own belief is.
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5. It's so difficult to find it isn't it:
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6. how dare a conservative group use the open records law...don't they know that only the democrats can use it! once again, hypocrites. and now how much is THIS going to cost the taxpayer? i'm sure they'll have to hire a lawyer or 2 (at taxpayers expense), sound familiar?
7. Touchy. Touchy. How dare anyone question UW's School of Education. What are they afraid of?
8. I can tell you exactly what the schools are worried about. They will see syllabi for courses that are wildly substandard. They will see the syllabus from UW-Stout that teaches phonics doesn't work and children should be taught to use it only as a last resort. They'll see syllabi for many courses that teach that, and much worse. They'll find courses that have taught the educational equivalent of "the Earth is flat" because professors hide behind academic freedom and are too lazy to keep up with their own fields.
They're trying to hide their dirty laundry because they're the main perpetrators in the collapse of public education. When that becomes clear, they're vulnerable to a massive class action lawsuit to force them to provide teachers and districts with retraining to make up for what they should have done in the first place.
When teachers realize how badly these colleges ripped them off, things are going to get ugly. The colleges are trying to hold that day off as long as possible.
That's what this is about.
9. NCTQ, partially funded by the Bradley Foundation,among others.'Nuff said. Part of the dumbing down of our college age students.
10. It really doesn’t matter what the syllabi contains or what group wants it for whatever reason, it is another example of the UW system placing itself above the law. They think they are a kingdom onto themselves.
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Changes in contrast sensitivity function and ocular higher order aberration by conventional myopic photorefractive keratectomy.
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To evaluate the relation between induced changes in ocular higher order aberrations and changes in the contrast sensitivity function in patients undergoing excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy (PRK).
Myopic PRK using excimer laser was performed in 31 patients (56 eyes). The preoperative refractive error was -6.2 +/- 2.9 diopters. Before and 1 month after surgery, we measured the ocular higher order aberrations for a 4-mm pupil, and three indices of contrast sensitivity function. From the data collected, the area under the log contrast sensitivity function (AULCSF) was calculated.
PRK significantly reduced AULCSF (P = 0.004), low-contrast visual acuity (P = 0.004), and letter-contrast sensitivity (P = 0.013). Coma-like (P < 0.001) and spherical-like (P < 0.001) aberrations were significantly increased by surgery. The change in AULCSF by surgery significantly correlated with the change in coma-like (r = -0.468, P < 0.001) and spherical-like (r = -0.291, P = 0.033) aberrations. The change in low-contrast visual acuity by PRK significantly correlated with the change in coma-like aberration (r = 0.599, P < 0.007), but not with change in spherical-like aberrations (r = 0.136, P = 0.326). There were significant correlations between changes in letter-contrast sensitivity and changes in coma-like (r = -0.450, P < 0.001) and spherical-like (r = -0.255, P = 0.048) aberrations.
PRK significantly increases ocular higher order aberrations, which compromise contrast sensitivity function after surgery.
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One Supreme Court justice has been playing a prominent role in these hearings, and he died 17 years ago.
NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on Kagan's mentor, Thurgood Marshall.
ARI SHAPIRO: Thurgood Marshall is having a moment in the spotlight. On Broadway, Laurence Fishburne recently played the civil rights pioneer in a one-man play.
(Soundbite of play, "Thurgood")
Mr. LAURENCE FISHBURNE (Actor): (as Thurgood Marshall) As a boy, I came to understand two things marked my family: distinctive names and extreme stubbornness.
SHAPIRO: On Capitol Hill, Marshall's name came up more than 30 times in the first day of confirmation hearings for his former law clerk Elena Kagan. Most of the name-dropping came from Republicans, who did not describe Marshall favorably.
Here was Senator John Cornyn of Texas.
Senator JOHN CORNYN (Republican, Texas; Member, Senate Judiciary Committee): It's clear that he considered himself a judicial activist and was unapologetic about it. He described his judicial philosophy as, quote, "Do what you think is right and let the law catch up."
SHAPIRO: Thurgood Marshall occupies a rarefied place in American history. He made his name as a lawyer successfully arguing Brown versus the Board of Education in the Supreme Court. That's the case that desegregated American schools. Later, he became the first African-American Supreme Court justice.
David Bositis of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is an expert on African-American voters and politicians.
Mr. DAVID BOSITIS (Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies): To many of them, they probably think of Thurgood Marshall as being an even more important figure than the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
SHAPIRO: So Bositis has a hard time understanding why Republicans would paint Marshall as the enemy. Even some conservatives share this view.
Mr. MICHAEL GREVE (American Enterprise Institute): I cannot imagine who mobilized this.
SHAPIRO: Michael Greve is a scholar with the American Enterprise Institute.
Mr. GREVE: It makes your jaw drop - at least mine.
SHAPIRO: Greve says Kagan has such a slim record that Republicans are going after her mentors instead. It's just bad luck for the Republicans that the man Kagan clerked for 25 years ago was a civil rights legend.
Robert Alt of the conservative Heritage Foundation agrees.
Mr. ROBERT ALT (Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation): I don't think it makes sense to attack Thurgood Marshall, but I think that Thurgood Marshall weighs heavily on these hearings.
SHAPIRO: Alt says it's appropriate for senators to ask what Kagan meant when she described Marshall's view of the law as a thing of glory.
Mr. ALT: You can laud his accomplishments both personally and professionally but still question whether or not he approached the law in an objective fashion.
SHAPIRO: It may be a risky strategy, and Democrats think Republicans have already crossed a line.
Representative MEL WATT (Democrat, North Carolina; Member, Congressional Black Caucus): I think it's going to backfire on them, to be honest with you.
SHAPIRO: Democrat Mel Watt of North Carolina is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Rep. WATT: I don't think it does the Republican Party any good to, out of one side of their mouth, say that they're trying to cultivate a more pluralistic party and then go all the way to the other extreme and take just the opposite tack in this confirmation process.
SHAPIRO: But Republicans did not change their strategy from day one to day two. This afternoon, Republican Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona asked Kagan about Marshall again.
Senator JON KYL (Republican, Arizona; Member, Senate Judiciary Committee): Do you believe then that he would have agreed with Justice Roberts that if the big guy has the law on his side, the big guy wins, if the little guy does, then the little guy wins? Or would he have expressed it more along the lines that there's too much agreement with the corporate interests and big business, as one of my colleagues put it?
SHAPIRO: Kagan replied: I don't want to spend a whole lot of time figuring out what Justice Marshall would have said. If you confirm me, you'll get Justice Kagan, not Justice Marshall.
Ari Shapiro, NPR News, Washington.
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Teach students skills not brand names.
The current aproach is to teach a brand name. Students don't learn computers and office programs, they learn Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. This is like teaching all the shop kids to use a hammer but only if it's a B&D #4 hammer with B&D #4 nails.
Students come out of school and sit infront of a machine that isn't Office and they have a panic attack; "but this isn't Word, how can it possible write words?"
Stick them infront of anything but WindowsXP desktop and they can't even figure out how to reach out and touch the bloody mouse.
Teach students how to use word processors not Word. They should use two or three at least during the yer they do word processing, spreadsheets and basic databases (this was Grade10 around here). If a file format can not be opened in multiple word processors; it's not accepted within the schools; sort of like all those government offices deciding that documents to and from constituents should be accessible on more than just Windows/Office crippled systems.
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I think it is a characteristic of the Python community in that they will say that everyone should use Python and be rude about other languages. Whereas Ruby guys will say use Ruby if it suits you, but feel free to use something else like Python if it doesn't suit you, and we won't hold it against you. In fact we will be interested to hear how you get on.
The is a current C#/.NET Qt bindings project called Qyoto. When KDE moves from svn to git Qyoto will be re-engineered somewhat. Instead of generating the C# classes from the Qt header sources, it will generate the bindings directly from the language independent 'Smoke' libraries that various Qt/KDE language bindings projects use. This should make it much easier to maintain, and easier to add new libraries to the bindings.
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DCLM is a recently released high quality dataset that uses model-based quality filtering to filter a large subset of common-crawl for similarity to OpenHermes and other instruction-tuning datasets. For reference see the DCLM paper.
The original authors of DCLM did not release fully deduplicated version of their dataset, claiming that full deduplication did not improve performance. The released version was partially deduplicated in shards.
Nevertheless, when performing our own deduplication of DCLM for Zyda-2, we noticed that DCLM contained a large fraction of duplicates. Specifically, the dataset appears to consist of approximately 80% duplicates.
We also analyzed clusters of duplicates, and we found there is a big drop off in number of clusters of sizes bigger than 100, although there are still clusters with extreme number of duplicates (up to a million), see figure below.
The lack of impact on downstream performance given this large duplication proportion is perplexing. However, in our own ablations we also replicated this fact. It seems that performing, on average, 5 epochs over the DCLM 'core dataset' is not harmful to language modelling. Nevertheless, the full impacts of this level of duplication on language models are not clear beyond evaluation scores.
As such, we release a fully deduplicated version of DCLM in case it is of interest to the community. DCLM-deduped consists of approximately 750B tokens. If you are planning to pretrain on less than this amount of DCLM tokens it is perhaps safer to use this version than the original DCLM.
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| DCLM full-deduped | 615.2 | 750.3 |
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We deduplicated DCLM using the approximate minhash LSH method implemented in NeMo Curator with the following parameters: minhash with signature size of 128 computed on character-based 25-grams signatures and split into 8 bands, giving roughly 85% Jaccard similarity threshold. We then constructed an undirected graph with nodes being documents and edges being duplicates, and found connected components in it, which provided us with clusters of duplicates. From each cluster, we selected a random document to keep and removed the rest.
The deduplication process is closely related to how we created our Zyda-2 dataset, for which we released full reproduction tutorial. Instead of doing careful cross-deduplication between components of Zyda-2, we only focused on DCLM itself for this release, aggressively removing duplicated documents.
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