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This is a report on a paper of Shane Berg, Assistant Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, presented in the Senior NT seminar at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 26 Oct 2010.
The list of this term’s papers in this particular seminar is available here.
Shane Berg’s paper presented the interesting hypothesis that the anthropology and religious epistemology of the community hymns of the Qumran Hodayot (thanksgiving hymns) have similarities with those of Romans. Berg argued that both the Hodayot and Romans assert universal human sinfulness in light of the creation and Fall narratives of Genesis on the one hand and the remedying agency of the Spirit on the other.
Amongst other Qumran texts, the paper mentioned 1QHa 9:10-18; 6:13; 20:11-12 and 7:12-14 as examples of community hymns with universal sinfulness in their anthropology. They depict human existence in a negative fashion, emphasising human sinfulness, ignorance and frail and inadequate cognition to come to God’s will. Men are composed of dust and cannot know God – and idea that has its Biblical background in Gen. 2-3 (cf. Job 10:9; 4:19; 34:15; Ecclesiastes 3:20; 12:7; Ps 103:14; 104:29). Read the rest of this entry » | http://rbecs.org/category/hodayot/ | 2013-05-18T11:03:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Highway to Hell
Semera.
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Our primary aim is to enable students to take ownership of their artistic practices within a critical and supportive environment.
Our students set their own agenda, and we pride ourselves on our diversity and pluralism. The Painting Department has a culture where each and every student is actively supported and encouraged to explore all the possibilities and realise the potential of their ideas. Throughout the two years, our programme is geared to foster self-reflection and self-criticism as well as developing the skills to question and be questioned by fellow students and the many practicing artists, critics, writers and curators we have visiting the course.
Our ultimate intention is to enable our graduating students to enjoy a meaningful, rewarding and sustainable practice. | http://rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=501819&GroupID=501819&oldCat=36692&OldGroup=514703 | 2013-05-18T10:52:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
by Jerry Pinkney
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 2009
review copy provided by the publisher
You've really got to see this book, to hold it in your hands and look closely at the illustrations for yourself.
First you'll look at the lion on the title-free front of the dust jacket. You'll follow his eyes to the back of the dust jacket and smile at the mouse you find there. Next, you'll open the book and look at the endpapers. In the front, they'll speak to you of the African setting of the story. Flip to the back, and you'll be thinking of the importance of family. Just for fun, you'll take the dust jacket off and be delighted to find two different paintings on the front and back covers of the book. (How on earth are libraries going to make all of these before-you-open-the-book parts of the book accessible to patrons?!?)
This wordless retelling of Aesop's fable of the Lion and the Mouse begins with the mouse escaping by a whisker from an owl. In her distracted state, she runs up the back of a lion who uncharacteristically allows her to go free. When she hears the roar of the lion captured in a rope net, she doesn't think twice. She runs to his aid and chews the ropes until he's freed. Watch for the mouse (and her whole clan) on the back of the lion again at the end of the book. And make sure you save a giggle for the lion cub holding onto dad's tail as they walk.
In the artist's note, Pinkney writes about the big hearts of both of these characters, about the power of both the life-changing decisions of the lion to free the mouse and of the mouse to reciprocate and free the lion. He writes of the importance of the setting, the African Serengeti of Tanzania and Kenya, for which he has curiosity, reverence and concern, and of family (so obvious in the endpapers).
I'll be surprised if this book is passed over by the Caldecott committee...
Also reviewed by 100 Scope Notes and A Fuse #8 Production.
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classic.Earlier this week we wrote about the.
Why Do We Need Top-Down Semantic Web Service.
The Challenges Facing The Top-Down Approach.
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revise its projected total subscribers for the year. Realizing he could have better communicated the change to subscribers, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to the company blog last night to say he's sorry and offer some candid insight into the company's intentions.It's only been a few weeks since Netflix rolled out a price hike that irked customers and forced the company to
Hastings had barely finished apologizing before announcing another radical change: Netflix is spinning off its DVD-by-mail business into a new brand called Qwikster and running it separately from the streaming business, which will continue to be called Netflix. Qwikster, which will be run by company veteran Andy Rendich, will also now include video game rentals.
Qwikster and Netflix will be run as two separate businesses with two different websites. For consumers, this will mean two places to manage their payment details and two movie queues and two sets of recommendations. The move, as Hastings candidly explained, was designed to improve the company's ability to run both businesses as effectively as possible.
From the company's perspective it's a sort of pre-emptive self-disruption; Just as Netflix upended movie rental stores with its DVD-by-mail service, that model now stands to be disrupted by the streaming-only model that Hastings sees as the future of the company.
Customers Respond (And It's Not Pretty)
If the heightened transparency was meant to assuage angry customers, the effort could hardly have fallen flatter. By this morning, the post had accumulated over 4,000 comments, most of which were harshly negative.
"As a Netflix loyalist for more years than I can remember, I find these two significant changes to the service to be a failure of epic proportions," complained Tod Sacerdoti.
"This just further encourages me to drop one of the services (or both)," said Netflix subscriber Julie Carter. "Without integrating the two services, it makes things much more difficult for customers who'd like both DVDs and streaming."."
As negative as the feedback has been, some people have been more supportive. Venture capitalist Mark Suster wrote an enthusiastic endorsement of the split on his blog, arguing that it helps the company better position itself to survive into the future by effectively disrupting itself while making the most of the DVD side of the business while it lasts. | http://readwrite.com/2011/09/19/netflix_dvd_spin-off_angers_customers | 2013-05-18T10:13:51 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Americans are richer than they might think, though it may not seem like it. The Census Bureau recently released data that indicated a drop of more than 35 percent in median household wealth between 2005 and 2010, while the Federal Reserve released a survey weeks ago that found that median net worth plummeted by 39 percent... Continue Reading » | http://realestate.aol.com/blog/tag/household+wealth/ | 2013-05-18T11:03:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Desserts really don't get more British than trifle and this is the most patriotic of them all. Packed with delicious fruit, it's a red, white and blue trifle. It looks great, it tastes amazing and will be the perfect centrepiece for any table.
Now this trifle actually has five layers; you've got the base, the jelly, the custard, the fruit and the cream, and that's exactly how we're going to make it. So, to start with, you're going to need a large glass bowl and I'm going to start with the base. I've got Madeira cake here, which I've cut into 1.5cm slices and I'm just going to fan it round the base, making it look quite pretty. Take that all the way round, covering the bottom.
So now I'm going to add three to four tablespoons of sloe gin, but you could also use cassis as well. I've got 400g of blueberries and I'm going to sprinkle two thirds over the base and I want to keep the rest back for decoration at the end because they look really pretty.
OK, so I've got 600ml of blueberry juice, heated, and to that, I'm going to add five sheets of gelatine, which I've been soaking for around five minutes. Now, before I add them, what I'm going to do is gently squeeze out any excess water. Then I'm going to stir them until they're completely dissolved. Once they're dissolved, I'm going to add it to my jug and once it's cooled, I'm then going to transfer it into the base of my trifle. That's going to go into the fridge for three hours, until it's completely set.
So my jelly's set beautifully, now on to the custard. Now, I've used two 70g packets of custard with 700ml of boiling water, that's just over a pint, and I stirred to dissolve. I've allowed this to cool completely because I'm going to pour it over my jelly. Now, to finish off the custard, I'm going to add 50ml of cream and then I'm going to add the seeds of a vanilla pod. So I'm going to cut that in half, slice it down the middle, open it up and then scrape all those lovely seeds out.
Adding the cream and the vanilla to the custard really makes it something special and taste fantastic. So that's mixed in beautifully so I'm going to gently pour it over the jelly. So that's going to go back in the fridge for 30 minutes, until the custard's set.
My custard has set beautifully so now it's on to the fruit layer. I've got 450g of raspberries and 400g of strawberries and what I've done, I've separated 150g of each, because I'm going to blitz it up and make a fruit puree, which will be delicious. So I'm going to empty it into the food processor and I'm going to add one tablespoon of sugar and give that a blitz.
So that's mixed beautifully so now I'm going to layer the fruit onto the custard, carefully. I've cut the strawberries into quarters, just so they're bite-sized pieces. Just going to sprinkle them evenly over the top. And that's looking really luxurious. So now I'm going to pour over my puree.
Now for the final layer, the cream, and you want a soft whip with your cream, which I have here, and I'm going to spoon this on top. It's nice to have some lovely soft peaks on top, it makes it look really pretty. And the final touch to this red, white and blue trifle is of course the blueberries that I kept back from a little bit earlier. So I'm going to sprinkle those on top to add a little bit of colour. You can also use other types of soft fruit, like blackberries or blackcurrants.
So that looks fantastic, a real British treat, red, white and blue trifle.
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Ari Fleischer Uses 'Truther' Slur to Blunt Criticism That the Bush White House Received More Bin Laden Warnings Than Were Previously Known
In The New York Times today, journalist Kurt Eichenwald writes a 9/11 anniversary op-ed asserting that there are many more pre-Sept. 11 documents aside from the infamous Aug. 6, 2001 presidential daily brief warning the Bush administration that Osama bin Laden was planning to attack the United States. The nut of Eichenwald's argument:.
I can't vouch for Eichenwald's reporting, and I'm generally wary of working backwards from a once-in-a-lifetime event, since it's always possible to pluck (and then overrate) a few relevant floaters from the ocean of data. Regardless, these two reaction-tweets to the op-ed by former Bush administration spokesman Ari Fleischer are just crazy-wrong:
To state what should be the obvious, asserting that there was more relevant pre-attack intelligence than previously known, and criticizing the administration for undervaluing it, is an entirely different category of commentary than claiming that "Bush knew." If Eichenwald is a "truther," there is no evidence of it in this op-ed. Fleischer's blurt is the kind of mistake that immediately calls to mind the phrase "reading incomprehension," but I think it's something a bit more insidious than that.
Of the countless things I lament about our Sept. 12 world, the fever of irrational, emotion-fueled, shaddappayerface discourse, especially over those first three years after, ranks high on the list. Ari Fleischer was, and continues to be, part of that foul process. It's one thing to be a drunk in a bar, shouting epithets at anyone who dare criticize the political team you support. But this same impulse that Fleischer is reviving today was used in real time, by Fleischer and a variety of administration officials, to prevent anyone outside the White House from investigating the run-up to Sept. 11 or reading any of the relevant documents.
If anything, the disproportionate response to Eichenwald's classified-documents-based argument could be read as a pre-emptive attack against the possibility of ever releasing such briefings to the public. Which would be bad for the very national security such moves claim to protect. Recall that Thomas Kean, chairman of the Sept. 11 Commission, said in 2005 that the failure to prevent the attacks were more attributable to overclassification and lack of information-sharing than anything else.in eight months. [...]leaked),.
Pay particular attention to that bolded Dick Cheney quote above. In the fog of war and raw emotion of murdered innocents it can be hard to see that on the other side of a jingoistic appeal lies an old-fashioned bureaucratic ass-covering. But that's what this stuff so often is. Fleischer's crude slur should be laughed out of the room, all relevant files should be declassified without fear, and Americans should always be wary of government-proposed restrictions made in the name of squirrels appear to have eaten your title and the last part of the article
Title doesn't work for me.
I had posted prematurely, thanks, and sorry.
Premature Posting leads to blindness.
just think of ugly footballers or something
That won't fix the hairy palms
If the follicles are soft that might be an advantage.
A fundamental problem with any assessment of negligence in this matter is that we have no idea how regularly warnings of this type occurred.
Given our lack of context for these memos, and the fact that any information that gets out has obvious political implications, even ten years after the fact, I find it very difficult to draw a meaningful conclusion.
The point made in this Reason.com article is well-taken however.
Yes, as mentioned, I'm wary of jumping to post-facto conclusions about what should have been prevented.
^^This^^ We get warnings and chatter all of the time. They are terrorist. It is what they talk about. The problem is that you never know for sure what is serious and what isn't.
Just imagine Obama's face on Bush's body and then see how you react to negligence of this sort.
Shut up sock puppet. This is pretty much the only area I will defend Obama on. And you know it. Stop projecting your partisan idiocy onto everyone else.
Uh, Clinton missed an opportunity to take out Bin Laden. I don't think that John or anyone else here called that "negligence", since nobody knew that 9/11 would happen...
Of course it is the nature of intelligence successes that we never know what was prevented. But this was one major fuckup. If the Bushies get a pass on that failure, then no administration can ever be criticized for any intelligence failure that leads to a terrorist attack.
I'm spending my tax dollars to keep 9/11s from happening so I'm not prepared to make that bargain.
So not killing Bin Ladin wasn't a fuck up? Got it dipshit.
Sure, both Clinton and Bush failed to kill bin Laden.
Of course Bush failed to kill him for seven years after 9/11 while he was busy invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11.
It's just one of those things! Nothing to see here!
Now isn't Obama a total failure? I mean sure he actually did kill bin Laden, but...
Yep, he rappelled from that chopper, knife between his teeth, M4 tracking like a death robot as he dropped tango after tango.
If you're going to hero worship, at least hero worship the guys who actually did it. Fucking hell I am so sick of whiny liberal cunts getting their war boners hard because their guy gave the go order for a mission that any American President would have authorized.
Mitt Romney said explicitly he wouldn't have made the same call. OBL wasn't found on Bush's watch. There's credit and blame to go around but let's be a little judicious. Bush is far from blame-free and Obama deserves a little credit.
Fuckin' Bush! I can't believe he negligently failed to overhaul the entire intelligence apparatus and divine the exact nature and timing and logistics of the 9/11 attack in the first 8 months of his presidency! DERP!
You are aware that Bush went into Afghanistan first, yes? That he went after Bin Laden first? Long before he went into Iraq?
Consider, also, the bureaucratic imperative to overstate risks to cover your ass if anything does happen, and inflate your importance regardless.
I would imagine the President is just absolutely swamped with carefully couched "intelligence" reports. The signal to noise ratio in the Oval Office must just be atrocious.
It is not so much that. It is more that they have no idea what the actual risk is. And they need to justify their jobs. So they go looking for risks. The President gets weekly intel briefs from DHS and I presume the CIA. Something has to be in those reports.
The problem is the nature of terrorism. If you know the full extent of the threat, the threat is over because you just go arrest or kill the guy. So any intel is always going to be vague. It has to be. The moment it is not vague, it ceases to be intel and becomes an active criminal case. So mostly those briefs are full of a lot of generalities that don't really mean a whole lot on the ground.
Did they believe al Qaeda was a credible threat? Probably a little, but probably not to the extent that they were going to do anything drastic on the domestic front.
There's a little observer-affecting reality problem here, too, as by taking preemptive action, which would likely delay any attacks, the public would be all "WTF?" because nothing happened. Besides, as a quasi-free society, it's really hard to lock down the borders or do anything that would really prevent an attack.
There's no real blame to be cast on 9/11, beyond the larger geopolitical issue with us being involved in the Middle East at all. Not just Bush, but Clinton as well. Yes, different tactics could've been used, but the need to do so wasn't appreciated until that Tuesday morning.
I'm generally wary of working backwards from a once-in-a-lifetime event
You can kiss your Pulitzer aspirations goodbye, Matt.
Bullshit on both sides.
Unless a reporter digs up some shred of evidence that there was specific intelligence that contained enough information to stop the 9/11 attack, it's just bullshit innuendo.
It's virtually identical to the "our listening posts had picked up radio traffic from the Japanese Navy on December 6, 1941, therefore FDR knew all about the Pearl Harbor attack days before, and he ordered the ammunition to be locked up and let the Japanese attack, in order to get the US into WWII!."
It's great to show bureaucratic inefficiency for what it is, but when did the NYT ever actually do that?
The intel only makes sense because you know what happened.
Yeah. You have a few pieces of the puzzle, all of which make sense as soon as the planes hit the towers in NY, or the bombs hit the ships in Pearl Harbor.
Intel is a bitch. I mean, we can't even predict how the SP 500 will do this afternoon, and supposedly the information that goes into that is public.
Incidentally, as much as I think Clinton is an assclown, it never occurred to me to blame him for not giving the "kill" order when we supposedly knew where Osama was in the late '90s.
Of course, Obama doesn't require as much justification to blow up some people overseas. His media is more compliant.
And BTW whatever one thinks of old Ari, I'm not sure that I think that the innuendo is distinguishable from "truther" innuendo.
I don't know. The Truthers are saying that there was a deliberate move to allow or ignore the threat, aren't they? There is a difference between negligence and deliberate action.
The Deafness Before The Storm
Nope, that title isn't meant to sway, tilt, focus, or lay blame on anyone else but BOOOSH. Not at all.
9/11 would never have happened, had Al Gore been sworn in!
Yeah...
This was one of the first remarks out of my buddy's gf's mouth after we saw the towers fall. I was dumbfounded.
So we have a bunch of Islamic extremist holding 9/11 rallies around the world. They're all potential terrorist threats. What specific actions could Obama take to prevent a specific unknown attack by one of them. Outside of turning their countries into sheets of glass. I mean if one of these guys carries out a terrorist attack inside the U.S. in the coming weeks, Obama should be blamed because he knew they wanted to do us harm but did not have specifics regarding their plan?
I agree. If you want to hold him to that standard, then you can't very well bitch when he just whacks them can you?
I wouldn't bitch. But I'm an asshole.
Anyone at the rally has declared himself to be a soldier fighting against the US. Some are lousy soldiers, but there are lousy soldiers in every army and they're fair game just like the good ones.
I am the same way. But I think we are a little more hard nosed about it than Reason.
You know, I cringed when Bush said, "Whoever is not with us is against us."
And I think it's silly to have a war on "terror."
But I do think there's an asymmetrical war going on.
Whatever we think of the target selection process, Obama's secret drone war is happening for a reason. The Mother Jones nutjobs may think it's because he's a sociopathic killer, but I don't buy that explanation.
When you're fighting a difficult asymmetrical war against violent Islamists who have declared war on us, openly and loudly, and who have followed through with real attacks around the world, you have to take what opportunities you have, to strike at the enemy. If he's going to parade around in the open, then OPEN FIRE.
My family history leads me to think that pacifists are naive little children, whether they call themselves "libertarian" or not.
This means that Iran is entitled to murder Americans who publicly call for an attack on Iran or who applaud any future attack on Iran.
Fluffy,
If those people are actively plotting terrorist attacks on Iran, sure. As far as a military attack on Iran, Iran has no more right to indiscriminately attack our civilian population any more than we have theirs. The question is who is a civilian. And if you are actively planning to attack another country, you are no longer a civilian.
I know Iran is such a wonderful and peaceful country that the normal rules of conflict probably shouldn't apply to it. But sadly most of the world doesn't understand how wonderful it is the way you do, so they do apply.
And if you are actively planning to attack another country, you are no longer a civilian.
A determination which is made in a Star Chamber by Top Men.
What an awesome vision of society you have, John.
Do these rules apply to US Citizens on US Soil, or not?
Rules of war, Randian. If you disagree with them, that's fine, but it's a much bigger argument than the point here.
The government does not get carte blanche when you invoke "rules of war". You either want the government to adequately explain itself before it drones a citizen of this nation or you don't.
You don't. I do.
Randian it is called a war. The nature of war is killing people. And you have to at least try to only kill those who are engaged in combat.
We have an enemy who refuses to identify itself or engage in conventional warfare. What would you propose we do? Nothing? Set the precident that we will never defend ourselves as long as you don't wear a uniform?
It sucks. That is why partisan warfare sucks and why nations have spent hundreds of years trying to deter it. Around 1945 we had something called wars against colonial aggression and stopped discouraging partisan warfare and instead started to reward it and encourage it. And this is what we have gotten.
What would you propose we do? Nothing?
Did I say that?
No.
What I want is my government to justify itself at least somewhat before it kills people, especially American citizens without due process.
A Star Chamber with Top Men is NOT due process. It's tyranny. If King George had some secret kill list wherein the British could fire cannons into people's houses off of the coast of Boston, that would have been first on the list in the DoI.
Randian,
In King George's time it was understood by both sides that anyone running around a battlefield making mischief without a uniform was liable to be hanged by either side. In fact, several Americans were hanged by the British as spies because they were caught behind lines without a uniform. Both sides understood the rules and played by them.
Try again.
That's a non sequitur, John.
Right now, your only standard to answer the question of "who is the Enemy?" is "when government says they are".
That is not a non sequiter at all. If you refuse to wear a uniform and hide amongst the civilian population and make war on a country, that country has a right to shoot you on sight. And that was the way things were in King George's time.
Randian it is called a war.
Is it? In our post-Westphalian world order, war is armed conflict between sovereign nations.
Technically, I believe we are still at war with North Korea, but I can't think of any other nation that we are at war with.
Now, I'm not sure that the Westphalian sovereignity notions are still valid, but I suspect adhering to them is better than the alternative (which was endless meddling in the affairs of foreigners).
If you are going to take the post-Westphalian notion that anyone plotting to attack you is eligible for extermination via military force, then you can't complain if others apply the same standards to you.
If you are going to take the post-Westphalian notion that anyone plotting to attack you is eligible for extermination via military force, then you can't complain if others apply the same standards to you.
No you can't complain. But you can sure as hell kill them before they do. Again, so what?
BarryD's statement was that if there are people around the world at demonstrations today either applauding the 9/11 attacks or cheering for more attacks on the United States, we can know that all of those people are "potential" terrorists and we should kill them all.
That means that if any American attends a demonstration that calls for an attack on Iran, or (following an attack in the future) publicly applauds that attack, the government of Iran can just as reasonably declare that American to be a potentially anti-Iranian terrorist and murder them.
They are entitled to take BarryD's statement and treat it as a maxim.
"Asymmetrical war." Look it up.
Iran has every right to try to repel an attack. They can shoot at anyone who attacks Iran, or who, if we are at war with Iran, has an American military uniform on, or is working with the American military.
Non-uniformed fighters, like guerrillas and spies, can be executed even when they have been captured.
This is all very standard stuff.
The problem is, Barry, is that the Government consistently fails to demonstrate any evidence that a person who is droned is in any way actively participating in any sort of anti-American asymmetrical warfare.
The criteria, tradtionally and legally, has been imminence, not simply planning or involvement.
So, on two fronts, the US Government fails its own legal criteria. First, it provides no evidence for participation in asymmetrical warfare. Second, it provides no evidence of immanency.
Barry, is that the Government consistently fails to demonstrate any evidence that a person who is droned is in any way actively participating in any sort of anti-American asymmetrical warfare.
Oh bullshit. Here is the latest drone strike
If you don't like drone strikes fine. But stop insulting people's intelligence and claiming that they just randomly drone strike people. They don't. That guy was an active enemy of this country and I would expect any President to kill him if the opportunity arose.
Oh they got AQ's #2 for the 15th time! Wow!
Tell me John, what evidence was presented that he was an 'active enemy' AND an 'imminent threat', both of which must be met to legally justify this?
Do you have any?
Tell me John, what evidence was presented that he was an 'active enemy' AND an 'imminent threat', both of which must be met to legally justify this?
First, he doesn't have to be an "imminent threat" to be a lawful target. So please put that term back in your ass where you found it. Second, he was clearly a member of Al Quada, an organization that the UN has declared to be hostile. It doesn't matter where he was or what he was doing. He was a member of Al Quada, so we have a right to kill him just like we have a right to kill a member of an enemy army.
First, he doesn't have to be an "imminent threat" to be a lawful target.
Yes, he does. Unless all of those treaties signed by the United States don't count, which would contradict the Constitution's very words on the subject.
Why do you hate the Constitution, John?
Second, he was clearly a member of Al Quada, an organization that the UN has declared to be hostile.
The Communist Party is hostile to America too. So are domestic militias.
You need a higher standard than "member in an organization that says bad things".
Yes, he does. Unless all of those treaties signed by the United States don't count, which would contradict the Constitution's very words on the subject.
What treaties? And the Constitution never says the US can't kill its enemies. Was every German soldier we killed in World War II an "imminent threat" whatever that is? No. Some of them were asleep or hundred of miles away from the nearest Americans. But they were still lawful targets. You are just wrong on this.
The Communist Party is hostile to America too. So are domestic militias.
If the Communist Party declared itself an international terrorist organization, started attacking America, and the UNSC passed a resolution authorizing the use of force against it, sure. But none of those things are true.
Can you at least try to understand the international framework of war?
Sorry, John, but the dominant interpretation of Article 51 of the UN, promulgated by the Security Council (on which the US sits), signed by the United States, is that self-defense requires imminence.
The only other position on this is that there is no such thing as pre-emption.
Please be assured that no one in the world (other than the United States) thinks you can self-identify your enemy using a secret process and kill him when he is not an imminent threat.
No. Some of them were asleep or hundred of miles away from the nearest Americans. But they were still lawful targets. You are just wrong on this.
They were still identifiable through organizational hierarchy and the burden and standard of proof was low and obvious.
The United States hasn't even deigned to inform We Proles what the criteria are before someone gets droned.
They were still identifiable through organizational hierarchy and the burden and standard of proof was low and obvious
And this guy wasn't? Again you are advocating we reward this behavior. Join and army and fight by the rules of war and you can be killed on sight. Be a terrorist and hide amongst civilians and in Randian world you are untouchable.
And you wonder why we get more terrorism?
I think continuing to send the #2s for dirt naps is a good thing, not a bad thing.
I'm not a fan of killing people just for the fuck of it, but I don't think the guy is AQ's #2 because he liked the pot luck dinners so much.
As far as I'm concerned, if he plotted to kill Americans and took steps to put that plot into action, I'd rather he be dead now and not wait until the plan was close enough to fruition to be imminent.
I'm not a fan of killing people just for the fuck of it, but I don't think the guy is AQ's #2 because he liked the pot luck dinners so much.
Every guy will kill AQ's #2. It is practically a running joke at this point.
I'd rather he be dead now and not wait until the plan was close enough to fruition to be imminent.
Imminency is required by treaties and laws to which the United States is a signatory. It's something greater than "sent an e-mail" and something less than "10 seconds before the plane hits the building".
However, given that we have absolutely zero information on the subject, We the People cannot control our own government. That's wrong.
Imminency is required by treaties and laws to which the United States is a signatory.
And pot is illegal, yet people argue here every day that that is suboptimal. It's odd how sometimes the law is the law and sometimes the law is just wrong.
If immanency is not a moral requirement, then you frankly don't believe in freedom of speech. You are saying by your own terms that any step taken in furtherance of a 'plot' to kill Americans is terrorist activity and therefore deserves instant death.
That includes sending an e-mail, writing a blog, mimeographing a newsletter...whatever.
If immanency is not a moral requirement, then you frankly don't believe in freedom of speech. You are saying by your own terms that any step taken in furtherance of a 'plot' to kill Americans is terrorist activity and therefore deserves instant death.
C'mon, man, you're better than that.
I believe in the freedom to say "Death to Americans." I don't believe in the freedom to take steps to carry out death to Americans. It's standard conspiracy law.
I believe in the freedom to say "Death to Americans." I don't believe in the freedom to take steps to carry out death to Americans. It's standard conspiracy law.
So what is the overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy of any of the droned targets?
We don't know.
"They were still identifiable through organizational hierarchy and the burden and standard of proof was low and obvious."
But we have not been deigned to be read into that.
Please be aware that there was an obvious end to WWII: the defeat and capitulation of Germany and Japan.
What is the end of the War on Terror? When goatherders stop planning crimes? Are we going to forever give the government carte blanche to both declare and terminate "enemies", even US Citizens, as it has done?
I get that you think equating goat herders with an organization that was able to train people to fly and exploit security weaknesses to murder 3,000 people somehow strengthens your position, but I'm just not seeing it. Or that being in favor of offing members of a group that has declared its intention to murder us is somehow being in favor of carte blanche killing.
At this point, whatever it is called, I don't think the effort to prevent terrorism is going away. Ever. That doesn't mean I think everything done in the name of terrorism is good, but I'm going to go ahead and submit that killing AQ members is good... just as good as killing members of Germany's and Japan's armed forces.
What is the end of the War on Terror?
The War on Terror will muddle along as it has done these past eleven years, never quite erupting into a conflict that has a noticeable impact until there is an escalation that makes the West realise that they are in, and have been in, an existential war.
Depending on the length of the muddling the WoT will end some time after that. If the muddling continues for some years, the hot side of the war will take longer. In the end, it is likely that Islam will lose.
The problem is that the evidence isn't provided. That's a different problem or question from whether it's legitimate to strike at someone who is engaged in anti-American asymmetrical warfare.
WRT imminence, that just means that it can't be speculation that some guy might, 20 years down the road, attack the US. But it's perfectly legitimate in a war to bomb an enemy base, even if the enemy isn't going to attack that morning.
Well, Barry, we are generally in agreement.
I will state that imminent threat has to be more than "angry guy in backwoods talking to his fellow goatherders about how nice it would be to strike at America"
If a three year old told me he was going to punch me in the face, it would be unreasonable for me to strike first, because the threat is not actionable nor serious.
As of 9/10/2001, we had no real reason to believe that a such bunch of goatherders posed any threat. That has changed.
Context matters. Threat assessments change depending on surrounding facts.
If some Mexican soldiers accidentally cross an unmarked border somewhere in a truck, we'll probably have a chat and send them home.
If Felipe Calderón says, "We will attack the United States" or Mexico declares war on the US, we will open fire on any Mexican soldiers crossing the border instead. We could also open fire on anyone else stupid enough to indicate that they're threatening the US in the name of Mexico. We don't have to determine if they're "serious" about it first. That includes US citizens. Treason isn't a common charge, but it's still on the books for a reason.
If Mexico then says, "We're sorry, our bad," then we would revert to the status quo ante.
Except Mexico is an identifiable entity with a leader.
The fact is that you are claiming that anyone with a 'Death to America' placard is subject to instant death. That is a terrible standard.
It is a terrible standard.
But unless we don't plan to fight against any entity that isn't a nation-state, I am hard pressed to come up with a good one.
Note that Al Qaeda and related organizations have declared their intentions. It's not speculation on our part.
So what standard can we use, exactly?
So now anyone who says "bad things" about America or the American government is an enemy soldier and it's ok to drone strike them with no due process?
The War on Terror is a crock of shit. Terrorism is a tactic. You can't declare a war on it any more than you can do with drugs or poverty. It's not a conventional fight, and you can't fight it like it is one
If you're going to respond to my post, at least read it first.
Whatever we think of the target selection process, Obama's secret drone war is happening for a reason. The Mother Jones nutjobs may think it's because he's a sociopathic killer, but I don't buy that explanation.
Well, how about this then; our intelligence services have agreed to an exchange with the government of Yemen. For some valuable intel, we'll clear out some existing local threats and fulfill some long standing vendettas going back to their civil war. Pretty much the same deal made in Somalia. We catch and kill a few targets related to the WoT, but mostly we're there as a result of a more long term strategy than the immediate threat.
For some valuable intel and long term cooperation
Last part got whacked.
Given the reports circulating (a very special Patriots Day two minutes hate!) that he often fails to attend intelligence briefings, he had better fucking hope nothing like that happens.
I wouldn't be surprised to see some pro-Iraqi war type spin this as
"See we under-rated the intelligence and got hit on 9/11. So when intelligence suggested Iraq had WMD, we couldn't take the chance and ignore it."
^^^
See this? This is exactly the problem.
On 9/10 had Bush taken an action that stopped 9/11 an idiot like this would start squawking. Because nothing happened. Since nothing happened there was no 'threat'. Let the squawking commence.
He provides the exact, precise, logical reasoning for the Iraq war and thinks it's spin.
Had the US not gone in anything that happened afterwards would be laid at Bush's feet--along with the fact that he'd 'ignored' 9/11 chatter too.
Everyone's a Monday morning intelligence analyst.
I suppose Fleischer's knee jerk reaction could stem from years of fighting off varying levels of conspiracy theories. Or more likely he saw an avenue of attack on the Grey Lady and took it.
Hmm. No specifics, but "they're determined" to attack".
So Bush should have enacted "No Child is a Patriot Act Part D" BEFORE 9/11/01, and it would have prevented two planes crashing into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and one into the grassy knoll. Plus, Iraq War, Part Deux.
I blame Bush. Oh, wait....
Oops this was meant to be unnested, not response to Fist.
Stupid nesting comments skwerlz.
Since you've DIRECTLY challenged my comment, let me respond.
Eichenwald is seemingly claiming that he's read reports or memos or whatnot that are more specific than Richard Clarke's no-shit memo. I'll have to see some of these declassified documents myself since I don't know anything about Eichenwald or his agenda (everyone has an agenda).
PWNED
Congratulations on finding a picture of Ari Fleischer that doesn't make him look like a punchable douchetard. Oh wait...
Has anyone posted a link to this yet?
FBI questions teen over Ron Paul video
Oh look at everyone stumbling over themselves to excuse Bush for what is objectively one of the greatest intelligence failures of all time.
Note the heart of the problem: the neocons, who were obsessed with Saddam Hussein, who didn't listen to actual intelligence experts, and who pretty much completely fucked whatever was good about this country for 8 long, painful years.
It's just one of those things! We definitely shouldn't worry about Mitt Romney surrounding himself with all the same characters who were so disastrously wrong about everything back then.
Shut up Tony. Bush had been in office less than 8 months. The intelligence failures go back well into the Clinton Administration. Take your retarded partisan shit to another thread where you can lick Obama's balls. Here the adults are trying to have a conversation.
I don't blame anyone here. I blame the whackjobs that thought attacking the U.S. domestically would advance their cause.
We're pretty vulnerable to attack. Period. Today and eleven years ago. That's because we're a big nation with free movement internally and lots of ways in.
The only way to stop someone who does care if they die from attacking you is to kill them before they can attack. That is pretty hard to do. And yeah, we are vulnerable to the odd attack. We always will be. The big thing is to make sure we never allow a really big nuke or chem attack. The odd car bomb or hijacking is the cost of living in the modern world sadly.
There's another dimension.
Someone who doesn't care if he dies, and DOES NOT REALLY CARE WHAT TARGET HE HITS, or exactly who dies in the attack. It's not an attack on any specific strategic target, or persons.
Sure, the 9/11 attacks were aimed at targets that were perceived as high-visibility. But they also chose targets simply because they were vulnerable to attack.
There are thousands of such targets, and probably hundreds of ways to attack. Guard some of them, and make certain avenues of attack more difficult, and there are plenty of alternative.
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Oh it's Clinton's fault. Is this how it works: Anything bad that happened under Bush until 2004 was Clinton's fault, and anything after 2004 was Obama's fault?
This narrative is pretty simple: the neocons wrongly ignored specific threats.
I didn't even mention the time they were still obsessed with Sadaam after 9/11 and invaded a whole country based on more faulty approaches to intelligence. Just how many massive blunders does Bush get a pass on, exactly?
Shut up sock puppet. You have ceased to be worthy of reading much less responding to. We get it Tony, all evils in the world are the result of the evil Republicans and all good in the world is the result of the Democrats. And the only flaw the Democrats ever have is that they sometimes are just do not fight hard enough against the evil Republicans.
We know your fairy tale. You give it on every thread. Once again, take it elsewhere. The adults are talking.
I'm perfectly happy to discuss Democrats' faults, it's just they pale so much in comparison to negligently allowing the worst terrorist attack in history and then invading the wrong country and getting thousands more killed as a response. What's your excuse for that one, again?
I do not think you apply the same generous standards of forgiveness to Obama, who I'm certain you blame for much of the economic problems that, too, began under Bush. What's your excuse for that one?
Obama claims that the President can overpower the business cycle.
That's a core claim.
It doesn't matter what mess Bush left behind. The core claim of leftists is that they know better than the market and can fix everything and bring the utopia. Any time they fail to do that, no matter what the inputs are and no matter what the start position is, they are failures.
So Obama can be blamed for things that happened under Bush because... a bunch of strawmen?
No, Tony.
If Obama and I were the only candidates in 2008, and the question was, "What can be done to end the recession?" Obama's answer was "Elect me, because I can end the recession and bring back growth," and my answer was "Nothing can stop the recession now. We just have to ride it out, and the best thing we can do is stop trying to stop it."
That means that if Obama wins the election and the economy stays bad, we get to conclude that his statements about his magical economy healing powers were false.
I can't find that quote. Do you have a source? Or are you just making things up you thought you heard? I was pretty sure I heard "change will be hard and won't happen overnight."
There is no serious analysis that suggests that doing nothing would have produced a better outcome: that's just magical libertarian thinking. I wish I could just make shit up and declare it true.
My underlying point remains: the standard of blame being applied to Bush and Obama seem to be completely out of whack on this message board.
There is no serious analysis that suggests that doing nothing would have produced a better outcome: that's just magical libertarian thinking.
I wouldn't have made the recession better. That's the whole point. I would have stood by and let it fall all the way to the bottom. Because I think that in the long term that's the best way to proceed.
Holding any other opinion whatsoever constitutes believing that the government can control the business cycle. And as soon as you assert that, if you fail to produce a perfect business cycle devoid of recessions or periods of sluggish growth and general unpleasantness, you have failed.
Pretty much by definition there is no scenario to which the preferred outcome is a Great Depression. Your business cycle theory leaves out the possibility (of which there is plenty of evidence) of the vicious cycle. And there is no way in hell you wouldn't be blaming Obama for 25% unemployment if you'd had your way.
If Obama had done nothing and we experienced 25% unemployment (which, at 16-17%, we're not too far off as it is), I absolutely would not have blamed him in the slightest.
As it is, I only blame the President because he failed on his own terms, not because I thought he could actually do something productive about it. In other words, I am holding the President accountable to his own standards.
I'm perfectly happy to discuss Democrats' faults, it's just they pale so much in comparison to negligently allowing the worst terrorist attack in history
You do realize all the planning and training for the 9/11 attacks took place while Slick Willy was in office? Seriously, you're not even trying anymore.
And the execution of the attacks happened on Bush's watch. If Bush had a (D) after his name this board would look a lot different and that's the problem I have. Even when most of you guys are positing a fallacious equivalence of the parties you are being disingenuous.
You really are a dishonest assnugget.
Absolutely--if Bush had a D after his name and did everything exactly the same as he did it, you would be singing his praises. We all know this.
The rest of the board would be kicking or praising Bush as his policies and positions warrant, just like they do now.
I needed a good laugh, thanks.
The Bushies made it impermissible to question Republicanism after 9/11. It's easy for even the hardest of objective observers to forget just what a monumental fuckup that entire presidency was.
Libertarians typically go somewhat into conspiracy theory mode and at least assume the worst of politicians. But all I see here is a bunch of trashing of the premise of the article and knee-jerking to defend Bush. Sell your objectivity to someone who hasn't been here so long.
Oh it's Clinton's fault. Is this how it works: Anything bad that happened under Bush until 2004 was Clinton's fault, and anything after 2004 was Obama's fault?
This seems to have a ring of familiarity to it. It's almost like someone might use this strategy to defend their "work" to "save" the economy. Then, when that doesn't work, well, it's obviously the previous President's fault. I'm sure this will all work itself out in the next four years. He just needs more time.
Ooops. Maybe I need to read farther down the page next time. Or maybe I should just not give a damn about what Tony posts.
Dude, I hate Bush more than anybody. But this is just dumb.
Some days the bear gets you. That's just how it is. It's psychotic to declare that any time the enemy is successful we have to go around and find people to force-choke over it.
I bet the Pentagon has a threat assessment out there for Britain suddenly sneak-attacking us out of nowhere. But if that ever happens, we can't look at the assessment and say, "You should have known this would happen!"
"Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US" is about as helpful a guide to action as "Mugger to Strike Somewhere in US Tomorrow!" It's a big country.
We can't know for sure how much negligence was involved without reading the memos referred to, but given the desire and follow-through of attacking Iraq even post-9/11, the idea that the neocons were obsessed with Iraq and negligent to the real threats is certainly plausible, if not downright undeniable.
I'm not willing to go down the road of forgiving every administration that ever will be for every inability to stop a massive terrorist attack. Are you?
I certainly blame Bush for stupidly invading Iraq.
But that's a separate issue.
The issue is whether the 9/11 attacks could have been prevented by action originating the Oval Office. And I just don't see it.
The only way the 9/11 attacks could have been prevented is by sheer luck by some street-level cop or FBI agent bumping into Atta one day and deciding to pursue a hunch. Or we could have gotten REALLY lucky and Ziad Jarrah could have chickened out because he missed his wife (which apparently almost happened) and he could have blown the whole thing. What was NOT going to happen was that Bush was going to hear the assessment and magically declare the exact right policy to stop 19 guys randomly roaming around the US 5 weeks before the attacks.
It all depends on what's in the memos. And Iraq is direct evidence of the neocons' inability to properly assess intelligence, which is a generous criticism.
You assume that Iraq was borne out of bad intelligence, which is not true.
It was borne from deliberate misrepresentation of intelligence in order to justify a larger strategic vision for the region. Condi Rice admitted as much.
Hence "generous criticism." Similarly I think it's more accurate to say the neocons were negligent on 9/11 intelligence rather than simply blindsided.
Similarly I think it's more accurate to say the neocons were negligent on 9/11 intelligence rather than simply blindsided.
Which you're just making up without evidence.
The evidence is allegedly contained in the memos referred to in this article, if the original memo doesn't count enough by itself.
The evidence is allegedly contained in the memos referred to in this article,
So, made-up 'evidence'.
Let's say that the Bush administration pieced together the general idea behind 9/11, but not the specific actors. The Bush administration puts in place oppressive security at airports. 9/11 is averted. Does Eichenwald thank Bush or call him a fascist?
For the amount of money we spend on counterterrorism you'd think it's at least conceivable that we could have figured out the actual actors and the actual plot, without having to do what is still considered mostly pointless security bullshit at airports.
By this account the threat was ignored as bluster by administration neocons who were not experts on terrorism but who overruled those who were. They were disastrously wrong. They shouldn't get a pass on that.
The point is that we didn't spend a lot of money on counter-terrorism (and could stand to spend less than we do now).
Before 9/11*
Personally, I would have called them fascists.
If they didn't know the details of the plot, their only real conceivable action would have been rounding up all the names that ended up on the terrorist watch list and throwing them into camps. If you don't know which 19 "terror affiliated suspects" to get, you have to get them all.
And if on the basis of "threat assessments" and "chatter" the Bush administration had thrown thousands or tens of thousands of people into camps, you wouldn't have had to be a very persuasive guy to talk me into going out into the street to throw Molotov cocktails.
Agreed. And so would the author, IMO. And so would I.
And it strikes me as a bit disingenuous to argue that they should have done something knowing full well he'd excoriate them for doing what was almost certainly the only something with a realistic chance of preventing what happened.
Given that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by a few people, it's most likely that rounding up people and putting them into camps would have stopped 9/11 just about as well as FDR's doing that stopped the War in the Pacific.
I think a list of names mentioned in intercepted chatter provides are more useful starting point than national heritage does.
And, really, the claim wasn't that it was going to stop the War in the Pacific, it was going to stop sabotage. Which, for all we know, it did, just like camps might have stopped 9/11. The point is that that is too high a price to pay.
Yes, the problem with Tony's criticism is that the actions necessary to have prevented 9/11 would result in a state he wouldn't like very much.
Much in the same way I don't advocate pre-screenings and preventative detainment for budding psychopaths, recognizing that yes, they may someday go nuts and 'active shooter' me in the middle of the streets, I recognize that a free society requires we live with a slightly-more-than-minute risk of terrorist activity.
"a state he wouldn't like very much"
Perhaps you assume too much about Tony.
You and I wouldn't like it much, though.
I don't think so. We've had very rigorous antiterrorism ops since long before 9/11. It's just that the Bushies were so godawful at executing government at every conceivable level.
Totally. I mean, there are reams of evidence that pointed to the exact time and place where the attacks originated, what the targets were, and who the actual terrorists were to mkae it 100% preventable. And those Portland security guys were clearly political appointees - how else can you explain the incompetence that let them through security?
For once, I agree with Shit-For-Brains. I mean, come on, this is clearly a case where enough specific intelligence existed to directly prevent the murder of 3,000 innocents by Muslim Islamofacists, whom Shit-For-Brains clearly hates as much as any Teabagger and Democrat in Congress leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
the FBI field office in phoenix (i believe) reported folks learning take-off, but no landing procedures.
And I'm sure that, when the agents involved turned on their TV or computer on 9/11, the light went on, and the weird bit of intel suddenly made sense.
That's the problem with all that stuff.
u gotta admit that's bizarre
Obviously.
And that's why the agents reported it.
What they didn't and couldn't know was that a group of guys would use boxcutters to take over some commercial jets, then fly them into some famous buildings.
pre-9/11, the FBI could reasonable infer was that there would be hyjackings. and yet they did nothing
This is the truth.
Monday Morning Quarterbacking is permissible when blaming BOOOSH, apparently.
Right, but the guy who was detected "not learning how to land" was Zacarias Moussaoui, who was arrested before the attacks, and is now serving life in supermax.
So the FBI had reason to think "Hey, we stopped a hijacking!" (Pats on backs all around.)
Exactly! More direct and specific evidence that an attack would occur on 9/11 and were completely preventable. Bush obviously ignored it all on purpose in order to generate a pretext to go to war.
no, bush und his neocon playmates, preferred to believe that hussain, not aQ was the target.
and bush/cheney/rummy all attempted to shoehorn iraq into the 9/11 picture.
Yes, yes! I mean, there is no proof of that whatsoever but who cares if it bolsters the Narrative, AMIRITE?!?!
If only Clinton had taken bin Laden when Yemen offered, right?
Yeah...
Except that the '90s was a time when the US was trying to clean up after decades of fucked-up Cold War "involvements" overseas. Would any libertarian at the time have supported Clinton's taking out Bin Laden? I don't think so.
It was in response to Tony's "They were disastrously wrong. They shouldn't get a pass on that." If that's the standard, Clinton was disastrously wrong and shouldn't get a pass on that.
And, actually, I think it was Sudan, not Yemen. Regardless, I think there was already plenty in place to justify taking out bin Laden at the time.
That wasn't exactly a negligent response to intelligence, but a policy choice. In hindsight a disastrous one, perhaps, but you guys do realize that the first thing I wrote is proving itself over and over: you guys are falling all over yourselves to give Bush a pass. He was a fuckup of monumental proportions. Why do Democrats need to enter the conversation at all? Talk about them elsewhere. You guys sure don't hesitate to blame Obama for everything down to your stubbed toe, so I don't see the point of this Bush apologetics.
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field.
The point, of course, is to point out your own hackery, Tony.
You shouldn't be surprised that people enjoy tearing you down. I mean, you are an asshole here on purpose, right?
you guys are falling all over yourselves to give Bush a pass.
No, he made mistakes. The point is that it's a mistake that probably couldn't have been avoided without taking the kinds of actions you'd probably be screaming about had they been taken.
That wasn't exactly a negligent response to intelligence, but a policy choice.
So a purposeful decision to let bin Laden go is somehow superior to negligence?
We get it 'Tony' - Obama is not responsible for the disastrous economy of the past four years he's been in office, but BOOOSHH is responsible for the previous two years of intelliegnce fuckups under Clinton when the 9/11 plot was being worked out and trained for by al qaeda. DERP!
There probably was plenty in place.
But I remember the context and temper of the time.
They wouldn't have 'taken him out'--they would have arrested him. Sudan had captured him and they were willing to hand him over to us for...the Cole bombing?
But Clinton said no.
Scariest thing is that this was most likely before or at the very beginning of 9/11 planning.
Americans should always be wary of government-proposed restrictions made in the name of "war."
As well as NYT journalists claiming "While those documents are still not public, I have read excerpts from many of them...".
Riiiight, sure you have. While Eichenwald might not have come right out and said it, it seems like he was pretty much implying that "Bush knew". If I were in Bush's shoes and was told "Osama Bin-Laden/ Al-Qaeda wants to attack the US and is planning some kind of attack in the near future" I'm pretty sure my response would have been "No shit, Sherlock, tell me something I don't already know, like when, where, and how."
Hell, even the much touted "Pheonix memo" doesn't actually contain anything that could be considered actionable intelligence. All it said was "Al-Qaeda sympathizers are in the US taking flight training, but we're not sure why or how they intend to use that knowledge in a hypothetical terrorist attack". Again my response would be "...and we can do what with this? Ratchet up security at airports to defend against an attack, but we still don't know where, when, or exactly what they're planning?"
Not that I'm defending Bush mind you. He was an incompetant jack ass who used the attack as an excuse to consolidate even more power in the federal government's hands (PATRIOT Act, TSA, HSA, etc.), but give me a fuckin' break.
did they ever find out what was on the memos Sandy Burger stole in his pants?
FDR maneuvered to leave Pearl Harbor inadequately defended.
The WTC had been attacked previously.
There had been a number of indications of possible airline hijackings.
A number of the hijackers were on watch lists, yet were in the country legally.
The Project for a New American Century published a document citing a need for a "Pearl Harbor incident" to justify expanding US military footprint in the middle East.
Several administrations had called for regime change in Iraq.
What should we make of that?
Isn't Bush "knew" the implication though? If he had all this information, why didn't he stop it?
From the book:.”
Just one of those things! In the words of another Texas statesman, "Oops."
I read the article and didn't see anything new that would indicate there was actionable intelligence. Even if the administration had specific knowledge of a hijacking attempt the only way to thwart it would have been to target and profile Muslim travelers. We can't even get liberals to agree to do that NOW, after 9/11.
If there were truly some damning new evidence, why wait until the anniversary of the event during the heart of election season? Did this information become available just yesterday? This is the NYT trying to blame Bush for 9/11. Obama's ball spiking on OBL is part of the narrative also.
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For all the furor the Tea Party movement generated this year, when it came to the mightiest deliberative body in human history, the U.S. Senate, the Tea Party won only one real prize: Rand Paul's election as Kentucky’s junior senator. On the surface he's a Republican, but Paul frames himself as a representative of a supposedly trans-partisan Tea Party, burning with an urge to cut spending and curb debt that he admits his GOP comrades have not shown.
In terms of passing laws or shifting the Senate in his direction, Paul is not going to get much done by trying to operate as a one-man Tea Party in a minority party. Though he may become a filibuster machine, which given his outlier status means the Senate will have lots of cloture votes to shut him up. (He is not likely to succeed in using the filibuster to cap the debt limit and thereby destroy the entire world economy, as has been wildly speculated in some quarters.)
While those frightened by Paul see in him the power and will to wreck the planet, his fans are unduly thrilled just to hear a senator-elect talking about raising the retirement age and means testing for Social Security; cutting federal employment and pay; plotting a two-year path to a balanced budget; pushing term limits and a balanced budget constitutional amendment; insisting that bills should point to their constitutional justification and that senators should have read them before signing on; and even, to the surprise of some who found him avoiding his father’s non-interventionism on the campaign trail, talking up military cuts and questioning the value of our Afghanistan mission.
I say "unduly thrilled" because in most of these attitudes, Rand Paul is a man alone in the Senate, with no power to make any of it happen. It’s a delight to know that other Republican senators are also talking defense cuts; but alas, most of them frame their defense budget hawkishness in terms of waste and trimming specific useless bits of machinery. What’s really needed to create an affordable and constitutional foreign policy is a complete rethink of America's world-straddling, quasi-imperial mission, as per Papa Paul.
As a legislator, it would be silly to expect much out of Rand Paul, either as a minority party freshman or even as the majority party freshman he may well become in 2012. As departing Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) sadly sums up, “I think [voters] probably do not understand how little influence one senator has…here, in order to get things done you have to have concurrence of at least 60 members in order to go forward on a piece of legislation.” University of Southern California political scientist Christian Grose says that Paul "could have some clout. It may not be clout in the legislative process, but clout in terms of raising issues not otherwise discussed” in both Washington and around the country. “Sometimes you have to get an idea in the public sphere [before it’s mainstream] to have policy change over the long term,” Grose says. And UC Berkeley political scientist Sean Gailmard says there’s a good news-bad news side to being a senator—it’s much easier to get ideas to the floor than in the more leadership-controlled House, but still “in the Senate basically nothing is going to happen without 60 percent approving of it,” and Paul has pretty much no positions that have that kind of support.
Among many progressives of my acquaintance, Paul has become a male Sarah Palin of sorts. Not because he seems dumb like her, per se, but simply because believing the libertarian things he believes makes him inherently a laughable-but-dangerous fanatic. That raises questions about his value to the libertarian cause that are likely to outweigh his votes and the legislation he introduces.
Paul is a Republican who thinks of himself as a Tea Party man. But whether we like it or not, or certainly whether he likes it or not, he is linked in the public mind with libertarianism. While significant differences in style and emphasis exist between him and other libertarians, his general political vision is as radically libertarian as anything the modern Senate has seen.
Thus, any dumb thing Paul says or does, any deviation from small-government principle, will become a public brick against libertarianism. And in an MSNBC world, sticking to his principles will be a weapon used against libertarianism as well. Rand Paul, even given his almost certain inefficacy as senator qua senator, represents a simultaneous opportunity and danger for the small-government cause. With him in the Senate and his father in the House, libertarianism will face unprecedented amounts of harsh attention, including the sort that doesn't give libertarians the sideways complement of being curious cases of real principle in an ugly GOP swamp. These libertarians, outgunned as they are, could start being dangerous.
After 23 years defending libertarian ideas in public and private, this strikes me as both great and fearful news, even if Sen. Paul is unlikely to bring about any actual policy changes. When the nation as a whole is paying attention to a libertarian as hardcore as Rand Paul (and he's not even that extreme—he told ABC’s The Week that he’s OK with a $2.4 trillion dollar government as long as it doesn’t spend beyond its means trying to be a $4 trillion government), I fear that most Americans will find they do not like what they see. An inefficacious senator risks becoming an extremist laughingstock.
I’m afraid that, despite Paul's victory, it still marks a politician as insanely beyond the pale to believe, say, that the federal government could function by only burning through as much cash as it did a decade ago; that giving government appointees power to manipulate the currency at will can have some very predictably bad effects; that national defense should actually be about defending the nation and its people from attack; and that as a general principle, freedom of choice is to be preferred to planning and state action and bossing people around.
So if Rand Paul ends up getting nothing done and failing to win mainstream respect for the ideas he stands for, what good is he?
If he can use cable news and the Internet, and skillfully exploit the predictable crisis on the horizons arising from the out of control spendng, inflation, and debt he decries, Paul can become the Tea Party leader he wants to be. Thus he might influence and inspire future politicians who will seek, and perhaps win, congressional primaries, whether or not the powers that be in the media or the party hierarchy like it.
I’d love to see some Rand Paul-inspired candidates with a more robustly expressed love of non-interventionist foreign policy and of ending the drug war with extreme prejudice. But even a few Rand Paul clones would be good. "I have great confidence in the American system," Paul said in his acceptance speech. "We must believe in ourselves and not believe that somehow, some benevolent leader in a distant capital will take care of us, will save us from ourselves. We must once again believe in ourselves." That’s not the sound of a modern American politician. Paul’s greatest chance to change his country is managing his difficult public position with enough sense and panache to ensure that two, four, six years from now, more American politicians sound like that.
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White’s battery mates are wide receivers Jordan Cunningham, D.J. Taylor and Emmanuel Soto. They were the spark offensively, as the Suns downed the Cowboys in the Citrus Bowl.
Taylor said it’s been a work in progress.
"It's comfortable,” Taylor said. “When I first got here, it was MacGarrett [Kings] and [Daniel] Braverman and Jordan Cunningham and they taught me the ropes. This year, Samuel Bruce came along, Emmanuel Soto came along, Donnice Woods stepped up, and it was Jordan too with me. We were comfortable this year leading the pack and were appreciative to have the young guys buying into the system, and it definitely paid off this game, with Sam and the big plays that he made, and Soto and the big plays that he made."
Cunningham was injured midway through the game. In his absence Soto and the others picked up the slack.
"I feel great, I love my team and I love the ‘Bomb Squad’,” Cunningham said. “Emmanuel Soto had a great game, D.J. Taylor had a great game, Sam Bruce had a great game. I tried to fight and come back into the game and lead my team to the victory."
For Soto, he’s just thankful to learn from the older guys, just like the older guys learned from previous wide receiver standouts at University School.
“I owe it all to them,” Soto said. “They have taught me so much this year alone. Coach [Beard] has also been instrumental.”
Beard knows a thing or two about the position. He was a high profiled receiver from Plantation High School in South Florida and played at the University of Miami. He has a simple principal that served so true in this state title game.
“I emphasize define the moment. Don’t let the moment define you,” said Beard, the team’s wide receiver’s coach. “We got down. D.J. fumbled. We had adversity out there today. But D.J. bounced back and made some plays and had a key two-point conversion. He didn’t let that moment [fumble] define him. I have been through this as a player. That’s what I have stressed to this group. I have been blessed to coach these guys.”
Cunningham, Taylor and Soto combined for 18 receptions for 246 yards and two scores. White finished 21/31 for 282 yards and two touchdowns. In the end, it was bombs away for the Suns.
"I'm just a quarterback and my playmakers do all the work,” White said. “My receivers made some huge catches. I just get the ball to them and they do all the work.
"The ‘Bomb Squad’ was in full effect."
Great day for QB White
Today was a big day for University School signal caller Mike White. Moments after celebrating a state championship victory with his teammates he was told to make a phone call to USF.
“They called me – I’m not even joking – about ten minutes (after leaving the stadium). [University School Head] Coach [Roger Harriott told me to call coach [Larry] Scott. I called and they offered,” he said.
The 6-foot-5, 195-pound quarterback was recruited by Skip Holtz and the former Bulls regime. But things changed today.
“They said originally they were going to offer me, but then Coach Holtz got fired so they had to wait until they got a new coach. With the hiring of coach [Willie] Taggart, they watched my film and he gave them the okay and they offered,” he said.
“I really gave some thought to it and I was ready to commit, but obviously when Coach Holtz got fired, it wasn’t official. It was a matter of time before they got a new coach and it would depend on what system he ran and if he liked me, and he did, so I committed.”
White is Taggert's first commitment and he is ready to bring his skills to the USF program.
“I think I can succeed at the next level with my decision-making skills and my ability to lead and just to be the epitome of what a quarterback is,” he said.
“I’m committed to them. It’s not an in-the-meantime, soft commitment,” he said.
Bain talks recruiting
Defensive tackle Maquedius Bain (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./University School) is narrowing down his school. This four-star talked about five schools. He was previously committed.
Skai stars for Suns
Three-star linebacker Skai Moore may have saved his best game for last. The senior standout recorded 14 tackles. He also had a key sack and quarterback pressure during the final moments of the game.
“We just came out there and made plays, especially in the second half,” Moore said. “I have a lot of respect for Madison County. They are the most physical team we have played. But we came out in the second half with a different mindset and attitude.”
Moore now came focus on recruiting, as he still has not made his decision.
“Right now it’s Wisconsin, Rutgers (1-17), Vanderbilt, and TCU,” Moore said. “I want to make my decision as soon as possible.”
Battle comes up big
Kentucky defensive back commitment Jalen Battle came up huge for University School as well. He had a fumble recovery and interception and was in on a handful of tackles.
“This is so deserving,” Battle said. “We worked so hard for this. It’s a great moment, especially the way we fought back. We just kept attacking.”
Meanwhile, Battle says he’s so excited about the new coaching change in Lexington. That’s what he’s now focused on.
“Getting coach [Mark] Stoops is so huge,” Battle said. “It’s the best thing that has happened to Kentucky. I am so excited about it. I can’t wait.I met with coach [D.J.] Elliot last Thursday. He’s a great guy.
“Now, I have to get a couple of players to come along with me. I am trying to get Skai [Moore], Jordan [Cunningham] and D.J. [Taylor] up there with me.”
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Red Bank Prepares for Hurricane Sandy
Heads of several borough departments meet for the second of what will be several meetings to prepare for Hurricane Sandy.
It's their job to worry about the what ifs.
In Red Bank's council chambers Friday afternoon, the heads of multiple borough departments gathered to talk planning for Hurricane Sandy, and contingencies should the storm come close to unleashing the devastation some foresee.
Sandy is expected to arrive along the Jersey Shore Monday, following Sunday rain and quickening winds. Concerns, locally, are that sustained winds, coupled with heavy rain and even the full moon could lead to serious flooding should Sandy hit the Greater Red Bank area directly.
There's the potential that Sandy could turn into another Hurricane Irene, where inland residents dealt with some minor basement flooding and power outages exacerbated by a poor response from Jersey Central Power and Light, rather than the doom scenario that lead to serious concerns day before it's arrival. But without a clear sense of where the storm will end up, or what kind of power it will be packing, there's only room for being prepared.
In Red Bank, storm concerns often involve the Navesink, which is prone to flooding.
"If (Sandy) is below us, we'll get all of the wind and all of the water along with it," Red Bank Office of Emergency Management Coordinator Tommy Welsh said. "If it's above us, it will do the opposite, it will pull that water away. It's a full moon tide so we're probably going to end up with water anyway."
For now, the borough is taking the steps to mitigate potential problems that could arise. Though it's not official just yet, the borough is likely to ask residents today or tomorrow to stop raking leaves into the street. Loading up streets with leaves during the storm's expected rain and wind could clog drainage systems and cause more flooding.
Though the storm is expected to bring consistent winds of 30 mph with bursts of 60 mph, Borough Administrator Stanley Sickles said that shouldn't pose the biggest problem.
"The wind is not going to be as big a deal as the rain, which is coming before the storm and will saturate the ground," he said.
Department of Public Works Director Gary Watson said crews have been testing drainage lines in preparation for the storm and clearing out catch basins as they go. Crews will be on hand throughout the weekend to clear leaves and debris from roadways throughout the borough. Code enforcement will also likely warn residents with Halloween decorations that they should be removed if heavy winds plague the area.
Because of the wet ground, Sickles said trees are more prone to laying over, which could cause downed power lines and power outages.
When it comes to providing the public with emergency updates, the borough has already sent out several soft emergency bulletins giving them the basics of storm preparation, including what supplies to buy, how to operate a generator, and how to keep safe during a storm. As things progress and should the storm pose a more significant risk, the borough will provide emergency announcements on its website, and will contact residents via email and telephone to alert them.
Friday's meeting was the second this week, with more planned for Saturday and Sunday — multiple times each day if needed.
"The residents were happy (during Hurricane Irene) with the amount of info that went out," Welsh said. "It wasn't too much and they weren't overwhelmed. I think it's important for people to know that we're meeting on it regularly and we're preparing."
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I promised another district inspired manicure, so here it is! I chose District 3 for today, the district of technology.
Do you see the gear wheels in the poster? I knew I had to do them on my nails, the minute I saw them :) Here they are:
I used: Avon - Gunmetal, Rimmel - Your Majesty, P2 - Dramatic Black and a dotting tool. :)
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Tiger Tiger Red John
Which is the Tiger? Red John? Patrick Jane? Are they one and the same?
William Blake’s original poem:
Tiger Tiger - Red John
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The key is the words “fearful symmetry.” It summarized the philosophy of Red John who sees himself like Satan fighting against God and the order of society represented by Jane and the forces trying to capture him amd put him jail. The latter he sees as beneath him and has no compunction about killing them just to clear the field. He enjoys the match of wits between himself and Jane and wants him to be kept on the case. to keep the symmetry, as it were. | http://redjohn.com/theories/tiger-tiger-red-john/ | 2013-05-18T11:03:12 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Microsoft announced on Thursday that it plans to enable its .NET Framework 4 on Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.
However, those wanting .NET Framework 4 capabilities on Server Core will have to wait a little while. The capability will be available sometime in the first quarter of this year, according to Microsoft's announcement. In addition, this capability will require installing SP1 of Windows Server 2008 R2, which Microsoft coincidentally plans to release in Q1 2011.
Currently, the first service pack for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is available publicly as a release candidate test version.
Server Core is a minimal installation of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 that runs with fewer components. It's not available on earlier Windows Server releases. IT pros typically might deploy Server Core to reduce an organization's attack surface because Server Core deployments limit the number of server roles in an installation.
The server roles available in Server Core depend on which release of Windows Server 2008 is run. For the R2 release, Server Core supports the following server roles, according to this Microsoft TechNet library article:
In addition, the server roles supported by Server Core are edition specific. For instance, the BranchCache hosted cache server role is supported in the Enterprise and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2008 R2, but not in the Standard edition, according to Microsoft's edition comparison table.
In any case, the addition of .NET Framework 4 capabilities in Server Core installations will help developers build applications using various Microsoft technologies and tap into services.
"Like in .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5, with .NET Framework 4, you will be able to build and run managed applications that use ASP.NET, WCF, WF, Windows Services and Console Applications," Microsoft's announcement explained.
It looks like Microsoft is specifically calling out the Windows Server 2008 R2 release as having the capability to run .NET Framework 4 on Server Core -- even though Windows Server 2008 is also capable of running as a Server Core installation.
Enabling .NET 4 on Server Core represents a technical milestone for Microsoft of sorts, according to a Microsoft forum thread. In a May 21 post on that thread, Rabi Satter of Microsoft explained that "supporting Server Core is very challenging for .NET."
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at one of the local patches, use the tips below to create a spooky (or artsy!) decoration for your porch.
To make a neat, clean carve, follow these instructions:
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- After your design is on the pumpkin, it’s time to start carving. It’s definitely worth investing in a pumpkin-carving kit because the blades will allow for more control, and they’re a lot safer than kitchen knives—especially for kids.
- If you're working in close quarters, be careful not to cut too far when carving out different parts of the design. The cleaner the cut, the easier it will be to take the carved parts out without tearing nearby rind.
- Carefully remove the unwanted pieces and clean up any rough edges.
- Light up your pumpkin with a battery-operated light or a candle in a holder. Don’t ever put a candle in the pumpkin by itself—this is a huge fire hazard.
- When your pumpkin is done, find somewhere to display it proudly for Halloween. And remember to keep an eye on it if you decide to use candles!
For more tips on how to creatively carve your gourd, check out this video.
For those families who may not want the mess or sharp objects involved with carving a pumpkin, we found some family-friendly pumpkin-decorating ideas that don't require carving. These ideas will surely take you beyond the jack o'lanterns of old.
- Make a mummy pumpkin. Pick up a pair of those goofy googly eyes from a craft or hobby shop, wrap the pumpkin in cheese cloth for a Halloween decoration that's perfect for greeting trick or treaters.
- Send your children out in the yard to collect some of the leaves that have begun to fall. Then use the leaves as patterns to make cut outs and paste onto your pumpkin. This decoration will last until Thanksgiving.
- Pick up some Washi tape—it's similar to masking tape and comes in lots of colors and patterns—and let your imagine go wild. See how many one-of-a-kind pumpkin designs you can | http://redondobeach.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/how-to-decorate-carve-a-pumpkin-for-halloween | 2013-05-18T10:31:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Many years ago, a young Chad Griffin came out as gay in his hometown of Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He's gone on to become president of the Human Rights Campaign, a powerful gay rights group in Washington, D.C.
As part of our collaboration with Oxford American magazine, covering life in the South, NPR's Claire O'Neill caught up with Griffin on a visit to his hometown.
CLAIRE O'NEILL, BYLINE: Chad Griffin has made a name for himself in the elite political circles of Washington and L.A. But ask people in his hometown of Arkadelphia - population 10,000 - if his name rings a bell.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Chad Griffin, sure doesn't. What's he do?
O'NEILL: Well, according to OUT magazine, he's one of the most powerful gay rights leaders in the country. But of course, even the mighty can have humble origins.
CHAD GRIFFIN: Growing up in Arkadelphia, I don't know if some of you knew I was gay. I didn't yet know.
O'NEILL: That's Griffin.
GRIFFIN: If you did, why didn't you tell me?
(LAUGHTER)
GRIFFIN: It would have made that process so much easier.
O'NEILL: On his first day as head of the Human Rights Campaign, Griffin went home. The morning started at the Honeycomb Restaurant on Main Street, where he spoke to his friends and family at a breakfast in his honor.
GRIFFIN: I never knew that I knew another gay person when I was growing up. And Jason laughs.
(LAUGHTER)
O'NEILL: Jason Sheeler, that's Griffin's friend from high school who's visiting from Texas where he lives now. Neither of them were out as teenagers, as Jason remembers outside of the Honeycomb Restaurant.
JASON SHEELER: This wasn't always the easiest place in the world to grow up for sure, particularly for young boys who don't excel at football, basketball, baseball or whatever. You know, we definitely were called fag. And here on Main Street, I even whisper the word, right? 'Cause it takes you right back to how you were as a 16-year-old boy who kind of didn't know what the heck was going on.
O'NEILL: Chad Griffin may not have known what was going on with his sexuality, but he knew one thing: He wanted to go places. At just 19, he volunteered for a local politician named Bill Clinton, and rode that wave all the way to the White House. Later, as a political consultant, he played a big part in getting conservatives and liberals to work together to overturn California's Prop 8 ban on gay marriage.
GRIFFIN: If you don't talk to those who disagree with you, you're never ultimately going to bring them to your side.
O'NEILL: Griffin has a knack for politics, it seems, but also knows how to compromise. And his friend Rob Fisher says he's always been able to get his way.
ROB FISHER: His mom can tell you stories about, I wouldn't say manipulating, but being able to talk her or any teacher into anything.
O'NEILL: Or even the big wigs. Griffin was one of President Obama's top campaign bundlers. He's credited as influencing Obama's public support of gay marriage.
But back home in Arkansas, politics require a different dialect. And making change is a delicate dance.
JERRY COX: Most people in Arkansas have a very open live and let live attitude.
O'NEILL: Jerry Cox heads up the Arkansas Family Council.
COX: So if you said, what do people think about gays in Arkansas, they would be, like, eh, whatever.
O'NEILL: In 2008, Jerry Cox led an Arkansas vote banning gay couples from adopting. It was later struck down by the State Supreme Court, but still he reflects longstanding attitudes about upholding traditional marriage.
COX: Where the issue comes in is when people come in and says, I'm gay and I want to redefine what marriage is. And people say, whoa, wait a minute, marriage has been this way for thousands of years - one man, one woman. We like it the way it is and don't want it to be redefined.
O'NEILL: In the South, and wherever home may be, tradition can be a powerful force, which makes it hard to change. And even harder sometimes to just be honest with your family. Griffin's mom, Betty Hightower, wasn't surprised when her son came out in his 20s. There was no major drama. But she recalls, sitting on her back porch, it wasn't easy.
BETTY HIGHTOWER: I was raised Missionary Baptist, very conservative. And at first, it really was hard for me to say my son is gay. At one time, I was telling this person that Chad was gay. I wasn't saying it to get any kind of sympathy. I don't know, we were just talking about Chad. And he said, well, don't worry about it, God forgives all sins. And a knife went through me.
I told him very quickly that we all have had sins but this was not one of Chad's sins. Now he had sins.
(LAUGHTER)
HIGHTOWER: But this was not something he needed to be forgiven for.
O'NEILL: Not all parents share this attitude though. And Griffin says that's what motivates him; kids from small towns, like him, who think they have to hide who they are. On this day, he's back in Arkansas, holding a Q&A and opens the floor to questions from the audience.
ALYSS: I'm 19 years old. I'm the daughter of a Pentecostal preacher. They don't know I'm here...
O'NEILL: This is 19-year-old Alyss. Well, actually, it's not her real name. It's what she goes by in college in Little Rock. When she's home with her parents, she goes by her birth name. When she was 15, her parents found her MySpace page and saw that she was questioning her sexuality. She tells more of the story outside, after the Q&A.
ALYSS: And mom started crying. Dad pulled out a Bible, chanting verses, chanting all this stuff, angry, extremely red-faced.
O'NEILL: Alyss's dad's a preacher. He said she could continue to live with them under one condition - that she say she's straight, and so she did.
ALYSS: Because I don't want to be kicked out of the house again. So I just deal with it. I mean, they're my parents.
(LAUGHTER)
O'NEILL: She says that if she told them the truth, they'd disown her.
ALYSS: Oh, yeah. Oh, especially with my dad, like, being a Pentecostal preacher. This is the peak of his career, I guess. Like, more people are coming to the church that I don't want to ruin it for him. You know?
O'NEILL: Chad Griffin gave her some advice and brought her story back with her to Washington.
GRIFFIN: Someone who is that young, who should be worried about things like your next exam, instead her worry is having to go in and out of the closet, so that she can hide her identity from her own parents. That's the young person that motivates me day in and day out.
O'NEILL: This where Chad Griffin's Southern roots come in. If he can pivot from pressuring the president one day, and the next to handing a microphone to closeted kids like Alyss in Arkadelphia. Well, she can tell you what that means.
ALYSS: Having someone from this state, president of the HRC, that's big. That's big for Arkansas.
O'NEILL: And change, she says, is already afoot at home in the South.
Claire O'Neill, NPR News.
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GREENE: And you can see Chad Griffin touring around his hometown in a video by Oxford American magazine at our website, npr.org. On this first day of the new year, it's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.
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Will Job Numbers Add Up To Votes For Obama?
Originally published on Sat March 10, 2012 12:49 pm
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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
We've been hearing the latest employment numbers show things moving in a positive direction, but the economy and jobs market are still weak. That's, of course, a major factor in an election year. Our friend from the business world, Joe Nocera, joins us. He's an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. Joe, thanks for being with us.
JOE NOCERA: Thanks for having me, Scott.
SIMON: As we heard, of course, the economy added more jobs in February than economists had expected. Is this a trend or true stability?
NOCERA: Well, it's certainly starting to look like a trend. It's been three months in a row and if the country stayed on this pace for the rest of the year, they'd create more than 2 million jobs, which would take us back into, really, 2005, 2004 territory. Having said that, of course, you don't know if that is going to continue. And, as always, there are things to worry about. You know, price of oil and, you know, the euro crisis hovers, and so on and so forth. So yeah, I mean, I think it's a very encouraging sign. The last three months have been good and the question is, can it be sustained?
SIMON: Of course, political wisdom says President Obama's political fortunes are going to be tied to the economy. Elections are often tied to the economy. How do these numbers, and those to come, affect that argument - and the argument that the president's opponents may make about handling the economy?
NOCERA: Well, it certainly causes the president's opponents to dance a tricky, little dance. I mean, you just can't say well, things are better but Obama is still at fault - although they'll try. So each guy has taken a separate tactic. You know, Newt Gingrich is really pushing the price-of-oil-issue; you know, oil prices are going up, gas at the pump is going up, therefore, you know, it's Obama's fault.
You know, Rick Santorum - basically saying everything good that's happening in the economy is happening despite the president, not because of the president. And Mitt Romney, you know, his basic position, which is, essentially - you know, you can't argue with it - 8.3 percent is still too high. It is too high. The problem for Mitt Romney is that if we continue to have this kind of job growth, it will not be 8.3 percent by November. It'll be significantly lower.
SIMON: What - as you hear the campaign, what would Mr. Romney do differently?
NOCERA: Well, the main thing - his main point of distinction from the president's policies have to do with taxes. It's a very - sort of Republican tax policy that he has set out, where, you know, he's going to reduce marginal tax rates; he's going to - he's actually going to eliminate capital gains tax for anybody who makes under $200,000; he wants to lower the corporate tax; and so on and so forth. So it's a classic Republican argument, that lower taxes will lead to higher economic growth. You know, the president wants to, you know, tax millionaires at a higher rate, and he wants to fiddle with the tax code in ways that he believes will promote economic growth. But he is not an across-the-board tax cutter.
SIMON: But as you point out, an 8 percent unemployment rate - that's high, and that's an element of instability in an election, isn't it?
NOCERA: Well, absolutely. As we get closer to November, we'll have a better feel for where we are in the economy. If things stay at this level, it definitely helps the Republicans. If things really - if you really see signs of progress, it's going to make Mr. Obama very, very hard to beat.
SIMON: Any signs of bipartisan cooperation for sound economic policies over the next few months?
NOCERA: Well, Scott Horsley mentioned this - sort of minor jobs bill that passed the House the other day, and it was actually astounding. It passed by, you know, like a 300 to, you know, 30 margin. It really - quite astounding. Democrats - a very bipartisan - it's a bill that would help small businesses. So, you know, if the Senate passes that, that would be an example of a small, bipartisan effort. They're not going to do anything on the big stuff. They need to keep arguing because that's what they do. But on small areas, you know, I thought that was a sign of hope.
SIMON: New York Times columnist Joe Nocera, speaking with us from Long Island. Thanks so much.
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The Sky’s The Limit For Apex At Altitude
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Located on the top floor of London’s Millbank Tower, venue Altitude London offers superb panoramic views of the city and beyond, adding an extra dimension to corporate and private events. With four separate spaces able to host a variety of functions, keeping noise levels down is a priority. This has been solved by the installation of four Apex Audio Argos units.
“We host a wide range of events, which often involve DJs, bands and presentations,” says Altitude audio visual manager Jonjo Glynn. “Of course, these have the capacity to create large amounts of noise, so keeping levels under control is very important to ensure that both the adjacent rooms and floors below are not disturbed by both our own and visiting PA systems.”
Frequently described as the most natural sounding and smoothest leveller available, the Apex Argos prevents audio systems from producing excessive sound levels, but without producing unwanted sound degradation.
Using a (provided) measurement microphone, line inputs, or the PA system’s amplifier inputs as a level measurement reference, the Argos unit’s unique servo loop circuit smoothly lowers the levels in an extremely natural sounding way if audio levels go above the pre-set limit.
Argos features concealed, tamper-proof set-up controls, a choice of A-weighted or C-weighted filters and also a ‘fast’ operation option, for situations where loudspeaker protection is required.
“We had previously worked with other limiting systems that physically cut out the signal when the limit is exceeded, but these were not suited to our purpose,” says Jonjo. “We were attracted to the Argos units for their reputation of maintaining audio fidelity and their flexible limitation options.”
Supplied by the Apex UK Distributor RED SQUARE AUDIO, four units were installed one in each of Altitude’s main rooms by the venue’s in-house AV team, and they have proved such a success that the venue is considering installing them in other spaces.
“We are very happy with the performance of the Argos units,” says Jonjo. “So much so that we are looking to add them to our other venues, the Millbank Media Centre and the River Room, in the near future.”
Apex Installed at Altitude London
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Spurgeon said of F.B. Meyer, "Meyer preaches as a man who has seen
God face to face".
Born in a devout Baptist home, Meyer was heavily influenced by a
Quaker grandmother and by his good friend D L Moody. From an early age he felt
that God was going to call him to the ministry, and was even told by his Baptist
pastor "Some day you will stand at the end of the aisle and shake hands with the
people as I am doing now". Meyer preached more than sixteen thousand sermons
over his successful sixty-year ministry, yet he said "I am just God's errand
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Definition
Coaptite is a gel-like substance. It is used as a 'bulking agent' to increases the size of the urethra. The urethra is a tube that allows urine to pass from the bladder to the outside of the body.
Reasons for Procedure
This procedure is for women who have stress urinary incontinence . This is the leakage of urine caused by weakening of the muscles around the bladder and pelvis.
Possible Complications
If you are planning to have a coaptite injection, your doctor will review a list of possible complications which may include:
- Trouble passing urine due to urethra swelling
- Blood in urine
- Painful urination
- Urinary tract infection
- Feeling the urge to urinate
- Frequent urination
- Continued incontinence
- Bleeding
- Damage to the urethra
- Reaction to anesthesia
You should avoid this procedure if you have a history of:
- Urinary tract infections
- Current irritation of your bladder or urethra
- The wall of your urethra being easily damaged
Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor before the injection.. The medicines may include:
- Aspirin or other anti-inflammatory drugs
- Blood thinners, like warfarin (Coumadin)
- Clopidogrel (Plavix)
Other things to keep in mind.
Description of Procedure.
Immediately After Procedure
You will be monitored as the anesthesia wears off..
How Long Will It Take?
The procedure usually takes 15-30 minutes.
How Much Will It Hurt?
Anesthesia prevents pain during the procedure. Ask your doctor about medicine to help with pain after the injection.
Post-procedure Care
After the procedure, the hospital staff may provide the following care:
- Monitor you while you recover from the anesthesia and/or sedation
- Help you to eat and move around again
- Give you pain medicine
You will not need to stay overnight.
When you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
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After arriving home, contact your doctor if you have any of the following:
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- Not able to urinate
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- Signs of infection, including fever or chills
- Blood in urine
- Painful urination or a burning sensation
- Leaking urine
In case of an emergency, call for medical help right away.
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MT. VERNON — —
Police apprehended a man who allegedly attempted to rob two local businesses on Sunday.
Police received a call from Cozy Inn at 8:26 p.m. reporting that Christopher D. Bratton, 27, of Mt. Vernon, had been banned from the property but had returned, said Mt. Vernon Police Department Chief Chris Mendenall.
“Shortly after, Bandanas reported the same individual tried to rob them,” he said, adding that Bratton also allegedly attempted to rob a neighboring restaurant, Agave.
Bratton did not have a weapon, Mendenall said, but he implied to employees of both businesses that he was armed.
Bandanas employees called police at 8:34 p.m. and said a white man matching Bratton’s description came to the door and told an employee to give him all the money or he would shoot her. Bratton then turned around and left heading east, reports state.
Agave employees called police at 8:37 p.m., reporting Bratton tried to assault an employee and said he had a knife. Reports state Bratton then fled into the woods to the southeast, where he was apprehended by MVPD officers at 8:41 p.m.
Bratton was arrested at 12:48 a.m. Monday and charged with aggravated robbery, attempted armed robbery with no firearm, resisting/obstructing an officer and criminal trespass to land.
Police were first called at 6:59 p.m. Sunday when Bratton refused to let a woman leave his hotel room at the Cozy Inn, police reports state. The caller said he was intoxicated and causing problems, but didn’t make physical contact.
Bratton had an earlier arrest this weekend — he was also arrested by Mt. Vernon Police Saturday at 10:01 p.m. on charges of possession of cannabis and possession of drug equipment. He was released on $1,000 bond. | http://register-news.com/local/x1752042852/Man-arrested-on-multiple-charges/print | 2013-05-18T10:12:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Software-defined networking deployments are rare; only 4% of respondents to the InformationWeek 2012 Software-Defined Networking Survey have SDN in operation in a production network. Another 21% say they will have SDN in a production network in six months to a year. While those are low numbers, they are also consistent with a new technology, particularly one that fundamentally transforms the way networks are deployed and operated.
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>>IMAGE. nice! i have never thought of myself as a disney person. some friends have said it’s too commercial. as in, it would have a display about the history of native american indians & it would be sponsored by Kraft, so there’s no info on the trail of tears, small pox, etc. some friends view this type of things as not responsible to kids cuz disney’s not really accurate in some ways.
your pics & blog posts make me want to go. love these flowers & garden spaces.
I love that sand sculpture. It is amazing that someone built that with their hands! I can barely draw stick people! LOL
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I LOVED seeing the gardens. You got a really nice shot of the passion flower.
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OK, it’s 12:57 pm and I’m still in my pajamas. Last night I read this post at Soul Shelter and am wondering if he is right, maybe I should get out of my pajamas before 1pm. It’s not that I’m doing anything different than what I would be doing in my regular clothes: eat breakfast, read the paper, scan blogs, begin writing a post on Roth IRA’s, and respond to emails. But I am wondering whether I might feel differently about myself if I’m actually doing these things while fully dressed?
I’m definitely still in the “deworking” stage (a term I like from commenter Elizabeth, at Working for Rachel). I appreciate her and Tim’s comments to basically cut myself some slack. I need to hear that. I guess when you spend so many years “producing” you’ve got to wean yourself off of the accomplishments-equals-self-worth type of thinking. And the truth is, I have accomplished some of my “Lazy Person’s” list; I have ventured back into the garden, lost a couple pounds (yay!), almost kicked this cold, and rearranged my new office space with my desk overlooking the back yard.
I guess I’ll start slowly. It’s 1:21 now. I’ll get dressed, eat lunch, go for a walk and maybe go to the grocery store. That sounds like about enough in the way of accomplishments for today. Don't worry, I won't go cold turkey, I'll take it little by little. Perhaps tomorrow I'll aim to get dressed by noon.
"That sounds like about enough in the way of accomplishments for today."
Yes, don't overwhelm yourself! :)
I tried to imagine my perfect day a little while ago and it went something like, "Sleep in, read, take walk around lunch, go to library, write, read." If I was just going to do what I wanted every day for the rest of my life, I really do think about 75% of my days would be like that. On the other days I'd be skydiving or traveling to India for a little variety.
Posted by: Elizabeth | March 13, 2008 at 08:11 PM
I'm yrs from retirement, but still am a little frightened that once I do, I'll become a world class bum. Sadly I'm equally as freaked out that I'll go raving mad by not having enough to do.
Hopefully I'll figure it out by then...
Posted by: Nicole | March 14, 2008 at 01:59 PM
Hi Nicole:
Here's my advice, don't retire until you are ok with being a world class bum! (I just became "at peace" with this yesterday myself, while laying in my hammock, listening to my iPod watching the birds and staring at the forested land that is my back yard). Yes, I just realized yesterday "this is ok by me!"
It helps that I did get out of my pajamas before 11 and went for a jog among the vineyards of the Napa Valley after having spent several hours dealing with COBRA/health insurance issues. So I did feel very productive yesterday.
Oops, gotta go, we're going to the movies (on a WEEKDAY) and gotta get there to catch the bargain matinee (on a fixed income now, you know). Yes, I'm definitely ok with this now.
Posted by: Retired Syd | March 14, 2008 at 02:13 PM
Lol, it really makes a difference for me whether I am dressed (day time shorts and Tshirt) or not (pajama shorts and Tshirt). I do not bother to dress when I work on a project virtually (long distance, through computer and internet) and feel inspired, then I power up my laptop and start working straight from bed - and only go to brush my teeth, fix a green shake for breakfast, feed the cats - all in short breaks catching up with work inspiration.
I dress up second thing in the morning - after taking a shower - either when I am not working and am heading somewhere or if I decide to work or play on the tarrace - which is on a public view, and thus pijamas would be a faux pas.
Posted by: Minerva | March 16, 2008 at 08:33 AM
I am dreaming of the day that I can retired not dress or do whatever that I want.
Posted by: WorkingBoomer | September 27, 2011 at 04:14 AM
I'm still working through this, but with five months of retirement under my belt, where I'm at currently is that I've structured my week so that it is full of activities that I find stimulating and/or enjoyable, however, and this is a big however, if I don't feel like doing something on it, I don't have to!
I've also decided no TV during the daytime, period, no exceptions. TV watching seems to suck the energy right out of me and turn me into brain mush for the rest of the day, so for me, this is a hard and fast rule.
As I said, I'm very much still a work in progress, but my joy and contentment are continuing to grow by the week, so I think I'm on the right track.
Posted by: Tamara | September 28, 2011 at 09:51 AM
Two weeks from retirement, 58 1/2 and feeling to early to retire but husband (69) health is not good and if I plan on speeding time with him I better do it now. Plus, did I mention new boss (34) is an ass and making my life at work way too stressful - long hours plus weekends to get all the work completed on time. I have worked since 18, even during college and cannot image not working. Right now going through mood changes, one minute excited and the next wishing I'm not doing this, scared. But, how can my job be more important than time with my husband?- help
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What the DMR-EX79 gains in flexibility from having a built-in DVD burner, however, it loses by only having one Freeview tuner. This means that you can only record one channel at a time, and you won't be able to watch something on BBC One while recording something on ITV1. Of course, most modern TVs have a Freeview tuner anyway, so you would normally use that for live viewing and use the PVR to record, but what can it cost to include a second tuner? We'll wager it's a matter of a few pence, and this is hardly a bargain-basement machine.
Conclusion
Our gut reaction to the Panasonic DMR-EX79 it that it's slightly too expensive. We love the fact that it's a DVD player, Freeview recorder and DVD writer all in one box, though. If you don't have a DVD player already, and want a good upscaling model, the DMR-EX79 is likely to hold much more appeal than otherwise.
In terms of functionality, we miss having a second Freeview tuner. With all new TVs in the last four years or so having built-in Freeview, having two tuners becomes less of an issue. It's still a problem, though, when it comes to recording two channels at once. Overall, there's plenty to like about the Panasonic DMR-EX79. We just wish it were £100 cheaper.
Edited by Charles Kloet | http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/tv-recorders-and-receivers/panasonic-dmr-ex79-review-49303358/print/ | 2013-05-18T10:15:21 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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There certainly isn't any shortage of AM/FM iPod-compatible radios these days; it seems we review five a month as it is. Though they all seem to share a very similar feature set, we're always surprised by the varying sound quality found across the board.
With the i525 from Cambridge Soundworks, we've not only found an impressive-sounding radio in a small chassis, but also an easy-to-use, highly capable unit that won't break the bank.
Measuring 3.5 inches high by 10 inches wide by 6 inches deep, the i525 is small enough to rest easily on a nightstand or end table, and its black-matte encasing is sure to mesh with most bedrooms and living rooms. For those looking to keep the i525 in the bedroom as an alarm clock, the eight varying levels of brightness should accommodate anyone.
All the various features and controls can be found on top of the i525, including the volume wheel and iPod dock. A headphone jack is placed on the right side of the radio, and an auxiliary input and AM/FM antennas are around back.
The i525 features dual alarms and all of the standard settings we've come to expect from these types of devices. Alarms can be set to either iPod playback or a specific AM/FM radio channel, and there's also an option to decide at what volume you're woken up to.
The spotlight feature on the i525 has to be its onboard Creative-branded X-Fi audio-processing technology that is supposed to enhance audio quality using different settings. "Crystalizer" is designed to help MP3s and other compressed-audio formats by restoring information lost in the compression process. We certainly could hear an immediate difference using the setting, and, for the most part, we enjoyed the change.
"Virtual Surround" is designed to create the illusion that the music is no longer coming from the i525 itself, thus creating a virtual surround sound effect. Unfortunately, this was the only mode that we really didn't notice much in terms of the desired result.
"Smart Volume" works more like a solid noise reduction filter, which really helped when we wanted the i525 to maintain a certain level of sound without having to reach for the remote to adjust the volume. | http://reviews.cnet.com/radios/cambridge-soundworks-i525/4505-7875_7-34134420.html | 2013-05-18T11:06:29 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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AudioGo will be marketing its exclusive ebook and audiobook editions of
Kathleen Sharp’s update to her 2004 biography Mr. and Mrs. Hollywood: Edie and Lew Wasserman and Their Entertainment Empire (Carroll & Graf), about the Hollywood power couple who operated both the MCA talent agency and Universal Studios, as part of the company’s new ebook program. Journalist Sharp, who has covered the movies/TV for the Boston Globe, asserts that the Wasserman’s power and influence extended beyond the entertainment industry into local politics, and up to the U.S. Senate and the White House. “Sharp blends corporate maneuvering and personal scandals into a gripping portrait of the original power couple,” read the Publishers Weekly review of the 2004 hardcover original.
At LJ’s request, Tara Gelsomino, AudioGO’s executive marketing manager, probed Sharp on the changes and new material: “I updated the Wasserman biography to give more historical perspective, and I streamlined the contents to emphasize the key aspects in the Edie-and-Lew partnership,” Sharp replied. “It’s the same in-depth study of this extraordinary couple, incorporating 450 star interviews—only now it’s ready for the Wi-Fi/Facebook/ADD age.” The ebook/audiobook will be released in July.
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You've asked for help with 3D concepts in Illustrator: Bert's going to show you how to wrap an invisible 3 dimensional shape made in the 3D Extrude and Bevel tool with Map Art tool. Curled ribbons for campaign posters are just the beginning!
"Lot of viewers have requested a lot of things in Illustator" says Bert Monroy so he's gonna give you some tools and concepts to play with in this essential art tool.
In this episode, Bert walks you thru some basic 3D concepts in Illustrator: making an invisible 3 dimensional effect using the 3D Extrude and Bevel tool, then using the Map Art tool to wrap a Symbol he's created around the 3D shape.
What's he creating? Custom graphics, in this case, star covered curled ribbons, using some basic drawings.
"It's what we map onto that invisible 3 dimensional shape that becomes the final illustration" says Bert. (By clicking the Invisible Geometry button in Map Art, the 3D shape disappears, and you have the mapped graphics all by themselves.)
This is just the beginning: Remember: the best way to learn is to sit there and play!
Got a question for Bert? Email him! bert@revision3.com | http://revision3.com/pixelperfect/illustrator3d | 2013-05-18T10:12:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Nuclear Physicist: Most of the fallout from plutonium-containing MOX fuel will drop on U.S., unless very strong winds take it elsewhere
The End Of History
by Free Radical ZeroHedge.com 05/18/2011 There is properly no history, only biography. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was famously proclaimed that what we were likely witnessing was … not just the end of the Cold War, or the passing of a particular period of postwar history, but... »
Is Criminal Behavior a Prerequisite to Get a Job With the TSA?
Yet ANOTHER TSA Goon Caught Stealing from a Traveler Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Wednesday, May 18, 2011 Why doesn’t Janet Napolitano’s TSA just start using prison inmates to conduct grope downs and naked porno scans of people traveling through US airports? It would save a lot of time and money, and it wouldn’t... »
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Busby: Fukushima reactors a raging radioactive inferno
RT May 18, 2011 There are signs that two further reactors at Japan’s troubled Fukushima plant may have gone into meltdown. Similar problems were earlier confirmed at the number one reactor. Its operators are suspected of failing to properly cool them after the earthquake. RT gets some insight on this from Professor Christopher Busby,... »... »
Thomas Drake: The Unclassified Documents the Government Wants to Claim Were Classified
The Secret Sharer Is Thomas Drake an enemy of the state? by Jane Mayer The NewYorker.com On June 13th, a fifty-four-year-old former government employee named Thomas Drake is scheduled to appear in a courtroom in Baltimore, where he will face some of the gravest charges that can be brought against an American citizen. A... »
End of the Dollar Delusion
By Robert Morley theTrumpet.com The world’s biggest banks are sobering up to an inescapable reality. Should you? What is the best gift someone could give you? Cash? Money is power. It fosters a sense of security. It opens doors and makes friends. It can enable a life of ease. But what if one day... »
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Spy Drones Becoming Pervasive INSIDE America
by Washington’s Blog Global Research May 18, 2011 AP noted last year: Unmanned aircraft have proved their usefulness and reliability in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq. Now the pressure’s on to allow them in the skies over the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration has been asked to issue flying rights for... » | http://revolutionradio.org/?m=20110518&paged=2 | 2013-05-18T10:32:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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I’m a Trekkie. But not one of those Trekkies who can speak Klingon. Up until today I’ve thought those people are totally lame. Then I saw this — a propaganda video for the Klingon Empire that a totally awesome fan posted online last week.
And, yes, the narration can actually be translated into more or less what the subtitles say (independant experts have confirmed it at Trekmovie.com). Whoever made this video has studied their Klingon vocabulary and grammar — and, for the first time in history, the fact that it is actually Klingon has made everything more awesome.
Not to be outdone, the Federation released this simple, to-the-point propaganda video in response.
Can I just say how nice it is to see Trekkies doing awesome, funny fan videos that poke fun at their show like the fans of other shows often do. You know, instead of being scary obsessed with every single detail and taking it all way too seriously. Way to go, guys.
Lol, both videos are fantastic.
These make me so happy! I love that the Federation one is all “The more you know…” | http://revolvingdoorcommune.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/propaganda/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Well, after many years of eating out in Newcastle I have finally found it...the WORST restaurant in the city. Service: rude and unpleasant, Food: at best tasteless, at worst awful. Value for money: well I paid over £50 for £5 ounds worth of food! If I live to be 100 I will never set foot in the place again. | http://revyu.com/people/malcolm/about/html | 2013-05-18T10:13:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Pamela M. Lee writes about Jill Magid and Trevor Paglen as artists who "interrogate and dramatize what could be called the mechanisms of contemporary secrecy," in a long essay in this month's Artforum:
The past several years have seen the development of a certain kind of practice, represented by artists such as the late Mark Lombardi (with his diagrams of the systemic and insidious connections that link the protagonists of global power networks) and the Web-based initiative They Rule (with its own cladistic representations of American elites), that visualizes those covert relationships of power that obtain among corporations, government agencies, and private citizens. But the focus of this essay is the work of Jill Magid and Trevor Paglen, whose distinct practices converge around the logic of the open secret. Both artists interrogate and dramatize what could be called the mechanisms of contemporary secrecy. For her part, Magid’s practice literally performs the rituals of concealment and exposure. In “Authority to Remove,” her 2009–10 exhibition at Tate Modern in London, Magid charted her long involvement with the Dutch secret service, or AIVD (Algemene Inlichtingen—en Veiligheidsdienst), which culminated in a novel based on years of interviews with intelligence agents. Large portions of the novel were then redacted. Paglen’s work in experimental geography has produced powerful insights into the photographic calibrations between the visible and the invisible, homing in on the sub rosa installations of the American military both on the ground and in the air. His latest show, at San Francisco’s Altman Siegel gallery earlier this year, continued in the vein of what Rebecca Solnit aptly calls “visibility wars” while mining new territory in the history of photography.
Both artists assiduously unpack the secret’s organizational and performative logic, its murky procedural techniques, and the alternations between the open and the hidden that sponsor its occasional emergence into public view. But perhaps what Magid and Paglen ultimately disclose, if in very different ways, is that lies and truth claims occupy surprisingly proximate territory on the spectrum of redaction and disclosure; and that the very notion of evidence as fact undergoes a radical mutation where the blurred interests of transparency and secrecy are concerned—now more than ever, given that the politics of information has taken on a startling urgency.
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Dear Adam,
We just got back from Boxing Day shopping spree and I'd so much fun with you today. You were in jolly mood all the time and enjoyed choosing your shirts and pants on your own. You're messing the store instead of choosing your cloth hahaha
The sale was crazy!! My eyes were clouded with 50%, 60%,80% tags.. :P and you just doing your job, picking up every cloth on the shelves and threw it everywhere. Haha.. Later, you choose clothes that you like and mommy pick it up for you. Your taste wasn't bad at all. :D
You choose donald duck shirt, organic shirt with animal prints, a green owl printed shirts, just to name few. Mommy bought few other on sale's items and paid it by Daddy's credit card :D theee.. While in the payment counter, you kept repeating, Dee..Geee...Eee... to those F.O.X. letter on the wall. I said it F.O.X, but you replied me with Deee..Geee...ee..Bee.. hahah.. The counter girl was amused by your act tau.. You now can recognize the alphabets but still couldn't pint-point the right alphabets yet. Hahaha..Everytime you saw alphabets, you'll act as you're reading it..Aaa.Bee..Dee..Tee.. haha... pure innocent child..
Next stop was on the bookstore. I bought Elmo book, Ocean book and a collcetion of small books for you. While paying, the promoter asked me whether I styled you curly hair at salon. Naaahh.. it's original babe.. hehe
This month, 16th month, marked another milestones.. You know how to pronounce Mommy.. Yeay!!! Alhamdulilah.. So, every-time you want something, you'll say," Mommy, nak ini".. hehehe.. Hearing 'mommy' for the first time was beyond what had I imagine before. I was relieved, because I was so eager to hear it from your mouth. Finally, I felt like I can communicate with you better. I felt like you're growing up too fast.. and in a blink, you'll no longer depend on me.. :(
In term of food, you eat almost everything I served on the table. Dalca with roti canai is your favorite. You tasted your first strawberry in this month. You liked it very much and ate 2 at one time :D You didn't gain that much weight since you're always moving here and there.
We also added few books on your book collections. You has almost 20++ books by now. I love to sneak on you while you're reading on your own. Nah, not reading.. browsing the pictures and sorts. You really focus in what you're doing.. And when I sat beside you, you'll asked me to named all the pictures you pointed on the book. Heavy vehicles names, dinosaur names and I somehow become more familiar with those hard to pronounced words.
You're sleeping now.. Tired after spending the whole afternoon in the shopping complex..you really enjoyed yourself today.. the bus ride was fun too.. You thought you were riding a train haha.. I wasn't feel tired at all, even though I had to hold you all the time.. You refused to walk by yourself except in store area, because there are lots of other attractions, i.e. clothes, toys, books...:D
Adam, I hate feeling guilty. I hate to scold [not physical] you on things that you shouldn't do at the first place.. I.e. threw my blackberry inside your lunch plate [duuhh], knock my head with your juice tumbler, throwing your milk bottle everywhere, knock you head on the floor..Why on Earth did you do that? I hope to understand and take care of you better. Please don't knock my head again eh Adam.. sakit oo.. ;p
yeay!! Adam dah boleh ada adik.. hehehehe
yeay..cheers for Yaya future adik too!!! :D hehehe aku lom kurus cam model, so blom leh preggy haha
stumbled upon this post. hey, that's one cute little guy.
i thought it's an honest, creative,
expressive note to destress.
hi Noir..thanks for the comment :D
found this site by chance.... love it!
I had similar experience, people often think my daughter had a perm when she was a baby... go figure!!
Btw, your photos are great. Will visit more often :)
Hi Muna, u are most welcome to this blog.. :D
please drop by regularly..hehe eh, i can't access ur blog btw.. private is it?
ye ke?? Alamak I sendiri pun tak tau.... let me check! | http://ribbonandcircus.blogspot.com/2010/12/note-to-adam-16-months.html?showComment=1293628819815 | 2013-05-18T10:12:48 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Wlodzimierz Ksiazek works exhibited at Bannister, March 3-30
From March 3-30, the works of local artist Wlodzimierz Ksiazek will be on display in Bannister Gallery. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 3, from 5-8 p.m.
Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Oil and cold wax on canvas, 2008-2009, 30" x 40."
Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Oil and cold wax on canvas, 2008-2009, 30" x 40."
Concurrently, Bannister’s Hall Space Gallery will feature an exhibit of paintings by Brian Corey.
A panel discussion – The Art of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek – will be held on Wednesday, March 30, at 6 p.m. at Bannister.
Moderated by Bannister Gallery director James Montford, the panel will include Judith Tannenbaum, the Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design; Power Boothe, artist and professor at Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford; William Corbett, poet, essayist, art critic, editor, and professor at MIT; and artist Wlodzimierz Ksiazek.
In 1982, Wlodzimierz Ksiazek immigrated to New York City because of the imposition of martial law in Poland. His work implicitly addresses the processes of time and exile, recovery, and ruin.
Ksiazek, who lives and works in Rhode Island, has exhibited at Marisa del Re Gallery and John Gibson Gallery in New York as well as throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His work resides in numerous public and private collections in the United States and abroad.
Ksiazek has taught at numerous schools, universities and colleges, including Loughborough University (UK), Dartmouth College, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston).
The exhibition is curated by RIC art professor Lisa Russell.
Brian Corey – exhibiting in the Hall Space Gallery – is a kind of naturalist whose themes examine or mimic the natural world.
Brian Corey. Untitled.
Brian Corey. Untitled.
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I was reading through TIME magazine when I came upon this article entitled, "Japan's Beauty Queen Factory." I recalled Miss Japan won this year's Miss Universe (kudos to her!) But my mood soured greatly as I read this article.
It's about a French lady who was handpicked by Donald Trump to be the boot camp sergeant to Miss Japan hopefuls. No doubt this lady has been successful:
"For the last 10 years, Ines Ligron has been ordering young Japanese women to strip, walk tall, free their inner woman and wear lots and lots of makeup in an effort to seriously compete in the Miss Universe beauty pageant. And compete they have. The contest, long monopolized by Latin America's goddess industry, has now seen three of Ligron's frightened girls make it into the top five, including a first runner-up last year and, most spectacularly, 21-year-old dance student Riyo Mori, who two weeks ago won the title of Miss Universe 2007 and brought back the $250,000 crown to Japan for the first time in 48 years."
But here is where things get bad:
"Ligron, 44, is the national director of Miss Universe Japan, and her job is to create world-class beauty queens out of young Japanese women in a country that favors smallness over voluptuousness, reserve over unrestrained confidence, a demure smile over a sparkling grin...
... and she was appalled to find in Japan a country of young women hunched over and wobbling in untrendy shoes, avoiding the sun to keep pale, hiding under too many layers of stockings and Bridget Jones underwear. "The first thing that struck me was — I have to liberate these women!" she says... The women would also live with the beauty producer for months to learn "how to be a woman, a gaijin [foreigner] woman, from me."
Really Ms. Ligron? So many f'd up Japanese women. Thank our lucky stars, you're over there to fix their problems and teach them "how to be a woman." /sarcasm. Tell me Ms. Ligron, is this why Western women are so obsessed with silicone enhancements? But maybe I am overreacting? Well, I don't think so...
"Success in the global beauty market, however, is not necessarily embraced back home. Last year's Miss Universe runner-up Kurara Chibana has been a commercial hit back in Japan; and with her east Asian facial features... However, Miss Universe Mori fits the more statuesque, chiseled mold of Latin American and southeast Asian beauties. When a Japanese sports daily mistakenly published Miss Thailand's picture as Mori — and blundered in its apology by claiming the photo was of Miss Korea — local tabloids, instead of faulting the newspaper, criticized Ligron's crowning achievement for having a homogeneous beauty pageant look. Indeed, newspaper writers — reflecting the tastes of Japanese men — wondered if 5'9" Mori (who speaks English) embodies anything Japanese at all.
Ligron, who has been approached to replicate her success in other countries, thinks it may be just as well. !!! Show those barbarians the light Ms. Ligron! I'm so sorry my daughter isn't up to your standards Ms. Ligron. Whoops, I forgot I don't give a $hit about you or your views! Cut the bull$hit about liberating Japanese women, you're only imposing Western ideas of beauty on them!
And I'm not even going to go into the hidden racism, her digs at Japanese men or equating Miss Universe with real talent, careers, confidence? Just too much hypocrisy. Frankly, I see jealousy at play here.
What I do know is my daughter, with her east Asian facial features, is really beautiful on the outside and I'm going to keep telling her that.
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Beauty standards worldwide are damaging to girls. I find that both Eurocentric and Korean beauty standards were equally oppressive when I was growing up.
This woman's particular take on beauty is, of course, blatantly racist. But to be honest, it's hard for me to say whether the act of judging beauty would be any less problematic without overtones of racism--or if it's even possible for human beings to judge beauty without revealing their cultural baggage.
I think the best and most productive response would be for parents to do what they can to make sure their daughters don't need the kind of poisonous and empty promise of validation that beauty contests (and beauty comparisons on any level) offer.
"Ligron, 44, is the national director of Miss Universe Japan, and her job is to create world-class beauty queens out of young Japanese women in a country that favors smallness over voluptuousness,"
You highlighted "smallness over voluptuousness" in your post, but that phrase was written by the author, not Ligron.
"The first thing that struck me was — I have to liberate these women!" she says..."
This really does sound horrible coming from a white woman about Japanese women. However, this statement is really ambiguous at best. She may not want to rescue them because they are Japanese, but due to the details mentioned in the previous part of the article.
"The women would also live with the beauty producer for months to learn "how to be a woman, a gaijin [foreigner] woman, from me."
Well, she did clarify woman to be "gaijin woman". The Miss Universe pageant is not truly universal in the way it judges beauty. One can tell that there is a heavy bias toward the Eurocentric ideal, even if it does not reflect true European beauty. The current standard is South American and not every European is naturally tan in coloring. But that is the current ideal embraced in the West today. The contest embraces the Eurocentric ideal of what an ideal woman is. They like women with a lot of confidence and charisma. These are not ideals really embraced by East Asian cultures, at least Korea and Japan.
Ms. Ligron knows how the contestants are being judged and that's why she is grooming them to meet the standard. I don't think that is racist. I think the Eurocentric ideal as a standard to judge the Miss Universe pageant is racist.
"Really Ms. Ligron? So many f'd up Japanese women. Thank our lucky stars, you're over there to fix their problems and teach them "how to be a woman." /sarcasm."
I had the same initial reaction that you did when I read the article. However, I have read another earlier interview of Ms. Ligron where she said that Japanese women are beautiful having long legs, etc. as well as how Japanese revere politeness, etc., but that politeness is not going to work for them on the Miss Universe stage.
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I don't think that she meant all Japanese women are kawaii, etc. But you do have to acknowledge that there is a preferred ideal in Japan just like other countries. I don't think she is saying Miss Universe is the only sources of role models.
The article can come off really bad, but I think it leaves an ambiguous impression of Ms. Ligron, not necessarily negative.
WHO ARE YOU, JSTELE?! Who?! I keep seeing your comments and the more I read them, the more I wonder who you are . . . I mean, c'mon!
Ambiguous? In what fantasy world? The woman's entire perspective, as well as the sentiments quoted in this post, are downright racist.
I think nations, particularly those with largely non-white populations, should just stop supporting the damn Miss Universe pageant anyway. The whole idea of a country wanting to show how "its women" are just as/more beautiful that "other countries' women" is reactionary and ridiculous on so many levels. It's no surprise to me that people like Ligron are at the "top" of such a scene.
This article was published in Time magazine and obviously the author and editors think it's Western-centric message will appeal to the majority of its readers.
And no doubt it will find appeal amongst many readers who just love seeing non-Westerners adopting Western standards as a validation of themselves. And as an added bonus they can laugh at Japanese men for their freakish tastes.
Yet why are some of these so-called liberated Western men booking pedophile sex tours to Thailand? (Sorry, couldn't resist the tit for tat.)
ten feet of steel, one thing could be said for having a Korean beauty standard - at least more Korean women will be able to meet it vs. trying to meet a Eurocentric standard. Ms. Ligron is basically trying to push one universal standard of beauty, one of course that favors her race...
Man, if I were a sellout, I'd spend my money consuming Western media, feeding Hollywood all my cash to make sure they give me an endless supply of their poison.
Then I'd do my medical residency in plastic surgery, specialize in Asian blepharoplasty and breast augmentation, and offer my services to your daughter so that she has a chance at winning Miss Universe.
Alternatively, I could save all my money and donate it to the RiceDaddies Empowerment in Diversity Challenge, and combat the forces that emphasize the shallow artifice promoted by people like Ms. Ligron.
Angie,
"WHO ARE YOU, JSTELE?! Who?! I keep seeing your comments and the more I read them, the more I wonder who you are . . . I mean, c'mon!"
Hahahaha. LOL. I must torture you some more:)
Ten feet of steel,
"Ambiguous? In what fantasy world? The woman's entire perspective, as well as the sentiments quoted in this post, are downright racist."
Well, I want to give people the benefit of the doubt. When I read comments, I try to find every reasonable explanation for them, then judge. In this case, her comments come off as ambiguous. They could be negative or not, so I don't want to call her a racist. I know that if she was a Japanese woman saying these things, I wouldn't think she was a self-hating Japanese necessarily. So I will just leave it be until I get more information.
jstele:
there's that word "IF" again. "If she was a Japanese woman" . . . she's not. That's the point.
"I . . . then judge." Who are you to make judgents like that, esp. when using the word "IF"?
OK, that article was appalling on so many levels it is almost impossible to know where to start.
So. Instead I'll just weigh in with my opinion that your daughter is beautiful, and the reasons I think so are because of the humor and intelligence in her eyes and the joy in her smile.
And IMO, those things don't require cultural translation.
Angie,
"there's that word "IF" again. "If she was a Japanese woman" . . . she's not. That's the point."
I wonder why you brought the word 'if' up, but then I remembered. . . . You wrote a comment on the Kimchi Mamas blog attacking Jill for using 'if' in her apology. I wrote a civil comment in response to you. It is rather tasteless and quite inappropriate, I might add, to slam me on this thread for a comment I made on a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WEBSITE. If you disagree, you can certainly comment there. Don't be passive aggressive.
BTW: jstele, I believe you're thinking of Kyong.
I have a hard time accepting beauty pageants as anything but damaging to little girls. Have you noticed that the current Miss Korea has had obvious alterations made to her face? It hurts so much personally when I see traditional Korean beauties be rejected for an altered artificial beauty made to look nothing like me. A model such as Hye Park IS inspiring because, although she may have had plastic surgeries (I don't know that - that's a hypothetical ALTHOUGH), she sure as hell has Eastern Asian features... and you know what? She looks HOT!
As far as reading the article objectively? Ms. L is appalling - and she is a part of an antiquated system of valuing a young woman's beauty. It is quite ironic that she comments on 'liberating' these Japanese women and yet she doesn't seem to quite understand what it truly means to be a liberated woman.
Agh. Beauty pageants. Ick, ick. ick. "Little Miss Sunshine" - now, that movie made me swear off kiddie pageants.
Oh, and your daughter? By far TOO beautiful to be entering that farce of a contest. My goodness, she is breathtakingly beautiful - I'm sure she is just as beautiful inside!
Ha ha, I just caught the line that says that Ms. L was handpicked by Donald Trump. Well. That says it all, doesn't it?
Thanks liza and mama nabi.
It's going to be interesting during her teen years, LOL! While I am honestly happy for my daughter that she is blessed with good looks on the outside (and all the benefits that psychologists say go along with that), as a parent I think it's going to be challenging.
She's already getting special attention from boys in Kindergarten (geez!) and adults give her special treatment too. Then there is Asiaphilia on top of this. GREAT....... I feel my hair turning white already, hehe.
All kidding aside, my wife and I both agree we need to work hard on making sure our daughter is also resilient and strong on the inside.
Gender roles, standards of beauty, our daughters are subjected to so much crap by our society and our media that we have to consciously work against, work to balance out in our parenting. My daughter's only 2 and I've been thinking about this stuff since before she was born. Add the issue of race into the mix, and it gets even more complicated.
As dads of daughters, we have an important role in both combatting negative images and their effects on our daughters, and in working to help them grow into confident, happy, strong selves. We have to be media literacy educators, advocates against sexism and racism, all the stuff we may have already been doing in our own lives takes on a new importance when we're talking about doing it for our children.
There's a non-profit called Dads and Daughters that, besides advocating for the involvement of dads in daughters' lives, does a lot of media analysis stuff that's interesting.
Last year, I wrote on my blog about Dove's "True Colors" ad and how it made me think about my own babygirl's future. You can read it here and find a link to the video too.
I don't think my daughter is in any danger of joining a beauty contest. But what keeps me up at night is trying to conteract the messages that women in her immediate circle of influence send regarding who sees themselves as too fat and "not ready for bathing suit season". Mamas, you're daughters (and sons!) are watching you and we need to lead by example. Accept yourself and value your inner beauty. How you talk about your own beauty is one of the most powerful standards by which our daughters measure themselves and one of the ways we teach our sons to value women.
one thing could be said for having a Korean beauty standard - at least more Korean women will be able to meet it vs. trying to meet a Eurocentric standard
How many more women? 0.1% more? 1% more? 10% more? Monster daddy, the way I see it, the point is to not validate any arbitrary ideal of beauty by trying to meet it. None are permanent, all change with the trends, and, beauty ideals are in their very essence always exclusive of the vast majority of people. If a lot of people could meet those ideals...they wouldn't be ideals and would have no value as such.
Besides, regardless of which ideal she strives for, how much energy should a girl spend trying to live up to it?
Since to be human means that one is never immune from placing high value on beauty, I'm all for a more inclusive definition. However, I think it's more important to try to raise girls to take the whole notion of beauty with a grain (or a handful) of salt and place less importance on it. So instead of lamenting that your daughter will never be Miss Universe (which I do understand was just a rhetorical strategy on your part), it might be better to do what you can to make sure your daughter never wastes her energy becoming the kind of person who would value the idea of participating in a beauty contest.
After all, does being Asian make it better for a girl to mourn the fact that she doesn't look like an Asian supermodel or beauty queen? Why? Because she might have to do less dieting and have less plastic surgery to meet that goal than to look like a blonde bombshell?
Which is why I see the whole "[insert race here] is beautiful too" concept as a double-edged sword. Yes, it's important to counteract racism that says that anything non-European is by definition inferior. However, I think that should be done by putting beauty in it's place, so to speak, rather than just replacing European standards with an ethnic standard that, realistically speaking, isn't any less achievable for the vast majority of women even within that ethnicity. If only you could throw the baby out with the bathwater in this case.
I just don't see the benefit of saying "Hey, Kelly Hu is just as beautiful as Rose McGowan... and the chances, statistically speaking, that any girl today will look like either of them when she grows up are infinitesimal." Call me crazy, but it would be nice to see an emphasis on things like a real woman's accomplishments and contributions to the world around her and leave the celebrity beauty assessments as something for easily dismissible and lighthearted fun.
ten feet of steel, I think you misunderstand the point I was making which was simply against having one racial standard of beauty being imposed on women of any race. Don't read any more into it.
That said, I get the impression that you feel that few women can meet any external standard of beauty. That may be true for some. Personally, my standard of beauty for women is quite broad and I think many women if not the majority of them would meet it.
Beauty contests would be irrelevant to me and my daughter except for the media messages it sends, i.e. when the external standard of beauty is racially based; blonde hair, sharp nose, or blue eyes, etc. Ms. Ligron implies the winner of Miss Universe must meet the Eurocentric standards she imposes, in the words of Phil Yu, that's racist!
Monster Daddy,
We're in agreement that one ethnic standard of beauty shouldn't be imposed across the board.
However, the article is about a woman whose mission is to run beauty contests. My point is that the world of beauty pageants, like Hollywood and the fashion industry, has an entire standard of "beauty" that is oppressive and always will be, regardless of what the favored features are. That particular view of beauty is at its very nature exclusive and competitive. To me, it makes only the smallest difference whether the standards that woman wants to "nurture" are white or not.
And I'm fundamentally questioning the notion of valuing beauty so much--especially in children. I'm just saying that the way a woman's/girl's looks are so fundamentally important to her sense of self-esteem is really the underlying problem, and racism, in my view, is more of an exacerbating factor in it.
little miss sunshine, man. The superfreaking at the end was so hilarious, and such a great way to destroy a beauty pagaent from the inside out.
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24 rue des Tournelles
75004 Paris
4er Arrondissement - Bastille, Marais
Metro - Bastille
Tel 01 42 72 03 07
Do you have restaurant karma?
Did you ever get a good vibe by walking by a place then find yourself haunted to go back?
Have you ever eaten at a place you just can't forget?
I walked by L'Endroit and stopped to read the menu a few times on my way to the Bastille Metro station. Each time I swore I'd come back and see if L'Endroit would be my "restaurant discovery" for this trip. It looked nice but I didn't put too much priority on visiting since L'Endroit was not on my "places to eat" list. Tonight, I didn't feel like wandering too far from my hotel and decided that this was the night to try this modern bistro. I wasn't disappointed.
Truthfully, It was a hard decision whether to risk this "unknown" small place or go to the ever popular and massive Alsatian brasserie "Bofinger" located around the corner. I'm glad I skipped Bofinger. When I arrived between 7:30 and 9pm it seemed like no one even knew this place was here. At 9 people started arriving and filled the bistro.
[ambiance]
"L'Endroit?" I can't find that in my French-English dictionary, "what does that mean?", I ask... The waitress informs me L'Endroit means “the place I am in” or “you are here”. Yes, I am.
I would call L'Endroit a "wine bar bistro" since they seem to focus on the appreciation of wine with the meal. The atmosphere is casual and it's obvious you are in a wine bistro since the rust colored walls are decorated with chalkboards listing a large variety of wine choices. Wine surrounds you everywhere from the cork screws decorating the walls to the stacks of wine at the front of the bistro. I am also enjoying the music which is everything from classic jazz to the theme from the Godfather to soft classical music with a little Linda Ronstadt thrown in. I may come back just for the music!
Since I arrived early, the bistro didn't seem to smokey, but I am sure that is all in relation to how many people are here at the moment.
[the menu]
The bistro offers two "prix fixe" menu's, a two course menu at €18 and a three course menu at €30. Both menus offer 4 or 5 different selections.
All the menu selections seem very original such as, “goat cheese wrapped in cabbage with honey” and “ marbleized beefsteak with foie gras”, “ provencal caramelized shank of lamb” and “finely sliced scallops with black truffle oil”. How did I translate that? I didn't. L'Endroit has menus written on blackboards in both French and English. When you arrive an English menu board is placed in front of you or you can try to read the French menu on the wall.
[time to eat!]
Entree - I start with the Terrine de Foie Gras de Canard a la Vanille. Eating this is a dream come true and I have now oficially died and gone to duck heaven. The entree is a slice of foie gras that is flavoured with vanilla bean. It's like ice cream. The dish is served with 3 crispy toasts and a tiny bit of watercress. If I die now, I die happy.
The duck feast continues...
Plat - No duck is safe while I'm around. My "plat" or main course is the “magret de canard aux figues” (duck fillet with figs). This is an inspiring dish. There are about 5 slices of tender duck in a fig flavoured sauce. The duck breast is cooked perfectly pink. In the center of the dish is a rice pilaf almondine topped with a slice of roast fig. More heaven.
Wine - For wine there is a medium sized list which I bet was carefully selected. I let my server select my wine for me based on my meal. Her selection for me is a full bodied wine which was a Laurus Crozes Hermitage 2001. The way drinking wine works at L'Endroit is you can get a glass of wine for around €5.50 or they will give you a whole bottle and you pay for what you drink. If you plan to have ony 2 glasses the whole bottle is the way to go.
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Dessert - I really want to order the cheese course for dessert but I am curious to see how they prepare dessert. I order the “Marquise Chocolat noir, sauce jasmin”, that's the black chocolate treat with jasmine scented sauce. Doesn't that sound original? Yes, it was original and a truely a delicious dessert. On the plate was 2 thin slices of creamy dark chocolate dressed in a jasmine flavoured sauce. The jasmine flavour was tender and light and perfectly complemented the thick dark rich chocolate. One to remember!
[in my opinion]
I am having trouble deciding if this is my favorite bistro of the trip. I would say it comes very close or is equal with my other 2 favorites. I give them high marks for creativity and originallity. The service was also excellent and English is spoken very well. They also get a big kudos for a very good translation on the english menu.
If you are out for a great meal in the €35 per person range, don't miss L'Endroit. My total bill was €45 ($58) with 2 glasses of wine and a €3 Foie Gras supplement (damn that Foie Gras supplement). It was worth every euro!
While in Paris I wanted to eat here a second time, but I wasn't feeling well on the night I was planning my second visit. When I return to Paris (and I will) you can be assured this is the first bistro I will head to!
I guess my restaurant karma was working this time!
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this is a must read.
4 comments:
Rif and Geoff,
This is what I was referring to in reference to the "overhead" swing. What a coincidence...
I know Brett thats why I linked it :))
But you can still maintain the root even as the bell turns upward in the arc.
Great minds you know...
I agree you can maintain the root as the bell goes above but can you maintain the projection?
I think yes. its just a different point on the curve, with different forces. to me its just like swinging on a hi bar if you keep going higher and higher at some point you turn over.
I'm not sure that projecting the force of the swing only out and not out then up is the best way to 'tame the arc'.
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You up to 90% covered by grants and tax credits, which is a pretty good deal.
Now that remaining 10% is still a significant amount;
like the price of a small car.
But in 7-15 years (how long it will take to pay off this system,
depending on how you figure it),
what would
the value of a car be?
Much less than when you bought it.
Meanwhile, these solar panels will be generating almost as much
power as they are now, and they will continue to generate for
at least a decade more, probably much more.
The big missing piece is up-front financing. For more on that, see other blog post.
Meanwhile, we have here on our workshop roof a proof of concept, operational right now.
The little dogs wanted to know what we were doing on the roof:
Continue reading "New solar panels at Okra Paradise Farms" »
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PROVO, Utah (AP)—BYU quarterback Max Hall is apologizing for comments he made after the Cougars beat in-state rival Utah.
After BYU’s 26-23 overtime win on Saturday Hall called the University of Utah and its fans classless and said the school deserved to lose. He made the remarks in the midst of complaining about the way his family was treated by Utah fans at the 2008 game at Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium. Hall said fans dumped beer on his family and did a “whole bunch of nasty things.”
Hall issued a statement Sunday saying that in the heat of the moment he made comments about the entire university and all its fans that were really directed at the fans from last year’s game.
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Pineda speaks for first time since tradeBy
J.
I like the Kids mindset already. I hate Dominican players who grew up playing with Milk Carton for gloves and rocks for baseball. They never felt pressure before!
Can you explain this comment, because you really don’t make any sense. Also I don’t see what’s the need to make such a stupid remark.
You don’t exactly live up to your name, do you? He was obviously joking, no need to call him stupid.
There are people who legitimately make comments like that… A good portion of commenters I’d say.
Yea, as a group, we definitely see (and make) a solid number of ignorant comments. Not saying the comment in this particular case was ignorant as opposed to a joke, but I’m not surprised to see someone respond the way ‘easy boy’ did either.
I’m not around here as much as I used to be, but I’ll guess that’s who he was poking fun at.
He didn’t call him stupid, he called the comment stupid and on first glace, I missed the humor too.
I think the better term is sarcasm.
Hay George you suck mother fucker
Dear Cano Fan,
I will take the privelage of paying homage to the
brilliant paen you so eloquently wrote.
You are a modern day version of Carl Sandburg.
By du wey, iz you a Joizze guy.
I bet that if you had to play with cartons growing up under a 95 degrees temperature everyday just to at least try to get signed some day you wouldn’t be making such a comment. This really highlights a problem with American society. Some people (not everybody) here in America think that other countries give you the same opportunities we get here in America. George you should take a trip to a third world country and stay there for a month and live like some of the natives there and then tell us how you feel about living without many of the amenities I’m sure you get here.
I took the comment to mean that making millions of dollars to play baseball isn’t pressure. Being so poor that you can’t have proper baseball equipment is pressure. Maybe I’m naive, but it seems like a pretty harmless comment.
Yep. It was a compliment to those who come from that environment, not a shot at them.
Exactly
The comment was using SARCASM to indicate that
growing up in such conditions
is much more pressure than being payed millions
to PLAY A GAME
and easy boy – LIGHTEN UP
i could not believe this pathetic thread but had to comment
now how about some YANKEES comments about our improving rotation??
100% agree with Platano Man, this guy should be call stupid for this remark out of any proportion of any inteligency, good for you platano.
Congrats if you grew up with GOLD GLOVES. Enjoy it! But please don´t HATE courage to learn playing baseball using “milk carton gloves”. It´s insane, unfair and disrespectful.
George Suck a dick bitch..
George Suck a d!CK..
Manny, could you submit your demo tape
to show all of us novices how to perform
what you have just suggested.
Thats’ funny…that is how Mariano Rivera grew up!! I think he handles pressure ok….ya think??
Hey George !!
I think You are CORRECT !!
The high honor Dominican youngters baseball players have is being soo impresive and talented in USA-MLB.. After all, they come from a tiny country with less than a population of 10 million..
After USA MLB players, Dominican Republic follows as 2nd in amount of players in MLB..
I agree. He should be a big help and a good addition to this staff.
yea those kids in the dominican playing with milk cartons, they make horrible major leaguers. like mariano rivera.
I’m interested to know how he feels about his fastball, knowing he feels, “food about his changeup”
Yeah I’m worried about his weight now. When asked about his changeup he brings up food.
But seriously, not meant to be a joke or insult in any way, how is his English? Enough to get through interviews or does he need an interpreter?
He’s not that fat at all. He’s 6’7. Sabathia is about 320 and 6’7. Why aren’t you worried about his weight?
He was just joking about a typo.
Instead of feeling good about his changeup, the post/article had it written as feeling “food about his changeup”.
I’ve read that Pineda has been working hard on developing his English. It’s a work in progress, but the effort is there.
I’m not going to question a player’s effort to learn English as a second language. Just wondering if interviews will be done through a translator. Kuroda too.
Never seen Kuroda do an interview but I did see Pineda do one last year. He may have had a translator close by in case he needed help, but he was answering the questions in english. It was somewhat broken, but he can get by. He’ll probably be fluent in a year or two if he wants to be.
He’s pretty drink about it.
Can’t wait to see this kid on the mound and put the fanbase jitters behind us all.
People will be analyzing this deal long after Pineda begins pitching for the Yankees in all likelihood.
Like what Pineda is saying…hopefully what he says carries to the field. I do have to ask, where has Jesus been the past week that it took him this long to get to Seattle for his physical. LOL
i think he had a visa issue
I like him!
“says Pineda, whose gold earring spelling his name sparkles in the late-evening sunlight.”
Is that as bad as your name tattooed on your forearm?
Nope because you can take it off. Pretty bad thought. Maybe he has been drinking too much fermented sugar cane. When I saw that picture I laughed pretty good at seeing that earring. Something Deion Sanders would rock if he was around now.
Dr. Cashman approves.
“I’ll just keep it low. Keep it low and everything will be fine,” he said.
Music to my ears. On a related note, we all tend to look at numbers in a vacuum. If you’re a pitcher who pitches his home games in Safeco, do you think you wouldn’t mind giving up a ton of fly balls? I wouldn’t. We’re better off looking at the skills, the talent level as a set of tools with which to work. This kid has as much as anyone in the game. It would be great if he develops a change, but if he settles on a cutter or curveball he still could be a beast in the rotation for years to come. I would like to ween him off that slider a bit, though. He’s already hurt his elbow once in 2009. The 5 years of team control don’t look as good if you lose 1-2 to TJ.
He actually needs to keep it up and in against lefties. Guys like Ortiz will tee off on that low shit like Tiger Woods.
Big Sloppy is old and off the juice, he can’t hit Pineda’s FB anymore. The young lion will eat the old one.
We’ve been saying that for the past two years and the dude just won’t go away. Besides, there are plenty of other potent lefty bats that will eat up poorly placed low fastballs – and even some well placed ones. Keep that shit up and in.
I think I just called Ortiz by name because he was mentioned in the article.
Ortiz had a .405 wOBA last season. Like him or not, he’s still a beast.
Yup, and if the sox hadn’t offered him arb, I wonder if he’d be getting fit for extra large pinstripes right about now….
All his pitch charts show that’s exactly what he does, bring the ball up and in to lefties, that is. For a guy who is so young and throws so hard he really does have an advanced idea of how to pitch. He doesn’t just go out and throw cheese, he knows where to throw pitches to certain hitters.
On a related note, NJ.com ran an old interview Marc Newman gave about the reservations the team had on Montero. Some of us paid attention to this stuff, but most fans dismissed it at the time.
I didn’t. I mentioned it all during the season when the chant around here was “Call him up! Call him up!” to reward a bored, big-headed prospect who’d rather whine that Nunez is in the majors before him than hit .325 and force his way up himself.
I don’t think anyone could argue he handled it well. Part of reaching your ceiling is often a function of character, work ethic, making adjustments which require listening to your coaches. The last highly-touted bat that was suspended (Tabata) was traded to the Pirates, and never became the player people thought he would be. I don’t know if Montero had similar issues, but Newman clearly was calling him out.
Yep. I even mentioned the Tabata comparison at the time. He was compared to a young Manny Ramirez bat-wise before his problems at AA. Like Montero, he’s a raw, aggressive, see-the-ball-hit-the-ball type. But maximizing that ability is a whole other topic. The projected power hasn’t come for Tabata, but at least he can play defense and run a little as well.
The issue with Tabata is that he is most likely several years older than we thought when he was a prospect. I say this because there have been whispers about it for years, and then Keith Law said in a chat a few weeks ago that he knows someone who has seen his passport, or something like that. We were all waiting for his power because we thought he was younger…
Please do not read Newman’s pontificating as a quote from Montero. I am starting to notice a tad bit of what goes on with the Boston writers and the Red Sox starting to happen with the Yankees and some of the NY writers.
Access is paramount to “reporters” and “writers” now. Look at the boobs on the national scene like Heyman who do the same thing by with the agents.
Throwing Montero under the bus now is a weak move. I saw no signs of immaturity, but I have no direct access obviously. What 22 kid is totally mature? We got a guy signed to an almost 90 mill contract that runs around putting shaving cream pies in peoples face, thats his major contribution to the team the last two years. Newman needs to STFU and go find us a replacement for Montero and developing some more pitching.
I don’t see the Yankees trashing Monetro one bit. Actually, cashman said that if pineda doesnt become an ace (contingent on his changeup developing), then the Yankees would have lost the trade.
I remember bringing up Hanley Ramirez after the “read the riot act” incident in 2010. I don’t think it’s nearly as bad as Hanley was, but that was certainly one of the reasons the Red Sox were comfortable trading him for Beckett. He pissed off quite a few young guys in the system being a diva who later went on to be staples on the major league roster, like Lester and Pedroia.
When Pineda has to hit in inter-league play, I bet he runs harder to first than Montero — if he makes contact.
I want all Yankees pitchers taking the Cliff Lee approach when “running” to first base.
Somebody please reply to this with the video of Cliff Lee taking two steps down the first base line before making the U-turn back to the dugout.
Pitchers have no business hitting. Lay your bunt down and then jog down the line.
Of course — but you get my real meaning.
Yea.
To be fair though, the list of players that run hard to first base is a fraction of the list of players that don’t. Kind of weak to knock Montero for that of all things.
Hmmm… At age 22 as a rookie? Vets, maybe. Rookies, no way. I didn’t say run fast — just hard.
You could have a point there, but still, why is that a part of the game subject to a double standard? If a rookie has to run hard to first base, how hard is it for a vet to run hard to first base? Shit, they’re the ones getting paid big money, they should be the ones earning it with extra effort.
I agree completely. I was just making the observation. Yankee fans adored Paul “The Warrior” ONeill, but he didn’t bust it to first base a lot. Too busy being angry that he hit a ground ball to a defender. Jeter does though, as do most Yankees now.
I personally found Paulie pretty annoying quite a bit of the time and you are right he did in fact laze around from time to time. People love Paulie because we won when he was here. I also really liked Paulie bat and his play in the field was pretty solid compared to what we got in the late 80s and early 90s. To me he is almost horrible on YES. Kay IS horrible.
If we built an all time need to run it out to first team for the Yanks Paulie would at best be a reserve OF.
You’re right about PO on the air. He’s the worst. It’s just bad jokes and comments about what he’s eating. His commentary — when he bothers to give it — is standard and obvious. No interesting insights at all.
Yeah it is always horrible jokes and talking about what he is eating. He can’t even put together a good story about his former team mates or himself during his playing days. He comes across as a douche, and I thought that was what Kay’s job was.
Haha, exactly.
If I’m an AL manager or AL GM, this is what I’m instructing my starting pitchers to do on anything that isn’t a clear base hit. I hate interleague play and I hate the National League. Just implement the DH league-wide and be done with it.
Couldn’t agree more. I live in Houston and follow the Astros as a secondary team, though with no where near the passion as the Yankees. But I will never forgive them for what happened to Wang.
You know why the National League won’t implement the DH? Because the American League thought of it first and it works. They have always had a superiority complex in the NL and I don’t know why.
Still nervous about the trade, but just watching some of this guys highlights on MLB.com is getting me pretty excited. Dude is filthy. Fastball is electric and his break stuff is tight and sharp. I think I saw fb, slider, curve…though perhaps its a splitter. Either way, he’s not just throwing 2 pitches like AJ. If the change just becomes average it will be lethal.
Rothschild should be able to help here. It’s just not likely to happen over night. Verlander came up to the majors with a changeup, and he even threw it at a decent rate, but it wasn’t all that great. He eventually changed the grip and turned it into more of a weapon. He also improved his slider tremendously on the MLB level. Pineda already has a knock-out slider, so whatever Rothschild can do to help his changeup should pay big dividends.
someone did an article just the other day, turns out that his change is a split-change
so thats probably what you saw
Well there you go, thanks Bo. That said, and obviously highlights are going to show the best ones, but it looked like a good pitch to me. Of course, I’m just some schmuck in the Internet.
I thought I saw him throw some pitches with a split grip last year. I kept pausing the TV and trying to slowly go forward and see the grip, but it was blurry and I could never tell for sure what the pitch was. I hope it is a split, a power pitcher like him could destroy with a good split.
Moved him from Shortstop to the mound. Geez imagine a 6’7″ shortstop.
It might have made a difference in game 7 against the snakes. Ahh, why can’t I let it go?
I cant either.
As much as I loathe the thinking behind the trade, I’ll root for Pineda and against Montero (I can’t root for non-Yankees; perhaps it’s a character flaw), and hope I’m proved wrong.
This is not a character flaw at all. The only exceptions are for players playing the Red Sox.
“Pineda speaks for first time since trade”
A self imposed vow of silence? Clearly that’s not a good sign for us. Possible mental disorder.
Can’t handle NY!
/msm’d
He has SAD. Trade him to the Brewers.
For both Kuroda & Pineda the learning curve for a starting pitcher in the AL East division may be a brutal wake-up call. The good news is that both of them have a healthy competitive nature and should not cave in after one bad outing and make it a season long series of embarrassments like the guy with the initials that aren’t CC.
The good news is that they will be pitching with a sound defensive team behind them and an offense that on most days will give them a workable lead.
Hughes or Burnett for the 5th Slot after Sabathia, Nova, Pineda & Kuroda ? Notice that ALL four of those guys end their last name with an “A”. Could that mean “ACE” this season ?
nice wording there cano fan. it appears that you recieved an thesaurus for christmas or maybe chanuka. i am impressed with your vocabulary
Montero proved he is a professional hitter during the last few weeks of last season. He also said all the right things. I really hope Poneda pans out for the Yankees. And, I’ve read that Campos (spelling?) may be the diamond in the rough of this trade. He may ultimately be better than Pineda. Let’s get #28 this season.
I think it is obvious that for many in the DR baseball is the way out. Just like many young people of color in this country used to view the sport. I take my hat off to the many who play with their hearts and souls to bring prestige and wealth to their country. I just wish that the young men of talent in this country would wake up and recognize that baseball is a great career, and provides more longevity than other sports. My hats off the Pineda, and all I can say is GO YANKS!!!!! | http://riveraveblues.com/2012/01/pineda-speaks-for-first-time-since-trade-62740/ | 2013-05-18T10:31:13 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Canterbury have saved their best until last to lift the Special Olympics Cup at the end of a pulsating 23-18 victory over South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.by NRL
Canterbury have saved their best until last to lift the Special Olympics Cup at the end of a pulsating 23-18 victory over South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.
In a match some pundits are calling the game of the year, a Krisnan Inu field goal edged the Bulldogs ahead 19-18 five minutes from full time, however it was far from the end of what was a gripping contest.
Sam Burgess turned from villain to hero when he sent Dylan Farrell on the course for the line soon after - only for the centre to be nudged into touch at the line by a match winning effort from Ben Barba.
Then Inu and David Stagg combined to send the lock in for the match winner, sealing a 23-18 result.
"As a spectacle it was exciting," Bulldogs coach Des Hasler said after the match. "(It was) pretty tense. There's no way we'll knock back the four points.
"We showed some fighting qualities that we were very proud of. It was a good win for us tonight."
Barba's effort to nudge Farrell - who'd already crossed for a try to return the scores to level 13 minutes into the second half - earned him special praise from his coach.
"It was special," Hasler said. "It's a big part of his game that he's worked on, and improved on. It was a real intelligent play from Benny, and one that we needed."
The Bulldogs found themselves under the pump early as Souths looked every part a side enjoying its best winning streak in 23 years.
Souths cut the Bulldogs defence wide open in just the third minute of play, with Burgess and John Sutton combining to put Justin Hunt over in the corner for a very early 4-nil lead.
The Bulldogs were being forced to play entirely out of their own half and that pressure told again on the quarter hour, when Dave Taylor steamrolled through the first line of defence before stepping Ben Barba to touch down under the posts.
"They're that sort of side, they've got that physicality," Hasler said of Souths start to the match. "They've got the size and the bump, and the pace. We didn't help ourselves with costly turnovers and field position. I thought we legged them down the field a bit with penalties. But we held in there.
"For the first 25-30 minutes I can't remember us being in their 20. But once we got a bit of possession and field position, we were able to get into our shape and post some tries."
In the end it was back to back penalties - one to Souths, one to the Bulldogs - which swung momentum the Bulldogs way.
On the wrong end of a 4-nil penalty count over the opening 25 minutes of the half, the Bulldogs went 12-nil down after Adam Reynolds nailed a penalty goal from in front.
But from the ensuing kick off momentum swung back the Bulldogs way, as a mix up in the in goal followed immediately by a penalty against Sam Burgess for an elbow on James Graham gave the Bulldogs field position.
By the end of the set they were on the board, Inu crossing for his third try in 90 minutes of football off a neatly worked set play.
The winger then converted to narrow the gap to six points.
Another penalty and another try quickly followed and all of a sudden the match was back on a level footing, Jonathan Wright reaching out to touch down after the Bulldogs were piggy backed deep into Souths territory after Burgess was penalised in the tackle.
Now it was Souths who were forced to play in their own half and four minutes out from the break they found themselves trailing for the first time in the match.
Probing deep in Souths territory Josh Reynolds aimed a pin point accurate kick at the opposition posts, with Barba right on the spot to claim a deflection off Souths skipper Michael Crocker to touch down for an 18-12 half time lead.
The Bulldogs bench came into play to start the second half, with former Toyota Cup captain Dale Finucane earning his NRL debut soon after the break followed by the introduction of Marty Taupau into NRL action for only the second time this season.
His return was marred by a high shot on the ground on John Sutton, which was followed soon after by the Farrell try, which locked the game up at 18-all.
The Dogs looked more dangerous over the coming minutes, but were unable to convert two clear chances as the attrition of the high tempo, high impact game started to show on both sides.
Cue Inu, who stepped up to nail his admittedly low-trajectory field goal in the 75th minute of play.
While it was far from the final highlight, the narrowness of the margin it earned painted a picture of a game in which both sides had genuine claims to the two points.
The Bulldogs will enjoy a round 14 bye before a Friday night away clash against St. George-Illawarra in round 15. They'll be hopeful of the services of Frank Pritchard, who left the field early with an ankle injury, however they're likely to be without Tim Lafai after he suffered a dislocated shoulder late in the piece.
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I was trying to be more Chopin-y in 1 and 7, 6 was weird stylistically. It started out kinda Chopin-y, then went really romantic. There's a section in the middle where it just randomly goes to Classical for no exact reason other than that was what was in my head at the time.
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Does involvement in community-based projects improve medical students' research capability?
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Background: Medical students at the University of Wollongong undertake a community-based research project during their year-long rural/regional clinical placement. This allows students to put into practice their prior learning in critical analysis of relevant literature while introducing broad principles of research methods and interpretation. We evaluated the research capability of students before and after conducting their research project. Summary of work: Students were guided to design projects relevant to their own and community interests. Research capability across two cohorts, encompassing 150 projects, was determined with respect to: writing a research protocol, use and interpretation of the literature; research methods; and results, using the “Research spider” selfassessment tool (Smith et al, Primary Health Care Res Devel; 2002; 3:139–140). Summary of results: Students improved in nine of ten aspects of research assessed in the research spider. These included: defining a research question: presenting; and writing a report. Capacity to apply for research funding did not improve. Conclusions: The research projects engaged the students, stimulated them to think about research issues in rural and regional Australia, and measurably improved their research capability. Take-home messages: Practical involvement in a research project develops authentic learning and improves the research capability of future medical practitioners.
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McLennan, P. L., Mullan, J., Weston, K. M., Mansfield, K. J., Rich, W. C. (2012). Does involvement in community-based projects improve medical students' research capability?. Assessment of competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions (pp. 29-29). Malaysia: AMEE. | http://ro.uow.edu.au/medpapers/341/ | 2013-05-18T10:30:53 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Congrats Brandon for sniffing this one out last week. Jeff's announcement is below.
Dear Fellow Virginia Republican:
From the very beginning of my campaign for Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV), I have recognized the day may come when I would need to demonstrate my commitment to the well being of the Party as a whole, even at the expense of my own political career.
Friends, that day has come.
I want to thank Misters Cobb, Malek, and Neel for their recent letter. After careful consideration of their opinion, those of others, and much prayer, I have decided that I will not seek re-election to the House of Delegates if I am elected RPV Chairman. This is something I have considered for some time and have not been opposed to, but the Cobb/Malek/Neel letter articulated the issue well, and I agree.
With the loss of 9 seats in the General Assembly in just the last 6 months alone, and RPV finishing 5th in fundraising to four Democratic committees last year, the risk is too great for me to not make the tough decision to eliminate any objections to my candidacy for Party chair. The future of our Party, and indeed our Commonwealth, is at stake.
RPV doesn’t need a babysitter, but rather someone with vision to set the direction and to hire the right team to establish a solid and reliable infrastructure and implement a sound plan to turn things around and start winning again.
Nevertheless, I see a great deal of benefit to the Party in not having their Chairman limited by the legislative calendar, even if then-Senator Randy Forbes handled both his RPV Chairmanship and legislative responsibilities well.
With a dedicated focus on the Chairmanship, however, I’ll not only be free to build upon my successes in winning tough Democrat leaning districts like the one I currently represent in Northern Virginia, but also to advance our conservative agenda statewide to help us win back seats where the Democrats have trumped us.
I realize that some see the Cobb/Malek/Neel letter as a cynical attack by the Hager campaign to pat me on the back as such a great leader and the only person able to hold my seat – while on the other hand claiming I’m not qualified to lead our Party as Chairman.
Neither is true.
My point in saying I’ve won a district most Republicans haven’t is not that I have some inflated ego and the voters have some special affection for me. The key to my winning elections while RPV is losing seats is that I understand how to logistically raise the money, involve the youth, reach out to new communities, and use technology to communicate to voters why our Republican philosophy is best.
Using the same approach, I am comfortable that my House seat can continue to be represented by a Republican. Yet, I am not comfortable that the current RPV leadership is capable of retaining our House majority – and that is the larger problem we face, rather than just concern over my one seat.
My success in raising $1.3 million in my last 2 campaigns (representing just 1% of the state) speaks for itself, and as Chairman, I will continue to expand these resources for the benefit of our candidates to win back seats we have lost.
If I am ultimately unsuccessful in this Chairman’s race, I will certainly be a team player and seek re-election to the House – but I am not looking forward to the prospect of being in the minority after two more years of RPV “staying the course” and John Hager claiming RPV has “met all their goals”.
Every decision in politics involves some risk. Still, the only risk facing the delegates to the May 31 state convention is the one we take by keeping the status quo in charge at RPV, as we continue to lose election after election across Virginia, and consistently being outmaneuvered by the Democrats in technology, fundraising – and yes, even grassroots activism.
Mr. Hager’s own supporters are quick to praise me for my energy, talent and skill to win where others do not win. I worked hard to develop the right formula to prevail in one of the toughest areas of the Commonwealth. Instead of welcoming this know-how, they want to use it as an excuse to promote leadership that has us going backwards, and losing everything we’ve worked so hard to accomplish.
You don’t have to be a mathematician to know that the health and well-being of 100 House seats warrants much greater consideration than one. If you believe that I am the best choice to hold our most competitive seats and win back others to build our majority, then you should have every confidence that I’ll also provide the necessary skill and leadership to hold the very seat I may be vacating.
If, on the other hand, you believe that RPV under John Hager – which hasn’t picked up a single Democratic seat – not one – but has lost 9 Republican seats during his tenure – is the right man for the job, then your mind is made up regardless of the evidence.
I hope we can count on your support, and if you haven’t already – I hope you’ll join our team.
Sincerely, Jeff Frederick
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So is Brandon calling the race for Frederick now?
JF made pretty clear he'd run again for Delegate if he lost the Chairman's race. I don't remember that caveat in the prediction. | http://roanokeredzone.blogspot.com/2008/05/you-heard-it-hear-first-frederick.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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I never dream about poetry or poets. However, following my Selima Hill dream of two nights ago, I had another poetry dream last night, this time featuring Simon Barraclough. Maybe I’ve started having more because I wrote the Selima Hill dream down.
Simon Barraclough is sitting at a café table, outdoors in the sun. He is with MF, who happens to be minister (vicar) of a church near my house in Edinburgh. The conversation goes something like:
MF – Our organist is going to be away on Sunday.
SB – Well, I’ll play for you. Where’s your organist going?
MF – Some village in the east.
SB – He can play there then. And someone from the village can play mine.
MF – Yes, that’s great. Thanks…
That’s all I remember.
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'Some village in the east' - clearly this dream is taking place in the Russian sector.
Right, I think that these are poems coming to you in the dream world - you could end up with a series.
There's an interesting programme on on Tuesday evening coming, Horizon- Why do we dream, at 9pm Beeb2. Perhaps that might help ;)
In the words of Mia Farrow in 'Rosemary's Baby': "This is no dream, this is really happening!" | http://robmack.blogspot.com/2009/02/another-poetry-dream.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Greetings,
I have been involved in starting up a local robotics club, South Florida Robotics Society (Sunbots). The website is basic right now, but will be updated real soon.
We had a meeting last week, and it was good. I was expecting more people to show up, but 3 of us got together and did a show and tell of projects, skills, and vision of the club. Some passers by seemed interested, I explained what we're doing, and then signed them up for more info.
The meeting was held in the parking lot of a local RC Hobby shop, and they had a race later that day, so they were on the track(parking lot) practicing. It was noisy and irritating after awhile, eventhough we didn't want to leave so we can continue talking about robotics.
We are trying to find a place we're we can hold the meetings, and also to begin working on our projects like 'Robot Builder's Day/Night Out' (RBNO/RBDO), similar to what other clubs are doing. We will be doing more promotions including flyers, reaching out to the public for more interest, like a membership drive.
We concluded that I will be the President (acting), for now, and they will have other roles.
We are planning on having another meeting maybe this wknd, and another next wk. Will keep you posted, and if anyone's interested, you may contact us at our website.
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I'm thinking of making my career the theatre. Is the University of Rochester the place for me?
The University of Rochester is a university with a strong liberal arts component and a focus on research. Within this liberal arts environment, the International Theatre Program offers students a comprehensive theatrical experience, a chance to work with world-class professional directors and designers, and a number of classes--covering almost the full range of theatrical activity--to improve and develop both skills and talent. We are, however, not a conservatory training program (though a number of our students have gone on to professional acting and backstage careers). If you are sure you want to dedicate your life to the theatre (as sure as anyone can be after high school!) you should maybe look at one of the larger, professional training programs offered by established universities. If however, you want a solid education with a vibrant and rigorous introduction into the practical world of theatre and acting, the International Theatre Program may be ideal for your needs.
If you're a prospective student and would like to know more, click here
Is there a theatre Major?
There is no, traditional theatre Major, but we do offer an English Major with a Theatre Concentration. We also offer a very popular Minor in Theatre. For more information, visit the English Department Website
Do I have to audition to get into the Theatre Program?
Since we're not an independent department (but rather a Program within the English Department) and since we don't have a traditional Major, you don't have to audition to be accepted into the Theatre Program. You should apply to the University of Rochester for admission in the same way as any other student would. To be cast in a Theatre Program production, however, you do need to audition. These auditions are held on the first Friday and Saturday of every semester, and are open to all students at the University of Rochester. If you want to stage manage or work backstage on a production, these auditions are also the time to come forward and set up a stage management interview with the Production Stage Manager (you can also just sign in to the Stage Management class).
Are there theatre clusters?
There are two theatre clusters (listed under English in the Cluster Directory): Plays, Playwrights, and Theater (H1ENG011) and Theatre Production and Performance (H1ENG018). For more information, click on the links below.
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English Cluster Listings
Do you offer internships?
We offer "internal" internships (a PR and Marketing Internship in the Theatre Program itself -- for more on this internship, click here) and we have arranged outside internships in the past. UR students have worked at the Lincoln Center Institute, Geva Theater Centre in Rochester, the O'Neill Center in Waterford, CT, the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY, and at La MaMa ETC in New York City. Additionally, we will go out of our way to help students set up specific internships based on their needs.
Do you produce any musical theatre?
Our 2007-2008 season saw us present our first musical. And we are producing our second musical as part of our 2011-2012 season. So musicals are definitely part of what we do. WQe do not produce a musical every year, but, like the major Shakespeare productions we do, we do one every four years. That being said, many of our productions have singing and extensive music in them, so if you're interested in musical theatre you should still audition for Theatre Program plays. You might also want to contact the music department, which offers a "musical theatre workshop" (though not every year), or the student activities group 'Off Broadway On Campus'.
Music Department :: Off Broadway On Campus
What student-run theatre facilities exist on campus?
All International Theatre Program productions are acted, managed and built (i.e. the sets, costumes, etc.) by students; but the directors, designers and technical directors are all professionals. Drama House, an academic living center across the road from Todd Union, is a great place to go to look for students who are interested in all the performing arts. The house also has space for students wishing to put on their own shows. Finally, the Theatre Program produces and runs a student One-Act New Play Festival in the Spring semester. Selected plays are written, directed, designed, built, acted and produced by students. There are also some on-campus student-run theatre groups, including TOOP (The Opposite of People).
Drama House :: TOOP
What is Drama House?
Drama House is a Special Interest Residence dedicated to providing quality housing and programming for students with an active interest in all branches of the performing arts. Drama House is administered by the International Theatre Program in conjunction with Residential Life and the English Department. The House accommodates up to twenty students and is situated on the Fraternity Quadrangle. Apart from living quarters and a kitchen, it has a lounge area which transforms easily into an intimate black box theatre. Theatre program classes, rehearsals, performances, social events, and numerous other activities take place in the house. If you're interested in living in Drama House, please contact the faculty director of the house, one of the student officers, or Residential Life at 275-3166.
Drama House :: Contact a Drama House Student Officer :: Contact the Faculty Director of Drama House
What theatre facilities do you have?
The International Theatre Program uses the facilities of Todd Theatre, a large black-box theatre located in Todd Union. The theatre space, originally the dining hall of the old student union building, is about 80' x 35' feet and can be configured in numerous ways. We've staged plays in the round, environmentally, in a proscenium setting, on a thrust, in an 'alley' configuration, and pretty much every other way too. We have also used the lobby of the theatre for performances; finally, we use Drama House too for some special events and, occasionally, our one-act new play festival.
Why is it called Todd Theatre?
Todd Theatre is named after Elizabeth Connelly Todd, a great benefactor of the University of Rochester.
Why is it called the International Theatre Program?
We added the word 'International' to our name many years ago, when a Theatre Program production of The Brothers Karamazov toured to Russia and also to New York. The name stuck, and for many years it was very apt as we were (and continue to be) staffed by an international group of artists. Faculty, staff and visiting artists have come from South Africa, the UK, India, Italy, China, Canada, Australia and Russia. We are also dedicated to presenting great plays from the international dramatic canon...so 'International Theatre Program' says a lot about who we are and what we do. | http://rochester.edu/College/ENG/theatre/everything.php | 2013-05-18T10:40:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Jacob Hoskins, son of Dan and Laureen Hoskins of Cedar Springs and eighth-grade student of Algoma Christian School, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2011 Michigan at the Bernhard Center at Western Michigan University on Friday, April 1.
The state winner will receive $100, the “Complete National Geographic on DVD,” and a trip to Washington, D.C., where he or she will represent Michigan in the national finals at the National Geographic Society headquarters, May 24-25.
The first-place national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the Society. The national winner will also travel with a. | http://rockfordsquire.com/2011/04/07/local-student-named-michigan-geographic-bee-semifinalist-by-national-geographic-society/ | 2013-05-18T10:21:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Anyway, back to the nut of the moment. Please note that a lot of my commentary on the purpose of art is opinion:
The title, What Good Are the Arts? seems as idiotic to me as asking What Good is Food? If you believe, as I do, that life has an inside as well as an outside, you will accept that the inner life needs nourishment too. If the inner life is not supported and sustained, then there is nothing between us and the daily repetition of what Wordsworth called ‘getting and spending.’Already, a bad analogy. We can live in a daily repetition. I wouldn't want to, but I could. I couldn't live without food.
Carey would counter here that I am confusing art and religion, and one of his chapters is devoted to the fallacy of art as a religion, primarily debunking any notion of ‘transcendence’ or ‘spiritual experience.’I wouldn't insult art by comparing it to religion. As Picasso said, art is a lie that tells the truth. Religion is just, as far as I've been able to tell, a lie.
Like religion, art offers an alternative value system; it asks us to see differently, think differently, challenging ourselves, and the way we live.Sorry, but religion does the opposite of what's suggested. Art isn't an alternative value system, either: It's a diverse means of expression. The values are what it tries to communicate.
Most importantly, art is a continual reminder that the money and celebrity scrabble of the modern world can be countered by the serious pleasure of doing something for its own sake.But people can do that for its own sake. Does that make money and celebrity scrabble art? They could also make art in celebration of that.
The twenty- four emergency zone that we call real life saps our energies.Given the slant of 24 hour television news, I'd agree.
Art renews those energies because it allows us an experience of active meditation.Depends on the art. Art is not a monolithic entity.. That does not mean they are the same thing, it means we are in a particular territory – that inner life that John Carey finds so suspect.Art is intellectual stimulation. There. Saved you a lot of meaningless text. Also, does anyone else smell a straw man at the end there? I haven't read Carey, but I've heard similar lines said about me, even though I'm all about intellectual stimuli. I just prefer not to flower it up by claiming that some types are inherently more magical than others.
He dislikes the words ‘real’ and ‘true’. Such words suggest absolutes, and for Carey everything is relative.I don't know about Carey, but you won't catch me shying away from those words.
‘A work of art is anything that anyone has ever considered a work of art, though it may be a work of art only for that one person.’ So everything is art, East Enders, internet porn (‘ once again people are being sent to prison for looking at the wrong kinds of pictures’) the cartoon dog I drew this morning for my god-daughter, and nothing is art, because there is no there there, as Gertrude Stein put it. Nothing exists, only our impressions.Anything can be art. Whether or not it's good art is left open for argument.
Carey rushes to science to back him up here, and points out that only science can offer ‘proof’. The best art can do is ‘persuade’, and what persuades us is really a amalgam of snobbery, prejudice, fashion, period, and emperor’s new clothes. If enough of the right people keep saying that a thing is a work of art it becomes one, but that doesn’t mean it is one, because there are no absolute values, no objectivity, only the mind observing itself and what it makes.I have no idea what he's going on about at this point. Science is a tool for finding the truth. Art is a tool for expressing ideas, emotions, etcetera.
The muddle here is to confuse objects with energies. Yes, we live in a quantum world where there is only, in TS Eliot’s phrase, ‘the dance’, and the dance is always changing, both in the sub-atomic world of particles, and in the visible world of objects. We construct out world so that we can apprehend it, we make our ideas visible so that we and others can enjoy them and debate them, and usually destroy them at some time or other, but we go on making, we go on turning energy into objects.I need earplugs so brain don't leak out me head. We don't construct reality. We change around parts of reality into forms we find interesting and/or pleasing.
The object itself is provisional, the energy, though changing, is permanent, and is a feature of the whole universe.And the square is square, though round. But seriously, matter and energy will stick around, at least until someone builds the opposite of a free energy machine. All that stuff just goes through different arrangements. We like some of those arrangements..It also doesn't matter if it's my dinner from last night, a meteor passing Jupiter, or a rain of neutrinos. Stuff is stuff. Art objects are just stuff we've arranged in certain ways to express an idea. Being art doesn't change the intensity of.No, Shakespeare is still relevant to this day because, like Nietzsche, Shakespeare was a monkey. The human condition hasn't changed all that much.
This is why Carey’s rubbishing of any distinctions between high art and low art is so misplaced. There is no such thing as high and low art, there is only the real thing, and it comes very differently packaged and dosed at different strength. This is why, in one of my ‘barely sane’ periods, (Carey), I talk about the huge truth of a Picasso and the quieter truth of a Vanessa Bell. The dosage is as different as the packaging, and not all art lasts forever, indeed forever is a meaningless term, when in performance art, for instance, every performance lasts only as long as itself. One of the liberations of contemporary art has been to free us from the mandarin view of ‘everlasting monuments to the human spirit’. It is the human spirit that is everlasting, not its monuments, but art’s great gift is to transmit that spirit across time.I don't think I'd be as polite about this person's sanity as Carey apparently was. Whatever you want to believe the "human spirit" is, there's no reason yet to believe it's everlasting. Here's a much shorter and more sane thing I'd say in this place: Art communicates ideas. Some forms of communication last longer than others.
That's about all I can stand for now. I need to run my brain through the opposite of a blender to get it out of the milkshake consistency this article turned it into.
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That was different. I liked it. One thing that I thought your post came tantalizingly close to without quite striking is the idea of religion as art. That is, religion as a way of communicating a set of values and beliefs in a manner that resonates in people's minds. It seems to me that this may be a valid comparison, although I haven't fully thought it through.
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The first of eleven defendants to be sentenced in connection with last year’s hazing death of an openly gay Florida A&M drum major has avoided jail time. Twenty-three-year-old Brian Jones changed his "not guilty" plea to "no contest" earlier this month. He was sentenced today to probation on one charge of felony hazing, reports WESH/NBC 2..
Robert Champion was pummeled to death on the band bus during a trip to Orlando on 19 November 2011. The 26-year-old drum major suffered blunt trauma blows and died from shock caused by severe bleeding, according to the autopsy. FAMU is Florida's only historically black public university.
Jones allegedly held Robert Champion "in a bear hug" during the hazing ritual. Champion's family disputes the judge's description of Jones' involvement as "rather minimal", reports The Orlando Sentinel.
Pamela Champion ... called the hazing an act of murder."You will always know your part in what you've done," Pamela Champion said, speaking toward Jones as she held a framed photograph of her son.Pamela Champion ... called the hazing an act of murder."You will always know your part in what you've done," Pamela Champion said, speaking toward Jones as she held a framed photograph of her son.
Pamela Champion's parents, who traveled from Georgia for today's proceeding, plan to hold a press conference later this afternoon to make a statement about the judge's ruling. But they had expressed disappointment this past spring, when prosecutors decided to seek third-degree felony hazing charges instead of murder or manslaughter charges for the band members who played a role in the musician's death.
Thirteen defendants were charged with felony hazing in May. Two defendants face midemeanor counts. The felony hazing charge carries a maximum penalty of almost six years. Champion's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bus company and driver, claiming they willingly participated in illegal hazing acts over many years..com: "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell": Why Has Black Media Ignored the Sexuality of FAMU Hazing Victim Robert Champion?"
No jail time. Just a Black gay college who was hazed and beaten to death. Nothing to see here, keep moving!
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Was Robert Champion ever FORCED to participate in the hazing ritual? I am not supporting the hazers, but why on earth would a 26 year old man subject himself to abuse in order to belong to a group that he was already a part of?
Posted by: BLKSeaGoat | 22 October 2012 at 18:31
Whether or not Robert was "forced" to participate in a hazing ritual is entirely beside the point. Even if he consented to the ritual, he certainly did not agree to be beaten viciously or to death. Nor would his "consent" obviate the defendant's criminal culpability for their actions. I addition, I think it's unfair to seemingly blame Robert for what happened to him.
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Notice that in the cloud-cuckoo-land of European climate policy, they're still referring to 1990 as a base-line. Why? Why not make future cuts with 2010 as a baseline?
That's a rhetorical question. They use 1990 because it allows the major carbon generators to keep gaming the system, just like they did for Kyoto. So even at this late date, they apparently still don't believe their own propaganda. If they truly believed that these cuts were needed, they wouldn't protect their own industries from their fair share of the burdens. If you're on a sinking life raft, you don't argue over whose responsibility the leak is, you bail as fast as you can.
The more zealots push incomprehensible and indefensible action, the more strains in the EU will tear the fabric of common destiny.
Typo in second to last sentence: millions / billions. Or is there a joke I am missing?
-3-Matti Virtanen
Thanks .. typo. Now fixed!
Roger: If I have my numbers correct, the GDP for the EU is around 12,000 billion Euros per year, so the 33 billion Euros would be less than 0.3% of GDP. Is that really so outrageous a price to cut emissions to 30% below 1990?
The EU also spends about 48 billion euros per year on agricultural subsidies, but these receive nowhere near the vitriol decarbonization does.
In a fantasy world, re-allocating money from agriculture to decarbonization would make a lot of sense; but I do understand the point of your title: cutting agricultural subsidies to fund decarbonization is utterly off the table as a policy move, no matter how much one might howl at the moon.
-5-Jonathan Gilligan
Thanks. I often engaged in such debates back when i was working on space policy and weather policy.
Space enthusiasts and weather scientists would advance the argument that doubling the costs of public investment in space/weather would only cost the average taxpayer pennies a day, or variations on that theme. Yet, policy makers have yet to double investments in space or weather, despite such arguments.
I don't think that such abstract arguments can carry the argument, no matter how accurate or rational. A better answer would be to be able to identify what the short-term benefit is for the short-term investment.
In the context of the EU paying 750 million Euros (and soon maybe more) for financial bailouts, further investments measured in the tenths of a percent of DP just don't seem realistic unless they have a demonstrable short-term payoff.
Forget. It's over.
Another nail in the coffin.
Too funny.
The tall forehead types in Brussels are behaving like it is business as usual, as if an economic tsunami hadn't swept over the land, as if their nation state benefactors were sitting in buckets of money they can give to them to squander on Feed In Tariffs and wind turbines, as if the nation states don't now realize "Green Jobs" cost Billions and deliver negative growth.
Ya . . too funny.
I find it amazingly interesting to read the knee-jerk reactions of people here who (my guess) wouldn't be able to point out Brussels on a map. The EU countries collectively pretty much met their Kyoto targets (yes I know, Spain and all that, but that's why there was a bubble and still, it's more any other economic block achieved); yet this comment is ridiculed. Roger, just keep this post up for a sufficient number of years and we'll see just how ignorant those Europeans are.
And to all others I would like to say, your Europe-bashing is getting quite boring. When Bush was in charge there was still some excitement about the with-us-or-against-us philosophy. Now it's just old politics, while old Europe is getting on with things.
The story in the FT says it's 33 billion British Pounds per year on top of the 48 billion already committed to for a total of 81 billions British pounds.
81 billion pounds = $113 billion per year.
The EU has 397 Gigawatts of fossil fuel generating capacity(page 45).
All but 63 Gigawatts worth of fossil fuel generation capacity is due to be retired by 2030(page 47)
So given a flat electricity energy demand the EU will need to replace (330/20) 16 gigawattts of generating capacity per year for the next 20 years.
An average new nuclear power plant generates 1.3 Gigawatts.
So if they went 'nuclear' they need to build 1 nuclear power plant per month.
Regardless of what one feels about climate change, a significant investment in new power generating capacity will be needed.
$100 billion per year sounds about right.
Of course it doesn't account for expenses that will have to be incurred no matter what.
16 Gigawatts of coal fired plant will go for pretty close to $50 billion, then there is the cost of the coal.
I think I would present the case differently.
How much generating capacity will need to be replaced because of 'end of useful life'.
Then I would present the costs of the various replacement options, as well as the various pro's and con's.
Everyone understands that the car eventually needs to be replaced. Replacing it early because of 'climate change' might save a few years emissions, but the public sees a perfectly good car being wasted.
It's a much easier sell to wait until the car needs replacing, then arguing the additional costs and benefits of buying a 'green vehicle'.
Anyone postulating that money spent by the government delivers negative growth doesn't know how gdp is calculated (see). Government spending adds to gdp growth, by definition, and yes it usually creates jobs too. So it's best to talk about roi, not gdp.
These carbon limits are designed to push the issue onto future governments while still pretending to be holier-than-thou. Only China and india sre facing up to reality. The first item on any Western agenda remains creating the jobs to pay back the debt so we can have real money to spend on whatever the future problem might be (like Harry I say energy gap).
I'm amused though at the schadenfreude of US/UK pundits over the generally better performing Eurozone economy. Is this an attempt to gloss over their own rather more massive structural problems? I'd personally like to see the euro tumble a whole lot more as these previous plunges of the dollar and pound hurt those who receive in dollars and buy in euros. At the moment the euro is still the most stable currency of the three and Europe has been more fiscally responsible. Ironically that ill-conceived Greek tragedy was merely the Eurozone copying the manic debt splurge of the US, using the odd assumption that US mainstream economists know what they are doing (despite all evidence to the contrary).
The bottom line is that trying to fix a problem that was caused by huge debt by dishing out more debt is putting hope before experience and it doesn't matter whether the nom-de-plume is stimulus, recovery or rescue, because the real name is still debt. The markets are fooled only until their cocaine wears off, when they then move from panic buy to panic sell. The reason they hung on every obscure, nonsense uttering of Greenspan is because they didn't themselves have a clue about anything.
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Yes gov's create job's albeit inefficiently. I'll remind you that the USA's post recession unemployment has been consistently lower then Europe. Do you think Greece, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, etc as doing well economically. France and Germany have been living off brand particularly in Asia. This will not last. Europe's rigid labor markets and debt are a huge problem. | http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/05/climate-policy-boundary-conditions.html?showComment=1274900083059 | 2013-05-18T10:40:53 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Charles Hildinger was a character and so was their mutual great-grandmother according to Charles Sweet. According to family legend the great-grandmother, a duchess in Württemberg, ran away with the court tailor, a Hildinger. They came from Germany on a sailing ship before 1830. The ship had extra long paddles to fend off man-eating sharks during the voyage. The couple bought a large farm in Armstrong County, Pa. and the ex-duchess took over its supervision.
A strong-willed woman, she had a custom with which she allowed nothing to interfere. She would return from the fields shortly before 4 in the afternoon, dress in the finery from the trunks she had brought from Europe and have tea served to her in the court tradition. The trunks and the clothes remained in the family for years.If the story is true (which I really have my doubts), wouldn't I love to get my hands on that treasure chest!
Source: Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser 22 Aug 1954 | http://rogersfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/treasure-chest-thursday-duchesss-chest.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
it all depends I guess, what'd you have in mind?
Like since I'm blue, could I take a Kamen rider or some other japanese hero? As long as it hasnt appeared on a season of MMPR?
it all depends I guess, what'd you have in mind?
Either Kamen Rider wizard's water form, with water dragon form for my battlizer, or Armor Hero's wind hawk,with Ryudogo's Ryukendo for my battlizer.
I like the first one
Name: Craig Connor
Age: 18
Gender: male
Picture:
Personality: He's got a somewhat serious disposition, and a tendency to over think things, and take jokes too seriously. At the same time, that seriousness implies a certain determination to be the best at whatever he's doing. He'll always strive to succeed and never quit no matter what gets in his way.
2 reasons for being chosen as their specific color: 1) Rational and thoughtful. 2) Serious and independent
Short bio: Craig was raised by two parents who were both more focused on their work than him. As a result he became very self-reliant very early. He had to take care of himself, and he learned a lot of determination and persistence from all the things he didn't know how to do, that he had to learn. Since he had to take care of himself, he started trying to practice martial arts early on. First, just watching movies, and trying to copy what he saw, then later, taking classes where he could. By this, his last year of High School, he's gotten quite good.
Ranger Specifics
Battlizier form:
Ranger Super weapon: Spear
Soul Gem item: A black stone ring, with smbols cut into it, that shine with a bright blue color
Soul Gem name: Voleno
Soul Gem Personality: Voleno is pretty easygoing, and light hearted. Especially compared to Craig. He's kind smart mouthed, and prone to making jokes. They make an odd pair, but Voleno's knowledge of the nature of Craig's new power makes him a valuable partner none the less.
Zord Specifics
Personal Zord: Slightly smaller and faster warrior, built for mobility.
Where the Zord fits in the Megazord Helmet, shoulder pads, and plate armor for arms and fists
Closest picture you can get that shows the zord: (the shoulders aren't that big, stopping at the top of the blue part)
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If you don't think the ranger is similar enough to your guys's, then I'll just update it to just have the same kind of rangers you used. I just like the way wizard looks.
its fine
accepted lol, the reason everyone gets their own Zordon is for individuality and creative character creation freedom. So basically your Zord is the armor for the megazord?accepted lol, the reason everyone gets their own Zordon is for individuality and creative character creation freedom. So basically your Zord is the armor for the megazord?
I figure since i said he was smaller, and you said you made up the body structure, My zord would basically just break into armor plates to go over the arms. Except then I saw you had suggested green do that. The way I see it, if that's the case, I can say my zord breaks into many pieces and works like armor. That way if there are still yellow and pink to include, they can take care of the legs/feet and the fists, as well as whatever big crest or back plate is obligatory to megazords as of late. But, hell, I'm flexible. If someone else wants some other role, then just tell me where my shit goes, and I won't really mind too much.
Oooooooaaaaahhhh! Dekkarangah uuaannnnn!!!!
- Sorry guys. Just a little over enthusiastic of this IC to prosper. I like to follow select roleplays for the progression of the story, and I'm still an on going fan of power rangers.
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Not sure about the random smearing of letters, but "Dekaranger" was the super sentai from which Power Rangers SPD was conceived. "Space Patrol Delta" was named such to use the SPD letters from Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, in which the "Dekarangers" were a squadron (which is what Sentai stands for) in the "Special Police" organization. | http://roleplayerguild.com/showthread.php?193360-Mighty-Morphin-Power-Rangers-(Title-Pending)&p=8389096 | 2013-05-18T11:05:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
hmmmmmmm... depends what kind of RP
I've been craving a 1x1 RP lately- the problem is, I have next to no plot ideas. I had a Hunger Games one for a while, but it occurred to me that the whole Hunger Games RP thing is way overdone, and nobody would want to join
I'm much better at playing females, though I can manage being a guy. I can't play MxM or FxF very well, either, but I'll try the best I can if it's your preference. The one thing I cannot do is smut- I manage to make things awkward, weird, and just plain laughable, each and every time. I fail at being sexual. Massively.
So, I'm open to anything but smut.
Let's go.
hmmmmmmm... depends what kind of RP
"And so it is in politics, dear brother,/ Each for himself alone, there is no other."
-Geoffrey Chaucer
"Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it."
-Mark Twain
I'm sure I can work something out with you, Avid.
PM Me, if interested.
User name:
Suspect.
Preferred Category:
Casual. One-on-One. Maybe Advanced, one day.
Preferred Genres:
I will roleplay anything once but I love Modern, Supernatural, Horror. I love Romance to, as long as it builds to that point and not the topic of the entire rolplay.
Preferred type of play:
One-on-One and Group.
Extra information:
If you ever want to roleplay, don't hesitate to shoot me a message in the inbox, which is always open. Want to roleplay anything romantic or with superpowers? I will love you!
i was actually interested in doing a hunger games / survival type RP so if you still have the idea for that we could discuss further plots and characters | http://roleplayerguild.com/showthread.php?195220-1x1-Partner-Search | 2013-05-18T10:42:52 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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The attack stoked tensions just hours ahead of rival mass rallies in the Egyptian capital by supporters and opponents of the country's Islamist president over a disputed draft constitution. The charter has vastly polarized the nation and triggered some of the worst violence since Mohammed Morsiorsi's referendum —. | http://romenews-tribune.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Gunmen+attack+Egyptian+opposition+protesters%20&id=21093582 | 2013-05-18T10:53:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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And the problems get deeper:
RealClearPolitics - Europe Digs Still Deeper: When you've dug yourself into a hole, so far down you can't see the sky any more, the answer is to dig faster. You never know, you might come out in China.
This is the primaeval advice upon which Europe's politicians are now working: to dig their own grave, gratuitously deep. At 5 a.m. Friday, euro time, they reached a deal to solve the mess created by the imposition of a single paper currency on various incompatible sovereign economies. They will impose uniform budgetary practices throughout the eurozone, thus further binding countries left with too little room to manoeuvre. | http://ronsbloviating.blogspot.com/2011/12/europe-digs-still-deeper.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I know she would have been on my side.
Movies/TV shows that demand attention.
Including the most disturbing and wonderful cautionary video ever made.
Coming-of-age movies & shows.
I even liked Sondra, the boring one.
Movies and TV shows in which things are not quite right.
Drama with a capital D.
Movies and television shows about passion.
30 Rock is dead; long live 30 Rock.
Movies/shows about folklore, fairy tales, and myths.. | http://rookiemag.com/category/movies-tv/ | 2013-05-18T10:53:34 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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In brief, this brain learns to access and integrate within 300 milliseconds a vast array of visual, semantic, sound (or phonological), and conceptual processes, which allows us to decode and begin to comprehend a word. At that point, for most of us our circuit is automatic enough to allocate an additional precious 100 to 200 milliseconds to an even more sophisticated set of comprehension processes that allow us to connect the decoded words to inference, analogical reasoning, critical analysis, contextual knowledge, and finally, the apex of reading: our own thoughts that go beyond the text.
This is what Proust called the heart of reading — when we go beyond the author’s wisdom and enter the beginning of our own.
I have no doubt that the new mediums. So long as books are cheap, tough, easy to “read” from outside (What kind of book is this? How long is it? Is this the one I was reading last week? Let’s flip to the pictures), easy to mark up, rated for safe operation from beaches to polar wastes and — above all — beautiful, they will remain the best of all word-delivery vehicles. research shows that people are continually distracted when working with digital information. They switch simple activities an average of every three minutes (e.g. reading email or IM) and switch projects about every 10 and a half minutes. It’s just not possible to engage in deep thought about a topic when we’re switching so rapidly.. | http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/does-the-brain-like-e-books/?em | 2013-05-18T10:20:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Beginning Friday, November 23, and going until New Year’s Eve, Nashvillians dining at select restaurants will be able to participate in StreetSmart: Helping the Homeless, a program that invites patrons to add a $1 donation to their checks in support of Room In The Inn, a nonprofit organization providing a continuum of care for Nashvillians struggling with the short- and long-term effects of homelessness.
Patrons who dine at the following restaurants will be able to make the $1 contribution: Anatolia Turkish Restaurant, Bella Napoli, Biscuit Love Truck, Bridgestone Arena, Burger Up, Chago’s Cantina, Dalts, Edley’s Bar-B-Que, Finezza, Firefly Grille, Flyte, Hoss’ Loaded Burgers, Marché, Margot Café & Bar, McDougal’s, Merchants, Midtown Café, Noshville Midtown, Paddy Boy’s Q to U, The Silly Goose, Sunset Grill, Urban Grub, The Wild Cow, and The Wild Hare. Room In The Inn will receive every penny of every dollar raised to help fund programs ranging from work preparation classes, rehabilitation, and even art classes. Spokespeople for StreetSmart are Demetria Kalodimos of Channel 4 and Mike Fisher of the Nashville Predators. Both are active volunteers at Room In The Inn.
StreetSmart was founded in 1998 in England by William Sieghart, now Chairman of StreetSmart, and Mary-Lou Sturridge, Former Director of The Groucho Club, Hotelier. The idea was simple: During November and December in the run-up to the New Year, many people celebrate the holidays by dining out. Sieghart and Sturridge reasoned that this spirit of good cheer could be harnessed to raise money for worthy charities. StreetSmart now raises funds exclusively for organizations with the experience and facilities to help those who are homeless and want to get back on their feet.
Room In The Inn is a Nashville-based organization emulated across the United States. It provides a continuum of care that addresses emergency and short-term needs as well as long-term goals for those experiencing homelessness. Its hallmark program runs every year beginning November 1 through March 31, when 180 congregations throughout Nashville take turns each evening transporting the homeless to their places of worship, giving them a warm place to stay, a hot meal, companionship, and protection from the elements.
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Below are quotes on salvation from the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church. These pertain to Salvation within the Catholic Church and for non-Catholics as official doctrine. The numbers indicate the section where these quotes can be found in the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church contains official doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church.
Salvation Only In The Roman Catholic Church
846 Outside the Church there is no.
Salvation For Those Outside The Roman.
These are official quotes from the Roman Catholic Church on what Roman Catholics are taught, and what Roman Catholics believe. If you have questions about Roman Catholics or about this information pleasecontact us.
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Abbreviations: abt, about; ng, not given; nds, no dates; Ch rec., church record. newspapers were reviewed for obituaries and death notices. A date; Nelson, NE; Northville (Baker), NV; Norway, NO: Oak Grove, OG; Oak Mound, Somonauk, OM; Oak Ridge, Sandwich, OR; Oak Wood Joliet, OW; Oaklawn, Dwight, OD; Oakwood, Wilmington, OK; Oakwood Memorial Ottawa, OA; Old Norway, ON; Olive Hill, Chicago, OH; Osmundson, OU; Oswego Prairie, OP; Oswego Township, OS; Ottawa, OT; Pavilion, PA; Pearce, PE; Pine Mound; PM; Plainfield, PF; Plattville, PV; Plattville Lutheran, PL; Pratt's Oaklawn, PO; Risen Lord, Oswego Twp, RL; Riverside, Montgomery, RS; Riverview, Marseilles, RM; Rose Hill, Chicago, RH; Sacred Bluff (Darnell), SB; Sacred Heart, SC; Saint John's Catholic, Somonauk, SJ; Saint John's Lutheran, Somonauk, IL, SO; Saint Mary's. Aurora, AA; Saint Mary's, Minooka, IL, MA; Saint Mary's, Plainfield, SF; Saint Patrick's, Bristol Twp, SP; Saint Patrick's, Joliet, PJ; Saint Paul's, Aurora, PS; Saint Paul's Queen of Angels, rural Sandwich Twp, QA; Sample, Morris, EM; Sandy Bluff, HA; Saratoga Township, ST; Seaman, SS; Section, SN; Seneca, SA; Seward Mound, SM; Sheridan, SR; Shont, SH; Somonauk, SK; South Big Rock, WE; Spradling, SD; Spring Lake, SL; Stavanger Lutheran, SE; Sugar Grove, SG; U. P. Sandwich, UP; Ward, | http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilkendal/Cemeteries/BurialRecords/BurialsAlphabetical/BurialsAlphabetical_Helmu-Hennig.htm | 2013-05-18T10:13:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Are Nick wax lyrical about DCS logistics.
Upcoming Lectures in the Series:
June 5: “The Heart in Diving” presented by Dr. Petar Denoble
August 7: “Critical Thinking of Post-Dive Symptoms” presented by Dr. Matias Nochetto
Divers Alert Network President Dan Orr announces retirement
Divers Alert Network announced that well-known DAN representative and industry ambassador Dan Orr has retired from his position as President of DAN Inc. Orr, who has been with the DAN organisation organisation, Orr is best recognized for developing the DAN Oxygen Programme.”
Bill.
Are you a North Carolina diver? DAN has a free talk tonight!
DAN is renowned for their educational lectures and they regularly put on a series of free seminars at the DEMA Show that all dive professionals can access.
A list of Divers Alert Network lectures given at the DEMA Show by DAN experts, including Dr Neal W Pollock (pictured) Photo Credit: Rosemary E Lunn 6th February 2013) is entitled “The Physiology and Pathophysiology of Immersion” and given by Dr. Neal Pollock.
“Water can be a joy to swimmers and divers. The support it provides enables us to move in three dimensions with tremendous freedom. There is a toll, however, that comes with this dense milieu that we do not see in our normal air environment. This presentation will consider the effects of water immersion and the implications for swimmers and divers.”
For those of you unfamiliar with Dr Neal, he is a Research Director at DAN and a Research Associate at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology at Duke University Medical Neal wax lyrical about immersion physiology.
Upcoming Lectures in the Series:
April 3: “Managing DCS in Remote Locations” presented by Dr. Nicholas Bird
June 5: “The Heart in Diving” presented by Dr. Petar Denoble
August 7: “Critical Thinking of Post-Dive Symptoms” presented by Dr. Matias Nochetto
Overcome 3 common sales objections by Geoffrey James
These three classic sales scripts will help you to handle most.”
Just think about what you’re trying to communicate and and that you are talking to a friend over a beer. It’s really that simple.
2013 Return to Phantom Springs
Deep in the west Texas desert lies Phantom Springs Cave.
In 2012 an expedition established that outside Florida, Phantom Springs Cave is the third longest USA cave in the USA, and tantalisingly it is still going. However it is not as straightforward as it would seem to explore here. Phantom Cave is a federally owned, strictly closed biological preserve for the endangered pupfish. The site is only accessible by a permit issued by the US Bureau of Reclamation, and only two permits are ever concurrently issued. Both are assigned until at least 2015.
Earlier this month, a precious permit allowed a team of ten hand picked divers to push this cave system further. The team comprised of Dr Andrew Pitkin and Brett Hemphill (deep exploration), Michael Poucher, Jason and Chrissy Richards (survey), Becky Kagan Schott and Curt Bowen (topside and underwater cinematographers), and Joel Clark and Corey Mearns (safety and logistics).
The expedition goals were to extend the line beyond the 2012 expedition and to continue exploring as far as safety and logistics allowed; to hand-tape survey the site, starting from the cave entrance and working inwards; and capture the action and events as they unfolded.
This expedition was not purely exploratory. Dr Thomas Iliffe, one of the worlds leading cave biologists holds the science permit for Phantom Spring. His goal was to work in-water with the other teams to gather water quality and cave fauna data.
Over the course of seven days the exploration divers hit a record depth of 462 feet / 140.8 metres, making it the deepest USA underwater cave system. The team also set up sediment traps, collected water quality data, surveyed over 8,000 feet of the cave, and shot hours of high definition video and still photos topside and underwater. Plans are being put in place to return.
Advanced Diver Magazine Exploration Foundation has just published a fascinating report illustrated by sumptuous imagery.
“A billion).”
Calling all male cave divers – research subjects required
A doctoral research study is being conducted by William B. Oigarden, MA, LMHC, NCC. He is a doctoral candidate at Barry University in the Adrian Dominican School of Education and he is investigating the personality traits and behaviour of male cave diver. (Specifically the relationship between dyadic adjustment, personality traits, and alexithymia.) Please pass this information on to relevant friends, peers and colleagues.
Dyadic Adjustment & Personality Traits in Male Cave Divers
An Exploratory Study – Doctoral Online Research Study
Would you like to participate in a FREE research study investigating the relationship between personality traits and relationship satisfaction in male cave divers?
To participate click here, aged 18 years Bill B. Oigarden (telephone 386 984-9348), Bill’s supervisor, Dr. Catharina Eeltink (telephone 321 235-8401) or the Institutional Review Board point of contact, Barbara Cook (telephone 305 899-3020)
Thank you for your time and interest in this study. This will be a partial fulfillment of a Ph.D. degree in Counselling.
Rescue of an unconscious diver from depth: the new UHMS guidelines
This is Professor Simon J Mitchell, photo credit Pete Mesley. Simon gave a presentation at EUROTEK.2012 entitled “Rescue of an unconscious diver from depth: the new UHMS guidelines”.
We are delighted that permission has been granted by the UHMS Journal Editor that allows.
DAN 2013 Internship Application Deadline closes this Tuesday
This is Jenna Wiley, a Research Associate I at Divers Alert Network. She’s pictured here working on DAN’s Project Dive Exploration doing field research at Innerspace 2012 (Grand Cayman). Once upon a time she was a DAN Research Intern.
If you have the burning ambition to be a DAN Research Intern, apply now. Applications for this close on Tuesday 15th January 2013.
Strong candidates for this competitive program will have excellent communication and organizational skills, meaningful personal accomplishments, an established commitment to diving and goals that would benefit from participation in the program. Whilst diving is not a required skill for this internship, candidates should be certified scuba divers.
The program runs primarily from late May through August, and interns are recruited largely from undergraduate students at colleges and universities across the United States (post-graduate students, students from other countries and periods other than summer will be considered, if appropriate). Following an initial week of training at DAN headquarters, research interns are placed with host facilities, including DAN, where they will participate in projects matched to their interests and ability. The range may include field, laboratory and/or epidemiological studies. Most research interns work closely with mentor experts to maximize their learning opportunities.
For more information follow this link
Suunto launch World’s first watch-sized rebreather compatible dive computer
This morning Suunto unveiled their DX at the 15th International Salon de la plongee sous-marine dive show in Paris.
The DX is the very first of its kind to feature CCR compatibility. This is a non-monitoring setpoint dive computer that works as a support computer for the rebreather to 150 metres. It also contains all the advanced dive functions for open-circuit divers such as trimix support including helium and oxygen, with the capability of 8 gas switches.
Suunto Fused™ RGBM algorithm
The DX benefits from the new, advanced Suunto Fused™ RGBM algorithm. This algorithm was developed by Suunto in conjunction with Dr. Bruce Wienke. Suunto state that it seamlessly combines the benefits of the Suunto Technical RGBM with the latest full RGBM for deep dives.. For more information and Dr. Bruce Wienke’s interviews on the Suunto Fused™ RGBM algorithm, check out.
The Suunto DX includes the following features:
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Suunto Ambassador and leading cave.”
Scalli Scuba Diving Internship closes in two days
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When I was a kid I was fascinated by pirate radio stations. Occasionally we would hear a pirate station or two on the FM broadcast band playing odd music and going by fun DJ nicknames. Later when I got to college the trend continued. However, the stations seemed to be more interested in talk of politics and media censorship than playing any music. The media censorship argument was simply that the pirates felt they had no way to disseminate local information they decided was not being covered by large broadcast networks. They typically defined "local" to mean a few city blocks/square miles. Eventually the FCC addressed this need by creating the Low Power FM (LPFM) Service.
In the 90's you could be certain that everyone had access to a television and an AM/FM radio receiver but little more. Today a very large percentage of people have cells, laptops, and desktops with access to WIFI. A pirate today might use a wireless access point without an Internet connection to forward all http requests to a broadcast server web page. The computer would serve useful local information with a link to receive streaming audio (Shoutcast). The audio stream could either be pre-recorded or live with interesting local content. The station might even use familiar SSID's (102.1FM) to encourage listeners to log on. The size and coverage of the pirate radio network could be expanded considerably by adding more access points. The pirate radio network could even support multiple stations for different categories of listeners. It seems to me that in many areas a concept like this might be very popular.
I have a reached an interesting milestone with the Internet Remote Amateur Radio Station this morning. Over the holidays I purchased a new HTC Touch Pro cell phone and switched service providers to Sprint. More important was that my new plan has unlimited data and that the HTC Touch Pro uses Windows Mobile 6.1. Unfortunately, the Skype mobile application does not work on my HTC Touch Pro and HTC support does not seem to be a high priority. Luckily I found Fring. Fring is an alternative Skype client that is interoperable with Skype! This morning I installed the Fring voip application and connected to the Internet Remote.
At 12:15AM EST I contacted WA4TXE over a local repeater. I was pleased to hear that my audio was intelligible and that this might be a great alternative to using a HT!
The TLV320AIC3254 is a great new product from TI. At the price this would be an excellent design choice for an AF section in an AM/FM/SSB radio. Interesting to have limited DSP capabilities in the CODEC itself.
Over the past few years I have had a lot of fun with the MSP430 series microcontrollers and Chipcon single-chip radio ICs. I was excited to hear that TI has decided to combine my two favorite IC choices from their product lines into a single package. If you have not seen the CC430 yet, it is definitely worth a few minutes. The package includes a MSP430F5x MCU and the CC1101.
We could use this platform on 70cm as an alternative to APRS. The CC1101 even supports a K=3 convolutional encoder and a nice data scrambler. How cool would it be to buy an APRS-like radio for $20 that could be the size of a quarter?
If anyone is interested in this concept, let me know.
I first noticed the Gravia on Ecogeek in February. I immediately ruled it out as unrealizable and moved on. I later found that the concept was created by a fellow Virginia Tech graduate & became interested. Virginia Tech even recognized this design on their website. While the Gravia has a fun kinematic element to the design, the forces don't add up.
Let's add a little math to the Gravia.
The falling weight is 50 lbs (22.68kg) and is designed to fall 58" (1.47m).
gravitational potential energy = mass*acceleration of gravity*height
326.72J = 22.68kg X 9.8m/(s^2) X 1.47m
Now if we consider that 1J = 1 watt-second, and ignore real world losses & LED inefficiencies, the Gravia will support a one watt LED for 326.72s (5.44m).
The Gravia claims:
...light output will be 600-800 lumens - roughly equal to a 40-watt incandescent bulb over a period of 4 hours.
Obviously this claim is impossible even with an ideal unrealizable LED. I commend the graduate on developing an entertaining kinematic device that I am sure he can find other uses for.
Assuming the Gravia generates 326.72 watt seconds (ideal) he could power a small circuit with an average consumption of 22.688mW for 4 hours.
From time to time "Numbers Stations", as they are often called, can be found on HF. Numbers Stations have a long history of HF operation over the last 50+ years. When I came across this signal in January I couldn't resist recording a sample. For more information on these dinosaurs check out the Wiki.
Welcome to Roteno Labs. Keep checking back for updates on our projects.
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Mustang tour will break record October 28, 2008Posted by Ron Warnick in Events, Road trips, Vehicles.
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The Mustangs Across America tour, which will trace part of Route 66, isn’t for another six months, but it has already broken the event’s record for most cars that will be participating.
According to TheMustangNews.com, 345 cars have already been signed up for the mid-April tour. That breaks the record of 334 cars in 2004. The 2009 tour marks the 45th anniversary of the Ford Mustang.
Records have also been broken in the amount of foreign participants who have signed up for the 2009 Mustangs Across America 45th Anniversary Drive. This year attendees are coming from over 10 countries including Australia, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Over 75 registered parties are coming from abroad for the Mustangs Across America 45th Anniversary Drive, which is an all time record for the event.
Mustang enthusiasts from all over the United States are also well represented with participants from over 38 of the 50 states including even Alaska. Mustangs of nearly all vintages and model designations will be participating in the caravan road trip, representing the breed from 1964 through 2009 and beyond.
“To have so many people planning to make this historic Mustang drive with us in 2009 is a humbling testament to the Mustang spirit”, says event coordinator Sam Haymart. “Despite the gloom and doom of our economic news in the past year, the enthusiasm of the open road and desire to be a part of this event has risen above it all”.
Registration for the event is open until April 5 by going to its Web site. Here’s the schedule:
- Friday, April 10: Kick-off and Welcome Reception – Las Vegas
- Saturday, April 11: Las Vegas to Holbrook, Ariz.
- Sunday, April 12: Holbrook, Ariz., to Santa Rosa, N.M.
- Monday, April 13: Santa Rosa, N.M., to Mustang, Okla.
- Tuesday, April 14: Mustang, Okal., to Shreveport/Bossier City, La.
- Wednesday, April 15: Shreveport/Bossier City, La., to Birmingham, Ala.
- Thursday – Sunday, April 16-19: Attend the MCA 45th Mustang Anniversary Celebration (Separate Registration Required with Mustang Club of America Event)
- Sunday, April 19: Mustangs Across America Dinner Banquet
Here’s a video from the 2004 tour:
we were planning on doing this … but decided on the festival instead !!
we heard of problems with hotels and getting gas in previous years too – not sure how much of that is accurate though – but it did give us some question marks about the adventure | http://route66news.com/2008/10/28/mustang-tour-will-break-record/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:51 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Distance: 2000 meters Conditions: Good conditions- flat water, slight tail. Comments: There was breakage in the Princeton 2V within the breakage zone (400 meters into race) It required a repair so there was a late start in the event. 2V crews had to wait on the water for an additional 25 minutes before their race was restarted. It was the last race of the event | http://row2k.com/results/resultspage_print.cfm?UID=1261078&cat=1 | 2013-05-18T10:52:55 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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