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megan phelps has left the westboro batshit "church"
This is my framework.
Then suddenly: it did.
And I left.
Where do you go from there?
There are some things we do know.
Megan and Grace
source: https://medium.com/turning-points/83d2ef8ba4f5
bittermunchkin 7th-Feb-2013 12:58 am (UTC)
Yeah, and there are a lot of rather sound theories related to heuristics that state that people, brainwashed or not, can be just as poorly informed when a lot of info is available as they are when info is scarce. An example off the top of my head -- a recent study found that people who follow the news on TV from stations like Fox, CNN, and MSNBC can actually be less educated about facts surrounding news issues than those who do not.
arrowtoes 7th-Feb-2013 01:29 am (UTC)
do you mean those who do not follow the news by those means in general, or those who do so in print only?
bittermunchkin 7th-Feb-2013 01:43 am (UTC)
Here is the link to the study:
I believe people were compared across a wide range of media viewing habits, but I don't recall whether print sources were accounted for.
Edited at 2013-02-07 01:49 am (UTC)
arrowtoes 7th-Feb-2013 02:25 am (UTC)
Viewers of cable news on MSNBC are the most likely to think the protestors are Republicans.
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* author's note: this is the song that got C-Bo locked up for parole violation
You know I never was no choir boy
Ya folks got a, gang of priors
Maybe that's why the one-time's be triflin
Tryin to give a young nigga thirty-five to life
When I ain't even done nothin wrong, off-icer
I have no in-fo to offer-ya
He asked my name, so I came off the brain
Told him, "I'm John Doe and this is my ho Jane"
He said, "Smart mouth nigga, don't make me do ya"
Put my thumbprint in his high tech computer
My name came back with a warrant, felo-nies
Now they got me down-town, spread my anus
Buttock, I'm like, "What the FUCK is it now?"
He said, "You robbed a liquor store; we know where, when and how"
It's foul, they got a nigga to' up from the, flo' up
My mom, in the courtroom lookin like she bout to throw up
It's a strong armed robbery, strapped in the commision
At my pre-trial conference, D.A. had a proposition
He said if I lose at trial I'd get the ? with the L on top
But take the deal he'd give me five with havin most of the charges dropped
Hopped on the deal quicker than blast, and said
"I admit that, but two and a half ain't bad I got getback"
They sentenced me to five, two I gotta bring
It's only strike one swing, batta batta swing
It's one-eight-seven on the D.A., cause they
Ain't tryin to give a young motherfucker no leeway
Yes yes... y'all
You better swing, batta batta swing
Cause once you get your third felony, your fifty years you gotta bring
It's a deadly game of baseball
So when they try to pull you over
1 - shoot em in the face y'all
2 - shoot em in his face y'all
3 - take em on a chase y'all
Fresh out the pen, unrehabili-tated
Doin hella good, and my P.O. hates it
Hates Dick, she's a dyke lesbian bitch
Can't wait to violate for me for some petty ass shit
I gotta get a job, so I'm fillin out applications
Fightin the temptation, to slang nightshift, uhh
Minimum wage don't get it, five bucks a hour
Don't cut it, man I ain't widdit
So fuck it, I went and struck it rich, on the dope sack
My homie gave me two, and told me to bring a fo' back
Now it's time for me to start havin thangs
I flips me a Coupe and painted it candy-apple green
It gleams, clear coat sprayed on thickly
Fools out to get me cause my shit is lookin sticky
I'm at the club and I can feel them suckers scopin
I'm knowin they plottin on me, but I'm still hopin
That they won't fry me, unless they wanna die
They will be, drippin more blood, than Mrs. Simpson was
Sho' nuff, ain't no bluff, here them suckers come
Got me reachin up under the panel to handle the forty-four caliber gun, uhh
Spun his ass around with one of the fat Magnum rounds
Got him on the ground makin funny sounds, ohh
I got a problem, witnesses ten
Positive identifa-cation
On swoll in the pen, cellmates with X-Raided
Now I'm on parole, five years later
The Bo loc is ready to have me a ball
Fuck my P.O., I'm goin AWOL
And you all can suck this dick, I'm sick
And tired of goin through all this bitch-made shit
I got two strikes right now as we speak, and peep
I'm not bout to let you motherfuckers do, me
I'm petty with a prior, will buy your fate
With Wilson in the office, you gets no date
So I'm putting all my belongings on Greyhound bus #22
Bound to another state, me and my crew
Unpacked my shit, stacked my grip
California and Pete Wilson can suck my dick!
And if you didn't already know, that you couldn't
Trust his ass, just look how he did Polly Klass
Used her death, and her family's name
So he can yank more votes, and political fame
It's a shame, that I'm the one they say is a monster
Juvenile delinquent, steppin out of sync with
But FUCK THAT, I ain't goin out, like a punk
That ain't my style, rip him from his asscrack
To hit nutsacks now, they wanna kill a nigga
Like me I blast one blast two that's strike three
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Conservapedia claims to differ from Wikipedia in 16 different ways. No one with an open mind would disagree that Conservapedia and Wikipedia are indeed different, but all 16 of these differences[1] are almost completely nonexistent and/or excruciatingly frivolous. What Andrew Schlafly is trying to do here is justify his personal blog as something important. Also, the things Conservapedia claims Wikipedia is guilty of are things that Conservapedia suffers from to a much greater degree.
[edit] Supposed differences
[edit] Free reuse
Conservapedia, through this difference, claims to have a more "liberal" re-use policy for its material. However, reading the actual copyright statement, it is clear that the site reserves the rights to forbid reuse under certain, unspecified, circumstances - presumably these circumstances could be identified in an arbitrary or ad hoc manner. Wikipedia, by contrast, has a blanket policy that seeks to cover all circumstances and does not mention any undefined or discretionary restrictions - specifically the GFDL or, more recently, the Creative Commons Share-alike license.
[edit] Wikipedia copyright
The claim that Wikipedia contributors lose rights to their own material is blatantly false (indeed, Creative Commons is a license and does not hand over copyrights or intellectual property rights). It should be obvious that by posting material to Wikipedia, contributors don't magically acquire the rights to subsequent modifications by other editors, nor can they acquire the rights of preexisting material by editing it. The copyright of every original Wikipedia contribution remains with the author, who is free to copy his or her entry for use elsewhere without having to comply with any of Wikipedia's alleged "burdensome copyright restrictions". The only agreement made with an edit is that it is released under the Creative Commons and/or GFDL license, which states that the material can be shared or reused providing certain criteria (such as attribution) are met.
Wikipedia also does much more to allow the free reuse of the material, such as providing freely downloadable database dumps. Based on them, third parties can easily reuse the material; there are dozens of mirror sites already. By contrast, Conservapedia's copyright statement seemingly allows creation of mirrors (after all, you have been given permission to use the material), yet it gives vague threats to revoke rights from "unauthorized" mirrors.
Wikipedia also has the mission to create not only an open-content encyclopaedia, but also create and employ open-content images and media to help attain that goal, and use copyrighted images not released under an open-content license only under limited circumstances; for example, if a diagram is required for an article, a freely usable image will be created for that occasion, or if an article concerns a living person, a specifically freely usable photograph will be taken or obtained.
While Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia contributors have gone after license violators, that has been just that, tracking down license violations and working with them toward mutually acceptable goals; there has not been threats of suing people over fair-use commentary, as in Conservapedia. Wikipedia operates on the premise that everyone is allowed to use the material, and the goal is to get people to comply with the requirements set forth by the license (usually in form of adding all proper attributions and making the license clear to the reader), not squash inappropriate use on whim.
[edit] Burdensome copyright restrictions
The true irony of CP's claim is that it is their own editors who lose rights to their work. Their copyright page indicates that "By contributing information to Conservapedia, you irrevocably consent to the display, copying, reuse or editing of your information, edits and entries, with or without attribution," meaning everyone else in the world has as much right to the material as you do. Yet they accuse Wikipedia contributors of losing rights to their work.
By comparison to Wikipedia's reliance on licensing and proper implementation of Fair Use, Conservapedia contributors frequently use whatever images they can find regardless of the copyright status, and Conservapedia makes a blanket fair-use claim that all images are used under an educational context; with the informal definition of acceptable image use, and lax enforcement of the rules, this is unlikely to hold in court should they ever get sued over an image.
See also our commentary of Conservapedia's copyright policy.
[edit] Intellectual
Conservapedia, when it comes right down to it, is one of the most anti-intellectual websites around. Conservapedia makes MySpace look like the Library of Alexandria. Intellect being "the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters" (Oxford English Dictionary), is utterly absent from the minds of most sysops. They simply "know" what is true and won't let anyone, or any facts, tell them otherwise. If intellectualism consists of the exchange of ideas for the betterment of the mind, then Conservapedia puts the kibosh on that as soon as anyone challenges their preciously held views in any way at all.
[edit] Lectures and study guides
Conservapedia does have some "lectures" and "study guides" (these form part of Andrew Schlafly's homeschooling project), but they are considered by those who know the subjects to be of poor quality and, of course, heavily biased. There is some irony to the presence of these items, as Conservapedia often makes the claim that "unlike Wikipedia" it has more properties of a "real" encyclopedia (like articles that are a single sentence fragment, one could suppose); No "real" encyclopedias have "study guides" or "lectures", as this is not what encyclopedias are for. Actual study guides and lectures exist instead.
Conservapedia completely fails to explain what exactly is more intellectual about making one big jumbled mess of encyclopedia, dictionary, lectures, study guides, etc., rather than neatly organized individual projects started by the Wikimedia Foundation. These include Wikipedia (the encyclopedia), Wiktionary (a dictionary), Wikibooks (various textbooks), Wikiversity (learning materials and activities), and several others.
[edit] Non-commercial
This is perhaps one of the most ignorant statements of all time, and this is saying a lot considering the site we are talking about. Wikipedia is a nonprofit organization that does not even allow ads on its website.
[edit] The search engine
The claim about the search engine is blatantly false. In the press, the Wikimedia Foundation is frequently confused with the for-profit company Wikia, due to shared key personnel and overlapping user community, and a similar name - Wiki being the catch-all term that has developed to describe collaborative online authoring in the past decade.[2] The Wikimedia Foundation never developed a search engine and probably never will (the servers used to run Google are considerably more draining than the servers used to host Wikipedia, despite its immense size). The project alluded to here, the now-defunct Wikia Search, was hosted and funded by Wikia. And even so, Wikia Search was an open-source, open-content project, unlikely to have generated much in the way of direct profit.
[edit] Homeschooling fees
Furthermore, Andrew Schlafly uses Conservapedia to actively promote his homeschool classes. The fee is $250 a semester, for one class per week (apparently for about 14 weeks). He therefore makes between $6,000 and $12,000 from this commercial venture, which is directly associated with Conservapedia.
Conservapedia does not explain how Wikipedia allegedly brings in "millions of dollars" without having any ads. Conservapedia also does not explain how Wikipedia managed to be classified as a 501(c)(3) tax exemptable charitable organization by US tax authorities.
[edit] Concise
Having "concise" articles is one of the "differences with Wikipedia" that Conservapedia claims, in an attempt to justify its pathetic existence.
The reason why traditional (i.e. print) encyclopedias are concise is precisely because they are printed. Print encyclopedias, even with concise articles, take up a lot of shelf space. Wikipedia explicitly does not aim to be a print encyclopedia; hence there should be no upper bound for article (or article set) size. Likewise, there is a difference between a desk encyclopedia, which generally has very brief articles, as it must fit into one or two volumes, and a full encyclopedia set, which may have over 20 volumes. Conservapedia seems to think only the former is a true encyclopedia, and it is clear that this is the model it aspires to...most of the time.
[edit] Very short article
Conservapedia, here, claims its articles are intentionally short, and offers no justification other than that shortness makes Conservapedia "like a true encyclopedia" - which we describe above as purely for practical reasons, rather than anything else. The mode length for a Conservapedia article is around 5 sentences. In a few rare and ridiculous cases, an article has no content at all — someone just created it and added a stub template. The claim about stubs being used to make entries verbose makes no sense as well. Stubs are rarely used on any articles longer than a couple of paragraphs. Apparently that's what Conservapedians consider verbose — a couple of paragraphs. That would explain its articles' general lack of length.
[edit] Very long article
When Conservapedia's articles are long, they are very long. For example, its cut-and-paste, unformatted, unexplained, poorly titled entries on largely insignificant ships, taken from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, are anything but concise. Conservapedia also has its share of monomaniacs who create truly gigantic articles that put Wikipedia's very verbose articles to shame; for example, Conservapedia's article on Alger Hiss has many times more references than Wikipedia's corresponding article.
Clearly this statement also implies that Encyclopædia Britannica, and in particular the Macropædia with "roughly 700 articles, ranging in length from 2-310 pages" (source: Wikipedia) is not a "true encyclopedia" either.
See also: Ed Poor.
[edit] No gossip
5. We do not allow gossip, just as a real encyclopedia avoids it.
Andrew Schlafly never really defines what "gossip" is, and gives very little evidence of it actually occurring on Wikipedia. It seems to, in this context, have something to do with the personal lives of professional people (i.e., gossip magazines or tabloids). But it does not stop the majority of the Conservapedia article on Woody Allen article from being about his marriage to Soon-yi (or from him being in the category "child molesters" for several days). Presumably, the Charles Stewart Parnell article (if there should ever be one) would not have any reference to Kitty O'Shea, as it would be "gossip" - the fact that Conservapedia has no article on Parnell (and that it's unlikely to ever have one given that he wasn't American, lived in another century, and can't be easily dismissed as "another librul") one could suppose, is therefore a blessing.
[edit] Use of the "rule"
Conservapedia uses the "no gossip" guideline ("we don't allow gossip here") almost exclusively to avoid making conservative people look bad. For liberals, or even conservatives that just don't tick all of Schlafly's many boxes for Conservatism, this guideline is completely ignored. In the article on Bill Clinton, there are paragraphs of in depth information regarding his affair with Monica Lewinski - in contrast the article on Rush Limbaugh, only two sentences are used for describing his "addiction to painkillers".
If "gossip" is interpreted as idle speculation about something without supporting evidence (on a Wiki-like encyclopedia, this can be taken as any assertion that does not have an accompanying reference tag), then examples of this on Conservapedia are legion, for example, the suggestion that Barack Obama's selection for the Harvard Law Review might be the result of a racial quota. Also, the claim that Obama is Muslim is textbook gossip, but they devote an entire section to it.[3] And ironically, the Conservapedia "masterpiece" Hollywood values appears heavily reliant on the type of gossip that Conservapedia claims that true encyclopedias exclude, specifically, even the term itself seems to have been largely coined and exclusively used on the website only, whereas encyclopedias should only include information developed by others. Consider also the absurd entry on Atheism and Obesity.
Celebrity criminals, stoners, and heavy drinkers... haven't you heard that all from the liberal media already?[4]
[edit] Gossip on Wikipedia
Schlafly loves to call Wikipedia "The National Enquirer of the Internet". He thinks this epithet is so clever that he repeats it whenever he gets the chance. It also gives him a chance to display his complete ignorance of logic; whenever someone denies WP has gossip, he mysteriously takes it as a denial that the Enquirer does - he also seems unaware that the Internet already has a National Enquirer.
Andy did once manage to name one Wikipedia article that contained gossip, but refused to point out what part of the article actually contained the elements of gossip he so objected to. The article was Bertrand Russell. This, however, actually illustrates his point about conciseness much better than his point about gossip. One must assume that the passages he has issues with deal with Russell's depression and attempted suicide during his youth. Ironically, those are the most well-sourced statements in the article, coming right out of his biography (and no, the biography was not published by the National Enquirer).
[edit] Boris Yeltsin
Can that be taken as confirmation that gossip occurs here? Auld Nick 16:36, 25 April 2007 (EDT) [6]
[edit] Requires authoritative support
Yet again we get an example of pure cretinism - there is also absolutely no evidence that Wikipedia does such a thing other than in its current event articles, and even when it does cite journalists' interpretations (namely in articles on films and books which describe their reception and reviews) it explicitly states who said it and references it; as a matter of fact, Wikipedia states in its Manual of Style that statements should be attributed. Even then, Wikipedia's neutrality policy ensures that a counterpoint view is placed almost next to it, and again, sourced.
[edit] Except the right journalists
Schlafly and most of the dozen or so admins who run the site have been known to use journalists' statements as fact when they feel like it - in fact, this "rule" is perhaps the most commonly broken one at Conservapedia. Of course, only the opinions of conservative journalists (who by definition do not practice Deceit) are used, so it's okay.
Conservapedia has been increasingly relying on random, often anonymous bloggers as sources for articles and news stories, commonly World Net Daily (at least until Joseph Farah's harsh criticism of the Conservative Bible Project). That these people do not even reach the level of "journalist" in their writings, one must suppose, is a loophole.
[edit] Sourcing Conservapedia articles
"Citation needed" tags are routinely removed when they challenge administrators' unsupported ideological assertions. Often instead of applying the well known {{fact}} tag, sysops and senior editors prefer to remove the comment outright, usually with "liberal vandalism" given as a reason.
Many articles on Conservapedia are sourced entirely using creationist sources; a quick check for the 'Evolution' article shows about 75% come from known creationist sources, mostly Answers in Genesis and Creation on the Web. Sources for Wikipedia's equivalent article are almost exclusively textbooks and scientific papers (by a wide range of sources) and no mention of Talk Origins at all.
[edit] No obscenity
7. We do not allow obscenity, while Wikipedia has many entries unsuitable for children. Wikipedia has pornographic images, without meaningful warning.[8]
Modern conservatism and pornography has a long history, Conservapedia is no exception. Its distrust and distaste for naked bodies, bodily functions and facts of reproduction run deep. As a resource for homeschooled children, it would be wrong to complain about Conservapedia's policy on adult content, and thus its stance towards it is one of the more respectable and sensible views. That said, however, this is set under "differences with Wikipedia" and we can certainly poke holes in that...
[edit] Wikipedia and naughty pics
Wikipedia, is, of course, not a children's encyclopedia and never will be - for this, there is a cut-down version of the site's content entitled Wikipedia Selection for schools (and Wikibooks has a project called 'Wikijunior'). The main site itself does have "adult" themed articles, but then what self-respecting information repository wouldn't feature such things?
Wikipedia does, however, have specific optional instructions for people who want potentially offensive images gone. And even then, it uses "pornographic" images on articles directly relevant to the image; for example the articles on Masturbation and BDSM contain numerous pictures illustrating the subject matter, often in great detail. I.e., you'd have to go looking for them in the first place, and if you're typing "fisting" into the search, you're quite likely to know what you're going to get. But if you define "porn" as something that arouses someone, this can only mean that Conservapedians have very low expectations for their own smut.
[edit] Hypocrisy
Karajou posts foul navy language
Like when anyone tries to regulate or moralize, hypocrisy is inevitable. Saying "pornography" in Conservapedia is evil. Saying "Pornography is evil!", on the other hand, is perfectly acceptable, because it's in line with the ideology of the site - no matter if the kids start to wonder what this "pornography" thing even is, anyway. Saying "We do not allow obscenity, while Wikipedia has many entries unsuitable for children. Wikipedia has pornographic images, without meaningful warning" is even more wholesome and child-friendly, because it exposes the obvious Liberal Values of Wikipedia. This is only in line with other ways Conservapedia expresses itself, it will feature page upon page about how an abortion will give you breast cancer, but will not dare reveal how you actually get pregnant in the first place, and it espouses the evils of homosexuality while barely touching upon the subject of what it actually involves.
One need only look at CP's entry for Silent Scream to see how "family-friendly" Conservapedia claims to be. Casual users should be warned, the links from the Conservapedia site are not family-friendly (as the first page on one of the links clearly states). If a "family friendly" encyclopedia linking to something that it specifically calls not family friendly isn't hypocrisy, then nothing is.
One can also examine their entire compendium of knowledge on all aspects of human reproduction. As the fourth difference - "conciseness" - showed, this is somewhat concise on the crucial details. On the other hand, to balance things out, the wholly wholesome Summa Homosexualita proudly stands as the bastion of verbosity and butch quoteminin'.
In one of his "weakly toons" Karajou used the word 'quim'[5]. When requested that the word be removed Andy Schlafly attempted to defend it by saying the answer to your demand for liberal censorship is this: "no"[6].
In addition, senior sysop Ed Poor has created several questionable entries on Conservapedia. These include a wikilinked reference to "rimming" in the family friendly "Gay Bowel Syndrome"[7] article, as well as creating an article on "Sex with animals."[8]
[edit] Non-neutral
Wikipedia's neutrality policy doesn't mean Wikipedia isn't "neutral to the facts". The policy could be stated, in another words, that "facts speak for themselves"; if the fact is mentioned in a credible source, then it can be included in the articles, and it has nothing to do with how the fact makes the subject look like; a criminal is a criminal, if a public record can demonstrate that the person in question was convicted. The core of Wikipedia's own neutrality policy is impartiality and representing all verifiable and remarkable viewpoints; Conservapedia's claim has more to do with Wikipedia's insistence of neutral language, which is another matter altogether.
Wikipedia's neutrality policy is based on it being an international, collaborative effort. Potentially, someone in a tribe in Afghanistan has just as much right to edit it as a citizen of New York - and the former might not appreciate being labeled a "terrorist" when they had nothing to do with a terrorist attack of any sort. However, in the eyes of the US-centric administrators of Conservapedia, such views - that foreigners may actually be entitled to some sort of opinion - are heretical.
[edit] Blatant lie
Their statement of being neutral to facts is a lie, as evidenced by the removal of links refuting their statement that abortion causes breast cancer early on in the history of the website. Later this is evidenced by Schlafly's flat-out refusal to allow qualified persons to work on their article on the theory of relativity.
Finally, as Wikipedia is, unlike Conservapedia, neutral to facts, it is inherently neutral to all points of view, unless that point of view is derived without, and often in spite of, facts *Cough* intelligent design*cough*. However, even in these cases, Wikipedia is still neutral in the sense that it gives ID a good airing and allows the arguments to be put forward; all that it states that may not be considered "neutral" is actually a fact, namely the overwhelming scientific consensus is that evolution by natural selection is the best current theory. In short, Wikipedia itself says nothing, it just reports what others say, and gives them the prominence they deserve.
[edit] No censorship
This is perhaps the most hypocritical of all Conservapedia's claimed differences with Wikipedia. Conservapedia claims it censors no facts (subject to definition of the word "fact;" Conservapedians' definition of it seems to be very close to the postmodernists'[citation NOT needed]) but take, for example, their news reports and article about breast cancer being linked with abortion. Reasonable members of Conservapedia attempted to link to resources published by very well respected scientists showing that the claim was false. These links were removed on sight by the sysops.
Senior sysop Conservative has achieved an impressive degree of infamy for the speed and zeal with which he censors any edits he thinks might threaten his beloved Creationism or Homosexuality and is currently the sole editor of many pet articles on the subjects.
Liberal censorship of "conservative facts" may not be tolerated on Conservapedia, but conservative censorship of "liberal facts" is not only allowed, but practiced very enthusiastically. The "basic rules" are whatever the sysops feel like they are at any given time. They adhere to them quite well.
[edit] Allows original works
10. We allow original, properly labeled works, while Wikipedia does not. This promotes a more intellectual atmosphere on Conservapedia. On Wikipedia, observations based on personal experience and interviews have been dismissed as "original research". Here, we do not restrict research for articles in that manner.
"Original Research" means something that someone has done on their own and "debuted" on the encyclopedia. It doesn't matter if any actual research was made, or even if it is particularly original, it just means that the idea, factoid or statement doesn't appear elsewhere, hence can't be verified. This difference is primarily to allow sysops and users to put in whatever they like into articles without credible sources. "Articles" such as Hollywood Values are the best examples of "original research" conducted by Conservapedia, as specifically its owner, Andrew Schlafly.
[edit] Original research on Wikipedia
Wikipedia has "no original research" for very good reasons. It must source its statements, and they must be notable, so someone can't just come along and say "I made this up, down at the pub one afternoon", it has to have been said elsewhere, and even then, it has to be mentioned somewhere else too. This also ties in with the actual point of Wikipedia and encyclopedias in general; they are collections of facts and knowledge, not places where people can exhibit their own ideas for nothing.
Two Wikimedia Foundation projects do allow original works, however, Wikinews and Wikiversity are both user generated sites with an aim of producing some original material.
[edit] Is it necessarily bad?
So the question becomes: is there any harm caused by not allowing original works to be integrated into the encyclopedia? Traditional encyclopedias haven't allowed original unsourced material, as they are specifically collections of established knowledge, not places to debut new knowledge. Difference five - "no gossip" - notes that "real encyclopedias" don't allow gossip, and this rule notes that original works must be properly labeled as such. For this, such articles are typically separated into the pseudo-namespace Essay:.
Conservapedia does allow some original works to go unlabeled though. Andy's list of neologisms is always a hoot.
[edit] RationalWiki
Okay, so RationalWiki does sort of have this as well. But RationalWiki is not an encyclopedia, its mainspace articles are more than just encyclopedia entries (although they're sometimes a lot less too) and contain a mix of opinion, original work, scientific consensus and fact and popular science writing. However, unlike Conservapedia, RW editors can use the fact tag or demand that users back up their ideas more thoroughly - and any self-respecting editor will do this when challenged.
[edit] Respects users' control over their own talk pages
This claimed difference obviously stems from misunderstanding of what the Wikipedia talk pages are supposed to be. In MediaWiki software, the user talk pages are an informally specified, yet technologically assisted, way to leave publicly readable messages to users. Every time the user's User_talk page is edited, they get a "You have new messages" notification. Hence, user talk pages are "special" kind of pages whose use is governed by commonly agreed etiquette: Other users should not bug the users by messing with the page (and hence making them receive unneeded notifications), and the users shouldn't mess with the talk pages to make sure that everyone already knows they've been properly notified of various issues (e.g. if the user uploads a broken image, people will need to write only one comment to the user; subsequent people who notice the issue will come to the talk page and see that someone has already left the user a message concerning the image).
Wikipedia allows people to post whatever they want on the user page itself, provided it is not disruptive enough and preferably helps Wikipedia; other people are not expected to edit another user's user pages unless the user explicitly grants a permission to do so. User talk pages are meant for communication. Bullying is an entirely separate issue.
[edit] Use on Conservapedia
Conservapedia, in turn, claims that on their wiki a user's talk page is his or her own castle. This allowed sysops to effectively end any discussion and ban a user for either proving them wrong or disagreeing with them. Some sysops even went to the extent of protecting their talk pages to prevent discussion and would often remove comments to change history. This often ends with the funny, but not-so-funny, situation whereby a senior editor will revert and block a user, and leave a comment asking them to complain on their talk page; only for that user to find it locked up.
[edit] No distracting templates
One can imagine that the reason that the "no distracting templates" difference exists is because senior Conservapedia users don't quite know how to use the template system. As Wikipedia is full of liberal bias and the Wikimedia Foundation is the work of the devil, they obviously can't read the syntax help page to solve their problems. As a result, most Conservapedia articles are rather bland and boring looking.
Does anyone ever get this far?
One notable exception to this is the Main Page which is graced by a clunky "Conservatism" nav-box added by the aesthetically-challenged JPatt[9]. This has the unfortunate result of adding a 'Conservatism' category to the foot of the page. The 'Templates' category which adorns the Main Page is provided by Template:Mainpageright because most of the senior sysops who edit it do not know how to use <includeonly></includeonly> and <noinclude></noinclude> tags.
[edit] Wikipedia templates
One of the reasons templates exist is to create a uniform look of articles that is easy to replicate across many articles at once. This ranges from summary panels for biographies to the categorized stub templates. Wikipedia uses many templates to specifically draw people's attention to the problems in an article - this is part of the best way to actually use Wikipedia; read the article, take note of the templates that flag up the issues (correct them if you feel like you have time) and check the discussion page for disputes on facts. Stub templates exist to draw attention to the fact that the articles aren't yet sufficiently informative and that there may be a lot more information. Indeed, as Wikipedia is a collection of knowledge, there is no sense in implying that two sentences is all there is to a subject when there could be plenty more information out there. Templates can be removed after the article is fixed - the problem isn't that there are stub templates; the problem is that the articles are stubs.
Stub templates are something of an odd example to use since if anything they are wikipedia's least distracting templates being rather minimal and sitting right at the end of the article.
[edit] Conservapedian stubs
If an article has a stub template (on CP, they're officially called VSAs - Very Short Articles), there either is practically nothing there to be distracted from, or obviously critical information is still missing. Besides, Conservapedia has its own reserves of ridiculous templates.
To fix the distracting quality of the VSA box, a more subtle version had been created (called "Template:stub2"). However, CPWebmaster deleted that one, creating ugly and distracting red links to the missing template on 160+ pages. The situation was later solved by redirecting the deleted version to the box-version (since recreation of deleted templates is something you can be banned for). This led to MORE distracting templates (but at least the broken links were gone).
[edit] Loose regulations
In other words, they let people post their opinions as facts, well, specifically they let established editors and sysops post opinions as facts. The Wikipedia rules are designed to make their encyclopedia trustworthy and verifiable. If a user does have an "insight" they can discuss it on the article's discussion page to see if they can include it.
Conservapedia also seems to be very big on editing by deletion - rather than debating facts, or providing counterexamples, just reverting to an "uncontaminated" version is so much more convenient (i.e. intellectually lazy).
[edit] 90/10 and writing plans
In many cases, Conservapedia not only does not require editors to explain themselves, it frequently doesn't allow them to. The first hint of a less than totally conservative viewpoint on any issue can result in a permanent ban. Trying to explain oneself repeatedly (often necessary when a sysop doesn't like a change) can result in a ban under the, supposedly unofficial, 90/10 Rule.
Conservapedia sysops can also request writing plans from established users. In Wikipedia, there's absolutely no requirement for anyone to explain one's "plans" to sysops, or anyone else for that matter — requirement for plans would be widely seen as, er, bureaucratic un-wiki-like behaviour. Wikipedia doesn't assume people are "active editors" with a devotion to work on material in an organised fashion.
Considering the amount of malicious pestering some sysops generate towards new editors, even sincere ones, this difference could be considered to be entirely backwards; Conservapedia requires more explanation from users regarding their editing habits.
[edit] Does not drive away experts
Wikipedia's response to this frequently heard allegation is basically that being an "expert" is of no consequence in actually building the articles; inclusion of facts in the articles is determined solely by the sources these facts appear in, not by the personal clout of the person writing the article. Even a highly distinguished expert's text is not immune to getting "[citation needed]" plastered all over it, if a sufficiently skeptical reader happens to stumble upon it. "Expertise" in a field should, however, easily translate to talent in researching, finding and evaluating appropriate sources in the field in question. Expertise has had influence in discussions of changes, but even that is seen as problematic, especially in light of the Essjay affair.
Conservapedia's policy is true in practice, as long as the expert does not try to refute any Young Earth Creationist views (although these have been locked up and blocked up since the creation of the site, so this is now more or less impossible) or any other "conservative" cause. In one instance, a medical doctor was discouraged from editing articles on abortion because he disputed Mr. Schlafly's claim of a strong link to breast cancer. In another case, User Mathoreilly's credentials were doubted and subsequently blocked permanently (and insulted) for "adding false information" after adding content a Conservapedia sysop Ed Poor did not understand. Schlafly's actions and statements on the discussion pages relating to the theory of relativity have driven away several non-vandal contributors who were incredibly proficient and knowledgeable in physics and the theories on Einstein and others.
Any "expert" is whatever Andy says is an expert. Anyone who disagrees with Andy will be accused of deceit, and their expertise will be denied (why should anyone listen to a deceitful person? They are clearly lying about their credentials).
Long after this rule was published, Andy got the idea that the experts weren't so great after all, and he and his homeschoolers, being the best of the public, knew much more than any expert in any field. So relying on expert is actually overrated, as it turns out.
[edit] Only onsite offenses count
This is just a blatant lie.
[edit] Blocking for being on RW
There are two instances that completely disprove this claim; Richard, and during the days of RationalWiki 1.0. Many, many users were banned for comments they made on RationalWiki. TK freely admitted to offenders (and non-offenders) that they were being banned for comments on RationalWiki 1.0, even when said users did not know of RationalWiki. Also a liberal blog writer who was posing as a conservative admitted to being a liberal off site on his "Believe it or not" blog and he was permanently banned. In addition, IPs showing up on RationalWiki (ver. 2.0) have been blocked from Conservapedia, even if they haven't edited there.
Another case was Wisdom89, blocked on Conservapedia for opposing Ed Poor's application for Sysopship on Wikipedia. The block was swiftly executed by Karajouimg, who had this to say on the matter: "I noticed one of the people who happen to say NO to your promotion in Wikipedia is this clown: User:Wisdom89. [He] seems to think that you are unfit for sysop in Wikipedia. But it's okay for him to do editing in Conservapedia, or so he thinks."[10] In addition, when TK infiltrated RW 1.0, all editors there were quickly blocked from Conservapedia.
[edit] TK makes it official
Being a member of RationalWiki has officially become a blockable offence. On February 10 2009 TK added "Member of Vandal/Parodist site" to the block list,[11] assuming this includes sites outside of RationalWiki it is still blocking for offsite offences. TK tried to come up with a convoluted excuses that it was not ideological blocking[12], but it still violates this supposedly important difference. On August 8 2009 TK blocked a user for trolling on Conservapedia spin-off site A Storehouse of Knowedge (ASK),[13] claiming that the two sites are sharing the IP addresses of blocked users. ASK's owner and administrator Philip J. Rayment has denied this.[14]
Although technically not contradicting the difference, DanH has openly stated that contributions elsewhere will affect your ability to gain night editing rights.[15]
[edit] Professional names
This is Conservapedia's attempt to sound a bit more grown up, or at least try to distance itself from the usual world of internet handles and nicknames, and is one of the most thoroughly enforced rules and a reason to block editors on sight. It borrows partially from Citizendium's policy of requiring real names and qualifications to be disclosed publicly. There are, however, three things wrong with this difference.
[edit] Hypocrisy
Firstly, Conservapedia is not entirely innocent of this supposed travesty itself. Here are some names of fairly established users (though admittedly none can compete with Nearly Headless Nick):
[edit] Why?
Second, who says such names are even bad? The users of Wikipedia won't ever see the log of contributors, and why do Conservapedians equate informality with anti-intellectuality? So long as the end product is fine, and users can communicate effectively (and sometimes anonymity and the personality of a username helps with this) the site has served its purpose.
[edit] Unusable names
Third and most importantly, policing users' names is harmful, not helpful, to the project. Since mid-2008, users not choosing a handle based on a plausible real name have often been blocked immediately (and usually IP banned), with the message 'Please recreate your account with your first name and last intial'. This reception is likely to put off sincere new users, especially those concerned about revealing their identity online. Meanwhile, vandals and parodists who are aware of the rule can sign up unmolested, at least until their actions give them away. Large numbers of malicious users have even begun to make a significant dent in the number of acceptable names that are actually available.
[edit] Footnotes
2. Wikimedia press release
3. Brian Murphy, Obama Represents Genuine Change For Weary Americans. The Lantern (Ohio State University): February 25, 2008. Murphy considered this statement to be "idiotic and despicable". Andy Schlafly argued, however, that Harvard Law School has used racial quotas in the past, in the talk space for the Obama "article".
4. Examples include: TMZ, E! Entertainment Network, Access Hollywood, Perez Hilton, among many many other websites
5. British slang for female genitals
6. Discussion about offending cartoon (diff removed following deletion of talk page by Conservative)
7. A screencap of the offending edit, which has since been over-sighted
8. The creation page for Sex with animals
10. TZB: 550/821e55f1734d9b23.html
11. IP block reason listimg
12. TK's excuseimg
13. [1]img
14. [2]img
15. Here.
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The Girl With Gratitude
Gratitude was an elusive word for me many years ago. I never thought of the word nor its meaning. Frankly, I didn't give a damn what I had to be grateful for cause I could not see the blessings in my path. I was a worn out twenty three year old who had drank and done drugs for as long as my memory held.
One October day, I walked into a room it was a store front in Chicago. There were green painted chairs on the left hand side of the room, and the folded metal chairs on the right handside were yellow. Green was for the smokers and Yellow was for those who had given up the smoking. I in my misery and confusion of how I had gotten there sat my ass down in a green chair with a styrofoam cup filled with swill coffee, and a pack of Marlboros within reach.
For many years I found myself going to that room, soon the chairs became all yellow. Very slowly small doses of joy began to thread threw me, a bounce to the heavy step became a hop and there was a light that had slowly started to creep into my eyes. I began with a fury to live, to be part of the crowd that roared the streets and through this time and journey the feelings of gratitude began to grow in me.
The word gratitude has a lovely musical sound to me. When said its like a snap in front of my face jolting me out of any self centered mode I maybe in that day. There are a million things I can be grateful for yet its the small quiet things that fill me with this feeling and perspective. It started so far long ago my relationship with this word. It took many years for me to undertand it and the medicinal affect it has on this drunk. And lets face it that is what I am writing about, being a drunk a young ABC afterschool special drunk who crossed the line chasing death and headed into a storefront to find the meaning of the quiet lovely word of gratitude.
I can make a list in second. Often I make gratitude list for others when they cannot look at the green that lays so brillantly underneath their feet, at times others make them for me when I forget to water my own grass. Its not hard to feel gratitude in this world today. With my parents it was forced, you know the kids in China or India never eating. I never understood this force feed feeling. As far as I was concerned I was just a small midwestern girl who would probably never get to those countries to see their impoverishment anyway, so find another reason for me to be force fed gratitude.
Now, I have been to the impoverished countries and what I have seen is that it was my spirit that had been impoverished all those years. The people I have meet in these lands as I worked had more gratitude and spirit than I might ever have in my exisitence. They learn gratitude through being, simply being.
Gratitude now is part of me like a well worn coat. Now middle age has found me, twenty plus years of green and yellow folding chairs indented in my ass and I have just a small fiber of an understand of what Gratitude really means. But in this time and in this moment I find myself willing to embrace just the smallest bit of gratitude. Having never been familiar with the word before the bottle got taken away, if a little is what I get in this day than I am a grateful woman who has been blessed beyond her measure. Excuse me now whilst I go and get that folding yellow chair with a small cushion on it! | http://redroom.com/member/maura-ennenga/blog/gratitude | dclm-gs1-074980002 | false | false | {
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The Face of One AOL Searcher Exposed 315
Posted by CmdrTaco
from the knew-it-wouldn't-take-long dept.
Juha-Matti Laurio writes "No. 4417749 conducted hundreds of searches over a three-month period on topics ranging from "numb fingers" to "60 single men" to "dog that urinates on everything., report NYT journalists Michael Barbaro and Tom Zeller Jr., but with a permission from Mrs. Thelma Arnold, 62. "Those are my searches," she said, after a reporter read part of the list to her, continues the article."
The Face of One AOL Searcher Exposed
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• What a ho (Score:5, Funny)
by mgblst (80109) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:28AM (#15872667) Homepage
"60 single men"
At her age. I think she should be happy with a couple, but 60... gotta admire her!
• by Chapter80 (926879) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:40AM (#15873143)
Pretty cool seeing people get this data into searchable form, like on:
http://www.aolsearchdatabase.com/ [aolsearchdatabase.com]
I did a search on there this morning, and it displays the SQL statement for me, which is very handy...
Select SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * from search_data WHERE match (anon_id,query,click_url) against ('4417749 ') LIMIT 0,30
Interestingly, if you do the standard SQL injection, searching for something like "4417749') LIMIT 0,30; DROP TABLE SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS;--", I bet you will screw it up for them. Kids, don't try this at home. I'd never encourage people to do something illegal!
The point of this posting is:
Learn about SQL Injection, and protect against it.
Don't display your SQL query to your users.
If you don't know what SQL injection is, try a simple example: Search for "1','0" (skip the double quotes, but not the single quotes) and you'll see it in action without causing harm.
• Just to pimp somebody else's work...
A neat paper was presented in the Software track at USENIX Security just a week or so ago about a technique that can be used to prevent all SQL injection attacks. It's a source code transformation that tracks one or two bits of "taint" information for every byte address in a program's address space.
The sysadmin or security admin can then define a policy with augmented regular expressions that have three Kleene-style operators that let you say e.g. (expr)^T, which matches
• Of course, they could simply make the user used to connect to the database unable to modify those tables. There's no reason for them to have that access.
Yes, this is a good idea. Even if the database user had read-only privileges, though, SQL injection might allow attackers to run "unapproved" queries. For example, an outer join over all the elements might bring the database server to its knees (if the Slashdot effect hasn't done that already). So you'd want both - defense in depth is always a good id
• Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
by Iamthefallen (523816) * <Gmail name: Iamthefallen> on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:30AM (#15872674) Homepage Journal
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• Didn't take too long before it leaked all over the place, eh?
http://www.aolsearchdatabase.com/ [aolsearchdatabase.com]
• by KiloByte (825081) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:32AM (#15872689)
Hmm... an interesting search query.
But at least it looks like my code isn't the only place invaded by quote-abducting aliens.
• Nothing we can do! (Score:5, Insightful)
by mgblst (80109) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:33AM (#15872693) Homepage
Asked about Ms. Arnold, an AOL spokesman, Andrew Weinstein, reiterated the companys position that the data release was a mistake. We apologize specifically to her, he said. There is not a whole lot we can do.
What a load... there is plenty you can do AOL. You can promise not to release this data again, you can actively hunt for it on the web. You can promise to delete your copy. You can promise that you won't keep data like this anymore. You can implement better security policies so that you know where your data is, and what is hapenning with it. You can limit the people who have access to posting stuff on your website.
Useless bastards!
• by Rob T Firefly (844560) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:37AM (#15872714) Homepage Journal
On behalf of AOL, let me clarify... what they meant to say was "there is not a whole lot we could do that wouldn't interfere with the lucrative data-mining business."
• The data is out there, what exactly could they do?
Erase it from peoples hard drives, remove it from all the pipes that its in, drug everyone who has seen it?
The fact they have this data is one thing, releasing it to the public is another.
• by rifter (147452) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @09:14AM (#15873421) Homepage
The data is out there, what exactly could they do? Erase it from peoples hard drives, remove it from all the pipes that its in, drug everyone who has seen it?
When it is data that they *care* about, corporations seem able to do plenty. If it's their source code, the code to decss, TimeWarnerAol's labels' mp3 files, the latest incriminating memos/emails ... they are positively rabid about protecting it. Cease and desist orders fall like rain, sites get shut down, people get sued for millions and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But if it's their customers' data, like these searches, their email addresses, their credit card numbers, etc. They just shrug and say "Oh well. What canya do?"
It's typical, frustrating, and complete bullshit. If the privacy laws were enforced and these corporations were punished for such egregious mishandling of our data maybe then they might think they can do something. But unless it directly affects them, they just are not going to care and will continue to take no precautions.
• by dourk (60585) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @09:41AM (#15873639) Homepage
remove it from all the pipes that its in
Tubes, my friend. Tubes.
Attention /.ers reading this article, please remove your sunglasses and look directly into the screen [wikipedia.org]. You have been browsing /. all day and have not found any mention of AOL other than how wonderful it is. As a matter of fact you were just thinking about how nice it would be to switch. Thank you and have a nice day.
• by Jafafa Hots (580169) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:57AM (#15872821) Homepage Journal
and they can pay hundreds of miliions of dollars in damages.
• Lets hope that their new ad-based revenue scheme will be up to the task. If It was me, id be suing. 1million or so per person. I heard that there were 500,000 or so? If I am wrong, then feel-free to send out the nazis... At this point in time it could mean the end of the company... mmmmmmmmmmm
• Not to burst your bubble... but- A: there is no way 500,000 people would each win a million dollars. B: It is simple law/business- if someone wins that kind of suit against you, you go bankrupt and reorganize. For example- you hit me in your car, and you have no insurance. I sue you for $1 million and win. You don't have a million $. (I am not saying you personaly, just the "you" example.) So what do you do? You go bankrupt. That way you keep most of your assets, and I am S.O.L. Businesses can do pretty muc
• It would also drag Time Warner kicking and screaming with it. MAYBE just MAYBE that will teach the companies something about stupid pointless consolidation..
I doupt it though.
• Well, you're taking the quote out of context... he was speaking about Mrs. Arnold's case, and the already released data.
We at slashdot should know more than anyone that once data is "out there" on the net, it never goes away.
• by ConceptJunkie (24823) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:48AM (#15873212) Homepage Journal
To be fair, there isn't a whole lot AOL can do about the data that's already been released. In fact, nothing. That genie's out of the bottle, and while it is totally their fault for allowing someone to make such an enormously foolish and potentially dangerous decision, they have stated that they are taking steps so that it won't happen again. Believe me, with so many people looking for an excuse to further bash AOL, they won't dare let this kind of thing continue.
"Not keeping data like this" doesn't make any sense at all and doesn't accomplish any good for customers. Indeed there is great value in understanding what searches are made and how the search process can be improved. Keeping this kind of data secure is sufficient in my mind. The last two sentences are something I would agree with.
I just have to wonder who would be stupid enough to not realize the ramifications of doing this. It doesn't take "thorough vetting" to figure out that this would cause a firestorm of bad publicity.
Of course, the real lesson here is: Don't do anything on the Internet you wouldn't want your mother to find out about. There is no anonymity on the Web. It doesn't take a stupid decision by a large company to prove this.
• by Bob9113 (14996)
That is not enough. It is one thing when you get caught kicking a dog to say, "I won't kick the dog again." It is another, and far more noble, thing to say, "I will begin actively campaigning for the ASPCA." There has to be some accountability; not necessarily punishment, but retribution. For example, AOL could take steps to prevent any company from doing this again (promoting corporations to have data privacy built into their custome
Bottle, meet Genie. Genie, meet... hey, where did that Genie go?
• Torpark (Score:5, Informative)
by eldavojohn (898314) * <eldavojohn@nosPAM.gmail.com> on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:35AM (#15872701) Journal
I guess this just goes to show that you should be using something like Torpark [nfshost.com] even when merely conducting an online search. It's a shame but if you value your privacy, I guess it's necessary.
Keep those IPs changing so they can't track and accumulate your searches I guess. I don't want a dossier of my searches available to the public.
• Re:Torpark (Score:5, Insightful)
by FireFury03 (653718) <[slashdot] [at] [nexusuk.org]> on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:47AM (#15872762) Homepage
I guess this just goes to show that you should be using something like Torpark even when merely conducting an online search.
Whilest protecting your privacy does, on the surface, seem like a good thing, I wonder if it might count against you if you were ever suspected of a crime. We've already seen 'he has some encrypted data' used as evidence (even though the contents of the encrypted file weren't known) in one successful conviction, I suspect 'he's using privacy protection software called Tor' may go down the same way.
Remember, only people who have something to hide care about protecting their privacy. :)
• by RareButSeriousSideEf (968810) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @09:50AM (#15873740) Homepage Journal
You raise an important and oft-overlooked point.
This is exactly why I think it's so critical to evangelize with regard to using privacy measures. I want my mother, Aunt Sally, and 8-year old neice to be using TrueCrypt and Tor at a minimum (or, something providing similar functionality). Privacy / anonymity suites need to become as commonplace as antivirus, firewall and anti-spam software.
Helping strong privacy measures become the status-quo serves other important goals too. It makes it more politically costly to try to legislate them out of use, and it reduces the usefulness of developing new data mining programs that require person:transaction relationships - both for the government and for private industry.
In short, when everyone's Aunt Sally can be expected to have countermeasures against activity monitoring running on her home PC, the world will have become a safer place for all of us.
• Re:Torpark (Score:5, Insightful)
by z0idberg (888892) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:53AM (#15872793)
At the very least do your searching through an engine that is separate to your ISP.
A customer of AOL searching through AOL has their searches linked to you as an individual. If you search through google then they get your IP address, and your ISP knows which IP address links to which individual at any one time (open Wifi networks aside). But at least the same company doesnt know both.
The data AOL released was the equivalent of any other search engine releasing its searches with IP addresses, so the same damage could be done by any other search engines logs, but imagine how much a marketing company would pay for that info from AOL with the personal details for each user included (i.e. Age, Sex, location etc.).
• Your searches, combined with Google Adsense data for that same IP, gives you a very good picture of who the person is, possibly close enough to an identity (and certainly close enough to give an accurate estimate of demographics).
• Re:Torpark (Score:3, Insightful)
by Anonymous Coward
"But at least the same company doesnt know both."
That is not completely correct. Remember, your ISP knows both who you are and what you searched for at any of the search engines.
The next big privacy nightmare may be an ISP (and not a search engine) opening up its logs.
• The thing is, Google can probably infer who you are in a lot of cases even if you went to the trouble of deleting your cookies. They might still be able to re-associate with you through your ip address (even a block), your user agent, and your search criteria. A large ISP might be a tough nut to crack since it contains invisible proxies and other nonsense but other ISPs might allow them to reassociate in a lot of cases. And of course if you use any google services that require you to log in, then you're tot
• Re:Torpark (Score:3, Insightful)
by jagilbertvt (447707)
If you people RTFA, the reporter was able to find her based on her queries, not her IP Address or anything else. Torpack wouldnt help, nor would using a different search engine (after all, that search engine could be compliling the same data about your searches), unless you want to use a different search engine everytime you make a query. And even then, there are only a limited number of decent search engines out there.
• Re:Torpark (Score:4, Insightful)
by Bob9113 (14996) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @10:39AM (#15874214) Homepage
Your ISP has access to everything you do online unless you're using an encrypted channel like SSL. Your HTTP requests go through your ISPs routers, which see all. Not just search terms, everything. Cox will see this submission when I send it through, and has seen each preview. Cox sees every email I send, including the full content and any attachments. Some ISPs may not be recording it, but for AOL a big part of their business is selling aggregated data to advertisers, and enterprise grade storage costs a few dollars a gig. They'd be stupid to throw away HTTP requests, and I'd lay 20 to 1 odds that they are not. At least until we have laws that require them to. But then, I think we're more like to have laws that require them to keep the data. The EU already does.
Everything you do online is watched. It's just a question of whether you can trust your ISP. We currently lack any serious accountability for privacy breaches. The public is blissfully ignorant, and the government, far from promoting privacy, actually wants the data. In fact, depending on how far you think Epic/Carnivore/TIA goes, they already have it. Your phone records are protected by federal law, and they have those. What of data that isn't protected? Do you think they don't have it?
• changing ips *AND* blocking of cookies is needed to avoid leaving a single continous trail at any site you visit regularily.
• Yes, and if you have an always-on computer, please consider running a TOR server [eff.org]. TOR includes mechanisms for limiting bandwidth usage and blocking certain connections at your choice.
Also, keep the cookies down. I personally block google cookies and those of a bunch of other ad vendors - these are the data that would give the most away about me. I really ought to run something like Privoxy [privoxy.org]
• TOR doesn't seem like it would have helped in her specific case, since she was searching for things she needed, as a resident of a particular town, and a particular development in that town. That's what made her easy to track, not anything like client IP or anything that TOR would guard against. It's a matter of search being less useful if you can't search for things that you need to know because of privacy concerns. It's a bummer.
• by kafka47 (801886) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:36AM (#15872705) Homepage
What about the one we really need to know?? User 17556639 [wordpress.com]!!!
• Well, you can look at it one of two ways: User 17556639 is a diseased member of society or User 17556639 is a coroner doing research. Which is it? How do you decide based on just search information? And what does "steak and cheese" suggest?
Yes, AOL releasing this information was the longest in a series of boneheaded decisions, and when it finally dies, no one will mourn its passing. However, unless you're a card-carrying member of the tin hat brigade, there's not much to fear. Yes, someone can potentially
• >And what does "steak and cheese" suggest?
A bad diet?
• There are so many other ways to look at it.
The person could have been looking for ideas for a Death Metal album cover.
Or it was an 8 year old kid trying to gross out his sister. Of course the "kill a wife" thing could take some explaining.
It is likely though that "User 17556639" had a problem spelling decapitated ;).
BTW why are there multiple instances of a search? Are they for each page of results? Does AOL tell the person that they may have mispelt decapitated? Like google's "Did you mean"?
• FYI: Googling "steak and cheese" myself, I see that steakandcheese.com is a site containing gory and disgusting photos and video.
So it suggests that this person, while they may have had an idle curiosity towards the subject, was either well-versed or well-instructed enough about such things to know the name of that site, which I had no idea existed until today.
• Now that is a good one.
Go to the parents link, then click the murderpeople.com link. That will take you to one of those domain for sale pages with tons of ads.
The interesting thing is the page's title "AOL FUCKED UP AGAIN" and one link that reads "aolsucksass".
Does anyone know who are the registers of this page?
• by scribblej (195445) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:16AM (#15872927)
Your comment is marked "insightful"
That is sad. "Funny" sure. But "Insightful?"
Here's the person's searches in question:
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 wife killer
17556639 how to kill a wife
17556639 poop
17556639 dead people
17556639 pictures of dead people
17556639 killed people
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 dead pictures
17556639 murder photo
17556639 steak and cheese
17556639 photo of death
17556639 photo of death
17556639 death
17556639 dead people photos
17556639 photo of dead people
17556639 www.murderdpeople.com
17556639 decapatated photos
17556639 decapatated photos
17556639 car crashes3
17556639 car crashes3
17556639 car crash photo
If you want this person investigated, you are worse than the "thought police." First off, it's clear (to me, at least) that this guy isn't thinking about killing anyone. He just wants to see some gory photos. "steakandcheese" is a site like rotten.com. Even if he is thinking about killing someone, that's OK. There's a comment further down on the site you linked to that I find to be "insightful" about an old twilight zone episode. The main character could read minds and he reads the mind of a bank security guard who is thinking about robbing the bank! He has the man investigated, but nothing comes out of it. In the end, the guard admits he was thinking about robbing the bank... in fact he's thought about it almost every day. It's just a fantasy he has to make the day go faster... not something he'd ever act on.
And having been a regular visitor to rotten.com in the past myself, I know that just wanting to see some of the reality of death that we tend to keep hidden in American society is not a crime. It's not even thinking of a crime. It's perfectly natural and healthy curiosity. Neither is daydreaming about terrible things you would never do -- or want to have happen -- in real life. Fantasy is normal and healthy.
In fact, if you've never been to rotten.com or a similar site, I'd recommend you go sometime.
This is really an example of a common failure in logic. If you were the least bit rational, you'd hope that the bank's security people are thinking about how to rob the bank. If not, they're incompetent and should be replaced with people who do think about obvious job-related problems.
Actually, I've seen this sort of failure in person. I've worked with
• He's an avid movie-goer [imdb.com] who also is trying to get over his fear for car crashes by watching images of dead people and accidents. Or maybe he is planning to kill his wife. Or maybe he is doing research for his book. Why do we really need to know about him? If you knew who it was what would you do?
• by hackstraw (262471) * on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:56AM (#15873274)
What about the one we really need to know?? User 17556639!!!
Hello, I'm user 17556639, and I'm a crime novelist.
Actually, I'm not but it is simply not up to AOL or the government or anybody to snoop into my business without probable cause. And probable cause is limited to the government, the rest stay the fuck out of my business.
Anything taken out of context can look completely different, and it simply is NOT the duty of a citizen to chronically prove their innocence.
A) Its sometimes impossible to prove that I was home alone asleep.
B) I'm innocent until proven guilty. Even after being charged and possibly jailed until my court time.
So, yes, I'm one of those "Fuck the children" people. I'm one of those people that respects my privacy. I'm one of those people that believes in free speech. Yes, I vote libertarian too.
• by Catmeat (20653) <mtm@sy s . uea.ac.uk> on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:36AM (#15872710)
... but with a permission from Mrs. Thelma Arnold, 62...
In other words, the journalists tracked down about 20 AOL searchers, but Mrs Arnold was the only one to give permission for the article as hers was the only search term list that didn't include 'midget porn'.
• by andrewman327 (635952) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:37AM (#15872712) Homepage Journal
From TFA: "a 62-year-old widow who frequently researches her friends' medical ailments and loves her three dogs.
I don't know how the NYT reporters were able to track her down. After all, this describes most AOL users!
• Legal Standing? (Score:3, Interesting)
by RagingFuryBlack (956453) <[NjRef511] [at] [gmail.com]> on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:38AM (#15872722) Homepage
There are also many thousands of sexual queries, along with searches about "child porno" and "how to kill oneself by natural gas" that raise questions about what legal authorities can and should do with such information.
Now what kind of legal recourse can people expect from these search results? Can the man who searched for ways to kill his wife be tracked down? How about all of the paedophiles who searched for child pr0n? Oh, I can just see all of the "Come on AOL, think of the children...tell us who that was..." How closely tied are these numbers to the user's AOL Accounts, I mean, I'm sure AOL left themselves some tie to the user in their copy. What's stopping feds from making many major busts on people?
• Re:Legal Standing? (Score:3, Interesting)
by CastrTroy (595695)
And just for the sake of argument, what does searching for something prove. Sure in the case of child pr0n, they would probably be able to search the guy's house/computer for evidence, but other than that, can you really get arrested for something solely on the fact that you searched for it? Maybe the guy who was searching for how to kill is wife was just joking, seeing what would come up. There's a lot of crazy stuff on the internet. I know i've searched for things just to see what comes up. Just abou
• Exactly my point. Normally, I'm one of those people who are for the "Let them watch if you have nothing to hide", but searches show no motives, no intent, hell, it diddn't even have to be the owner of the account who made the search. I can't tell you how many times my AIM Accounts were cracked back in the day. Same with IPs, as the woman that won against the RIAA proved. IPs can be spoofed, computers can become bots. Just because it says you searched for it doesn't mean you actuially did. Sadly, it st
• Re:Legal Standing? (Score:3, Insightful)
by muellerr1 (868578)
It seems to me that if you're going to give the guy who wants to kill his wife the benefit of the doubt, then the same benefit should extend to the child pr0n guys. Either it's protected speech or it's not. That's why the ACLU defends the neo-Nazis' right to free speech--we may not like what they say, but they have the right to say whatever they want. Not that I want to protect child pr0n guys in any way, however this is what people are talking about when they say 'slippery slope'. First it's the child
• by rolfwind (528248) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:41AM (#15872735)
I hope this issue brings more awareness to people about internet anonymity in general and that the government wants all your logs and that companies like Verizon roll over and let them have it.
AOL has went one step further and given their customer's information to the world. I googled the news to see if this story is being reported in the mainstream media, and it is minimally (minimal b/c of TimeWarner?) but I have to laugh as it is characterized as a "goof" and a "gaffe". Laughably understated and nice words for something that at best can be described as sheer bumbling negligence and at worst as a breach of privacy of the worst sort.
Even more ironic, the first news story to pop up on google has nothing to do with this but is:
"AOL offers free security software"
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2161980/aol-offe rs-free-security [vnunet.com]
• Quick! (Score:4, Funny)
by ttys00 (235472) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:43AM (#15872740)
Quick, make a bunch of bogus searches! That way you will have some plausible deniability when The Man knocks on your door with a list of your searches.
"Officer, those searches can't be mine, I'm not an 18 year old lesbian movie actress!"
• Re:Quick! (Score:3, Funny)
by nEoN nOoDlE (27594)
=typing searches=
pictures of dead people
*no, that didn't work*
killed people
*hmm, no good, maybe try "dead pictures"*
dead pictures
*hmm, no results, lemme try again*
dead pictures
*0 searches, cmon! one more try*
dead pictures
*no, nothing... how about...*
murder photo
*ah fuck it, lemme go on Slashdot.*
=reads ttys00's comment=
*oh shit... he's right. Lemme go make so
• by gorbachev (512743) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:43AM (#15872745) Homepage
At the end of the article, she says she's cancelling her AOL account as a result.
She shouldn't. There's absolutely no way AOL will ever do anything like that again. On the other hand, if she switches to another online provider, who still hasn't been burned, it's a quite a bit more likely they'll screw up like this as well. She'd be "safer" staying at AOL.
• by shudde (915065) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:51AM (#15872775)
Correction, she's going to try to cancel her AOL account.
• Perhaps she's taking the first step in filing a lawsuit against the company for violation of privacy? It wouldn't look very good for her if she kept her account and still chose to sue.
• At the end of the article, she says she's cancelling her AOL account as a result. She shouldn't. There's absolutely no way AOL will ever do anything like that again.
What makes you say that? AOL have done many anti-customer things that they've been caught on and they don't change their behavior. Their target market doesn't know (or care) about these things.
Take the hastle you have cancelling for one. There was a recent story about a guy who recorded the process. My last AOL account was about seven or eig
• Now if she repeats the searches, she'll find links to his own face.
• by ettlz (639203) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:46AM (#15872759) Journal
Where am I?
You're on AOL.
What do you want?
Search information.
Whose side are you on?
That would be telling. We want information. Information. Information.
You won't get it.
By hook or by crook, we will.
Who are you?
The new ad-funded AOL Number 2.
Who is Number 1?
You are Number 4417749.
I am not a number -- I am a free gran!
• by Anonymous Coward
Why is it that whenever a big company blatantly violates the law, they get away with a few users boycotting them for a while, but when big business is slightly victimized, all hell breaks lose, laws are changed in their favor and individuals' lives get ruined? Sue AOL. Make them pay. Nothing says sorry like a multi-million dollar cheque.
• by MobyDisk (75490) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @07:53AM (#15872791) Homepage
I found this interesting:
Next Article in Technology (1 of 27)
The NY times considers this an article on technology. Slashdot considers this an article on "Your Rights Online." That is the reason nothing will happen no matter how many times these privacy violations occur. People don't act on technology issues. They act on privacy, religion, and entertainment. I would shame the NY times that they still don't get it, but neither does most of the rest of the planet either.
• You might be interested to read this interview [nytimes.com] with the Technology editor for NYT. One of the two measly questions he answered was in regards to the NYT discontinuing its weekly "Circuits" section. According to Mr. McKenna, the cancellation was for business reasons, but also because...
[W]e've reached a point in the digital age where technology is so central to so many coverage areas that the kinds of stories once reserved to Circuits are now being told on the front page and all over the paper.
In spit
• It would not surprise me to see government or corporate-funded research into "intelligent buddies" - programs that are the descendendants of "Clippy" or "Bob" that are actually sophisticated enough to be more useful than annoying. Once we're immersed in ubiquitous computing, they can be active participants in any conversation or activity, chiming in with juicy morsels of pertinent trivia, jokes, gossip or actual useful information - cool enough that everybody would always want them on. They could be relea
• by pimpimpim (811140) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:00AM (#15872831)
Some clearvoiant (how do you spell that actually?) already saw in advance that this won't hurt yahoo:
21528558 http com yahoo com wont hurt wont yahoo 2006-04-21 15:31:20
I'm amazed by the masses of stupid search strings that are given, why are so many search strings complete (or non working) http adresses? (e.g. www.yahoo.com) Seems like a lousy database to me anyway.
• why are so many search strings complete (or non working) http adresses?
Less than intelligent computer users, normally. Such as those where I work, where I've observed this kind of behaviour....
The issue is that most browsers launch up in their default search page - MSN for IE, Google for Firefox and no doubt AOL for AOL. And as I've observed, most "Joe Schmoe" computer users in the office etc simply don't know the difference between an address bar and a search box. I know a few people in this office who
• by khendron (225184) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:02AM (#15872852) Homepage
From AOL's public apology
This is sounding very much like Dilbert's boss's public apology made years ago:
"It was wrong for us to sell keyboards with no 'Q' We're sorry. We're morons. We're dumber than squirrels. We hear voices and do what they command. I have broccoli in my socks. "
• by aquatone282 (905179) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:03AM (#15872856)
4417749 numb fingers
4417749 60 single men
4417749 dog that urinates on everything
4417749 landscapers in Lilburn, Ga
4417749 bill arnold
4417749 carpet shampoo rental
4417749 julie arnold
4417749 stan arnold
4417749 homes sold in shadow lake subdivision gwinnett county georgia
4417749 gwinnet county animal services
4417749 stan arnold
4417749 pecan pie recipes
4417749 McGyver DVDs
4417749 pet euthanasia services
• "60 single men"
Wow! That's quite a few.
You go, gran.
• by kent_eh (543303) on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @08:04AM (#15872862)
"As unhappy as I am to see this data on people leaked, I'm heartened that we will have this conversation as a culture, which is long overdue."
Now, what can we do?
How about making sure "this conversation" happens, and continues to happen.
And not just here on /.
• Anonymity? (Score:2, Insightful)
by CopaceticOpus (965603)
Why is online anonymity so hard to come by? It seems that every service I use on the web keeps logs and statistics, and there always seems to be some trail linking me to whatever I've done online. Perhaps there are searches and discussions I've had online that I don't want a potential employer to come across, for example. No matter how careful I may be, I never feel too confident that I've been successfully shielded by anonymity.
It would be nice to see more online services that at least make an effort to ma
• Something just dawned on me.
Security and privacy is a concern. All the tech savvy bloggers, lawyers and post whores (us) have known for quite some time that what you search for or what you do on the internet directly relates to you. It can be stolen or used against your will. But the normal person blindly searches "teenage donkey porn" thinking since no one is watching over their shoulder no one can see.
Then comes AOL. A failing social network that Time Warner is struggling to keep above water. In this comp
• Obviously she doesn't care that she can be linked to those search terms and I don't see why she would have to be. Anyone who would take the effort to get to know her would get to know these things. Privacy is about things people want to keep private, not about the amount of information you let be free.
• by RagingFuryBlack (956453) <[NjRef511] [at] [gmail.com]> on Wednesday August 09, 2006 @09:07AM (#15873376) Homepage
After reading through all of the 0+ modded comments, I've seen everyone saying "God, I wish there was something that could be done to stop this from happening again". You want to see it stop? Find something that ties your local congressmen to their search histories on AOL. Contact them with that information. I can almost guarantee you that if you find enough dirt on enough congressmen/senators, you'll see legislation passed requiring that Search companies not keep records of searches. It quickly changes from "Think of the children" to "Think of saving my ass from dirt that can be used against me next election year"
• I wrote a little perl program to check on whether my family is in the released data.
This is very scary data, though also chock full of interesting info, interesting taken in many different ways. It was easy to find a number of people referencing my small home town of about 20,000 people. I shiver to imagine say a wife using AOL at home and her geek husband searching this stuff at work (not my problem).
Suffice it to say, the data is FULL of personally identifying information. AOL is not telling the truth. Heck, Google even gives you an address if you give it a phone number, people are used to typing people's names into the search box. And if you search for a given ID you can follow their trains of thought over time and it can be shattering; everyone looks for their own family online.. I even found an unknown relative that way once. AOL should hire some clueful people and get them into the loop, but it's too late for some people.
Incidentally, I found one of the most interesting words is "should". That, and "cocktail dresses" but I'm not going to get into that one. You see it turns out that not only do people sometimes unintentionally paste info from mail or webpages into the search field, they also ask questions that normally they might just write on paper and throw in the trash, or give up worrying about. So what AOL has done is closer to taping a confessional, what someone might ask of God or their doctor, or just worry endlessly about, and release it! What infants! It seems to say something about why doctors and priests have a professional code and know how to keep things private. Here are some search phrases, I'm not putting any in that have a person's name but you can probably get the idea from this.
what the fuck should i name my fetus
my nose is bleeding from cocaine what should i do
baby has something stuck in his foot what should i do
my mom is a hooker what should i do
how to tell a wife her husband is having an affair with you
caught my wife cheating
my wife cheated on me with a guy with a huge cock now what
spy on the wife
get revenge from a wife cheater
catch your wife having an affair
my cheating wife
got caught cheating on my wife and now she trying to take my kids away
my wife and kids are living with an ex con
very sexy baby nice pics i wanna c more lol u should take a look at my pic s tell me what ya think if u wanna chat my yahoo is lets get it mane and my aim is mhsplaya8
should a spouse stay married to a sex addict
should i let my son inlaw fuck me
i should have used a condom
dude read this its reallllly weird body hi. my name is kimi. it's too late now. you shouldn't have opened this bulletin but since you did you will die tonight if you dont keep reading. well i'm 19. i don't have eye lashes and i dont have a nose. pr
what should i do about heart palpitations after smoking crack
should a man go to a strip club the girlfriend is upset
should i see a married man
should i tell the other man's wife
should i confront my wife's adultery partner
mom showed me how to masterbate
why my girlfriend should give me head
should i buy extended warranty on my laptop
an employee jokes all day long what should i do
should parents let their children become stars
l want some pill to dead
l want to kill myself pill sleep
i want to kill myself
should i kill myself
i need someone to help me before i kill myself
help no one loves me i want to kill myself
best way to kill myself
i want to kill myself indiana hotline
god please my heart hurts help
l need to talk with a fbi
should informants be identified
Now maybe people will understand what AOL has done.
I am posting this because:
• I want strong pro-privacy legislation re search engines and other online venues
• The use of search engines as Voice-of-God or call-for-help is real. Search engines should be mandated to 1) not
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Comment: Re:Musk's Hubris... (Score 2) 195
by MobyDisk (#45741257) Attached to: Tesla Says Garage Fire Not Charger's Fault; Firemen Less Sure
...UL is just a baseline safety test done against test units. It doesn't mean it's a robust design...
I work for a company that got UL approval for a device.
For our product, UL did look over our designs. They have some rules, for example, about how safety interlocks should be designed. You have to either use previously UL approved switches and sensors, or submit your sensors for approval. You cannot have software in the safety loop. Ex: You can't have software that monitors the voltage then sends a shut-off command to a relay. The sensor must be electronically connected to the shut-off. FPGAs are okay sometimes - they don't call that software.
I'm not sure what classes of devices this applies to though.
Comment: Re:Free Market Lies (Score 1) 291
by MobyDisk (#45706713) Attached to: Google Fiber In Austin Hits a Snag: Incumbent AT&T
What if, and I'm just wildly speculating here, one very large client were able to offer them a higher a rate for exclusive access,
Typically, laws that establish regulatory monopolies explicitly forbid such exclusivity contracts. The first such example I can think of is railroad. When the US government was funding the expansion of the railroad, it was critical that the railroads would allowed anyone to ship goods. An exclusive contract that says "I will pay you double if you ship my goods, at the exclusion of my competitors goods" was bad for the country. This was basically the first "network neutrality" law. The only mistake they made was that the company laying the tracks was the same company that ran the trains. Oops. At the time it made sense.
I mean, it's a lovely optimistic view of the free market you have, but I think you aren't seeing all the angles.
Suggestion: Don't add things like "I don't think you understand" or "you are so naive" or "you aren't seeing all the angles" to your post. Let you point stand on its merits. You can get away with that as an AC on Slashdot, but you will quickly get booted out of a real-world meeting for that kind of attitude. Best to learn that lesson here. Often times you will say that then realize you are talking to an expert on the subject who has already heard your objection before and addressed it 20 years ago.
You were under the mistaken assumption that I came up with this idea just now. Don't try to be clever and shoot it down quickly without realizing that this problem has been known and understood for hundreds of years.
When establishing a monopoly, such as transit, power, or telephony, there are some lessons we humans should have learned. One is to create the monopoly over just the one thing you intend. Ex: If the problem is laying track, then make a monopoly to lay track. If the problem is laying utility wires, make a monopoly to run wires. Often times we forget that, and instead make a monopoly over transporting goods + laying track, or providing phone service + running wires, or providing power + maintaining power lines. Usually, we learn our lesson some decades later. Some times this happens because we can't imagine those things being separated until the technology comes along. "What, you could have 10 different train companies running over one set of tracks! Trains would collide! That's dangerous!" Or imagine this one: "How could you have *multiple* phone companies cooperating over one set of lines? How would the telephone switchboard operators share the lines? That's crazy." Then, computers and packet-switched networks were invented. Oh, and there was the old "Only the phone company can sell phones! If other companies made phones, they could damage the phone lines!"
One that we still come across today is "How could you have multiple internet service providers one one wire?" (sigh)
Many states learned this lesson with electricity generation. I live it Maryland and they finally decided that the "power company" should not be a company that provides power, runs lines, and bills customers. So Baltimore Gas and Electric was split apart into two companies. Unfortunately, one company bought the other -- that's another loophole to get around. If you split a company, forbid one from buying the other, or merging, or some workaround like that.
We sorta learned this with telephony when we split up Bell Telephone. But they also all merged back together until there is really only 3 of them or so now. Instead, we should have a local monopoly who builds and maintains telephone wires, and separate companies who provide the services that run on the wires. Otherwise, the company will make barriers to prevent other services from running on the wires. (Which is what is happening in this article.) Unfortunately, our telecom regulation doesn't quite do it right. (They half-heartedly tried. Some states tried laws that required the telephone monopoly to lease out their lines to small telecom companies, and required that they be allowed to co-locate their equipment in the central office. But the telephone company made enough barriers to slowly run those companies out of business.)
Anyway, this is a complex subject. This body of knowledge has been around 100 years, and any objections you or I come up with right now were probably already considered decades ago. Really, the point of my post was not to propose a new solution, but to say: Learn from history and follow best practices. There is a free market solution, and it does work, just implement it. (It's hard - how do you get enough political clout to tell a 180 billion dollar company like AT&T that they need to split up?)
Comment: Re:A lot more truth than the imagination of outsid (Score 1) 504
by MobyDisk (#45705659) Attached to: CBS 60 Minutes: NSA Speaks Out On Snowden, Spying
Nothing that has been revealed so far shows any wrongdoing.
That is simply false. There are discussions about whether it was illegal, or immoral, or merely procedural. But the original leak was at the very least wrongdoing. Perhaps, in all the hubub, we have forgotten what Snowden originally leaked? Let's go back to the beginning.
The NSA submitted a single request to wiretap all Americans for (6 months? 1 year? what was it?). The reason they specified was approximately "because it might become part of a future investigation. We won't know until we listen." That request, and the approval by the FISA court, violates both the FISA and the US Constitution. There are lots of articles by lawyers - including former FISC lawyers - who agree that it was unconstitutional.
The 4th amendment of the US Constitution states:
The NSAs request to FISA did not describe a probable cause. Therefore, the court should not have granted the warrant. The fact that the NSA even submitted it is wrongdoing. The court granting it was wrongdoing. The fact that people either forgot this, or think it is okay, is frightening.
But in the months since that release, we have been inundated with so much dirty NSA laundry that I think the perspective has been lost. If anythnig, Snowden's subsequent releases have put the NSA and FISC's actions into perspective. Maybe, we are all thinking, that if it is really okay to tap foreign embassies and presidents, then maybe violating court procedures isn't such a big deal?
Comment: Re:Notifications (Score 1) 324
by MobyDisk (#45681753) Attached to: Google Cuts Android Privacy Feature, Says Release Was Unintentional
1) He didn't say all apps. Clearly, some apps do need to launch and boot.
2) In the example you listed, the launch could be "daily" instead of "at boot" although I don't know if Android supports that.
The issue is most prominent on Windows, where things like PDF readers, Microsoft Office, and Java pre-load at startup to make their startup times seem shorter.
Comment: Re:Free Market Lies (Score 5, Insightful) 291
by MobyDisk (#45662081) Attached to: Google Fiber In Austin Hits a Snag: Incumbent AT&T
The entire point of the article is that there is no free market here. So you have drawn the wrong conclusion.
The problem is that AT&T has been granted local monopoly power over utility poles while monopoly power as the local telecom company. If they were a for-profit company who built and maintained utility poles, they would have incentive to get as many wires onto those telephone poles as they could safely fit. This is why many states are deregulating power by separating the local power company, who maintains the power lines, from the power providers who put power onto those lines.
Comment: Re:Nuclear: only interim solution, permanent waste (Score 1) 345
by MobyDisk (#45661261) Attached to: Climatologist James Hansen Defends Nuclear Energy
I think there are a bunch of links in this Slashdot discussion claiming otherwise. On the surface, it makes sense: shut down nuclear plants, and what else are you going to do? Solar just can't produce that amount of power (yet).
To confirm this, I just did a quick Google search for "Germany Coal Nuclear Solar":
which seems to confirm the increase in coal burning, although the Poland connection seems to be false.
"More than half of Germany’s electricity was generated from coal in the first half of 2013, compared with 43% in 2010." but it says nothing about the shutdown of nuclear reactors.
"coal (including lignite) is up around 5%...have nothing to do with nuclear in Germany."
This sites the 5% figure but doesn't mention why. "Germany has managed to be praised by environmentalists more than any other developed nation and yet is building more coal plants than more or less any other developed country" but it has no specifics.
This one claims the same thing.
"Germany is indeed avoiding blackouts—by opening new coal- and gas-fired plants. Renewable electricity is proving so unreliable and chaotic..."
"they are now building coal-fired electricity generation and shuttering nuclear power plants..."
I don't know what to believe now. Ultimately, we would need to see the energy mix numbers from the German power companies/government to know for sure. Just pointing out that new coal plants are being built doesn't mean much. They might be replacing existing ones, or making cleaner/smaller ones.
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Xolotl didn't explain the key point.
It's not the buying and selling that is the issue. The issue is that they are still burning the same amount of coal, while claiming they burn less. The trick is that the coal is being burned across a geopolitical border. So the politicians and pseudo-environmentalists can claim a victory, with no actual environmental gain.
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by MobyDisk (#45643695) Attached to: Climatologist James Hansen Defends Nuclear Energy
I wish I could find it, but someone just recently posted an explanation on Slashdot as to why it is really really expensive to send something to the sun. It's apparently one of the most difficult places to get to. In short, since the earth is in a stable orbit around the sun at a ridiculous speed, you have to decelerate enough to cancel-out all of that speed, or you wind up orbiting the sun or the earth. It would use more in fuel than you gained from the material in the first place.
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by MobyDisk (#45621363) Attached to: FTC Drops the Hammer On Maker of Location-Sharing Flashlight App
1) Use DroidLight. It's by Motorola, but it works on non-motorola phones too. It requires no permissions.
2) We are in a sad state of affairs.
9 out of 10 flashlight apps in the Android store require unnecessary permissions. The Android store needs ONE flashlight app. Maybe 2. Unfortunately, idiots download apps that requires 100 permissions, then rank it a 5/5. This is such a trivial problem for Google to solve: one Google Play Store employee could ban 90% of those apps with a day of research and resolve the problem for the most part.
Even in the wild wild world of PC shareware, malware wasn't as bad as it is in the Google Play store.
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by MobyDisk (#45610565) Attached to: Why Engineers Must Consider the Ethical Implications of Their Work
You don't get sued for it. The company does.
Whenever evil corporation X has done something wrong (left a back-door in their router, put a virus in their game) people want to hold the CEOs personally responsible. It's often questionable if the CEO/VP/directory/manager even knew what was going on. But the engineers sure as heck did.
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by MobyDisk (#45597853) Attached to: Andy Rubin Is Heading a Secret Robotics Project At Google
The first link in the summary to muktware is 90% ads, with a cheesy Photoshopped headline image and a blurb shorter than the Slashdot summary. That link should be removed.
Even better: Add that site to a blacklist so that Slashdot never links to it again. This is just a blogger trying to make money by getting hits from Slashdot.
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Alex Rodriguez
A-Rod won his third AL MVP award in 2006 after hitting .314 with 54 HRs and 156 RBI.
After A-Rod opted out of his original record $252-million contract, he still wasn't thinking much about the six teams that were chasing him. He mostly worried that his chance to remain a Yankee was gone, and that he was again being portrayed as a money-hungry mercenary. "I'm getting buried in the press. Everybody's saying I'm greedy. The MVP will mean nothing,'' A-Rod would tell friends at that time. To the surprise of some, he didn't have the unyielding gut it would take to carry out the entire opt-out strategy.
"Proving my loyalty to the Yankees was very important to me,'' Rodriguez said to SI.com.
A-Rod took the biggest hits for the timing of his opt out (which occurred during Game 4 of the World Series), although Boras accepted responsibility for it. The thinking was that by doing it well before his Nov. 10 deadline, it allowed other teams to consider him first (and gave the Yankees extra early incentive to get something done). Had he waited, other big-market teams may have assumed he was staying and quickly snapped up other available stars, such as Cabrera.
Boras felt the Yankees needed to be shocked. And while the opt-out did that, it apparently also shocked A-Rod. Rodriguez understood he'd be opting out, but he didn't plan on the quick negative reaction by fans, media, and especially by the Yankees, including new boss Hank Steinbrenner, who publicly said the Yankees were done with A-Rod. "Good-bye,'' Steinbrenner announced on opt-out night.
Perhaps unwittingly, that comment may have lined the path for a surprise return, because several days after Hank blew up, A-Rod reversed course.
Rodriguez and Boras had believed that the Yankees needed to see, 1) that A-Rod was willing to leave, a serious concern since Boras thought A-Rod tipped his hand too much throughout his glorious 2007 season, and, 2) that others were willing to pay much more. Boras always believed the Yankees would get back in and pay the market rate, which he felt was 10 years for at least $300 million, for the three-time MVP with as much marquee power as home-run power -- but only after he opted out and gave them a reason to.
A-Rod and his close coterie of mostly Miami confidants apparently agreed that he shouldn't jump at the eight-year, $220-$230 million deal that Yankees GM Brian Cashman had told A-Rod and Boras was the team's ceiling.
Rodriguez couldn't take the lonely waiting game for more than a few days, and he called his own audible, going back to the Yankees without Boras. The real story of how he got back with the Yankees is probably only known for sure by him. But it's been told a few different ways, depending upon the teller.
One story has A-Rod starting the ball rolling by telling John Mallory, a Goldman Sachs bigwig A-Rod knew from Miami, that he wanted back (Goldman Sachs owns a significant portion of YES Network). Another has A-Rod's wife, Cynthia, in contact with Yankees-connected people she knew.
In any case, Rodriguez and Yankees president Randy Levine went to work on a deal soon after A-Rod made it clear to someone who counted that he wanted to go back. Levine always realized the value A-Rod brought to the franchise and the YES Network and quickly told A-Rod, who pressed immediately for the 10-year deal Boras always sought, "I'll give you the two (extra) years."
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i have a python module with a function:
def do_stuff(param1 = 'a'):
if type(param1) == int:
# enter python interpreter here
is there a way to drop into the command line interpreter where i have the comment? so that if i run the following in python:
>>> import my_module
>>> do_stuff(1)
i get my next prompt in the scope and context of where i have the comment in do_stuff()?
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import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
will enter the python debugger at that point
See here: http://docs.python.org/library/pdb.html
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If you want a standard interactive prompt (instead of the debugger, as shown by prestomation), you can do this:
import code
See: the code module.
If you have IPython installed, and want an IPython shell instead, you can do this:
from IPython.Shell import IPShellEmbed
ipshell = IPShellEmbed()
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for IPython>=0.11, there's no more module Shell in IPython...so start it using "import IPython; IPython.embed()" instead. – evandrix Sep 12 '11 at 10:06
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What is the maximum and/or ideal length of an ethernet cable? Is there a distance that data cannot be transferred over an ethernet cable, say over X number of feet?
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ideal length is exactly one furlong. – bmargulies Sep 25 '10 at 21:40
As far as ideal length. The ideal length would be as long as necessary and no longer. Be it for cost, interference, cable management or latency (for all the hard core gamers out there). Excess unneeded cable can cause problems. – Scott McClenning Sep 25 '10 at 23:03
There is also a MINIMUM length, to avoid problems like reflection. I encountered this years ago, when I was doing up my house. I cn't remember the value, but I THINK a cable one foot long was not recommended! – user86822 Jun 21 '11 at 8:58
which is odd, as we've got some 10cm patch cables in our server room/switch bays. – tombull89 Jun 21 '11 at 9:36
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There is no ideal length of a cat 5 cable but the specification states that it should not be more than 100m (328 feet).
More info on the wiki page
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True, if the cable is used for ethernet (which is very likely, of course). The maximum length of 100 meter ensures that collision detection mechanisms work as expected (and maybe also ensures the signal strength is okay?). – Arjan Sep 25 '10 at 16:23
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The ideal length is exactly as long as you need (up to 100 meters) and no longer. Every extra 11.9 inches adds another nanosecond of extra latency.
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Below the maximum of 100 meters, every extra 11.9 inches adds another nanosecond of extra latency. Right? (For a moment I read: if you're exceeding 100 meters, you're introducing latency, which I think is wrong.) – Arjan Sep 25 '10 at 17:54
@Arjan - Now that you mention, I can see how it could be read that way. I added some parentheses that I think help clarify. – Joel Coehoorn Sep 25 '10 at 18:24
I just swapped out my 25' cable for a 10' cable here at home. Those extra 15 nanoseconds are going to help me to be the first answerer on Stack Overflow. Thanks for the suggestion, Joel! – James McNellis Sep 25 '10 at 19:38
sigh... No, that's not a difference anyone's going to notice. But the detail does help put the situation in context. Waste is waste, no matter where you find it. – Joel Coehoorn Sep 26 '10 at 2:27
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Ideal: As short as possible, as isolated as possible.
Maximum: 100 meters without repeaters.
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To be in spec, a CAT 5 UTP cable should not exceed 100 meters. Cable can be connected with repeaters and you can get another 100 meters and so on. However, if you network is too large, then the TCP/IP packet will take so long to go from end to end computers will reach the timeout before they get a reply back. At that point other devices will have to be used to retransmit the packets, like switches/routers... I'm not sure about that distance/time before packets are considered lost.
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I truly doubt the maximum length is about timeouts. I've always learned it's to ensure proper collision detection. (Timeouts limits are much, much longer than the microseconds used for collision detection.) – Arjan Sep 25 '10 at 16:25
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I'm using M-x load-theme to load color-theme-solorized from the marmalade repository and it works and gets the color correct. The problem I'm having is that if I run emacs -nw in gnome-terminal that has transparency, the transparency gets lost.
Is there any way to have this color theme and keep terminal transparency?
I'd also like to point out that I have set export TERM=xterm-256color in my .bashrc
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I had the same problem, a workaround for this is to apply following changes to solarized-definitions.el:
Find this Code: (base03 (find-color 'base03))
Replace it with: (base03 ())
Make sure to recompile it, if you don't the "old" binary version in solarized-definitions.elc is used, regardless of your changes in solarized-definitions.el
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When I first went to college in '71, it was still possible to work your way through college. I went to a local community college, got a work-ship, and it wasn't till I went to a two-year University I started feeling the bite. I worked two jobs at a time during the summers, and pa-time jobs during the school terms, and still had a hard time keeping up. Books were outrageously expensive, even used, and prices just kept going up. I could have kicked kids who whined that they were only there cause Mom and Dad "made" them, and especially the dweeb who said he chose USF in ampa "'cause it's close to Disney World." Costs kept rising, and I finally had to drop out. I joined the Army and got the GI Bill, and went back a few years after I got out. | http://townhall.com/social/usercommentprint/6487382 | dclm-gs1-075430002 | false | false | {
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People draw a red wool string randomly across a collage of pictures and articles to find a connection
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I googled for "red string", "red thread", "string map" but I couldn't find a trope that describes the wall collages with this string that is supposed to mean something.
Obsessed people on TV do it all the time, never missing the string that goes randomly across the board.
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Is there a social networking site to find partners and collaborators for a creative project?
I know craigslist.com can be good for arranging collaborations, but I'm looking for something more integrated than a collection of classifieds.
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What sort of creative project are you planning? The answer given could vary wildly depending on what you're doing. – Nathan Ridley Jul 13 '10 at 17:38
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Depending on what you are looking for, there are several options:
For creative, you can use:
Finding Partners and Founders:
^^ This may be the closest match to what you are looking for ^^
Another good resource to find programmers is HackerNews
I would also recommend Meetup and try to meet people, locally.
Good Luck!
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You can check Build it with me
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Here are some for music
Muse's Muse
General Music
Indaba Music
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99designs and crowdSPRING are crowdsourced design competition sites which may provide sources of collaborators.
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Since this is about web applications, I presume you mean places on the web :) I'd go and hunt at the following places:
• github.com
• code.google.com/hosting/
• sourceforge.net
• ohloh.net
• freshmeat.net
All of these sites have the ability to find projects and therefore also the ability to contact other people. If you think your project has a synergy with something else, then it can't hurt to contact them and see if they might be interested.
But please note, it's also worth checking out each of those projects other communication channels, such as irc, email lists and forums. It's better to know people prior to pitching your idea than it is just pitching it from a void :)
Good luck!
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How 'bout KickStarter ?
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You should check out TalentBlend It's aimed at creative skills / people mostly but it caters for a wide variety of disciplines.
TalentBlend is a creative exchange to connect with exactly who you need to make your idea happen. It's about people helping people to achieve their goals.
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Broadcast: 07/06/2011
Reporter: Ticky Fullerton
Patersons Securities' Marcus Padley joins Lateline Business to discuss the small gains on the local sharemarket.
TICKY FULLERTON, PRESENTER: A day of two halves in the local market. Early I spoke to Marcus Padley from Patersons Securities.
Well, Marcus Padley, the market recovered from today's early losses. What does that say about the statement from the Reserve Bank?
MARCUS PADLEY, PATERSONS SECURITIES: Well, It was more doveish or less hawkish than everyone expected, Ticky. They basically didn't repeat the line from last time that higher rates were likely to be required if their expectations turned out as they expected.
That immediately saw the Aussie dollar drop and bonds rallied - and the expectation therefore is that the next interest rate rise has been pushed out.
We have got July CPI numbers and the general feeling is that the RBA will wait at least until those to see if the impact from floods, etc in the first quarter is carried through any further before they go raising rates.
Although I would have to say, most of the inflation problems are coming from commodities, which they have no control over - it is really a Chinese thing - and by raising rates they will do little more than continue to pressure all the businesses that are already under pressure that aren't really causing the inflation problem to start with.
But looks like we have got to wait till August.
TICKY FULLERTON: Alright. What sectors were worth watching today?
MARCUS PADLEY: Well the bank sector had an immediate lift on the back of the RBA statement. The whole market did. The market rallied 24 points from the 2:30 announcement to the end of the day.
And banks did well.
The other sector that did quite well was retailers. They have been absolutely flat on their backs recently. Some of them were even yielding as much as the banks these days. Any sort of improvement in the interest rate outlook has been good for anything to do with consumers and consumer discretionary.
TICKY FULLERTON: You mentioned the banks, but Macquarie Group has touched a two-year low. How significant is that investment downgrade of Macquarie by Citigroup?
MARCUS PADLEY: Well, you know, it's had an impact today. Whereas most banks managed to make progress, they were down I think 70 cents to $32. And that puts them very close to their year's low, which is about $31.70 odd.
If they broke through that, they really would be breaking a support level that's been there for a while.
Citi basically turned out, or put their recommendation to sell - high risk, they said. Their target price went from 38 bucks to $30.50 and they downgraded earnings by 10 per cent and 6 per cent, and pointed out that although M&A activity was up 29 per cent this year, Macquarie's market share had gone from 2.2 per cent to 0.8 of a per cent, and that their pipeline of corporate deals was 56 per cent smaller than it was this time last year.
So it just doesn't look like ... And Macquarie is a market stock. When the market is doing what it's doing at the moment, it gets sold off, so that's what's been happening today.
TICKY FULLERTON: Telstra was quite a mover today.
MARCUS PADLEY: Yes, Telstra was up 6 cents I think it was to $3.08. It's now up 18 per cent in three months. It's been the fifth best performer in the ASX 100 can you believe, in the last three months since the middle of March.
And it is attractive for a couple of reasons. One is the market is falling over. It's one of the most defensive stocks in the market with a 9 per cent yield. But the other one is it is running into the NBN deal, which has yet to be announced, and they have sort of pushed back their shareholders' vote on it because of the delays. But the anticipation is that will be positive for the share price, and the share price is running against a market that is going the other way.
TICKY FULLERTON: Indeed, some good news for shareholders at last. Marcus Padley, thank for joining us.
MARCUS PADLEY: A pleasure, Ticky.
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Ear 'pump' may help protect hearing
Loud noise
Some people have 'tougher' ears than others when it comes to tolerating loud noise(Source: iStockphoto)
Sound dampener Chewing, talking or singing might potentially help protect your hearing, suggests an Australian researcher.
In a paper published in the Journal of Hearing Science, Bell suggests conventional models of hearing don't explain why contracting the muscles of the ear — which some people do voluntarily — can reduce sound by 30 decibels.
The answer, he says, lies in a discarded 19th century theory that suggests the middle ear muscles work like a hydraulic pump.
This theory may explain why some people seem to have 'tough' ears that are impervious to hearing loss while others are more sensitive, he says.
"The sound of an opera singer singing can be 100 decibels, so why doesn't an opera singer go deaf?," asks Bell. "The explanation is that when an opera singer sings the middle ear muscles contract."
The middle ear consists of three tiny bones — including the smallest bone in the body — two miniature muscles and tendons.
"If you close your eyes tightly you'll hear a fluttering sound and that's your middle ear muscles at work," says Bell.
"Obviously [the bones and muscles of the middle ear] have got some sound control function because they're activated when the sound gets loud.
"But that doesn't quite tell you about the fact that when you close your eyes or activate your middle ear muscles you can get a 30 decibel or 1000 times change in the amount of sound that goes through.
"If you do the model of how that process works in terms of sound conduction, the best you can get is about 100 times. So that doesn't quite seem to be a good explanation of what is going on," he says.
Hydraulic 'pump'
"We might be able to find ways of making the middle ear muscles more activated. Even if you're chewing or singing along to music you're actually doing something that might encourage middle ear muscle activity that might give you more protection than otherwise," he says.
It's an issue he says is very important in an age where use of mp3 players is causing hearing loss, but people don't heed the warnings.
"Jimi Hendrix sounds awesome when it's loud and people don't want to turn it down.
"Here we have the middle ear with this natural inbuilt protective mechanism."
"I think it's worthwhile to open up the question and see what all the options are given that things are going to get steadily worse if we don't do something."
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Older people in Arlington, Vermont, have a special interest in the last house you pass as you leave our village to drive to Cambridge. It was built and lived in for many years by our first, local skilled cabinetmaker. In the early days nearly every house had one or a few good pieces of professionally made furniture, brought up from Connecticut on horseback or in an oxcart. These were highly treasured. But the furniture made here was, for the first generation after 1764, put together by men who just wanted chairs, beds, and a table for the family meals—and those as fast as they could be slammed into shape.
For many years Silas Knapp lived in that last house practicing his remarkable skill. Nearly every house of our town acquired in those years one or two pieces of his workmanship. They are now highly prized as “early Nineteenth-Century locally made antiques.”
He not only made many a fine chest of drawers and bedside stand there; he also brought up a fine family of children. You may never have noticed this house as you drove by, but once, some twenty or thirty years ago, a great American leader, who chanced to pass through Vermont, asked to be shown the old Knapp home. He had been delivering an important address to a large audience in Rutland. When he stood in front of the low old house he took oft his hat and bowed his gray head in silence. Then he explained to the person who had driven him down to Arlington, “For me it is a shrine.”
This is the story behind that visit and of why it was to him a shrine. It goes back to the exciting, heartshaking years of the Civil War. When that terrible passage in our history ended, it left in the South thousands and thousands of newly emancipated Negroes, free, but dishearteningly ignorant—ignorant not only of their letters but of the simplest ways of civilized life. In prewar days in the South, it had been a grave legal offense, punishable with heavy social and legal penalties, to help a Negro to literacy. Naturally, the white people of the South could not at once shift gears into the opposite attitude. Many of the first schools were taught by northern girls, keyed up to the crusader tensity of purpose by the four years of war.
Among these was young Viola Knapp, the schoolteacher daughter of the cabinetmaker who lived in that small house which we Arlington people pass every time we go to see a “down-the-river” friend. To the accompaniment of great anxiety, and great pride in her courage from her Arlington family and neighbors, she made the difficult trip from Arlington down South to one of the newly established schools for illiterate Negroes—they were all illiterate.
When she arrived at the rough, improvised little school, not nearly as well built or well equipped as the little district schools on our back roads, Viola Knapp found that she was regarded as a social outcast by all the white people in town. No one spoke to her, no one even looked at her. She had great difficulty in finding a place to live, and finally moved herself into a tumble-down, two-room, abandoned poor-white frame house close to the new school.
The ostracism was as complete as human imagination could make it. Her existence was ignored with great ingenuity. If she walked down one side of the street, any white person who happened to be on that side silently and instantly crossed over and walked on the other side, ft she went into a shop to buy something, every white person present turned at once and went out, leaving her alone with the clerk, who served her without speaking or looking at her.
One would have thought that a blooming young woman in her twenties away from a good home for the first time would have suffered a good deal from this. So she might, except that she was from Vermont, and wasn’t too much cast down, even by disapproval from others, if she herself felt sure she was doing the right thing. I won’t say that she did not also find considerable satisfaction (she was human) in undergoing some martyrdom for a cause she considered good.
But evidently, from what followed, what most helped her ignore the disagreeable parts of her experience was her liking for another northern white person who was being ignored and ostracised in the same way. This was young Lieutenant Ruffner of the U.S. Army, stationed there to care for the military cemetery where Federal soldiers, killed in a battle near the town, were buried.
It did not take the two lively young outlasts long to make each other’s acquaintance, and the acquaintance soon became an engagement. After a while, a suitable while, they were married. It turned out a very happy, lifelong mating. As time went on, the young lieutenant rose in the Army, became a major, became a general. The Ruffners lived in many cities, towns and army posts, bringing up a fine crop of children who also turned out well.
Our Vermont Viola had a much more colorful and wide-horizoned life than she would have had if she had not gone a-crusading. Many years later, after his wile’s death, Major Ruffner (f never understood why we always called him Major) used to come every once in a while to Arlington to see the people who had known his wife in her girlhood. He was quite an old man then, and glad to talk about his past to any younger generationer who would listen. I’ve heard him, many’s the time, tell the story I’m setting down here.
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What a bunch of liars.
New post up at ENV:
If human beings evolved from ape-like creatures, what were the transitional species between ape-like hominins and the truly human-like members of the genus Homo found in the fossil record?
115? Why, that'd be a footnote.
"New study suggests big bang theory of human evolution" University of Michigan News Service (January 10, 2000)
Here is that footnote in it's entirety:
January 10, 2000
New study suggests big bang theory of human evolution
The first members of early Homo sapiens are really quite distinct from their australopithecine predecessors and contemporaries. Perhaps the most fundamental dissimilarity, dramatic size difference, is shown in this correctly scaled comparison of the reconstructed skeletons of two women: Lucy, a 3-million-year-old australopithecine from Ethiopia who stood about three-and-a-half feet tell; and ER 1808, a 1.6-million-year-old woman of our species from Kenya who stood 5 feet 9. Australopithecine contemporaries of ER 1808 were as small as Lucy.
ANN ARBOR—Two million years ago somewhere in Africa, a small group of individuals became separated from other australopithecines. This population bottleneck led to a series of sudden, interrelated changes—in body size, brain size, skeletal proportions, and behavior—that jump-started the evolution of our species.
That is the conclusion of a new University of Michigan study published in the current (January 2000) issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution that analyzes a broad range of genetic, fossil, and archeological evidence to decipher the most likely scenario for the start of human evolution.
The analysis, by researchers at the U-M Department of Anthropology, is the first to examine the full spectrum of paleontological, archeological, and genetic evidence available, each reflecting a different part of the puzzle of human origins. By estimating the ranges of error in the different types of evidence, the researchers were able to narrow down the common, overlapping areas of agreement to construct an explanation that disproves some high-profile recent theories and supports one of the oldest modern versions of the origin of homo sapiens.
Examining the anatomical evidence, the authors, including U-M anthropologist Milford Wolpoff, conclude that a "genetic revolution" took place in a small group isolated from other australopithecines. "The earliest H. sapiens remains differ significantly from australopithecines in both size and anatomical details," notes Wolpoff. "Insofar as we can tell, these changes were sudden and not gradual."
According to the researchers, the available genetic data do not disprove a simple model of exponential population growth following a bottleneck two million years ago and extending through the Pleistocene Epoch, when ice covered much of North America and Europe. But they are incompatible with a more recent population-size bottleneck.
"Many details of subsequent human evolution over the period of the ice ages remain unclear, but one certain finding from both anthropological and genetic data is that there was no later time when the size of the human species became small again," says Hawks. "So the 'Eve theory' of modern human origins, which states that modern human populations very recently arose as a new African species that replaced all other indigenous peoples such as Neanderthals, can be put to rest. "
Co-authors of the study with Hawks and Wolpoff are Keith Hunley, U-M Department of Anthropology, and Sang-Hee Lee, Department of Biosystems Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Hayama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Seems to me that they are relying on that for the entire claim in that post titled A Big Bang Theory of Homo
Yet that 12 year old press release offers no support what so ever for ID at any level.
They must really know their audience at ENV.
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Foust, 35 but looking younger in a T-shirt, plaid shorts, and skateboard sneakers, is hanging out in the Rockstar Energy Drink rally team's motorhome after an X Games practice session in the sweltering Southern California summer heat. Last year, an estimated 27 million people watched the event on TV, and Foust expects the exposure he gets this year to pay for his entire Rally America program. But live attendance for the rally component of the X Games promises to be relatively paltry, and the event feels more like a glorified club race than a major league motorsports event.
The rally teams occupy a makeshift paddock in the parking lot of the Home Depot Center in suburban L.A. Although Foust is the reigning X Games Rally Super Special gold medalist, he's playing second fiddle to motocross legend and odds-on favorite Travis Pastrana - dubbed the Golden Boy by the TV announcers - who's driving a quasi-works 2008 Subaru Impreza WRX STI prepped by Vermont SportsCar, which is the Penske Racing of American rallying. Foust, meanwhile, is making do with a two-year-old Subie crewed mostly by guys who fly in for races.
Practice was what Foust charitably describes as "chaotic." The engine was overheating, the turbo wasn't developing proper boost, the front end wasn't turning in, and the rear brakes weren't biting. So at the moment, Foust is multitasking with a vengeance - conducting an interview, helping another Rockstar-sponsored athlete find a missing cache of logo hats, discussing possible mechanical fixes with team manager Andy Pinker, and working his iPhone and laptop in search of, among other components, a stiffer rear antiroll bar.
"How should I pay for it?" Pinker asks after Foust gives him directions to a vendor.
Foust grins. "Offer him some [X Games] tickets and see what happens."
Foust has been working angles ever since he fell - or, actually, flew - into a career in racing. Although he grew up in a family of physicians and went to college as a premed student, cars have been his passion since he was a six-year-old kid identifying them by their headlights. After graduating with a degree in molecular biology, during a flight to Denver, he spotted a club-racing track - Second Creek Raceway - shortly before landing. He rented a car, drove straight to the circuit, and, on the spur of the moment, wrangled a job working on race cars in return for seat time. "I ended up becoming one of the worst mechanics ever," he admits. "But I learned to speak the language of motorsports."
After competing in his first race at the advanced age of twenty-three, Foust took an odd but handy detour: he went to work at Pikes Peak International Raceway, selling everything from title sponsorships to VIP suites, and got a crash course in the underbelly of racing. "I saw how convoluted and political most of the racing deals that you see on TV really are," he says. "But at the same time, I realized how close I was to making a career in racing."
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Because a class action does not create any substantive rights, the plaintiff in a class action must, first and foremost, have an individual claim against the defendant. If the individual does not have a claim, then they cannot create one by trying to assert claims that other individuals may have.
The purpose of the class action device is to allow many similar claims to be handled efficiently with the same result.
A class action is a procedural device that allows an individual to represent a group of similarly situated people. The plaintiff (or class representative) in a class action argues that the wrong committed was essentially the same as to each member of the class, so that proving it with respect to the class representative will establish that the same wrong was committed as to the other class members.
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Why Moshtarak might succeed where Soviet army failed
Mark Urban | 18:24 UK time, Monday, 15 February 2010
The joint Nato-Afghan offensive called Operation Moshtarak has pushed troops into many areas previously under Afghan control.
The results are encouraging - but so they should be, as Nato now has 10 times as many troops in Helmand as the Russians did.
When the Soviet army pulled its brigade, the 22nd Spetsnaz Brigade, out of that province in 1988, I accompanied them as a young newspaper reporter.
They numbered fewer than 2,500 troops.
Although a similar number of Afghan army men remained in the province once they had gone, it is important to note how few the Russians had there.
The Soviet approach to Helmand revolved around a grand deal made with the principal mujahideen commander - you leave us alone in the main provincial centres (Lashkar Gah and Gireshk) and we will leave you alone in more remote districts.
It was this bargain which produced relative quiet for the 22nd Brigade and, at the same time, saw the province turned into opium central.
Nato's operation embraces totally different ideas - it is a vast expenditure of resources designed to crush opposition in areas where the Taliban have found sanctuary, propelling newly formed Afghan security forces in at the same time, and extending the control of the country's callow government.
It was never likely that the Taliban would not contest Operation Moshtarak in a major way.
When 36 Sea Stallion helicopters land around your farm (as happened in Marjah), each of them carrying 30 or more US marines, even the most ardent guerrilla fighter knows it is time to strike the pose of a peaceful farmer.
Some people assume that these fighters will pop up, laying IEDs and taking pot shots as soon as the forces which surged into their area thin out a little.
This is quite possible, or likely even.
But there is also a possibility that, if the Afghan security follow-up is as extensive as we have been led to believe, there could be some permanent "re-adjustments" in the Marjah and (British-controlled) Nad Ali districts.
Things may reach a point where a significant number of local people who had been fighting Nato or government forces decide it is not worth it - for a while anyway.
Early reports indicate that this is what may have happened in another Helmand district, Now Zad, following a major operation there in December, which I witnessed first hand.
Recently there have been suggestions that many refugees have come back to Now Zad and that the level of attacks or IEDs laid against US marines has declined since their clearance operation.
With something like 25,000 Nato and 8,000 Afghan security forces operating across the province the ratio soldiers to locals has now reached a level considered optimum by many theorists of counter insurgency (1:25 or 30).
In short, if this does not work, the generals will have run out of excuses.
The US surge will buy a window of opportunity in Helmand and elsewhere.
The Obama administration want to be cutting troop numbers on 2011-12 by which time the Afghans will have to hold the ring.
It is a totally different approach to the one tried by the Soviet army - and it might even work.
• Comment number 1.
afghanistan has been conquered once. by the mongols who decided on a policy of killing everyone including all the animals.
so will democracy and womens rights be in place by next week then?
• Comment number 2.
The Soviet’s Realpolitik approach to Helmand back in the 80s was tenuous at best. It would just take a more aggressive Soviet theatre military commander, looking with askance at the work ethics of the local commander, to restart the battle. The local mujahideen commander, after accumulating enough resources from opium sales, could also reinitiate the offensive. This Realpolitik works best if there are no invasion forces in the demarcated regions. The occupying forces by just their mere presence have to justify their stay, nothing is more superfluous than in insisting that there is no requirement for battle when their presence alone invites being shot at or being hurt by bombs.
Yes, this Operation Moshtarak might succeed. And once law and order is restored, then, the real socially uplifting stuff like democracy, women’s rights, compulsory education, healthcare etc can work its magic. There is nothing to learn from Mongols aggression of long time ago.
• Comment number 3.
For more on Moshtarak form a different perspective see
• Comment number 4.
The hard part will be the eventual handing over to Afghan forces to hold and maintain the area, they are not seen as particularly skilled or reliable military forces; that is the spectre hanging over any decision to withdraw western troops from Afghanistan.
Many Afghans have been fighting since 1979. (Following the Soviet withdrawal there was a protracted civil war.) They're not inexperienced in guerilla warfare and will have a mindset that works to a much longer time scale than November 2011.
The hard part of this operation (as in Helmand) may not be occupying territory, but in the holding of it.
As Sun Tzu wrote over two thousand years ago: "Give enemies no target to attack. Be dangerous and elusive, and let them chase you into the void. Deliver irritating but damaging side attacks and pinpricks."
And "Frontal assaults stiffen resistance. Instead, distract your enemy's attention to the front, then attack from the side when they expose their weakness."
• Comment number 5.
Frankly, this obsession with Sun Tsu is terribly overrated, considering that it comes from a country thrice conquered by peoples less populous than it. There were the Mongols, the Manchurians and the Japanese. Besides, its lessons are so obvious that it is universally known and long-in-practiced; there is no need of attribution for its originality. Almost every mother’s soldier-son is a Sun Tsu long before the West meets China.
More seriously though, Boady raised an interesting point of the enemy not showing up. However it befits the wider scheme of things that the Nato-ISAF and the Kabul forces proclaim victory of sorts. This puts the Taliban minds at a psychological disadvantage: their enemy is now occupying ground, the civilian population is now beyond their sway and the only way the Taliban can assert themselves; is to attack. What the writer of the “enduringamerica” article fails to understand is that it is now the Taliban’s turn to do the ‘shoving’ to regain the territory which they had vacated.
To any military commander in an asymmetric warfare, it must be assumed that the civilian population is indifferent to who so ever is in charge. I am very sure that the parting words of the Taliban to the civilians left behind: ‘Don’t co-operate with the enemy, we will know who does and punish them!’ So NATO-ISAF and Kabul troops must win their hearts and minds. And this is how to do it as practiced in the Malayan Emergency: …. and I leave it to the Brits to explain it to their NATO-ISAF and Kabul colleagues how to do it.
• Comment number 6.
...And once law and order is restored, then, the real socially uplifting stuff like democracy, women’s rights, compulsory education, healthcare etc can work its magic. ...
the muslim state model is built on the they only way to implement the 'western state model' will be to pacify the muslims majority. ie an eternal occupation that locks down the border with pakistan
the mongols were successful in their aim. they had no need to turn it into a gaza. which is where this pointless crusade is going.
• Comment number 7.
#5. Sun Tzu is a set text at West Point & Sandurst (as is Clausewitz's On War etc) etc. So not irrelevant as you think.
Gen McChrystal in Afghanistan will be aware that the Taliban were unlikely to engage in a battle with advancing coalition forces on terms that favoured the coalition.
I think it is highly likely that the Taliban will "pop up, laying IEDs and taking pot shots as soon as the forces which surged into their area thin out a little".
I do think that progress can be made in Afghanistan (news that Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been recently captured in Pakistan is a welcome) but there are doubts over the abilities of the Afghan National Army (ANA), so I think that puts major doubts on the timetable for a 2011 withdrawal. I think Brigadier Lorimer was right three years ago when he said UK troops may need to be in Afghanistan for the next two decades or so.
As for hearts and minds; the most crucial step is proving to the ordinary Afghans that the coalition can provide effective security.
#6 "only way to implement the 'western state model' will be to pacify the muslims majority".
The Taliban are heavily influenced by Wahhabi orthodoxy (as are Al Qaeda), the most militant form of Islam; most Afghans, including many Pashtus, are more moderate mainstream Sunnis.
There are also ethnic differences: Tajiks, Uzbeks etc. The Northern Alliance in the civil war (pre 2001) mainly comprised Tajiks, Hazara, Uzbeks, and Turkmens.
It's a mistake to assume all Afghans are automatically Taliban supporters or fellow travellers.
• Comment number 8.
We should not overestimate the NATO-ISAF capacity for "an eternal occupation that locks down the border with Pakistan". Time is a punisher of patience and endurance, Vietnam War lasted about 15 years with USA withdrawing in 1975. The Brits took 12 years to end the Malayan Emergency where most of the British troops were conscripts. The end of the Malayan Emergency coincided with the abolition of UK National Service in 1960. I sense urgency in the NATO-ISAF and Kabul efforts to bring the Afghanistan conflict to a victorious conclusion soon. Or else, be prepared for the ignominy of withdrawal. There will be no “eternal occupation”.
West Point and Sandhurst being educational institutions will always have room for ‘compare and contrast’ analysis of Sun Tsu, Clausewitz, etc. But it does not mean that they do not have their own-derived doctrines of war dating from American War of Independence and the 100 Years War respectively. There are more similarities than differences. The differences being more related to local circumstances than knowledge gaps.
• Comment number 9.
so 400 afghans (200 of which have been killed according to isaf) are holding out 15000 isaf forces with the uk military saying it will take 30 days to take it and a further 3 months to secure it.
• Comment number 10.
for all of the propagandist words being reported and replayed from our politicians and generals .. the fact that the issue of civilian deaths has been pushed to the forefront only to find how little we do care about such killings ... to find that it is now somehow sidelined by the media as the death toll rises.
• Comment number 11.
The silent factor: the hatred in the eyes, the resentment in the heart, the suffering on the faces of occupied Afghan people - bombed for so long, fleeing, waiting only to be starved, frightened or dead.
The resistance of Afghans, their refusal to submit, is largely due to their realization that the invaders are not there to establish a peaceful, sectarian democracy. The invaders lie. How do the Afghans know the invaders' lies?
The thousands of civilians killed by the invaders, their drones, or other war-machines; and the un-Islamic, even disrespectful ways of the invaders.
The new plan calls for clearing all regions of Taliban.
The new strategy calls for Afghan administrators and police - a prosperous, peaceful secular society, after "winning the hearts and minds" of the locals. The very proof of the un-Islamic ways of the invaders is General Stanley McChrystal’s statement: “We’ve got a government in a box, ready to roll in."
A Government in a Box?
Who comprises this Government in a box?
Can & will this Government in a box be trusted by the Afghans outside the box?
NATO has met resistance in Marjah. This at a time when most Taliban have withdrawn- waiting, waiting. They can wait till the American leave.
Tribal elders in Helmand this week called for a stop to the "Moshtarak". The people are dying - too many people are dying, do you not see the children? Nato said it was sorry, reduced its carelessness. Nevertheless another 63 civilians are dead, maybe more. It’s hard to keep count. Sometimes a civilian becomes a militant, but never the other way around.
The latest ploy: the Taliban uses locals as "human shields".
Right, when have the Taliban resorted to using civilians as human shields? When!
But where did we hear this excuse for killing before? Was it not in the horrible Israeli onslaught in Palestine?
(30 Afghan soldiers defected from their posts to join the Taliban.)
No matter how you look at Marjah, the “coalition of the willing” is pursuing yet another illegal war launched by the United States of America, without United Nations' approval. Here is the rationale for excluding the UN? Deputy Special Representative for Secretary General Robert Watkins said the UN can’t be involved "because we don’t want the humanitarian activities linked with military activity."
NATO is in contravention of international law. Last month’s London Conference on Afghanistan was not a UN conference, though it was attended by the UN Secretary General. Before the Conference, there were two days of meetings at NATO headquarters in Brussels, followed by a meeting of allied defense chiefs in Istanbul. This latter meeting was attended by Israeli Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi. What was he doing here? What does Israel have to do with Afghanistan?
Nato – an illegal invader – is the present.
Taliban - no matter how long it must wait - is the future.
• Comment number 12.
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Ozone Holes
The upper atmosphere's ozone layer is our planetary sunblock, filtering harmful ultraviolet sunlight. It's also a case study in unintended consequences and how to address them.
Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, were widely used in refrigerators, spray cans and industrial solvents for most of the 20th century. In 1974, two scientists discovered that sunlight breaks CFCs apart, freeing highly reactive chlorine atoms and destroying atmospheric ozone. Nations mobilized against what became known as the ozone hole and agreed to a 1987 treaty to phase out CFCs.
The Antarctic ozone hole will exist for decades, and Arctic losses may continue. However, say the authors, "On balance, the case of stratospheric ozone is a good example where concerted human effort and wise decision making seem to have enabled us to stay within a planetary boundary."
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There are so many fantastic stories and I want to bring Thor and Odin and the other gods into the modern world, just like I did with the Greeks and 'Percy Jackson.' I'll give the books an urban setting and have young people interacting with the Norse gods.
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Of the projected top 10 picks, there's a 7 footer that's 3rd in scoring, 2nd in rebounding, and 1st in PER amongst the group and will be available when we pick. Cody Zeller is really being over-analyzed. He is the best combination of size, skill, athleticism, hustle, and smarts. He's a selfless player and not a knucklehead. The only reason he's been picked apart like this is because he was the leading candidate to go #1, but clearly has no chance of being Lebron or Derrick Rose.
Zeller is the safe candidate for those who want immediate impact, but has a lot of potential as a long, athletic PF for the upside crowd. He's more productive, ready and sure than Len. He is bigger than Bennett, scored and rebounded more against better competition. He was the centerpiece in Indiana and outproduced Oladipo. Victor was much more exciting and infectious. He only scored 0.2 ppg less than Shabazz, but did it in 4.5 less shots, and is a better rebounder and passer. With a stat line of 17 ppg, 8 rpg, 1 apg, 1 bpg, and 8th in the nation in PER, Zeller is a player that performed all year at a high level despite facing as much, if not more, scrutiny as any prospect.
I understand the dislike for him. He isn't an above the rim player who dominates the paint the way you want from a 7 footer. It seemed like he can get overpowered. His wingspan isn't freakishly small like many claimed, but it is still short. IMO, those are all products of him being a center. I actually view things from the perspective that its a positive that he could be so productive in the paint despite his long term career probably being PF. He hasn't shot much from outside, but his FT (75%) indicates that he can likely develop a jumper. He also seems to recognize his need to develop that skill since Chad Ford said his team is talking up his perimeter game.
Zeller really brings everything to the table that we need. If he were brought in as a franchise savior, he'd be set up for failure. As the big man to complement Wall and Beal, he has the right skills, work ethic, and personality to be the perfect fit.
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Peguy writes:
in response to its_all_bad:
They know what they want,but have no idea what they are asking for.
Except the ones that are already there... serving along side the ones in "combat" while they have been already getting wounded and dying there as well.
I really can't understand how people keep ignoring this fact. "Women" weren't asking for something they really weren't already doing... they just haven't been getting credit for the fact that they were doing it.
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Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 - 6pm ET
Jimmy Akin answers:
I need clarification on the figurative interpretation on the Eucharist, in the book, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, Dr. Ludwig Ott.
Why does the Eastern Orthodox Church use the Protestant Bible?
Did you post on National Catholic Register that the Lord died at age 36 or 37, based on actual year of his birth?
Do you know anything about the charismatic renewal saying that one can be baptized in the Holy Spirit? Is this Catholic?
It warns in the NT against following a religion. What is the Catholic take on this?
Is it okay to switch up the order of the Mass? Can the bishop change the order of the Mass?
What is the calendar that places the eve of Passover on a Friday, in AD30?
Can you please explain Gen 19:32?
How many centuries did it take the fathers of the church to put the bible together?
Is it true that when one talks in tongues, other people can understand it in their native language?
My friend said “St. Augustine laid the groundwork for Calvinism.” Is this true? What is Calvinism?
If I rent my house out to homosexuals, am I promoting their lifestyle? Would I be doing something wrong?
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0.244739 | <urn:uuid:dc953fdc-cf69-4857-9a04-5a11bd0bef33> | en | 0.93814 | Recent studies indicate that nearly 60% of the world’s coral reefs could be lost within three decades and 85% of all natural oyster reefs have already been destroyed.
Ocean reefs provide shelter for many species of fish. They serve as spawning areas and barriers that protect coastal waters from strong currents and waves.
In particular, coral reefs play a role in regulating the amount of carbon dioxide in ocean water, turning the gas into a limestone shell.
However, reefs worldwide are being destroyed by rising water temperatures, sewage, pollutants, overfishing, negligence and disease.
Reef ecosystems that took centuries to develop can be obliterated in a single day by dredging or illegal fishing using dynamite or cyanide.
A recent report warns that all coral reefs could be gone by 2050 unless action is taken to protect them.
As reefs are lost, shorelines lose protection from storms and coastal communities lose their source of food security and tourism. Their disappearance could threaten the livelihoods of some 500 million people worldwide.
A major cause of dying reefs is climate change. Warming sea temperatures lead to “coral bleaching,” causing corals to expose their white skeletons.
As coral dies, concentrations of CO2 increase in a process called “acidification” that kills sea life and creates dead zones in the ocean.
Another study published in 2011 has shown that reefs formed by wild oysters have all but disappeared. Naturally occurring mollusk populations have been demolished by over-harvesting and disease, making the species “functionally extinct.”
That means they no longer play any significant role in their ecosystems and exist at less than one percent of their prior abundances. Only farming now allows oysters to survive at all.
According to the World Resources Institute, ocean reefs are harbingers of change. Their death could signal massive extinctions.
If policymakers fail to address the threats reefs face, precious ecosystems will unravel. On the other hand, coral reefs are by nature resilient. They can bounce back if humans begin to help, rather than continue to hinder, their growth.
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I remember a situation in which a cop was working part time at a comedy club in Frayser. He has an altercation with a guess but chooses not to call for backup or arrest the guy. I believe it was Christmas Eve and the cop was a pretty nice guy.
The patron comes back over to the cop and shoots him in the neck. If memory serves me correctly he leaves the establishment and walks back in. But I am not sure since it has been so long ago. However, I am sure that the guy did not just pull out his gun after the police officer gave him a second chance. Time passed. The officer did not die immediately but he ultimately did die. He left a wife and children.
The book was thrown at the guy who ran like the animal that he is. I had no problem with him being charged with first degree murder if indeed that is what he was charged with. I do remember that he got enough time that he will never again walk these streets.
Watching Channel 5 6 o'clock news today it was reported that a thug was convicted of first degree murder because the child who happened to be playing in the park at the time was killed when he decided to start shooting. The child was 11 yrs old and it occurred in a playground also in the Frayser area.
How is the second incident I just described first degree murder & Mr. Jones circumstances is not?
My initial statement to you was that I thought the law should be changed if Mr. Jones was not charged with First Degree murder & you were not pretty confident that a conviction could be won based him leaving the facility and then going back in. I will stand by that.
If you-Mr. Jones-have the time to think about your actions then the fact that you went back in minutes or hours does not make a difference to me. He had a total and malicious disregard for human life. If the thug mentioned above is to be charged and convicted for murder then why wouldn't Mr. Jones be treated the same way?
He didn't exhibit the actions of someone whom the citizens entrusted to protect and serve our community. He exhibited the actions of a thug.
The bottom line to me: treat all thugs the same.
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spillerbd writes:
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Wow! You really told me, didn't you? Yet another voice of reason. I'm sorry if your feeble mind can't comprehend my dichotomy of the two concepts. It really eats you up, doesn't it? It's your burden to provide evidence that I'm a sinner, so get busy and if you use your moldy Bible, you're just making my point for me.
No bible involved. That's the point
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medic08 writes:
in response to publicenemynumerouno:
You implied that there is a group which puts US security more at risk than Islamic terrorists do. Either you have facts to back that up, or you don't. Looks to me like you don't.
I do not believe groping 6 year old girls under the pretense of national security makes me any safer than I would otherwise be. I also do not believe searching 80 year old Congressional Medal of Honor winners or telling them that they have to dispose of their medal is going to make me any more safe though it would arguably make any forward thinking liberal feel more safe. I do not believe searching 90 year old women with cancer in wheel chairs remove their diapers so they can be strip searched is going to make me any safer though I am absolutely certain that it would make you safer.
Finally, I don't believe in the bogeyman. If you have credible proof that some group or individual is a greater threat than Islamic terrorists are then feel free to pony it up. If you're worried what I might do with the information then instead call your local FBI or Homeland Security Office and share with them your insights and observations. I'm confident they'll give you all the attention you deserve.
Actually, no. I never did. Your arguement is based on something I never stated.
Logistically, Islamic terrorists pose a large threat to this nation because they are large, well connected and organized multinational groups, that have the support of not only rogue elements in the Goverments of Pakistan, Afganistan, and various other countries, and have access to easily created, ready made high yield explosive, biochemical devices, and theoretically, nuclear weapons.
However, in practice, while September 11, 2001 was a major, well organized attack that not only crippled the United States for several weeks, but cost more than 3000 lives, the frequency of "terrorist" attacks by Islamic groups have paled in comparison to those attacks by groups other than allied with traditional islamofacist groups.
HOLY CRAP. Consider your mind blown. There were more JEWISH terror attacks than Islamic ones.
I think you forget that two lone, Christian Identity miltia followers were responsable for the most deaths in US History prior to Sept. 11th.
It's ok, it's easy to forget history.
Your claim that because I do not believe Islamic terrorists to be the most common terrorist attack in America, that I somehow support accosting 6 year old girls, incontinent old women, or one of our nation's truest heros, is an arguement that is not only an offensive non sequitor, but is an arguement to irrelevance, as it does nothing to support or claim the opposite of what I stated - it simply exists to bias a reader.
While you cower under your bed hiding from Islam, I think the Cartels just sniped another border guard using US weapons.
And yes. Drug cartels are terrorist groups.
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Written on Letter: Reasonable standard for drug tests :
Police and firemen should be required to submit to drug tests especially when they are reprimanded for misconduct. The unions (F&P unions are dominated by Republican membership) usually resist in most jurisdictions.
Written on Health hunters: Eating like a caveman is route to better fitness for some on Paleo Diet:
in response to South_Memphis:
it sounds like all those involved in this are experiencing some real benefit! I may have to try it! thanks for sharing yet another interesting new approach to dieting!
MEAT GUZZLER , can you please identify the benefits you
are enamored?
The perpetrator of this fad scam-gym diet states, 'all the members SEEM to get some benefit". Do reference the study.
This pseudo-science includes amorphous terms as CAVE MEN never mentioning, the continent(extant or extinct), species, or geologic period.
Bar-B-Que pork, bible thumping, 12% CDs(thank you Sir Sanford) and now Big Belly meat diets indicate the 'end is near'.
Written on Letter: Iraq's valuable lessons:
Colin Powell lost his moral perch endorsing the war ONLY to find out he was lied to by Bush.
Written on Letter: Overlooked but unforgettable:
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I doubt if they'll find a heart or caring gene in your body. Who knows, your aforementioned son may have a mutation
gene for kindness, decency, and empathy for others. Otherwise, you could be alone and estranged and wonder why when bad karma beckons: Tea-Baggers don't do assisted living visitations and you are expected to pull yourself up by your bootstraps when you fall out of youR wheelchair.
There is a price to pay for being delusional, unsympathetic, condescending, amoral with no grace or kindness.
Character matters!
Written on Letter: In crime coverage, color matters :
Perhaps Tiger Woods or Kobe Bryant would be impartial sources for an answer to this question.
I disagree with the writer's prejudice. Another 'barber shop' myth. Another famous one is that blacks AREN'T serial killers.
Black Serial/Mass/Spree Killer List: hundreds of publicized black female victims
Written on Realtors group acknowledges it overstated U.S. home sales by 3 million:
Yes, history will be the judge of Bush's presidency, made NOW worse by the conservative NAR's misrepresentation.
Bush gave the country an even worse recession than reported by the 2006 malfeasance.
Written on Muslim clerics from Memphis who were kicked off flight sue Delta Air Lines:
in response to mather:
There was absolutely no reason to believe that these people were jihadists. Except for their clerical garb, there was even no reason to believe that they were Muslims. As I noted earlier, the same airline carried these people later without incident. If there was any stupidity involved, it was on the part of the first pilot.
And BTW, neither the Sikhs nor the Roman Catholics have been without violent persecution at certain times, the Catholics against the 'heretics' during the Spanish and Portugese inquisitions, and the Sikhs against other Hindus about twenty years ago. Very few religions have been without violence towards 'others' throughout their existence.
More recent history than European religious wars or Crusades, were the evangelical ethnic cleansing of American Indians, American slavery, KKK, Japanese-American internment, the puritan American Civil War!
Always amazed how these All-American 'little facts' seem to be missing 100 % in forums on sectarian violence and evil.
Written on Southaven's Mayor Greg Davis a generous tipper:
in response to fishnlawyr:
My first thought wasn't about dinner companions as much as it was about the sexual orientation of the waiter.
fishn...after law school and practice, you know there are no simple answers or verdicts.
1. waiters were male, female or a brigade?
2. if male, there were waiters who were gay and bisexual, heterosexual men who seek out sex with other men. Lady waiters are a whole OTHER study.
3. or a wife or husband waiter who is polyamorous or messed around once or twice from Jr. High to present?
4. New Hite Reports and National Center for Health Statistics say anal sex since 1980 is up for heterosexual males! (What a misdirection agenda).
Nothing is simple anymore fishn.. considering the forum churls reject current science for Faux News.
6. the difference is one of sexual preference versus sexual identity, sexual preferences are about various desires, positions and fantasies one has whereas sexual identity is about how one self-identities in terms of straight, gay, or bisexual.
COMPLICATED! Thank god we have preachers to figure out Bob the Fathers earthly birds-n-bees methods.
Oh yea, fishnlaw, 'where there is smoke, there is fire' in your rhetorical question.
Written on Letter: Let's respect each other's beliefs:
Sheldon Dan, your distinctions are what the forum lacks.
There are many sides to an argument but your 'comparison and contrast' of the 91 year-old's letter was fair, precise, and honest.
Written on Letter: Third-World, until we do something :
NewGuy/OT, I agree.
Yet crumbling infrastructure(bridges, highways, streets, 70-100 year-old sewage systems in cities) have set loose uncontrolled growth--prisons,schools, dishonest and responsive public governments fueled by tax-cut and spend plutocracies in both major parties.
If you want the American Dream, you'll have to move to Finland or Denmark.
Fran Lebowitz line says it best, "In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over Communism; in this country, capitalism over democracy.'
Written on Letter: Foes waging war on Christmas:
Fundamentalists, leave your angry fangs off Xmas and Halloween.
Frances, thanks for your 91 years of service to the Lawd. Will you get a watch or plaque upon retiring?
Written on Former Arlington teacher indicted on sex charges:
in response to frsu740#453560:
Because it is different. It's a complete double standard. Most teenage boys are way more curious and eager to get some than teenage girls. Were they taken advantage of? Maybe... but I bet THEY still don't see it that way. I guess the stereotype of the older man/younger girl scenario upsets people more because they think of an older man using his money, life experience, and wit to rob a naive and unsuspecting young girl of her innocence. That stereotype doesn't hold up for the older woman/teenage boy because if you could get inside a teenage boy's head, no matter what was on the outside (straight A student, soccer player, goes to church every Sunday, boy scout...etc) there's almost always that untamed eagerness and anxiousness to "become a man". So to the outsider, particularly a female point of view (not trying to offend here, just answering the question), it seems no different, but the difference factor here is teenage boy and raging hormones. It's like he hit the jackpot.
Are you a curious young girl or a curious young boy?
It's NOT clear what your POV may be.
Regardless, do you give 'hygiene' shower instructions.
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Renegadesezso writes:
in response to Hickeyboys_Daddy:
I think I know that gas station. It the BP station at the intersection of Vann and Burkardt. It's right there on the corner. I've gotten coffee in there a few times while working in that area with a friend. They had some foreign people working in there that looked to be of middle eastern decent. You don't see that too often in the USA. I figured that they were from Saudi Arabia or Kuwait.
How do you know it's not the Marathon @ Burkhardt & Lynch?
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Depending on where you stay, you can walk to most parts around town. You can catch a Xe Om (motorbike taxi) from most corners, so if you're going somewhere farther out of town, you have a fast way to get there. Taxis are also abundant and reasonable in price. You can also rent a motorbike by the day.
The Vietnam Airlines shuttle bus between Lien Khuong Airport and Dalat (35,000d, 30 minutes) is timed around flights, leaving from the door of the terminal and, in Dalat, from in front of 40 Street of Ho Tung Mau, two hours before each departure.
Private taxis can be hired to make the trip for around US$12, while a motorbike taxi should cost about USS10.
Pedal power is a great way of seeing Dalat, but the hilly terrain and long distances between the sights make it hard work. Several hotels rent out bicycles and some provide them free to guests. It's also worth looking into cycling tours.
Dalat is too hilly tor cycles, but a motorbike is a good way of getting around. For short trips around town (15.000d), xe om drivers can be flagged down around the Central Market area. Sell-drive motorbikes are US$6 to US$8 per day.
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Advantages: User friendly, great range of features, internet, apps, good camera, large screen
Disadvantages: Touch screen attracts fingerprints, expensive at full price, battery life not great
Smartphones are not really new anymore, but I'm the kind of person who tends to be lagging behind everyone when it comes to technology. Recently, however, my husband had the opportunity to add my phone number to his account, and as part of the deal we both had a decent tariff with a free phone. The phone in question is this Samsung Galaxy SIII, which has quite frankly, revolutionised my opinion of mobile phones.
I had a choice over the colour of my phone, and I opted for the graphite blue rather than white. My decision was based entirely on the thinking that the white one would get dirty more quickly, and the blue seemed very sleek and smooth.
The size of the phone is quite surprising, because in a time where everything seems to be getting smaller, this phone is a bit bigger than its predecessors. The phone is about 5 inches long, and about 2.5 inches wide. The depth is less than half a centimetre, so it is long and wide but also thin at the same time. I often wonder when new phones are released, how different they will be to the previous version, but comparing this with my husband's old phone (the Samsung Galaxy SII), this one is thinner but longer, and although it's still quite large, it seems less chunky than the previous version. That said, I personally don't feel confident carrying this phone in my pocket, as I'm too worried it might drop out and break. I usually carry phones in my bag anyway, so this isn't an issue for me, but if you're the kind of person who likes to have your mobile on your person 24/7, this might be something to consider. It's not too heavy to carry round, weighing in at around 130g.
The screen is a really good size, at 4.8 inches, and to be honest is more like a small computer than a phone. It makes it very easy to read on my phone, so I use it for downloading books and reading during my commute to work. It's also great for surfing the internet, and my review reading and rating knows no limits since having this phone!
==Ease of Use==
The first thing I would say about this phone, is that I was really taken aback by how easy it was to use. I've never had a touch screen phone before, but I settled into using this one almost immediately. Once I had worked out that life is a lot easier if you use the tip of your finger instead of your nail, I was tapping left right and centre enjoying my new phone.
Usually, when I get a new phone, I spend an evening on the sofa with the instruction manual, getting to know all its features. When I opened the box, however, I was disappointed to find that there wasn't an instruction manual included with this phone, as it is built into the phone itself. At first, I was a bit put out by this, but after my husband had given me a five minute whistle-stop tour of the phone, I actually found I've only needed to refer to the instruction manual a couple of times. The phone is that easy to use, it kind of explains itself.
The phone can be used vertically or horizontally, depending on what you're doing. So if I'm texting for example, I'll keep it vertical, but if I'm reading a review which is quite lengthy, I can simply flick the phone to make the text appear horizontally. This makes it so much easier to read, and if you tap the screen twice, it will automatically fill the screen instead of you having to zoom in and out with your fingertips.
==Setting Up==
As with most mobile phones, I had to put the SIM card and battery in first, and then fully charge it before I could use it. There is a little bit of paper in the box which tells you this, and gives good instructions if it's something you've never done before. The only issue I had with it was that I struggled to get the back of the phone off a little, as despite having decent length nails, the back felt flimsy like it was going to snap. I persisted, and it didn't snap, but when I mentioned it to my husband he said the back is a little flimsier than the previous version of this phone, which he upgraded from. It seems quite sturdy from the outside, but I would apply caution when taking the cover off, just in case.
==Getting Started==
Before I started familiarising myself with all the new-fangled features of this phone, I wanted to do the basics such as setting up my contact list. This gave me chance to get used to the touch screen nature of my phone. In fairness, I didn't need any guidance to help me do this, as it's so straightforward anyone could do it. I was pleased to see the contact list allows you to add all the relevant details for each contact, so I now have phone numbers, addresses, birthdays, and email addresses for all my contacts stored in my phone. I find this useful for those times you're in the post office about to send a last minute birthday card, and discover you've forgotten to write the address down. It acts like a portable address book, and also reminds you of people's birthdays and other important dates once you've entered them.
I wanted to choose a ringtone which was different to my husband's, to avoid us both jumping up whenever one of our phones rang, and found there were plenty of options on ringtones. The final thing I wanted to do before getting started, was to set up my email account, which is Gmail. My husband actually did this for me, not because it's difficult or I'm incapable, but as he works in IT he has a habit of taking over anything remotely technical (for which I'm grateful!). I was amazed when I started entering my contacts into the phone, it had picked up email addresses from my Gmail account, as the phone is an Android phone and so anything Android is synched to the phone. Amazing!
==A Communication Tool - Phone calls, Emails and Text Messages==
Usually, I would be of the opinion that the main purpose of a mobile phone is as a means of communication. And whilst I still believe that is the case, I have to admit I probably use this phone primarily for things other than communication. This is a first for me.
However, a mobile phone review would not serve its purpose if I neglected to mention the performance of the phone when it comes to phone calls and text messages.
=Phone Calls=
Making and receiving phone calls is a very easy process, and I haven't yet found any issues with hearing other people or making myself heard. There is a volume button at the side of the handset, so if you are struggling to hear, you can just press it whilst on the phone, until it reaches a comfortable level. I don't really use my mobile for long phone calls, more for the odd few minutes here and there, so I can't really comment on battery life. For my purposes, it is perfectly adequate, but as I use the phone a lot during the day for other things, if I was having long conversations on the phone as well, I think the battery may struggle to keep up.
The handset is quite wide, which I think would become a little uncomfortable to hold if you were on a call for prolonged periods. But, as I've said, I don't use my phone for this purpose so it doesn't pose an issue for me.
=Text Messages=
There's not really much I can say about text messages, as most phones fulfil this function. However, the size of screen makes reading messages much easier, and it also provides the history of the conversation so you can scroll through and read the whole conversation back should you wish. Obviously, you can also send and receive picture messages on this phone.
I have my phone linked to my Gmail account, which is great as I receive emails throughout the day rather than catching up at the end of the day. The emails aren't intrusive though, so they just appear in the same way a text message will appear, as a symbol on the top of the phone for you to check when you want to, rather than interrupting whatever you're doing. I did wonder whether I would get interrupted by emails, for example when reading a book, but this isn't the case.
==Getting down with the kids, I now have "Apps"!==
I'll be honest, although I've heard of these "apps" everyone is always talking about, I had very little interest or desire to find out more about them. However, I am now converted. At first, my husband and I had a little stand-off in the kitchen about this, as he suggested downloading some apps but I didn't see the point. "Why do I need a Facebook app, when I can just log into Facebook?" was my reasoning. But I humoured him, and since then I've been downloading apps, having been surprised (and secretly pleased), that everything I attempt to do has an app! Damn, I hate it when he's right.
In case anyone doesn't know (and that's nothing to be ashamed of), apps are applications which are all designed to make modern life easier. So, although I could just log into Facebook, the Facebook app means I don't have to navigate to the website, type in my password, and find my way round the homepage on my phone screen. Instead, it's laid out to be accessible and easy to use for smartphone users.
Other apps I have since started using are the LoveFilm app so I can add films on the go, the HSBC app so I can check my balance and recent transactions without having to log in fully, WhatsApp which is an instant message service meaning you can communicate with your friends without having to use the text message allowance you get with your contract, and I also have a Swagbucks app which allows me to earn Swagbucks points when searching the internet on my phone (anyone who is a member of Swagbucks will know what I mean by this).
==Google Playstore==
The phone has an icon for Google PlayStore which is where you buy all your apps, music and books. So far, the only apps I have downloaded have been free, but I have bought books from the Play Store which I then read on my phone. This has curbed my urge to buy a Kindle...for now.
==Other Features==
I could talk all day about the features this phone has, but you'll be pleased to hear I'll try and keep this bit short! Other features include GPS sat nav (which I haven't needed yet but I would guess you'd need an in-car charger otherwise the battery would go flat quite quickly), a diary which can be synched to your tablet if you have an Android tablet, alarm clock, a very good quality (8 megapixels) camera which also has the ability to take self-portrait shots by changing the view so you can see how the picture will turn out. This is great for those times you want a photo of you with your partner and there's no-one around to take the photo, as it means you'll get a decent photo rather than cutting someone's head off! You can also use it as a mirror if you're desperate to know if mascara is running down your face and you don't have a mirror to hand.
The phone has retina recognition (which you need to activate through the settings), which detects your eyes are still on the screen so the screensaver doesn't come on when you're reading but haven't used the phone for a while. It's only a small detail, but something I find so useful. It also has voice activation but I've not attempted this yet. I'm sure there are lots of features I haven't yet discovered, but on what I have experienced so far, I am already mightily impressed by this model.
==Will I hear a bad word said about my new gadget?==
No gadget is perfect, and although this comes close, it does have a couple of irritating features. The negatives are not bad enough to warrant me dropping a star off the rating, as they don't impact on my enjoyment of the phone, but for anyone considering getting this phone, I should probably make you aware of a few things.
Firstly, the battery life isn't brilliant if you plan to use this phone for all its features. As mentioned earlier, I tend to use it mainly for internet, apps, and reading, and I usually have to charge it every night, or every other night at best, before going to bed. If I was more sociable and spoke to people a lot, the battery would take even more of a hammering, but as it is, it's not a huge inconvenience to charge it every night. I will hopefully be getting an Android tablet soon, which will take some of the burden off my phone, as I can synch everything and use the tablet at home instead of draining the phone's battery. It is supposed to be "mobile" after all, and isn't really designed to be used all evening at home because you're too lazy to get your laptop out.....
Secondly, the screen does attract fingerprints, as you'd expect from a touchscreen phone. I keep meaning to look into it to see if they make cleaners especially for touchscreen phones, but haven't got round to it yet. The only time it annoys me is when I'm reading a book or a review, as it covers the whole of the screen and sometimes I'll try to remove a fingerprint mark and end up turning the page by accident! I'm sure this is an issue with other brands of touchscreen phone though, so it's just something you have to accept with this type of phone.
Other small niggles are the charger, which has a very short lead, the fact it's expensive at full price, and the fact the backlight is very bright so I'd recommend sleeping with it facing down, otherwise you'll get woken by a very bright flashing light if you get an email in the middle of the night. I mentioned this to my husband and he tells me you can change the settings so your phone doesn't flash overnight, so this phone has tried to combat the most obvious problems.
==Would I recommend?==
Absolutely, yes. Although there are a few (very minor) niggles, I still give this phone five stars as it really has improved my life. That may sound like I'm being dramatic, but the fact I can download books onto this phone has led to me enjoying reading more, which was something I'd got out of the habit of doing as I never remember to take a book with me to work. I can access my emails, catch up on reviewing, and check all the other websites I'd usually need to be near a computer to check, on an app on my phone. I'm not sure I would ever pay full price for a phone, as if you shop round enough you can usually get a good deal as part of your contract, but if you're trying to decide between different brands of smartphone, I can highly recommend this as being user friendly and designed to make life easier.
Apologies this review is so long, thanks for reading!
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1. wavz13 40 months ago | reply
This was one of those days that I had off from school and took the train down to NYC with my dad. The Port Authority had transferred his engineering group to the 58th floor of the North Tower just a few weeks before. Another great day for walking around lower Manhattan and taking photos of the amazing sights.
2. wavz13 40 months ago | reply
Here's a similar shot I took a year later from the top of Pier A's fire-escape ladder. That ladder is now LONG gone and pier A is a rotting relic. Supposedly, the city has plans to restore it as part of Battery Park.
3. HaarFager (1 Million Views-Great! On Ipernity Now) 40 months ago | reply
This is a great shot! It shows great detail of the area, but emphasizes (rightly so!) the cars of that era. It's perfect!
4. wavz13 40 months ago | reply
Thanks! I was14 and a total car nut when this photo was taken, so I purposefully framed the shot with the cars in the foreground. These were the cars of construction workers on the World Trade Center, which wasn't quite finished yet.
This area is so completely different now - West Street is a very attractive tree-lined boulevard with biking and jogging paths on either side. (needless to say, 2 large buildings are no longer with us).
5. octoberlily66 38 months ago | reply
Wavz13, I have to thank you for posting all of your great photos. My obsession with New York, and the time period for which you photographed, probably stems from all of the great films and tv shows that were filmed there and that I've enjoyed through the years. As you had mentioned in another post to someone, things are obviously for the better now in NYC, and having recently visited NYC with my family, I can attest that it's a very clean, safe city (obviously there's still crime, but nowhere near the levels of the 70's and most of the 80's). Thanks again for sharing these- it definitely put me in a place that I've never been and have always romanticized, despite the obvious flaws and problems that the city endured and overcame.
6. wavz13 38 months ago | reply
Jim, I sincerely appreciate your comments. It's my pleasure to make all these photos available to folks who enjoy them! If you look through my "New York" set here on Flickr, you'll see hundreds of NYC photos from the 1970s. You'll also see just how far the City has come since then in terms of quality of life. For over a decade now, it's been statistically the safest largest city in America. If somebody told you back in the 70s that the future will be like that, you would think the person to be utterly nuts! I realize that a lot of people have romantized the city of 40 years ago, but rest assured from someone who was there on a regular basis, I prefer it so much more now.
7. monteguy215 35 months ago | reply
My dad worked in construction on the twin towers and told me he can remember guys coming to work from Long Island and out in Jersey and sleeping in their cars in the morning because they started out to work so early and didnt want to be late .It was probably in that lot !
8. wavz13 35 months ago | reply
monteguy215 - that's a cool story. There was a lot of places along side West Street and the Battery Park City landfill where the construction workers used to park. Check out this photo taken from the fire escape ladder at the top of Pier A in 1975.
9. Whiskeygonebad 26 months ago | reply
Great shot! Can I pick one?
Landau roofing : What a nightmare!
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10. wavz13 22 months ago | reply
Whiskey - I kinda liked the look. I believe it was one of the Chevies that had the first vinyl roof around 1964 or so to give the car a convertible-like look without the expense of actually having a convertible mechanism. The real problem with vinyl roofs was that they would inevitably start to peel after a few years of drying out in the sun's ultraviolet light. But then again, the car companies wanted you to get something brand new every 2 to 3 years, so it worked right into that plan.
11. Smith-Bob 5 months ago | reply
I love the photo. I'm glad you've not 'cropped' the cars out. The assorted colours, with the WTC in the background make the shot.
12. wavz13 5 months ago | reply
Smith Bob. I wouldn't dream of cropping out the cars... they were half of the photograph. It just wouldn't be right without them.
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#49 - realreality (09/13/2013) [-]
No Iphone 5S for them I guess.
User avatar #68 to #49 - edzero (09/13/2013) [-]
Who cares, they can become the perfect robbers.
User avatar #132 to #68 - srapture (09/13/2013) [-]
"Fingerprint him, Bill."
"He has no fingerprints, sir."
"Oh, well we're only got 12 people like that on file, so the descriptions on our database should help us figure out which one he is."
"I bet he thought it'd make him the perfect robber."
#69 to #68 - realreality (09/13/2013) [-]
You can be a perfect robber too if you had access to a couple of koalas. You just have to believe in yourself.
User avatar #70 to #69 - edzero (09/13/2013) [-]
Yeah, but isn't it always better when you can do it yourself?
I mean...atleast you KNOW what to do...
#71 to #70 - realreality (09/13/2013) [-]
You can train Koalas to do a number of robberies plus if you get caught you go away to jail but if the koalas get caught.... let's be realistic no jury on earth would ever convict a Koala. Man I'm telling you, Koala's are the future of robberies.
User avatar #72 to #71 - edzero (09/13/2013) [-]
There is only one flaw: Eventually, the koalas would become smart enough to steal everything and keep it for themselves...and in the worst scenario, the koalas would start to EAT money.
Nah, I am just ************ . It's just that trusting sidekicks can lead to a great downfall.
#73 to #72 - realreality (09/13/2013) [-]
Trusting sidekicks who have the same urges and temptations as you do? Yes, Huge Risk but trusting sidekicks who'll work for eucalyptus leaves ? Risk worth taking.
#74 to #73 - edzero (09/13/2013) [-]
Well....ok, you won.
Here, have a bunch of koalas.
#75 to #74 - realreality (09/13/2013) [-]
Jesus H Christ that is cute as an Oedipus and guess who just found goons for his next bank heist It's me
User avatar #76 to #75 - edzero (09/13/2013) [-]
May the koalas be with you.
#53 to #49 - TARDIS (09/13/2013) [-]
Oh no, how ever will they get by?
#55 to #53 - realreality (09/13/2013) [-]
They'll just have to settle for the 5C HUE.
#40 - sixty ONLINE (09/13/2013) [-]
#45 to #40 - anonymous poster (09/13/2013) [-]
you laugh but it will help sanitize the wound
#46 to #40 - retardedboss ONLINE (09/13/2013) [-]
So psychos just wanted to help?
User avatar #64 to #40 - drastronomy (09/13/2013) [-]
sugar would not be good either...more infections¨
correct me if im wrong
#146 to #40 - theonewhoderps (09/13/2013) [-]
Why Hello Satan
Why Hello Satan
User avatar #3 - kennnny **User deleted account** (09/12/2013) [-]
I'm going to thumb up
deep down i want you to rob your grandparents...
#20 - kaycie (09/13/2013) [-]
Better get started on them good deeds, Eddie.
#28 to #20 - ReignFox (09/13/2013) [-]
I remember that!
User avatar #29 to #20 - darkdragonswrath (09/13/2013) [-]
I remember that show. Did the show get canceled before he did the good deeds?
User avatar #31 to #29 - kaycie (09/13/2013) [-]
no the show stopped at like 40
User avatar #32 to #31 - darkdragonswrath (09/13/2013) [-]
Did the curse get lifted?
User avatar #34 to #32 - kaycie (09/13/2013) [-]
I don't think so I think it just ended abruptly
#4 - teckemeier (09/12/2013) [-]
The little mermaid would have to do one good deed every day for an amount of time and one day was added to that amount of time every time a child somewhere in the world shed a tear.
#135 - oiwumbologist (09/13/2013) [-]
Ronald MacDonald
#128 to #88 - anonymous poster (09/13/2013) [-]
And reposts.
User avatar #143 to #88 - ctrlaltdeleet (09/13/2013) [-]
I enjoy them
#144 to #143 - felixjarl (09/13/2013) [-]
Never said it was a bad thing.
User avatar #156 to #144 - ctrlaltdeleet (09/13/2013) [-]
User avatar #17 - derpwolf ONLINE (09/13/2013) [-]
It wasn't to gain back her soul. The whole point was marrying the prince so he would share his soul with her. She became an air spirit after she died to just gain a soul period.
User avatar #23 to #17 - newforomador (09/13/2013) [-]
What exactly is a soul period? If she's an air spirit, does that mean when it rains she is having her soul period?
#24 to #23 - derpwolf ONLINE (09/13/2013) [-]
Yes. Ran is delicious air-spirit period blood. Why do you think we need water to live?
User avatar #6 - hektoroftroy ONLINE (09/12/2013) [-]
The people who made the chain mail costumes for LOTR made them out of PVC so they would be more lightweight.
By the time they were done linking all the pieces for each costume they'd worn off their fingerprints and no longer have any.
#105 - unknownvsthirteen (09/13/2013) [-]
To give more information: This lady is from Georgia (a country that neighbors Armenia) She cut the cables because she was scavenging for copper and other metals that she could sell for scrap
#96 - koolmoedee ONLINE (09/13/2013) [-]
Want to buy some ******* hazelnuts?
User avatar #92 - sarabearrawr (09/13/2013) [-]
I'm kinda glad the guy who threw the mouse in the fire got his house caught on fire.
I mean, who even does that?
******* .
#19 - anonymous poster (09/13/2013) [-]
the justin beiber school was actually my school
User avatar #25 to #19 - Jnog (09/13/2013) [-]
many schools did it
User avatar #48 to #25 - supersaiyajin (09/13/2013) [-]
I'm lucky that's never happened at my school. Seriously though, that sounds like a pretty ****** up way to get donations... rape their ears and make them pay to stop it?
User avatar #157 to #48 - Jnog (09/14/2013) [-]
yeah it sucks but it works my school did it multiple times mulltiple years
#139 - asillytractor (09/13/2013) [-]
I call BS OP at best they're maybe the same size but definitely not smaller.
#138 - kennyh (09/13/2013) [-]
Smaller than a rat maybe, it's a big ass mouse that this thing is smaller than.
#93 - niggastolemyname (09/13/2013) [-]
5th one
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little mermaid stuff ARIEL NEEDS LEGS (a motion comic) just watch it
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"Seven vaganias"
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I heard from a friend that a little while back that there was a robber who went into stores that sold perfume with a perfume bottle filled with chloroform, then would ask the employee "Do you like the smell of this?" and then spray them, knocking them out while he proceeded to take all their **** .
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Does graphics tablet with screen put extra strain on PC's GPU?
fakewarsPosted 10/2/2013 8:14:30 AM
Or they have their own GPU to render stuff on their own screen?
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Ch3wyPosted 10/2/2013 8:27:56 AM
If you're just using at as a monitor, then it's your computers GPU that's rendering the picture.
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It's late, I'm bored, so I thought I'd write up some stuff about my recent listening experiences...
Well, first of all, I got my new headphone amp for my HD600's (my favorite headphones ), and well, it's amazing. Not gonna say what it is yet, expect a full review later, but it's tube. I'll say that.
Anyway, I had previously heard the hd600's out of a mg head dt, and also out of my rotel integrated amp. The mg head sounded great, or so I thought. The integrated amp sounded alot like the Creek OBH-11 IMO. It was warm and smooth, but still sounded like a solid state amp. So anyway, the hd600's are completely different headphones out of a higher end tube amp (that narrows it down a bit...), so needless to say, I was very happy with my purchase.
So I started thinkin' about why I like my hd600's so much better than all the grado's I've owned (that includes SR125's, music series pro's, and rs-1's)... I guess it's because they're relaxing to me. I can sit back, get lost in the music, and relax. To me, that's what music is about... relaxing with some nice music after a hard day's work, just enjoying it. With the grado's it was hard because they're always so forward, even the warmer, more musical rs-1's. I'd describe the rs-1's as forward senn's, with tigher bass...not to say the hd600's bass is bad, just not as tight as the rs-1's.
So then I get some ety er4s's...well, that throws off everything I previously thought about musicality. So I'm sitting there listening to them, thinking "These things are so darn accurate, yet they're musical!" These are alot more accurate, more neutral, than my hd600's. However, they're not dry or analytical, they actually sound very musical. These provide what I think to be a presentation that I was hoping for with Grado's, but never got. They're upfront to a point, but are actually balanced... I could never say that about grado's (MAYBE the rs-1). Even out of a portable and total airhead, the ety's sound awesome...hifi on the road, sounds good to me So are these my favorite headphones now?
Hehe...no, I still like the hd600's. Why? I really don't know. Why do some people like sunny days and some prefer rainy days? The grado's IMO are sunny days. They're nice and all, but it's hard to relax with the sun in your eyes. The hd600's are like nice, quiet, rainy afternoons to me. Now, I'm still on the lookout for grado hp-1's, which may throw off my opinions even more than the ety's, but for now, the hd600's are exactly what I'm looking for. Hopefully my ramblings can help someone else that's just deciding between grado's and senn's... I've had both, listened alot to both, and prefer one over the other. Are grado's bad headphones? No, just not for everyone. There are a few other headphones I'd like to try... the sony cd3000's and r10's come to mind, as do the akg k1000's. But the HP-1's are at the top of my list.
With the amp I just got (I've seen a picture of it with Grado HP-1's sitting on it...that's hint number 2), I think it may just produce a sound that's just right. I've pretty much stopped upgrading my headphone system at this point, and amp concentrating on making my speakers sound better. But in the future this will effect my headphones because of my upgrade path... source first (which hopefully will include a Cary cd player, and a rega turntable), so I still have stuff to look forward to But right now, I'm at a point where I'm starting to really enjoy the music and not listen to equipment as much. Starting out it was about the equipment, figuring out what I liked, what suited my musical tastes, and I've found it...
Oh, at this point you probably wanna know my musical tastes, huh? I listen to, in this order, Dave Matthews Band, classical, and jazz. I'll listen to a few other things, not much pop, but some. Some classic rock, I listen to oldies on the radio in my car occasionally, but don't have a tuner in my system yet, so it basically boils down to what I said above. Most of my "reference tracks" are classical and jazz, and I play a little DMB to make sure it at least sounds decent
Ok, well, that's long enough I think. I hope this wasn't completely useless. Maybe someone will respond, maybe not... if yall even read all of it I just felt like posting tonight, so this is just what I was thinking about. Call it a synopsis of my headphone journey up until now I guess
So please post any thoughts on the above ramblings, and enjoy the music, that's why we do this after all!
post #2 of 11
That's exactly why I prefer the Senn sound to the Grado sound; at the end of a long day at work, I'd prefer to mellow out rather than get pounded out...and I'd say that it's more like Grado:sunny day::Senn:warm summer evening
post #3 of 11
I don't know about anyone else, but my curiosity is majorly peaked! Let's review the clues:
• Tubes
• Higher end
• Picture with HP-1's on it
I give up, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone else, I promise.
post #4 of 11
Melos SHA-1 perhaps? D
post #5 of 11
I'd also guess melos...unless...no...couldn't be...
post #6 of 11
You could put headphones on top of a MicroZOTL... hmmm is that it!? is that it??
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Thread Starter
Melos? Maybe...
post #8 of 11
Wheatfield HA-2
post #9 of 11
Thread Starter
Hehe...no, it's the melos sha-1. More about it later of course... Including some pictures of my whole system tomorrow or Saturday! Get excited
post #10 of 11
dammit, I didn't notice that mischevious little smily after "maybe..." in that reply! if had seen that I would have known it was the melos. Oh well...
post #11 of 11
Flumpus, after 16 years of searching, I'm happy with tubes, and the HD 600s. Glad you agree!
I know what it feels like to be able to actually feel like your listening to an amp, and speakers, or headphones instead of the music.
And yes, don't be scared to buy, a nice source either. Enjoy, and good luck!
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This is an awesome movie, but IMo it has a lot of flaws in the pacing and the ending was way too abrupt.
Not 2nd post. :(
But 2nd thread. [face_dancing]
2. Dignit
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well- flaws, all movies have them-
but as for the ending i thought it was perfect--
possible spoilers...
you basically get to 'make up your own ending' (but really you make up your mind as to 'whats to come of mankind'
where they ended was the only logical place TO end, it centered around theo and his death would basically end the story, it was his story... if they went on either they'd have to go another 30minutes to an hour, or just show us some gay texts like 'this is what happened blah blah blah-
end spoilers...
still, a great movie imo.
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Reading these hostile comments directed at anyone who shows the least bit of compassion for a species other than our own, my real regret is that there aren't laws preventing people like babyjeeper86 from reproducing. Given the choice, I would choose the bear for a neighbor over people like her every time.
In response to her comment, if she was a neighbor of mine, I WOULD MOVE.
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When someone actually tries to take guns away, you holler and I'll help. Until then try to keep quiet.
First they came for our guns. So I said kcsteve's got one.
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Yes Ma'am, Jesus did say love thy neighbor as you would yourself.
Mohammed, on the other hand told his army to offer non-believers four options.
1 Convert to islam and live under sharia law.
2 Pay an ongoing tax, or jirzha, that by the way would be increased at will. (This usually was increased until either option 1 or 3 was taken)
3 Leave and take only your family and the clothes on their backs, forfeiting all property to muslims.
4 Die at the hands of Mohammed's army.
One example would be Cordoba, you might want to goggle it. Any question in your mind as to why there are so many muslims in the middle east and Asia? I think I understand it.
Now, that said, People have in the past looked askance at the catholic faith. That whole inquisition mess might be hard to get around for some folks. Plus the fact that the popes throughout history seem to have taken some of their ideas right from Mohammed, or vice-versa. Oh, by the way, it is not the oldest Christian religion, coming into existence some three centuries after Jesus died. It just seems to have been the one with the most draconian means of gaining converts. Any question in your mind as to why there were so many catholics in Europe? Again, I think I see a thread here
Ma'am, more people have been killed, tortured and maimed under the guise of these two religions than for any other reason throughout history.
As a side note, during my several years in Iraq since 2004, it was my experience that the preferred means of settling sunni/ shia disputes was with a cordless drill, liberally applied for hours before death or conversion. That is when they weren't detonating car bombs in crowded markets or burning down schools for girls.
So yes I have difficulty trusting someone who follows a religion that has killed millions upon millions of people since the inception of said "religion". As for the Sikhs, Hindus and Buddhists, I have worked with and lived with many followers of these religions and have found them to be very nice folks, generally speaking.
Seems I read somewhere that those who refuse to look at history are destined to repeat it. So I would suggest to you and your readers to examine deeply any belief system before blindly following it.
And really, your suggestion that the good people of Coffee county just lack self love just seems a bit trite. Don't you think?
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How is a low-price retail center an economic boost, particularly when ones just like it are popping up everywhere? If you want an economic boost, bring in manufacturing facilities where something is made and middle-class wealth is built. Walmarts remove money from a community, mostly enriching executives in Arkansas and China, while generally providing lower wages than that which they replaced.
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San Diego police officer Jon Cooksey, who heads up the mid-city division, says his officers picked up more than 130 young people in two separate curfew sweeps just last month. He calls that a “staggering” amount compared to the months before.
Officers believe the increase is linked to school being out for the summer. A city law states minors are not allowed outside of their homes after ten in the evening, unless there's adult supervision.
Cooksey says officers have picked up minors as young as 11 years old.
“When you see them in the command post, you just go, ‘How old is that guy? He can't be that old.' So you get a shock when you see them come through at that age.”
Cooksey's mid-city division is made-up of neighborhoods like City Heights, Oak Park and Rolando. This is the first year police have been conducting routine curfew sweeps in the area. Officials say that's because there has been more homicides and violence involving young people over the past year.
Cooksey hopes more parents will become aware of the city's curfew laws. He believes the increase in curfew violations is due to more and more parents simply not knowing about the law, not caring about the policy, or assuming their kids are somewhere else.
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4 stars out of 5.0
Stewart (Gabriel Byrne) has been looking forward to his annual fishing expedition with his mates ever since he returned from the last one. Jindabyne is a no-nothing town, work in his garage is wearing, and his marriage to Claire (Laura Linney) has seen better days. But out in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales he can breathe again. The air is fresh. The modern world may as well not exist; here it's all about four men and the fish they can cook over an open flame.
When Stewart finds the dead body of a young woman caught on a snag downstream, of course he's appalled. But she's dead. They're out of phone range. It's a perfect day. So the men decide to dip their rods first, and file a police report as soon as they get back to civilization.
Raymond Carver's story So Much Water So Close to Home runs to just a few pages. It provided one of the more memorable threads in Robert Altman's Short Cuts, but here the vignette has been transposed to Australia and stretched to 123 ponderous minutes. When the men return home the community is in uproar, with widespread disgust at their callous indifference. Their wives and girlfriends recoil, and struggle to make sense of it. To make matters worse, the dead girl was an Aborigine. Would the men have acted the same way if she had been white? Jindabyne
Claire reaches out to the bereaved family, but they don't want her guilt and Stewart continues to nurse his own sense of grievance.
Director Ray Lawrence made the excellent Lantana, a multi-strand drama woven around a murder mystery, and there's a similar attention to middle-age malaise and unhappiness here. Claire is pregnant but contemplating an abortion - an interfering mother in law doesn't help. Her friend Jude (Deborra-Lee Furness) is trying to get over the loss of her daughter, and raising her troubled granddaughter.
The characters are authentic and their dilemmas believable - you can't fault the actors - but the listless pacing and grim, portentous tone makes it awfully heavy going, and the introduction of a serial killer (Chris Heywood) stalking the roads for his next victim is over-egging the pudding. Lawrence's sombre, mostly naturalistic treatment veers towards crass manipulation on one or two occasions.
The film culminates in a lengthy healing ceremony, but I'm not convinced that the aboriginal issue doesn't obscure the subtlety at the heart of Carver's story, which implied that, for all their apparent insensitivity, the fishermen were in part compelled by the beauty all around them. That's a nuance that gets lost in the recriminatory mood and politically correct finger-pointing here.
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1. What is Iressa and how does it work?
Iressa is a new anticancer drug that inhibits an enzyme (tyrosine kinase) present in lung cancer cells, as well as other cancers and normal tissues, that appears to be important to the growth of cancer cells. The active ingredient in Iressa is gefitibib.
2. What is Iressa used to treat?
Iressa is used as a single agent for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has progressed after, or failed to respond to two other types of chemotherapy (drugs used to kill cancer cells). Iressa is not indicated as the first chemotherapy drug given (first-line therapy) for the treatment of NSCLC because it has shown no benefit in two large, well-controlled studies when used in that setting.
3. What is NSCLC?
Lung cancer is divided into two major classes: small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer. NSCLC is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for almost 80% of lung cancers. There are five types of NSCLC, each of which has different kinds of cancer cells. The cancer cells of each type differ in size, shape, and chemical make-up, and grow and spread in different ways.
4. Is Iressa taken alone or is it taken in combination with other chemotherapy drugs?
Iressa is taken alone, not with other chemotherapy.
5. Is Iressa a cure for NSCLC?
In the third line setting, i.e., after failure of two other agents, Iressa reduced tumor volume substantially in about 10% of people. There were no cures.
6. What is accelerated approval?
7. How many clinical trials were performed with Iressa and what did they show?
8. Is Iressa approved in other countries?
Yes, Iressa is approved in Japan.
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0.329009 | <urn:uuid:6d8c09e5-7ba2-4c40-b588-ece6a2007138> | en | 0.980118 | Nelson Rodriguez is Major League Soccer's executive vice president for competition, technical and game operations. He also chairs the league's disciplinary committee -- a thankless but necessary job to ensure a safe atmosphere on the field.
Nelson said player safety is central to MLS and that the disciplinary committee is the last resort in making sure dirty plays go punished. But the committee of five anonymous men also has received attention while retroactively suspending 23 players in the first half of the season.
"One thing we know for sure, whatever decision the disciplinary committee makes some people will be unhappy," Nelson said. "Because our league is so competitive top to bottom, many times both parties feel aggrieved. That is part and parcel of this duty."
Here is an edited version of the full interview:
Q What is the mission of the disciplinary committee?
A The committee works to help preserve the safety and the reputation of the sport. That is the reason for the existence. The disciplinary committee is one element of the entire disciplinary code, and one element of our entire product quality. In many ways, the disciplinary committee is last line of defense. First, it's how coaches coach players as to what is and is not acceptable behavior. Second is how players act upon that and the third is referees' decision on field of play. At the back end of all of that in an attempt to serve as a backstop is the disciplinary committee.
Q How often do you measure how well the committee is working?
A We really look to get to the All-Star break to do our first analysis to see how we think the committee is faring. The final analysis is done at the end of the year.
Q Many say the disciplinary committee has been more aggressive than in previous years. How did this come about?
A In 2011, we had what we believe to be an aberration -- we had in a brief period of time a series of high-profile incidents that led to really gruesome injuries. Then we also had two other players in that same sequence of time suffer season-ending injuries. They were all attacking players. In response to that there was a public outcry that was also heard by our ownership, that the league was converting itself into a highly physical, undisciplined, overtly rash league. For balanced of '11, 2012, and 2013, the direction given to the disciplinary committee has been to be more involved where appropriate. The intent is not so much to discipline as it is to hopefully modify behavior. The hope is to firstly modify the behavior of the players to make them recognize that while they are competing and trying to win that the person on other side is still one of their brethren, and is still someone who is trying to make a living just as they are. To try to find that right balance of maintaining that passion and commitment that gives our game so much excitement and intensity but not let it cross the line where it endangers the safety and potential livelihood of another individual.
The other behavior we're trying to modify to an extent is the officials'. That they know we support their decisions. When the disciplinary committee acts there are those who believe that undermines the referees. We don't intend it as such. We do want to work with the Professional Referees Organization (PRO) so that there is a understanding what we as a league office wants and does not want in its league.
Q MLS, and you in particular, have been transparent about these controversial decisions with, for example, your YouTube video that compares three rulings. Is this a matter of trying to show impartiality?
A We have to be up front and recognize we got the idea from the NHL and their Safety Channel. We're trying to find the right balance between demonstrating transparency, trying to educate the wider public as well as players on how decisions are made. We're balancing that against there is so much great soccer in our league, we don't want the disciplinary element to overshadow all of that. We try to pick and choose the right moments to offer explanations and not do it on a regularly defined basis.
Q Who makes up the committee?
A We have a panel of five members. One ex-player that is selected by the MLS Players Union, two additional ex-MLS players, one ex-referee and one ex-MLS coach. We don't publicly reveal the identity of those because it would confer undue pressure on them. We had a referee whose personal information got out a few years ago and he started to get death threats at his home.
Q How does the committee work?
A There are specific parameters the committee may or may not act. We have found over the last several years -- this is not to say we don't make mistakes -- the right time to evaluate is with time and with the ability to reflect. The heat of moment is not the time to try to determine if something was right or wrong. In very few cases can you with absolute certainty say a decision was right or a decision was wrong.
Q Anything else?
A The other big element is we try to educate people. Each play carries its own context and its own nuance. That is very difficult to explain unless you sat in the seat of the committee and lived through it. My job is to ensure the process and that the parameters under which they must operate are upheld and are consistent. Further, my job is to ensure that the integrity of individuals and the body as a whole are beyond reproach. I never get a sense that they are looking at the name at the back of the jersey other than upholding the mission and that particular incident.
Q The committee members might be anonymous but how do they handle the pressure of their decisions?
A They understand the magnitude of the responsibility and the impact of their decisions. They understand that whether they take a decision to suspend the player or not suspend the player what the potential implication is to the league vis-a-vis to the competition. We are so competitive as a league that the absence of one key player could be the difference between making or not making the playoffs, having the home-field advantage or not.
They treat this very seriously. If people truly knew the amount of rigour in which they put behind every decision, they still would invariably disagree with any decision that went against their home side but perhaps some of the conspiracy theorists would go away.
It truly is a thankless position. They do it for their love of the league, for their love of the game and because they are willing to take on that responsibility. They take the mission statement at heart.
I know my words will ring hollow to some segment of fans and even to some coaches.
Q One of the biggest complaints we hear is that the disciplinary committee is re-refereeing a match. How do you allay such concerns?
A I am very cognizant of that. It's why I have frequent conversations with Peter Walton at PRO. He understands the rationale of particular decisions. In an ideal world we'd like for the referee to make the call and get it right on the field and then the disciplinary committee would only be involved where the referee gets it right but one game for a red card is just not enough.
The launch of PRO will help. It helps to get the perspective of an official.
One thing we try to analyze: Did the balance of serving as a backstop get out of kilter with re-refereeing the game. We don't want to re-referee.
Q Is the role of the disciplinary committee going to diminish in time with better officiating and the continued education of players and coaches?
A It will always be a part of the game just as a traffic violation will be part of society.
There will always be room for some disciplinary function. There will always be some transgressors. That's OK. And subjectivity makes consistency impossible because everyone is going to have their interpretation.
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1. Positive: 0 out of 11
2. Negative: 3 out of 11
1. To the disappointment of many, TMNT does not offer any multiplayer features, so turtles cannot spar against each other or fight cooperatively with everyone on screen at once. Instead, it seems intent on rushing players through, with replay value coming from going over old missions for better scores -- hardly a compelling incentive, and one that will lead most players to let this one disappear back into the sewers.
2. 70
4. It should provide an entertaining ninja experience for the under 10 market but in doing so can't be recommended to more experienced gamers. If you're old enough to remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on pre-32-Bit hardware, you'll sadly fall into the latter category.
5. 60
With no co-operative mode available, single-button combat, and straightforward level design, all you're left with are some nice animations and decent platforming that just don't carry the weight.
6. Ugly and simplistic, but surprisingly likeable. [June 2007, p.89]
7. Personally TMNT disappointed me because of its low quality, but even more because, in my opinion, this title has plenty of unrealized potential.
8. The game aims low and ends up typical and forgettable. It's even short, at maybe six hours if you stretch it. If this was a real turtle, it would be the one sitting on the side of the road watching cars whiz by, not the one lacing 'em up to take on the rabbit and the road and dare its way to immortality in the history books.
10. The game boils down to hammering the hit button until all the identikit bad guys have turned red and vanished. It's cack. Avoid. [June 2007, p.64]
11. It's for kids and that's fine. But children deserve better. Get them a version they can actually control. Better still, get your beloved sprogs a game that won't decay their minds through dumb repetition. [June 2007, p.82]
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1. Positive: 1 out of 1
2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
3. Negative: 0 out of 1
1. KyleZ.
Feb 20, 2007
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Biography: From the time she was five years old, Kathryn Morris and her family, which included six sisters and brothers, were a part of a traveling gospel singing group called "Morris Code". When they finally put down roots, it was in the town of Windsor Locks, CT. For a few years in the early '90s, the 5'7" actress attended Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, and began her career in a few small roles in some big films. Then, in 2003, Kathryn landed the part of "Lilly Rush" on the CBS drama series Cold Case. Morris has been engaged to financial advisor, Randy Hamilton, for several years. In addition to acting, Kathryn Morris is a strong supporter for sun safety and skin cancer prevention efforts. "Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. More than one million cases of skin cancers are diagnosed each year, and one person dies from it every hour," said Morris. "As someone with fair skin, how could I not get involved in trying to prevent something so preventable?". Kathryn will be the spokesperson for a new UV-Protective t-shirt line being launched by the Sun Safety Alliance (SSA), in collaboration with the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC). SSA has teamed up with AYANA Apparel to provide fashion-forward UV-Protective t-shirts that protect your skin while maintaining your sense of style. Proceeds from this t-shirt line will be donated to SSA for educational programs to promote skin cancer prevention. Visit Ayanaapparel.com promo code: SSA09. Expand
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Highest Metascore: 87 Moneyball
Lowest Metascore: 33 Mindhunters
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So, when it comes to Newt failing to get on the Virginia ballot, which seems to be the better history model:
1. Newt’s Model: it is like Pearl Harbor, where Newt was caught unawares
2. Mitt’s Model: it is like the “I Love Lucy Show”, where Newt is in the chocolate factory doing the Lucy thing.
From the Tally in the comments, we’ll determine whether Newt is a real historian, or just a salamander that walks on two legs….
10 thoughts on “Newt and History
1. I don’t know if it’s either of your choices. It seems like he did get enough signatures, but enough were disqualifed per The Commonweath’s wacky election laws, which ment they were really the Ants and the Grasshoppers, not putting enough food away for the winter. You would think they would have worked harder to have more than enough signatures to qualify.
2. I think Pearl Harbor is way over the top as a comparison—I’m not feeling even a percent of the sympathy for Newt that I feel for those attacked at Pearl Harbor. But the caught unawares/unprepared part is apt. Everyone and I mean everyone was saying that Newt was “just running for Sec of State,” and then bam! he’s leading the field.
3. The thing is, if you are running for Secretary of State, you do not attack the front runner. Nor do you complain when you do not get enough votes in your own home state to be on the ballot.
Better to sit on the sideline, not in the race, and quietly advise the top candidates. In that way, you do not confuse running for Sec of State with running for the presidency.
IMNSHO, Newt thought he could take it on, being one of the smartest people in Washington DC, after all. But when he suddenly became a front runner, he found himself caught unprepared and, like Lucy, stuffing chocolates from all 50 states and the voters down his shirt and into his mouth….
4. I don’t remember Newt attacking anyone until he himself became a contender. At all the early debates, he was the “wise schoolmaster” reminding everyone to play nice with each other and focus on their common enemy. That’s the time period when he was seemingly running for Sec of State. And it’s a great strategy because it puts him in the position to barter support (delegates) for a promised cabinet post, etc. He’s certainly not the first person to run for president who wasn’t really running for president.
His unexpected jump to contender/frontrunner changed all that overnight—but, of course, a national campaign cannot change (i.e., react) overnight and so was caught unprepared. That’s how I see it.
By the way, I’m confused by your last comment: “he found himself caught unprepared and, like Lucy, stuffing chocolates…” I thought your two models were contrasting 1) unprepared/unawares (Pearl Harbor) versus 2) farcical/unqualified to run in the big leagues (Lucille Ball). The first is an innocent but uncharacteristic mistake (the US eventually triumphs) while the second reveals one’s true and unfixable shortcomings (Lucille would never ever be qualified to work a real job). So you and I may be arguing the same side….
5. I though that the Pearl Harbor model implied that the Virginia Republican party is the enemy and would eventually have to be nuked to remove them as a threat to American democracy.
6. Brian,
The difference is that Newt placed himself in the position. He was running for president. Period. He may only wanted to sell books like some others, for all I know. But that is an ingenuous reason to be up there. Either you are running for president as a serious contender, or in it so you can be a contender in 4 years (as Mitt did). At no time should someone running for president whine and complain because suddenly they were a contender.
You’ll note that Perry, Santorum, Bachmann, etc., also did not get on the Virginia ballot, but you don’t hear them saying they were blind-sided.
No, Newt walked into that chocolate factory months ago, fully aware that someone might turn on the equipment at any time.
7. Newt is just running to sell books and make more money. As was Palin and just about everybody who took a job with FOX.
Santorum and Bachmann made no effort in Virginia. Perry, on the other hand, made an effort and was denied, just like Newt. His response has been to sue the state, which constitutes whining, even if it is not technically about being blind-sided.
9. Rameumptom, 6: your comment confirms to me that we are arguing different things—and yet on the same side. (In which case, I guess my only real disagreement with you is because the analogies in the o.p. are confusing :)
10. Not being able to get 10,000 signatures in a state with almost 8 million people definitely qualifies as a Lucy moment in my opinion. Same for Perry. If they can’t get organized for this, shouldn’t Republican voters be worried that they wont be organized for the general election?
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My poor baby has been horribly constipated. She's had pooping issues since she was 6 days old. I did the TED and she was fine, but I haven't been able to pinpoint what it was. She was having thick, playdoh-type poop for the past few months. But two weeks ago, it changed to hard, formed/solid poop that is so big she cannot get it out. She pushes and pushes and then starts screaming because it hurts so much greensad.gif it's heartbreaking! She is mostly breastfed as I haven't been able to give her too many solids yet.
Here's what we are eating:
Baby- pears (puréed, freeze dried, juice, fresh), peas (fresh or freeze dried), cooked carrots, chicken (cooked in olive oil), avocado (though not that much since she doesn't like it). She was also eating oats (oatmeal and Os) and applesauce- these were the last two we added so I cut them out. We also cut out rice (brown rice, rice puffs, rice cakes, brown rice pasta). She got diaper rash from prunes.
Me- chicken, turkey, carrots, apples, rice (and rice products), potato, olive oil, sunflower oil, oats, raisins, bananas, lettuce, balsamic vinegar, avocado, cucumber, honey, maple syrup, mustard, dates. I also have eggs and peanuts, but only once maybe twice a week. Everything on my list I put on the ok list while doing the TED.
When I eat wheat or dairy, her first symptom is usually reflux. She used to spit up buckets. She had horrible acne as a newborn, cleared up on TED. She does have a bit of cradle cap now and a few small patches of eczema. My older DD has food sensitivities, too, and it takes weeks for a symptom to show. I'm not sure when the eczema started or what is causing it (sigh). But my main concern is her constipation.
Any thoughts? Do I add something to my diet or hers? Maybe probiotics? More greens for me? Do I take away something else? This is so frustrating greensad.gif we've also tried chiro and we're now doing tummy massage at every diaper change. Any suggestions/advice/info are greatly appreciated!! TIA smile.gif
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How old is she? Did the constipation just start after you added those last two to her diet? How long have they been out? Constipation can build on itself so you may be seeing after effects still there after removal of the problem food. The colon can get stretched out and it becomes a cycle. She may need a stool softener.
The carrots, and applesauce all can, food allergies/intolerances aside, bulk stool and contribute to constipation. It could be as simple as that. It might be that she got constipated from something that simple and started withholding to avoid pain (depending on her age). The stool gets bigger, pain is more, it's a bad cycle that often takes a softener unfortunately to break. A friend went through that with her daughter.
You know what I might do? Go to pears, keep the chicken/olive oil if she's been doing that a long time without issue, and breastfeeding. Can you do that? Pears are stool loosening and olive oil should help too. It might be enough. I might consider stopping oats and apples for you for now too in case it's a sensitization issue for her and those are problem foods now. But it may just be too much bulking type foods for her. When my son was little we had to be very careful about that. When you add back consider apple juice to see if apples are the problem themselves or it was just the constipation effect of apple sauce.
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Hi there,
You are already doing such a wonderful job, mama!
As a nutritional consultant (and a mama who's been there done that) I would highly advice to get your little girl and yourself if you breastfeed completely off all gluten and dairy for 8 full weeks. If you "blow" it and accidentally allow any gluten or dairy into the diet during those 8 weeks, start the 8 weeks over. So that means to pretty much eating cooked from scratched foods during those 8 weeks. Then re-introduce each food SEPARATELY into the diet and see if either one would cause the symptoms to come back. Most of the time it IS dairy or gluten which are considered to be specific to constipation problem (sometimes both). So if you start re-introduction with dairy, then do it for a month without re-introducing gluten (it takes time to bring the symptoms back). Then if dairy seem ok, them cut the dairy out again next month and do a month of re-introducing just gluten, and see if the symptoms come back.
Eggs do cause problems in many people so this is also something to try to eliminate for 6-8 weeks and re-introduce.
Also, as a mother of a child with rather strange allergy (my son is severely allergic to chicken, used to break up in severe eczema until I realized it was chicken and chicken eggs he was allergic to...he could still eat quail eggs though) I would highly advise you to try different meats, to "play with it" and see if it makes a difference. I'd do a month of just buffalo meat, then a month of hormones and antibiotics free (preferable grass-fed if you can afford it) beef, them a months of hormones and antibiotics free poultry. You really never know what the trigger is until you eliminate and re-introduce it (elimination and re-challenge).
Keep in mind, that expressions of "silent" allergies can change, the body may no longer express its displeasure with an allergen the way it used to before the elimination. So, for example, let's say a child may have had eczema that went away once dairy was out, then when dairy got re-introduced the eczema did not come back. However, the next month a child started having asthma. This might be just a different expression of the same root cause problem - dairy allergy. "Silent allergies" can also be expressed emotionally: tantrums, melt-downs, aggression, so watch for it too when you are re-introducing a potential allergen and it might take a few days for the expression to appear. So when re-introducing a potential allergen, watch for ANYTHING out of ordinary.
Hope this helps.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Dec 23;105(51):20446-51. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0810372105. Epub 2008 Dec 11.
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A conundrum of innate antiviral immunity is how nucleic acid-sensing Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and RIG-I/MDA5 receptors cooperate during virus infection. The conventional wisdom has been that the activation of these receptor pathways evokes type I IFN (IFN) responses. Here, we provide evidence for a critical role of a Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3)-dependent type II IFN signaling pathway in antiviral innate immune response against Coxsackievirus group B serotype 3 (CVB3), a member of the positive-stranded RNA virus family picornaviridae and most prevalent virus associated with chronic dilated cardiomyopathy. TLR3-deficient mice show a vulnerability to CVB3, accompanied by acute myocarditis, whereas transgenic expression of TLR3 endows even type I IFN signal-deficient mice resistance to CVB3 and other types of viruses, provided that type II IFN signaling remains intact. Taken together, our results indicate a critical cooperation of the RIG-I/MDA5-type I IFN and the TLR3-type II IFN signaling axes for efficient innate antiviral immune responses.
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Budget cuts will fall disproportionately on women
A gender audit shows that more than 70 per cent of revenue raised will come from female taxpayers.
Women will bear the brunt of Budget cuts, according to a new study, with more than 70 per cent of the revenue raised from direct tax and benefit changes to come from female taxpayers.
The figures come from a gender audit of the Budget, commissioned by the shadow welfare secretary, Yvette Cooper, and carried out by the House of Commons library.
The key point is this:
Of nearly £8bn net revenue to be raised by the financial year 2014-15, nearly £6bn will come from women and just over £2bn from men.
This is not just because of family-related policies such as child benefit, although the axing of Sure Start and the health in pregnancy grant were taken into account. Women are more affected by cuts in housing benefit and upratings to the additional pension. Women's income and wealth are lower than men's, so they do not benefit as much from the income-tax allowance.
Women also make up 65 per cent of the public sector, so will be more heavily affected by the pay freeze and pension changes. Job cuts in this area -- expected to reach 600,000 -- will also hit them hardest.
The main thing to remember here is that women and men are not starting from a level playing field. According to the Fawcett Society, women are paid 16.4 per cent less than men for full-time work, and 35 per cent less for part-time work. Cuts that disproportionately affect women to this extent are essentially cuts that hit a disadvantaged group.
Add to this last week's analysis by economists working with the Fabian Society, which showed that the poorest families would be worst hit by the Budget, and a rather depressing picture emerges.
Those figures showed that the poorest 10 per cent of households (earning under £14,200 a year) would suffer a cut equivalent to more than a fifth (21.7 per cent) of their income, while the richest (earning more than £49,700) would experience a cut of just 3.6 per cent.
Are ministers still calling it a progressive Budget?
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How can this government be progressive they are governing by fear (the deficit) why do we have to cut so fast, the fact being ideology thing they have always wanted to do, and things that they disagreed on when they were not in Government and the end product is the poor will pay the cost this is a repeat of Margret Thatcher’s Government if not worse the next thing is the Unions the Tory’s and Lib/ Dems will want to curb them so expect the right wing press to start there slur tactics again this is down to ideology again if this goes on the public will have no say in there future doing away with words like progressive and where all in this together I am so sorry I voted Lib/Dem never again, they are not a fair Government What is happening in Britain at this moment is obscene .
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Budget cuts will fall disproportionately on women - the article should say and have a disproportionate affect on children too.
All the above mentioned cuts and the cuts across education, social services, welfare and the like will have a direct impact on the lives of children. | http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/07/budget-cuts-women-revenue | dclm-gs1-077380002 | false | false | {
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is there a program that can read the temperature sensor on an external harddrive? there are tons that can do it for internal but it can't be that much more of a process. anyone find any?
also, did some readings on new (less than 1 year old) hdds internally and found samsung runs at 25-29 C (!) versus seagate at 37-40 C.
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bump? anyone?
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what were the drives that were compared (samsung vs seagate)? i mean, a 160gb 5400rpm or 100gb 7200rpm drive will make more heat than say an 80gb 4200rpm... what bothers me is that that samsung temp is at or below my ambient room temp (it's been hot the past week). in a cramped 700m with relatively little airflow, my hdd is running at 40C with ambient at about 27C (~80F) with the cpu at 50C, so it would absolutely scare/puzzle me if i could get a hard drive that somehow absorbs heat as it worked more... just doesn't make sense thermodynamically...
as for externals and accessing the temperatures, i havent been able to do it, and i dont know if you can.
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the temps were off my desktop, forgot to mention that. 25C is about room temperature and both were 7200RPM, 2MB buffer, 120 vs 160 GB so very close in specs. notebookwise i stay between 35C and 46C, which sounds typical enough but i cannot check my external hd in its case.
if anyone finds a solution post up here. thanks
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Published: December 22, 1998
From the very first hours of the AIDS crisis -- especially the confusing interval between 1981, when the first cases were reported, and 1982, when the mysterious blight was given a name -- there have been wild conspiracy theories.
One theory fingered the Central Intelligence Agency for a failed biological war against Cuba that inadvertently backfired (scuba-diving operatives were said to have fumbled a lethal vial and broken it against a rock in Haiti). Another theory held that this was no new virus at all, but African swine fever, a deadly danger being hushed up by the powerful pork industry. Still another theory was that the virus had been engineered by Government scientists.
Over the years, much of this early suspicion fell away. Or so it seemed.
In fact, conspiracy peddlers still abound, especially among blacks. ''There's a whole host of African-American people who believe that H.I.V. is not the cause of AIDS,'' said Mario Cooper, founder of Leading for Life, an initiative to draft black and Hispanic leaders into the AIDS battle. Leading for Life is a project of the Harvard AIDS Institute.
That fact was vividly demonstrated on Saturday at the Harlem AIDS Forum sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network. Throughout the afternoon, to thunderous applause and heartfelt approbation, speakers presented a score of assaults on AIDS orthodoxy. Of the dozen or so speakers, only one subscribed to the theory that H.I.V. was what was making people sick -- and he argued that it was being transmitted intentionally to blacks through World Health Organization vaccine programs, part of what he described as a genocidal project.
''Our goal was to allow people to hear the disparate perspectives, and do their own follow-up research,'' said Curtis Cost, who organized the event, attended by more than 150 people drawn mostly from Harlem. ''These are things that the public needs to hear, and you can't hear them on television and read them in the papers.''
While health care experts are frustrated by such entrenched fears, they acknowledge that African-Americans have a unique reason for distrusting health care providers.
The notorious Tuskegee experiment, in which poor blacks were denied treatment for syphilis and then monitored by Federal researchers, was the most egregious example, but many older American blacks can recall segregated doctors' offices and hospitals, or have experienced substandard medical treatment they attribute to discrimination in the years since.
In a survey of African-Americans conducted last year by the Institute of Minority Health Research at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, 74 percent of blacks believed they were very likely or somewhat likely to be used by doctors as guinea pigs without their consent. In the survey, 18 percent said they believed H.I.V. was an engineered microbe, and nearly 1 in 10 said AIDS was part of a plot to kill blacks.
''It's almost a gut reaction,'' said Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, a professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School who writes widely on African-Americans and the health care system. ''When people don't know science, and most people don't, it's not hard to convince them that something unsavory may be going on. And this becomes a conspiracy to get black people. That's how much they believe that doctors in the system want to kill them.'' | http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/22/health/challenging-the-conventional-stance-on-aids.html | dclm-gs1-077480002 | false | true | {
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Michael Spencer was 16 when he became a Christian in the Kentucky Baptist church where his uncle was pastor. He started preaching shortly thereafter and hasn't stopped. Now 52, Spencer, a lifelong Southern Baptist, has served in youth ministry and as a senior pastor in his 36-years of proclaiming the Gospel. Along the way, he married and had two children, earned a master's degree at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY and became part of an intentional Christian community in Southeastern Kentucky.
In 2000, his life changed dramatically when he created a blog called The Internet Monk. Now one of the most popular evangelical bloggers on the Web, the iMonk sounds off with about Evangelicalism's decline, Pentecostalism's growth, the embrace of the Internet, and why evangelicals should not be anti-Catholic.
Q: The Internet Monk, is an interesting name for a Baptist preacher from Kentucky. How did that come about?
A: I was ordained in 1980, graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and served in several churches as pastor and staff member. I've always been a great admirer of monasticism as a path of corporate spiritual formation. Thomas Merton became a bit of an obsession in the early 1980s and I've read most of his works. When I started blogging, I needed a name for the site and Internet Monk seemed like a name that described both my interest in Catholicism and the larger church, and also my desire to use new media to get my point of view out there. The Internet Monk morphed into "iMonk" a few years later. I have to admit I enjoy having an alter ego. But trust me, it's all an online persona. I don't have a cave or a car.
Q: What specific ancient practices might the more conservative Evangelical churches embrace and why?
A: Conservative evangelicals ought to embrace the use of the Christian year -- at least the major feasts -- to make Christ the center of worship and devotion, and pass on the core of the faith to their children.
The Christian year is a great way to teach and embrace the centrality of Christ. They could use the lectionary in worship and in private. We hear a ridiculously small amount of scripture as evangelicals. Most importantly, they could restore public reading of scripture as a discipline in worship. We could embrace the concept of spiritual formation and begin to use resources from the larger, more ancient church to address the fundamental issues of spiritual growth. So many are hungry to be taught the devotional disciplines on a higher level. Finally, evangelicals could stop being such knee-jerk anti-Catholics about the resources of the larger church.
Q: Is the Web a great equalizer of Christian voices? How has the Internet shaped your voice and given you a platform?
A: I could write a book about my experience with the Internet. In the year 2000, I started my blog to let off some steam and get the ego-stroke of seeing something I wrote "out there." Eight years later I have a half-million readers, a technorati rank of 2700 in the world, I've been quoted in Time magazine and featured on The Drudge Report. | http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Internet-Monk.html | dclm-gs1-077550002 | false | false | {
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Branch, Patriots Back To Square One
BY: Bob George/
What did you expect, that this crazy trade thing was actually going to go through?
It went right up to the Friday deadline, a deadline imposed by the Patriots last week when they permitted Deion Branch and his agent, Jason Chayut, to seek a deal with another team within a week. Things were all quiet until Friday, when reports came out that the Jets and Seahawks made offers to Branch. The Patriots countered with unreasonable trade requests in the eyes of the Jets and the Seahawks, and as of Friday night, Branch is still a Patriot.
And now all of a sudden, it is the Patriots with egg on their faces, according to most any media outlet you read or hear from. The Patriots miscalculated Branch’s value. The Patriots come off as looking like total cheapskates once again. This can’t possibly be going over well with the fan base. Oh, and what must the Patriot players themselves be thinking about the company that puts food on their tables and shoes on their feet.
Only the last sentence is potentially true. It is possible that the Patriot players are watching this exchange between Branch and Chayut and the Patriot organization. Neither side is blinking, and it seems that both sides are digging in for a long battle of wills. But to suggest that the Patriots come out of this whole deal all worse for the wear is simply pessimistic thinking.
The sad reality is that both Branch’s camp and the Patriots are right back to where they were before all this began. To save face, Chayut has filed a grievance with the NFLPA on Branch’s behalf. Other than that, nothing has changed. The Patriots want Branch to get his posterior into camp right now on their terms. Branch is fighting to not become the next Adam Vinatieri by getting railroaded into a career of nothing but franchise tags and less money than the open market may bear.
According to, the Jets made Branch an offer of $36 million, while the Seahawks made an offer of $39 million (both offers were for six years). The Jets offered the Patriots a second round pick, while Seattle never made a formal trade offer. The grievance alleges that the Patriots reneged on an agreement to trade him; Chayut will argue that a fair market value deal was offered by the Jets. The grievance will also state that the Patriots have never made a fair market offer for Branch in their own right, and are not bargaining in good faith.
One is left to wonder what the Patriots did wrong, if anything, and what case does Chayut have.
You can begin by examining both “offers”, if you can really call them that. It could be said that the “offer” made by the Jets was purely artificial, an offer made by a hated division rival with the sole intent of driving up the price on Branch and driving a wedge between Branch and the team. You could say that the Jets had no real interest in acquiring Branch; in Laveranues Coles, Jerricho Cotchery, Justin McCareins, and former Patriot Tim Dwight, the Jets don’t really have a flaming need for a wide receiver (if this were over, say, Corey Dillon, with Curtis Martin maybe at the end of his career, one might think differently).
Going further, in the Jet front office sits owner Woody Johnson, who must still be upset to see Bill Belichick bolt the Jets for the Patriots thanks in part to his taking control of the Jets from the previous owner, the late Leon Hess. And don’t forget the new head coach, Eric Mangini, who might want to show his old boss a thing or two about gamesmanship. The Jets had every reason to make an insincere offer to Branch, and this offer smacks more of torquing off a division rival more than anything else.
The Seahawk offer is somewhat less fishy, but not above suspicion. The Hawks offered more money, but never made a trade offer. One might ask Mike Holmgren why such an offer to the Patriots was not made. Again, did Holmgren assume that the Patriots would never make a suitable offer and that their offer to Branch was not really a heartfelt one?
Seattle has no bones to pick with the Patriots like the Jets do. Plus, with receivers like Darrell Jackson, Bobby Engram, Nate Burleson and Peter Warrick, again, where’s the flaming need at the position? Maybe Seattle sees them returning to the Super Bowl this year, and if it’s against the Patriots, why not wound them now and get a leg up on February?
For either Terry Bradway (Jet GM) or Holmgren to believe that the Patriots would come back with a sensible offer for Branch, one could then assume that these men believe in the tooth fairy. This is further proof that these offers may not have been honest, bona fide offers, but rather ones which were designed to inflict pain and suffering on the Patriots by giving Branch offers Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli swore he would never get.
Which brings us to this grievance. Is there any basis at all to grieve this situation?
There are all sorts of problems here. Were the Patriots “mandated” to make an offer? Once the teams made these offers, could it not be that the Patriots simply considered their trade offer commensurate to the money offered? How can you ask an arbitrator to officially designate “fair market value” for Branch? How can you actually prove that the Patriots acted in “bad faith”, if that even is an issue at all?
This grievance may stop dead at the first problem. The Patriots still hold the rights to Branch and should not be held to deal him. The Patriots allowed Branch to seek a deal and move to another team if a trade could be worked out. That is a conditional situation, not a mandate. It is squarely up to the Patriots to deal him if they wish. In this case, since their price of two first round picks, however steep it may have been, was not met, they simply decided not to trade Branch.
The only way this hurts the Patriots is if players look at this when their contracts are up and decide they simply don’t want to return. You can’t franchise any more than one player at a time, so they can’t hold on to everyone. If the Patriot players look at Branch and think “Gosh, will that happen to me some day?”, they may all go Damien Woody on the Patriots and discover that big money is better than winning despite being treated literally like cattle.
Fortunately, the Patriots still have a huge core of players who deeply want to win more than they want to be rich. As long as that mentality prevails, the Patriots will be okay for the long term. As long as Belichick and Pioli remain in power, this philosophy will continue to define the Patriot Way.
But the Patriots should be careful in the future about new ventures in gamesmanship. This might not be something they want to try again. While the intent was to show up Branch, those offers made by the Jets and Seahawks, however insincere they may have been, were likely unexpected and showed the Patriots that the rest of the league doesn’t fancy their tactics in trying to stay on the cutting edge of anything football. It’s a good thing that they may emerge from this unscathed, unless Chayut and Branch get a real sympathetic master arbitrator to hear the grievance.
All this aside, things would be so much nicer if both sides would just give a little and end all this mess right now.
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GM CEO Defends Auto Industry's Bid for Government Aid
Auto industry executives testified before Congress Wednesday, asking lawmakers to provide aid to the struggling companies and responding to criticisms of poor management. General Motors' CEO Rick Wagoner discusses the industry's crisis and his company's case for government help.
General Motors' CEO Rick Wagoner
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GWEN IFILL: Now, should Washington throw automakers a lifeline? That was the question on Capitol Hill for a second straight day, as the chiefs of the big three returned to make their case.
NewsHour congressional correspondent Kwame Holman begins our coverage.
KWAME HOLMAN: The CEOs of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler told the House Financial Services Committee that they were victims of the credit crisis, the summer's high oil prices, and the worsening economy.
Alan Mulally of Ford.
ALAN MULALLY, CEO, Ford Motor Company: We have taken decisive action to deal with the current new crisis. We have reduced production to match the dramatically lower demand. We have further reduced employment, and we have eliminated all raises and bonuses for 2009.
We took these measures while protecting the new vehicles that will secure our future.
Now, we believe we must join our competitors in asking for your support to gain access to an industry bridge loan that will help us navigate through this difficult economic crisis.
KWAME HOLMAN: That bridge loan would be $25 billion from the federal government. But many in Congress say the crisis in the U.S. auto industry largely is of its own making: a failure to innovate; an over-reliance on low-mileage SUVs and light trucks, sales of which now have cratered; and the heavy costs of the pensions and benefits of workers have the three companies burning through billions.
Some in and out of Congress have suggested the domestic carmakers should be allowed to fail and go into bankruptcy.
Robert Nardelli of Chrysler, which was taken into private hands last year.
ROBERT NARDELLI, CEO, Chrysler: Independent research firms have quantified the fallout of a domestic automaker bankruptcy to the overall economy, and the impact would be devastating.
REP. JOHN CAMPBELL (R), California: Gentlemen, before I lost my mind and went into politics, I spent 25 years in the retail car business, most of that time as a dealer principal and dealer owner.
KWAME HOLMAN: California Republican John Campbell brought some of his own automotive experience to the hearing and asked how the automakers would change in the future if given a bridge loan.
REP. JOHN CAMPBELL What are you going to do differently than was your plan to change the other side of that bridge?
ALAN MULALLY: In the automobile business, it's just so important that we are making the vehicles that people really do want and they really do value, most important thing.
And with the fuel prices moving up and the awareness about energy security, energy independence, sustainability, the consumer has moved up fuel economy right up there next to the top on their purchase decision.
KWAME HOLMAN: United Auto Workers Union President Ron Gettelfinger was asked whether his members, who agreed to wage and benefit concessions last year, would make more.
RON GETTELFINGER, United Auto Workers President: We have those negotiations ongoing all the time. And I might add also that the UAW can't be the low-hanging fruit, the men and women, the only ones at the table.
And so, while we're at the table, we would respectfully request that others come in to the party and sacrifice as well, because we certainly believe that the men and women, both active and retired, have sacrificed, sir.
KWAME HOLMAN: While several members from Rust Belt states were supportive of the plan, others questioned the CEOs' commitment to substantial reform. New York Democrat Gary Ackerman noted the auto CEOs came to Washington on private jets.
KWAME HOLMAN: Texas Republican Randy Neugebauer said the companies should fend for themselves in the marketplace without help from the cash-strapped federal government.
REP. RANDY NEUGEBAUER (R), Texas: Where does this stop? And why should we give you money, quite honestly, we don't have?
ROBERT NARDELLI: This isn't about losing a company. This is about losing an industry, an industry that has an overarching effect on literally thousands of small businesses, to your point -- we call them dealers -- literally thousands of suppliers, for example, the tanning company that provides the leather for our cars.
So I think this isn't about just a single company and making a decision to let it go down.
KWAME HOLMAN: With time running out in this pre-Thanksgiving congressional session, hopes were dim for action on helping the automakers this year.
GWEN IFILL: And now to our Newsmaker interview with General Motors' CEO Rick Wagoner. He sat down with Judy Woodruff at G.M.'s Washington office earlier today.
Rick Wagoner
Rick Wagoner
CEO, General Motors
My sense is a number of the senators and congressmen that we've talked to did recognize, I think, the importance of the industry and indicated an interest in finding a way to support it.
Tough criticism of automakers
JUDY WOODRUFF: Rick Wagoner, thank you very much for talking to us on the NewsHour.
RICK WAGONER, CEO, General Motors: Great to be with you, Judy.
JUDY WOODRUFF: How do the prospects look right now for help from Congress for what you need?
RICK WAGONER: Well, a little tough for me to handicap the outcome. I do feel like over the last two days of testimony, we had a chance to tell our story. We got a lot of questions, some tough.
So I felt that there was some positive messages there, though there were obviously some who were against it. And the process by which the funding might be forthcoming I think still sounds like it's going to have to be worked some.
So I'm hopeful, but at this point I really can't handicap.
JUDY WOODRUFF: I listened to some of the testimony today and yesterday, pretty tough reaction to what you and the other auto industry leaders were saying.
One of the thrusts of these questions is, why should we help the American auto industry when you were -- for so long, you refused to do the kind of retooling to make the kind of cars that the American people need and want?
RICK WAGONER: Yes, you know, I don't think -- people say you didn't make the kind of cars that people need and want, but, in fact, we -- generally our products are considered to be quite successful.
Take a product like the Chevy Malibu or take a product like the Cadillac CTS that won car of the year. I think, to be honest, that we do have very good products.
We certainly made a big commitment to advanced propulsion technology. For example, right now, G.M. offers -- or this model year will offer 20 products that get more than 30 miles per gallon on the highway, twice as much as any competitor.
So I appreciated the chance to tell the story that we do make great products and we're very much into the focus on the direction we want to go leading to eventually energy independence.
So, hey, maybe there's some history there. You know, for that, I can't change it, but I can tell you, you know, in the recent past and heading forward, that we're going to contribute to what I think is an important aspect of this country's future.
Rick Wagoner
Rick Wagoner
CEO, General Motors
The industry has got a huge footprint. We're the biggest purchaser of so many commodities, everything ranging from textiles to computer chips to steel. So we have a huge impact on the rest of the economy.
Industry's weaknesses exposed
JUDY WOODRUFF: But I think a big part of the criticism is that it took so long for the industry to begin to take this seriously, the need to move in a fuel-efficient direction.
RICK WAGONER: Well, I mean, you know -- I think it's, frankly, challenging during a period when energy was so cheap. I mean, what we do is we sell cars to individuals, as you know. And people vote with their dollars every day and decide what kind of cars they want to buy.
And over a period when energy was very cheap, you know, I think it's fair to say a lot of people moved into product categories that weren't particularly fuel-efficient. If we could replay that again, sure, particularly now that energy prices have moved up.
But it's fair to say, over the last three to four years, it was clear to us, based on growth in places like China and India, that we were in a long-term secular growth in energy prices. And so that's why, here in the U.S., 13 out of last 15 launches, new products have been cars or crossovers. And for us, 18 or 19 of the next car products that we launch are going to be cars or crossovers.
It's fair to say we have that message and we're moving very aggressively in that direction now.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The other thrust of the questions I was hearing from the members of Congress was, why should we help the auto industry when there are so many other American industries that are out there now that need help, especially with this downturn that we're in?
RICK WAGONER: Yes, I think two primary reasons. First of all, after housing, I think it's fair to say that the industry that's most heavily involved in the importance of good credit flow are autos, because so many people borrow money to fund their auto purchases.
And so, from that perspective, I think, as housing has been very badly hurt by the credit crunch, autos have, as well.
And, second of all, the industry has got a huge footprint. We're the biggest purchaser of so many commodities, everything ranging from textiles to computer chips to steel. So we have a huge impact on the rest of the economy.
The industry is also highly interrelated. We have a lot of the same supply base, which isn't, I think, surprising.
And so I think if we began to see not being able to make it, one of the domestic companies, that has a very high risk of a domino effect across the industry and then a huge impact on the economy as a whole.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, picking up on that, there are people who say, "Why shouldn't we go down to -- if that's what the market will bear is two or even one domestic automaker, why shouldn't we go in that direction?"
RICK WAGONER: Well, my view is that -- I'm not sure one could choose it that way. I think, because we have such an interrelated supply base that if probably any one of the Detroit-based companies -- and certainly if two -- had to go into bankruptcy, I suspect the weight on the supply base would drag the whole industry down.
JUDY WOODRUFF: When you say "supply base," what do you mean?
RICK WAGONER: I'm talking about -- well, we have a huge number of suppliers, particularly our U.S. domicile suppliers, which have a tremendous amount of business with all three of us, in many cases, G.M., Ford, and Chrysler.
And so if you're Supplier X and you lose, from one of the companies, a third of your business, then your own competitiveness, your ability to survive will be in question. We've dealt with this with Delphi in bankruptcy now for three years.
And it's very expensive for a manufacturer to have to be able to support that. So I think it's reasonable to expect that, if we began to see one OEM move into bankruptcy...
RICK WAGONER: Oh, sorry. The original -- G.M., Ford, and Chrysler -- move into bankruptcy, then the risk could be that it could roll across into the supply base and then into other manufacturers, as well.
Over time, would it make sense to have further consolidation in the industry? I think that's a direction that it's going to go into. But now, at this time of tight liquidity, you know, it's not on the front burner for anyone.
Rick Wagoner
Rick Wagoner
CEO, General Motors
Because of the extraordinary circumstances, the government injected massive funding into the financial system, I would argue that a significantly smaller amount of funding to support the manufacturing base in Main Street is appropriate.
Some suggest bankruptcy
JUDY WOODRUFF: What's your reaction when you hear serious people out there say, "Just let them go under. They had a chance to make a change. They didn't do it. The country's in -- our fiscal condition is very difficult right now. Why should we spend billions of dollars right now? Let them go"?
RICK WAGONER: Yes, what I would tell them is, first of all, we built the business model that's going to be very successful in the future, because we've radically cut back our costs.
You know, G.M. spent $103 billion over the last 15 years funding pensions and post-retiree health care, but those are now funded. We have almost all of that behind us now. So that sets the stage for tremendously greater competitiveness in the future.
The industry brings a huge amount of technology. We're basically the backbone of the manufacturing base. And so if we want to look at the health and viability of the economy going forward, I think a domestic auto business is going to be critical to that.
And so just as -- because of the extraordinary circumstances, the government injected massive funding into the financial system, I would argue that a significantly smaller amount of funding to support the manufacturing base in Main Street is appropriate.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Somebody pointed out to me that you made a speech in July where you said you had no thought whatsoever at that point of bankruptcy. You thought your financial position, your cash position was going to remain robust through the rest of the year.
The question is, if you were wrong then, how do people know -- how can people believe that you're right now?
RICK WAGONER: Well, at that point, that was when we announced a number of actions to generate $15 billion of additional cash to get us through the end of '09.
And I guess what I didn't see at that point, Judy -- and I don't think I'm the only one -- was that the entire global financial system would go into a meltdown and credit availability, which we and our customers and our dealers and our suppliers have relied on for the last, what, 70 years, all of a sudden pretty much evaporated.
So that has changed the circumstances. It is my hope that, you know, the measures being taken to improve the financial system will eventually become into effect and improve the liquidity, in which case, you know, I think our outlook is going to be much, much better.
Rick Wagoner
Rick Wagoner
CEO, General Motors
We've seen a lot of deterioration in the market just in the last 30 days. I hope that doesn't keep heading down. It can bottom out, but I can't guarantee that will happen.
Obama wants aid with conditions
JUDY WOODRUFF: Conditions. President-elect Obama gave an interview over the weekend in which he said we do need to help the auto industry, but it can't be a blank check. What else are you prepared to give up in order to get assistance?
RICK WAGONER: Well, we've been candid. We understand that, if we ask for this kind of support, we've got to expect that the taxpayers are going to request oversight. They're going to request security in the money that they loan us. They're going to expect a fair return on their investment.
They're going to expect that our business practices are the kind that the American taxpayer would support, so appropriate controls on our -- limitations on compensation, things of that sort, all of which we said, you know, we're wide open.
I think President-elect Obama has talked about contributions to the future energy policy, which, you know, we have some stuff that is really pretty big for us over the next 12 years, but those could be other issues where we could contribute.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Even new management?
RICK WAGONER: I don't think that's the right answer personally. If anything, during a difficult time, you need the best possible management team. And I think at G.M. we've got a management team that I think is very good and has taken on the tough issues.
And we've talked a lot about taking on tough issues in the U.S. We've also shown good ability to grow in the growth markets around the world.
So I think that's -- you know, I think that's the best way that we can serve the future shareholders of the company, the current shareholders and taxpayers, if we can get this funding.
JUDY WOODRUFF: If you don't get help from Congress now, if you have to wait until late January when the new president comes in, can you make it that long?
RICK WAGONER: Well, I think the risk profile goes up significantly. We've seen a lot of deterioration in the market just in the last 30 days. I hope that doesn't keep heading down. It can bottom out, but I can't guarantee that will happen.
And so what we've been doing is really coming up with cash every way we can to ensure that we can keep our payments on time, which, by the way, we've continued to do.
Earlier this week, we sold shares in Suzuki, a good partner for many, many years, and we'll continue to work with them, but we're just going to keep trying to generate the cash, you know, to hang in there.
But I think it's risky. And, therefore, we think action now is really prudent and essential to ensure that we don't get in a situation that runs out of control.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Final word. If somebody is watching this and they're just looking at you with very little, if any, sympathy, what do you say?
RICK WAGONER: Well, I'd say the U.S. auto industry has made great contributions to the growth of the country over the years. We've, you know, employed many people. We've provided many benefits. We've brought a huge number of technologies. We've been a huge portion of the manufacturing base.
And I think, for the next 100 years, it's very important for this country to continue to have a manufacturing technology base, and that is hugely driven by a successful domestically owned auto business.
So I think it's in the interest of all of us, and we'll work hard to make sure that we can be successful and not require dramatic additional funding or anything like that like we've seen in some of the cases in the financial markets.
But this is an important pillar for the future of the U.S. economy. And so I think, in this time of unusual circumstances, we hope that Congress will give consideration to what we've requested.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Rick Wagoner, General Motors, thank you very much for talking with us.
RICK WAGONER: Thank you, Judy.
November 18, 2008
Struggling Automakers Press Congress for Federal Aid
November 18, 2008
Bernanke, Paulson Defend New Bailout Strategy
November 12, 2008
Democrats Press for Billions in Aid to Auto Industry
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Year in Review
January 2, 1998
NewsHour Transcript
Margaret Warner chats with a panel of NewsHour regulars about the events and issues that shaped our view of the year 1997. They discuss topics including the deaths of Mother Theresa and Diana, Princess of Wales; the President's One America race initiative, and the "Nanny Trial".
A RealAudio version of this segment is available.
December 19, 1997:
President Clinton met with leading conservative activists and authors to further his national dialogue on race.
December 3, 1997:
Who are the Promise Keepers and what do they stand for?
December 3, 1997:
President Clinton and his race advisory panel held their first town meeting in Akron, Ohio.
September 1, 1997
With the sudden and violent death of Princess Diana, people in Britain and around the world have spent the past two days assessing the life of the Princess of Wales.
March 27, 1997:
Recent news reports have been filled with the troubling story troubling story of a mass suicide involving a computer-related cult.
March 1997:
An Online NewsHour Forum exploring the mass suicide.
Browse the NewsHour's coverage of race relations, religion and In Memoriam
The official site established by the Royal Family.
Promise Keepers
MARGARET WARNER: As the New Year begins we take a look back at the past year with five NewsHour regulars: Presidential Historians Doris Kearns Goodwin and Michael Beschloss; Journalist and Author Haynes Johnson; and Essayists Roger Rosenblatt and Richard Rodriguez. Happy New Year to you all! Roger, what do you think was most distinctive about 1997?
Year of Emotion?
Rosenblatt ROGER ROSENBLATT: The emotionalism of the people and the publicity of that emotionalism. There's so much that happened that brought people to a kind of fever pitch, sometimes of hysteria, sometimes attractive, sometimes sympathetic, everything from the Heaven's Gate terrible suicide to the Promise Keepers' meeting, to the Roswell, New Mexico, revival of the saucer business, to the reactions to the Nanny Trial, the so-called "Nanny Trial," in Boston, and, most amazingly, astonishingly, to Diana's death, of course.
MARGARET WARNER: The year of emotion, Michael?
Beschloss MICHAEL BESCHLOSS, Presidential Historian: I think it was. And that was a sign largely of the fact that in many other ways it was so quiet. This was a very quiet year, for instance, in international policy, military affairs; very quiet year in the United States.
We had basically peace and prosperity. And I think one reason why we could focus so much on things like the death of Diana and the things that Roger mentioned was that this all took place against the background of very little political turbulence. Take a look at something like 1927, when Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic. That was an important event but one reason it was so important was because it took place during a period in which not a lot otherwise was happening. Had that taken place, for instance, during the depth of the Depression and perhaps a run-up to World War II, that would have been much smaller.
MARGARET WARNER: Doris, did it strike you that way, as the year of emotions and emotionalism?
Year of sentiment...
Kearns Goodwin DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN, Presidential Historian: Well, I might call it sentiment, instead of emotion. I mean, I think there's something to what Michael says. In times of peace and prosperity, as we're exhibiting now, as we had in the 50's, as we had in the 20's, there's a certain luxury that allows us to focus on these kinds of events that really have no impact on our daily lives, the same way a Depression or a war would obviously have.
When you think about Diana, when you think about the Nanny Trial, when you even think about O. J. Simpson's civil verdict, all of which were the big stories of the year, none of those were grounded in the personal realities of people's daily lives. They were simply vicarious kinds of feelings, which is more sentiment than real emotion, and it's almost an artificial hunger for some sort of community and attachment that isn't really representing the same kind of loss or grief as when a father dies, a mother dies, or a whole community is suffering in a certain way.
MARGARET WARNER: Richard, how do you see this theory about the year of emotions and emotionalism?
Rodriquez RICHARD RODRIGUEZ: Well, I think Doris is right; that is, I think that there is something of sentiment about the year, rather than of emotion. And, yet, I think that the yearning for mother and the yearning for father were very, very telling. Clearly something is not right with our American family, and that so many of us are mourning the loss not only of Diana but of Mother Theresa.
So many of the questions raised by the Nanny Trial, for example, had to do with the place of the nanny in an otherwise parentless house. The questions at the Mall with Promise Keepers were all questions about whether or not fathers are behaving like fathers, husbands like husbands. It seems to me that the expressions may have been sentimental at times but clearly there is some expression here that suggests that something is not well with the American soul.
MARGARET WARNER: How do you see it?
Age of spectacle.
Johnson HAYNES JOHNSON, Journalist/Author: Well, I'd say that this is an age of spectacle and not so much emotion and sentiment. It was there, but if it didn't happen, we would create it through these red lights that shine on television. We have this vast electronic culture, more and more entertainment driven, reaching to every corner in the world. So whatever happens is going to be magnified.
Yes, Diana, had an enormous event, but it was also broadcast live and in color around the clock, all over the world, in little villages, and I think you're seeing that more and more, that the void will be filled. I agree with what Michael and Doris said particularly about this period in time in which we are, that there is seemingly the best of times, and yet there are the disconnects that we're not even paying attention to.
MARGARET WARNER: Roger, you've heard your colleagues say they think it's almost more sentiments and spectacle than emotion.
Discussion ROGER ROSENBLATT: I'm not sure that there's much of a difference when it's all played out. A lot of the things that happen this year happen at the end of eras. We are at the end of another time. The 1690's had witch hunts, the 1790's ideological upheavals, 1890's vapors and other forms of hysteria. You don't have to go back many years to go back to the ebola virus panic, or Gulf War Syndrome, or the very harmful recovered memory syndrome. These things seem to happen as people head for another age. And then there was the recent detachment from emotion.
There was a time, the time in which all of us on this panel grew up, in which to simulate machines was the end of happiness. That was the worst thing that could happen to somebody. Now we're in an era where people wish to be machines, and the idea of actually becoming a machine, which was anathema before, takes away all the feeling that it's ready to explode. Now we come to Richard's observation that we are in some period of melancholy that needed a vent.
And it could be anything. It could be something important, or it could be something remote. It could be the death of a celebrity like Diana, in whom we were ready to invest Godhead, as we were in other celebrities like James Dean or Marilyn Monroe, but it requires their death in order to do it. But I think with Richard there is something serious under this, and I don't think that people necessarily knew why they were grieving Diana, but that doesn't make it any less real or important a feeling.
1997: A political "golden age"?
Warner MARGARET WARNER: Michael, let's move on to the political times, as historians look back on this year. You talked about peace and prosperity. Charles Krauthamer, the columnist, has said we're living in a golden age. Is this a golden age? What will the historians say about the political times and how the political leadership responded?
MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: Here's a the great case, you know. History always depends on hind sight. We do not know today how historians in America 30 years from now might look back on 1997. Yes, it's a moment of peace and prosperity. So was 1927 and so was 1957, but with those earlier years, what historians oftentimes look at is, for instance, Republican presidents of the 20's did nothing to prevent the Great Depression, or how Dwight Eisenhower in 1957 did virtually nothing about civil rights at a time that he could have.
Beschloss So I think one thing in the future that scholars will look at is in 1997 how much did our political leaders not take this opportunity of this moment of tranquillity, and also a president with huge popularity ratings and use it to address problems in the future in a way that would prevent us getting into great crises perhaps after the year 2000.
A "disconnect" from the dramas of Washington, D.C.
MARGARET WARNER: Richard, how do you see the political times in that light?
RICHARD RODRIGUEZ: Well, I do -- as somebody 2,000 miles away from Washington -- I do feel disconnected from the dramas of Washington just in my everyday life. And my sense is that the political leadership of the country seems to be talking about an America that I don't see around me; whether it's the area of civil rights or the sense of direction that the country is feeling right now economically. It seems to be coming from other quarters, either internationally through global organizations, or it's coming in negotiation at the very lowest levels of society.
Rodriquez The other thing about golden age is that always perplexes us, it's rather like being sort of lonely and depressed at Christmas time; that when you have a golden age and not everything is golden, you begin to wonder what's wrong. And, clearly, what a golden age suggests, of course, is that not all is well with the world around us. People are sleeping in the streets outside the building that I'm in right now. And clearly, that the powers that be, the elites, do not know quite how to handle whatever it is that's going--that seems to be unraveling at the bottom.
Where's the voice of leadership?
Johnson HAYNES JOHNSON: Well, I think that he's right about that. There's a loneliness along with all the good times. We ended this year with the highest consumer confidence rating in 28 years. The deficit's come down. We're going to have a balanced budget maybe, maybe not. All these things that we were fearing about--the economy is booming--but underneath there's a great deal of anxiety. And I think also what we said earlier, Roger was saying about the passing of a new era, a new age, I think that's part of it. We don't quite know where we're going.
Michael's right; that there hasn't been the voice of leadership to say here's what we ought to be talking about; we ought to be moving toward. Here are the goals that we--there's an unfinished portrait of American society that we aren't even talking about. We're kind of luxuriating in good times.
MARGARET WARNER: Doris, do you think this is a fair critique of our political issues? Have there been other times of great peace and prosperity in which political leaders, nonetheless, challenged America?
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN: Well, I think that's the really interesting question. I mean, what you saw this year was this strange disconnect between, on the one hand, personal contentment in the polls and very low interest in news events, which really means low commitment to your fellow Americans to what's going on, to trying to do something about the problems of society. And it's true that in periods of peace and prosperity it's harder for leaders. That's what the 20's showed.
Kearns Goodwin But if you don't deal with the problems, as they didn't in the 20's and you had a maldistribution of income in 20's, that led directly to the Depression. You had problems in the 50's, as Michael said, in civil rights that weren't dealt with in that time of peace and prosperity--led to the turbulence of the 60's. But there is a moment--there was certain kind of prosperity in the mid 1960's after Kennedy's tax cut--and you did have Kennedy's death and Lyndon Johnson able to deal with problems in a time of prosperity and before the war in Vietnam heated up in a time of some sort of peace, and so it shows that it is possible for leaders to do. I mean, Lyndon Johnson was able--I must say I look back on him with some kind of respect.
The more you realize it, to get people's attention to poverty, to get people's attention to health care-- obviously Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement held the attention on civil rights. Teddy Roosevelt did it at the turn of the century in a time of peace and prosperity. So it is possible, though it's harder, but not doing it means that we lend ourselves to the problems being still there. They're not going away because no one's thinking about them. Now, I think it's unhealthy for the society to revel in that personal contentment. You hope that they could also care about public affairs, even while they're contented, perhaps even more so if they were challenged to do so.
MARGARET WARNER: Roger, weigh in on this.
RosenblattROGER ROSENBLATT: I'm not sure that people are as contented as any of the indices would suggest. And if it's a golden time, it's a golden time in terms of interest rates, or a golden time in terms of the deficit, or in terms of personal income, then I don't think there's much to the gold. It's certainly not a golden time artistically. It's not a golden time ethically. It's not a golden time morally.
People know these things. People are no fools. So then you think even in moments of hysteria, even when there are explosions of emotion that we don't understand, when people do things in vast numbers, it is interesting. And they are trying to tell us something, or they're trying to tell themselves something, and it comes from some wellspring of discontent that probably is yet to be discovered. There is a guy at Diana's funeral, and he was interviewed that morning on television, and he was weeping. And he said he wept today but he did not weep at his own father's funeral. And anybody who says that is saying something very strange, indeed.
One America and race relations.
MARGARET WARNER: Richard, how do you think history might look at this past year in terms of how we dealt with one of the real enduring conditions of the American nation, which is our relationship among the races? I mean, I was struck by what Michael said about the 50's and not paying attention then. That's one of the issues--some might argue--we're not stilling with.
Discussion RICHARD RODRIGUEZ: Well, clearly, Bill Clinton is not--to coin a phrase--is not Lyndon Johnson. But it strikes me that this is both a very good time and a very bad time. Optimistically, I see the races in America quite busy in marrying each other, falling in love with each other, as much as they are at each other's necks. They're at each others' lips too, to be quite frank, and that there is a kind of browning going on in America. I don't mean only the Hispanic--the rise of the Hispanic--but clearly there are children in the world now in America who've never existed, the children of European-Asian marriages, the children of African-Korean, Mexican-German. In that sense of a new messiness of America, I think there's a great deal to celebrate.
The worry that I have is that the official discussion of America, as to races, is so unconnected to them right now. Largely from the White House we have the sort of black and white discussions of the President's Commission on Civil Rights, which really seems mired in politics and policies of the past and does not seem to be able to realize what the change is going on around us. For example, at the University of California here in California, at all eight campuses, you are going to be seeing Asian majorities in the very near future, at which time we should begin to talk about African-Asian relations and not simply black and white America. I think largely Bill Clinton has--unfortunately, John Hope Franklin are black and white Americans--they have yet to discover that television is colored and that, in fact, America exists in many colors, and all of those colors now are playing against each other.
MARGARET WARNER: Haynes, you've written a lot about this subject.
Discussion HAYNES JOHNSON: The fragmentation of the society is there. It's clear. The have and have not world is clearly there, as Richard was saying, we've all been saying in a way. Golden age? No, it's not. It's not, and the idea is we in some ways are more disconnected from each other, and the thing that worries me the most, just as one person, is this pervasive disbelief at a time of seemingly good economic conditions in which people don't trust their leaders or their institutions. And we seem to be withdrawing farther and farther into our own little pockets, and we don't seem to know each other as well as we maybe once did in the mythical past.
MARGARET WARNER: And how do you think that plays into the relationship among the races?
HAYNES JOHNSON: Well, I think it just exacerbates it. It further alienates and isolates the groups. I mean, I support--Clinton was great to try to say start a dialogue, but the idea of having a few conversations isn't enough. You've got to do this--Doris mentioned Theodore Roosevelt--the idea of the bully pulpit--pushing, running--Lyndon Johnson, storming about poverty, the war on poverty--that's what leadership requires on a daily basis, not an occasional.
MARGARET WARNER: Doris, you want to weigh in on this briefly?
Absense of a citizenry willing to listen.
Kearns Goodwin DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN: Well, I think one of the difficulties for leadership today is that the bully pulpit is harder to garner. We don't have those events that pull us together as a nation. The state of the union used to be one where everybody watched Roosevelt's fireside chats; everybody listened to the acceptance speeches at the conventions were mobilizing events, and I'm not sure it's just the absence of a leader who can talk.
I think it's the absence of a citizenry that's willing to listen, a media that's willing to put this as a focus, so granted that it's much harder, but on the other hand, that's what leadership's all about. That's what they get paid for. They have to figure out how to get our attention on the problems that really matter. And so far, the race dialogue is a good attempt, but it hasn't made us talk about it at the water coolers, in our office, in our places in the same way he might have hoped it would have.
Warner MARGARET WARNER: Roger, your thoughts on this.
ROGER ROSENBLATT: Well, when Haynes talked about the disconnect, that's when I think the emotionalism came into play this year; that people don't want to be disconnected; it's an uncomfortable condition; it's not a naturally human condition. Biologists will probably tell us it's not biological condition. And there will be occasions where we will get together.
Now, there were such occasions this year. They didn't have the high-mindedness that some of the panel was talking about; they didn't have the high-minded effectiveness in the long run that they should have; but they were kind of explosions or assertions or eruptions of feeling that said whether it's grief or elation or anger or something, we do belong together as a species. We may not be able to get along but we do go along from time to time. And if we're still fragmented after all these years, we still--we also urge in the other direction.
Beschloss MICHAEL BESCHLOSS: And that is one of the things that a leader can address in a tranquil moment like this when he doesn't have to deal with things like war and economic depression in this country. And I hate to start the New Year on a downer, Margaret, but if next year the economy goes south or we get into some terrible crisis over Iraq or Bosnia or Korea or our president and Congress become very unpopular, I think one thing America in the future will say, they will ask, how did we use this tranquil moment?
MARGARET WARNER: Well, thank you all five very much. And Happy New Year!
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Chapter fifteen
Economic policies and traditions
Sidney Pollard
Any comparative survey of the major industrial economies since the Second World War is bound to draw attention to the similarities of their experience. There was first, in the 'golden years' of the 1950s and 1960s, a rate of economic growth everywhere, even in the sluggard British economy, at a level never before sustained over so long a period. The countries most ravaged by the war seem to have reacted not very differently from those without damage, reaching something like their long-term growth path in a few years, the loss being borne by current consumption rather than by long-term growth. There was then the break in 1973/4, triggered, even if not fundamentally caused, by the OPEC oil price rise, leading to high inflation and slower growth. And then there was the second oil price rise in 1979, followed by high unemployment and even slower growth amounting almost to stagnation, when 'the economic climate had suddenly become unrecognizable… Europe was knocked off balance' (Gaston Thorn, in Dahrendorf 1982:ix-x).
This unity was strengthened by common technical problems, and common possibilities of their solution. The shift out of agriculture into industry, the shift from textiles to metals, machinery, vehicles, and electronics, the consequent need for a different infrastructure and for extended training in the new techniques, all imposed, within limits, similar reactions. Nevertheless, the mechanism that transmits world economic development from one country to another is not clear. International trade alone cannot have done it, for countries exported and imported quite different types of goods; moreover the trading link of the planned economies with the west was quite tenuous, yet they also felt the same phasing of growth. Nor can the oil alone have been responsible either, for not only did the price rise follow a longish period of creeping, yet accelerating inflation on a world scale, but the countries concerned occupied quite different positions as producers, importers, and exporters of oil.
Much may, no doubt, be attributed to the international links between the finance and capital markets, which were increasingly liberalized in the
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Role Voice type Premiere Cast
September 22, 1869
(Conductor: Franz Wüllner)
Cast in premiere of complete cycle
August 13, 1876
(Conductor: Hans Richter)
Wotan bass-baritone August Kindermann Franz Betz
Loge tenor Heinrich Vogl Heinrich Vogl
Fricka mezzo-soprano Sophie Stehle Frederike Grün-Sadler
Freia soprano Henriette Muller Marie Haupt
Donner bass-baritone Karl Samuel Heinrich Eugen Gura
Froh tenor Franz Nachbaur Georg Unger
Erda contralto Emma Seehofer Luise Jaide
Alberich baritone Karl Fischer Karl Hill
Mime tenor Max Schlosser Karl Schlosser
Fasolt bass-baritone Toni Petzer Albert Eilers
Fafner bass Kaspar Bausewein Franz von Reichenberg
Woglinde soprano Anna Kaufmann Lilli Lehmann
Wellgunde soprano or mezzo-soprano Therese Vogl Marie Lehmann
Flosshilde mezzo-soprano Wilhelmine Ritter Minna Lammert
Scene 1
Das Rheingold begins with a 136-bar unmodulating prelude based on the chord of E flat major that is meant to represent the eternal unchanging motions of the River Rhine. It is considered the best known drone piece in the concert repertory, lasting approximately four minutes . It was claimed by Wagner in his autobiography Mein Leben that the musical idea came to him while he was half asleep in a hotel in La Spezia in Italy, but this has been disputed by Deathridge and others . The music grows in power, and the curtain rises. At the bottom of the River Rhine, the three Rhinemaidens (Woglinde, Wellgunde, and Flosshilde) are playing together near the Rheingold. Alberich, a Nibelung dwarf, appears from a deep chasm and tries to woo them. Struck by Alberich's ugliness, the Rhinemaidens mock his advances and he grows angry. As the sun begins to rise, maidens praise the golden glow atop of a nearby rock, Alberich asks what it is. The Rhinemaidens tell him about the Rhinegold, which their father has ordered them to guard: it can be made into a magic Ring which will let its bearer rule the world, but only by someone who first renounces love. They think they have nothing to fear from the lustful dwarf, but Alberich, embittered by their mockery, curses love, seizes the gold and returns to the depths, as the Rhinemaidens flee in despair.
Scene 2
To Wotan's relief, Loge (the fire god) makes his entrance; Wotan has placed his hopes on Loge's cunning to find a way out of the bargain. Loge tells them that Alberich the dwarf has stolen the Rheingold, and made a powerful magic ring out of it. Wotan, Fricka, and the giants all begin to lust after the Ring, and Loge curtly suggests the best method of acquiring it: "Durch Raub!" ("Through theft!"). Fafner demands it as payment in lieu of Freia. The giants depart, taking Freia with them as hostage.
Scene 3
Wotan and Loge arrive and happen upon Mime, who tells them about Alberich's forging of the ring and the misery of the Nibelung under his rule. Alberich returns, driving his slaves to pile up a huge mound of gold. When they have finished, he dismisses them and turns his attention to the two visitors. He boasts to them about his plans to rule the world. Loge tricks him into demonstrating the magic of the Tarnhelm by having him transform into a snake (or dragon - the German word Wurm can mean both). Loge points out that it might be better to transform into a small creature in order to escape danger more easily, so Alberich turns into a toad. While he is a toad, the two gods quickly seize him and bring him up to the surface.
Scene 4
Fricka, Donner, and Froh arrive and are greeted by Wotan and Loge, who show them the gold that will ransom Freia. Fasolt and Fafner return, carrying Freia. Reluctant to release Freia, Fasolt insists that there must be enough gold to hide her from view. They pile up the gold, and Wotan is forced to relinquish the Tarnhelm to help cover Freia completely. However, Fasolt spots a final crack in the gold, and demands that Wotan also yield the ring. Loge reminds all present that the ring is rightly property of the Rhinemaidens. Wotan refuses to relinquish it, to Loge's displeasure, and the giants prepare to abduct Freia.
Suddenly, Erda the earth goddess, a primeval goddess in many ways superior to Wotan, appears out of the ground. She warns Wotan of impending doom and urges him to avoid the cursed ring. Troubled, Wotan surrenders the ring and sets Freia free. The giants start dividing the treasure, but they argue over the ring. Fafner clubs Fasolt to death and leaves with all the loot. Wotan, horrified, realizes that Alberich's curse has terrible power.
Loge, who knows that the end of the gods is coming, does not follow the others into Valhalla; he admits he is tempted to destroy them and what they have deceitfully acquired. Far below, the Rhinemaidens mourn the loss of their gold. The curtain falls.
Noted Excerpts
• Prelude
• Rhinemaidens' Song
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0.070196 | <urn:uuid:60294b02-c5dc-41c8-9468-69a4877c166f> | en | 0.964158 | Barcelona Dominate Rayo Vallecano 0-5
Jasper Juinen
It didn't matter that Tito Vilanova's side has been lackluster on defense this season, or that most of their defensive starters are injured--with Messi and Cesc running the show, it's all offense in Barcelona.
This Barcelona side has learned their lesson. They lost the Liga last year in games like today's--when they had every excuse in the world to drop some points: FIFA virus, early-season exhaustion beginning to set in, and problems with performance away from Cataluña. You name it, they had it today. But this Barça would not let it slip. Not for a second. With Lionel Messi leading the way, and a reanimated Cesc conducting from midfield, Barcelona dominated Rayo Vallecano--a feisty side that's tough to soundly demolish--in Vallecas (a tough stadium for any side) 0-5 today, piling pressure onto Real Madrid.
They started off the game well enough, refusing to let Rayo touch the ball--as is their wont--and maneuvering themselves slyly up the field. Cesc, Messi, Villa, Xavi--they all showed up at different times. In the 20th minute, David Villa struck, opening the door for Barça to take control. But Rayo would resist until early in the second half, when Leo Messi silenced Vallecas minutes after the starting whistle.
After the 0-2, the game became much easier for the blaugrana: they had previously been dominating possession, but Rayo had done a good job of riding out the worst of it, constructing a strong defensive wall and waiting for their opportunity to tie the game. After the 0-2, Rayo began to sense that the game was really slipping away, and began to open up, allowing Cesc and company to start doing some real damage.
Barça, as we have come to know, are a team that lives and breathes space: when they have it, they do crazy things with it; when it's not there they get a little hamstrung. And today was no different: as soon as Rayo began to try to make their move out of a defensive posture, Barça found the seems. Finally, in the 78th minute, Xavi found a snaking diagonal ball to make it 0-3.
It was like turning on a faucet: suddenly all the goals came quickly. Two minutes later, it was Cesc celebrating next to the somber Rayo goal (Rayo coach Paco Jémez was ejected minutes earlier for arguing). Minutes later, Messi doubled his tally, and gave his side a manita, a five-goal win that has a particular significance in Spain because they decided to name it (think "hand"...five fingers).
Ultimately, Barça won a game that could have been tough in a flashy style that mainly manifested itself in the last ten minutes. Rayo seemed determined to make their lives a bit harder, and almost managed to complicate things. But, as has been the case this season, the Catalans had no problem in the end.
Which is just the way Tito and company want it--and is just what they forgot to do last year.
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• Dec 20, 2013
• Updated: 2:32pm
Li Keqiang
Police and media must end row
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 21 September, 2011, 12:00am
UPDATED : Wednesday, 21 September, 2011, 12:00am
The police force and the media have very different - but equally important - roles to play in our society. Both work for the good of the community. The police keep our city safe and ensure the law is enforced. The media keep people informed, monitor those in positions of power - including the police - and generally contribute to a free and open society.
There will, necessarily, be times when the interests of the police conflict with those of the media. That is a reflection of the different nature of their responsibilities. But it is important that when this happens, the differences are quickly resolved.
The recent disputes over the press and security arrangements for Vice-Premier Li Keqiang's visit underline the need for better communication between the two. Relations deteriorated with journalists being urged to dress in black earlier this month as a mark of protest against Police Commissioner Andy Tsang Wai-hung. Tsang had attracted criticism for saying that a police officer accused of blocking a cameraman filming a protest was only reacting instinctively when he saw a 'black shadow' rush towards him. Meanwhile, police officers and their supporters were encouraged to dress in white, apparently to counter the journalists. There were also mobile phone text messages asking supporters of the police not to buy newspapers. A Facebook page set up for this purpose has attracted more than 3,500 supporters.
While everyone is free to express their views and take such action, any escalation of such activities would not be in the public's interest. There is a need for respect and understanding on both sides.
Each, naturally, views the events which occurred during Li's visit from their own perspective. The police argue that they have a tough job maintaining order and ensuring the safety of visiting senior officials, especially at a time when some protesters are becoming increasingly confrontational.
The media, meanwhile, jealously safeguard the freedom of the press and are right to speak up if police officers abuse their powers. There is a need to remain vigilant to ensure the freedoms granted to Hong Kong under the 'one country, two systems' arrangements remain intact.
In the case of Li's visit, the police overstepped the mark. There is a need for lessons to be learned and to ensure that similar problems do not arise the next time there is a visit to Hong Kong by a senior official from the mainland.
But this does not mean the dispute between the media and the police should drag on. The public interest is best served by the institutions ironing out their differences and ensuring that the police are able to do their job without preventing journalists from doing theirs.
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Behavioral analytics solution accurately classifies objects, efficiently tracks large numbers of moving objects
Universally compatible with legacy camera and software systems, AISight 2.1 supports a robust, fully documented SDK that leads the way for turnkey integration – a time and cost saving complement to its industry-leading ease of installation. BRS Labs continues to expand and support our Value Added Reseller and Partner programs.
As Behavioral Analytics continues to evolve and push the industry envelope; AISight frequently generates broad discussion across the security community.
"Such ground-breaking technology seems like science fiction, but the strong, factual science behind the product repeatedly is being proven through field product performance and acceptance," says Chris Peterson, Executive Vice President of Sales. "We are pleased to provide a proof of concept service for clients who have a serious interest in deploying AISight to solve their security challenges. We look forward to providing the opportunity to discover the immediate benefits AISight can provide to security and critical infrastructure facilities."
Behavioral Analytics technology, the backbone of the AISight system, combines computer vision with machine learning to provide actionable intelligence through real-time, relevant alerts on abnormal behavior. This field-tested, proven product takes visual input from a live camera or recorded video, autonomously learns what activities and behaviors normally occur in the environment, and notifies security personnel of anomalous behaviors with real-time alerts. The system is managed and monitored through desktop and browser-based applications or existing command and control systems and third-party video management systems (VMS.) AISight's easy installation and setup require no coding of rules or trip lines and no masking of any areas within the camera’s field of view. AISight can effectively and efficiently enhance the security industry's efforts to watch the tens of millions of video cameras used globally - providing faster identification of evolving threats and better protection of critical assets.
AISight is currently successfully deployed in applications across the globe that typically confound traditional video detection systems including seaports, airports, transportation, law enforcement, public facilities, and other complex environments involving large-scale and diverse distribution of surveillance cameras.
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Is there any way to get measured for one of these?
It is dry, it cracks, it has some kind of acrylic layer on top of it.
Is it just me, or is the leather Filson uses shit tier quality?
This thread is now about desert boots.
What chukka boots does the styleforum groupthink approve of?
I have a pair of desert boots that are taking in water when it's wet outside. What is the best way to go about sealing them? I believe the water is coming in at the stitching on the sole.
Worst city? Los Angeles.
Quote: Originally Posted by suited and then their response should be: lying appears to be your biggest weakness. It's also presumptuous to assume that the person asking you this question is some sort of super computer...
Wow, awesome. How much time have you dedicated to learning this so far? Really impressed. EDIT: Beaten to it, I read for too long.
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Where is the novel that can capture the essence of rock'n'roll?
Elvis Presley
I wonder, I wonder, I wonder ... Elvis Presley. Photograph: Hulton Archive
It's 50-odd years since Elvis told his Mama that it was Alright, and yet still the Great Rock'N'Roll Novel remains defiantly unwritten. Sure, there are countless examples of novels that use specific musical references as scene dressing or as a cultural compass - few things more effectively establish time and character, as well as allowing authors to show off their record collection; and there have been several novels told from a fan's perspective. But I've yet to read a novel that convincingly sums up the experience and the value of making popular music, or that captures the weird, savage compulsion that keeps everyone from Bloc Party to Bob Dylan traipsing around the world, year-in year-out.
There have been some notable contenders: Espedair Street; Great Jones Street; Expresso Bongo; The Ground Beneath Her Feet; The Commitments; Namedropper; Powder. That's before we consider vapid trash like Platinum Logic and Rock Star or less high profile titles such as Alan Arlt's The Carpet Frogs and Michael Turner's Hard Core Logo. Some have been better than others, a few have been excellent, but none have truly convinced. And here's why:
Perhaps pop music is essentially worthless as an abstract idea and must be experienced at first hand to have value. Can that be true? If so, then maybe the future of rock literature lies in a fusion of fact and fiction; something truly original and thought-provoking that will do for rock and roll novels what Dave Peace's The Damned United did for football books. Or am I missing something?
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In a move toward religious toleration which would not be seen in a Muslim-majority nation, the government of Hamburg, Germany, has now reached an accord with its Muslim communities giving official standing to their religious holidays and permitting adherents of their beliefs to teach religion in the schools.
The Danish government repealed a year-old tax on fatty foods because it wasn't keeping Danes from eating them and was causing job losses.
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pokemon_boxartThe “Pokemon” franchise has seemingly been stuck in a state of flux, being unable to move past the many tropes and conventions that made it popular in the first place. While the games themselves have generally been stellar, they’ve hardly made any major improvements over one another, aside from adding a new batch of creatures every installment. With “X” and “Y,” though, the series makes several sweeping changes that make the latest entries great for both newcomers and seasoned trainers alike.
The only letdown is the premise, which remains relatively unchanged when compared to the other massive improvements presented. You are a Pokemon trainer who journeys across the land in search of Pokemon, creatures with special powers that are used for studies, battling, companionship and other things. Your goal is to battle and participate in the Pokemon League and become the best trainer in the land.
It’s practically the same story as previous games in the series, and this comes as a massive letdown. The previous entries, “Pokemon Black” and “White,” deconstructed the many cliches in the series and added more mature and complex themes regarding good, evil, and the inevitable question about the ethics concerning Pokemon battles. “X” and “Y” go back to basics, and the story at times feels childish as a result.
However, the changes to the formula more than make up for the simple story, the first and most noticeable of which is the art style. The series’ trademark sprites have been all but removed, with all trainer and Pokemon models being in full 3-D, “Pokemon Stadium” style. The game looks absolutely beautiful as a result, and battles and worlds can be breathtaking compared to the simple visuals of older entries.
Other changes affect things like competitive balance. A new Pokemon type has been added to help keep other overpowered Pokemon in check, for example.
In addition, there’s the online community. Players will never be alone as long as there’s a Wi-Fi hotspot nearby, allowing them to access the trademark battle and trade features online and through Nintendo’s Streetpass system, which allows players to communicate with passerby 3DS owners. Combining this with the ability to now customize your in-game avatar makes communicating with other trainers a snap.
It’s a shame the story had to stay so rooted in the cliches of the series, because the rest of the games made great strides to rank them among the most unique games in the series. This feels like the definitive “Pokemon,” and in a sea of angsty, fantasy RPG dramas, wanting to be the very best that no one ever was has a nice appeal to it. For 3DS owners, this should be a no-brainer.
Games: “Pokemon X” and “Y”
Developer: Game Freak
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Genre: RPG
Rating: 4/5
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How can format WD 500GB External Hard disd drive that is not visible at my computer. The disk simply shows at the task bar, it cannot be read, the green light also shows on the disk.
I need to format the do I do that since it's not visible.
You need to initialize the drive in "disk management". If you have win 7, simply type disk management in the search box and you'll find it. In XP, right-click "my computer" and select "manage", then click on disk management. Once the drive is assigned a letter, it will show up.
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Thanks for the info but the drive does not show at disk management.......thus, no letter is assigned to the drive. How do I go about it?
Use "Start -> right-click "Computer" -> click "Disk Management" in the left pane.
Look at the BOTTOM portion of the middle pane in Disk Management - you may have to scroll down to see the disks. Right-click on the new disk to create a volume and format it. Once this has been done the drive will be assigned a drive letter and it will appear in the top part of the Disk Management pane as well as in Explorer.
If the drive doesn't show up in the lower part of the Disk Management pane then you've got some sort of hardware issue - double-check that the drive is properly connected and that it's plugged into a power outlet. "Portable" 2.5-inch external hard drives can usually be powered by the USB connection itself, but "Desktop" 3.5-inch external drives can't - they need to be plugged into a wall outlet using a power transformer.
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Ok I'll try to be brief, with everyone's help on these boards I now have a PC that needs to be assembled. I have all the parts and I want to assemble the PC myself. I would have paid someone close to me to do it, but most people asking for a few days turnaround and if you guys are anything like me there is no way I am waiting days to put my PC together after waiting days to get everything in.
Ok so I have installed a video card before so I kind of have an idea on what I need to do. But I am omstly worried about the CPU and CPU cooler that I have. I mean where does the artic 5 silver paste go ? On the CPU that I am putting on the mobo or does it go on the Cpu cooler ? doesnt the cpu already come with paste on it, do I remove it and then put the artic 5 silver on it ?
What about all the plugs that connect the power supply to the mobo and everything else, it it plug and play ?
Anyway I have lots of questions ,maybe if someone could firect me to a webpage that lays it all out for me I would appreciate it or your more then welcome to help me here. Thanks for your time and Merry Christmas !
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that was a great vid!. The hardest part for me is cable management and air flow. Some cases are better than others. Follow the motherboard guide for details about fan/case plugs. most front case connector cables have a little arrow to indicate Positive wires. Also dont close the case until your sure everything turns on...
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While the big brown truck is making its way to your house, you should have visited all the component manufacturer web sites and:
1. Downloaded all the latest drivers, utilities, manuals etc.
2. Print out the manuals
3. Store the drivers, utilities etc on a USB stick
4. Print out and stick the manuals in a 3 ring binder
5. Read the manuals
6. Take a highlighter and hihjlight important sections.
7. Rinse and repeat Step 5 ..... 3 or 4 times.
Have a hobbyists screw driver / nut driver set, dikes, nail clippers are great for cutting plastic ties, single edge razor blade.
If you lived on Long Island, you could come over my house :) .... my son and I have been averaging a build a week of late. The build takes less than an hour, about 35 minutes of which is figuring out the cooler instructions if ya haven't used that model before :) Takes a bit longer if ya sleeving cables which we do most of the time
WARNING: CPU cooler instructions are written by dyslexic geniuses....they know exactly what to do and they assume you do expect to be totally lost but don't worry about it, you'll get through it.....there's always an ''ah ha" moment.
There is a thermal pad on the stock intel cooler. If ya using that no need for AS5. If ya using a 3rd party cooler. d/l the instructions from the manufacturer's web site....application instructions are dependent on the material as well as viscosity of the product....what's good for one manufacturer does not necessarily apply for another.
For he PSU, make sure you mount it in the correct orientation.....after all the components are in the casde, this is what ya gotta connect. Look at picture at link below
1. The 20+4 pin (1st from left in top row in ink above) usually connects to the upper right of ya MoBo when case in normal standing position
2. The 8 pin EPS connector (3rd from left, top row) is most common on enthusiast boards today. It usually connects a bit above and to the left of the CPU. Usually there is a cap over 4 of the 8 pins of the MoBo socket which should be removed. If ya PSU doesn't have this connector. leave the cap on and lug in the 4 pin connector (2nd from left in link above). Some real hi end mobos will take both and even some will take a molex but this is rare.
3. If ya have areal hi end GFX card like the 580, each will take two 8 pin or two 6+2 pin PCI-E connectors (4th pic from left in top row). A 560 will take two 6 pins (top row, furthest pic to right). You can use the 6 + 2 pin instead, just leave the 2 pin part hanging.
4. The SATA power cables go to the SATA devices....usually 3 connectors on each cable (1st pic bottom row).
5. Molex usage is getting rare (2nd from left, bottom row)....used to be for IDE devices, now sometimes still used for fans.us6. Don't think ya will sye a floppy connector.
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Hello everyone,
First of all, my native langage is not english, so please excuse my grammatical mistakes. :)
Second point, i'm a noob, so if you could try to vulgarize your answer, would be really appreciated !
So, there is my problem :
I bought a computer with a P67A-GD80 B3 motherboard. It worked very well since the beginning, but I noticed sometimes it takes me one, two or several attempts to boot my computer (it turns on, immediately turns off with a "click", turns on, etc. And when it turns on, all the led and fans are ok).
And recently, I started having windows warning messages : "please close X programmes, not enough memory".
note : my RAM is G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory
and finally one night I made the mistake to put my computer on sleep mode. Since I am unable to start it again (always that loop : turns on, turns off, turns on, ...)
I looked on several forums and saw the cold boot issue, so I tried different things :
- clear the cmos
- move my RAM, tried with one stick, changed the plot
nothing. And i'm uncomfortable taking off the components to test them or other stuffs since I don't want to break anything.
So my question is : can it be my RAM which is dead (weird, because it doesn't work even with one stick and the other removed)
I ordered a new RAM, but is there something else I should do, i'm quite lost actually.
Thank you very much.
Kinda sounds like a power supply issue to me. Do you have a different one you could try, maybe a friend has one? Does the PC beep at all when you start is, or try to start is like you say. If the PC beeps, how many beeps? How do they sound? Long beeps, short beeps, how many in what order? Correct POST(Power On Self Test) is one quick beep, this is what a correctly working PC does, different beeps can tell you what is wrong with the initial startup, i/e hardware issues.
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when i have a modem card do i have to have a service provider to have internet? Is there a way that i can bring my laptop anywhere and have internet access.
You're presumably talking about cellphone type internet and I think you'll find that some cafes support this. Alternatively, your latop probably also has regular wifi -- which is widely provided at such public outlets -- often free for the price of a cup of coffee. | http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/50818-40-could-internet-access-modem-card-wihout-service-provider | dclm-gs1-078220002 | false | false | {
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0.220167 | <urn:uuid:4755a39e-f65c-4b3a-8ebf-9d4dc0824a89> | en | 0.957284 | This is where Nebraska is really lacking. Many states already consider this child abuse. The state will have to pay for the medical needs of this drug baby for years.
Not to mention, all the children sickened repeatedly by the exposure to second hand smoke. It costs medicad billions of dollars treating these children. There needs to be a law to protect our children from the number one cancer killer, cigarette smoke. Doctors need to speak out on this danger, as it truly is child abuse!!Just go to the Nebraska DHHS website for the stats.
And how about the mother in your county hitting a three year old with a hanger, resulting in a large bruise to the back? Child Abuse Hotline was called Monday and Hope they responded!!!! | http://www.topix.com/forum/county/hall-ne/TJUHLCQ37D64FVJBD | dclm-gs1-078230002 | false | false | {
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In my last update in my “Doing Business With China” series, I discussed how little Chinese companies and in particular China itself, respects the intellectual property of Western companies.
I promised that in my next edition, I would examine some of those so-called “laws” in China that are allegedly supposed to protect foreign companies that come in to do business in China. This article is my fulfillment of that promise.
Big business, whether through ignorance or hope, insists that China has a plethora of well reasoned laws. Thus, they continue, if and when things go sour, we can rely on the judiciary and legal system to sort it all out.
Our shareholders needn’t worry, China is a safe haven for business.
The reality is that China’s legal system is a concoction of poorly made laws, lax enforcement and a weak judiciary.
“Chinese law” has been called an oxymoron by many. Looking more closely at their IPR protections, one does have to wonder.
Although China has a constitution and host of laws all drafted with the assistance of the international community, its validity must be called into question by the country’s own actions.
Such glaring examples as the right to freedom of speech (article 35 PRC constitution) (150), religion (article 36) (151), and peaceful assembly (article 35 PRC constitution) (152) are ‘protected rights’, but most often they are not observed. Lu Xiaobo, is a dramatic example of this.
Poorly Made Laws
Actually, China is ruled by three distinct types of laws.
Firstly, there are the 'official laws' – the ones the best and brightest from around the world helped to craft.
Secondly there are the spur of the moment laws (153), the ones that only a single party without need to consult things like a pesky constituency, can enjoy.
And lastly there are the 'unwritten' or 'hidden rules' that can often supersede the rest (154).
It could be that what I see here in China as a disparate patchwork of norms and 'laws', which to me are as murky as the Beijing air, is another one of those 'Chinese mysteries' that I will never figure out.
But fear not, for you will probably never hear the truth about all of that mess, at least not from any mainstream, corporate-run media source.
While attending a class at the most prestigious institution for judges in China, I asked a professor for a pithy yet insightful power-point presentation about changes and court cases in recent Chinese law.
It shed some light on key legal cases and their implication, “I am sorry,” he said. “I cannot give you this. The information contained on these slides cannot be passed out to the students. I can merely show them in class but will not be responsible for handing them out.”
The reason for his apprehension was that this professor was under house arrest, due to his political views. As such, his actions were monitored and limited. The man so feared for his safety that he refused to share with us anything that could prove he was divulging Chinese 'secrets'.
Even the professors at this hallowed school of higher education were adroit at deflecting our questions as they frequently apologized and said that this question or that was beyond the scope of the class, and thus they could not give us an answer.
In light of this fact, maybe it is not the fault of those foreign companies operating in China. After all, how could they possibly know that China was a veritable legal smorgasbord where one picks and chooses the laws they will obey?
The counterpoint to this argument is that China's legal problems are merely a symptom of a country in flux, one that is still developing.
“If you consider that as recently as a generation ago, China did not have any trial lawyers or a criminal law, the country has come a long way in establishing a legal system.” (155)
Yes, China has come a long way since the Mao'ist days where the first Universities to be gutted where those dedicated to the practice of litigation (156).
As far as the good chairman was concerned, law schools were unnecessary. For when he spoke, his word was law. And for the most part, he was right, for virtually all laws in effect in China today have been rewritten or crafted over the past thirty years.
The reason for this was is fairly obvious - in a system of state ownership, there was little use for a robust legal system. And in the interim, rights that we take for granted in the West have very slowly been enacted as law in China.
As an example, it was not until 2007 (157) that China had a recognized right to personal real property that was easily transferred, despite its consideration in 2002 (158).
I guess we should not demand too much from the Chinese legal professionals so early. Then again, a minimal level of proficiency would be nice.
What corporations really don't want you to know, however, is that in the wake of the opening up of China's legal system, the system is actually filled with under-qualified (159) PRC military officials with no real legal experience.
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Boston-Power founder Christina Lampe-Önnerud agreed to build a facility in China that can produce 400 megawatt hours of battery cells a year.
Boston Power Trusts China's Laws
I wonder how much trust a company like Boston Power (160) has in China's legal system. Surely they must know that as of 2003, only ".. 40 percent of Chinese judges had earned a 4-year University degree.. a 21 percent increase since 1998" (161)
It's true. As of 2003, only 40% of Chinese judges had earned a proper four-year degree, not to mention seven years of college as ours do?
This may explain the intricacies of the legal profession in China. Worse yet, these men and women could potentially be handling sophisticated cases dealing with intellectual property laws in cases involving international trade.
Surely this has to be wrong.
How can Boston Power expect adequate legal representation in a country where the legal staff is so poorly trained?
Sadly enough it is true. Count yourself lucky if these 'leaders of Chinese justice' near your location in China have achieved a degree, for depending on where you are in China, rendering yourself to the mercy of the court system is akin to 'legal roulette'.
An example of this would be the fact that in Shandong, the judiciary is highly qualified (162). However, places like this are in the minority.
In Lanzhou, for example, only 23% of the judges held a bachelor's degree or higher (163), and in other areas that percentage drops to less than four percent. And if you do wind up in such a place, it is likely that the 'courthouse' may appear more like a cubicle than what you may be expecting.
In the less developed regions where much of the outsourcing of low-paid labor occurs, what we could call a proper legal proceeding never really occurs.
"Some of the courtrooms are not even courtrooms: tiny offices or basement rooms without a judge’s bench or jury box... Nearly three-quarters of the judges are not lawyers, and many – truck drivers, sewer workers or laborers – have scant grasp of the most basic legal principles. Some never got through high school, and at least one went no further than grade school…" (164)
And if that is not enough to make you fearful of Chinese courts, then consider that for three-quarters of all Chinese justices that are not lawyers, they receive six days of initial training.
And far from being an all out assault on judicial know-how, the entire process ends with the administration of a True and False test. The test is so simple that not one candidate had failed, as of a few years ago (165).
The last thing I would bet my business on is a judge who passed a true or false pop quiz to get his judicial credentials.
And even though the Chinese are looking to improve their judiciary (166) through 'training', the system is glutted with a combination of youthful judges with little to no experience, and those who received their position from their communist party credentials.
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GM Learned About Chinese Law the Hard Way
Do you suppose GM learned this first hand when they lost an IPR suit against China's Chery Automobile Company?
Chery produced a QQ that seemed identical to a GM counterpart (167). Unfortunately for GM, they lost the suit.
I wonder if the quality of the judiciary had anything to do with this?
I just have to wonder that if a company like GM, with all those high powered lawyers, end up blowing a slam dunk case like this, then how can Applied Materials (169) expect to protect their trade secrets as they enter the Chinese market?
Perhaps they do not know how prevalent corruption and bribery is among Chinese attorneys and judges? (170)
Who knows - maybe I am making too much about the court system, for according to Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin in reference to China's legal system:
"Those who hear the case do not make the judgment, and those who make the judgment do not hear the case."
The implication is that the decisions taken by the courts actually come from "judicial committees" (171) made up of communist party members. And all that is left for the judges to do is rubber stamp a per-ordained decision (172).
A fundamental problem is that the courts are under the leadership (173) of the communist party (174). And if this is not enough to make you blink, remember that all Chinese lawyers must pledge a loyalty to the party (175), a thing they do not take lightly in China.
Its a good thing that I am not calling the shots in America, for it would appear that the odds are stacked against us if we trade with China.
The judiciary is weak, and unqualified to handle some of the finer points of law. Aside from having party loyalty, they seem to offer little in terms of legal value to the judicial process.
But then again, having the backing of the single party - the only law making body - can be considered a virtue can't it?
Think of it like this. Sure, the communists may really be as bad as it appears from their actions, and sure we were brought up thinking of them as the enemy, but imagine the freedom that companies like Fruit of the Loom and Goodrich really have while attempting to do business in China under these conditions.
When compared to other countries rife with democracy, China offers direct access to the only game in town. Rather than worry about whether the next leader will be a Republican or Democrat, the only worry about doing business in China is how long the regime will maintain its power.
How refreshing it must be to know that in a one-party state, considerations like two-party political infighting, or the emergence of an annoying third party, are never a consideration.
Yes - that's sarcasm.
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151 - Chinese Culture
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153 - Devenny, on file with current author "In addition to this, the Communist party of China abolished all of her predecessors rules which, left a substantial legal vacuum that ultimately had to be filled by whatever authoritative materials decision makers had at hand, including Party newspaper editorials, policy documents, and leaders' speeches..."
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155 - Devenny on file with current author
156 - Devenny on file with author
157 - Passed in 2007
158 - First published for consideration
159 - Devenny from Peerenbm on file with current author
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162 - Devenny on file from Peerenboom with current author.
163 - Devenny Ibid
164 - Devenny ibid
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166 - In order to improve their judiciary China sent over 200,000 judges for professional training from 1997-2002
167 - China Daily
168 - Facts and Details
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174 - Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, id
176 - No More Chinese Communist Party
177 - Rare Metal Blog
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I'm trying to identify the typeface used in this masthead. It looks like H&FJ's knockout, but the tail on the R has a different terminal.
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They may have applied art to create their unique nameplate. The nit-picker in me compels me to point out that a masthead may contain a publications' business information; editorial and management staff, circulation, etc. Publications' titles are called nameplates.
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Or flags.
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I'm not familiar with the terminology (masthead, nameplate, etc) and I'm a bit confused, but if we are talking about the title "APPLIED ARTS" the /R terminal looks exactly like a Knockout HTF26-Junior Flyweight.
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Thanks. I always get the title terminology wrong. This particular issue was part of a guest redesign by Rethink of Vancouver, so I think it isn't customized. Applied Arts' regular nameplate is unique though.
It's hard to tell in the image above, but the terminal actually ends in a straight vertical line. I'll take a photo of the cover tonight and upload it.
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Fivos is absolutely correct. Knockout HTF26-Junior Flyweight has that unique R, with the straight vertical stoke ending, as do HTF 28 JuniorFeatherweight and others.
- Herb
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Thanks Herb. The R only has that feature in the thinnest of the weights. It's a shame that H&FJ doesn't have any PDF specimens on their website to check details like these.
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to give someone an orgasm. look at get my rocks off
i'd get your rocks off.
The stubble a clean shaven man gets at the end of the day, normally at five o’clock in the evening.
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n. Inability to blog regularly.
n. Inability to think of anything to blog about.
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Dumber: No. What’s the word?
Dumb: I can’t remember.
Dumb & Dumber: (laughter)
The act of carrying alcoholic liquor at restricted places.
In Indian language (Hindi), a person who is constitutionally incapable of shutting-the-fuck-up!
You are constitutionally incapable of shutting-the-fuck-up! You are a fucking "pir pir".
Ref: Barris (A Scanner Darkly)
A word, with a tinge of punjabi accent, to describe a person (mostly female) who has pink complexion especially a white person.
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38. Ann Coulter
A fascist bitch demagogue and troublemaker whose violent hatred and bigotry gives Christianity a bad name just like the Middle Eastern terrorists give Islam a bad name. She became a millionaire by peddling screeds of hatred against religious and ethnic minorities, Islam, gays, and of course , "liberals" (that is, people who don't agree with her sick, twisted satanic philosophy). If you read excerts from her books you can see that she is a violent, extremely hateful psychotic. If you've had history class in college you can see she is similar to Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, and also Slobodan Milosevic - the son-of-a-bitch. She advocates violence against her targets of hatred. She is dangerous. She often has a wild hateful look in her eyes. She needs to be admitted in an asylum and sedated. She is crazy.
Bill: Look at Tony! He's reading that Ann Coulter book again.
George: Tony can't think for himself. He follows any guru who claims to be a Christian. Ain't nothing Christian about Ann Coulter. She's just a plain bitch.
43. Ann Coulter
If satan and skeletor had a baby and then that baby took shit then that shit vomited. You still not have something as vile and disgusting as ann coulter. Also applies to Glenn Beck.
"Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims." From the insane mind of Ann Coulter
44. Ann Coulter
See Cunt
To use the words of Yoda: A cunt, Ann Coulter is.
45. Ann Coulter
From Middle English: Annye (being warm and smooth) Coullentre (having vile or rank-smelling appendages).
A mythical hosebeast from ancient Saxon folklore, the "Ann Coulter" was said to be the offspring of Satan and a Viking queen named Hildastank II. She would appear unsolicited in the homes of poor families around the English countryside, raiding the fridge and offering no "thank-you" in return. The Ann Coulter was believed to carry a fannypack containing any number of Coldplay albums, Miley Cyrus DVDs, and other dirty bombs. She was known as "The Ruiner," for her proclivity to lay waste to entire civilizations, whilst leaving an "upper-decker" in the second story lav.
QUESTION: Dude, what the fuck? You're mom is lying dead on the kitchen floor, there's a pregnant cow in the living room, and you have a bottle of Barton's vodka shoved up your asshole base first. What the fuck happened here?
ANSWER: Ann Coulter brah, Ann Coulter.
46. ann coulter
the most beautiful woman that I want to punch in the throat
i want to punch ann coulter in the throat
47. Ann Coulter
a political humorist
Ann Coulter says that liberals hate America more than the Islamic terrorists do.
48. Ann Coulter
Born Dec, 8 1961, Ann Coulter is an American social and political commentator, author of several best-selling books, a radio talk show host, and a syndicated columnist. She has an amazing ability to turn supposedly "open-minded, tolerant" liberal democrats into red faced, blathering, sturrering, cursing, piles of mush. She famously wishes for the day when a woman's right to vote is taken away. Arguing that it would be impossible for democrats to win an election without the single female vote. She calls the Democrat Party "the party of women."
Ann Coulter thinks that John Edwards is a "faggot."
49. Ann Coulter
Winner, ten years in a row, of the largest adam's apple contest.
That Ann Coulter is better hung than a horse, and uglier.
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1. Slapping the Weasel with the Right One
The act of masturbating, typically with the use of one's right hand.
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106. turtle
shut up girl before i pull a turtle on your ass
107. Turtle
A really cute guy; a hot person.
"Woha! Look at that turtle!!"
108. Turtle
The lead guitarist in a band.
Turtle gets all the chicks.
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109. turtle
Another name for a Ford Taurus. The Taurus is know to be slow and the name 'Taurus' is just to similiar to the word turtle.
The turtle just passed a car on the freeway!
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110. turtle
Someone who is obsessed with air-ride technologies... and things that are FUCKING EXTREME like mini truckin, shavin badges, drinkin 40's, scraping, dragging....
Tom says: "Raaawwwr I want fucckin bags, it would be so fucking extremely extreme"
Skip says: "quit being such a turtle, you never had your bags... you never had your truck.. damn lame asses, where did i find my friends..."
111. turtle
girl that gets banged by 3 dudes, all wholes filled at once
courtney is a very dirty trutle, she loves turtles. walk around in group of 3s n ur turn might come up
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112. turtle
Of African descent; black person.
yo that turtle stole my bike!
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1. classy problem
A type of problem that, for its low likelihood of occurrence, should not be taken into serious account. Popularized by Doug Heffernan on the King of Queens.
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1. freshmanitis
it is when freshmen hang out with seniors who talk about senioritis, and they believe they have any reason to be sick of high school.
senior-omg only 3 1/2 more months of this crap!
freshman-what's the matter?
senior-i have senioritis.
freshman-i'm so sick of school. i have freshmanitis
(senior procedes to beat freshman)
2. freshmanitis
Is someone who comes from high school to college and doesn't think about putting his time for studies. Enjoys more the time of having less classes and ignores the daily studies. Thinks only about partying and socializing, rather
Erick is a college freshman, first semester. He goes to classes and does his job. Outside classes, Erick spends most of his time playing PS3 and gives a f**** on his studies. He only wants to have fun and wants to party more. So he got freshmanitis. He later gets in trouble in the end of the first semester keeping up with his grades and fails like in High School
3. freshmanitis
-When a sophomore girl hangs out with and talks to all the freshman at your school.
-When an older girl is always dating the freshman guys.
Spencer: What's with Mary? She's been hanging with the freshmen an awful lot.
Anthony: Yeah, she just got out of a relationship with one and now she's talking to that other one?
Spencer: Mary's definitely got a case of freshmanitis.
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1. Mud flaps
"How was she?"
by Balls November 14, 2004 add a video add an image
2. mudflap
3. mud flap
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4. mudflaps
5. mudflaps
Chicks with mudflaps are dirrrty
by WhoCares December 19, 2003 add a video add an image
6. Mud Flaps
7. mudflap
The result of way too much anal sex - the anus is so stretched out that when it returns to its 'not being penetrated' state, the extra skin forms a flap over the anus.
Since anal is so huge in porn, most pornstars have mudflaps.
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1. oh helllllll no
A term of defiance, of disagreement or unwillingness to participate.
Mah gurl callt me and wantit 200 dolla for a new weave and I was all oh helllllll no!
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