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Most of the time when one thinks about atlases it's in terms of consulting one for reference. That's probably how they are used most of the time; however, as I've said in this space before, I read them for entertainment. The Kalamazoo Public Library has many atlases that diverge from the usual road variety, as was shown in the book about remote islands that I brought forward last month. Here is another special-use atlas that was received just this month -- a book of maps and commentary on biblical places. This volume is very different from other atlases of its type in that it includes the latest archaeological and historical research, new mapping styles, and maps that have never appeared before, all in full color with an accessible text. Last, but not least, this book is in the circulating collection, so this well-done, visually appealing effort can be enjoyed at home.
Geraldine Brooks has crafted a wonderful historical novel in Caleb's Crossing. Set in 1660's New England, it's the fictional story of the first Native American, Caleb Cheeshateaumauk, to graduate from Harvard College.
The story is told in flashbacks, from the point of view of Bethia Mayfield, daughter of a Martha's Vineyard preacher. Bethia and Caleb meet as children on the island, and become clandestine friends. She is as hungry for an education as he is, but in New England of that time education for girls was considered frivolous. In their teen years, both Caleb and Bethia find themselves at Harvard in Cambridge: Caleb as a respected student, Bethia as an indentured servant. Events largely beyond their control shape their lives, and as Bethia looks back, she tells the story in verbal snapshots.
Author Geraldine Brooks has taken the few facts known about Caleb, and woven a compelling story where the New England of that time, and her characters as well, seem to come alive. Brooks won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel March, about the Civil War.
I'm currently reading What Would Joey Do?, book three of four in the Joey Pigza series by Jack Gantos. I like reading about Joey and his unpredictable life, his sweet behavior, his incredibly stupid behavior, and his mature logic about himself and his family—the abusive cigarette-smoking oxygenated grandma who raised him, his single mom with whom he now lives and who was AWOL most of his life yet now treats him with love and care, and his well-intentioned alcoholic dad Carter who lives three hours away in Pennsylvania, and his constant companion Pablo, a dachshund who tags along in Joey's backpack.
Joey is high-strung and has major behavior problems that prompt his mom to get him evaluated resulting in him wearing medicated patches. Joey jumps into laugh-out-loud situations then suddenly sinks to real-life issues loaded with poignancy and despair. Joey is a grown-up little kid and his favorite expression is, "Can I get back to you on that?" Gantos is an extremely clever writer who has created a humorous character you do want to know!
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If Hobbes and Machiavelli agree on one thing, it's the "baseness of men," that humans are nasty little creatures (Hobbes: "I put for a generall inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restlesse desire for Power after power, that ceaseth only in Death"). Machiavelli always keeps this in mind.
Machiavelli isn't best described as a moral thinker, and many of his ideas, to put it bluntly, are actually immoral. Completely opposite of Socrates, he is not interested in issues of good and evil or right and wrong. In fact, he is sick of talking about it; he doesn't think talking about it has helped humanity, especially because all the talk assumes that people are good. When you assume that people are good, government fails. Interestingly, this is not too far from how our American government was formed, based on the idea that, given human nature, we need several "check and balances" and laws which constantly check human nature. Machiavelli was a military genius, writing while in political exile, trying to help out his government gain the power back that it had. His hero, the "prince," is not the virtuous "Sage" of the Tao te Ching, but he does trick his people into thinking he is! His startling claims, his brutal views about human nature (realistic he would probably say), and his coldly rational political tactics must always be looked at in this lens, I suppose.
Love Fails, Fear Wins
Compared to the fear of punishment, love is weak. It's important to remember that Machiavelli is talking about how a "prince," or leader, should act, not necessary of normal person; however, he does make some starting claims about humans in general. A prince should try to be both feared and loved, but especially feared:
"because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous…and that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected other precautions, is ruined…men have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who if feared, for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails."
But a ruler should steer clear of hatred: "Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred." Killing people for just cause, he says, is even better than taking their property away from them. People really hate that. He applauds Hannibal, in a sense, for keeping people afraid of him through his "inhumane cruelty."
Machiavelli also adopts the idea of friendship into the character of his "prince." To other nations, a prince should either be a loyal friend or a bitter enemy--but, like Dodge, never neutral: "A prince is also respected when he is either a true friend [to another state] or a downright enemy." Laissez faire is not a good foreign policy. Why? Because "it will always happen that he who is not your friend will demand your neutrality, whilst he who is your friend will entreat you to declare yourself with arms." If they win, you win too; and if they lose, they will try to "shelter you" from the winner.
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Love is a desire, a craving, an "apetite" for what people think is good for them. The more "obedient" you are to a person, an idea, or a feeling, the more you act on it. For a second this sounds like Plato, but only for a second. In the state of nature, this "apetite" goes unchecked, leaving human nature to commit the most brutal selfish acts. What people need, says Hobbes, is the government to tell them what is good for them, what they should be obedient to:
"in the condition of men that have no other law but their own appetites, there can be no general rule of good and evil actions. But in a Commonwealth this measure is false: not the appetite of private men, but the law, which is the will and appetite of the state, is the measure."
As Hobbes lays out the laws, or starting principles, of his utopia, he makes some startling claims about what "the people are to be taught." First, they should not love other nations. Second, they should not love particular "popular" people [heroes] within their own nation; this takes away from the "Sovereign" [the ruling class, I take it]. Loving heroes "may fitly be compared to the violation of the second of the Ten Commandments."
Sounding much like Augustine, but with a more grim and authoritarian tone generally, Hobbes reduces even the Golden Rule, and salvation itself, to pure obedience to God:
"All that is necessary to salvation is contained in two virtues, faith in Christ, and obedience to laws. The latter…if it were perfect, were enough to us. But because we are all guilty..."
"The obedience required at our hands by God, that accepteth in all our actions the will for the deed, is a serious endeavour to obey Him; and is called also by all such names as signify that endeavour. And therefore obedience is sometimes called by the names of charity and love, because they imply a will to obey; and our Saviour himself maketh our love to God, and to one another, a fulfilling of the whole law" And whoever loves God and others "hath all the obedience necessary."
Hobbes focus on love as obedience reminds me of a quote from my blog on Christian love, where Jesus says that obedience fuels love, and vice versa: "If you love me, you will obey my teaching" and "this is my command: love each other."
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Ever wonder what a day in the life of a goldfish is like? Well, wonder no longer. Michgan author Devin Scillian's brilliant book, Memoirs of a Goldfish (excellently illustrated by Tim Bowers), takes you through not only a day but several days for an adorable little goldfish. He gets curious, grumpy, lonely, excited, and nervous among many other things. He finds friends, love, and probably himself. I like him and so will you! (P.S. Tell all your friends about him, too, since this book is the Michigan Reads! title for 2011!)
My book club read Feast of Love, from the library's "Book Club in a Bag" service for August. (It sure is easy to take a bag of books and just pass them out for the next month.) It stimulated good conversation and everyone liked it – not always the case with this group!
The book begins with the author himself, Charles Baxter, waking from a nightmare and going for a moonlight walk through Ann Arbor. While sitting on a park bench, he is joined by an acquaintance, Bradley. As they talk, Bradley provides the title for the novel Baxter is working on and offers himself as a character.
From that quirky beginning, what follows is a chronicle of love told through an ensemble of characters woven together seamlessly. A variety of subplots creates a multi-layered story about human relationships.
We had a good conversation about this book and recommend it to book groups or individuals.
In contrast to my previous blog post, a big book (1200 pages!) that goes beyond investing to cover every facet of your financial life is Making the Most of Your Money NOW by Jane Bryant Quinn. It is not necessarily a book you read straight through, but contains chapters on all aspects of your financial life, from budget planning to insurance to saving for college to wills & trusts. It is a fantastic resource to dip into when there is a specific topic you need to know about. It was revised in 2010 to stay up-to-date with your financial information needs.
Nobody can escape love, says Chaucer in Troilus and Criseyde; nature forces it onto people as she sees fit. The universe calls us to love: "God loves, and grants that love shall be eternal / All creatures in the world through love exists." Love "saves mankind from wickedness and shame" and "converted thee from all wickedness." And if we don't love, Nature tries to change our mind, it will stike back, come to you, well up:
And loveless hearts, let them by Love be bent To learn to love, and thus in pity grow, But faithful hearts may Love keep ever so!
But much of Chaucer's poem, about a knight falling in love with the beautful Criseyde, is not about how great and beautiful love is, but how horrible and stressful it is. Like Cupid, God shoots an arrow of love-at-first-sight disease at the independent knight, "though he thought that nothing had the might / To curb the heart of such a one as he / Yet with a look, no longer was he free, / And he who stood but now in pride above / All men, at once was subject most to Love." But, Chaucer replies, "scorn not Love…For still the common fate on you must fall / That love, at nature's very heart indwelling, / Shall bind all things by nature's might compelling / …men of greatest worth have deepest loved / …For wisest men have most with love been pleased."
For for the woman especially, love is bondage. At one point she has a "cloudy thought," "Alas, since I am free, / Should I now love and risk my happy state / And maybe put in bonds my liberty?...who loveth not, no cause hath to complain." She does not fall in love with him on appearances: "No, moral virtue, firmly set and true, / That was the reason why I first loved you." And another knight bases his choice (a "burden") on her "goodness." So we have a mix of the Plato-Aristotle love for virtue's sake theme, and the medieval love-at-first-sight as well.
The Clerk's Tale is a ghastly story about a rich knight marrying a poor woman, testing her loyalty in a Job-like way by taking away her new born children, only to find out at the very end that the story is not about sexist attitude towards women. It's not about that, says the author directly: "This story's told here, not that all wives should / Follow Griselda in humility, / For this would be unbearable / But just that everyone, in his degree, / Should be as constant in adversity." And then he gives women a battle cry: "Strong-minded women, stand at your defense, / …suffer no man to do to you offense." And to the controlling men:
For one thing, sirs, I safely dare to say, That friends each one the other must obey If they'd be friends and long keep company. Love will not be constrained by mastery; When mastery comes, the god of love anon …Love is a thing as any spirit free; Women by nature love their liberty And not to be constrained like any thrall, And so do men, if say the truth I shall.
Free Bird!
Yes, just like the song, women who are treated badly will leave. They will choose "worms" over a "golden cage":
Take any bird and put it in a cage And do your best affection to engage …although its cage of gold be never so gay, Yet would this bird, by twenty thousand-fold, Rather, within a forest dark and cold, Go to eat worms and all such wretchedness. …above all things his freedom he desires.
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Minding Frankie is one of Maeve Binchy's best novels yet! Baby girl Frankie is born to mother Stella, who is dying of cancer. Stella names Noel--an alcoholic struggling with work and life, who has had no recent contact with Stella—as the father. Noel is forced to step up to the plate and do right by this infant. As a result, his life is transformed, as well as the lives of many family members and neighbors. As happens also in Jan Karon novels, the lives of Maeve Binchy's characters intertwine with each other in unexpected ways. We get to know and care about who they are, how they are growing and how their lives touch each other. In recent Binchy novels, I've felt a strong thread of cynicism that has frankly put me off. The classic Binchy irony appeared again in this novel, but she left the cynicism out, allowing the humor and richness of the busy world we inhabit to shine through. I would rank this one right up there with Evening Class.


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Title: HTML for Fun and Profit
Author: Mary E.S. Morris
Publisher: SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall, 1995; 264 pp. plus CD-ROM
Price: $35.95
Reviewer: Brian Rice
Build a Web Site
Author: net.Genesis and Devra Hall
Publisher: Prima Publishing, 1995; 715 pp.
Price: $34.95
Title: The HTML Sourcebook
Author: Ian S. Graham
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, 1995; 416 pp.
Price: $29.95
The first impression newcomers to the Internet and the World Wide Web get is that much net information feels very do-it-yourself. Is that good or bad? Some argue that all this volunteer information erodes the difference between the work of casual amateurs and the truly authoritative. Others contend that making this judgement has always been the responsibility of the reader, regardless of the medium, and the explosion of content on the Internet just makes more voices available to choose among. The Internet's detractors seem to be in the minority (although that doesn't diminish their arguments), and they can't stop Web serving from being a ton of fun. So we find many books on the market these days to help us do-it-yourself publishers. I recently had the pleasure of working with three.
Of these books, Morris's HTML for Fun and Profit is the only one that gives evidence of having been rushed to press (and it still missed its intended publication date by several weeks). The book has many distracting typos as well as a few truly embarrassing errors—for example, it's regrettable that Garrison Keillor has not read HTML for Fun and Profit, because it alleges that gopher originated at the University of Michigan. He should be able to get a good monologue out of that, on the topic of "Yet More Indignities Minnesota Suffers—Stoically, of Course."
HTML for Fun and Profit has the feel of a reference manual, with all the pros and cons that might suggest. It has many tables, and you probably won't come away from the book with the feeling that you're missing raw data.... Most of what Web authors and managers use most of the time is covered, with the exception of post-HTML 2.0 extensions. On the other hand, the prose is wooden, which makes for slow reading, and the onslaught of detail after detail creates a trees-obscuring-the-forest effect. Morris's book is the only one of the three that comes with a CD-ROM, which in this case offers 500MB of the same stuff over and over again. The disc's top-level directory structure offers "mac", "WINNT", "sol1", "sol2", and disappointingly slim "docs" and "src" directories. The directories named after architectures contain binaries for the platforms and all the examples from the book, mostly identical among the various architectures. ("sol1" and "sol2" are SunOS and Solaris 2, respectively.) Can ISO 9660 CD-ROMs have hard links? This one doesn't, and they might have made some room for the things we'd like to see on a Web CD-ROM, like maybe giftrans, which the text itself spends more than one page documenting. So what's here for Linux users? Well, all the text examples are here, though most are pretty trivial; source code for the CERN and NCSA servers is here; and there's source for Perl 4. No selection of Web browsers, no pbmplus, no xv, no giftrans. I was disappointed with the CD-ROM, as well as the book as a whole. Neither really connects the reader with the day-to-day experience of running a Web site.
By contrast, Build a Web Site is pervaded by experience. You sense on every page that you are being addressed by people who have worked long and hard with what they are discussing. For example, all the books mention that it is a faux pas to use "click here" as a hyperlink, but only this book bothers to give credible reasons why. Only in Build a Web Site will you find the magic incantation telnet hostname 80, the canonical way to test whether your Web server is happy. And only Build a Web Site explains why you should care about your server logs.
Build a Web Site includes the specifications for HTTP, HTML, and URLs, which the cynical might assume were included so that the book would take up more shelf space than its competitors at Bookstar. But the authors have taken pains to insert cross-references into the specs, a nice gesture, and I found myself using the specs regularly.
One odd omission from Build a Web Site is server-parsed HTML, a topic covered very nicely in The HTML Sourcebook. This book's focus is narrower than the others'; its intent is primarily to describe the world of Web authoring. It contains a section on Web servers, many of which are non-Unix, but the presentation is broad rather than deep. Interestingly enough, the Sourcebook displays a simple C program that pretends to be a Web server and displays what a client is sending. The program feels out of place, but it's useful nevertheless.
The Sourcebook also contains voluminous lists of tools, all with URLs for getting them. Since any paper guide to the Internet is going to be out of date the moment it hits the stands, these locations must be taken with a grain of salt, but you can at least use the locations as hints for archie use. Perhaps knowing this, the author included a section on how to use archie—although he assumes that you will be willing and able to install an archie client rather than telnetting to an archie server directly.
The HTML Sourcebook is the only book of the three to emphasize that the Web's native character set is ISO Latin-1, not ASCII. Build a Web Site ignores the issue (except in the included HTML spec), and HTML for Fun and Profit makes a muddle of the whole issue. The HTML Sourcebook is also the only one that mentions Linux.
Another strength of the Sourcebook is that it demonstrates by example the importance of previewing your Web content with a range of browsers, and the book includes the archive locations of many. Web authors often forget to do this test before releasing their material, so it's nice to see the word getting out; I wish Graham had been even more explicit. In fact, my favorite single page in any of these books is in HTML for Fun and Profit: it shows a Web home page whose authors neglected the possibility that visitors might have chosen to delay the loading of inline images. It's a train wreck, of course, and all the more satisfying because the page belongs to Sun.
Of these books, I recommend Build a Web Site for Linux audiences, possibly supplemented by The HTML Sourcebook for finding resources. Perhaps HTML for Fun and Profit will be improved in future editions. I also recommend that anyone contemplating Web work learn perl, perhaps before reading these books.
Brian Rice (firstname.lastname@example.com) is Member of Technical Staff with K Computing, a nationwide Unix and Internet training firm.
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Before I get to my question, a quick background. I have been lifting for a while and have always had a respectable deadlift and squat while my bench press has been less than stellar. If you looked at me you probably wouldn't think I deadlift or squat as much as I do, not that it is a ton but there are plenty of much bigger guys at the gym I go to that do a lot less. Due to this, I would like to give a hypertrophy routine a go (HTC12) but my dilemma is I don't know if I I need to increase my upper body strength first so it is effective.
Right now I am only benching 185 for six reps or so which is pretty bad considering I am repping out 315 on squat and getting close to 405 again in deadlifts. I don't really want to focus on a hypertrophy routine if it is only going to help the areas I am already strong in and my chest will continue to lag far behind.
Basically, I am just looking for advice from some of you more seasoned guys if I should focus on getting my bench numbers up first and then try HCT12 or should I just go ahead and jump into it. If I should just go ahead and jump into it should I add more chest work since that is where I am struggling the most?
6'1", 215lbs
Deadlift - 475, Front Squat - 320, Back Squat - 405
I guess I fail to understand what your bench strength has to do with trying to gain mass. If your bench is lagging and it bothers you, then yes, I would suggest benching more. Why do you believe your bench is so low? Is it chest strength? Triceps strength?
Best lifts: 615/475/660, Raw w/ Wraps
I would say it is chest strength, I can do weighted dips without too much trouble (sets of 8-12 with a 45lb plate) so my triceps seem decent. I wasn't sure if my lack of bench strength would hinder my ability to put on mass, so I was more questioning that logic all together. Having a big bench number doesn't really bother me but I figure it helps to build mass if you can move heavier weight.
6'1", 215lbs
Deadlift - 475, Front Squat - 320, Back Squat - 405
Your goals aren't mutally exclusive (unlike putting 100lbs on my squat while getting my bodyfat under 10%). So why not focus on mass and see what happens to your strength. People can get stronger on mass routines like HCT and if you haven't made the bench gains you want with your current program, a switch might be more than adequate.
Even if you lost some strength, it probably wouldn't set you so far back and you'd be able to catch up pretty quick. When I rotate assistance work sometimes when I come back to an exercise I'm not as strong when I last did it, but I'm not as weak as when I first picked it up and within a workout or two I'm close to previous records.


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House Speaker John Boehner's office ordered CSPAN to switch off its camers during a fellow Congressman's scathing dressing-down over the Speaker's refusal to entertain further debate on unemployment benefits. The Speaker asserts control over CSPAN's cameras and has made it clear that Americans can only expect to see their government in session when he believes it is in their interest to do so.
"We regret, Mr. Speaker, that you have walked off the platform without addressing the issue of critical importance to this country, and that is the continuation of the middle class tax cut, the continuation of unemployment benefits for those at risk of losing them, and a continuation of the access to doctors for all those 48 million seniors who rely on them daily for help."
And that's when the audio cut out. Seconds later, footage faded to a shot of the capitol from outside.
Moments later, someone at C-SPAN took to Twitter and explained: "C-SPAN has no control over the U.S. House TV cameras – the Speaker of the House does."
It's for reasons just like this, one might infer, that Boehner told C-SPAN back in February it would not be allowed control its own cameras.
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MrsBug says:
I called my Congresscritter this morning (a Republican), and told him if he and his fellow Repubs didn't pass the Senate bill, I would be holding they all responsible when the payroll tax cuts expire in January.
Adrian Lopez says:
So with an 11% approval rating does this Congress really want to make it worse? You know there's a guy in Syria right now who doesn't allow cameras either. This Congress is such a joke.
mack says:
Cutting off the feed is completely unacceptable and may very well violate sunshine laws, if any such thing exists in the federal code.
Legal experts?
Wendell Belew says:
If you look at the clip closely, the Speaker (pro tem) had adjourned the House before Hoyer began his statement. Technically, the House was no longer in session & coverage should have ended. This was a pro-forma session where the House came into session, Van Hollen said the pledge and then the House adjourned. While substantively, I am completely with the Democrats on this issue, procedurally – and I am a lawyer who served as chief counsel to a House committee – Hoyer's statements took place after the House had adjourned.
Historically, the rule that the Speaker controls the cameras was established by Tip O'Neill. Newt Gingrich (then in the minority) staged shows wherein Republicans would make speeches to an empty chamber (after legislative business was over) making harsh charges against Democrats & challenging them to respond. Since no one but the speech-maker was present, no one responded. The impression was given that Democrats were unable to counter the arguments.
Tip then directed C-Span to pan the empty chamber.
Toffer99 says:
Piece by piece they are destroying freedom of speech in the U.S.A.
bklynchris says:
Anybody know if this has happened before? If so, esp. with a Democrat, than it cannot be used to any advantage. If not, well it could very well be used in the upcoming elections against the better judgement of the GOP and its current pre-eminent member, the Speaker of the House.
Thad Boyd says:
Ha, you think something can't be used for political advantage just because the other party's done the exact same thing in the past?
alephxero says:
I thought the Speaker's control over the C-SPAN cameras was relatively new. I remember reading about it (I thought in the context of it being new) when the makeup of the House changed last fall.
*edit: Okay. So C-SPAN does not control any cameras in the House or (I assume) the Senate. They're all government-owned cameras that the Speaker, as head of the body, ultimately has control over, and this was the case even before Boehner moved up. C-SPAN has requested permission to install their own cameras but has been denied by the last two Speakers.
So the Speaker having this sort of control doesn't seem to be new at all. The Speaker exercising it, though, is (I think). Troubling, regardless of how new it is.
Ian Wood says:
That's right. In 1994, then-Democratic Speaker of the House "Tip" O'Neil used CSPAN
camera control to embarrass Newt Gingrich by ordering them to pan back and show that Gingrich was haranguing an empty House chamber (which is fine. And kind of funny.) But both sides muck about with the feeds, I'm sure, and I'd be willing to bet that much of the time it doesn't make the news.
SamSam says:
If anything, that's adding more "sunshine," not less. Gingrich used to go into the empty house to make bold speeches, knowing that the CSPAN cameras would make it seem like he was addressing them to the whole house. (And this child wants to be president?) Pulling the cameras back allowed people to see the truth.
This, on the other hand, is hiding the truth.
But I see your point, and when people bring this incident up, yours will be the ready-made answer. This follows the tradition that there can never be any valid criticism of anything in the government so long as the other side can accuse you of a past hypocrisy, whether or not it's equivalent.
Christian Hoehner says:
If you have ever actually visited the floor of the House or Senate you'd know that almost all debate and floor speeches are addressing an empty room…clerks, the Speaker pro tempore, party representatives, various USCP, and a few DC tourists are about all that show up mostly. Standard business….
Carl Hostetter says:
It's not "new", at least not new to Boehner. Pelosi did the same thing on Aug. 1, 2008.
alephxero says:
Okay. I wasn't aware of previous occurrences (as I said I first heard about it at all when Boehner was coming into the Speaker role). It doesn't make it any less troubling or wrong that Boehner or anyone else would exercise this kind of authority to stifle the disclosure of what should be public proceedings.
amaze says:
Doesn't make it right. What are they afraid of? They are "supposed" to be their to represent us. hhhhmmmmm
Rockn says:
He just didn't want everyone to see him cry
Antinous / Moderator says:
It's not the crying per se; it's the runnels in his spray tan.
atimoshenko says:
This is despicable. How can they get away with this? How can they even start to justify it?
Carl Hostetter says:
Oh, how quickly we forget… August 1, 2008:
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democrats adjourned the House, turned off the lights and killed the microphones, but Republicans are still on the floor talking gas prices….
C-SPAN, which has no control over the cameras in the chamber, has stopped broadcasting the House floor, meaning no one was witnessing this except the assembled Republicans, their aides, and one Democrat…."
Duncan McPherson says:
Which just goes to show it's wrong with anyone does it, regardless of party affiliation.
I hope that was the point you were trying to make.
(And if this is a repost, sorry. My internet connection seemed to hang on my last attempt. Spotty service, and all.)
Bret Schlyer says:
The House session had ended when the camera was turned off. Hoyer just continued talking.
Kevin says:
C'mon Bret it's obvious that the speaker pro tem gaveled the proceeding closed in near record time when he saw Steny approaching to speak. Technicalities don't change the egregious nature of what happened – and yes, the other side had done the same before… and was equally egregious
Chris Yates says:
C'mon Kevin it's obvious that it was a _pro forma_ proceeding. Both parties use them all the time… that's how the House works, according to its own (weird and inane) rules.
jerwin says:
If the House goes out of session long enough, The President can make recess appointments.
Antinous / Moderator says:
If the House goes out of session long enough, The President can make recess appointments.
That always makes me think of the cabinet meeting between the swing set and the jungle jim.
Jason Meeker says:
Incorrect. Only the Senate has the authority to advise and consent to presidential appointments and therefore a House recess would not allow the President to make recess appointments.
Pro forma sessions are a normal practice in both chambers and allow for certain legislative functions to be performed such as introductions of bills, speaker appointments and other mundane day to day business of each chamber.
There was nothing nefarious in the cameras being turned off or the quick gavel. As much as I think the House R's should stop trying to be combative on everything, this was by no means some conspiracy. More importantly I think it was a little disingenuous to post this in the first place. The House was clearly no longer in session and there was no reason for the cameras to remain on.
Just because a congressperson continues to talk after the gavel doesn't change the fact that the House was no longer in session. Trust me, capitol critters love to talk – especially when a camera is around.
Kevin says:
Taken from "The CSPAN revolution": "Control over the House feed raised a related question concerning the substance of access. In 1988 when Representative Robert Dornan (R-CA) refused to relinquish the microphone at the end of is one minute grant of time, the acting Speaker of the house ordered the sergeant of arms to cut off Dornan's microphone. The Republicans cried censorship when they realized that the C-SPAN signal was going out with video only. After heated debate, the House passed a resolution that the "audio and visual broadcast of House proceedings not be interrupted"
I'm sure Boehner will argue that since proceedings had been gaveled closed, then shutting off the feed didn't violate any resolutions, etc. – the putz
Carl Hostetter says:
Does that make Nancy Pelosi a putz too, then?
Navin_Johnson says:
She certainly is. This partisan tit for tat amongst Democrats and Republicans is amusing…..
Andrew says:
People need to get over this childish 'us vs them' sports fan mentality, and look at the real issues.
Carl Berglund says:
Hey, "but everybody else is doing it," is always a valid rebuttal.
Carl Hostetter says:
It is when people cite the "it" as either unprecedented or in violation of procedural rules in order to score political points….
waetherman says:
Yeah, it's all fun and games until taxes go up on the middle class and unemployment benefits are cut off, putting our economy back in to a tailspin… very amusing.
Navin_Johnson says:
I think you misunderstood my post: That "Mean Old Lady Pelosi" did this or that is irrelevant to the actual issue. It's especially irrelevant if you're say…a progressive and not a fan of the leaders of either party.
You might as well try to justify Obama's recent civil rights violations by saying: "bbbbut mommmy George Bush….."
waetherman says:
No, I got what you were saying. My point was that it would be amusing if it weren't such a sad statement about politics in this country, or if the consequences weren't so serious.
Navin_Johnson says:
Fair enough, "sadly amusing" would have been more apt. Gallows humor.
I always think it's sad/amusing that Pelosi is so often trotted out as some kind of 'liberal' figurehead. "Your hero Pelosi did x" huh? whut?
Bret Schlyer says:
Why would Boehner making a factual statement about the issue make him a putz?
lknope says:
"A free and open press is a cornerstone of our democracy…I agree that enhancing opportunities for media coverage can make the House more open and transparent to the American people."
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February 3, 2011
skyhawk1 says:
Except when Republican are in control.
Bret Schlyer says:
Or, its obvious that Steny knew no business was going to be allowed, and did it anyway. There is nothing egregious about this. "The House gaveled in Wednesday for what had been announced by GOP leaders as a pro-forma session with no legislative business scheduled."
Navin_Johnson says:
As they always say about surveillance cameras: "if you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to worry about".
DrunkenOrangetree says:
Regrettably, that the Dems did the same thing in 2008 turns this into a non-story.
atimoshenko says:
On the contrary, that the Dems did the same thing in 2008 turns it into a bigger story. Our representatives are flagrantly (and now repeatedly) refusing to be transparent about how they represent us. This is not about whether the donkeys are worse than the elephants, it is about the shamelessness of those in power.
DrunkenOrangetree says:
Then the original story should have included a link to Pelosi's action.
As it is, this looks like a story about the GOP's censorship.
Ian Wood says:
Worst. Political class. EVER.
Andrew says:
No it doesn't. The fact that this happens at all makes it a serious story.
deaduncledave says:
Two wrongs don't make a right. Saying, "Oh, but the democrats do it too" translates into "EVERYONE practices selective censorship." This isn't better, this is far far worse.
J. Brad Hicks says:
I am under the impression that adjournment requires either a passed motion, unanimous consent, or formal observation of lack of a quorum. Now, once the adjournment is a fact, I get turning off the C-SPAN cameras. It's these "pro forma" (recess appointment blocking only) sessions that seem to me to violate all parliamentary procedure, and possibly even US law.
Bret Schlyer says:
The House and the Senate make their own rules each year about parlimentary procedure.
Navin_Johnson says:
Anyway, can you believe China/Iran/North Korea did this?
Whoops, read the article wrong!
Jamie Adam says:
Thank god the internet is still controlled by us, so we can learn about these things. Boehner is a salivating supercilious slimy sack of snot, and we all know it even without hearing what needed to be heard anyway. He proved that himself. What a complete tool.
Carl Hostetter says:
This very post demonstrates what is actually most wrong about politics these days: the absolute demonization of those who disagree with one's politics, so that "discourse" becomes just name-calling and out-of-hand dismissal of other positions.
Navin_Johnson says:
I think we're all pretty aware of Boehner's positions by now…….
Tax cuts for the wealthy, social programs cut for everybody else.
Carl Hostetter says:
But that's not true, because it is only part of the truth. Boehner wants tax cuts not just "for the wealthy", but for everyone; and he wants to cut not just "social programs", but to cut government spending broadly. You may or may not agree that those are good policies, but describing them misleadingly like this to score political points only serves to feed the beast of political posturing and partisanship. How can we even begin to find consensus when people can't even be truthful about what the various positions actually are?
Navin_Johnson says:
"broadly" meaning a broad swipe of programs that mean nothing to the wealthy.
The fact that the GOP is so worried about paying for tax cuts undermines one of their sacred cows: That any kind of tax cut pays for itself and spurs growth.
Of course, god forbid Obama or the Democrats actually point that out.
Carl Hostetter says:
I think I'll just be grateful for the repeated illustrations of my point and leave it at that.
Navin_Johnson says:
Hey, who cut my camera off!
grimc says:
No, what N_J says is the whole truth. Boehner wants the payroll tax cuts to expire to pay for keeping the top bracket's cuts. He wants to slash gubmint spending–but not in corporate subsidies and defense, just in departments and programs that administrate social programs.
The problem isn't partisanship. The problem with modern American politics is that the political center is defined by the Democrats on one side–which are, at best, moderately liberal but more likely moderately conservative–and the Republican Tea Party set on the other–radically right-wing.
It's the fetishization of centrism that's screwing things up. Maybe when centrists stop crying about "partisanship" and realize that the middle between sane and crazy only serves to legitimize the crazy, we can move forward.
Yacko says:
You're right. Boehner is not the baddest guy here. Unfortunately for him he's got a rambunctious repub party house that he cannot make see reason and they are constantly giving him a hotfoot hoping he will disappear. And let me tell you, they are cwazy. Doesn't Cantor and his voice remind you of Roger Rabbit?
SCAQTony says:
Controlled by us? Wait two weeks for that might change too with SOPA
Mordicai says:
What the WHAT.
awjt says:
They switch off the cameras when their side is losing. They admitted defeat.
ADavies says:
Hey! That was my Congress critter they cut off! He's not perfect, but he's the only Representative my district has. Pisses me off to no end.
SCAQTony says:
What a day! – The NY Times gets an "eff-you" note from the Department of Justice regarding a FOIA request they made asking what are the military rules of engagement with a US citizen. The Electronic Frontier Foundation posting guidelines how to keep your blog going if imprisoned for actually blogging. More news on SOPA and finally C-Span told to get lost from the public hall of congress because they might hear something they shouldn't.
Yes, Matt Damon is correct, we really do have a eunuch for President.
David Kilfoil says:
So basically these Republicans have just discovered "rage quitting"?
Danilo Albergaria says:
This makes Boehner a kind of Idra of politics.
tony1l says:
In 2008 Republicans were shut out, but doesn't anyone care what they were standing there for? They were wanting to increase Off-shore drilling and in 2 years the largest off-shore spill in the world occurs wrecking the Gulf coast economically and environmentally. They were wrong to stand up for the oil-industry then and are wrong to hold up middle class tax cuts now.
Navin_Johnson says:
Amen, well said.
Cowicide says:
One of these days, I hope more Americans quit thinking all Democrats are the exact same as all Republicans.
Look at the fucking voting records. Open your eyes.
devans00 says:
Not even pretending to be an open democracy. America's loss.
ryuchi says:
Wow! -The picture of the video before you play it has these Fascist symbols–an etruscian weapon of sticks with axe. These sticks in Itali were called 'fascini' and thus the origin of the name Fascist. What do they have these in the US senat (or whatever this hall in the picutre is…)?? Can anyone explain?
Antinous / Moderator says:
Anahata says:
Anyone from any party who uses this tactic is a douchebag. Period.


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The winter months impede some cleaning and care, but the sisters can still be found in the barn, bundled up with brushes in hand.
"We try to wash them twice a week," Madalyn Rankin said. "It's hard to do when it's cold."
Usually the girls will start cow-care duties around 6:30 a.m. before homeschooling and other activities.
"A lot of people invest time and money in sports," Janel Rankin said. "This is pretty much their sport."
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"They've done very well," Janel Rankin said. "All the time they invest is paying off."
Kali and Madalyn plan to continue their already prominent showing streak, expressing their wish to raise and compete for centuries if they could.
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St. Cloud State (Minn.) jumped from fourth to first in the poll after winning last weekend's 16-team dual tournament, with Notre Dame (Ohio) vaulting from seventh to second with a runner-up finish. UCO, Newberry (S.C.) and Wisconsin-Parkside rounded out the top five.
Defending national champion Nebraska-Kearney was No. 1 in the first three polls, but tumbled to a tie for 13th after going 1-2 in Springfield. The Lopers come to Edmond to face UCO at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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So what can you do if your best friend's chewing turns destructive? Puppies and adult dogs should have a variety of appropriate and attractive chew toys. However, just providing the right things to chew isn't enough to prevent inappropriate chewing. Dogs need to learn what is okay to chew and what is not.
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- "Dog-proof" your house. Put valuable objects away until you're confident that your dog's chewing behavior is restricted to appropriate items. Keep shoes and clothing in a closed closest, dirty laundry in a hamper and books on shelves. Make it easy for your dog to succeed.
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- Discourage chewing inappropriate items by spraying them with chewing deterrents.
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I have a diabetic dog, he is five yrs old, he chews everything, books, trash cans, shoes, and will growl if you try to get them. if you get him a bone he chews it feverishly- I have never seen a dog like this. I do have a pit bull he has chewed all the bark off 2 trees
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Serrano and other whistle-blowers took the stand in a civil rights case challenging some of the five million streets stops made by police in the past decade using a tactic known as stop and frisk. They believe illegal quotas are behind some wrongful stops of black and Hispanic men.
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In a tough economy there may be little choice but to reduce expenses rather than try to earn more money. However, with the Internet opening up a variety of money-making options, a little side income might not be out of the question either.
While the thought of spending less money might not have many immediate detractors, as someone who has worked hard over the years to cut costs while at the same time struggled to earn more income, I can tell you first hand as a self-employed person who has taken a significant pay cut compared to when I was with a regular employer, there can be downsides, some of which can be significant.
Social Security Issues
Earning less income over time can have a huge impact upon the eventual Social Security benefits I can expect to receive. With 6.2 percent of each dollar I earn going toward Social Security, and another matching 6.2 percent being added from an employer (which in my case is me), we're talking over 12 percent of each dollar I make -- or don't make in this situation -- going toward a future "retirement plan" so to speak.
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Earlier this month, the Texas Education Agency released copies of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, making the assessments available for viewing on the agency's website.
"We know that we are asking more of our students and educators under the STAAR program," said Commissioner of Education Michael L. Williams. "Our students and teachers are still adjusting to the new expectations, but it is clear we must improve instruction to meet 21st century demands."
The 2012-13 school year was the second since the STAAR was implemented.
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Aledo ISD
Aledo ISD presented its results to the board at last week's trustee meeting.
The high school campus, Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center, Aledo Middle School, McAnally Intermediate, Coder Elementary, McCall Elementary, Stuard Elementary and Vandagriff Elementary all received a Met Standard, the highest rating awarded by the state.
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"We are pleased with the results released from TEA regarding the performance of Aledo ISD on the recent STAAR test administration," Aledo superintendent Derek Citty said. "All of our campuses worked hard to meet and exceed the requirements of this performance milestone. While we are pleased with the results, Aledo ISD will use these results as a benchmark for continued improvement in the future."
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Goshen Elementary received an Improvement Required rating, which is assigned to a district or campus that did not meet one or more performance index targets in 2013. Due to the transitional issues in the first two years of the new accountability system, Required Improvement calculations will not be applied in 2013.
"I'm pleased that the district received confirmation that we 'Met Standards,' but disappointed that scores from Goshen Creek didn't reflect the hard work I've witnessed. We're going to use the test results as diagnostic data and develop instruction that will meet the unique needs of all our learners," Kelley said. "I am completely confident that this year's results were an anomaly. That campus and those students will rebound, and in August of next year we'll be talking about Goshen Creek's 'Distinction' awards."
Peaster ISD
Peaster ISD received Met Standard as a district. One campus, Peaster High School, received a distinction in mathematic achievement,
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"All of our scores on each index were well above the state targets," Millsap superintendent David Belding said. "This is exciting for our community and a testament to the quality of our teachers, students, and staff."
Millsap High School earning a distinction in academic achievement for mathematics.
"The high school's distinction in math, displays a strength of our instructional program when compared to other schools similar to Millsap High School. We are excited about this accomplishment," Belding said. "We are also pleased with our score on Index 4 which is post-secondary readiness. This score looks at graduation rates and the percentage of students who are graduating on the Recommended and Distinguished plans. This shows that our students graduating high school have completed a rigorous academic program."
Poolville ISD
Poolville ISD received Met Standard as a district, with all three of its campuses earning distinctions.
Poolville High School received a distinction in achievement for mathematics, while Poolville Junior High and Poolville Elementary received a Top 25 Percent Student Progress distinction.
"The distinctions received by our schools recognize outstanding achievement in mathematics and student progress," Poolville superintendent Jimmie Dobbs said. "The district averaged 18.5 points above the state targets across all four indexes, which is an indication that we are performing acceptable within the scope of the new system, and we will continue to improve as we always have."
To see a complete list of STAAR accountability ratings for 2012-13, visit the TEA website at ritter.tea.state.tx.us/perfreport/account/2013/index.html.