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By By Carol Eubanks and Bob Harrison, U.S. Army Forces Command Public AffairsNovember 21, 2011
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Nov. 21, 2011) -- Complex processes can lead to unintended, and multifaceted, challenges that can consume more time and money than necessary.
Whether it is inventory control, the preparation of Soldiers and equipment to deploy, or the tracking and management of information flow within a large headquarters, the better the process works -- the better the quality with the least amount of wasted money and time.
In 2005, the U.S. Army adopted the Lean Six Sigma methodology as a strategic approach for continuous process improvement.
Lean Six Sigma uses a set of quality management methods to create a special infrastructure of people within an organization who are experts in these methods. These individuals earn certification levels identifying their level of expertise; Master Black Belt, Black Belt and Green Belt.
The basic tenets of Lean Six Sigma are to reduce variation in any process -- to achieve the same good quality every time, while refining process flow steps to create a faster, more agile process.
The methodology has five phases: define the problem, measure key aspects of the current process, analyze the data to investigate and verify cause and effect relationships, improve (optimize) the current process, control the new process to prevent any deviations.
Since adopted by the Army, U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) has actively trained leaders and Lean Six Sigma practitioners in selecting and completing process improvement projects.
As of July 2011, the FORSCOM-wide cost savings is $117 million and a projected $254 million in savings from process improvement initiatives are already in queue.
Last week, Nov. 14-18, FORSCOM concluded its latest Army Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Course to produce more practitioners of the methodology. Twenty one students from throughout the headquarters, subordinate units and other commands completed the training portion necessary for a "Green Belt" certification.
Steve Sawicki and John Shupenus, Process Improvement Specialists with the FORSCOM Business and Readiness Improvement Division served as the Master Black Belt instructors for the course.
"There are proven ways of solving problems," said Shupenus while explaining what they wanted the students to learn.
"The FORSCOM campaign plan directs that this methodology [Lean Six Sigma] is what we're going to use to make FORSCOM more efficient and effective," said Shupenus. "We can't give up effectiveness for efficiency. We have a mission to do and that's number one."
We have limited resources; we know budgets are going to be cut," Shupenus continued. "We can't continue operating at the status quo."
The first week of training took place here at Fort Bragg, Oct. 17-21, 2011, when all the students learned the principles of Lean Six Sigma.
The students returned to their organizations to study and identify home station processes that could benefit from the application of the methodology.
Last week, they returned to the classroom to apply the methodology in a simulated business process.
With Lean Six Sigma, "when they complete a project they're very confident that they know the root causes of a problem and that the solution addresses those root causes," said Shupenus.
Most students in this class will return to their organizations with additional skills to tackle process challenges already identified. Each student will earn their "Green Belt" certification by completing the two-week training, passing the test and applying the Lean Six Sigma methods to improve a process in their organization.
The FORSCOM Secretary General Staff (SGS) seeks to improve the information flow, timeliness and on-time completion rate of taskings within the headquarters. "We have the old E-tasker system," said Master Sgt. Clifton Ford, SGS Operations Noncommissioned Officer, "It's an out-dated system."
"We're trying to update the electronic system for managing taskers," said Ford, "to reduce the percentage of late or unanswered tasks and minimize the staff hours used to track these taskers."
"I plan to apply it [Lean Six Sigma] to get our deploying units transportation set-up with minimum delay," said Chief Warrant Officer 4 Timothy Berry, a mobility officer in the FORSCOM G-3/5/7, and a student in this latest class. "It allows us to take a fresh look at our business practices and find a better way to during our day-to-day work."
"This course offers a more formalized process to improve all existing processes," added Mr. Andy Almueti, a program manager in the FORSCOM Internal Review directorate. "I now have more familiarity with tools to improve a process some of which I might not have thought through."
Each of these students will make an effort to improve their organization's processes to achieve cost saving measures similar to other FORSCOM units already using Lean Six Sigma principles.
The 101st Airborne Division, at Fort Campbell, Ky., is using Lean Six Sigma to reduce inventory levels to minimize losses incurred when units deploy. The division was losing residual dollar value when excess materials were not handled in accordance with disposition guidelines. They have completed 95% of their process refinement, with a goal to reduce their inventories by 50% and estimate the division will save $56 million.
Likewise, the 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y., sought to reduce billing "Delta Bills" by 80%, for failure to turn-in unserviceable parts against Exchange Price Requisitions. The division is now in the Control Phase of the Lean Six Sigma process and estimates it will save $63 thousand in monthly recurring "Delta Bills" and ultimately gain a $5.4 million return on investment through fiscal year 2013.
Using Lean Six Sigma, Fort Hood, Texas is well under way to achieving a 40% reduction on Soldier Readiness Processing time that may lead to $1.34 million annual savings and up to $4 million saved through fiscal year 2013. Similarly the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., is implementing process improvements in ammunition storage and prepositioned fleet management that will lead to $4.5 million and $6 million savings, respectively.
"One of our goals is to help change the culture of the Army away from a spend culture to a more cost aware culture," said Shupenus. "The more people we can train on this methodology, the more we chip away at that spend culture."
Kenneth Graham, who heads the BRID, explained that the tools the students learned aren't necessarily new, but evolved from successful innovations learned in many private sector corporations such as Ford, Toyota and Motorola.
What's next for the FORSCOM Business and Readiness Improvement Office and Lean Six Sigma?
"Continue to engage leadership at all levels throughout FORSCOM about the advantages of Lean Six Sigma and to identify processes that can be improved, continue to train more students, and continue to assist all process improvement initiatives underway," said Graham.


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Florida Pastor Won't Burn Quran, 'Ever'
Terry Jones, the Florida pastor who incited world-wide debate over his plans to burn copies of the Quran, said Saturday that he had already accomplished his goal of exposing a radical element of Islam and that he wouldn't follow through with his Quran-burning plans under any circumstances.
Appearing on NBC's "Today Show," Mr. Jones said he had come to New York in the hopes of meeting with Imam Feisal Rauf, a partner in the project to build an Islamic center two blocks north of Ground Zero. Mr. Jones has been lobbying for that project to be moved away from the site.
As Saturday progressed, however, it became apparent a meeting was unlikely to take place. People familiar with the matter said the imam will not meet with Mr. Jones and that this has become clear to the people in Mr. Jones's camp.
Asked on the "Today Show" whether he would proceed with his plans to burn copies of the holy book, Mr. Jones paused for several seconds before saying he had decided to cancel the event.
- Pastor to Appear on NBC's 'Today Show'
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- Opinion: Questions for Imam Rauf From an American Muslim
- Bloomberg Defends Right to Burn Quran
- Church Rebuffs Petraeus Warning on Quran Burning
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Mr. Jones then said he could "absolutely guarantee" that he wouldn't carry out his original plans, even if the Islamic center gets built on its proposed site. "We hoped that would open up a door to be able to talk to the imam about the Ground Zero mosque," he said.
Mr. Jones originally announced plans in July to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11. On Thursday, he abandoned them after a direct appeal from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Mr. Jones said he dropped his plans after reaching an agreement to move the Islamic center away from its planned location near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks. However, representatives of the center denied there was any such agreement.
On Friday afternoon, speaking at his Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Mr. Jones imposed a two-hour deadline on the imam to notify him whether he planned to relocate the Islamic center. The deadline passed without any contact from the imam, and it remained unclear what Mr. Jones's ultimate plans were as he traveled to New York Friday night.
Mr. Jones arrived at New York's LaGuardia airport late Friday night as a throng of news trucks and cameras awaited him.
In his television interview on Saturday, Mr. Jones insisted that his plans weren't a ploy for publicity for his church but rather a mission from God.
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I have made a spinner in an activity getting called inside a tab layout.
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"It is ultimately ideas that determine which way the soldiers point their guns."
- Ludwig Von Mises, pointing out that even
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Indeed, and one of the poignant truths well formulated by Mises.ReplyDelete
While not wishing to support Quadaffi at all, this current circus is another example of nasty and creeping developments that ought be dealt with by guns pointing in very different directions. Particularly interesting that the BHO wonder considers that fiat from the UN trumps the US constitution.
Interesting maybe, surprising no, BezReplyDelete
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Please note that it is important to make an early application for many of our teacher education programmes as demand is very high and places fill quickly.
This highly acclaimed University route leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDipEd) is led by the University in partnership with selected schools in the region. Consecutive inspections by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) have graded our teacher training courses as 'outstanding', making the University of Birmingham the destination of choice for initial teacher training. Like a PGCE, the PGDipEd leads to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and offers the equivalent of 120 credits which may be used towards our Masters in Teaching Studies. It is a unique course offering a substantial amount of practice in schools, high quality training and excellent employment prospects.
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The School Direct route offered by a number of National Teaching Schools and other key partner schools in the region in partnership with schools in their alliances and with the University of Birmingham's initial teacher training team. For School Direct students, the University of Birmingham offers a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (School Direct). (60 credits at Masters level).
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We offer the Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching studies for recently qualified teachers who have a first degree and a PGCE with QTS at Masters level. Successful completion of the diploma will enable you to progress onto the MA in Teaching Studies.
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There are various routes into teaching. The classic route is to complete a PGCE or PGDipEd offered and managed by a university in partnership with local schools. The difference is that a PG Dip Ed carries 120 Masters level credits, and a PGCE is worth 60 credits.There is also the School Direct route which is offered and managed by a School Direct Lead School – often a National Teaching School – and its alliance of schools in partnership with a university. At the University of Birmingham our School Direct route is a PGCE.
If you are unsure as to whether to choose the University PGDipEd or School Direct route, it might be useful for you to draw up a list of questions to help you explore the different programmes on offer.
Both the PGCE and the PGDipEd lead to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
The PGCE is a Postgraduate Certificate which offers 60 credits. We offer this route as a School Direct option. PGCE students have the opportunity to complete an additional Masters study following qualification that can lead to a full Masters in Teaching Studies. With a PGCE, either from our School Direct Route, or from another provider, you can enrol for a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Studies during your first year or two of teaching.
The PGDipEd is a Postgraduate Diploma, and so offers more master's level credits than a PGCE, with 120 credits. You may complete the Masters in Teaching Studies with us once you have completed your induction year through carrying out your own educational research project (60-credit dissertation).
The PGDipEd offers more master's level credits than a PGCE. This means a slightly greater proportion of your time will be spent researching and writing about teaching and learning, as well as benefitting from spending a substantial amount of time in school on teaching practice. While there are more credits with the PGDipEd the academic challenge of both the PGDipEd and the PGCE is at the same level – both are postgraduate 'Level 7'.
You may receive a government training bursary for the PGDipEd, as you would for a PGCE, depending on your degree, subject and classification.
We advise you to read the information under Entry Requirements on our subject webpage carefully. You can get in touch with the subject tutor directly to check whether your degree content is acceptable if you are unsure about it.
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If you are applying for a teacher training course, you will need to take the numeracy and literacy skills tests and ensure you have passed them both before the start of the course. Please see the Professional Skills Tests section of the Department for Education web site for more information on the core skills required by trainee teachers.
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Yet Another Geoengineering Scheme, Ocean Iron Fertilization, Could Backfire
Can we save the planet by ruining it (even more)? Argonne National Laboratory reports that "A new study on the feeding habits of ocean microbes calls into question the potential use of algal blooms to trap carbon dioxide and offset rising global levels."
Four years ago, the journal Nature published a piece arguing that "fertilizing the oceans with iron to stimulate phytoplankton blooms, absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and export carbon to the deep sea — should be abandoned."
Now Argonne Lab reports so-called iron fertilization "may have only a short-lived environmental benefit. And, the process may actually reduce over the long-term how much CO2 the ocean can trap."
The more you know about geo-engineering, the less sense it makes (see Science: "Optimism about a geoengineered 'easy way out' should be tempered by examination of currently observed climate changes"). The most "plausible" approach, massive aerosol injection, has potentially catastrophic impacts of its own and can't possibly substitute for the most aggressive mitigation — see here. And for the deniers, geo-engineering is mostly just a ploy — see British coal industry flack pushes geo-engineering "ploy" to give politicians "viable reason to do nothing" about global warming.
Geoengineering is a problem in search of a problem. As the NY Times reported in 2011:
At the influential blog Climate Progress, Joe Romm, a fellow at the Center for American Progress, has made a similar point, likening geo-engineering to a dangerous course of chemotherapy and radiation to treat a condition curable through diet and exercise — or, in this case, emissions reduction.
You can find my previous writings on geo-engineering here. See in particular Martin Bunzl on "the definitive killer objection to geoengineering as even a temporary fix."
Geo-engineering is a "smoke and mirrors solution," though most people understand that the "mirrors" strategy is prohibitively expensive and impractical. One of the few remaining non-aerosol strategies still taken seriously by some is ocean fertilization. But it is no better than the rest
As the 2009 Nature piece explained:
The intended effect of ocean iron fertilization for geoengineering is to significantly disrupt marine ecosystems. The explicit goal is to stimulate blooms of relatively large phytoplankton that are usually not abundant, because carbon produced by such species is more likely to sink eventually to the deep ocean. This shift at the base of the food web would propagate throughout the ocean ecosystem in unpredictable ways. Moreover, nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus would sink along with the carbon, altering biogeochemical and ecological relationships throughout the system. Some models predict that ocean fertilization on a global scale would result in large regions of the ocean being starved of oxygen, dramatically affecting marine organisms from microbes to fish. Ecological disruption is the very mechanism by which iron fertilization would sequester carbon.
Argonne's study finds another problem — ocean iron fertilization may have no positive climate impact and might even make things worse:
These blooms contain iron-eating microscopic phytoplankton that absorb C02 from the air through the process of photosynthesis and provide nutrients for marine life. But one type of phytoplankton, a diatom, is using more iron that it needs for photosynthesis and storing the extra in its silica skeletons and shells, according to an X-ray analysis of phytoplankton conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. This reduces the amount of iron left over to support the carbon-eating plankton….
Rather than feed the growth of extra plankton, triggering algal blooms, the iron fertilization may instead stimulate the gluttonous diatoms to take up even more iron to build larger shells. When the shells get large enough, they sink to the ocean floor, sequestering the iron and starving off the diatom's plankton peers.
Over time, this reduction in the amount of iron in surface waters could trigger the growth of microbial populations that require less iron for nutrients, reducing the amount of phytoplankton blooms available to take in CO2 and to feed marine life.
If only there were a way to prevent catastrophic global warming that didn't risk making things worse ….
Related Posts:
- Science Sunday: "The economics (or lack thereof) of aerosol geoengineering": The Gist: Putting reflective aerosols high into the atmosphere to slow climate change is too risky and not cost effective.
- Caldeira calls Lomborg's vision a dystopic world out of a science fiction story
20 Responses to Yet Another Geoengineering Scheme, Ocean Iron Fertilization, Could Backfire
Joe, thanks for your continuing efforts to educate the public, and bring us up to date on critical issues such as this one.
Geoengineering has always consisted of harebrained ideas such as iron fertilization, and has mostly functioned as a way for the fossil fuel and banking crowd to be allowed to continue to pile up cash. Little do they realize that when the full horror of their actions become apparent, cash won't help them.
Diatoms are an important part of oceanic phytoplankton and would be a key to getting organic matter into deeper waters before it is decomposed back to CO2. My understanding of the earlier papers on this topic is that too much of the organic matter would be decomposed before sinking to make much difference. Also, keeping iron in solution and the scale of continuous and widespread additions that would be needed was deemed unfeasible. The oceanographers that I know and have heard speak have long ago given up on this means of reducing atmospheric carbon.
I agree that in general trying to trick the biosphere into regulating our CO2 isn't likely to end well.
Is large-scale solar shading from space not a possibility? Sure, rockets aren't great, but a huge solar shade in orbit, reflecting sunlight away…why not? Obviously synchronos orbits are out, but if it zipped around like the space station….
As told to me in the 1980s in Glacier National Park, Montana…..
In 1914 people wanted to catch "better" fish, so they introduced Kokanee Salmon to Flathead Lake (south of the park).
When the spawning runs began, bald eagles for miles around changed their migratory patters to gather at the park and feast on fish.
But people wanted to catch even bigger better fish, so they later introduced a freshwater shrimp to Flathead Lake. The idea was that the shrimp would eat up the tiny critters the salmon were eating, and then the salmon could eat the shrimp, thus getting a much larger meal for the same energy output. This had had great results elsewhere, so why not?
It seems that shrimp and salmon feed at different times of day, and in this particular lake, the shrimp were able to sink into very deep water to hide, before the salmon would come out to eat.
When the salmon did get hungry what did they find?
No shrimp, and none of the original little critters either, since the shrimp had eaten them all.
The salmon run collapsed, and until the eagles figured things out there was hunger and chaos in the eagle migration.
Someday we'll get very good at shaming profiteers who show cavalier attitudes towards unknown risks, and all will see projects of this sort as immoral hubris against creation.
The iron-sprinkling notion reminds me of the 19th century belief that wearing garlic around one's neck would ward off tuberculosis.
Because TB takes time to become fully symptomatic, the garlic wearers refused to believe they were making a mistake until it was too late. That surely sounds like the current inadequate measures to reduce symptomatic climate change.
The iron sprinkling and the garlic are also somewhat similar in terms of dose and effect.
Garlic extract can kill Mycobacterium tuberculosum, at least in a Petri dish, but it's not proven that eating a huge amount constantly is possible at therapeutic doses. Similarly, the iron sprinkling has the now-identified bad side effects and is not possible at a therapeutic dose.
To wrap the analogy, TB levels go down when preconditions for communicability are reduced. Even today with cures available, prevention is a better epidemiological approach than trying to treat millions of cases.
Same goes for climate impacts.
Being hopelessly addicted to puns, I must say that it felt good to get that off my chest.
The best and most sensible geo-engineering solutions involves farms and ranches. Growing and building sustainable grasslands, making permanent pastures so hay growing can be reduced, they seem to be viable carbon sinks and can be done over vast areas while still producing food.
The rest of the geo-engineering schemes should be dumped in the circular file.
The assault on science and law going on in Canada is in the thrall of an updated, 21st-century version of the smelly corruption that is nearly always found in conjunction with petroleum. Too much money testing too many weak characters. In this case the weak characters have a thicker-than-usual veneer of social comportment so we see better cosmetics on the the corruption. Still, the skin lies only so deep over greed. How long will it be until rot really sets in, leaving Canada as the new Nigeria of North America?
That could be an episode out of the history of Australia since the British invasion, just one stupid example after another. Probably why all my instincts are against geoengineering, ME
Why not raise the albedo back on earth, by painting every sky-facing surface white, and reflecting solar radiation back into space? An army of Tom Sawyers, young and old, could do a good job of it, I'm sure, but we'd better not have the children on rooftops, I suppose.
The introduction of Nile Perch to Lake Victoria by some far-sighted hominid 'entrepreneur' was another such triumph.
White roofs are not a global warming silver bullet, study finds.
Can White Roofs Fight Global Warming? http://livinggreenmag.com/2013/01/03/climate-change/can-white-roofs-fight-global-warming/
White Roofs May Not Be Good for Climate, May Increase Global Warming (Shocker!)
"..new research has flipped this white roofs solution into a potential global warming problem (showing that even the simplest geoengineering solutions may have side-effects we didn't think up from the start). The study, led by Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, found:
Jacobson's computer modeling concluded that white roofs did indeed cool urban surfaces. However, they caused a net global warming, largely because they reduced cloudiness slightly by increasing the stability of the air, thereby reducing the vertical transport of moisture and energy to clouds. In Jacobson's modeling, the reduction in cloudiness allowed more sunlight to reach the surface.
The increased sunlight reflected back into the atmosphere by white roofs in turn increased absorption of light by dark pollutants such as black carbon, which further increased heating of the atmosphere."
Stephen Chu touted white roofs in 2009. My mother's house got a white, rubber roof (Saint Paul, MN) in 2010 and it was shortly half as white with mold, soot etc. We don't know how well reduced summer cooling factored (reduced nat. gas emissions). Lots of companies are specializing in the fad. I am looking into costs, materials footprints & effectiveness of painting parking lots & streets in my town. But it looks like the advantages are slim.
And it may be that even less will be sequestered long term as the oceans warm. I don't know how much follow-up study was done on this from 2002:
But we love our black roofs. In a stinking hot climate.
Well that is disappointing. We are well and truly snookered. If albedo restoration is out, then it has to be sequestration of carbon, I suspect, which means lots of trees, biochar and soil sequestration, I suppose. The acidification of cold waters will shortly cut off the sequestration of carbon by marine plankton, too, I assume, as well as starving the whales.
As Rollin says, Joe. How about some discussion of the massive carbon sequestration possible in soils through grassland eco-restoration using non-tech methods developed by nature over millions of years? Isn't it time to acknowledge that emissions reductions have been a failure to date and it's urgent that we do something else?
Perhaps it's not to be summarily dismissed, as you have in the past. I'll write a well-documented post for CP, let's at least have an open debate about Holistic Management and the work of Allan Savory.
Emission reduction is certainly the best strategy but wonder if you could comment on this: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/11/01/1000545107.abstract
In the post apocalyptic novel I'm never going to write, some sea side survivors on some isthmus will start spiking drift logs with iron, in a generations long bid to do what they can. As the story progresses, the original science will be lost, but the iron fertilization will endure, as a ritual enshrined in their descendants' religion.
If that's absurd, it's no more so than the real story.
the biochar solution!
While testing the feasibility for geoengineering technologies likely will and should continue. If in the case where a viable technology is found, there is the much bigger problem of understanding its wider implications for policy as it is experimentingv on a planetary scale: http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/07/2013/living-global-social-experiment-geoengineering-challenge-global-governance


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this country's based on instant gratification, no ones willing to put in the work.
for pre workout I use c4 extreme
for post workout I take muscle milk (christmas present) but im looking into gettin ON 100% whey.
vitamins i take fish oil, vitamin c, zinc, and vitamin b...
IMO you should do both, mix it up every once in a while and keep your body guessing. but i would primarily stick to barbell bench but thats just my personal opinion.
droppin fat puttin on muscle
you know when you see that guy in the gym that benches 300, squats 500, and deadlifts 400? yeah, well how did he get there? hard ****in work. and thats what its gonna take for you to get there too....
Alright so I've been lifting for about a year now but I'm just starting to really commit to it (counting calories, macros, etc.)
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Squat: 410
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The ion begins at potential and is accelerated toward zero potential. When the particle exitsthe region with the electric field it will have obtained a speed.
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Here, for the first time, is the intimate untold story of O. J. and Nicole Brown Simpson's tragic, tumultuous marriage. Author Sheila Weller was granted unprecedented cooperation by Nicole's family and exclusive access to friends who reveal private information. Raging Heart is filled with gripping revelations and shocking scenes from the lives of the dangerously romantic couple - Nicole, the beautiful, devoted wife and mother, and O.J., the charismatic football legend whose dark side was ignored by his worshipping buddies.
This is a tumultuous story of love, obsession, provocation, violence, the hope of an ideal family, and the crushing tragedy that shocked the world.
Copyright ©1995 by Sheila Weller; Copyright (P)1995 by Dove Audio, Inc.
"Pretty good book"
This book is a pretty good book the performance is a lot better than the contents however it still has some pretty good contents it's a short read good for an afternoon at the beach if youlike true crime
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I have WPMU set up using sub-directories. When I install this plugin and try to use it, none of my sub-sites show up.
So is this only made for subdomains?
Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-cloned-sites-for-wpmu-batch/
I have WPMU set up using sub-directories. When I install this plugin and try to use it, none of my sub-sites show up.
So is this only made for subdomains?
Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-cloned-sites-for-wpmu-batch/
Apparently, I would love support for subdirectories though.... when activated I only see a list with the main site over and over. :-(
Well looking at the plugin it looks like it's made for subdomains and mapping. I'm no programmer but it looks like there's quite a few changes that have to be made to get it to work with subdirs.
Thanks for the great plugin! I wanted to be able to use this for sub-directories as well. I made the following tiny change and it seems to work great.
First make sure to turn off automatic domain mapping when you enter your new sites. If the site you are cloning is "abc.myblog.com", your new Site URL should be entered "new.myblog.com". Here is the simple change...
File: "wp-content/plugins/add-cloned-sites-for-wpmu-batch/magic-add-cloned-sites.php"
Line 91:
$domain = $dashedsiteurl . "." . get_blog_details(1)->domain;
$domain = $siteurl;
There is a different small change you can make so the new Site URL you enter is just the new sub-directory name. Entering "new" for example would result in "new.myblog.com".
Same file, same line:
Change To-
$domain = $siteurl . "." . get_blog_details(1)->domain;
Comment out Lines 95-99.
//if (!valid_url($siteurl)){
// _e("The url '$siteurl' is not a valid url.", 'acswpmu_trdom' );
// $error = TRUE;
You cannot do both of these so choose one... I haven't really tested this much either so you might want to test it a bit...
Good Luck !
Austra - does this allow you to make sub directories: site.com/directory or subdomains directory.site.com?
Also for the upload file, do you need to enter the desired URL or just the directory name?
Oh sorry, you are right... It was so late last night when I did that I didn't even notice.
This is for subdomains, not subdirectories.... Sorry about that. I'll look at it again later and see if it is just as easy to fix up for subdirectories.
Thanks Austra, would love to get this working for sub directories
Hi Everyone,
This is my first plugin and I did not know there was a forum with questions on this site..
I just released a new version which should support a subdirectory setup.
I tested it briefly, and looks like it works. If not please test it and report any bugs to me.
Hope you like this plugin and hope it will save you a lot of time and gives me some time to drink my donated coffees ;-)
Frits Jan
Can you go over how to use this with sub-directories? I am not having any success. I am trying to use it in a wordpress install in a subdirectory.
Do I deselect auto-domain mapping for subdirectories?
What do I put in the New Site URL (without www): field?
Hi kbrady,
Hmm I did not test this for a install of wordpress in a subdirectory...
I don't think it is wise to make a multi site installation inside a subdirectory. You would end up with domain names like: http://mysite.com/multisite/site2/ or in case of subdomain install: http://site2.mysite.com/multisite
I also don't know if the domain mapping plugin from Doncha works with your setup. I recommend setting up wordpress in the root of the domain.
To every one else, I would like some feedback. Is everything working fine now?
Dear all,
I am having some troubles with:
- Add Clone Sites for WPMU (batch) and subsenquently with the related Domain Mapping plugin.
Basically, I have installed WP multisite for sub-directories. This is what I am trying to achieve:
1. Clone a site http://www.disrupt.org/a using a new url http://www.disrupt.org/b.
2. After putting some contents in wwww.disrupt.org/b, I want then to map it to a new domain http://www.b.com.
I have done some research but I can't find anything that may solve my problem. So far, I have achieved to create the site http://www.disrupt.org/a using the main site http://www.disrupt.org. I have also done a domain mapping test: assign the domain http://www.b.com (primary domain) to http://www.disrupt/a but instead the page of my server appear (InMotion Hosting).
So I am stuck. I hope you can help me guys.
Take care all
Note, the url that I am using to describe my situation are imaginary. eheheh
Hi Jeansuhas,
This plugin is doing exactly what you want.
I know there are people out there who want to map the same domain to a subdomain which is not working. I think I have to explain this later.
For you I would say that you havent setup the domainmapping correctly on your server. I suggest you to follow this article in order to help you set it up correctly.
There are a few steps during the setup which involves settings in the hosting cpanel or directadmin. Some of the steps cannot be executed by yourself but only by the hosting company you hosted your site.
See these articles:
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hope this helps...
Thank you very much. I am trying right now. I will update the forum regarding my progresses.
I have followed all the instructions but for some reasons the cloning and mapping processes are not working.
What steps I cannot execute myself?
I am having trouble getting the plugin to post to subdomains on the same url.
If I put urla it says incorrect url. If I put urla.mydomain.com it makes urla.mydomain.com.mydomain.com.
Am I missing something?
Hi Holden2,
Yes that is correct, the plugin is meant to do cloning AND domainmapping in 1 go. That is why you need a valid domain for each cloned site.
However I see that many people 'just' want to use my plugin for cloning many subdomains or subdirectory sites WITHOUT domainmapping them.
Therefore I made an update which will be available later today (or tomorrow) which can do this. So keep your eyes out for the update!
And a thank you with a cup of coffee would be nice (and my first actually). It is a wonder I am still awake without the caffeine.
Thanks for knocking that out!
I will send you some coffee money.
Cool, coffee at last ;-)
Hello fritsjan,
Thanks for your plugin!
I'm in the case of wordpress not installed in the root directory, but in http://myroot.org/dept/blogs
And I would like to batch create
I did not really get why it was a bad idea, and in our case (pretty big non-for-profit organization with a lot of sub-departments), I'm not sure I can avoid it.
Do you think it would be nevertheless possible?
Hey Fritsjan,
This plugin has been so useful that I need to go with multiple db's for my WordPress install.
I am running into issues with wordpress's ability to create new sites now.
Any ideas how to fix that?
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Before Kenny can get very far, he comes upon an ailing stray dog with a woman's running shoe in his mouth. The dog leads him to the butchered bones of a murder victim, and Kerney finds he's inherited a homicide along with the ranch. Determined not to see his weekend ruined, Kerney turns the investigation over to the state police district office and continues his survey of his windfall inheritance, only to find that the timber thieves have clear-cut a great swath of woodland in a remote canyon.
Unsure of whether he can pay the inheritance taxes, hold on to his land, and realize his dream to ranch again, Kerney returns to Santa Fe. There, he finds that Sara Brannon - a woman he cares deeply about - has arrived to visit him. As Kerney and Sara begin trying to sort out a relationship that means more to both of them than either is willing to admit, Kerney is called back to Hermit's Peak. Another murder victim has been found at a remote cabin next to Kerney's property, and he is soon engaged in a race against time to solve two murders and avert another.
©1999 Michael McGarrity; (P)1999 Simon & Schuster Inc., AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.
"Human Side of a Tough Business"
After 25 years in law enforcement I was not interested in detective, mystery, or who-done-it books as lacking realism of the business until I was introduced to Patricia Cromwell, Tony Hillerman, Dana Stabenow, and Jonathan Kellerman. I now am a voracious and critical reader looking for accuracy, detail, and insight into the people in stories. Five stars doesn't seem to adequately rank the intensity and humanity Michael McGarrity has penned into this story - the insight of the individual triumphs and dispair of the characters interwoven with the grandeur of the Southwest, portrayed in the Hermit Peak Region of New Mexico, places this volume equally amongst the best of the authors previously mentioned. I sincerely hope we will soon see another such work by this talented author among the Audible Selections.
"Good Story TERRIBLE Narator"
The narrator stinks and it is abridged. Also the long silent pauses between chapters are very annoying.
The tone and cadence of the narration was all wrong. Maybe I just got use to George Guidall. But I did not like Araiza's style.
As always Mcgaritys work is great. This story really starts to pull together several backstories.
"Pleasantly Surprised"
This book was really a surprise; I would not have listened to it had the previous reviews not been as good. The narrator was excellent; although I had to chuckle when he read the women's parts. Still, it was an interesting and wonderful narrative of the New Mexico landscape and a very good story.
"What a find"
I was looking for something I could afford in between my premium and came up on this good book. I think itis great for the price and content.
"worst narration I have ever encountered"
The story is OK a bit short for this point in the series, but an OK yarn. The bumper music is nice guitars with a good sound makes a nice break between chapters, However the reader has the most annoying accent and reading style I have ever heard. The production is awful as well with pauses so long between chapters you think the down load was faulty. Without doubt the worst audible book I have ever listened to. The rest of the series is read by George Guidall..this book deserves to be re issued with him to enhance the continuity of the series .but anything would be better that this production. Awful awful awful!
"Prefer George Reading!"
The story was good.....too bad it hadn't been read by George Guidall....this reader left nothing to the imagination....may be good at other readings??????
Had a lot of dead air space and not a fan of the music.
Overall enjoyed the story.
book keeper
"Good story"
I enjoyed the story.
I enjoyed the development of the storyline between Kearney and Sara as well as the continued story of Kearney acquiring the property from his mother's old college friend.
How the emotions were shown in the storyline regarding Gabe's loss of his son.
I will continue to follow the Kevin Kearney story line.
"Hermit's Peak"
This is an early Kevin Kearny story. Having read only the more recent writings, McGarrity has developed as a story teller, weaving and developing both characters and plots as the book progresses. The narrator was very poor, lacking drama, vocabulary and reading directly from the text at times.
"Horrible, way too much silence between chapters."
The production. I thought it wasn't playing the silence between chapters lasted so long.
Enjoyed it all, except the production.
I like his narration.
TV series
I enjoy the Kevin Kearney series very much.
Leading with the heart
"George is really missed"
Why would you change Narrators????
JEd is mushy mouthed
When it ain't broke don't fix it.
This is the last of this series I will listen to.
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I met a transman once who thought Axe body spray was a good way to profess manliness.
I don't really have anything substantive to say about, like, censorship or anything. Just thought that guy was funny for thinking Axe was manly.
The idea that such a film should be banned reminds me very much of the equally stupid idea that we should not even discuss circumcision. One is voluntary body modification the other is not.
Oh San Francisco your heart is in the right place, but please stop.
Um, Dan, this wasn't censorship. Remember when that singer was bounced from Neumos after some gays pointed out how homophobic his lyrics were? If that wasn't censorship, then this isn't censorship.
This was a private entity responding to the expressed wishes of a group of constituents. Everyone, including Frameline, was well within their rights to act as they did.
Is this really censorship?
Doh. You got me, Josef.
We've never shied away from controversy, but we do curate our programming. The Gendorcator will certainly be considered for the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Oct. 12-21.
Sorry for being OT, but wondering if Dan has seen this article yet. Money quote: He said he is opposed to gay marriage because it's not in the best interest of children.
And Three Dollar Bill Cinema? Please consider this your first signature on the list of people who'd like this film to appear -- given that it's any good -- regardless of how many angry voices you hear. I'm sure there are plenty others like me. You know, for what it's worth and all...
The gender issue is interesting.
Gays, Lesbians, and Trans people have long been lumped together in the struggle for rights. But to me there is a big difference between being gay and being transgendered.
I'm a gay man. I'm a man. I feel like a man. I have male parts. I don't at all feel like I was born the wrong gender. I have no interest and no desire to be or act like a woman (other than the occasional campy drag for Halloween). But I'm attracted to men. That makes me gay. I like guy/guy sex. I want my parts intact, and I want my male partner's parts intact.
A person born with male parts, but who nevertheless feels like he should have been a woman, who wants to be a woman, who feels like they are physically the wrong gender, and is attracted to men, is not the same thing. They are interested in girl/guy sex (with them as the girl), or perhaps even girl/girl sex.
The civil rights issues are the same. But the psychological and physiological issues are completely different.
I've had to explain this to a few well-meaning straight friends who have asked me outright if I wished I was a woman instead of a man, or if I had ever considered trans surgery. They weren't mocking me, they were genuinely curious, and didn't really understand the difference.
Hey Joseph, the issues are different. If this was a film celebrating and glorifying the murder of trans-people, then yeah it should be shut down by pressure from the public. But this film is nothing like that.
Josef @ 4, you're right that it's incorrect to call this censorship. But it's closer to it than the Neumo's situation because a film exploring a little known but growing phenomenon that probably can't get screened anywhere but at GLBT film festivals is qualitatively different from a musician known for advancing a widely held prejudice. Especially since, in the latter instance, the individual was able to move his show down the hill and was still heard by those who wanted to see him. The filmmaker was prevented from reaching her audience and I bet that many who signed the petition didn't even see it. (Hopefully the filmmaker can post this on YouTube and hope no one flags it as objectionable.)
There ought to be a word to describe this - if it's not censorship, what is it exactly?
Um, no, Tiffany, this is not different. The scale of percieved harm does not distinguish censorship from non-censorship. Trannys saying that a film that calls out the increased rate of transition is assaultive is a lot like gays saying that the anti-gay marriage position is assaultive. Some day we'll be in a position to pressure organizations to keep arts that advocates for the anti-gay marrage position out of festivals. And wouldn't we like to do that? That wouldn't be censorship...
Matt @ 11, I have no idea what I'd call it. AS you can tell from my posts, I'm not much of a wordsmith. Should we call it "Community Pressure" or something like that?
But, no, I don't think this situation is any different from Neumos. Anti-tranny sentiment is high among gays (something that never ceases to piss me off) and "Gendorcator" may very well get shown here and at other festivals. People will be able to see this film if they want to.
We also have no idea if the film was any good. Or if it was offensive. I could totally see a film like this being offensive. Maybe it sucks enough that the Frameline folks didn't think it was worth the fuss to program.
And maybe, just maybe, Frameline was right. Maybe this film was offensive. Maybe when you point out how many people are transitioning, you're assaulting the rights of people to make this incredible decision with dignity. I'm not advocating for Frameline's decision, I'm just saying they could possibly be right.
Josef @ 13 - Yes, they could be right. That's what makes this sort of thing maddening - unless we get to see it we won't know. And since the film wasn't screened I'm assuming that the people behind the petition did it solely based on the program description, not unlike all the religious crackpots who demonstrated theaters that screened Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ 20 years ago. (For the record, I'm straight and have not attended a gay and lesbian film festival, but the premise of this film sure sounds intriguing. And Dan's right, this squabble [or furor if you prefer] served to heighten the film's profile so it backfired.)
Thanks for the clarification about anti-tranny sentiment. It's news but not exactly unsurprising.
Oops, last sentence should read "It's news but not exactly surprising."
Matt read my mind exactly. The premise sounds very interesting. It should be turned into a novel.
Censorship or not, I think Crouch is making an important point -- young butch dykes are dwindling in numbers, and presumably identifying as as trans and/or genderqueer instead. I can see how this could be presented in transphobic way (ie transmen aren't really trans, they're just butch lesbians joining a trend) which is decidedly inappropriate. I don't know how it was presented. Regardless, the space for butch lesbians to identify as women really is shrinking, putting pressure on us to identify as trans instead.
the number of young butches is really dwindling? should'nt there be some sort of government program to save the stereotype?
if only the population of retarded mouthbreathing straight male jocks would dwindle...
The thing with censorship is that it is impossible to ever say whether something "should" be banned without having seen it for oneself. Those that take the power to ban things on our behalf are human, and get things wrong, and sometimes, simply lie.
In this case the film festival are f*cked in the head. If a film festival *isn't* controversial, it is a con.
The thing with censorship is that it is impossible to ever say whether something "should" be banned without having seen it for oneself. Those that take the power to ban things on our behalf are human, and get things wrong, and sometimes, simply lie.
In this case the film festival are (ahem) *broken* in the head. If a film festival *isn't* controversial, it is a con.
Because many films in festivals of this nature aren't exactly produced by slick high-budget studios, I don't go to a festival to necessarily see a good movie. I do, however expect to be challenged. And what's a film festival with out the dialogue after the film? Whether it's a Q and A at the end of a showing or a conversation with friends over coffee, people talk about it. Or, um, in blog comments fields, even. I wish I could see it so that I would know how to feel about it.
Because many films in festivals of this nature aren't exactly produced by slick high-budget studios, I don't go to a festival to necessarily see a good movie. I do, however expect to be challenged. And what's a film festival with out the dialogue after the film? Whether it's a Q and A at the end of a showing or a conversation with friends over coffee, people talk about it. Or, um, in blog comments fields, even. I wish I could see it so that I would know how to feel about it.
Maybe we should consider this in a larger historical context. Surgical transitioning was not an option until relatively recently in human history, and despite rampant persecution people managed to figure out a way to straddle the gender divide without radical surgery.
Why has radical unchangeable surgery and hormones become the default for people who do not fit into a male/female dichotomy, regardless of sexuality? I think this is a fair question that I hope the movie tactfully asks.
Instead of 'censorship' it should be called 'rimming the PC-police'.
My ex girlfriend transitioned a few years ago and is now a dude. He is now married, working as a mechanic, drives a hunkin' big Ford truck, became a Christian, listens to country music and votes Republican. It's pretty fucking weird for me to see this person who was subversive queer gender bending butch dyke transition into a total bubba. Strange days indeed.
Dam! When I transitioned I didn't get the bubba form to fill out.
I could be driving a hunkin Ford Pick-up truck? What the fuck! I was NEVER informed.
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Adventurer Steve Fossett 'may have faked his own death' Round-the-world flying adventurer Steve Fossett may have faked his own death, investigators have claimed. By Chris Irvine Last Updated: 12:22PM BST 27 Jul 2008 Fossett, a friend of Virgin boss Richard Branson, and the first man to fly non-stop round the earth in a hot air balloon, went missing last September when his final flight in a light plane over the Nevada desert went missing. However, Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia Ryan of the US Civil Air Patrol has said Fossett, whose body or plane was never found, could still be alive. She said: "I've been doing this search and rescue for 14 years. Fossett should have been found. "It's not like we didn't have our eyes open. We found six other planes while we were looking for him. We're pretty good at what we do."
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I think it's ridiculous to believe.
The first thing I wondered was whether Fossett had faked his own death.
Of course, Amelia Earhart and her plane have never been found, either.
The financial records would give the definitive answer.
Did he move assets around in his last days?
Did you know him personally? If not, you have no idea what "TYPE" he was/is.
What reason would he have to do so?
He says Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia Ryan of the US Civil Air Patrol got it all wrong and that he really is dead....and he can prove it.
Who ya gonna believe?
Its true he is living with a women pilot in California some where so I heard
I would think finding a plane in water and finding a plane on land would be terribly different things.
Soooo, I gather that when the other six planes went down they were "not so good?"
A little CYA by the yet to be successful Cynthia?
If they found six other planes while looking for Fossett wouldn't that imply that maybe they aren't so good at search and rescue? When did those planes crash and how long were they missing? Why didn't they find those six planes sooner?
Hmmm...this raises a question. How good were they at "what they do" when they were looking for less-famous pilots of lost aircraft?
You beat me too it.
Some of those panes they found in that rough terrain dated back almost 30 or more years.
I think he is going so up on the news after Obama "raises him" from the dead. ;)
Looks to me like he had everything to live for and had it all.
I am a little quirky, but I have wondered about this all along. The guy did like to live in the lime-light. I always thought the whole thing seemed a little staged. But once again, I do tend to be quick to come up with conspiracy theories.
!You beat me too it, too!
Pretty good at what they do yet managed to miss six planes from prior searches.
Good one.
He's shacked up with D.B. Cooper.
I'm looking for Fossett to show up on season 5 of LOST
And were the passengers on those six planes also partying with Elvis while waiting 30 years to be found?
They found six planes? Good at what they do? Weren't these planes missing in the past also and for how long?
It is a pleasant diversion from many of the real questions that may disturb many of us. I, not having to rise early anymore, did listen once in a while to "Coast to Coast". A psychic chap did say he could guide the searchers to the place where in his mind's eye, he could see the wrecked plane.
I have not heard much more, but then I use Coast to Coast to let me drift off to sleep. I have for some time had an irrational indignation at two major psychics- perhaps because they earn mega bucks and I do not have mega bucks (chuckle). I add a disclaimer- more power to them if it is within the law to do so.
I wonder if the good lady, the one who claimed only a Democrat would be elected President in 2000, making a screwed up face about "them", should be contacted. I have her pronouncements on tape made 1999. Added to that the gentleman with his 24 failed "hits" and about 4 correct "hits" can tell us. This sending his subject into ecstasy. After all people just know he can contact their dearly beloved.
Please excuse this ramble on this pleasant Sunday.
People fake their own death to escape a bad situation (like a criminal charge) or to collect life insurance money.
Neither of those motives would apply to Fossett.
Which will be found first, Osama or Fossett?
The woman is a jerk for even making such a public statement with little or no proof.
Now if $20 million was missing with his fingerprints all over it, she would have some grounds.
OK, so suppose he faked it. Tell me where the airplane is...
OH, I know, he has it under his lady friends bed.
How the hell do you hide an airplane in an area where you can either be picked up or walk out? It would have to be hidden in some place so remote and inaccessible that being flown out or walking out would be almost impossible.
She is a fool and should be replaced by someone rational.
Uh oh. I just figured it out. He had a prior arrangement with aliens and they brought a flying saucer big enough to take the plane with them.
Lieutenant Colonel Cynthia Ryan doesn't let the facts get in the way of her inflated opinion of herself.
Ever met his wife? (me either...)
a friend of Virgin boss Richard Branson
Branson rolls out White Knight Two TOMORROW. It's all over the news as Branson gets his name in the news everywhere.
Maybe Fossett's plane was torn apart and suffered the same fate.
Somebody with Fossett's resources doesn't need to fake his own death if he wanted to just disappear and live a quiet life somewhere. Anywhere he wanted.
He was a commodities trader who routinely went through boom and bust cycles.. theoretically the reason to fake death would be money if things were going badly for him.
Early reports said that Fosset's flight was to check out a dry lake bed near Eureks, Nevada for a possible land speed run.
Eureka, Nevada is on the eastern side of the state, south of Carlin. There are such features there, especially over the mountains to the East of Eureka, Nevada which have very low surface variation and might be suitable.
There are also a lot of mountains and some pretty hostile country between there and the western part of the state.
I'm D.B. Cooper and Steve is not living with me... Check with Elvis...
Fossett. I don't know that anybody has the time or the earth-moving capability to move the rubble of a mountain range at Tora Bora to try to figure out which set of old remains are Osama's.
Elvis told me to call J.D. Salinger . . . .
Eliminate unsecured debt and gain $50,000,000.
Uhh, if you're so good, why were you just now finding those "six other planes"?
And, we do not need this "theory"; we already have Elvis to keep us occupied.
Huh... how does she survive from a two mile fall in her plane seat? The Big Guy upstairs must have had a hand in it...
For a while, everyone was concerned that the pilot might have flown off with the plane for a suicide mission or to sell it to a foreign nation. A few months later, they found a small piece of the aircraft on the side of a mountain and discovered that the plane had impacted on the mountain, triggering a rock slide that completely covered the wreckage.
You have his phone number? Just don't go out and write any unauthorized bibliographies :)
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I don't recall anyone calling Obama a fascist. A socialist, yes indeedy, not much argument there — but not a fascist. Fascist is the buzz word of the left and has been since the '60s. The only disdain I have with intellectuals involves the ones such as the writer who have a "profound lack of sense, decency or understanding of history." The tea party members can correct his ill-informed tirade about them if they care to do so.
To be perfectly clear, my soggy, black-hearted, homophobic, radical and racist right-winger self thinks some reform of health care is necessary, just not the idiotic government takeover and socialistic path this administration is taking us on. Nobama 2012.
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