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More Than Meets the Eye
The hidden depths to a seemingly prosaic artist.
Portland, Maine
The current Richard Estes retrospective at the Portland Museum of Art confirms his place as one of our most accomplished painters. Photorealism in art sometimes unfairly suggests deficiencies of either skill or imagination. In his recent biography of John Updike, Adam Begley asks, "Does it make him [Updike] a lesser artist that he so often relied on . . . transcriptions of actual events and circumstances? . . . [But] he selected, he edited, sensing acutely the drift and propensity of seemingly unimportant actions, sharpening the blur of daily life so that the meaning began to emerge." We watch analogous developments in Mr. Estes's work.
Richard Estes' Realism
Portland Museum of Art
Through Sept. 7
A central-Illinois native, born in 1932, who studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. Estes moved to New York in 1959. The range of subjects—cityscapes, landscapes and a few portraits—in what is said to be the most comprehensive Estes exhibition ever organized, enables us to see how Mr. Estes can be obsessed with the minutiae of architecture and mundane objects, while also engaged with the splendor of grand vistas, although there are only 50 paintings on view. Mr. Estes's use of photographs to underpin his so-called Photorealist works reminds us of the important role photography has played in the history of painting, ever since its 19th-century beginnings.
The Portland installation is arranged thematically rather than chronologically. As a result we see that, despite the artist's propensity for globe-hopping (American, European and even Japanese sites), Mr. Estes uses these locations to express his abstract visual ideas. Many of the venues on view are familiar (New York, Venice, London), so there are echoes of the many other painters (e.g., Canaletto and James McNeil Whistler) who have given us their own depictions of these sites. But seeing the works assembled in this way suggests that whatever may be picturesque about the views is somehow beside the point. They seem primarily to be vehicles for expressing ideas about color, form and space, as well as the meticulous application of traditional oil paint. Like each of his several painter predecessors—and his choice of subject matter suggests a special awareness of, if not affinity with, them—Mr. Estes absorbs the concept of the places he's depicting to re-create his own very distinct, and in his case intentionally nonnostalgic, versions.
Appreciation for this work demands the same kind of viewer discipline that is reflected in the painter's creative discipline. How can someone look at Venice and Florence, Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge, or even the Automat, without feeling sentimental? But that appears to be Mr. Estes's goal: making sure that we leave our wistful feeling behind and focus on what's really there visually. Water, glass, mirrors and other reflecting surfaces play against one another, while feeling frozen in the paintings. Nothing moves. All is eerily still. Even when we're seeing a busy New York streetscape.
The exhibition doesn't do much to help us understand how Mr. Estes morphed into a painter of such meticulous precision in the late 1960s, while much of the New York art world was emerging from more painterly abstract modes and playing with the ordinary subject matter that was generalized as Pop Art. An accomplished work such as "Seated Figures, Central Park" (1964/65) is one of very few that might be called "transitional," in that Mr. Estes is organizing space, subjects and paint more loosely, with the suggestiveness (but not the wit) of a Larry Rivers painting. It's apparent that a masterly command of his medium and his subjects takes over right away, and he doesn't veer far from that comfort zone through the decades.
The paintings of the late 1960s and '70s appear much more intensely focused on making sure we don't miss the wonderful abstract forms that envelop us all the time. Whatever it is we may notice (or not), our eyes don't organize these views into the highly formalized compositions that are so essential in tying Mr. Estes to a tradition of perspectival Western art. The depth perceptions can move in confusing ways, as in "Paris Street Scene" (1972), suggesting multiple perspectives. In the idiosyncratic "Automat" (1966-68), the most surprising and enigmatic work on view here, four people, viewed from directly above (raising the question of how this could even be seen), sit at a square table, while their dark clothing plays against a rectangular floor pattern. It's a powerful image that combines the artist's proclivity for seeing things as they are with his ability to reorganize the way we see them. One wonders why Mr. Estes didn't explore this kind of composition and palette more regularly.
Because Mr. Estes spends a portion of the year in Maine, the exhibition includes scenes of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. While they are finely executed, they seem far less interesting in the context of the artist's oeuvre, at least as assembled for this exhibition. He may enjoy escaping the big city to his Maine retreat, yet there's a slight lack of comfort with Mr. Estes painting natural scenes, even the bucolic "View From Frederic Church's Olana" (2011), which is beautiful but somehow only competent. Hanging as pendant paintings, "Beaver Dam Pond, Acadia National Park" (2009) and "Hubbard Glacier [Alaska]" (2005) emphasize this point: Despite the apparent use of conventional themes (cityscapes, landscapes), Mr. Estes's work is freighted with the excitement of fine painting itself, more than with the meaning of the subjects; these paintings of distinctive places look a lot alike. In that sense he forms an interesting bridge between the abstract and Pop sensibilities that ruled during his formative years as an artist.
Among the joys of seeing this exhibition in Portland is the chance to revisit its collections of American Hyperrealism via some extraordinary examples of 19th-century trompe-l'oeil painting by some of its master practitioners—William Harnett, John F. Peto and John Haberle—as well as some fine Maine landscape pictures. All of these give the Estes works a wonderful context, underpinning our admiration for the quality of his paintings.
Mr. Freudenheim, a former art-museum director, served as the assistant secretary for museums at the Smithsonian.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures. Low voter turnout might not seem so dire, but it is.
We like eating fast food, watching television, getting something for nothing and filing lawsuits. We also are great at complaining. It's the American way.
What if political candidates were endorsed by food?
Say on Election Day, you eat a Big Mac. After all, if we don't vote, it's not going to kill us; but if we miss lunch, we're in trouble. Tony Sanchez is the Big Mac candidate, so a vote for two-all-beef-patties-special-sauce-lettuce-cheese-pickles-onions-on-a-sesame-seed-bun would be a vote for the un-Democratic Democratic nominee for governor. So what if you don't know that Sanchez is the Big Mac candidate? At least you voted.
You prefer a Whopper? That's Rick Perry grub. A No. 1 at Chick-fil-A would cast your vote for Agriculture Commissioner candidate Tom Ramsay; a fish and chips basket, and Susan Combs gets the nod.
The candidates down the ballot, like the judges or those in the local races, would have to jump on the chicken fried steak bandwagon or take their chances at the regular polls.
Maybe people could vote using their television. In Arizona during the 2000 primary, people used the Internet to cast their votes. Why not the boob tube for the bo..., er voters. People might be too lazy to vote, but they aren't too lazy to flick on the television.
Instead of a certain program, perhaps viewers could take the time to vote between the third and fourth quarters of the basketball game or after "Wolf Lake" ends and before "Blind Date" starts. A channel could be devoted to a sample ballot and using the remote control - a unique symbol of slothfulness - people could vote.
Who cares if these citizens have no idea what kind of lieutenant governor David Dewhurst would make?
So what if they think John Cornyn is the former black mayor of Dallas or Ron Kirk is the schoolteacher who cruises around the state in his pickup or Victor Morales is the attorney general? At least people would be voting.
Maybe we should just pay folks to vote.
If we truly want more citizens participating, we can't keep kidding ourselves into thinking that get-out-the-vote drives are meaningful or productive. Now, this approach would require some effort by the electorate, since people actually would have to go to the polls. Five dollars for voting; $10 if the ballot is long.
Where does the extra dinero come from? Who cares? At least people are voting.
In the past, people were excluded from casting their vote by something called a poll tax. Apparently, those silly people thought voting was a big deal.
Good thing we have diversions, i.e. anything, and I mean anything we do - feeding the dog, picking up the dry cleaning, taking a nap, watching the vapor trails - that keeps us from voting, to take our minds off such mundane things like electing our governmental leaders.
Maybe paying voters isn't too realistic. Instead of positive reinforcement, how about negative reinforcement? Let's sue them if they don't vote.
It would give all those lawyers something to do with their time. Sure the cases never would be heard, since the court dockets already are too full with all the other important cases, such as those that surely will be filed when the government starts taxing obese soda-drinkers.
Perhaps the vote-evaders could be tried on television. There just aren't enough of those Judge Judys.
Another approach is to do something with the broken system. (And here's a prime example of our excellence in complaining.)
We need to reduce the number of elections.
In Texas, we had party primaries March 12. Tuesday will be the runoffs. And the school boards, colleges and municipalities get into the act May 4. In a span of 53 days, we will have been asked to go to the polls three times. That's ridiculous.
We should have one election. Get rid of the primaries. The system worked OK without them.
In 1903, Wisconsin was the first state to pass a party primary law; within 10 years, most states jumped on the idea.
The primaries started because people thought the candidates who were chosen during the party conventions were hand-picked by the party bosses. Oh, that's just terrible.
Now the system is so much better. Instead of party bosses selecting the candidates, we have about 5 percent of the population participating in the primaries.
Also why can't school boards, colleges and cities get their acts together and vote on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November? Why can't we have one day or one week to vote? If people know they only have to concentrate on the candidates once during the year, chances are they can turn off the television long enough to focus on voting.
If everyone in the United States knows that the time to vote is during the first few days in November, turnout would be better.
But maybe we're missing the bigger picture.
Maybe voter turnout isn't that big a deal. Why put so much emphasis on some dunderhead marking a ballot?
After all you can lead a voter to the polls, but you can't make him concerned or informed about the issues or the candidates.
Jeff Farris is an editorial writer for the Amarillo Globe-News, P.O. Box 2091, Amarillo, Texas 79166. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com. His column appears on Fridays.
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Scott Quigg talks Santa Cruz-Frampton and his future
Scott Quigg has headed to New York for Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton and the winner, along with any other prominent featherweight, may be in his sights.
Scott Quigg has headed to New York for Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton and the winner, along with any other prominent featherweight, may be in his sights.
RingTV.com collected 27 boxing experts' opinions on whom will win the featherweight title bout of unbeatens between Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton.
Roy Jones Jr., now 47, continues to fight, taking on 40-year-old Rodney Moore on Aug. 13 in his hometown of Pensacola, Florida in possibly his last fight.
Is undefeated featherweight Joseph Diaz Jr. still a prospect or a full-fledged contender? He wants to prove the latter on Saturday on HBO Latino.
Both Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton made weight for their title clash on Saturday but it was Frampton who emerged the fan-favorite at the weigh-in.
Terry Flanagan and Dejan Zlaticanin are far along in talks for a lightweight unification fight in the fall but Felix Verdejo lurks as Flanagan's mandatory for the WBO title.
Undefeated bantamweight Luis Nery will face David Sanchez this Saturday night in a beIN Sports in Espanol main event.
Charles Martin, after his humbling loss to Anthony Joshua, is plotting a fall comeback and is targeting the likes of Gerald Washington and Dominic Breazeale.
Over two years ago Mikey Garcia was a world champion on the cusp of superstardom. He returns to action this Saturday night, eager to make up for lost time.
Can Terence Crawford become a crossover star? His talent suggests yes, but his low-key personality and unwillingness to work the media may hold him back.


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Skip to comments.WE just might have to WORK in Heaven. Huh?
Posted on 06/14/2012 5:43:16 PM PDT by destinedforheaven
Not only will we be worshiping God in heaven, but we will be serving Him as well in whatever capacity He has in mind. Its very possible some of these things be hobbies you enjoy here on earth and where your talents and interest lie in. You very well might be doing that in heaven as a service to the Lord.
Funny how we dont think on these things as its hard to imagine. We are so caught up in the here and now, that thinking on future things like this is hard to picture. How often do we contemplate Heaven? Do you quickly picture clouds and sunny days? I think its going to be far more than us just taking in Heavens breathtaking beauty and worshiping God the entire time. He designed Heaven as a reward and life with Him. Its going to be amazing, so I started thinking about the moments in life that bring me the most peace and happiness.
For myself there is nothing better then being outdoors reading a book. Feeling the fresh breeze and warm sun on my face. I get caught up in the sounds of nature and often prefer their quiet sounds to anything men can create in a studio. God has had a lot of time to prepare our home and he pays such close attention to details. Just look at His creation. Incredible.
God leaves so much untold about Heaven because He wants to reward us when we are called home. Its very unlikely
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Gathering star dust might seem fun for the first 2 or 3 million years.........then B O R I N G..
Volleyball is a fun hobby one has to work at to be proficient in.
Those that excerpt blogs won't have to work.
Their ad revenue will earn them a high place.
I don't mind if it's not "perfect" because it sure beats the alternative.
This is one of those "duh" moments.
The greatest joy is work that is UNWASTED and PERFECT.
I think that is what the Lord has in store for us.
For example, as a Christian prep school teacher, I love seeing the light bulbs suddenly switch on...
I can only imagine how sweet it would be for every kid to completely get every lesson every time.
Adam was working from his first day, prior to sin. We will likely work into eternity.
But considering that work today is a lot more enjoyable than the salt mines of the past, it's reasonable to expect that work in eternity will only be that much more enjoyable than work is today.
I assume that includes at least maintenance.
My old pastor told us all that when I was in confirmation classes.
It will be work, but not toil.
Growing up like I did, I liked the sound of that.
Work in heaven will not be "work" as we know it on earth...for Heaven will be Heaven and NOT earth. It won't be boring. If anyone is interested in truly discovering what Heaven will be like, I encourage you to buy Randy Alcorn's book "Heaven" and/or go to his website:
Work is a blessing, folks.
Great book.
If there are no planes in Heaven, I ain't going.
I just hope I'm not going to have to be cleaning toilets.
Lets not flatter ourselves here. we will be serving in the capacity in which we served here while on earth. not WHATEVER he has in mind. it will be according to our faithfulness, our character, our obedience to his laws, our love toward others while we were alive.
Rev 22:12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done."
bible commentary: I bring it with me to give to every man: either life or death; heaven or hell; the crown or the curse. He will be prepared immediately to execute the sentence.
Only a fraction of those who think they're going to Heaven will ever see it. Even those who are, eventually, will have to get real familiar with purgatory first.
Are you both so narrow visioned as to not think the God will have something for you to do that you will enjoy? Do you not think that God knows you well enough to find something new for you before you get bored?
I imagine a heaven were God calls all his children together to revel something new and wonderful about Him or His creation every single day.
There will be P-51's, but possibly that is all there will be. If you can live with that, welcome to Heaven!
That'll work. An Me-109 would work too.
Heaven is our reward.
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As I lay dying a voice said: Lets go (the near-death experience of a cynical prof)
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Near-Death Experiences: 30 Years of Research - A neurosurgeons perspective
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it's called 'service' . anyone not interested in serving on earth probably wont be bothered with serving hereafter
"But, as it is written: That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love him."1 Corinthians 2:9
That's all I need to know about it.
I'm sure some people get a great deal of comfort by thinking of the afterlife, but IMHO focusing too much on the afterlife easily turns into a focus on something other than actively following Christ. People who can ignore the realities of contraception because they have preconceptions about being sexually active are definitely going to be prone to accepting error or heresy if it fits with their preconception of what the afterlife will be like.
I'd like to believe that I will be doing play by play of the Archangels vs. the Seraphim in old Yankees Stadium.
I know there are only 7 archangels but heavenly scouting reports say Michael is so fast he can play the entire outfield.
This and many other arguments of Lucrietius in his DE RERUM NATURA appear to me ironclad. To me it is a source of inspiration and amazement that they could have been enunciated so clearly at such an early date, because we often assume that such ideas are the product of modern scientific cynicism. Lucretius stands, ironically, as a sort of patron saint of materialism.
Life after death experience resource bookmark.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
As a musician I believe I will be creating glorious music in a glorious heaven in a glorious room in the glorious mansion.
But my mind is small.
I have a vision of what my experience will be:
SAINT PETER: We have a dataset on all the joys of Heaven. We were wondering if you could program it to produce regular reports.
ME: Sure. How big is the dataset?
SAINT PETER: Well, it's infinite, actually.
ME: Hmmm. That may cause some very long processing times.
SAINT PETER: Not really. Our servers are very quick. But you might want to read up on the ALEPH function and PROC CANTOR.
ME: Always good to learn something new. Once you set up my account, I will get started.
SAINT PETER: Your account is all ready to go. And if you have any problems, the database administrator gets no greater joy than helping you. Even if you have to ask him a thousand questions a day.
ME: This is Heaven!
Well, when Darryl Strawberry gets there, he can take an outfield slot. He could do it for both sides.
Strawberry fields forever.
As a maintenance guy I could see St Peter telling me: "There seems to be a problem with the gates, you think you could take a look at them?"
Just be careful of the competition.
The Union guy, the small business guy and the illegal immigrant all bid on the repair work and gave St. Peter a quote.
The illegal said $500. The small business man said $700. The Union guy quoted St. Pete $4500. St. Pete asked him why so much more? "Two grand for you, two for me, and we get the illegal to fix it".
One thing I know will be left out of work in Heaven - frustration, disappointment, politics, favoritism LOL
> My old pastor told us all that when I was in confirmation classes.
> It will be work, but not toil.
> Growing up like I did, I liked the sound of that.
That's going to be a very crowded broadcast booth I'm afraid, just like all the crowded Broadway stages and movie studios.
Heck, work is good for you. There'll probably be plenty
Stop worrying!!
God created this complex world - WHY? would He make the next one boring???
Yes, because the thief on the cross was told "Verily, later on, after you get through 'purgatory', you will be with me in paradise".
God said, "You don't stand a chance--I have all the best players."
Satan replied, "That's true--but I have all the umpires!"
I love baseball and woodworking, so I figure I'll be making baseball bats!
When you are doing something you love to do, it's not really work, even if it is hard. If it produces great results it is all the sweeter!
I know one thing about heaven.
I will be with the Lord and He will know me.
Works for me.
I have thought about it a lot but still do not have any idea what heaven is, or where it is, after all of the reading i am clueless.
WE just might have to WORK in Heaven. Huh?
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Words of Thanks
Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 12:00 a.m.
Camp, family and friendscelebrate Gary-Fest
Dear Community: We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Chuck and Jean McGrady, owners and directors of Camp Falling Creek in Tuxedo, for the use of their facility again this year for Gary-Fest 2004. This was the fifth consecutive year this event has been held there, thanks to their gracious hospitality. As in the past, the event was a great occasion, despite the ever present summer rains. Gary-Fest began a the brain child of P.J., Gary's mother, and myself to celebrate our son Gary's birthday.
Gary is a unique and special young man, born with a degenerative eye disease that has claimed his vision. He has been legally blind since junior high. He has always loved music and, with a great deal of perseverance and dedication, become a fairly decent mandolin and guitar player. Over the years he has become acquainted with a lot of local musicians in the area and has enjoyed jam sessions at home and the houses of others. It seemed only a natural thing for us to plan an event that would incorporate his love of picking with an evening of fellowship and a meal. Thanks to the McGradys, this was made possible.
Gary-Fest 2004 was held June 25. His actual birthday is June 28, but we planned the event between camp sessions. Normally, there are around 300 boys and staff here so it is necessary to have a time when camp is free from the normal activity.
This year we had about 200 to 250 guests who came to enjoy the evening. We could never accomplish Gary-Fest without a lot of help.
Jane's family, the Maybins of Zirconia, a large, well-known family, always pitch in when needed. Joe cooked roasting ears outside on the big charcoal grill, Theron made gallons of his now famous lime-aid, and Jean, Gladys and Margaret helped out with food preparation. Johnny helped wash tons of dishes, Lanny helped out with the frying, Sammy and Mitchell, along with their kids, helped out as well.
Previous commitments kept other family members away. We missed Ted this year, but we're comforted in knowing he is in heaven and no longer suffering.
The musicians present this year contributed their talents to make for a grand mini-festival.
The Praise Trio, consisting of Richard and Judy Messer and Ruby Ball, sang some wonderful gospel songs and Richard's Santa Cruz guitar was awesome.
Eddie and Martha Justice also sang wonderfully.
Duane Byrd and Vic Hutchinson played their banjos and put fire in all of us bluegrassers.
We enjoyed Will Leatherwood, a skilled young guitarist. Jeremy Maybin and Jeff Hinkle played the dog-house.
Our good friend Larry Keith of notable guitar fame and Tempo Music added much to our evening, driving all the way from Myrtle Beach, S.C., just to be in attendance.
Jonathan and Rick Campbell from Rock Creek also played.
The evening wound down as usual with our good friend Jerry Beddingfield and Gary taking to the center stage with some incredible blues and finger picking.
Thanks to Candler Willis for some tall tales and to Kenneth Martin for some flat-footing that we all enjoyed.
Gary-Fest was an incredible event enjoyed by all in attendance. We also left with a sense of satisfaction, filled with good memories and in knowing we have so many blessings to be thankful for and a host of friends.
Last, but not least, to all who helped with the clean up afterwards, a big thank you.
Thanks to Morris and Bernice Jones as well as Wayne Helms and his cousin Chip for stepping in and loading up the wagons.
So once again, thank you McGradys and thanks to all who made Gary-Fest 2004 an occasion that will be fondly remembered.
If you would like to meet Gary, you might catch him on Tuesday mornings at Wayne's Barber Shop on the Busy Bend.
Come by, fellowship, pick a tune and if you need one, get a hair cut from Wayne or Josh. You'll be glad you did.
With a heart of gratitude,
Robert andP.J. "Jane" Ballard
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Band Applications Now Being Accepted
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Miners on the rise: 23-point run helps UTEP beat Rice
There are 93 comments on the El Paso Times story from Oct 9, 2010, titled Miners on the rise: 23-point run helps UTEP beat Rice. In it, El Paso Times reports that:UTEP running back Jason Williams leaped over the line to score a touchdown in the fourth quarter against Rice Saturday in Sun Bowl.
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#21 Oct 10, 2010
UTEP look really good last night, no turnovers was a big plus they have improved game by game gotten better on defense and they can move the ball as well on offense puting points on the scoreboard.
It's official: UTEP has rougly 29,000 loyal fans
28,855 highclass spectators to be exact, theres no excuse for the lack of support from the rest of El Paso given that the home team is winning.
One thing is most ceratin and that is that not much has changed in El Paso, when I lived there I had season tickets and we had highclass and cheap lowclass people then and the population is dwindling since theres only 28,855 highclass fans remaining in El Paso.
#22 Oct 10, 2010
future miner non conference opponents
2011 at kansas
2012 vs N.Mexico at Wisconsin
2013 at colorado st.
2014 at n. mexico vs colorado st.
2015 vs n. mexico
2016 at Texas
As you miner haters non conference games are set in advance. Wisconsin looks good this year, but who knows in 2012. Miners beat them, then the miner haters will state that wisconsin was a weak team. Yes they got new mexico for some more years. Those new mexico teams might be better. What I been hearing Tom Leach (former tech coach) might be coaching them by then. Miners can't do nothing about conference teams.
#23 Oct 10, 2010
Keep on playing teams with losing records, utep. That's the way to get national recognition. Maybe someday you'll be able to play with the big boys, but that's highly unlikely. I hear it all across the country...and I even heard there's a website devoted to utep fans. I will echoe that sentiment, that win or lose...UTEP SUCKS!!!!!
#24 Oct 10, 2010
Callate la voca pinche jotillo. I know that you and your joto friends at topix tried to infect my computers with a virus much like the one speedy infected your culo with but your lame aasssssss attempt failed pinche naco pendejo de tu perra madre..........next time i'll inform the authorities so that they can put you and your bola of joto in jail
#25 Oct 10, 2010
Tomas SUCKS!
#26 Oct 10, 2010
I love it when the real whiner mentality surfaces. Even those who call themselves true fans are secretly saying to themselves that UTEP SUCKS!!!!
#27 Oct 10, 2010
Nice win. GO MINERS!!!
#28 Oct 10, 2010
UTEP keeps upping ticket prices. This season, general admission seats in the endzone were going for $20 a game. So it would cost a family of four $80 (plus parking, food, beverage, etc) to see one game.
Yea, yea, I understand that other programs charge more ....but UTEP has to understand that they are dealing with a poorer fan base with larger families in an economic downturn. Don't forget the changes to the tailgating rules. Plus, the university has to factor in the quality of the "product". Clearly fans are hesitating to pay that much money to see a team that may or may not be competitive on any given season.
Memo to the University: Lower ticket prices, make it easier to park on gameday weekends, and get rid of those asinine tailgate restrictions. Then watch the fans come pouring in.
#29 Oct 10, 2010
If El Chucoans are poor, they shouldn't be having kids. Unfortunately, Mexican veijas are sleazy and easy.
#30 Oct 10, 2010
That may be, but it's irrelevant UTEP's attendance dilemma.
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#31 Oct 10, 2010
Congats to UTEP- Lets recognize that this team has not shaken off all of its issues though- what will be really sad for UTEP would be for the fans to bow out later in the season after UTEP drops some games (and be real people, they will) when this is definetely an improved team over last year. Are they vastly improved? Probably not- I struggle to think of a season in the mike price era where UTEP has finished strong...I sincerely hope that does not repeat itself this year, because it tends to absolutely kill morale before the bowl game...and a bowl win is hopefully what we are driving to this season-keep it up Miners...KEEP IT GOING-Losing a couple of games isn't a tragedy, unless u don't learn from it- LETS FINISH STRONG THIS SEASON!
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#32 Oct 10, 2010
5-1 will likley turn into 7-1,then 8-2 or 9-1; who cares who they play. Texas always plays creampuff teams on their schedule and beats them by 30 or 40 points and their fans love it. The key is getting wins no matter how u can get them. Thats what the Bowl Committees look at. UTEP's romping over weaker teams is what a good team should be doing and gives UTEP the mind set to continue to try to win big vs. much weaker teams. UTEP is clearly a top 50 team at this point and only getting better. This mentality has to carry through on the C-USA road games. And I think it will. GO MINERS!!!! Peace peeps!!
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#33 Oct 10, 2010
There will always be idiots like you that will hate UTEP no matter how well they do. If you hate UTEP so much, why don't you go to another site, you moron.
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#34 Oct 10, 2010
Way to go utep, i predict a national ranking...not! Utep still blows, peace out
#35 Oct 10, 2010
alot of people with no pride in what our miners are doing on the field..yeah they could play other teams that are better; yeah you could of moved out of el paso and had your dreams come true but guess what..neither happened so roll with what you got. The miners are doing what they do with their schedule and 5-1 says they are doing good!
if you claim to support STFU with negative stuff and support.
#36 Oct 10, 2010
Just the usual and expected response from a whiner...name-calling when you have no argument. Kinda reminds me of a six-year-old responding with "Oh yeah." I think utep will always suck, but when it's this easy to get your goat, it only makes it easy to stay and dangle another carrot in front of you...knowing that you can't walk away. This is more fun than an idiot/moron should be allowed to have, hahahahahahah. UTEP SUCKS!!!!!!
#37 Oct 10, 2010
Was that a flare gun coming from juarez towards the end of the game?
#38 Oct 10, 2010
We all know what a Tomas is and does; but what is a UTEP?
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#39 Oct 10, 2010
Your MOM was sleazy and easy. Ask her.Cuz Im yo Daddy!!
#40 Oct 10, 2010
U Take Everything Personal...which is why utep fans are whiners. UTEP SUCKS!!!!
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My 29 weeker may come home this week if she is brady free for the next 3 days. She has been in the NICU for just over 8 weeks. I just cant believe she is coming home. I feel so emotional and just want to cry whenever I think about her being home. Not sure exactly why, its just emotionally overwhelming. I dont think my husband or my parents understand. My husband says Im freaking out. Any one experience this when their preemie came home?
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I was very emotional, too. I was also very scared to bring our daughter home, knowing that my husband and I would no longer have any backup (nurses) and she was completely OUR responsibility. We leaned on the nurses so much throughout our NICU journey that it was scary not having them anymore. After a couple of hours at home though, all the worry and fear vanished.
Congratulations on bringing your little one home!
Laney - 1/5/13 - micro preemie
I cried the whole time signing papers and packing her up to go. DH made fun of me but I was a mess. I was excited and terrified at the same time. It felt so good to have her home finally.
Congrats on your upcoming homecoming day. The whole NICU experience is intense, and emotions run high. It's ok to feel how you feel. :)
Handmade for baby -
Thanks you guys! Glad to know I am not the only one!
SAHM: ODS @ 30w (sudden onset severe pre-e), 50 edays in NICU, now 5!
DS @ 39w, now 3!
Angel YDS @25w, due to HELLP
Very emotional!!! I had been living a life for 5 months and it was all about to change! I was at the hospital every single day. I talked to those Dr.'s and nurses and RT's every day. You mean I'm supposed to just stop coming? No more checking with you about her night, her tests, whatever? On the one hand, you are getting everything you've wanted...on the other hand, your current reality is about to change, in a big way. I was very choked up!
I think it is moving onto a new phase that is making me emotional. I am really excited to have her home and a bit scared, but it is the change that will be hard, like you said skm1126. I spend a lot of time at the NICU too and also really like my babys primary nurse, so will miss her too. The whole thing is a lot to deal with. Anyway, baby had a brady today, so the clock reset, making me even more emotional! :(


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Deniers are winning in UK, too.
U.S. conservatives aren't the only ones who are easily duped (see "The deniers are winning, especially with the GOP"). When 1039 Brits were asked "To what extent do you agree or disagree that … Many scientific experts still question if humans are contributing to climate change," a remarkable 60% agreed whereas only 22% disagreed.
Congrats to the British deniers out there — yes, even you TVMOB, who apparently qualifies as a scientific expert in the UK because he wears a Nobel prize pin made of gold recovered from a physics experiment presented to him by the Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Rochester, New York. [Since I have been focusing on TVMOB so much, I thought I would present a picture of a different UK denier, which can be found here, to help Climate Progress readers understand why deniers are so popular with so many Brits.]
The poll also asked responses to "I sometimes think climate change might not be as bad as people say." Some 42% agreed while 41% disagreed. I am going to (optimistically) ascribe that less to the UK airing of the The Great Global Warming Swindle than to the fact that this statement is true when it comes to one particular famous British person (see "James Lovelock turns everyone into a climate optimist" and "Lovelock: Malthus was right, and Climate Progress is way, way too optimistic.")
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Rather than blame people's stupidity and nefarious forces, consider what is in your own argument that is not persuasive rhetorically and scientifically. If you assume the same sincerity in others as you do in yourself, you'll find it easier to identify what is persuasive in the others' arguments. It is those persuasive points you must refute.
After all, the general public and cannot possibly be expected to distinguish scientific arguments on the basis of merit. To improve your argument assume the intelligence and discernment of others is equal to your own.
Science is not rhetoric and I separated them in my first comment. In the science there is plenty of room for those skeptical of the Hansen/Romm 6C+ catastrophe. The science available to the denier is slight but oddly persuasive. The original lone falsification of CO2 caused warming was the discovery that the ice core data, contrary to the original analysis, increases in CO2 ppm actually followed historical warmings by hundreds of years. No matter how many explanations – however correct – are given, it is hard to convince that something can be caused by something that follows it.
Deniers now claim a second falsification in the lack of greenhouse signal in the tropical atmosphere.
rhetoric, which is convincing people through emotional appeal rather than factual appeal
Rhetoric standard definition: the study of the efficient use of language. Your meaning is closer to the word harangue. Debunking is not a sufficient argument. You must specifically refute.
I'll accept your definition of rhetoric and use persuasive methods. I'd love to read your writing on rhetoric as you are very good at it. To persuade you must refute not merely debunk. I don't think you can refute the ice core data as currently understood or perhaps, the lack of the greenhouse signature in the tropical atmosphere. You can explain it away, but as you say, that is largely irrelevant to the public debate.
Are you 'Paul K.' Driessen? Just wondering :
If you can't handle the rhetoric, try simple arithmetic : 2 ppm/yr and rising. Remember, time doesn't magically stop in 2100, and the universe does appear to be somewhat older than 6003 years old.
I sometimes think that the global warming 'debate' isn't about science at all, but about fear. A scientist of my acquaintance (he's a chemist and not involved with earth-system science) said the other day that 'I wish the climate guys were going to be wrong; I hope they're going to be wrong; but I know they aren't going to be wrong.'
He understands the ramifications of climate change and he fears them in his own life. He has a nice house in a nice suburb, drives a nice car, and has two nice kids. But the city doesn't have the money to expand infrastructure, or even the money adequately to maintain existing infrastructure, so water and sewer lines rupture more frequently as roads deteriorate. When gasoline hits two bucks a litre he knows his nice house will lose value and his nice car will be virtually worthless. His kids will have to bus to school, although the price of diesel is hurting transit systems already. He will be looking at the need to make big changes. Still, he's not prepared to put his house up for sale yet, and he really doesn't want to trade his car for something more fuel-efficient, because his car has already lost some of its trade-in value. He's looking at change that, for him, is cataclysmic, that will change the very way in which he and his family live.
A person who can't even begin to face those changes, will, I think, very often find it easier to deny the science, and as the threat of really big change draws closer, I wouldn't be surprised to find more denial, not less.
We need, I think, is some way to communicate all this to people who, by education or circumstance, have never before been forced to think of science in any context. I wish we could count on some of our news media to do this, but I have little faith in them.
I'd like to see more about the economic opportunities that exist as a result of climate change, more good-news stories about people who have figured out how to solve one piece of one small problem and how that might fit into a cohesive whole, and contribute to the mitigation of climate change.
Joe, you appear to love the concept of the 'wedge,' abstract though that may be to the average person. Maybe the first wedge we should be trying for is a different and more positive way to present climate change and its mitigation.
> Are you 'Paul K.' Driessen? Just wondering :
If you click on "Paul K's" name in his posts, you will be taken to his web site. There you will find that he is Paul Kelly, and his photo bears no resemblance to the other Paul you linked to. While I disagree with most of his views, he seems to be a reasonable fellow, and remains polite in his exchanges here.
Thomas Lee Elifritz,
I can honestly say I have never heard of or read anything by Driessen. After a quick hit on the link, I gather he is an anti environment conspiracy promoter. I am an environmentalist and do not belong to any conspiracy so I doubt I have much in common with him.
Time doesn't magically stop in 2100. It stops in 2040. At that point ppms will be at 450, the must stabilize point.
Just the other day, I decided to check to see how many of my fellow Canadians believe that global warming is the real deal, and was shocked to learn that the overwhelming majority do, from a high of 83 percent in Quebec, to a low of 69 percent in tar-sands-oil rich Alberta.
I was pumped, but when I read the results from the next question, quickly deflated. Less than 40 percent of Canadians think we should spend money trying to slow our own emissions… So they obviously don't understand the urgency, or what's at stake, or how we preventing any meaningful change on the international stage. They're probably thinking that global warming means beach vacations in the Arctic in 15 years, or vineyard tours through Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, the Napa of the North.
We've a long ways to go.
Paul K.,
Some Climaticide denialists are sincere, others are not. Sincerity is not the key point here. Most of the people who deny the reality of evolution are sincere. In other words, they are not knowing liars.
Of bigger concern is whether they are intellectually honest, and that is where most denialists fail. Because of their ideological prejudice against certain solutions (wide-scale action by governments) that the enormous threat of global warming implies they are forced to either deny it's existence in the face of overwhelming evidence. If they did otherwise they would to question their whole belief system, which they are unwilling to do, as it is too psychologically threatening.
They, and not only they, fail to understand what Nietzsche said:
"A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions."
To which I might add that it is also a matter of having the courage for self-examination of one's convictions.
Richard Levangie,
I just spent several days examening the American print media's response to Al Gore's speech calling for an end to fossil fuel use in the US within 10 years. What was clear is that US media are failing to inform the public about the truth of Climaticide. I don't know if the same is true in Canada or not, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it is. Put simply, when people don't have the facts they can't make informed decisions.
You can read the details about what I found here:
[Blogging for the future at Climaticide Chronicles
I would say the Canadian media is better at giving an honest estimate of the Climate Change situation, but that's because the so much of the US is out of touch. Canada's coverage is a long way from perfect.
There are still a lot of op-eds, particularly in Alberta, which rant on with no reference to facts of any kind.
I think you have too dismissive or simplistic a view of that concept that you own the domain name for…. you use rhetoric all the time here to persuade people of your views. Scientists, you are right, are not supposed to use rhetoric to persuade other scientists of their views; instead they are supposed to use the quantitative or qualitative tools that are recognized inside their discipline as potentially persuasive.
Once, however, they start to make claims about or create a narrative using their findings, even if it hews very closely to their findings, scientists and non-scientists draw on rhetorical tools, which also vary from language to language and culture to culture.
Any narrative or valuation that you attach to purely neutral language about some scientific findings takes part in rhetoric. You might classify different rhetorical instruments and pieces of rhetoric as having more or less of a close relationship with both logic and with the acknowledged facts, be they scientific or otherwise.
I think you are objecting to rhetoric that substitutes itself for factual accuracy or logic. Maybe too fine a distinction for your purposes here but I think it is disingenuous to accuse "other people" of using rhetoric when you are using it too. To put together a sequential presentation of an argument of any kind requires rhetoric.
Any argument is weakened by name calling, absolutism and sensationalism. All these are found to varying degrees at climateprogress.
I think you may be interested in this post, given your random, demeaning pictures of women in ugly shoes:
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I hadn't noticed the shoes :-) Thanks for pointing them out.


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Frosty the Snowman...not so much!!! More like Scary the Snowman!!! This is the third year that this prank has been played in Boston, and in watching the video, no one's the wiser...
This guy wanted to play a joke on his girlfriend, but she ended up getting the last laugh.
If you've ever watched TV shows like 'Long Island Medium,' you've seen the stunned looks on people's faces when the psychics start to get positive "hits." The guy in the video above amazes strangers with specific information, but there's one catch: he's not even a little bit psychic.
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In honor of Spring, Pagliacci is serving asparagus pizza. Bethany Jean Clement had hoped to write about it in her love letter to asparagus this week, but they weren't making it yet. Fortunately, starting today, they are. Pagliacci just delivered a couple of pies to the office, and DAMN it was good: Delicate, skinny stalks of roasted asparagus, thinly sliced red onions, and fresh tomatoes on top of yummy white pizza. Here's what the last few pieces looked like before they were snatched away:
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I know this happened a long time ago, but hey!
This is not vandalism, and rollback should be used only to revert vandalism. Please don't do this again, thank you. Diego Grez (talk) 19:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hi there. If you look at the previous edit I reverted by this user (the one before the one you linked), you can see that the only edit they made to the page was to change a date, however the edit summary they left read "add link" (see the edit [1]). I made the judgement that by providing a completely unrelated edit summary, the user was trying to deliberately introduce factual errors into the article, which constitutes vandalism. I therefore did not think twice about reverting the edit you linked - they once again changed the date in the article and appeared to be masking this with their edit summary. I concede that it would have been wiser, in this situation, to add a more specific edit summary, however I don't think I am in the wrong here. Mato (talk) 17:01, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
You reverted a 100% verified news reported today in ALL MEDIA . I will report you for your vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 13:33, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
There is no controversy and no dubious source, other than your ignorance. You better learn how to do your job, instead vandalising Wikipedia and slandering Wikipedia users. You are probably the only people in this planet not to have noticed Kufra fell to Ghadafi forces today, as it is stated in the article already.
An obvious case of conflict of interests. (Just look at his edit history - that's even besides his username.) --220.127.116.11 (talk) 15:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- Well unless you request help with the edit war or simply stop editing, you'll both end up being banned for violating WP:3RR. Mato (talk) 15:18, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- What? The dude is repeatedly vandalising (removing well-referenced content, just because he don't like it), and fighting vandalism by the guy clearly engaged in conflict in interest (did you see his edits? ONLY Rockstar games and especially MP3, for YEARS now) is now ANYTHING bad at all? --184.108.40.206 (talk) 15:28, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- The fact that it constitutes "obvious vandalism" is debatable, so WP:3RR still applies and it's best to report the conflict of interest at WP:COIN. Mato (talk) 15:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- So maybe you do it, as you obviously know so much about it, AND you're interested in the case. And what exactly is "debatable" here?? --184.108.40.206 (talk) 15:55, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
- The fact that it constitutes "obvious vandalism" is debatable, so WP:3RR still applies and it's best to report the conflict of interest at WP:COIN. Mato (talk) 15:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for this useful link. I agree: talking would be way better. But this contributor keeps editing the same defamatory material using either his IP address or different contributor ids--and refuses to engage in a constructive talk. What should I do? Dilatlahrat (talk) 16:02, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi there,
The material used is an original op-ed by the journalist in question (in french) and unfortunately for Benchemsi by far, not his best. Not a reason for A-censoring other contributors and B-misrepresenting (lying about?) the nature of the change.
GR —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghita.rachdi (talk • contribs) 16:14, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi there!
Thank you for your feedback! I am just trying to stop one editor from removing a section about Benchemsi (the subject of the page) condoning the usage of torture. The section is properly referenced and linked to the orginal article (in french though) at http://www.telquel-online.com/176/edito_176.shtml
Is there anything that can be done? The article as it appears now is obviously biased (although I understand that Benchemsi or some of his friends) dislike being linked to torture).
Thank you for any advice you may share!
GR —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghita.rachdi (talk • contribs) 16:08, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
I appreciate your involvement in this. The contributor(s) who keep(s) adding this torture section, under different IPs/IDs, is (are) clearly biased and has (have) obviously harmful intentions.
Benchemsi, who received international awards for advocating democracy and human rights (http://www.pointinfo.org/Ahmed-Reda-Benchemsi-laureat-du-Prix-Samir-Kassir_a1050.html, http://www.edubourse.com/finance/actualites.php?actu=18354), never condoned the usage of torture.
In the referenced editorial, he wrote that he would never support the methods of Laanigri (the then Moroccan police chief, widely known as the top responsible for torture), but that in 20 years, there may be a debate between the supporters of the regime and its opponents, on whether torture would have prevented (or not) the expansion of terrorism. I agree that this was neither the best, nor the most inspired of his editorials. Yet it featured a debate, not the writer's opinion.
Benchemsi's opinion on torture (broadly: not only is it condemnable, but it is ridiculously inefficient to stop terrorism) is here: http://www.telquel-online.com/113/edito_113.shtml. Under Benchemsi's direction, TelQuel magazine published many cover stories on human rights organizations' reports revealing/condemning the use of torture in Moroccan secret prisons (like this one: http://www.telquel-online.com/113/index_113.shtml).
More recently, Benchemsi exposed cases of Moroccan citizens tortured to death in Police stations (here: http://www.telquel-online.com/424/edito_424.shtml) and deplored the authorities' silence on this tragedy. Benchemsi's defunct Arabic magazine Nichane (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/oct/08/morocco-press-freedom) named the torturers and asked for their trial--which no other Moroccan newspaper did.
I am not Benchemsi, and I have neither time nor willingness to write his proper, comprehensive biography. But I hate injustice. Benchemsi was forced into exile by Morocco's authorities because of his courageous journalistic support of democracy. Trashing him (or anybody) with slander is despicable.
Dilatlahrat (talk) 17:04, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Support for torture.
Hi there!
I also appreciate your involvement in this. The previous user has been constantly removing a section linking Benchemsi to one of his op-eds (http://www.telquel-online.com/176/edito_176.shtml) without any sort of justification. Now, contrary to what has been said above this is not a matter of interpretation. I am simply translating an excerpt from the op-ed in question where he states that "In 10, 20, or 30 years, we will be able to ask ourselves whether these acts (of torture) may have finally been a necessary evil" (and here is the original version in french under the previous link "dans 10, 20 ou 30 ans, nous serons en situation de nous demander si ces actes n'auront pas été, finalement, un mal nécessaire").
Anyone on Wikipedia may attempt to clarify an article if they deem it necessary but I fail to see how adding an original citation is biased or open to interpretation. On the contrary attempting to hide the truth from wikipedia users is malicious while condoning torture (now or in "in 10 years) is simply unacceptable.
Again, I am grateful that someone is intervening on this and hope we may reach some sort of consensus that would give Wikipedia's readers the most accurate picture of Mr. Benchemsi's work and opinions.
Best, —Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 17:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Interesting controversy.
"We will be able to ask ourselves whether..." ("nous serons en situation de nous demander si…") precisely means that this is a question, rather than the affirmation of an opinion. This question is indeed troubling, but it deserves to be put in perspective with other writings of the same author, for a better understanding of his opinions.
Let me say again (and I would appreciate that you respond to this, instead of ignoring it) that Benchemsi published his precise opinion on torture, along with many other editorials and journalistic pieces--all of which are referenced in my previous post and clearly demonstrate where he stands on this matter.
Let me propose something: I will edit the torture section instead of removing it, providing new weblinks as references for a more insightful perspective on Benchemsi's work and opinions. If my edits are removed without justification by the users who keep running the original torture section, will you agree that they are the ones malicious, and will you help me oppose them for the sake of Wikipedia's accuracy?
Dilatlahrat (talk) 17:58, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Done. Now please watch.
Dilatlahrat (talk) 18:16, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
Seems that we have reached a consensus. Now do you want to update the french section or do you want me to do it?
GR 126.96.36.199 (talk) 22:29, 29 April 2011 (UTC)ghita.rachdi
I can do it (maintenant que je suis lancé…) Thanks.
Dilatlahrat (talk) 22:37, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
April 2011 Edit Warning
Hi Mato. You recently undid some changes I made to the Christian Lo Russo article but must have missed my reason for editing - "(Redirected as per notability guideline - Christian Lo Russo is not known other than being a member of some band)". There is also a consensus on the talk page of that article to have it redirect, and I am not the first to have done so. I you will not mind me undoing your undo. Cheers 188.8.131.52 (talk) 13:11, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
- I didn't miss the reason. "Christian Lo Russo is not known other than being a member of some band" is not an explanation for a redirect, especially as the "some band" in question is notable. On the other hand I did however miss the talk page discussion, so my apologies. Feel free to revert my edit. Mato (talk) 13:15, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
UK Honours disambiguations pages
There was no bias in the edits that I made to the UK honours disambiguations pages, I only made those changes because they are important titles compared to others mentioned in the lists. Next time when you write up in the history edit page try not to insult others in your descriptions and by the way I am British and I know my English properly. Even if I was not British my edits would not biased. I am on a university network so please do not write on the main page of the user page because many from my university use Wikipedia and regularly edit Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 13:16, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'm aware that it is a shared IP address but it is the only appropriate way to contact you in this situation. If you don't wish messages to be left there you should create your own account. It isn't advised to single-handedly decide which are the most important titles in each list. I have also mentioned that your styling was incorrect. Look at CBE (disambiguation) for an example of how to style a disambiguation page with a primary use - note where bold and italics are used. If you've still decided that no-one would argue with your conclusion that they are the primary use of the abbreviation on each page, then feel free to revert my reverts. Mato (talk) 13:25, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Christian Lo Russo
You recently reverted a redirection of the page Christian Lo Russo, saying that there was no explanation of the deletion of the material. The redirection was explained in the edit summary of the IP editor you were reverting, and the redirection had been discussed and had no objection on the Talk page. I am uncertain where you may be looking for your explanations, but obviously those are both good places to check. --Nat Gertler (talk) 14:29, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
- If you look at the history of my talk page [2] you will see I have already had a discussion with the user in question. I questioned the wording of the edit summary but apologised for failing to look at the article's talk page prior to making the revert. Mato (talk) 14:39, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
- Just for your edification: the explanation he gave was proper - it may not have stated the name of the guideline being invoked, but that guideline (WP:NMUSIC) states "members of notable bands are redirected to the band's article, not given individual articles, unless they have demonstrated individual notability for activity independent of the band". --Nat Gertler (talk) 15:52, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
What I posted is true on the 747. —Preceding unsigned comment added by IwillDESTROYthesus (talk • contribs) 17:00, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
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The username Mato has been freed for you. Regards, Esprit Fugace (talk) 18:41, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
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During last year's legislative session in Olympia, the Democrats flirted with the idea of codifying Tim Eyman's 1-percent-property-tax-cap into state law. (At the time, Eyman's rulepassed in 2001 as I-747was before the Washington State Supreme Court.)
I bitched at the Democrats for considering the move. 1) Why hand Eyman a victory? And more important: 2) If constituents were still complaining about property taxes, than obviously, 747 (in effect since '02) wasn't solving the problem. And no wonderit's a regressive tax, with the lowest bracket paying 6 percent of their annual income in property taxes while the top notch pays just 2.8 percent.
Now that the Court has tossed 747, the supermajority Democrats have a chance to leave Eyman's pseudo-populist fix in the dust, and enact real property tax reform for the masses by tying increases to income. (A more mainstream Democratic alternative would tack increases to inflation, so that the government can maintain service levels. However, that fix doesn't address the taxpayer side of the equation.)
I discussed the income-based idea last session:
The idea works like this: When property tax bills reach a certain percentage of a homeowners income, they get a tax credit. The proposal developed by the Budget and Policy Center is, they claim, revenue neutral and would give the poorest 20% of homeowners a 14.9% tax cut; the next 20% would get about a 12% cut; the middle 20% would get a 1.9% cut; and the top 40% would see a 2% increase.
The legislature didn't end up doing anything last session, but I hoped the Democratic majority would move on it this year. And now, thanks to the Court, they have the opportunity….
Unfortunately, Gov. Gregoire is all set to pull a Gov. Gary Locke. (Remember when Locke caved and instituted Eyman's 695 car tab limit and voter approval for taxes mandate after that one was declared unconstitutional.)
On Friday, she announced she's going to push legislation to put 747 on the books.


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The critics speak: The gaming press on 2013
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Naughty Dog has unveiled a teaser trailer showing off new DLC for The Last of Us.
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PS3 outselling Xbox 360 in the UK this summer
PlayStation 3 was the No.1 console of the summer in the UK with some help from 2013's second best selling game.
European version of The Last of Us is censored
Elements of the multiplayer component of The Last of Us were censored in the European release, it has been discovered.
Six No.1's and counting for The Last of Us
A 22 per cent week-on-week drop in sales isn't enough to stop PS3 title The Last of Us claiming is sixth UK No.1 this week.
PS3 topples Xbox 360 in June
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The Last of Us is No.1. Again.
It's week five for The Last of Us at No.1. The PS3 exclusive continues to dominate and will continue to dominate because there's almost nothing out for retailers to sell ...
The Last of Us ships 3.4m, is fastest selling PS3 game
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The Last of Us is UK No.1 for a fourth week
The Last of Us has done what BioShock Infinite and Dead Island: Riptide could not, and that's score a fourth consecutive No.1 in the UK charts.
The Last of Us retains UK Charts top spot
Sony's critically adored The Last of Us has claimed its third successive No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.
Naughty Dog apologises for sex chat line numbers in The Last of Us
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Naughty Dog accused of stealing art for The Last of Us
Graphic designer Cameron Booth has accused The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog of stealing his artwork for the PS3-exclusive.
The Last of Us gets its second UK No.1
Sony's PS3 exclusive The Last of Us has claimed its second successive UK No.1 in the UKIE Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40.
Ellen Page: Naughty Dog ripped off my likeness for The Last of Us
Ellen Page has spoken out against the character of Ellie in The Last of Us, claiming that Naughty Dog ripped off her likeness for the game.
UK CHARTS: The Last of US is No.1
Sony's widely acclaimed PS3 thriller The Last of Us is the UK number one game this week.
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OK, since the Warriors have gone dead silent (as they tend to do at all interesting free-agent moments), I've got some time to kill this morning waiting for any word about Draymond Green… (TOTAL SILENCE by the way; I know because I've checked.)
And that gives me half a morning to take another trip through the rollicking media extravaganza that is Jim Harbaugh, though often the extravaganza and shocked reactions and nation-wide exclamations are not really due to anything he originally intended.
This is just Jim Harbaugh, the new Michigan coach, wandering in the world–at a Tigers game, at satellite camps, at Cracker Barrel, wherever his hyperactive soul might lead him next…
Sometimes he's in a good setting to speak reasonably, and sometimes it rubs him up against people he doesn't quite connect with. Which produced the "clunker" interview this morning as self-described by ESPN's Colin Cowherd.
First, here's the long interview I did with him for my inaugural podcast last February. Wasn't a terrible conversation, was it?
Then there's today's awkward Harbaugh appearance on Cowherd's ESPN radio show, and yes, it was really, really awkward.
Some thoughts that occurred to me on Twitter this morning (and I'll add a few more):
Listening to the Harbaugh interview. I'll say 3 things: 1) Don't ask yes or no questions; 2) Don't ask "concept" questions you've made up…
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