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Underground drilling requires operators to be extremely precise, and the smallest human error can be costly for mines. Therefore, Sandvik recently released its next generation of development drills, including the DD422i, which brings full automation to drilling. The aim is to increase accuracy, productivity and tunnelling quality, according to Kerry Falk, marketing manager at Sandvik. The equipment is based on Sandvik's Intelligent Control System Architecture, which allows for nine different hole type settings and three alternative control methods including manual drilling control, feed percussion follow-up and intelligent torque control. The new tech also makes tunnelling easier on the operators by increasing the operator's field of vision by 25 per cent over previous models and reducing noise levels in the cabin to below 69 decibels at all times. The carrier is articulated, which allows it to work in tight spaces, and the equipment can handle different voltages, making the DD422i a good choice for contractors who share equipment between sites, Falk said.
Hoist systems are the lifeline of underground mines – often solely responsible for transporting necessary personnel, materials and equipment below the surface. But, as ABB global service manager Remy Lanoue pointed out, "even if a hoist looks like it's operating smoothly, there is always room for improvement." To give clients a full, comprehensive snapshot of their existing hoist system, ABB is launching its Mine Hoist Fingerprint service in North America. The service is a structured audit that collects data from over 20 pre-defined points and uses it to analyze the electrical and mechanical components of the hoist system. "We check everything from the current condition of the hoist to past issues, identify areas for optimization and even benchmark it against the industry standards," said Lanoue. Within a week, the service team will provide a detailed report that includes recommendations for the future. Depending on the terms of the agreement, the expert team can also upgrade the hoist system and perform periodic checks.
Processing plants handling high tonnages or low-grade ore often require long banks of flotation cells to meet throughput goals, taking up valuable space, power and money. That is why FLSmidth recently released its 600 Series SuperCell flotation cells, the largest on the market. The effective volume of the cells ranges from 600 to 715 cubic metres, depending on the launder arrangements and the kind of rotor/stator used, but their footprint is small. Compared to an arrangement of smaller flotation cells, the larger cells take up between 20 and 30 per cent less area on the plant floor to process the same volume of ore. According to Frank Traczyk, FLSmidth's director of flotation products, the new cells reduce capital costs and operational expenses by up to 25 and 15 per cent, respectively. When paired with the company's nextSTEP rotor/stator, the cell also uses less power than other comparable cells, potentially as little as 0.35 kilowatts per cubic metre.
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for america. i want to build on our strengths. i have put forward a plan to make sure that we will bring manufacturing jobs back to our shores. by rewarding companies and small businesses investing here, not overseas. i want to make sure we have the best education system in the world. retaining our workers -- re training our workers to the jobs of tomorrow. i want to develop oil and natural gas and energy sources of the future. i want to reduce our deficit by cutting spending we do not need but also by asking to do morei y cutting spending we do not need but also by asking to do more so we can invest in things like research and technology that are the key to a 21st century economy. as commander in chief, i will maintain the strongest military in the world. and go after those who would do us harm. after a decade of war, i think
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we all recognize the have to do some nation-building. the building our roads, bridges, and especially caring for our veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom. we have been through tough times. but we always bounce back because of our character. because be put -- pull together. if i had the privilege of being a president for another four years, i promise you i will fight for your families. i will work every single day to make sure that america continues to be the greatest nation on earth. thank you. >> bob, mr. president. good to be with you. i am optimistic about the future. i am excited about our prospects as a nation. i want to see peace. i want to see growing peace in this country. it is our objective. we have an opportunity to have real leadership. america will have that kind of leadership and will promote principles of peace that will make the world a safer place. and the people in this country more confident that their future is secure. i also want to make sure we get this economy going.
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there are two different paths the country can take 31 is represented by the president which bought at the end of four years would mean we would have $20 trillion in debt. i will get us on track to a balanced budget. the president's path will mean continuing declining in take- home pay. i want to make sure it starts to grow. the president's past means 20 million people out of work traveling for a good job theory -- job. i want to get people off of food stamps not by cutting the program but by getting them good jobs. america will come back. for that to happen, we will have to have a program -- president that can work across the aisle. i was in a state where my legislator was 87% democrat. i learned how to get along on the other side of the aisle. we have to do that in washington. washington is broken. i know what it takes to get this country back. we will work with democrats and republicans to do that. this nation is the hope of the earth.
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we have been blessed by having a nation that is free and prosperous, thanks to the contributions of the greatest generation that held a torch for the world to see. a torch of freedom and hope and opportunity. now it is our turn to take that porch. i am convinced we will do it. we need strong leadership. i would like to be that leader with your support. i will work with you and the view in an open and honest way. i ask for your vote. i would like to be the next president of the united states to help and support this next week in this great nation and to make sure we maintain america as the hope of the earth's protective so much. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. that brings an end to this year's debates in the want to thank lynn university and its students. i leave you with the words of my mom said, go vote. good night. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause]
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[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tonight's coverage of the third and final presidential debate. the candidates earlier this evening boca raton, florida.
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we want to use this next hour to get your reaction as we replay the debate in case you missed it. during our coverage, our phone lines are open. there is a line for those of you supporting our president and for those who are undecided. let's get right to your phone calls. tracy is joining us from st. petersburg, florida. caller: i want to say that i think our president has done a fantastic job and he is the best choice to move our country forward. host: why do you say that? caller: he has done everything that he has said he was going to do. oral was not built in a day. it will take him another four years to get this country back in shape. host: also joining us paula.
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caller: i have a comment about foreign policy. we have had more terrorist attacks since
has taken office.
leaked information and that is why one of our navy seals is dead. since
has been president, there are allies in the middle east that do not like us.
would not meet with israel's prime minister or with the un right after the crisis in libya and the middle east. he was too busy campaigning. host: thank you for the call. donald is an undecided voter joining us from south carolina. caller: after tonight, i have
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made my decision. president
is the man for the job. host: why do you say that? caller: he has done practically what he really set out to do. the economy, i understand. he did not create the problem with this economy. he really has the economy back on track. he said he was going to go into afghanistan because that is where the people were hiding out. he went in there and got osama bin laden. tonight, i made my decision because i was looking at governor romney when he was talking and he really did not know what he was really talking about. you could tell he was trying to
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go by what he had been scripted to say. host: dennis, a supporter of the president. good evening. caller: i would like to say to america, please, wake up. let's get real. we are blaming the president. i would like ask the american people, if you had a company that you could take to china or south america and pay $2 per hour and you had to pay me $15 per hour, what would you do? these are the things you're blaming the president for. the private sector -- if you had a company that you could lay 15 people off, keep 10 people on the job, you are making money, you are making a profit, what
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would you do? stop blaming the president for all of this. host: you can join the conversation on our facebook page and weigh in on the question, "who won the debate?" this is a non-scientific survey, but 20,000 people saying the president won the debate compared to about 9004 mitt romney. we will get more of your reaction from the debate. on the twitter page, this is from david from cnn. host: next is a supporter of governor romney. patrick from california. go ahead, please. we will go to charles next, who is joining us from arkansas. go ahead, charles. caller: what is -- if people
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would listen to what is going on, they would see that romney is doing a lot of rambling. i really do not think that he knows what he is talking about. host: ben -- ahmed is joining us. are you still undecided? caller: i am leaning towards
because he seems to be a strong leader. i was supporting romney before, and romney seems to be everywhere on every issue. host: george is on the phone from kansas. a supporter of governor romney. good evening. caller: how're you doing? i thought romney did a wonderful
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job and
was all over the table. i support romney 100%. i hope he becomes our president.
has not done anything that he said he was going to do. host: earlier tonight, jim, the campaign manager for the president, in a meeting with reporters, we carry it on our web site, here is a portion. >> you cannot have any clearer of a choice than you saw on this issue. the back-and-forth on the military budget, romney will regret that answer for a very long time. the president correctly informs you what the military budget is. we need a military for the future and that is what the president is building. >> you got the impression that he was on the offense tonight. i am just wondering about that.
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he interrupted the governor on several occasions. >> he can be the leader, the commander in chief. you saw that the president could be very strong tonight. strong and steady as the leadership has been the past four years. the difference between the two candidates could not have been clearer on that. he is right and the commander in chief and that is what the american public wants. they want their leaders to be strong. ronnie continues to change his positions on things, the unsteady, and he is wrong on iraq, afghanistan, and libya. tonight, the american public saw. >> how important is this for your race that nationally, you are losing? >> we have the advantage of 270 electoral votes. every single opportunity we can
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talk about the difference between these candidates is successful for us. if people understood what the president wants to do at home and his plan to move the country forward, which was explained in good detail tonight, but more importantly, we saw romney was trying to involve the president and looked really on steady. >> the romney campaign said that president
seemed to be debating a challenger. do you think he is the underdog? >> tonight, you saw a debate about strength. romney was reckless and unsteady. that is what you saw tonight. when you deal in that kind of thing, you are in trouble in this kind of debate. they know that they are.
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host: jim mussina speaking to reporters earlier tonight. two weeks before the election. early voting under way in a number of key states. tomorrow, live coverage of the president and governor romney as barack
campaigns in florida. his first appearance of the morning at 10:10 eastern time on c-span. later, live coverage of mitt romney and his running mate, paul ryan, in henderson, nevada. that campaign getting under way at 3:15 eastern. chris is on the phone from south carolina. good evening. you are undecided still? caller: i am undecided because i cannot understand how mitt romney can make millions. i cannot understand why the
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president -- they talk about all of these cuts. if they really cared about america, why don't they start cutting their own salaries? see just how hard it is when they have to pay for their own gas and groceries. host: who are you going to vote for? caller: i am going to vote for me because i would go about doing the job for free. host: we go to a lot -- to sam. go ahead. caller: for those of their who are undecided, i feel like if they feel like he did not have the right thing to say to them, he is the leader that we need to be able to bring us, as a
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nation, back together to a restoration mode. he could not fall in the trap of, tonight, in the debate, that i believe the president was setting for him. that was pretty much what i wanted to say. get out and vote, please. host: 80 walters joined us sunday on "washington journal." she had this tweet for us. referring to condoleezza rice. your reaction to the debate tonight. caller: i thought that it was a very good debate, personally. i remember the candidates talking about syria and how the
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situation is very touchy. they both agree that assange should be removed from power and another person should be put in that is pro-american. there are many instances in history where america has gone in and put our own leader in place of a bad one, which has created a lot of anti-american sentiment over the years. i want to remind people that it is not in the president's power to declare war and send troops overseas without consent from congress. i am a strong believer in that and i would like to see both candidates recognize that. i would also like to comment that romney mentioned we should turn our focus of china and look more towards latin america and the resources that they have. i am taking a course on the caribbean and am reading a book about an author who is very
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upset with european-north american countries coming inter country and exporting resources, leaving their country in a worse condition than when they entered. host: thank you for the call. from this livestream -- you can weigh in who won the debate on our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan. we have a supporter of governor romney from georgia. caller: i agree with mitt romney. the whole food stamps thing, i agree that more americans do need a job and need to stop
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living off the government. host: brandon from louisiana. undecided voters still tax caller: i am a big fan of
's foreign policy. he is a genius with specific redeployment. bragging that he has made conditions more favorable for u.s. exporters when he has done that by destroying the value of the dollar is really offensive to me as an undecided voter. host: who are you going to vote for? caller: i am still not sure. i have not figured this one out yet. host: margaret joining us from alabama, a supporter of the president. caller: i think the president
did an exceptional job on this debate. he is very concerned about the veterans and the people of the united states. he has a strong voice for us.
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it is what the people are wanting him to do and he has done a great job. mr. romney seems to be sending out potshots and trying to bad mouth the president instead of concentrating on the issues and doing what is best for the nation. host: a lot of snapshot polls on who won and who lost the debate, including this from cnn. sam feist tweeted this -- melissa is on the phone from houston. good evening. caller: i want to make a comment about president
and the fact that he did keep a campaign
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promise. that promise was that change would take place. however, he did not bring forth good change in this country. myself and my husband both had amazing jobs prior to him coming into office which we both lost. he bailed out the banks and said that that would trickle-down and help. that never took place. any program that he set forth that was supposed to reach out and help others, it did not. there was always an exception and there are many that i know who are losing homes who are middle-class americans who have worked hard, paid their taxes, paid their dues, and bought into the idea of change. that change is a horrible change and our country, if he stays as president, will continue to see abortions rising, health care diminished to the point where seniors are
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not taking care of, and more and more people will be financially devastated by this president. host: this election comes down to what, from your standpoint? caller: this election comes down to integrity and honor. are they polish politicians who can speak very eloquently when the cameras are on or do they actually stand up and do what they said they were going to do? host: filip is on the phone from california. good morning. good evening to you, i should say. caller: good evening to you. i was undecided but i made up my mind. listening to and following these debates and doing a little fact- finding and hearing the truth. romney is not in the position to
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run this country. i have heard too many lies that have come out of his mouth. i have to go with
. a lot of this man's programs he tried to a put forth because they wanted to make him a one- term president. host: the senior adviser and former chair of the republican national committee and george w. bush on the trail for mitt romney. he spoke to reporters earlier tonight. >> i think they would see some clear differences, especially when it comes to israel, national security, the reckless and arbitrary budget cuts that president
is proposing -- the governor romney is proposed
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-- is calling for when it comes to israel and ratcheting up sanctions on iran. they saw very clear differences. they saw from governor romney an agenda to not have this be subject to events around the world. i think they saw from president
a failure to defend his own policies and inability to lay out policies for the future. that is what the american people are looking for, where are you going to take this? governor romney laid that out tonight. >> two weeks left. where are you going to go starting in the morning? >> we have momentum coming out of this debate as we had in the first two debates. we will go into a continued discussion about our national security and foreign policy and the differences there. they go very much into discussion about the economy. there was some talk about that tonight because our economic strength, national strength,
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not international security is tied to that. governor romney will continue to highlight his plans for a real recovery, as will congressman ryan. we cannot afford four more years like the last four years when it comes to job creation, our debt, health care, or our national security. >> the president seemed to be debating as an underdog. >> i think it is going to be very close. i did see a lot of commentary that
did seem to be in his role or approach, acting as a challenger who was behind. we know this is going to be a close contest. i talked to you a couple of weeks ago when things looked like they were going great for president
. we have momentum with us clearly. great debate tonight on top of
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the previous two debates. this is going to be a close contest. i feel very good about where we are coming out of this last debate. host: a close contest being targeted in a number of key states, including colorado and ohio, which is where the candidates will be tomorrow. live coverage on c-span tomorrow as the president and vice president campaign in dayton, ohio. live coverage at 3:50 eastern time on c-span 2. governor romney and paul ryan together in colorado. coverage tomorrow evening just past 9:00 eastern time. nate silver puts it this way on our twitter page -- polls, including the latest wall
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street journal poll, showing this race at 47% apiece. back to your phone calls. malik joining us from philadelphia. caller: how're you doing? i am for
because, when you hear romney talk, it sounds like a man with power. when someone is a man with power, that means it is about money and not the people. not everybody is rich and not everybody has millions of dollars. when it comes down to the people that need help, everybody else seems like they are at the bottom. i do not mean just a little bit of money -- host: thanks for the call. mary is on the phone from alaska.
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go ahead. caller: i am a great grandmother and i have watched
in this past four years. our economy is not what it should be. we should not have soldiers in iraq, we should not have all of this situation going on. i believe we need a new face in washington. if we do not have a new face in washington, you are going to see bread lines like the depression in the 1920's. if you are going to see hurting people, starving people within the united states. i am going to vote for romney because i believe he is family- oriented, he is for the people. a lot of people are being deceived. it is wrong but i am praying that they will wake up. host: this comment on our twitter page -- many of you voting on the c-span
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facebook poll. the survey showing that the president won the debate over mitt romney. this is an unscientific survey. we are simply asking the question, who won the debate? starla is joining us, and undecided voter from ohio. who are you going to vote for? caller: i am going to vote for
. host: what in the debate tonight changed your mind? caller: i was undecided because i supported
in the beginning. republicans wrote off everything he tried to do. after seeing the debate tonight, romney is so inconsistent on so many things. he cannot be trusted. it is like he is just going for the presidential nomination just to be president. he is not the one we need to
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lead us in foreign affairs at all. he is ignorant to the fact. i think we are going to have to stick with
. hopefully the recovery will work with them and we can get the plans he has implemented to work for our economy. host: kristol is joining us from alabama. caller: i am going to vote for governor romney. thanks to
, i lost a whole year of college because he took the pell grant. they quit that because of
. i will be a romney supporter. host: john has this on our twitter page. charlene is joining us from pennsylvania, a supporter of the president. good evening. caller: i am voting for
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regardless of the election -- i have watched all three. what really strikes me is the 47% that he wants to leave behind. a lot of people are forgetting that. when you think about that, that is more than the middle class, the poor people, the ones who are trying to keep their homes and their jobs. that 47%, a lot more at stake than any other debate we have had in this campaign year. think about that 47% he was talking about. thank you for letting me have my comments. host: sheena is next, and undecided voter from alabama. go ahead. caller: i really would like to know what happened to all these
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-- i really would like to know what happened to all of these american soldiers who risked their lives for this country and then they come back and it is really hard for them to try to go through college or receive a higher education. host: ok. thanks for the call. at the huntsman, the daughter of former presidential candidate jon huntsman, sent this tweet out. join the conversation on our twitter page. we are collecting some comments from reporters waiting in on tonight. karen is on the phone from tennessee. caller: i am going to have to speak with
. when you fact check romney on different sources on the web,
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most of the things he is saying only have a grain of truth in them. the president is going to have everybody's confidence that what he is saying is truthful. host: from florida, good evening. caller: i think america should go ahead and open their eyes up. the last three years have been terrible. we have no jobs. it is time for a change in washington. we need someone like romney because romney has the experience. he will create jobs, he will create 12 million jobs. he knows exactly what he is talking about. i think he is the man for the job. i reallyt's debate, feel that romney won the debate tonight.
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ronnie knows exactly what he is talking about. i feel that our next commander in chief should be running. host: thanks for the call. one you're saying that president
was incredible tonight. one of the most googled and tweeted lummis was from the president as he referred to horses. here is part of that exchange from earlier tonight. >> first of all, the sequester is not something that i have proposed, it is something that congress has proposed and it will not happen. the budget and we talked about is not reducing military spending, it is maintaining. i think governor romney has not spent enough time looking at how the military works.
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you mentioned the navy, that we have fewer ships than 1916. we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military has changed. we have things called aircraft carriers were planes land on them. we have ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. the question is not a game of battleship, where we are counting ships. it is, what are our capabilities? when i sit down with the secretary of the navy and the joint chiefs of staff, we determine how we will be best able to meet all of our defense needs in a way that keeps faith with our troops, makes sure that our veterans have the kind of support that they need when they come home, and that is not reflected in the kind of budget that you're putting forward. it just does not work. host: lenora from alabama, good evening. caller: hi. i was leaning towards romney,
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but now, it seems like he agrees with everything
says. why is even running for president? i do not understand. does he even know what he stands for? what he has been campaigning for for the past year? he is changing everything about what he has been saying? host: what moment tonight might have been the tipping point for you one way or the other? caller: there are so many. everything that
said, he was like, i agree. i am like, if he agrees, what is his problem? what are you debating about? host: new york times out with an editorial that was produced just a few minutes ago, titled "the final debate."
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during the debate, ann romney sounded like he read from a history textbook and did not go much further than that. joining us next is olivia from ohio. caller: as a former congressional candidate, i was very happy to stand with romney on jobs. he knows that one of the main reasons we do not have as many new, small businesses in this country is not because we have people who do not want to do it, it is because those people cannot find credit to start new businesses. he knows that and he has been putting in programs so we can have more programming to help people start small businesses. the president is on the mark with that. i happen to be a veteran and i know what it takes about
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alternative energy. they are making new veteran programs for us to start new energy programs for wind, for solar. that is how a country becomes energy independent. i was never so proud of my president until he talked about his policies for making this country where we need to be and i stand with my president once again. host: when did you run for the house? caller: this last cycle. we lost by 1000 votes here in the 10th district of ohio. host: which includes what cities? caller: montgomery county, greene county, and the top half of fayette county, where at dayton-ohio is. host: that is where the president is going tomorrow.
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jerry is on the phone from illinois. caller: i was listening to the debate, expecting both to speak well. that is not what i am looking for. i was undecided until tonight. i want to get one of the two candidates that is going to say, who is going to take as to the next level? our country is in trouble. who is the most qualified to take our country out of trouble? at this time, i would believe it is romney. he is very successful in businesses. our country needs to go to the next level. president
has had his shot. he failed. i am a disabled veteran and i am still waiting for things that happened. host: joshua is next from georgia. what is your comment on the debate tonight? what did you think? you are on the air. caller: i am undecided because
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-- hello? host: we can hear you. please go ahead. caller: whenever politicians coming to the office, they allies.
was asked, if he was poor, whenever he and his wife got married, he said no. he bought a condo for $265,000. romney was asked. he said he has never been from the poor. romney has told the truth. i do not keep up with this. that is just my theory. host: robert is joining us from new mexico. good evening to you. caller: i am calling to say that my name is robert from santa fe, new mexico. i am going to be an
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i will tell you the reason why --
has his act together. he knows what he is doing. i have had my son in iraq, afghanistan, and egypt. romney does not know anything about what is going on in foreign countries really. i do know this from many other nationalities, that romney has a very large amount of property in mexico that he owns that he has people working there, stuff like that. but
is going to be the best present that we have ever had. he did good, supported our troops, supported the veterans. he has not spoken anything about veterans whatsoever. as a member of the under guard, i am going to say this.
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obama has worked for the veterans. host: john has this on our twitter page. another moment from the debate on the so-called apology tour as governor romney brought up, aimed at the president. >> we are four years closer to a nuclear iran. we are four years closer to a nuclear iran. we should not have wasted these four years to the extent that they continue to spin the centrifuges and get that much closer. the reason i call it an apology tour is because you went to the middle east, you flew to egypt, saudi arabia, turkey, and iraq. by the way, you skipped israel, our closest friend in the region. but you went to the other
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nations. by the way, they noticed that he skipped israel. you said that america had been dismissive and derisive. that america had dictated other nations. mr. president, america has not dictated other nations. we have freed other nations from dictators. >> let me respond. if we are going to talk about trips that we have made, when i was a candidate for office, the first trip i took was to visit our troops. when i went to israel as a candidate, i did not take donors, i did not attend to fund-raisers, i went to the holocaust museum to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond with israel will be unbreakable. then i went down to the border town which had experienced missiles raining down from hamas. i saw families there who showed
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me where missiles would come down near their children's bedrooms. i was reminded of what that would mean if those were my kids, which is why we funded an iron dome program to stop those missiles. that is how i have used my travels. when i travel to israel and the region. the central question, at this point, is going to be, who is going to be credible to all parties involved? they can look at my track record, whether it is iran sanctions, dealing with counter- terrorism, supporting democracy, supporting women's rights, supporting religious minorities, and they can say that the president of the united states and the united states of america has stood on the right side of history. that kind of credibility is precisely why we have been able to show leadership on a wide range of issues facing the world
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right now. host: that excerpt from the debate and other experts available on c-span.org/debates. as you watch and engage and share those excerpts, darrell is on the phone from missouri. your thoughts about the debate tonight? caller: i heard a lot of debating about what went wrong or what the other one did not do or what the other one would do. i go back to when president
was elected. both houses, the congress and house of representatives, and he did not pass a budget, the thing he needed to to get the job done. that is why he ended up failing. i remember, in learning that, that we should keep the federal government out and let the states tackle a lot of these
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things because these people are trying to benefit interest groups and some -- and things like that. the guy who lives next year is the guy you want handling your things. host: from alabama, and undecided voter. your thoughts. caller: i was wondering, maybe there is some information that can guide me to know the things the were spoken by each candidate, their factual relevance, the% of accuracy. host: you can check out one site that we use often, politifacts, a partnership with the tampa bay times. they keep track, in a very non- partisan way, of what was said tonight. they have various ways to measure whether or not it was a
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true, and a half-truths, or, as they sometimes call it, a pants on fire fly. ruby cramer had this tweet. we will be covering the debate live on c-span. it will also be posted on our web site. martha is a supporter of the president from maryland. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am going to vote for president
because i am one of the people who benefited from his obamacare medicare. my daughter when back to our medical insurance without paying one more penny. we engaged in a program that pays for a premium for medicare. we were able to keep our home with the loan modification
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program established by the president. not only that, watching this debate, it is very clear that governor romney is inconsistent. every time he was asked a question, he accused and tried to point out how bad this administration was doing. you are talking about the four years that
is not doing anything, but he failed to mention that the disaster we engaged since the presidential office -- since the president took office was because of the previous administration. host: betty is on the phone from louisiana, supporter of governor romney. caller: i certainly do support governor romney because i am an elderly disabled lady on medicare. when he stripped medicare to
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institute obamacare, my doctor no longer wants to see me now. medicare does not pay him enough anymore for him to see me. here i am, i am out on a limb. that lim has been cut off underneath me. host: an undecided voter from maryland. kirk. caller: i believe it is hard for debates -- i watched them as much as possible. both candidates say enough to give you an idea of where they are coming from but not enough to give you a better understanding as far as i can relate. they talk about not having enough jobs in america. both candidates having to create jobs. they do not talking about the immigration or how many people
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we have in the country to sustain jobs. there is an undertone in the direction we are going. there are both talking about the things they need to change or what they're trying to say to the american people about the direction of the country. i would be more comfortable. i am a war veteran from iraq as well. i get a sense of socialism, if i might be able to say without offending anyone, at times. i am torn. we are the land of liberty and freedom and everybody has a right to their dreams. at the same time, i think the country should be governed in a certain way. if they give us more of an idea where they are coming from, i think things would be better. to be honest, i am undecided and
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i have no week -- i have no idea which way i'm going to go. host: based on what you're saying, no moment stood out in terms of swaying your decision one way or the other? caller: i have watched all three debates, looked at them several times, watched the reruns, and i think they're saying the same thing. the military, are want to go more to romney because of his support of the military. we should not have asked for money to have our military forces built up stronger. we are definitely a country that needs our military and we are living off our history, in my opinion. host: one of our viewers saying that as far as sequestration, the president missed an opportunity to link paul ryan, who voted for it.
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next is robert, joining us from california, supporter of the president. good evening to you. caller: i am voting for
. i would not vote for romney. i came back from vietnam and voted for nixon, to show you some of the directions i have been in. this man ran. he went to france to keep from fighting in the war. this man is a liar. he does not support it. he does not believe in this country. that is about it. host: from our facebook page, who won the debate? so far, 24,000 people saying that the president won, compared to mitt romney with 13,000. you can wade in and give us your unscientific survey based on these votes. a number of other surveys give
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the edge to the president. cbs news giving its edge to the president. jonathan is on the phone from new mexico. caller: i just want to say that how can anybody not open their eyes? can anybody get a paycheck anymore? it seems like everybody is rich across this country. they are saying,
is the best. how can you say that? every person that cause you right now probably gets $5 per hour and they're still saying that
is the best. host: tomorrow morning, the president campaigning in florida. live coverage just after 10:00 eastern time. gov. mitt romney is on the campaign trail in a number of states. he will be in nevada tomorrow afternoon with his running mate, paul ryan. jay is on the phone from oregon.
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good evening. caller: i was just one in to know, why would anybody believe what romney had to say? i was kind of going for him because he was a businessman, but then i find out that he is not a businessman, he is an investor. he makes money, big money, for the people who invest with him. he does that by getting rid of jobs. from the workers. you are making $15 an hour, he takes the job overseas and get somebody to do it for $7 per hour or $2 per hour and they keep all of the money, sell the company, and make hundreds of millions. host: in seven or eight minutes, a chance for you to watch the debate in its entirety on c- span. already on our web site at c-
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span got bored. rudy -- at cspan.org. rudy from texas. turn down the volume on your television set and go ahead with your comment. caller: the people in pennsylvania, new york, and all of those cities, they have to wake up. during the first administration when 911 happened, the first thing was osama bin laden. instead of going for bin laden, he goes for saddam hussein. what did bush do? he puts a fence around the states. al qaeda coming in through canada. i am going to support our president right now. he got the job done with osama
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bin laden. we are going to marry from texas. go ahead. caller: i am supporting romney because i believe he wants to get our america back, make it strong. we, the people, need to stand behind him. if you believe in america and america being strong and other people to look up -- to look up to us again, you need to get out and you need to vote. i watched all the debates and tonight, again, president
seemed to down romney when he was talking. host: next, we have an undecided voter. go ahead with your comment. caller: i do not think people are ready for the world to be as big as it is. that is why they think the war
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-- the economy is messed up. it is not the president's fault and it is not romney's fall. it is our fault. we did not think the world was going to get as big as it is. i do not think people should be down and out. we, as a people and community, we did not create america. we just live in it. we're just here to make it better. host: kim joining us from wisconsin, the hometown of paul ryan on the republican ticket. are you supporting the president? caller: yes. i cast my vote for president barack
today. i am social security disability. it is not because i am a deadbeat or i feel i am entitled to it. i worked for 35 years and i am
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For full details on where/how to donate, rules and all the cool stuff up for grabs read on! *UPDATE* Paypal.com now seems to be online and we've added three new games to the list thanks to Slambie. Tribes: Vengeance, Rome: Total War and Space Colony.
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Please note there are special rules for winning the grand prize. For the rest, no matter what you donate you get an entry! Everyone who donates will also get a forum key.
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Because we don't know how much longer the current beta will be we will draw the winner this Friday the 15th. If you want a shot, get your donations in soon. Your entry/s will still be on the list to win the grand prize as well, even if you win the beta key.
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Jeez, that's cool. Let me find a credit card.
Wow, amazingly cool GG.
Dang. With this many prizes, it's almost 50-50 odds you'll win something
Also, the paypal link is defective.
Also, Paypal.com says it's currently unavailable for maintenance. Damn it! DO YOU GUYS NOT WANT MY MONEY OR WHAT?
Just a note.. thats an AMD 64 3200+ not a Tbird...
Machine is very fast...was testing it over the weekend and it runs pretty much everything at max details at 1280X1024 or 1600X1200
I'm adding a brand new copy of Doom 3 to kick off your new gaming pleasure.
Damn, TheGameguru, you are truly benevolent. Thanks for the kind donation!
Very nicely done.
Sweet...Even cooler with Doom 3 as a addition
Doh! I tried to donate... it went all the way to send... then crashed! Yeah paypal!
Oh and just a thought.... Shouldn't GG get like a shiney glowing key or something for this? .... Maybe a big hug?.... what do you mean my hugs aren't worth anything?
Wow, Gameguru, that's an awesome prize donation!
Wow, GGuru! Very cool of you and what a prize! *droool*
Three cheers for Guru!
Thanks, GG! Certis, since you asked, I sent the Raven Shield Gold in a few months ago.
This is something indeed vastly generous of TheGameGuru and utterly benevolent of Propagandalf!
Let me find Mex's credit card so I can make a donation too.
P.S. a question to the GWJ management: does Karla know that you are going to give somebody away her WoW beta account?
Hey, one more question: "Who be diz Sean Sands"?
P.S. a question to the GWJ management: does Karla know that you are going to give somebody away her WoW beta account?
It's my extra WoW account, after Ebay foiled my plans to sell it for fat loot. "Beta" policy my ass.
Whoa, GameGuru went off. Nice. Very, very nice.
Great job guys, and hats off to everyone who donated -- in particular GG for his generosity.
I just managed to send my donation via PayPal. Given the problems of PayPal today, would it be too much to ask for a confirmation if it was received?
Hah! My cunning plan to disrupt paypal and prevent people from entering the drawing is going according to plan! (Oh, wait, I haven't donated yet... Doh!)
They were having a bunch of problems Friday too, took me like 8 tries to send money to someone.
My donation will be on the way this week!
EDIT: Oh, and Gameguru, very awesome of you!
Hey, one more question: "Who be diz Sean Sands"?
It be Elysium, commence stalking!
Sweet, thanks for the permission! Assuming the address below is close to his home address, I live 10 miles away!
Heheheh, what chu wearin'? I'm asking from inside the house!
Sean Sands (Gamers With Jobs)
PO Box 177
Savage, MN
Just wait outside the post office for him. "Read" the paper while inconspiciously watching to see who opens the box.
Gah! Just when my next school fees are due and I have no disposable income you go and do this!
Everytime I post on such a great community site and read the AAA topics here I feel I should be contributing something to the ad free greatness that is GWJ.
I wish I was a gamer with a job right now, a cheque would be in the post.
Next time gents, I promise.
P.S Fantastic prizes btw, very benelovent of the contributors... good luck all.
Thanks to all that donated prizes!
Wow - great prizes - really nice work on the PC Mr. GG... I knew I should have held off on my recent purchase. Once I get settled back in from this trip I'll toss my donation in as well. Thaks to everyone who anted up prizes - nice work.
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I am a bit perplexed. No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to get many listeners on the subject of the need for liberal arts colleges to offer a minor in business and entrepreneurship. Over the past month, I wrote to the presidents at four of the top liberal arts colleges in the U.S. about the possibility of this idea. One kindly responded right away, acknowledging that it may be worthwhile, but due to financial issues, no new programs were being introduced.
Why am I fixated on liberal arts colleges introducing business courses? Articles in Business Week, Inside HigherEd, and elsewhere have discussed the importance of doing so. Am I looking through the glasses with my own bias? I don't think so. Let me highlight the reasons why.
Many, if not most, liberal arts graduates will have to know about business. Art or music majors will most likely deal with business issues in their profession, whether it's acting in the role of a curator at a museum or starting a business of giving music lessons. Psychology, economics, and even philosophy majors may end up working with consulting firms, and having a course or two about business and entrepreneurship would help further round their education to better practice and understand the consulting world. Foreign language majors will intersect with the business world through international development, serving as interpreters for the United Nations, or tutoring in foreign languages on their own.
These are just some of the synergies created in their professional lives. Knowing about business for one's personal life is just as important. Being able to budget your money, determine where to invest for the future, or understand health care and other fringe benefits are all examples.
A Perfect Combination
I am not necessarily saying there should be a major in business and entrepreneurship at liberal arts colleges; this may create some controversy among the purists. But, having a "minor" in business and entrepreneurship to complement one's liberal arts major could be a perfect combination.
There are already some progressive schools on this front. Franklin & Marshall College (Pa.) has a department and major in Business, Organizations and Society. Courses include theories of organization, accounting for decision-making, organizational behavior, financial reporting, quantitative methods, marketing, ethics, international business, portfolio management, and others.
Organizational behavior overlaps with psychology, ethics overlaps with philosophy, and finance overlaps with economics.
The provost at Haverford College (Pa.) told me his leadership team is considering this possibility (they haven't yet dedicated faculty/leadership to the idea).
Certainly, even with such representative courses, we can see the intersections with other disciplines in the liberal arts. Organizational behavior overlaps with psychology, ethics overlaps with philosophy, finance overlaps with economics, quantitative methods overlaps with math and statistics, and the list goes on.
An interdisciplinary minor in business and entrepreneurship could be created by pooling resources from liberal arts disciplines along with some new hires in business disciplines or with the help of executives in residence. The "Minor in Entrepreneurship and Management" has worked very well for liberal arts and engineering students of larger institutions such as Johns Hopkins University (Md.).
I don't want to ruffle feathers, but liberal arts colleges are missing an important opportunity for students. I'm willing to bet a minor in business and entrepreneurship would become one of the most popular, chosen to further enhance the student's learning and perhaps one's resume.
Elite U.S. liberal arts colleges should be leading the way and setting an example for others. By doing so, other liberal arts colleges will follow, further enriching students' education and marketability in these tough economic times.
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Pattern-interrupting series Neural Tribe continues: see Brain Is Not an Organ But an Organization for context.
(What's pattern interruption? Pattern interruption is designed to challenge categories that we take for granted and, in so doing, to open up the mind to new thinking possibilities).
When we think of a brain we think of it as an organ, as a singular neural thing. But it isn't. In fact, there is no brain because a brain is not a thing but a colony of things, a tribe of neural things called "neurons."
Say, you are at a concert and you think of yourself as a stand-alone self, as an individual. But then you step out for a smoke and you look back at all those people at the concert and you think "Wow, what a crowd!" Notice what you just did: you took the multiplicity of individuals and you – for the sake of conceptualizing ease – collapsed all this plurality of human life-forms into a single concept of a "crowd." But there is no crowd as such.
"Crowd" is just a way that you choose to see all these people at the concert. You could choose to see them as… them, as so many individuals without reducing this multiplicity into the singularity of the word "crowd." Same with the concept-word "brain." A "brain" is a crowd of neural individuals. And all these neural individuals stand alone, separated by synaptic gaps, just like you are separated by personal space at a concert even if the place is jam packed.
Just because the neural audience inside your skull dances in unison to the rhythms of reality it doesn't mean that a brain is one monolithic thing… when you yourself dance and sway at a concert in unison you still remain a singular you even if your behavior is in harmony with the rest of the crowd around you… the dance of reality unifies all into a kind of neural oneness…
In sum, a "brain" (just like a "crowd") is a construct, a category that groups multiplicity into a conceptual unit.
Why does this perspective matter?
When you realize that you are not a "brain" but a neural crowd of neural individuals inside the concert hall of your skull, you tune in to an amazing mystery of how Many (neurons) becomes One (consciousness). Which is the hope of this post: to help Many experience themselves as One. After all, you and I are just neural audiences listening to the signal of Reality at different venues: you there, me here, but, at the end of the day, we are all one Neural Tribe.
More on Neural Tribe
Somov, P. (2012). Brain Is a Myth. Psych Central. Retrieved on September 24, 2017, from https://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2012/11/brain-is-a-myth/


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By Ron Olsen
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 7, 2003
An airy climb with a steep crux at the 5th bolt. The crux can be done several ways; stepping left or going straight up. Both seem to be about the same difficulty.
The climb is about 80' long. The leader can also belay from a good ledge at the top instead of lowering.
By Tony B
From: Around Boulder, CO
May 21, 2007
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|Crux can also be done to the right. Regardless, this is the best sport climb at the rock and is pretty worthwhile.
By djoseph
May 17, 2008
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|Fun climb. Mostly 5.9ish up a narrow arrete until a mid-10 thoughtful sequence between the fifth and sixth bolts. Worth the stroll over if you're at the third tier of Avalon.
By percious
From: Bear Creek, CO
Jul 3, 2009
rating: 5.10- 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
|Probably the only worth-while climb at this crag. I think 10- is a very generous grade. Probably easier if you are taller.


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The board of directors of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has approved the 2009 Reliability Needs Assessment (RNA), a review of the resource adequacy of the New York bulk power system over a 10-year planning horizon.
The 2009 RNA reports that New York state's electric power resources (generation, transmission and demand-side programs) are expected to meet the state's electricity reliability needs for the next 10 years.
New York currently has 42,077 MW of generation and demand-side resources, with a peak load of 34,059 MW forecast for 2009. The 2009 RNA anticipates that New York's peak load will grow to 35,658 MW by 2018, while resources available to serve or offset this load are expected to increase to 42,536 MW.
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Controversial park signs frustrate animal rights advocates
Watch above: signs at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, since removed, left pet owners and animal rights advocates frustrated
SASKATOON – Several signs at Wanuskewin Heritage Park that asked visitors to leave their dogs in their vehicles left local pet owners and animal rights advocates frustrated.
"It's very disappointing to learn that some businesses and recreation park facilities will promote keeping an animal in a vehicle, which is asking people essentially to put their animal in harm's way," said Tiffiny Koback with the Saskatoon SPCA.
"It's certainly concerning, especially when you have people visiting tourist attractions or parks, when you expect they're going to be there for a period of time longer than five minutes," she explained.
"I think it's kind of a stupid sign. It should be taken down," said Jim Tait, a dog owner in Saskatoon.
"I mean everybody knows not to leave a dog in a vehicle, that's cruelty," he said.
After fifteen minutes in 30 degree weather, a dog can succumb to heat stroke, Koback explained.
"That animal will be experiencing heat exhaustion. Any longer than that, and you're looking at serious organ damage and possible brain damage, leading to death," she said.
Even in the shade, a car can be ten to twenty degrees hotter than outdoors.
Every week, Saskatoon SPCA receives dozens of reports of pets locked up in vehicles.
"On average, we see three to 10 calls a day," Koback explained.
After Global News contacted Wanuskewin Heritage Park about the signs and the concerns raised by individuals, officials were quick to apologize and immediately had them removed.
The park sent the following statement:
"For the safety of all those that visit Wanuskewin, we ask that they not bring their dogs to the park and keep them home where they will be safe. We are sorry for any confusion this may have caused our visitors."
If you see an animal in distress, contact the Saskatoon SPCA.


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It's no surprise that Fassbinder is a Cinefamily office favorite. Fox and His Friends, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Martha, Whity, Fear of Fear, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?, Beware of a Holy Whore, the epic miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Stationmaster's Wife — I could keep going all night. Don't get me started.
Throughout forty-three features cranked out in an incredible thirteen-year span, Peer Raben remained one of Fassbinder's most loyal and important collaborators, composing the music scores for just about every single one of Fassbinder's films. In an Raben obit in the Guardian from 2007, C. Jerry Kutner from Bright Lights Film Journal summed it up best:
How to describe Raben's music? It was as bittersweet as a hurdy-gurdy played on a street corner in Lang's Berlin, or as melancholy as a tango in a Parisian brothel. He was modern, but only in the sense that early 20th-century composers like Stravinsky, Bartok and Kurt Weill are considered modern.
Raben's soundtracks are conspicuously absent from the blogosphere for reasons I can't explain — so let's rectify that here. This 3-disc set (spanning R.W.F.'s entire head-spinning filmography) came out in '97, and has been out-of-print almost a whole decade.
DOWNLOAD: Peer Raben, "Music For Fassbinder", disc 1 (ZIP file)
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Eight Denton churches pledged to be inclusive of the LGBT community in an ad that ran in Sunday's Denton Record-Chronicle.
The Rev. Jeff Hood took out the ad for Easter Sunday to show the number of churches who are supportive and welcoming after he sent about 60 churches letters asking them to be inclusive on Ash Wednesday. He said the letters started conversation with church leaders and led to the ad's creation.
The ad entitled, "We Believe in the Universality of God's Love," states that the listed churches will "be open and celebrating of persons of diverse sexual orientation and identities" and encourages other churches to do so as well.
Since the Ash Wednesday letters went out, Hood said he's met with several churches and their pastors to speak to them about the importance of being welcoming of LGBT people. He said he had 16 churches that agreed to participate in the ad, but many backed out last minute. However, he expected only a few to actually participate.
"I think for some churches up here pastors have diverse congregants to satisfy and it seems like often more conservative congregants are heard," he said. "So churches that are on [the ad] are willing to take a hit, if a hit comes."
Hood plans to continue to meet with church leaders about inclusively and would like to publish another statement in six months or next Easter to show the growing number of churches in Denton who welcome LGBT members.
The churches that participated are: Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Cooper Creek United Methodist Church, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Refuge Ministry at the University of North Texas, Harvest Metropolitan Community Church, Lutheran Campus Ministry at Denton, Christ The Servant Lutheran Church, the Church at Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair.


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Now that former Bachelor Jake Pavelka is back on the market, will Ali Fedotowsky go after him?
Fedotowsky, 25, famously quit the show to save her job, upsetting Pavelka, 32, who had feelings for her.
"I've made a decision to move forward in my life," she tells E! News, adding that she hasn't spoken to him since taping the Women Tell All special in February. "That just wouldn't be fair to the guys here, and it took some time, but I'm healed and moved on from Jake."
As for Fedotowsky, what if one of her suitors left the show for work and then asked to come back? Would she allow him?
"If my feelings were strong enough for him, absolutely," she said. "There's no question in my mind if I'd let him back and if anything, if my feelings were strong enough at the end of the show, I'd go find him."


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NEW YORK — New York City carriage driver Cornelius Byrne doesn't need horse sense to figure out what's happening on Manhattan's far west side.
NEW YORK — New York City carriage driver Cornelius Byrne doesn't need horse sense to figure out what's happening on Manhattan's far west side.
From the second floor of Central Park Carriages, the West 37th Street stable he bought for $90,000 in 1979, Byrne can see construction cranes rising above the site for the extension of the 7 train to 11th Avenue. The new subway stop, slated to open this year, is a key piece in the evolution of the Hudson Yards area, one of Manhattan's hottest neighborhoods for commercial real estate, where companies such as Related Cos. and Brookfield Office Properties Inc. are planning new skyscrapers.
With Mayor Bill de Blasio pledging to ban horse-drawn carriages from Central Park, the owners of the four stables that house the animals regularly field calls from investors interested in their properties. Byrne has seen billions of dollars pour into the blocks surrounding his 7,000-square-foot building, an area once rife with drug dealing and prostitution, and wants to be around for the next chapter.
"This area has been rough over the years and it's finally starting to bloom," said Byrne, 67, standing in front of the stall where Henry, a Belgian workhorse, resides. "I want to be part of that."
The push to outlaw the city's more than 150-year-old carriage-horse trade, called inhumane and outdated by supporters of the ban, has drawn attention to the potential value of the stables, each located west of 10th Avenue. As the businesses face an uncertain future, demand for lots in the area by builders of offices and luxury-apartment towers is surging.
"The highest and best use of this real estate is not as horse stables," said Robert Knakal, chairman of brokerage Massey Knakal Realty Services. "The development rights are worth a heck of a lot more than the buildings currently there."
Prices for Manhattan development sites jumped 22 percent last year to an average of $445 a square foot, according to a report by New York-based Massey Knakal. Commercial-building prices averaged $1,041 a square foot, up from $897 in 2012.


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A full replacement will be completed
this week of the lights in the Indoor Track and Tennis facility
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halide light fixtures, each of which uses 1,000 watts, with
144 fixtures that use 600 watts per unit.
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the facility will be brighter due to extra banks of lights
added around the track's perimeter. Meanwhile, the new lighting
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per year, a cost savings of $38,000, said Gary Hartwell,
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approximately five minutes to warm up before illuminating.
Because of their instant-on capability, the lights can be
powered down when not in use. Motion sensors will be installed
to automatically shut the lights off in the ITT when not
in use, providing further savings.
Technicians with G.M. Electric, based in Longmeadow,
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Primate researchers might have to watch for union uprisings among their subjects. Well, not quite, but a new study shows that capuchin monkeys have a sense of fairness about work they've done and will refuse a reward for their toil if other monkeys get paid better. The results indicate that a sense of equity goes far back in primate evolution.
In the last decade, behavioral scientists have found that humans will reject pay--to their own detriment--if they perceive that they are being treated unfairly. Researchers have debated whether this response was unique to humans, whose cultures often promote equality and cooperativity, or whether it arose earlier in primate evolution.
To determine whether other primates also have a sense of equality, biopsychologists Susan Brosnan and Frans de Waal at Emory University in Atlanta tested capuchin monkeys, whose evolutionary path diverged from ours some 4.5 million years ago. They used a simple task-and-reward experiment: Brosnan handed a token to one monkey in a pair, and if the monkey gave it back to her, she gave it either a piece of bland cucumber or a yummy grape as a reward. If one monkey earned a grape, and the second monkey in the pair was only offered a cucumber chunk as compensation, it would often refuse the cucumber.
If one monkey received a grape in the absence of any token-swapping work, the presumably indignant second monkey would sometimes throw its own token away instead of enduring the humiliation of performing work only to be underpaid. Whereas monkeys almost always gave back the token when they were both paid equally, more than 50% of the time they didn't when the reward was unfair, the researchers report in the 18 September issue of Nature.
Behavioral economist Ernst Fehr of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge says this sense of equality in human culture is the reason salaries in companies are not made public. "Why not? Everyone would think they were underpaid." He says this is the first time that researchers have shown the concept of equity to exist in nonhuman primates. The fact that "even monkeys" reject unequal pay means the sense of fairness is "deeply evolutionarily rooted."
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Charley Barnes Reveals What He Is Most Thankful For This Year
As another Thanksgiving comes around, I find myself more thankful this year than ever. There are many reasons, I'm sure many are the same ones you're thankful for, but when you're as lucky as I am, you need to stop and count your blessings and I am especially thankful for one specific person this year.
Lesli and I met about a year and a half ago through Journey 4 Justice. Lesli was one of the first original members back in that second week of June, 2011. Officially she is the TL (team leader) for the Nebraska 1 team and she has been extremely instrumental in helping me form and shape this group in those first few months to the present.
Lesli is the type who gives and gives and then gives some more. Little did I know when we first started dating how much she has impacted her own community with her tireless efforts to help those in need. Mainly the The Open Door Mission – Lydia House, The Shelter (Domestic Violence) and helping many Veterans at the VA Hospital in Omaha NE.
This woman is not only a rock in her own life, but also in the lives of those around her. She is a Mother of the Year, every year, and what she has done for me and my children go way beyond words and I simply can't express enough gratitude towards her so I wrote this blog to shout it from the top of the mountain.
Of course I am grateful for everyone in my life; especially my kids Joe, Cade, Mason and Taylor and of course my Mom and to my closet friends that have been with me for many, many years helping me through all my trials and tribulations. But this year I am most grateful for my best friend who has put up with probably way more than she bargained for.
I love this woman with all my heart and soul. I am truly one of the the luckiest men in the world and if you have that same feeling, then you get it. Fate is real and if something is meant to be it shall come to fruition.
So this year, I am most thankful for Lesli Wulf…I love you more than you'll ever know.
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California's culinary landscape is set to change this Sunday, when the state will prohibit the production and sale of foie gras.
PETA calls foie gras, meaning "fatty liver," the "Delicacy of Despair." The fattening of the duck's liver is achieved, usually, through a process called gavage, when a person force-feeds a duck or goose up to 4 pounds of corn daily. French law requires that, but outside of France, foie gras is sometimes produced using "natural" feeding.
NEWS: Food Unwrapped
The ban has pitted many renowned chefs and foodies against animal rights activists. The former includes C.H.E.F.S., the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards. Victor Scargle, executive chef at Lucy at Bardessono in Yountville, CA, sums up the organization's stance:
It is very important to know and experience where all of the items we use at Lucy are sourced: the lettuce for our green salad, the line-caught sustainable fish, turtle-free shrimp, or the humanely-raised duck. We have a commitment to go to the farms, know how things are grown and raised, and support the farmers who raise and properly grow our products. I am a stickler for quality, and I want California's standards for foie gras to be something we all can be proud of.
World renowed chefs like him, Thomas Keller, Christopher Kostow and others therefore want to see continued production and sales of foie gras in California, but with more humane standards. Personally, I doubt that the latter is truly possible for this food product, but their plan is obviously preferable to the force feeding, which often involves shoving metal tubes in the bird's mouth and pumping in food.
Countless studies show that animals can suffer from extreme stress during the process before slaughter. This reaction, in turn, can result in stress-induced hormone and cortisoid production. These compounds wind up in the meat that is consumed. Research is ongoing as to how consumption of the compounds can affect our health.
But will the California ban on foie gras will stick? The city of Chicago enacted a similar ban from 2006 to 2008, but it was overturned.
This debate can stir emotions, with many of you probably either horrified by the thought of traditional foie gras production or annoyed that Americans love their meat, burgers and more, but frequently refuse to consider how those products wound up in the market.
NEWS: Top Ten Best Space Food
Back in the day, among other gigs, I was a food columnist and recipe developer for organizations like the California Avocado Commission. Remember when you used to see little recipe cards in the produce aisles? Well, now you know where those dishes often originated.
In terms of this issue, my vote is for better organic vegetarian offerings that can satisfy nutritional needs while satisfying hunger and gourmet cravings too. If the cost, quality and taste are right, consumers will be more likely to gravitate toward such items. Give me a Thomas Keller dish like this any day over a plate of foie gras.
(Images: Charles Haynes, Global Action in the Interest of Animals)