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Mario Paint
Mario Paint is a title on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, supporting the SNES Mouse peripheral in creating art on the 16-bit machine. The game received a Player's Choice rating.
Title screen[edit]
The title screen is notable for being highly interactive - each letter causes a different effect on the game title screen.
Play Modes[edit]
Art mode[edit]
The open canvas is the main part of the game. Here the player can draw with three sizes of pencil tools, paint, and use preexisting sprites (Called "Stamps" by the game) of things from basic houses and trees to sprites directly from Super Mario World. Additionally, the player can use a straight line tool, and add numbers and letters from a text menu. Erasing images can be done with a traditional erase tool, as well as several amusing screen transitions which wipe the screen clean. There's also an option to completely fill the screen with a certain color, texture, or sprite. To undo an action, the player has to select Undodog's icon.
Stamp mode[edit]
In addition to the default stamps, the game has room to save 15 custom sprites at any given time, which can be made in the Stamp menu. The player is given a grid and can create sprites pixel by pixel using a variety of colors. If a single pixel wide stamp is created it can be used as a pen that is much thinner than the one the game normally allows the player to use.
Music mode[edit]
In addition to creating visual works of art, the player can also create their own songs in Music Mode. Using a set of stamp icons to represent different instruments, they can be placed along a music score, creating a melody. The game has three default songs, one of which remixes the main Super Mario Bros. theme by Koji Kondo. The songs created here can be used in Animation Mode.
The music mode has become a viral hit and many song compositions can be found on YouTube and other gaming sites. The Music Mode was recreated as a standalone program called Mario Paint Composer and added several features such as longer song length, more notes per beat, more sounds, and the ability to save. This program lacks the jumping Mario which was shown when a song is played. Also the player using it is apparently able to upload songs to the net, however trying to do so will do nothing. Undodog also appears in this mode helping players undo previous actions.
Animation mode[edit]
The player can create their own looping animation, frame by frame with a frame limit, and then set them into motion on top of the background they have displayed in their main canvas. Additionally, if they so choose, their animation can be accompanied by their selected song in Music Mode.
Gnat Attack[edit]
Not an art creation section, but a minigame in which the player must use the SNES Mouse to swat different fly-like enemies. Completing stages causes Mario characters to walk across the screen.
This game was also a microgame and minigame in WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!. It can be accessed by clicking the toolbar arrow on the bottom bar, and then, in the same bar, clicking the coffee cup icon. The game also appears as one of 9-Volt's microgames in WarioWare D.I.Y., and later as a microgame in Gamer from Game & Wario, under the name "Super Fly Swatter".
Other features[edit]
The game was placed 29th in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power's "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.[3]
Satellaview versions[edit]
Mario Paint was re-released in two minor variations on the Satellaview;


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Thom deVita Appearance and Pop-Up Gallery at Kings Ave Tattoo
In honor of Tattoo Age's Thom deVita episode, VICE is holding an art show and sale at Mike Rubendall's Kings Ave Tattoo shop in NYC from January 11th-13th. Thom's one of a kind creative rubbings from tattoo stencils, art boxes, signed books, and more will be available for purchase. The legendary artist himself will also be present to talk about his art and Scott Harrison will be tattooing Saturday and Sunday… (more…)
Vice: Tattoo Age Thom deVita Episode V (VIDEO)
In the final part of Thom deVita's Tattoo Age series we have to cover a lot of ground. So please sit back and prepare to go from the days before tattoo artists wore gloves while working to Thom's current life as an artist. Enjoy. [More info on expanded page]
Vice: Tattoo Age Thom deVita Episode IV (VIDEO)
In the new episode of the Thom deVita Tattoo Age series we explore the neighborhood in which Thom live and worked, the Lower East Side of Manhattan. We also go into the types of tattoos Thom did, and what it took to talk someone into getting tattoos that were a little out of the norm. [More info on expanded page] (more…)
Vice: Tattoo Age Thom deVita Episode III (VIDEO)
In part three of Thom deVIta's epic Tattoo Age series, we take look at his personal history and how he came into tattooing. We also hear from tattoo legend Angelo Scotto on the history of tattooing in New York City… [More info on expanded page] (more…)
Vice: Tattoo Age Thom deVita Episode II (VIDEO)
In the second part of the Thom deVita Tattoo Age series we focus on the touching and often hilarious relationship he has with Nick Bubash. Thom and Nick met in the early 1970s and soon after Thom started to tattoo Nick, he also started to teach him how to tattoo. Over the past 40 years their relationship has gone way beyond tattooing, or even art for that matter, but they still continue to create together… [More info on expanded page] (more…)
Vice: Tattoo Age Thom deVita Episode I (VIDEO)
Thom deVita began tattooing in the late 60s in New York's Lower East Side, when the practice was illegal. He quickly began to forge his own styles, drawing influence from Puebla Indian designs to Lord and Taylor shopping bags. In this episode, we hear from Ed Hardy, photographer Clayton Patterson, Nick Bubash, Scott Harrison, John Wyatt, Angelo Scotto, Bubba Reeves, Robert Ryan, and more, as we unfold Thom deVita's epic story…. [More info on expanded page] (more…)
Vice: Tattoo Age Valerie Vargas Bonus Footage (VIDEO)
While we're waiting for the premiere of Tattoo Age's Thom DeVita killer episode, we just released some Valerie Vargas Bonus Footage. Vargas takes us to meet the legendary English tattooer Lal Hardy who has been tattooing since 1975 and is generally considered to be one of the people who elevated tattooing in the UK in the 1980s.
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Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Thom deVita Extended Trailer (VIDEO)
The next Tattoo Age series is about Thom deVita. Thom is an artist on many levels, and tattooing is just one of the ways he expresses himself. He began tattooing in New York City in the late 60s, when the practice was illegal. In this episode, which starts on November 21, we will hear from Don Ed Hardy, Nick Bubash, Scott Harrison, John Wyatt, Angelo Scotto, Bubba Reeves, and Robert Ryan, as we try to tell the epic story of Thom deVita, the artist. (more…)
Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Mutsuo Episode III (VIDEO)
In Part 3, Mutsuo reflects on the blurry line of legality of tattooing in Japan, along with the prejudice against tattooed individuals that still lingers within society today, where people with tattoos are not welcome in public baths, beaches, pools, etc. He muses on why tattooing makes him happy and provides personal thoughts on spirituality, while bringing us to local temples of his hometown and introducing us to his lovely family. (more…)
Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Mutsuo Episode II (VIDEO)
In this episode of Tattoo Age we delve into the history of Three Tides Tattoo. We hear from Mutsuo, Chris Garver, and Masa Sakamoto, as they give us insight into how western-style tattooing gained ground in Japan after the 1999 Tokyo Convention. We also hear about all the guest artists who have contributed to making Mutsuo the artist he is today.
Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Mutsuo Episode I (VIDEO)
The new Tattoo Age features Mutsuo, he has more styles than the first of day school.
This series revolves around an artist named Mutsuo who tattoos at the world-famous Three Tides Tattoo in Osaka, Japan. Mutsuo went from being one of the shop's first customers to its first apprentice, and now he is considered its most senior tattoo artist. He learned the trade from all the American tattoo masters who visited Three Tides, and got what Chris Garver calls "a 90s-style tattoo education." Enjoy.
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Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Valerie Vargas Episode III (VIDEO)
In the last part of our Valerie Vargas episode, we take a closer look at the tattoo power couple that is Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas. When we began shooting this piece, we didn't know how close these wonderfully talented artists were and found ourselves pleasantly surprised by their shared pleasure in tattooing. P.S. Be on the look out for a little Valerie Vargas bonus part coming out later this season. Enjoy.
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Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Valerie Vargas Episode II (VIDEO)
Second installment of Tattoo Age's Valerie Vargas piece is now live! We take a closer look at Frith Street, the tattoo parlor where she works, and its owner, Dante DiMassa. Valerie also gives us insight into her development as a tattooer and why London will be her home base for the foreseeable future
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Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Valerie Vargas Episode I (VIDEO)
Valerie Vargas grew up in Scotland, but has lived and worked in London for the last five years. You can find her at Frith Street Tattoo in SoHo, where she's known for doing the prettiest "lady heads" in the world. Valerie has only been seriously tattooing since 2007, so she's proof that talent and hard work will never fail you.
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Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age Season 2 Trailer (VIDEO)
Courtesy of VICE.com: In this season of VICE's acclaimed show, we travel the world to feature different artists from all ends of the tattoo spectrum, including Valerie Vargas of the UK, Mutsuo of Japan, and Thom deVita of New York City. Each artists' episodes will include three installments, airing every Wednesday on VICE.COM. First up – Valerie Vargas, whose first installment will air next Wednesday, September 12th.
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Jondix Tattoo Artist Magazine Issue #29 Article Preview (Pre-Order Now Available)
Interview by Beppe Strambini
Beppe Strambini: There are a like a bunch of new tattooists that are very recognizable and you are one of them and there's like a connection between all you guys… It looks like a family… can you talk about them… Xed, Hooper, Freddy, Filip…
Jondix: Xed, I was his customer many years ago and we become friends. He visited Barcelona every once in a while, we even did holidays together in Athens… He played the Tibetan conch at one of our concerts. He can do continuous breathing from didgeridoo. He's fantastic. The king of psychedelic. He was the pioneer of dot work… the source… rotaries, patterns, e-Bay… Last year I gave him a gift -it was a tongue depressor with a natural hole on it, and I think he got pissed off? He's a real artist… We have a big dialectic gap between tattooists… And I'm still not used to it…
Jason McAfee Tattoo Artist Magazine Issue #29 Article Preview (Pre-Order Now Available)
Click on the link to pre-order TAM #29: http://tattooartistmagazine.myshopify.com/
Interview by Scott Sylvia
Scott Sylvia: And then from New York you came to Oakland? How did you get the fuck to Oakland?
Jason McAfee: Well, when I was at Flyrite the phone rings. This was the most magical moment of my life. Chops answers. And he's talking to someone. And he holds the phone like this, like totally tight and quiet and he says, "Dude, it's Freddy Corbin for you." I had met Freddy and we had talked a little about things because we just bonded and liked each other. Freddy called me out there and I think maybe Alison had sprinkled some things in his ears about… "Jason wants to get out of L.A." I didn't know where I was going. I just was in L.A. and I went to New York, "Do I go back to L.A. I don't know?"
Jason McAfee Tattoo Artist Magazine Issue #29 Teaser Video (Pre-Order Now Available)
Interview by Scott Sylvia
Click on the link to pre-order TAM #29: http://tattooartistmagazine.myshopify.com/
Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age, Freddy Corbin Bonus Footage (VIDEO)
Courtesy of VICE.com: Bonus footage from the Freddy Corbin series.
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Horitaka: Molly Skobba Previews Bloodwork: Bodies
By Molly Skobba
I had a hard time writing this blog. It took me longer than usual, with more restarts and edits before send off. I realized that it's because BloodWork: Bodies is such a gigantic project with so many facets and possible approaches in writing about this book. It is epic not only in content but also in physical stature with 2 volumes, 900 pages and weighing over 25-pounds filled with massive pages of outsized and extravagant photos that bond the human form and visual art seamlessly…
Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age, Freddy Corbin Episode III (VIDEO)
Courtesy of VICE.com: In the third and final episode of the Freddy Corbin series, not only do we get exclusive footage of the renowned tattooer parachuting at the tender age of 24, but we hear the personal, intimate details of his young life and career – from the early days of his drug abuse, to living in Amsterdam's Red Light District, his brother's tragic death, and being petrified of starting a family.
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Vice Magazine: Tattoo Age, Freddy Corbin Episode II (VIDEO)
Courtesy of VICE.com: In this episode of Tattoo Age, we talk to Freddy about his rise as a tattoo artist -from the day he received an income tax return check in the mail for $75 that he used towards his first tattoo, to the unforgettable 9 a.m. phonecall from Ed Hardy with a job offer. We chat about everything from Freddy's Rock of Ages back piece to the post-punk industrial period of the 80s, and hear anecdotes of the tattoo greats (such as Ed Hardy, Henry Foldfield, Dan Higgs, and Sonny Tufts) that Freddy learned all his tricks from.
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TRIBUTES UNITE! The next film in the Hunger Games film series hits theaters this weekend it looks like "Catching Fire" is … well … hot.
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Middleton — Mrs. Patricia A. (Mallett) Mendalka, 74, of Middleton, beloved wife of the late John W. Mendalka Sr., died unexpectedly July 7, 2013, at her home.
Born in Lynn, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Marie (Gould) Mallett. Pat was raised in Lynn until the age of 11 after which she was raised in Middleton. She was educated in Danvers and Middleton and was a graduate of the former Holten High School in Danvers.
Mrs. Mendalka had been employed by the State of Massachusetts at the Hogan Regional Center in Hawthorne as a supervisor for many years until the time of her retirement in 2007. Pat was also instrumental in the foundation and success of the family company, Middleton Oil, alongside her husband and daughter and son-in-law.
Pat was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt. She devoted her life to her family and friends and will be deeply missed.
Pat is survived by her daughters, Karen Bouchard and her husband, Ronald, of Chesterville, Maine, Cynthia Rubchinuk and her husband, Mark, of Middleton and Kathryn Davis and her fiance, David Smith, of Georgetown; her daughter-in-law, Denise Mendalka of Beverly; her 12 grandchildren, Andrew LeColst, Greg LeColst, Patrick LeColst, Nicholas LeColst, Tammy Mendalka, John W. Mendalka III, Beth Dougherty, Fred Dougherty Jr., Mark Rubchinuk Jr., Robert Rubchinuk, Katie Davis, Becky Davis; her 16 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Janet Meade of Middleton and Dawn Page of New Hampshire; her sister-in-law, Carol Bernhard and her husband, John, of Middleton; and several nieces, nephews and extended family and friends. She was the mother of the late John Walter Mendalka Jr.
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Peterborough's newest championship gives John Tavares a record 8th Mann Cup title
We're used to seeing John Tavares' name tied to new lacrosse records, but this one's pretty special. When the Peterborough Lakers clinched the Mann Cup on Saturday night, it was the eighth Cup for JT, giving him the record for most Mann Cups won by an individual. He had been tied with Neil Doddridge and Bill Wilson with 7 each. "I'd love to go for number nine," Tavares told The Peterborough Examiner. "I don't know if I can but I'll definitely see if it's in the cards. I'm at the point in my life where I have to play season-by-season, meaning winter and summer. Hopefully, I can be productive and help the team win … We'll see where I'm at next summer." Tavares, who scored 12 points (2-10) in the 5 Mann Cup games, has rings with Brampton (1992, 1993), Six Nations (1994, 1995, 1996), Victoria (2003) and Peterborough (2010, 2012).Chavez is an avid lacrosse player in Rochester and a journalist for the Democrat and Chronicle as well as a longtime Inside Lacrosse contributor. Email him at email@example.com or go to RochesterSports.com.
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Confucius Institute Open House and Xavier Teacher Workshops
We would like to invite local Mandarin teachers to attend a series of teaching workshops offered by the Division of Education at Xavier University of Louisiana and a Confucius Institute open house after the workshops on February 15, Saturday. You can view the books, videos, teaching tools, cultural event decorations and other resources that you may borrow in the future for your school. We would also discuss how Confucius Institute can provide support to help you teach Chinese and promote your profile at your school. If you are interested, please contact us ASAP as seats for the workshops are limited.
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Confucius Institute is working on starting two student organizations, China Club and Ping Pong Club. The two organizations are intend to provide extra opportunities for students to practice their Mandarin and learn more about Chinese culture. The China Club will organize culture events, conduct Chinese culture projects, and many other China related activities. The Ping Pong Club will host pingpong competions on campus as well as go to tournaments in the community.
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Responding to an argument I made over at the Economist's Democracy in America blog, Kevin Drum says he's not so optimistic that the Iraq-war disaster has made America unlikely to engage in foreign military adventures for the next few decades.
We left Vietnam in 1975 and were supposedly so scarred that we'd never do anything like that again in any of our lifetimes. Your definition of "like that" might be different from mine, but a mere five years later we dipped our toe into Afghanistan and then, over the next 30 years, intervened militarily in Grenada, Nicaragua, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan 2.0, and Iraq 2.0. In other words, once every three or four years, which is about as frequently as we did this kind of thing before Vietnam. Some scarring, eh?Right now it looks like we've learned a lesson because, aside from a bit of chest beating from frustrated neocons over Iran, no one's banging the war drums. But no one was banging the war drums in 1976, either, which is why it looked like maybe we were going to enter a new era back then too. Then the Soviets invaded Afghanistan and suddenly everything changed. So let's not declare a victory for common sense in foreign policy just yet. I'll believe things have changed when something actually happens overseas, a president tries to build support for intervention, and Congress and the public—including Joe Klein and me—balk. That will mean things have changed.
I think Kevin is basically right about this, but would clarify a couple of things. First, what I meant wasn't that the US has been dissuaded from engaging in any kind of foreign military shenanigans for the foreseeable future. I was really thinking of the particular brand of nuttiness encapsulated in the invasion of Iraq: an unprovoked "pre-emptive" attack predicated on the idea that our troops will be welcomed with flowers, democracy will break out all over, and we'll be able to bring the troops home fairly quickly at a modest cost, leaving behind a pro-American, pro-Israeli government. I think that kind of madness is off the table for quite some time. Somewhat more broadly, I doubt we'll see any unprovoked American attacks on other countries, regardless of how "threatening" they seem, unless perhaps Cuba tries to buy a nuke from North Korea or something.
But I don't think it impossible that we might see other kinds of limited military interventions, and I think some of the examples Kevin provides are illustrative of the kinds that may still occur. As he says, the US got out of Vietnam in 1973, and got into Afghanistan by 1980. But we intervened in Afghanistan by supporting local tribal-religious rebels in the hopes of handing the Soviets their own Vietnam. We weren't trying to establish anything in particular in Afghanistan; we didn't really care what happened to the country so long as it made things hard for Moscow. And, by its own lights, that strategy worked. In hindsight, Afghanistan would probably be better off today if the Russians had won, but the Afghan quagmire was among the reasons why the Gorbachev faction decided to forego military intervention as a means of quelling anti-communist political turmoil in the near abroad, so a Soviet victory in Afghanistan might have meant no velvet revolutions in Eastern Europe in 1989. Anyway, the point is, it's not at all hard to imagine that the US might use limited force or special forces to back local allies against a foreign adversary in some third country in the near future.
This would be similar to the model of US intervention in Nicaragua and El Salvador, which Kevin also cites. And again, one thing to note about the US military efforts in Nicaragua and El Salvador is that, by their own lights, they worked. Certainly, they were bloody and unconscionable messes that involved American support for terrorism and war crimes, but the aim was to crush left-wing Soviet-backed authoritarian agrarian-socialist movements in favor of right-wing US-backed authoritarian plutocratic pseudo-democratic regimes, and that aim was achieved.
You could get deeper into the reasons why US interventions in Central America, and later in the Balkans, more or less achieved their own aims at an acceptable cost, while the interventions in Vietnam and Iraq (and, probably, Afghanistan) failed, at unacceptable cost. I would concentrate pretty heavily on proximity and zones of influence: Central America is the US's restive backyard, the Balkans are Europe's, and these things make a very big difference. But the main point is that I think the US won't be cooking up excuses to launch pre-emptive attacks on supposed rogue states in the next couple of decades. Whether the US will send in Green Berets to back, oh, Christian rebels in southern Sudan, or whatever, is another question.
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Because Reihan Salam isn't in my RSS feed, I missed the fact that he'd written responses to two things I wrote last month over at The Economist. I generally like Reihan Salam's writing. But his first response to me mischaracterized something I'd written. His second response, I think, was kind of slippery, but I think what it comes down to is that I have a different interpretation of the term "free-riding" than he does. I believe it pretty much universally carries a negative connotation, like "freeloading".
Salam's first response came in answer to a few sentences I'd written about school choice. I had written that I found it surprising that Will Wilkinson, also a writer I find very interesting, picked school choice as one of the arenas in which he expected Democrats to become more sympathetic to a libertarian cause. I'm not opposed to school choice, or charter schools. But everything I've read indicates that there's not a lot of strong evidence for the success of school choice programs, and that while many individual charter schools have proven successful, there's no evidence that charter schools are on average any better than the public schools they replace; the latest broad study indicated that most were worse. This doesn't mean that "school choice and charter schools don't work". What it does mean is that to say one supports school choice or charter schools is not at this point an adequate response to concerns about the quality of elementary education in America. The idea that giving parents the power to choose where their kids attend school will automatically result in widespread improvement in educational outcomes hasn't systematically borne out in the places where it's been tried. Here's what I wrote:
What's curious is that both of these initiatives seem to be several years past the point when they were the most convincing in intellectual terms, on the basis of theories and evidence. School choice was an idea that had a lot of proponents in the 1990s, but with well over a decade of large-scale pilots for various implementations, it doesn't seem to be showing any results. And you have former top proponents like Diane Ravitch actually turning against charter schools.
Now, admittedly, I probably shouldn't have glossed "there doesn't seem to be evidence that school choice, on average, improves educational outcomes" as "(school choice) doesn't seem to be showing any results". The latter sounds more negative than I'd intended, though formally the statements are equivalent. But Salam doesn't claim that there is strong unambiguous evidence for the success of school choice. He says, instead,
Randomized field trials in education are difficult to devise, and the number of large-scale pilots for various implementations is small, particularly when compared to the number and quality of experiments that preceded the welfare reform efforts of the mid-1990s. We do have a handful of natural experiments involving lotteries. These experiments face a number of limitations, including faulty record-keeping, a failure to properly separate treatment and control groups, and much else besides. But of the big randomized lottery experiments, we have seen nontrivial gains for African American students. We actually don't have much data for non-black students, in large part because of ferocious resistance to further experimentation. Because these experiments have yielded nontrivial gains without an increase in resources, I'm hard-pressed to see why we shouldn't field more experiments, ideally well-designed RFTs. The idea that this is a settled issue is … interesting.
Who said it was a settled issue? Not me. I, too, see no reason why we shouldn't field more experiments. What I said was that since school choice hasn't been getting such great press lately, owing in large measure to the failure, for whatever reasons, to generate strong findings of educational improvement across school systems (as opposed to at individual well-run schools), this seemed to me a surprising candidate for a new liberaltarian alliance at this time. Personally, I'm favorably disposed towards charter schools and cautiously favorable to some kinds of school choice, but I have been since the 1990s, and those ideas seem to me to command less support today than they did then, not more.
Salam's second response addressed my criticism of his phrase "the fact that much of metropolitan Europe and East Asia 'free-rides' on American military power." I didn't, and don't, believe that much of metropolitan Europe and East Asia "free-ride" on American military power. In fact, I wrote, I can't think of a country that the phrase "free-riding on American military power" fits. Mr Salam responds:
Note that I put "free-riding" is scare quotes. That, of course, is a subtlety that's easy to miss. I was suggesting that free-riding isn't the perfect term, but it is useful. Given the way Steinglass approaches issues relating to health systems, public finances, etc., I can't be too surprised by his reaction. But I am disappointed.
Do I believe that European and East Asian countries are spending "too little" on defense? No, I don't. I'm not sure if that's a meaningful concept. Military expenditures are a kind of self-insurance against an anarchic international environment. Choosing the "right" level of self-insurance is a thorny question that doesn't have a clear answer. This is an environment with more than one imaginable equilibrium. The idea that a state can spend the right amount reflects a planner's delusion….
The notion that there is free-riding going on doesn't imply that it's necessarily a bad thing: this is a core premise advanced by William Wohlforth and others who believe in "the stability of a unipolar world." "Free-riding" in this vein is a feature, not a bug.
It seems that Salam and I agree, then: neither of us thinks European or East Asian countries are spending "too little" on defense. But really, I think this is all a bit of a dodge. Like it or not, the term "free-riding" carries strong negative connotations. The claim that countries are "free-riding" on American military expenditures is descended from cold-war-era conservative arguments that European countries were failing to pull their own weight and were spending too much on domestic social programs rather than on mutual defense against the Warsaw Pact. Now that those countries face no external threat, the concept has outlived its usefulness. Contrary to what Salam says, I don't think one can have "free-riding" if it's not clear that the "free-rider" is receiving anything of value. If I choose to go out and spend a million dollars on a cannon emplacement in the center of Dupont Circle, and then claim that Reihan Salam is "free-riding" on my cannon-emplacement spending, I think Reihan Salam would regard my claim as ridiculous, since he believes he derives no benefit from my cannon emplacement.
The case is more complicated in the case of America's allies, since they clearly do derive benefits from American defense spending. But obviously every country always derives benefits from the military spending of its allies; it seems absurd to use the term "free-riding" to encompass every relationship of military alliance. Or do we mean that every country "free-rides" on the defense spending of allies only if the ally spends more on defense? Do we mean this in nominal, or percentage terms? Is Israel free-riding on American defense spending, even though Israel's defense spending is proportionally far higher? Or is America then free-riding on Israel's defense spending?
To me, the phrase "free-riding on American military power" suggests that a country derives clear benefits from American military power, benefits that fit into the country's own views of its interests (as opposed to "benefits" which America regards the country as receiving, but which that country itself may have no interest in), and that the country in question is clearly failing to make an adequate contribution to its own defense. I wrote in my initial post that I didn't think that description fit any actual countries in the world at the moment. On reflection, I believe a case could be made for Taiwan and possibly Japan; but a case could also be made against either of those countries. Taiwan spends 3% of its GDP on defense, and while that may not be enough to fend off a Chinese amphibious invasion 10 years from now, the Taiwanese public's conception of its relationship to China has shifted greatly over the past 20 years; if Taiwanese are increasingly interested in reunification, on whatever terms those entail, then their commitment to spending whatever it takes to fend off a Chinese invasion may be ebbing for political reasons that have nothing to do with "free-riding". As for Japan…again, what is the military threat to Japan?
Salam wants to cast me as being possessed of an absurd certitude that reductions in American military spending will not lead to increased military competition in a multipolar world. I don't pretend to such certitude, and I think it's entirely possible that the future will involve both less overwhelming American military power and more military competition among other states. It's also possible that less American military power might lead to less military competition among some states.
What I criticized, though, was Salam's certitude: specifically, his phrase "the fact that much of metropolitan Europe and East Asia 'free-rides' on American military power." He shouldn't be using the word "fact" there. If he wants to make the case that some states free-ride on American military power, he should argue that case; I've a feeling I'll probably disagree. But I won't use interjections like "Sigh.", because, as I said, I consider Reihan Salam a pretty interesting writer.
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I've never seen anyone do a coherent evidence-based analysis of this question. Here's one thing that wouldn't happen: the United States would not be invaded by a foreign power.
So what are we getting for $600 billion a year that we couldn't get for $100 billion? Somebody give me some evidence.
Also, with regard to this, it seems to me Matthew Yglesias should consider that maybe the reason for American security hawks' concern is that while Evo Morales will continue to sell America lithium, American mineral extraction companies will not be favored to win contracts to extract that lithium in Bolivia and will thus not reap as fabulous a share of the rewards.
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Here's the difference between us: even though the things he writes have led to the deaths of American soldiers and have severely harmed the US's cause abroad, I would never advocate that the US military kill Ralph Peters.
Daniel Larison is exactly right about the Vietnam War.
What devoted anticommunists could not then and to some extent today still cannot admit is that Vietnam was basically unnecessary and irrelevant to the greater success of the West in the Cold War. They furthermore cannot accept that the millions who died in the war and the millions who perished in its aftermath most likely would not have died had there never been a "crusade" to save South Vietnam. This is a bitter truth, and there are not many people who would want to accept this. Being wrong about this does not change all of the things that Solzhenitsyn got right, but thirty-one years later we might note that we have listened more often than not to people who have said that the West was lacking in willpower, needed to show more "resolve," had gone horribly awry in withdrawing from Vietnam, and in almost every instance in the last three decades those people have been as wrong as can be.
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Matthew Yglesias notes that US federal spending has leapt to European levels as a result of the stimulus, but that it should drop back to normal US levels in the future. But then he notes:
Some of the money really will just dry up. But there's some good stuff in that stimulus, especially on education and on high-speed rail, that it'd be a shame to see go "poof." I doubt we'll see overall spending plateau at FY 2009 levels, but over the medium term we could see some of the stimulus programs crowd out state spending or federal spending on other, less worthy (the military, farm subsidies, etc.) priorities.
I can almost vaguely imagine cutting farm subsidies at some point, but how exactly is the US supposed to start cutting defense spending? Where does the political consensus to do that come from? I agree wholeheartedly that we should cut defense spending drastically, but not a single American politician seems to have the guts to try it. And given that the DoD is the bastioned redoubt of American socialism — state-supported monopoly firms building staggeringly expensive products that often enough aren't even desired by their tiny number of "consumers", and are just built to provide jobs in legislators' districts — I don't see how that changes.
And without cutting defense spending, I don't see how we get the money for upgrading our public infrastructure to compete with Europe, Japan and China. To a first approximation, it seems to me that the reason the US doesn't have this:
…is that it has this:
But almost no one is allowed to ride on the latter stuff, and the justifications that are being offered for having them at this point are extremely unpersuasive.
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Why do conservative oppose Obama's initiative to eliminate nuclear weapons? Anne Applebaum says it's because biological and chemical weapons are more of a threat to the US. Presumably, then, the treaties banning biological and chemical weapons are also useless? Charles Krauthammer, that desert of inanity, says it's because restarting arms reduction talks is "a gift to the Russians". The seething inferiority complex on evidence here requires no explication.
The really desperate threat posed by terrorism is the threat of a nuclear bomb going off in an American city. That threat is greater than the threat of a major biological or chemical attack, even though those attacks are easier to pull off. The reason is that terrorists are not much attracted to biological and chemical attacks, in large measure because such methods of attack are universally considered cowardly and reprehensible. And that is in large measure because chemical and biological weapons have been outlawed since World War I. Killing people with botulin toxin or anthrax is not more intrinsically evil than killing people with a nuclear blast followed by radiation poisoning; both are similarly horrific and indiscriminate. But for a whole complex of reasons, we abhor the former and accept the latter as simply the most terrible form of warfare. Chemical and biological warfare are unclean, treif, defiled; nuclear warfare is taboo, terrible, awesome and forbidden except to the initiated.
Why is this? It's partly because of the association of nuclear warfare with the prestige of particle physics and the "nature of the universe", with all the accompanying religious and scientific connotations. It's partly because of the accident of history that made NATO nuclear weapons the only realistic counterweight to Soviet conventional military superiority in Europe. And it's partly the pure semiotics of detonations of massive force as the embodiment of political will and the claim to power; deploying poison and disease just isn't as effective, especially for acts of spectacular terrorism. But whatever the background, the aim of the project of eliminating and then illegalizing nuclear weapons is to consign them to the same opprobrium as chemical and biological weapons. That's why Obama's move to restart that project makes sense. When India set off its nuclear device in 1998, a group of women were famously photographed carrying a banner that read "We Proud On Our Bomb". No one should be proud of their nuclear bombs; people should be ashamed of their nuclear bombs, and Obama's initiative is a cost-free step towards bringing that about. And conservatives don't like it because, at root, they proud on their bomb too.
I remember back in the '90s when I was writing for children's cartoon shows (Doug, Arthur), I was bothered by the fact that most action plots still revolved around somebody with an evil plot to take over the world by turning everyone into mindless slaves. That narrative bias reflected a Cold War mindset, and it was already clear from post-Yugoslavia and Somalia that the nature of evil in our time wasn't going to be people trying to take over the world; it was going to be people trying to tear it apart for fun and profit. But what kinds of bad guys could you use that reflected this new reality? What could be as compelling for kids' entertainment as the evil-totalitarian-robots narrative?
Duh. Anyway, by the time the trope gets to FOXNews, you know it's already cliche and thus universally accepted. We're off to fight the pirates. I consider this an entirely wholesome development. But you can see the ideological difficulty involved in the transition from "fighting global totalitarianism" to "taming global anarchy" in Jennifer Lawinski's FOXNews piece. Some dumb editor tagged on a lede graf which tries to blame the resurgence of piracy on…international law:
21st century pirates are becoming more brazen in their attacks on commercial and passenger ships, and — thanks to international law — there is little that can be done to stop them.
Lawinski's piece itself makes it clear that this is nonsense. She does open by noting that while in the 17th century the British Navy could just hang pirates on the waterfront, nowadays they have to be pursued within the confines of international law. But she also points out that international law specifically allows any nation to do so:
Barry Hart Dubner, a law professor at Barry University in Florida who has written extensively on piracy, said that on the high seas, anyone can step up to battle the pirates.
"It gets trickier when you try to get them in territorial waters (within 7.5 miles of the coastline), because theoretically you need permission of the coastal state. But they can use any force they want because they're considered enemies of mankind," Dubner said.
It's true that we can't just hang them on the waterfront like the British did in the 17th century. Then again, we also can't use a number of other disciplinary measures available to the British in the 17th century, like punishing traitors by skinning them alive, drawing and quartering them, and stretching their skin out and tacking it to the palace gate.
It appears Watchmen will be playing at the Hanoi Megastar Cineplex starting March 20.
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NASCAR Thunder 2003 is a Racing/NASCAR / Stock Auto Racing video game for GameCube developed by Electronic Arts and published by EA Sports on October 1, 2002. It's rated Everyone by the ESRB and 23 of our users have voted it 4.3 out of 5 stars.
Our newest cheats for NASCAR Thunder 2003 were added July 3, 2013. We also have the game available on PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC, in addition to GameCube.
You know in the Main Menu and on the right, there's a car. You can change the car (not created) by just going to quick race and push X to find out driver info. At the main menu, the car you got info on will be in the main menu.
Enter "Extra" as a first name and "Drivers" as a last name under the "Create-A- Car" option.
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If you have trouble qualifying well, go to thunder laps and earn a better start. Depending on how well you do, you can earn a +20% +50% or an automatic poll position. But these thunder plates are only for quick races.
Enter Richard Petty as your name when you create a driver.
Use a driver with a paint scheme and win a race on veteran or legend to unlock a new paint scheme.
If you pick you favorite car (not created) and some of the paint jobs are locked, right? To unlock your favorite drivers car paint job, do a quick race at veteran or legend level. Pick any track (I recommend DAYTONA or Tallagdaga since they're big). If you win, you get a new paint job for the driver you won with and a new event with the track you won at.
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1. Balmorhea State Park – Balmorhea, TX
If you happen to be driving 60 miles west of Fort Stockton and find yourself desiring a nice way to cool down, you'll be in luck. You'd be around the corner from Balmorhea State Park; the world's largest spring fed pool. Not only is it huge, it's in the middle of the desert. Along with providing humans 72 degree water, year-round, it's home to fish, turtles, and various other creatures.
There are even retro motor-court style cabins for folks who'd like to spend a few days at the park. Admission is $7, which considering you're in the desert, is a small price to pay to escape the west Texas heat.
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2. Jacob's Well – Wimberley, TX
This spring-fed swimming hole in northwest Wimberley, Texas still flies under the radar after all these years. On any given summer day, you won't find more than 20-30 people down here, which is a great thing. Nestled in a thick area of trees and shrubs, there's plenty of shade from the hot Texas sun if you just want to watch folks who decide to take a big jump in to the well.
The opening of the well is about 12 feet wide, and it descends 35 feet, before descending another 120 feet at an angle in to caves. Diving in to the underwater caves isn't recommended though, even for experience SCUBA folks, so if you do go, stick to swimming and enjoying the pool this spring has created.
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3. Hamilton Pool – Dripping Springs, TX
At first glance, Hamilton Pool looks like it belongs on another planet. We're always saying Texas is like nowhere else, and this is exactly why. Hamilton Creek spills over the top creating a 50-foot waterfall in to the shaded pool below. Bring a towel to grab some sun on the shore, or some goggles to swim. Either way, don't leave your sun-block at home. Sunburns are no fun.
On occasion, the pool is closed due to weather or trail conditions, so it's always smart to call ahead at (512) 264-2740 to verify that they'll be open that day.
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---- — CAYUGA, Ind. — One of the biggest challenges for the North Vermillion Falcons football team might be remaining humble.
It's not that head coach Brian Crabtree has issues with his team's character, but too much success can sometimes have a reverse affect.
So far, Crabtree has had his team under control. In his 19 games as head coach at North Vermillion, he has yet to lose a regular season contest, and his teams have won 17 consecutive regular season games in a row. The latest came on Friday in a 39-0 win over Rockville.
"I think our kids believe in our team," Crabtree said. "We all believe in each other. Any time you are in that kind of situation, the real battle is to maintain humility. Nights like tonight helped that a little bit because it wasn't a runaway, and we had to work really hard.
"I think we were reminded how vulnerable we are every time we step onto the field, potentially. We're grateful every time we win, but we have to remain humble. Just stay humble."
Though the win didn't feel like a runaway to the North Vermillion coaching staff, the Falcons did little wrong. They never turned the ball over and racked up 433 yards behind the offensive line of Zeth Jumps, Kaleb Hill, Robbie Davis, Ethan Kunkle, and Lucas Clark. On defense, the Falcons forced Rockville (5-2 overall, 4-1 in the Wabash River Conference) to cough the ball up twice and turn it over on downs two times.
"I thought the defense overall did some nice things," Crabtree said. "I think we can play better. I think on the offensive side, as well, I think we can play better than what we did in the first half. I felt like the second half was a lot more of our style of football."
North Vermillion led Rockville 15-0 at halftime, but it began to pull away midway through the third quarter when a crucial turnover that by the Rox kept Rockville out of the end zone and led to North Vermillion's third touchdown of the game.
The Rox burned up nearly five minutes of the third quarter on a drive that had the potential to get them back in the game. But the Falcon's defense toughened up.
Rockville had three attempts from inside the five yard line — once, just inches from the goal line — to push the ball into the end zone. But the Falcons' defense stripped the ball from the hands of running back Ben Cunningham. North Vermillion's Ethan Lee recovered the fumble, and it took only two plays to put the Falcons up 22-0.
Quarterback Brayden Woodard ran for 16 yards, and then following a false start penalty, Jacob Earl ran 86 yards virtually untouched for his second touchdown of the game.
"We started kind of slow, but we came back in the second half firing," Woodard said. "It was a great game. It was our toughest competition yet."
Earl ran for 120 yards on 10 carries while Woodard finished with 135 yards rushing and 109 passing. Woodard found the end zone twice, once on a two-yard run, and another on a 39-yard run.
Woodard's first touchdown came just moments after Earl, on defense, stripped the ball out of the hands of Cunningham. On the first play of North Vermillion's drive, Woodard connected with Ethan Lee for a 44-yard completion. Lee, who finished with 76 receiving yards, also ran for 76 yards and one touchdown.
The win marked the fifth shutout this season for the Falcons' defense which has given up only seven points as a first-team unit this season.
"It gives us a big confidence boost if we stop them, but if they're moving the ball on us, we just have to move them and push them back," said Kunkle, who had a team-high 11 tackles. Jumps finished with eight tackles, and Lucas Clark and Lee each had 5.5.
Defeating Rockville in what was expected to be their biggest challenge so far this season has the Falcons in prime position to defend their WRC title. But, standing in their way next week will be the undefeated Fountain Central Mustangs.
"I'll be honest with you, I haven't thought about Fountain Central yet," Crabtree said. "Rockville is kind of a rivalry game. They are a good football team, so my focus had to be there all week. I can start thinking about Fountain Central now. They are an outstanding football team. We're going to have to have a great week of practice, that's for sure."
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- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the rotini, and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.
- Place the cooked pasta into a large mixing bowl, and add the cream of mushroom soup, ketchup, green chiles, onion, and luncheon meat. Pour into a 9x13 inch baking dish, and evenly sprinkle with the Cheddar cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the casserole is hot and the Cheddar cheese has melted, about 10 minutes.
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I am 46 y/o and have never ate Spam. This dish was very tasty and different, out of the ordinary. So what I can say is, for something different this is a very good meal. Not excellent, but very good
we were very diappointed with this - we like Spam and thought we were going to have macaroni & cheese and Spam casserole but this tasted like noodles covered in ketchup.
My boys loved this as kids. Now, at 37 and 38, whenever I visit them, they always ask for this dish. I used spaghetti sauce instead of ketchup and I fried the spam in little pieces first. I didn't use the cheddar cheese or onion or peppers but may try this one in the future. We LOVE this dish. Am making it tonight for my 38 year son at his request.
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Amount Per Serving (8 total)
- Calories
- 518 cal
- 26%
- Fat
- 24.1 g
- 37%
- Carbs
- 54.1 g
- 17%
- Protein
- 21.3 g
- 43%
- Cholesterol
- 59 mg
- 20%
- Sodium
- 1377 mg
- 55%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Christ Community Church announced today that they will present their 10th annual Live Nativity program, "Come and Behold Him" on December 14th and 15th from 7 pm to 9 pm on the church grounds. The free drive-thru presentation will feature scenes from Bethlehem surrounding the Christmas story. The elaborate costumes and set designs are enhanced with music and a myriad of animals, including a live camel. "We try to bring the real meaning of Christmas to life," said Pastor Victoria Triano of
the church. "In the midst of this very quiet and cold night, something miraculous happens."
Those visiting the program, drive through the huge gates into a field within the city walls where they are transported back in time to the first Christmas. They see the shepherds as they fearfully encounter the heavenly angels proclaiming the birth of the Christ child and are
encouraged to "Come and Behold Him".
They then find themselves joining with the Wise Men as they look to follow the star to the manger. Finally,
they see the manger scene come to life. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are surrounded by curious townspeople, an angel
and of course animals. Over 40 adults and children make up the cast for the presentation. Special lighting and other special effects add to the drama of the experience.
"This is not your average Christmas pageant," Triano said, "It is something to be experienced … It is really the reason for the season. It is our Christmas Card to the community."
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* The station, also used by BNSF Railway, has a waiting room and is staffed by an Amtrak employee. The station is served by the Southwest Chief.
* For station information only, call 275-9533; for reservations and schedule information, call (800) 872-7245; or for Amtrak Express Shipping, call 275-9533.
* Station hours: According to Amtrak, station, service and ticketing hours are 10 to 11:59 p.m. Monday; 6 to 9 a.m. and 10 to 11:59 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 6 to 9 a.m. Saturday; and closed Sunday.
* Also visit www.greatamericanstations.com/Stations/GCK for more information.
Finney County Transit
* Finney County Transit, 1008 N. 11th St., includes the City Link and Mini Bus transportation services. The hours of both are 6 a.m. to the last round beginning at 6 p.m., so the buses are back at the transit center by 7 p.m.
* Fares for City Link include $1 for general public (younger than 60) and 50 cents for seniors (60 and older) and disabled (with ADA certification). A monthly pass (unlimited rides on all four City Link fixed routes) is $30.
* Also for City Link, children younger than 10 must be accompanied by someone 16 or older. Children 11 to 16 need a photo or student ID to ride alone. Children 5 and younger ride free. To receive a senior or disabled half-fare discount, a completed half-fare discount application must be completed.
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* Mini Bus fare is $1 per one-way trip for disabled with ADA certification. Paratransit monthly pass (unlimited rides on all Mini Buses within city limits) is $40.
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* Located along U.S. Highway 50/400, about 10 miles southeast of Garden City.
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* American Eagle Airlines is the airport's primary airline service, with twice-daily flights to Dallas. American Airlines can be reached at (800) 433-7300 or by visiting www.aa.com.
* Hours of the airport lobby vary — the lobby is open approximately 1 1/2 hours before a departing flight and 30 minutes before the late evening arrival.
* Airport staff include Aviation Director Rachelle Powell. She can be reached at email@example.com. Administrative staff can be reached at 276-1190, ext. 3. For more information, including a flight schedule and sample airfares, visit www.fly2gck.com.
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* Working with Greyhound Lines, Beeline Express offers daily bus service between Wichita and Pueblo, Colo., (Red Line) and between Wichita and Salina (Blue Line). The service is offered through Prestige Bus Line.
* Red Line stop locations: Finney County Transit Center, 1008 N. 11th St., Garden City, (620) 272-3626; Syracuse: Ark Valley Oil, 204 West U.S. Highway 50, Syracuse, (620) 384-5033.
* In Garden City, the bus is scheduled to make a daily eastbound stop at 8:45 a.m. and a daily westbound stop at 11:05 a.m. The cost of a one-way ticket between the two locations is $45 and $86 round-trip.
* In Syracuse, the bus is scheduled to make a daily eastbound stop at 6:35 a.m. MST and a daily westbound stop at 11:10 a.m. MST. The cost of a one-way ticket between the two locations is $55 and $105 round-trip.
The regular fare is $90 one way or $171 round-trip between Wichita and Pueblo.
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The brothers over at The Shed Yard in Colorado Springs are having an open house for their brand new Fencl this Saturday.
This is their first Fencl ever, and it's a beauty. It's also for sale.
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We all know that Anderson Silva is the most dominate MW in the world. Has set the UFC record for longest winning streak (10), tied for the most consecutive title defenses (5), and has remained unbeaten for over 4 years. Due to his overwhelming dominance, Silva currently resides at or near the top of every MMA Pound 4 Pound ranking. But what if A.S. were to suddenly vanish? The UFC MW landscape would change dramatically. With that in mind, who would rule the UFC's MW division in a world without the Spider? Time find out, Tournament style...
We will poll each fight individually, for 1 day, beginning with opening round Match #1. MMA Mania has the most knowledgeable MMA online community, so please feel free to post your pick in the comments along with your analysis of how you see the fights breaking down. Hopefully this will give us something to do on slow news days.
The opening match of the tourney proved to be a welcome back party for Patrick Cote, as he bested Sexyama with 56% of the vote. Though it was a closely contested affair, Cote's aggression and punching power likely swayed the judges as he probably landed the more powerful strikes while controlling the tempo. Cote now moves on to the QFs where tournament #1 seed Chael Sonnen awaits.
QF1 1 C. Sonnen
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Yoshihiro Akiyama 9 P. Cote
9 Patrick Cote
QF2 4 D. Maia
Match #2: 5 Wanderlei Silva Winner of 5/12
12 Chris Leben
QF3 3 V. Belfort
Match #3: 6 Yushin Okami Winner of 6/11
11 Dan Miller
QF4 2 N. Marquardt
Match #4: 7 Michael Bisping Winner of 7/10
10 Alan Belcher
Match # 2 Features fan favorite and MMA Legend Wanderlei Silva. The Axe Murderer's aggressive style is unmatched in MMA, and he is looking for a rebirth at MW following mixed results in the UFC's LHW division. His 1st test comes in the way of Chris Leben. The Crippler is the original TUF bad boy. Following the show, Leben went on a tear, and was only 1 win away from earning a shot at UFC gold. Unfortunately, he tried to earn that final win against one Anderson Silva. We all know how that turned out. Since that time, Leben has had mixed results inside and outside the ring (steroid suspension). This fight will be one of the more fan friendly of the tourney, as there will likely be little defensive posturing between these two.
So lets hear it Maniacs. Who would rule the day, in a world without Anderson Silva? Will the favorites move on, or will we see an underdog rise to the top? You decide.


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After a wild 7-6 victory over the Mets Tuesday night, the Nationals send Edwin Jackson to the hill looking for the series victory.
With Michael Morse back, the Nationals lineup seems to have stabilized some. This is their best offensive team so aside from a few variables, it will most likely be the one they go with for a while.
Here are the full lineups for tonight's 7:05 p.m. game:
Steve Lombardozzi LF
Bryce Harper CF
Ryan Zimmerman 3B
Adam LaRoche 1B
Michael Morse RF
Ian Desmond SS
Danny Espinosa 2B
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Medicare is possibly the most efficiently run program in the federal government. With a 2 percent overhead cost, Medicare is far more efficient than commercial health insurance programs. The burden of excessive management salaries and advertisements drives the overhead costs of commercial health insurance programs to 20 percent and more – 10 times the overhead costs of Medicare.
The sources of the financial problems that Medicare faces are a "pay-as-you-go" system coupled with insuring an aged population. The financial solution to the Medicare situation is to offer this program for a fee to all age groups. The fee would be competitive with, or lower, than the present market. And, coupled with the low Medicare overhead costs, the profits generated would be used to stabilize the Medicare program.
This modification of the Medicare program will also provide everyone with an attractive alternative to the current health insurance programs.
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By Courtney L. Saylor
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MERCER — A former Mercer bowling alley owner Friday was sentenced to 27 to 84 months in prison for molesting children.
James M. Kopan, 48, of 380 Andrew St., Sharon, was taken to prison from Mercer County Judge Thomas R. Dobson's court room.
Kopan pleaded guilty by no contest to disseminating obscene and other sexual materials to minors and corruption of minors.
In court Friday, the mother of two of Kopan's victims and the grandfather of another testified before the judge imposed the sentence.
Kopan said he felt some things had been exaggerated related to the case.
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Background and Objective: Surgical physicians often treat victims of terror-related multiple-casualty incidents. This may cause secondary posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), impairing their ability to care for patients. The objective of this study was to determine whether professional exposure to victims of terror caused PTSD in Israeli physicians from surgical disciplines.
Method: This was a validated questionnaire survey of physicians (November 2002 through March 2003) from 2 Jerusalem hospitals (a tertiary trauma center and a secondary regional hospital) divided into study (physicians from surgical disciplines regularly exposed to victims of terror) and control (physicians not regularly exposed) groups. Questionnaires included the PTSD Symptom Scale-Self-Report to diagnose PTSD (DSM-IV criteria) and allowed exclusion of other causes of similar symptoms. The main outcome measure was the difference in the prevalence of PTSD between groups.
Results: Included were 212 (102 study, 110 control) participants. The study group experienced a significantly higher level of exposure to terror victims at work, validating prospective group definitions. The prevalence of PTSD was similar in both groups (study group = 16%, control group = 15%; p = 1.00). The study and control groups were similar in all predicting variables except for number of years in medical practice, occupational status, and workplace. The groups had similar levels of exposure to terror outside work (p = .24). The probability that a physician would have PTSD was related to use of nonadaptive coping strategies (OR = 5.1; p = .009) and a higher level of exposure to terror out of work (OR = 3.5; p = .013).
Conclusion: Hospital physicians from surgical disciplines who were professionally exposed to victims of terror did not demonstrate a higher incidence of PTSD than their less exposed counterparts.


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W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "Three-dimensional focus shaping with cylindrical vector beams," Opt. Commun., 265, 411-417, (2006).
Aziz Mahfoud, Andrew Sarangan, Thomas R. Nelson, Elmo A. Blubaugh, "Role of aggregation in the photoluminescent and amplified spontaneous emission of [2- metroxy-5-(2'-ethylhexyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] in solution and films", Journal of Luminescence 118, 123-130, 2006.
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The West Webster Fire District learned of the fire early Monday after a report of a car and house on fire on Lake Road, on a narrow peninsula where Irondequoit Bay meets Lake Ontario, Monroe County Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn said.
The fire appeared from a distance as a pulsating ball of flame glowing against the early morning sky, flames licking into treetops and reflecting on the water, with huge bursts of smoke billowing away in a brisk wind.
Two of the firefighters arrived on a fire engine and two in their own vehicles, Pickering said. After Spengler fired, one of the wounded men managed to flee, but the other three couldn't because of flying gunfire.
A police armored vehicle was used to recover two of the men, and eventually it evacuated 33 people from nearby homes, the police chief said. The gunfire initially kept firefighters from battling the blazes.
"These people get up in the middle of the night to go put out fires; they don't expect to be shot and killed," Pickering said.
The dead men were identified as Police Lt. Michael Chiapperini, 43, the Webster Police Department's public information officer; and Tomasz Kaczowka, also a 911 dispatcher, whose age was not released.
Pickering described Chiapperini as a "lifetime firefighter" with nearly 20 years with the department, and called Kaczowka a "tremendous young man."
The two wounded firefighters, Joseph Hofsetter and Theodore Scardino, were in guarded condition in the intensive care unit at Strong Memorial Hospital, authorities said. Both were awake and alert and are expected to recover.
Hofsetter, also a full-timer with the Rochester Fire Department, was hit once in the pelvis, and the bullet lodged in his spine, authorities said. Scardino was hit in the chest and knee.
Monday's shooting and fires were in a neighborhood of seasonal and year-round homes set close together across the road from the lakeshore. The area is popular with recreational boaters but is normally quiet this time of year.


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Crime statistics are significantly under-reported by the Cuban government. Although crime against American and other foreign travelers in Cuba has generally been limited to pick pocketing, purse snatching, or the taking of unattended items, there have been increased reports of violent assaults against individuals in connection with robberies. Pick pocketings and purse snatchings usually occur in crowded areas such as markets, beaches, and other gathering points, including Old Town Havana and the Prado neighborhood. U.S. visitors should also beware of Cuban jineteros, or street "jockeys," who specialize in swindling tourists. While most jineteros speak English and go out of their way to appear friendly, e.g. by offering to serve as tour guides or to facilitate the purchase of cheap cigars, many are in fact professional criminals who will not hesitate to use violence in their efforts to acquire tourists' money and other valuables. Thefts of property from air travelers' baggage have become increasingly common. All travelers should ensure that valuables remain under their personal control at all times, and are never put into checked baggage.
Petty street crime occurs in Dominica. Valuables left unattended, especially on beaches, are vulnerable to theft.
Crime continues to be a problem throughout the Dominican Republic. Street crime and petty theft involving U.S. tourists does occur. While pick pocketing and mugging are the most common crimes against tourists, reports of violence against both foreigners and locals are growing. Criminals can be dangerous and visitors walking the streets should always be aware of their surroundings. Valuables left unattended in parked automobiles, on beaches and in other public places are vulnerable to theft, and reports of car theft have increased. Cellular telephones should be carried in a pocket rather than on a belt or in a purse. One common method of street robbery is for at least one person on a moped (often coasting with the engine turned off so as not to draw attention) to approach a pedestrian, grab his or her cell phone, purse or backpack, and then speed away.
Many criminals have weapons and are likely to use them if they meet resistance. Be wary of strangers, especially those who seek you out at celebrations or nightspots. Traveling and moving about in a group is advisable. The dangers present in the Dominican Republic, even in resort areas, are similar to those of many major U.S. cities.
Burglaries of private residences continue to be reported as well as crimes of violence. Criminals may also misrepresent themselves in an effort to gain access to your residence or hotel room. Some travelers have been stopped while driving and asked for "donations" by someone who may appear to be a police officer before they would be allowed to continue on their way. Usually, the person(s) stopping the American drivers had approached from behind on a motorcycle. In some cases, the perpetrators were dressed in the light green uniform of "AMET," the Dominican traffic police or military fatigues. In 2006, the U.S. Embassy received reports of Americans and others who were victims of vehicular-armed robberies in the northern provinces of the Dominican Republic. At least three of the reports indicate the victims were intercepted during the morning hours, when there was little other traffic, while driving on rural highways connecting Santiago and Puerto Plata.
Although kidnappings are not common in the Dominican Republic, in 2007, two American citizens were kidnapped and held for ransom, in separate instances.
Passengers in "carros publicos" are frequently the victims of pick pocketing, and passengers have on occasion been robbed by "carro publico" drivers. There are continuing reports of thefts that target Americans as they leave the airport in a taxi that lacks air-conditioning. The driver rolls down the windows and when the taxi stops at a traffic light, a motorcyclist reaches in and steals a purse or anything they can grab. The U.S. Embassy strongly advises Americans to restrict severely the use of credit/debit cards in the Dominican Republic. The increase in credit card fraud is particularly pronounced in the eastern resort areas of the Dominican Republic. According to reports, store workers, restaurant service staff and hotel employees may conceal devices that can instantly record the credit card information. The use of ATMs should be minimized as a means of avoiding theft or misuse. One local ATM fraud scheme involves sticking photographic film or pieces of paper in the card feeder of the ATM so that an inserted card becomes jammed. Once the card owner has concluded the card is irretrievable, the thieves extract both the jamming material and the card, which they then use. The overall level of crime tends to rise during the Christmas season, and visitors to the Dominican Republic should take extra precautions when visiting the country between November and January.
The Embassy occasionally receives reports of instances of sexual assault at the resorts, particularly while at the beach. "All-inclusives" are well known for serving abundant quantities of alcohol. Excessive alcohol consumption may decrease a person's ability to be aware of their surroundings, making them an easy target for crime.
French West Indies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin (the French side) and St. Barthélemy)
Petty street crime, including purse snatching, occurs throughout the French West Indies. Visitors should take care whenever traveling to safeguard valuables and always lock hotel rooms and car doors.
Street crime occurs in Grenada. Tourists have been victims of armed robbery especially in isolated areas and thieves frequently steal credit cards, jewelry, U.S. passports and money. Mugging, purse snatching and other robberies may occur in areas near hotels, beaches and restaurants, particularly after dark. Visitors should exercise appropriate caution when walking after dark or when using the local bus system or taxis hired on the road. It is advisable to hire taxis to and from restaurants.


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There are only so many ways for us to get from our FOB to our battalion's FOB. That means that the enemy has an easier time of targeting us if he so chooses, because there are so many places we can be. Since we want to spend our time targeting the enemy and not being targets, we are always looking for ways to turn the tables. The other day, the XO came up with a good one: he located an alternate route for us to take.
Whenever we get off the main roads, we see very different sites, largely because the Iraqis aren't used to our being there. Some of them even run when they see us coming, and indeed, a passel of them did as we were heading down this new route. These guys weren't content to just run, however. As our lead truck approached them, the men on the ground opened fire on us, actually striking the lead HMMWV several times. Our gunner returned fire at once, and the rest of us began maneuvering on the enemy, trying to bring our (hopefully) superior firepower to bear. Unfortunately, we were too slow, and the enemy was able to break contact and get away.
One of the more interesting things about being in contact was that, although the actual duration of the combat was probably less than five minutes, from that point on we couldn't be sure when it might return as we searched the area, coordinated with some helicopters, and did what we could to track down the enemy and finish him off.
Still, it was a reasonably successful engagement for us. Everyone stayed calm and relatively cool, we drove them off with absolutely no injuries or damage to us, and we established that the Coalition isn't afraid to face the enemy on his own turf. A pretty good day's work.
I loved your blog about putting the enemy on notice: that unexpectedly the Coalition Forces can be in their neighborhood/backyard at any point in time; breaking routine, what is familiar and expected. It was a wake up call for both sides to always be alert, to pay attention, and expect the unexpected. It also sounds like it was a good practice session for your team in being fired upon, and yet remain unharmed - thank goodness!! You are all in our prayers!Posted by Wendy on December 6, 2007 07:27 AM
Dear Andy, It's is so interesting to read your comments as the information we get usually from the media is so discouraging. It's good to hear that you are making some progress to bring a reasonably peaceful life for some of the Iraqi people. They are living in such stress all the time. Please know that I am praying for you every day. Love you very much.Posted by Aunt Allie on December 6, 2007 08:44 AM
These Iraqi's are obviously very brave to directly engage an occupying army trespassing on their country. Good for them!
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At the weekend I bought a 20 inch Apple iMac G4 (the one with the chrome swivel arm attached to the dome based cpu) for £100 with Mac OS X Snow Lep on it, and also came with brand new apple keyboard and brand new apple mouse. I bought this from a car boot and it works well. Can anybody tell me if I got this for a good price?
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There is just a month left in the regular season, yet the Los Angeles Lakers are still an outsider looking in on the NBA playoff standings.
The Lakers finally got back to .500 with their thrilling win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night, but they quickly fell back under .500 record in the crowded Western Conference.
If the NBA playoffs started today, the Lakers would be three games short of making it in the eighth and final spot in the West. Last night, they lost again, to Oklahoma City, after making it to 30-30 overall and trailing by only a couple of games behind Utah, Houston and Golden State. The Lakers' 122-105 loss on Tuesday night against Oklahoma City is alarming as Kobe Bryant [Unlink] had a right elbow injury in the first quarter. (He still ended up with 30 points.)
Utah currently holds the eight-seed in the latest standings, behind Houston in seventh. In sixth is Golden State, just one game ahead of Houston as both play head-to-head on Friday.
Looking at the top of the West, San Antonio holds a two-game lead over Oklahoma City. Denver will look to pull closer to No. 4 Memphis after beating Sacramento Tuesday night. The L.A. Clippers sit at 43-19, two games behind Oklahoma City. Memphis has won eight of nine and is comfortable in the fourth spot.
Although it's not doomsday yet for the Lakers, as they have 21 games remaining, the urgency to start that winning streak is now. The last time the Lakers missed the playoffs was the 2004-05 season. The Lakers have been through a lot this season, with the passing of their iconic owner Jerry Buss, and with issues of coach Mike D'Antoni mishandling stars Dwight Howard [Unlink], Pau Gasol [Unlink] and an aging Bryant.
Does it all indicate that the Lakers' heyday is over?
Here are the latest Western Conference standings and playoff picture:
Team Record
1. San Antonio Spurs 47-14
2. Oklahoma City Thunder 44-16
3. Los Angeles Clippers 43-19
4. Memphis Grizzlies 39-19
5. Denver Nuggets 40-22
6. Golden State Warriors 34-27
7. Houston Rockets 33-28
8. Utah Jazz 32-28
Los Angeles Lakers 30-31
Portland Trail Blazers 28 -31
Dallas Mavericks 26-33
Minnesota Timberwolves 20-37
Phoenix Suns 21-39
New Orleans Hornets 21-39
Sacramento Kings 21-40
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