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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
Business cards are as obsolete as fax machines. And like fax machines, business cards have us still using paper to move electronic data from one digital system to another.
Let's review the whole archaic process. Send your electronic contact information to some company that prints it out on dead tree pulp. (The printing company requires the information electronically because, of course, giving it to them on paper would be an absurd waste of effort for them.)
Before leaving on a business trip, you have to make sure you remember to bring a stack of business cards, and transport them so they don't get folded, dog-eared or mutilated.
Meet someone. Shake hands. Exchange those tiny pieces of paper.
If you're good, you'll remember to find the card and do something with it after returning home -- along with all the other 20 cards you collected. Take a deep breath because, despite all that college education, you're now a data entry worker. Type that information into Microsoft Outlook or some other application that supports contacts. Don't make any errors!
Congratulations! You've now spent a huge amount of valuable time and effort to transmit digital data from one electronic contact database to another. The Internet could have done it for you more accurately in less than a second.
If you have the right kind of mobile phone, you might synchronize your desktop contacts list with your phone.
Over time, the people you meet get new phone numbers, e-mail addresses or even new jobs. Women get married and change their names. Your contacts grow increasingly inaccurate and useless over time.
Separately, you maintain a LinkedIn profile, and maybe one on Facebook, too. This is better, because contact with "friends" is maintained. But that doesn't help the obsolete numbers on your mobile phone. So when it's time to call someone, you're out of luck.
What a time-wasting mess.
Shake hands. Each of you pulls out a mobile phone. "What's your LinkedIn profile?" Open your phone's contact application, and press a single button. Choose LinkedIn from the drop-down menu, and type in the other person's profile specifier (in my case, it's "elgan" -- five quick digits). Press "Send." Done!
In bigger meetings, it becomes standard to add the appropriate social address book links with the invitation. The contact exchange happens before the meeting even starts, and that ridiculous contact exchange ritual is banished from the boardroom forever.
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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The market had a muted reaction to the latest numbers from the company.
The headline numbers were solid overall. Apple reported $37.5 billion in revenue, with a profit of $8.26 per share. Both numbers beat analysts' estimates. Apple's iPhone sales jumped 24% over the year-ago quarter, coming in at 33.8 million, a new record for the September quarter. Given that the new iPhone 5s and 5c were only available for nine days of the quarter, and that the 5s was in limited supply, that 24% jump is especially impressive. However, iPad sales were nearly flat compared to last year.
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[-[[caption-width-right:320:That makes for: [[HeroesPreferSwords longsword,]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana,]] [[GunsAkimbo handguns,]] [[SawnOffShotgun shotgun,]] [[DropTheHammer mace,]] [[TheArcher bow and arrow,]] [[BladeOnAStick spear,]] [[SinisterScythe scythe,]] [[EpicFlail extending flail,]] [[BareFistedMonk martial arts,]] [[MusicalAssassin flute,]] [[DeathDealer deck of Tarot cards]] and [[TeamPet a moogle]]. At least [[NonUniformUniform the uniform matches. Mostly.]]]]-]
In certain kinds of stories, you want characters to have weapons. It's important: They need weapons to fight, their [[WeaponOfChoice choice of weapon may reflect their personality]], and it makes them look cooler.
The problem comes when you give TheHero a rapier, TheLancer a scimitar and TheBigGuy a broadsword.
In real history, the development of swords in particular meant that each kind of sword had different uses. Broadswords, falchions and katanas, for instance, were designed for infantry to deal with their creators' versions of heavily armored opponents. Scimitars, cutlasses and sabers were for cavalry to cut down unarmored infantry. Rapiers, epees, small swords and the like became popular as both civilian self-defense and dueling weapons, and were rarely seen on the battlefield. Firearms and armor co-existed for a while (approximately three centuries), but eventually firearms made metal armor obsolete until the first practical bulletproof vests were created in the early 20th century.
In fiction, however, that goes right out the window. Scimitars and sabers will be used by unmounted people against straight swords, and it's almost a given that both combatants will be [[ArmorIsUseless unarmored]]. A character in battle with a heavily armored combatant won't use a mace to smash in the armor and pulp the guy inside or even use a straight sword to stab him between armor plates; the fighter without armor will probably dispatch the armored fighter in a more exciting way. And of course, a MedievalEuropeanFantasy might have the odd [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katana]] show up in the hands of a ''really'' cool BadAss.
A kind of AnachronismStew. Justified by RuleOfCool. Some may try to HandWave it by having the weapons be more representive of a culture or nation rather than personality type, despite the clear impracticality of such a thing. Not to be confused with SwissArmyWeapon, which includes everything ''but'' the kitchen sink.
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* ''GaReiZero'': [[ExaggeratedTrope Used to great effect]]; the RedShirt uses machine guns that can shoot the supernaturals, the two main characters use [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] (and the titular {{Mons}}), and the other squad members use [[ImprobableWeaponUser improbable weapons]] such as a gatling gun briefcase and a motorbike that engraves sacred runes on the street.
* ''OnePiece'': Many organizations, even armies, don't have a proper, "uniform" equipment. Among the egyptian-like members of the Alabasta army you can see polearms, katanas, zweihanders, morning stars and muskets.
** Actually, that example is an aversion. The organized Royal Army actually ''does'' have uniform equipment. The Rebel Army is justified in adhering to this trope, as they were specifically stated to have scrounged up weapons from wherever they could get them.
* Invoked by the Muhou Ryu members in ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'': While all the other ryuu (schools of martial arts) are focused around one type of weapon, the Muhou Ryu includes many types of different fighting styles, hence different types of weapons, ranging from katana to spears to rapiers and weird swords to western halbeards. A notable example is given by the [[DrugsAreBad 47th Division]]: Their leader wields a huge spiked club, while the members wield lots of weapons including huge swords, hammers, polearms and gauntlets.
* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', when Neo fought The Merovingian's agents. Considering that everyone literally grabbed weapons off the wall, and that they were fighting in the Matrix, it [[JustifiedTrope makes sense]].
** And there might have been a hole in his defense - using every available type of attack made sense.
* Christopher Paolini's ''Literature/InheritanceCycle''.
* ''{{Redwall}}'': Where do we start? Everything from rapiers to tree-trunks, slings to ballistas, cutlasses to teeth-and-claws makes an appearance. And of course, the hero gets the blade of Martin the Warrior, a straight bladed double-edged sword in accordance with the usual rules. Everyone else gets whatever their species usually uses.
* Justified in ''Literature/TheBaroqueCycle''. A very wide range of weapons come into the hands of various characters throughout the story, but everyone has a very specific reason to be carrying that type of weapon. When weapons are used, their appropriateness to the situation is almost always examined in detail. No one can ever accuse Creator/NealStephenson of not [[ShownTheirWork showing his work]].
* In the ''Hawk & Fisher'' series, Hawk uses an ax instead of the standard-issue police sword. Justified because he'd lost an eye and lacks the depth perception for refined swordplay.
* In ''TheLordOfTheRings'' each member of the Fellowship has slightly different weapons; justified by the fact that they come from different cultures and backgrounds (and have very different heights). Legolas, has a bow and a long knife, Boromir uses a sword+shield, Aragon uses a Bow and long sword, the Hobbits also have long double-bladed knifes, Gimli has a few different axes, and Gandalf uses a staff and/or long sword.
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* The {{tabletop RPG}} ''DungeonsAndDragons'' is one of the biggest offenders in this particular category. Many worlds have lightly-armored characters wielding rapiers and scimitars alongside heavily armored guys with big whacking great swords and great axes. But then again, D&D's armor system makes heavily-armored fighters harder to ''hit'' rather than reducing damage (something that you can also do with light armor and a high enough Dexterity score), and the threat range on scimitars and rapiers make it easier to score a critical hit. The first edition rules did have "weapons effective against armor type" charts, but this was phased out in second and subsequent editions. As this editor recalls, chopstick vs platemail was a -10 modifier.
** When it's relevant to note that a blow simply made contact that was/might have been blunted by armor, 3rd Edition made use of the "touch AC" stat. It was mostly used for certain spells or attacks that involve grabbing the target rather than striking it.
** This is also noticeable with canon characters in the various game worlds. For example, in the ForgottenRealms, Drizzt Do'Urden [[DualWielding fights with two]] ''[[DualWielding scimitars]]''. Artemis Entreri fought, for a long time, with a ''saber'' and dagger (he eventually got a straight-bladed sword that was more heavily enchanted). And so on.
*** In their defense, the oddness of these choices was noted. A lot of Drow are ambidextrous and Drizzt is supposed to be an epitome of this. Entreri was, through extensive training, just about on par with Drizzt, and at least he was wielding a light weapon in his off-hand.
**** That's because everybody believes that long swords were used with one hand. Every long sword was used as a sword to one and a half hands, meaning there are moves where its used with one hands, but just as many with two hands, and every rest position uses two. The short swords that were used with only one hand are basically long knives. The same goes for other weapons except rapiers and such, because these are so thin, that they are light enough. A one handed axe is called a hatchet, an "normal" axe is a two handed weapon.
* Most fantasy games feature this due to their D&D ancestry. Palladium Fantasy. Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play, Anima, and the Riddle of Steel all follow this trope.
* Certain modern era action games and cyberpunk games will feature a more modernized version of this, where anachronistic melee weapons, small personal defense firearms, and military hardware suited to bringing down a corrupt third world regime will all be given equal time and consideration on the weapons list.
* ''{{GURPS}}: Dungeon Fantasy'' doesn't even bother with pretending that this doesn't happen, players are given access to ''all'' weapons from [[TechnologyLevels TL 0 to 4]] because that's how the genre works. Also flamethrowers...
* ''TabletopGame/{{Eon}}'' has everything from humungous two-handed swords, all the way down to thin little rapiers. Granted, you rarely see them in the same geographical area; you're more probable to encounter light weapons where people don't wear as much armour, such as on the high seas, or with isolated cultures that haven't had the need to develop heavier weaponry. When it comes to the players themselves, the unforgiving and detailed combat system keeps them in check, with light weapons being almost completely forsaken in place of spears (!) or broadswords, as any hostile encounter is a potential death-trap if you're not completely sure of what you're doing, and heavier equipment helps even the score.
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* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' games include [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katanas]], [[EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana wakizashi, tantos]] and [[strike:Orcish]] Samurai armor along with early Medieval armor, claymores, longswords and sabres. Rapiers are absent however. According to the backstory, what we would call the Asian weaponry -- tantos, wakizashis, katanas, and dai-katanas -- are from the Akavir continent and exclusive to the Tsaesci (one of the four races of Akaviri known). The explanation of the Samurai suits is trickier: the Orc country Orsinium was allowed to exist during the rule of an Akaviri Potentate which may indicate inspiration. Blades armor and weaponry are based on Akaviri designs. The armor resembles Roman Lorica Segmentata, while the swords consist of Katanas.
** More recent games have phased this out a bit - after ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'', you'll only see katanas with the Blades (and no other Asian weaponry anywhere), and the Orcs wear armour that has more of a Mongolian look.
* ''{{Warcraft}}'', especially ''WorldOfWarcraft'', is pretty guilty of this. For the most part, it doesn't even really matter which kind of weapon you are using, although a few classes can specialize in weapon types (and Rogues need daggers for BackStab moves). But there is no inherent difference between an axe and a sword, other than the fact that not all classes can use both.
* Most games in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series basically select weaponry choices based on personality or an abstract battlefield role within their battle system, at best simplifying the attributes of a particular weapon style to fit. Somewhat averted in VideoGame/FinalFantasyX, which generally takes into account the need for different kinds of weapons for different kinds of enemies, but in a pinch, anything will usually work, just not as well.
** GameplayAndStorySegregation occurs in that respect in an unusual way in Final Fantasy X. The plot implies that Wakka's Blitzball, a thrown weapon, is best for use against aerial targets. In actuality, Wakka just starts with higher accuracy; ANY character with the same accuracy (and luck) stat would have the same chance of hitting a given target, whether they're using a blitzball, a sword, or even a doll. This is also the case for Auron's swords and armored enemies- His swords almost always have piercing by default, but once you get to item crafting, the piercing attribute can be given to anything. In a nutshell, you could theorically run any character through another character's path in the Sphere Grid and have them behave exactly the same, except for Overdrives.
** Zig Zagged later- when fighting distant enemies/objects, Waka is the ONLY melee character capable of hitting them, and your only other option is magic.
* ''DynastyWarriors'' and ''SamuraiWarriors'' brings new meaning to the Kitchen Sink part of this. It has a ridiculous number of weapons that have no right coexisting the way they do, varying from [[ImprobableWeaponUser the improbable]] (flutes, fans, and children's toys), to ones that shouldn't be present given the setting (boomerangs), to the misused (chakrams being used primarily as melee weapons; Chinese dagger-axes being dual-wielded or ''thrown''). [[RuleOfCool But it's cool, so who cares?]]
** To prevent misunderstanding, they aren't chakrams, it's misnamed. They are fire and wind rings, large balded rings designed for melee and NOT meant to be thrown, their increased size is what makes the main difference. Another habit of the games is to name some weapons inaccurately, but using the name most people would call the weapon, such as calling [[PaperMaster seals made for magic focus]] a [[DeathDealer cursed deck]], or the above mix up with the rings. Sometimes it's easier to spot than at other times.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'': Lampshaded somewhat where another character wields a [[ImprobableWeaponUser ball and cup game]]. At one point, Kratos points out that Lloyd's weapon choice and fighting style -- dual-wielded sabres -- is wasteful and inefficient. Lloyd's response (paraphrased) was that he uses two swords to get [[BreakingTheFourthWall twice the attack power bonus.]]
--> '''Lloyd''': I thought if one sword had an attack of 100 then two swords would have an attack of 200 right?
* In ''PhantomBrave'', anything you can pick up can be used as a weapon, from sunflowers to starfish to werewolves. ...And then fused with everything else to combine skills, so you can end up with a sword that slaps like a fish or a pumpkin that stabs like a spear.
* ''MakaiKingdom'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''PhantomBrave'' has its own eclectic mix, including [[HealingShiv pies & syringes]], [[BlowYouAway paper fans]], [[ShockAndAwe drums]], [[JokeWeapon balloons]], [[VideoGameStealing UFOs]], magnets, boxes, [[ThisIsADrill drills]], [[ShovelStrike shovels]], flamethrowers, and [[LaserBlade beam swords]].
* This was the ''point'' of ''DeadRising''. And, well, zombies.
* Wanna play some ''SamuraiShodown''? Then get ready to watch the LadyOfWar use her rapier to parry a huge stone pillar. Or perhaps you'd like to watch AndrewJackson block a shot from a sledgehammer with his rifle? Or maybe a CatGirl using a boomerang to block a polearm is more your flavour.
* ''SoulCalibur'' features character using all manner of historical and even fictional weapons.
* ''FireEmblem'': These games go back and forth on this one. The trope is played straight in the notion that there are many, many kinds of weapons from swords, axes, lances and bows, many of which are nonsensical (one of Eliwood's better weapons throughout FE 7 is a rapier that does bonus damage against calvary and heavily armored units). This trope is subverted in the sense that most weapons have a bonus for attacking a certain type of unit or a certain weapon style in a [[TacticalRockPaperScissors weapon triangle]].
* ''UnwrittenLegends'' is a particularly egregious example, in that just about every pre-internal-primer cartridge weapon you can think of probably has at least one example in game.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', apart from the elvish curved blades most every sword or dagger is a medieval European straight blade, and if you are going to be fighting heavily armored foes you probably are going to be using a [[DropTheHammer mace or warhammer]].
** The warhammers are ridiculusly wrong, real warhammers looked like slightly bigger claw hammers. Also, Maces were ineffective against plate, they were just more professional clubs.
* [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters All 75 potential recruits]] in ''VideoGame/ExitFate'' have a unique weapon, often [[NamedWeapons named]], and while they usually fit a more specific trope than ImprobableWeaponUser, the tropes in question vary wildly. What other game allows practitioners of ChainPain and ThrowTheBookAtThem to fight in the same party as a DeathDealer? Then again, most of the really ridiculous weapons are used by characters who have a low attack power...
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' originally mostly used unique variations of StandardFPSGuns and this trope only applied to the melee weapons, which included things from knives to bottles to bats to bare fists. The unlockable items have since plunged headlong into this trope, with things like bows, crossbows, [[PowerupFood cans of soda, sandviches,]] flags carried around with a bugle, shields, boots, tranquilizer guns, flare guns, remote controls, lasers scavenged from crashed alien delivery ships, and jars of piss.
* In ''RuneFactory3'', various townsfolk who accompany you to battle will carry a cutlass, a katana, a double-headed battleaxe, twin shortswords, a two-handed broadsword and a war hammer, respectively. And this isn't even including the magic users or or the {{Improbable Weapon User}}s.
* In ''VideoGame/BetrayalAtKrondor'', any sword-using party member can use any kind of sword imaginable, be it rapier, cutlass, broadsword, or something the programmers clearly made up. However, swords meant for thrusting will be more accurate and powerful when used to thrust rather than swing and vice versa.
* In ''Webcomic/ABeginnersGuideToTheEndOfTheUniverse'', the [[spoiler:army of the future people]] use completely random weaponry (from shotguns to halberds). Justified in that they get all their weaponry from the [[GrowsOnTrees miscellanopod trees]], which give them entirely random stuff. Meanwhile, the [[spoiler:members of the evil cult that opposes them are able to use RealityWarper powers to spontaneously manifest any weapons or equipment they want.]]
* ''SluggyFreelance'': During the "Oceans Unmoving" arc, the SpacePirates use swords, throwing hatchets, flintlock guns, grenades, switchblades, and even laser weapons. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since the residents of Timeless Space are ''literally'' from different points in history, some coming from the present, others the far future, and others the distant past. Also justified when it's found that most of the 'pirates' are [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=050417 geeks of one sort of another]], who took the opportunity of being stranded in timeless space to play pirates, and so picked whatever weapon they [[RuleOfCool felt was cool]].
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* ''ChaosFighters'' are this as a whole, with modern and medieval weapons appearing simultaneously. It gets egregious when bronze coin daggers, scimitars and katana are added. This is not counting the double weapons and mix and match weapons.
* Comes into play at points of ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' in Callahan's class, Mixed Melee, in which the main character, variously armed with a dagger, a pitchfork, and a quarterstaff, has to spar against [[TheFundamentalist Gloria]], a KnightTemplar with a sword. The lack of parity is at times [[LampshadeHanging remarked upon]] as well.
* The ''WhateleyUniverse''. Some of everything in this package. Fey now has a magical mithril scimitar. Bladedancer has a magical jian made of jade. Tennyo has an ''antimatter lightsaber''. Lancer is a flying brick and can extend his super-strong field over small things, so he has paper swords... which can cut through concrete. And then Winter Term courses include a 'special topics' class, so this gets really gets crazy. Phase is working with a tactical baton, Chaka is learning the meteor hammer, Aquerna gets a pair of ''kama'', Shroud is working with a dozen knives (simultaneously), ...
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* In ''{{Rollbots}}'', most people who are onvolved in fights have some kind of special weaponry; Botch has a HardLight grappling hook, Manx has [[EnergyBall Energy]] [[CastingAShadow Balls]], Macro has a giant Wrecking Ball, the Kei'zatsu have HardLight handcuffs which coat the entire body... and Spin has a collapsible sword.


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Guilt by Complication
The Blagojevich blowout shows a long indictment may signal weakness.
In a November 2008 telephone conversation that was recorded by the FBI, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich daydreamed about what he could get for appointing Barack Obama's preferred choice to fill the president-elect's Senate seat. "Cabinet's out of the question," he said, "but Health and Human Services…I'd take that in a second. That'll never happen." On another occasion, Blagojevich wondered about a position with the Red Cross, only to have his chief of staff throw cold water on the idea by noting that Obama had no authority over the organization.
Given details like these, it's not surprising that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald failed to convict Blagojevich of illegally plotting to sell Obama's Senate seat—the most sensational accusation against him and, aside from a tangential charge of lying to the FBI, the one on which the jurors came closest to agreement. With a case based on ambiguous conversations and testimony from former cronies looking for lenience, Fitzgerald did what federal prosecutors often do: He piled on the charges, accusing Blagojevich of 24 separate but largely redundant counts in the hope that some of them would stick. In a salutary rebuke to overzealous prosecutors, the case collapsed under the weight of its confounding complexity.
The essence of Blagojevich's alleged crimes is straightforward: He was accused of using his position for personal advantage by trading official actions for campaign contributions and other things of value. Given these allegations, the bribery charges (two of the 24) make sense.
But because the feds swooped in to abort what Fitzgerald described as "a political corruption crime spree" that "would make Lincoln roll over in his grave," most of Blagojevich's talk never turned into action. His revenge fantasy of pressuring the Chicago Tribune into firing an editor who had said mean things about him, for example, did not go anywhere. Such fizzled schemes became "attempted extortion" (four counts), "conspiracy to commit extortion" (two counts), and "conspiracy to commit bribery" (two counts).
In case jurors saw bluster (or "political horse trading,"as Blagojevich claims) where prosecutors saw conspiracy, Fitzgerald also charged the former governor with depriving his constituents of their "intangible right of honest services." When Blagojevich was arrested and indicted, the definition of this crime was so fuzzy that no one really knew what it meant.
Last March, finding the statute unconstitutionally vague, the Supreme Court restricted it to cases involving bribery. Hence the allegations against Blagojevich that relied on the "honest services" statute, which in turn were the basis for 11 counts of "wire fraud" (because he used a telephone to communicate with his associates), depended on the shaky bribery charges they were supposed to reinforce.
The prosecutors also said Blagojevich's chats amounted to "racketeering" and "racketeering conspiracy" (one count each) under the egregiously overused Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a 1970 law aimed at organized crime. To convict Blagojevich on those counts, the jurors had to conclude that he and his allies created an "enterprise" that was implicated in a "pattern of racketeering activity" involving at least two distinct but related crimes.
Not surprisingly, the multitude of charges, all based on the same underlying conduct but drawing on different statutes with different criteria, proved confusing to the jurors. "It was like, 'Here's a manual, go fly the space shuttle,'" one told The New York Times. After 14 days of deliberation, the jurors reached a verdict on just one ancillary charge: that Blagojevich lied to the FBI when he claimed he did not keep track of his campaign donors.
Fitzgerald plans to retry Blagojevich, who may yet be convicted of bribery or extortion. But the prosecution's failure in a trial where the defense did not even bother to present any witnesses shows that the length of an indictment is not a reliable indicator of a defendant's guilt. Since people tend to assume that anyone who faces dozens of charges must have done something wrong, that is a welcome reminder.
Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason and a nationally syndicated columnist.
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Making one simple charge that has to stand up to challenge by the defense; without blurring it with bulk and layer after layer of insinuations would demand honesty on the part of the prosecution. You're not going to find a prosecutor that's willing to deal in that undesireable commodity.
BTW, Fitzgerald is one of the very worst. He's a partisan hack looking to jump to higher office. He really needs to find a real job and get off the public teat.
Yeah, a real job like making license plates from being convicted of prosecutorial misconduct in the Plame/Libby bs, wasting millions of dollars when he knew from the word go where the "leak" came from.
With Scooter, the republicans wanted a leak investigation, they got one.
In one corner, we have overzealous prosecutors, in the other corrupt politicians, we lose either way.
the republicans wanted a leak investigation
How you figure that? Not arguing, just don't understand.
I vaguely remember them wanting to get to the bottom of it, but I guess i'm wrong.
After looking it up, it was the CIA that wanted the investigation, not republicans per se.
The CIA was the first to formally reqest an investigation. Shortly after, Bush made his statement that he wanted to know who the leaker was, and wanted him punished if any laws were broken. I assume that's what TrickyVic is referring to.
Note that nobody was actually convicted for leaking Plame's name. Libby was convicted for lying to investigators, and lying while under oath.
I was under the impression that FitzGerald's investigation concluded that no crime had been committed with respect with Plame's name becoming known as a CIA employee.
That Libby was prosecuted always seemed wrong. How can someone be convicted of lying about a crime that wasn't committed?
I felt the same about Martha Stewart too. Wasn't she convicted for lying abut a crime that wasn't committed too?
It's not lying about a crime that matters. It's lying in general. It's giving them information you know to be false. You can't do that. That's why it's smarter to keep your mouth shut.
Bush first said he would punish who ever leaked, not just if they broke the law, but quickly changed his tune.
Bush first said he would punish who ever leaked, not just if they broke the law, but quickly changed his tune.
Another myth. His press secretary said something in a press conference about how leakers "would not be working for this administration." (paraphrasing) The next day Bush talked about it himself and stated that if any laws were violated that person would be punished.
the case collapsed under the weight of its confounding complexity
And you cannot discount Blago's near-genius cultural carpet-bombing (aided and abetted by a gaga press) wherein the accused felon and sleazy politician morphed himself into a reality show entertainer, an incompetent bungler, a human punchline worthy of pity. How could any jury member inoculate himself from the all-Blago, all-the-time media circus?
The 'off' button on the idiot box?
11 of 12 jurors were ready to convict on 21 of the charges. The lone hold-out was a liberal former state employee who once wroked for Blago's press secretary.
Certain legal issues will always be difficult to explain to laymen with no background, and proscutors have their work cut out trying to explain it without over-simplifying. But this case is more about an obstinate hold out than piling on overly-complicated charges.
The lone hold-out was a liberal former state employee who once worked for Blago's press secretary
How do you know Jo Ann Chiakulas is a "liberal"? Because she listens to NPR? My exhaustive, 5-minute internet search says this about her: Coincidentally, the Chicago Urban League was once headed by Cheryle Jackson, a former Blagojevich press secretary, although it appears Chiakulas left the Urban League several years before Jackson became the league's president.
Thanks for pointing out the error. And it's true that I didn't shave her head to find the incriminating "liberal" birthmark, but she's giving off enough of the tell-tale signs. Her background gives a clue as to what her motivations were to deadlock the otherwise unanimous jury.
But, even if we take political motivation out of it, there are some jurors who simply become obstinate for personal reasons, and deadlock a jury. They're like Henry Fonda without the persuasiveness.
The fact remains that it seems most likely Blago's mistrial was the result of hitting the jury pool lottery, not the strength of his defense.
"Department of Public Health Director John Lumpkin named Jo Ann Chiakulas of Chicago as the first special assistant for minority affairs, effective September 16. Chiakulas is charged with setting up and supervising the department's new Chicago-based Center for Minority Health Services. Created by H.B. 1216 (PA. 87-633), the center will evaluate the health needs of minorities in Illinois, provide training and technical assistance and improve coordination and communication with minority groups. According to the department, minorities are at greater risk for AIDs, infant mortality, lead poisoning, heart disease, stroke, homicide and high-risk behaviors such as smoking and alcohol use.
Chiakulas was director of the Chicago Urban League's Young Parents Center for over 10 years and was coordinator for the state's Parents Too Soon program. She has also worked with the Chicago Department of Mental Health and the Belden Manor Shelter Care Home in Chicago." -
As far as I'm concerned, our jury system is creaking with age.
We pick 12 people out of a pool of bored retirees, losers, the professionally idle or actual productive citizens resentful for having to be there. We then expect them to sort through the claims of expert witnesses in maybe half a dozen fields, or unravel the minutiae of up to 200 years of political laws cobbled together from madness, obsession and fluids of a questionable nature.
But, yeah, I know. How dare I question the Holy Jury Of Our Peers system. Shame on me. :-P
That's probably why there will be a re-trial.
Abdul is right about one thing: it seems to be a clear case of nullification. Her motives are known only to herself, though she seems to have had no direct or even indirect link to Blago or his employees. That would have come out during jury selection, no?
That is what is seems to be. But you know I am so cynical about the Justice Department, I can't help but laugh and be happy he got off. This despite the fact that Blago really is everything I normally hate. It is just that Fitz and DOJ are so bad, they make even a corrupt machine politician from Illinois look sympathetic.
I'm pretty much in the same place; the DOJ is so corrupt that I'm glad even when total scumbags escape its butcher shop.
Also, I have no problem with juror nullification as a general concept -- I'd actually like to see it used more often.
It only takes one.
I have no problem with jury nullification, but juror nullification is going too far. Get 12 people to agree that you shouldn't go to jail, regardless of whether you technically violated the law, and I'll buy. But the system can't be so fragile as to let injustice happen just because one person acts in bad faith or irrationally. Falsely letting people go for real crimes is just as unjust as falsely punishing innocents.
No. Blago is a big enough of an asshat that the need to see his pretty little ass in prison outweighs all other concerns. Planets may spin out of orbit if he never sees jail time.
I too am glad that B-Rod walked, mostly, though as Abdul points out, it was really too close. As Jacob says, most of the charges were pure bullshit, and I am not at all crazy about the idea that it is necessarily a crime to lie to an FBI agent. J. Edgar Hoover was the greatest press agent who ever lived, and we're still paying the price.
I think that Fitzgerald rushed his case, for several reasons--the press was about to go with it, plus he might have been afraid that he would pick up someone close to Obama saying something indictable, which would be a hell of a way to start off the new administration.
Hey Alan, it is not merely a crime to lie to an FBI agent. It is a crime to lie to any federal employee who is engaging in an investigatory function.
Why is it a crime to lie to FBI agents?
It is perfectly acceptable for them to lie. It is almost expected that they will lie and manipulate in order to get information from a suspect.
Either they should be required to be honest or it should not be a crime to lie to them.
The state needs a monopoly on mendacity. It's too difficult to get people to give up their rights by acting honestly.
They can lie to you with impunity. They can tell you they have evidence against you they don't. They can lie and tell you that the prosecutor will go easy on you if you just confess, even though they have no authority to make any such promises. But if you say one thing to them that is contradicted by someone else, they can indict you and send you to jail for that even though you are innocent of the crime they were investigating. That is what happened to Scooter Libby and Martha Stewart. And it was an outrage in both cases.
Sadly people were in Libby's case so partisan and happy to see someone associated with Bush go down and in Stewart's case so full of schadenfreude they allowed what I think are two horrible miscarriages of justice to happen. Worse still, this kind of shit goes on every day in this country. You just never hear about it because the people are not famous.
But if you say one thing to them that is contradicted by someone else, they can indict you and send you to jail
Now you tell me.
We told you before, you just misremembered.
Take a page from the Bush admin, he misspoke when he denied using substances.
One set of laws for the political class, and another set for the proles.
What year is it?
At least the Ancien Regime was filled with people who really were educated and sophisticated. What do these clowns have to offer?
But if you say one thing to them that is contradicted by someone else, they can indict you and send you to jail for that even though you are innocent of the crime they were investigating.
And if that someone else is a confidential informant (who may or may not exist), you're never going to find out who they are unless you lawyer up and go to trial. It's disgusting how many people know they can't afford legal bills and just confess.
Best advice: if you're stupid or gullible or even innocent, keep your mouth shut until you get representation.
Best advice is to always not say anything. But understand of course if you are later convicted of anything they will increase your sentence for not being cooperative.
""they will increase your sentence for not being cooperative.""
Or is that one of the lies they tell?
Innocent until proven guilty is a myth.
You are held guilty until you pony up the cash to pay a lawyer to prove your innocence.
That is why we should ban guilty pleas. The system of plea bargaining has been too abused by the government. If you were not able to plead guilty and the government had to prove its case no matter what, they would be a lot more careful about who they charged.
Plea bargaining is a pretty cool system if you approach it from the point of view where maximum conviction numbers are the goal.
It's a numbers game.
Right and wrong don't matter. Guilt and innocence don't matter. Justice doesn't matter. Only numbers matter.
A prosecutor with high numbers has a good chance of climbing the political ladder.The whole system makes me sick.
People talk about Atlas Shrugged as the gateway drug to libertarianism. For me it was The Count of Monte Cristo.
I'm amazed that after hundreds of years of corruption and abuse, we the people still love sending the Procureur du Roi on the road to wealth and power.
""That is why we should ban guilty pleas. The system of plea bargaining has been too abused by the government. ""
That seems like you want to ban plea bargaining. If a person wants to plead guility they should have the right to do so. If not, we need more judges and more prosecutors, which means more taxes to pay for it. I'm interested in cutting federal spending.
If a person is allowed to plead guilty then you will get de facto forced guilty pleas. And as far as the extra resources, that is only one possible response. The better response would be to prosecute fewer cases.
It's also lead to a situation where penalties have been jacked up in order to encourage plea bargains. You can plea out and get 5 years, or take a chance you might get 20. Which would you do? That's a tough choice even when you know you're innocent.
"That's a tough choice even when you know you're innocent."
If you don't have enough cash to pay someone to prove that innocence in court, there is no choice.
""The better response would be to prosecute fewer cases.""
I personally agree with that but it would require fewer laws. That is not the direction this country is moving, so it's a pipe dream.
""If a person is allowed to plead guilty then you will get de facto forced guilty pleas.""
If an innocent person wants to plead guilty for a crime they didn't commit, that's their choice. You shouldn't be scared of trumped up charges if they are false. But they trump them up to strike a plea deal. Which goes back to the concept of plea deal, not whether or not one should have the right to plead guilty.
Innocent until proven guilty is a myth.
You are held guilty until you pony up the cash to pay a lawyer to prove your innocence.
I can't disagree with this. The American criminal justice system has become one of the biggest rackets in the world, and one that employs an enormous number of people.
It's our own fault for electing lawyers to the position of lawmakers.
Talk about conflict of interest.
""Sadly people were in Libby's case so partisan and happy to see someone associated with Bush go down and in Stewart's case so full of schadenfreude they allowed what I think are two horrible miscarriages of justice to happen.""
The same could be said about Bill Clinton.
The same could be said about Bill Clinton
Yup and this guy that more often than not votes Republican thought that impeaching Clinton was
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I just find it interesting when right leaning people talk about wrongful perjury convictions, they leave out Clinton's name.
Scooter could have easily avoided a perjury trial by being honest. When you're lying, and kept personal notes that prove you're lying. You deserve a perjury rap.
In fairness, whereas they often have a statutory duty to investigate, you always have a constitutional right to say nothing.
Constitutional right?
Since when did rights come from the constitution?
I thought rights were protected by the constitution.The term 'constitutional right' is a misuse of language.
You're being pedantic. Everyone knows what is meant by "constitutional right." Should we rename the Bill of Rights the "List of Constitutional Protections"?
I don't consider it is minor at all.
I would be happy with 'constitutionally protected right' because it acknowledges that rights do not originate with government.
The entire concept of freedom is being turned on its head.
It is being turned from 'free to do that which is not prohibited' to 'free to do that which is allowed'.Terms like 'constitutional rights' enforce this idea.
Just where do these rights originate?
I know the Declaration of Independence says they are endowed by our creator, but I have a hard time accepting the existence of such a being. Can you identify the entity or phenomenon responsible?
""I know the Declaration of Independence says they are endowed by our creator,""
That's plain english, they come from your mom and dad.
"Just where do these rights originate?"
From the fact that you exist.
Your right to speak your mind comes from your having a mind, not because some lawmaker (or other supernatural being) says so. -
""From the fact that you exist.""
Animals exist. If existence in and of it's self that equals right, the PETA's on to something. Plants should have rights too.
The natural rights arguement is based on our humanity, not mere existence. But like it or not, a claim of natural rights will not win your court case.
"a claim of natural rights will not win your court case."
I'm not stupid, and in my mind the only good lawyer is a dead lawyer.
also the defense lawyer for the guy who killed the lawyer.
While I don't disagree with Tricky Vic's line of reasoning, I think he is not going far enough You were requested to explain what "entity or phenomenon" was responsible for the existence of natural rights. You replied that the phenomenon of existence endows the extant object with natural rights. Tricky Vic pointed out that animals and plants exist etc. Of course there is no need to limit this argument to living things. Stars exist, and so do planets, and rocks, etc. In a later statement, you seemed to clarify your statement by restricting natural rights to objects that possess "minds". If we ignore the fact that people have been struggling for mellennia to define just what a "mind" is, and just concede your point to you, this still begs the obvious question: Why do objects that possess minds have natural rights?
The state has granted itself a monopoly on the use of fraud (lying for gain), much like their monopoly on initating force.
Blago and Fitz probably both deserve to be cellmates. Blago for beng a lying sleazebag abusing his office, and Fitz for also being a lying sleazebag abusing his office. They can spend a few years abusing each other. It might be a passingly interesting, but otherwise pointless exercise to run the calculator to see which of them actually wasted more taxpayer money under the 'good to be the king' accounting column.
Blago may be a lying sack of horse dung, but the case fell apart due to complexity and would have fallen apart on appeal due to the decisions to not allow the defense to bring in Obama officials to discuss the nature of the phone calls. Can't convict him of seeking a bribe if the otherside was already offering the Quid for the Pro Quo. If he can't bring in the witnesses to prove his case, then there is reasonable doubt that he was guilty.
As for lying to the FBI, sorry, this is one where I have to side with the FBI. As a taxpayer who is genuinely tired of paying for waste, one area that is easily gotten rid of is having to pay 2 FBI agents for overtime stalking some white collar criminal who is lying through his teeth. Better to get to the truth quickly. I am all for protecting the innocent, but at the same, I feel that while you have the 5th amendment right to avoid self-incrimination, I have the 4th amendment right to avoid unfair or uncompensated use of my property by the feds. If you lie, you cost me money. I don't get any bonus points for paying for your lie time, I don't get a discount on next year's taxes, so I don't see a point in my putting up with Martha Stewart or Blago dragging things out at the expense of my constitutional rights.
All we have as "evidence" that Blago lied to the FBI are the agent's case notes. There is no audio or video tape of what transpired during that interview 5 years ago. There's no independent witness who knows what went on during that interview. Like a jackass, Blago went into that interview without an attorney. So, it's basically the agent's word against Blago's. I think it's a toss-up as to whom is more believable.
A modest investment in audio or video recording technology would drag the FBI into the 20th century and make it easier for many of the rest of us to side with you.
No audio or video or such a high profile interview? Did the agent ride a short bus to work? If that is the case, we have bigger fish to fry here.
"Did the agent ride a short bus to work?"
It's more the department's fault than the agent, I would imagine.
As a result of this conviction I believe there should be two public hangings: Blago first, followed by Fitzgerald.
Mr Sullum, you ignore the possibility that Blago tampered with the jury.
"Well, we didn't get any money... but Mr. Burns got what he wanted. Marge, I'm confused. Is this a happy ending or a sad ending?"
Excuse me, but, a weak case? The vote was 11-1 for guilty on all but one of the counts. One juror going off on a tangent does not make a weak case make.
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How you figure that? Not arguing, just don't understand.
If that is the case, we have bigger fish to fry here.
Blago dragging things out at the expense of my constitutional rights.
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The case "collapsed"? He was convicted of one count, and 11 of 12 voted for conviction on other counts. If that's a collapse, I hope no case against me ever collapses.
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"Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Kim Zolciak somehow thinks her wedding could rival Kim Kardashian's -- because she just mailed out the most paranoid wedding invitations ever ... BANNING guests from bringing cameras to the ceremony.
TMZ obtained a copy of the invite -- which expressly prohibits the use of cell phones, cameras, or other recording devices while she ties the knot with Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann next month.
Kim even warns guests ... they'll have to sign a release if they want to attend the wedding -- because the entire event will be filmed as part of her new spin-off show (yet to be confirmed by Bravo).
According to the invite, the wedding takes place on 11/11/11. Advice to wedding guests: go see "Immortals" instead.
Ummmm, TMZ hypocrites. Why didn't you tell the guests of Trashy Kim's wedding to go see a movie instead?
Other than a couple of his team mates and the other housewives and there assistants. How much are they paying the extras to fill the other seats? The only way this thing would be even watchable is to have NENE in it beating the crap outta that brainless blonde no talent twit.
who are these people? never heard of them. that's THE funniest invitation ever. Even more funny if no one showed up. Some folks are so delusional. lol
Why would you (TMZ) consider her to be "delusional" when you hacks hang on every word & action these talentless hags spew? You all have really become just an "insult & fluff" internet rag.
Pathetic. Even sadder is what happens to all these people after their reality shows end & they scramble to find ways to stay in the public eye.
It's bad enough watching 'real' celebrities struggle to remain relevant when the public's tastes change & now we have to watch 'regular' people implode as well?
What it does is underscore what an ASS Kim Kardashian is and how stupid her own wedding appeared to onlookers because there is nothing here that is as excesive or ridiculous as Kardashian's was.
What about all the people with small children and babysitters? Pretty selfish to cut them off from their kids.
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Huh, I guess I'm not the only one getting married on 11/11/11. Wish I had her budget! But yeah, that's one weird-ass, pretentious invitation!
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Sept. 7, 2009 — Rock 'n roll is here to stay,
It will never die
It was meant to be that way,
Though I don't know why*
Rock and roll lives on in the musical hearts and souls of eight Claremore High School alums. Occupations, hobbies, and interests may differ but their individual devotions to Rock 'n Roll is endless.
They will always be Rock 'n Rollers!
Friends, neighbors, and a large number of guests at this week's annual Bluegrass & Chili Festival can see for themselves. The Vikings, Claremore's own, will perform on the RCB Bank Stage Friday night.
This will be the group's first outdoor performance in front of a large crowd.
"I know the knees of a couple of us will be shaking at the start," said band member Larry Melton, "but not after we kick things off."
Band members are David McElwain (Class of 1971) on trumpet; Terry Miller ('69), saxophone and flute; Danny Widener ('69), vocals; Bill Jones ('69), guitar; Gary Driver ('73); Mike Jennings ('69), rhythm guitar; Darryl Reed ('70), drums; and Melton ('69), bass guitar.
Each one still lives in or near Claremore.
Labeled as a garage rock band when they started, the Claremore teenagers were just one of countless thousands across the United States and Canada during the 1960s.
What begin as a garage band more than 40 years ago is still banging out the long ago hits. There was a 30-year gap, however. To explain the history of The Vikings we will turn it over to Melton's memory:
"It all started upstairs at Doc Jennings' house. We were 14-15 years old and we had two guitars and drums," Melton said, "It wasn't long before we had to move to various garages in the neighborhood to have adequate space. I guess we terrorized 10th Street for a few years.
"Most of us were in the school band. Back then if you had a guitar and amp (amplifier), or a set of drums, or a keyboard and amp, you were a musician. If you had a business card with your band's name on it, you were a band.
"Cleve Thompson rounded up the original Vikings. He was several years older and a freshman in college. The rest of us were high school sophomores. The original members were Todd Gordon on keyboards, Danny on drums, Bill on guitar, and Cleve who also did all the bookings. I eventually joined them as a trumpet player."
I don't care what people say, Rock 'n roll is here to stay (We don't care what people say, Rock 'n roll is here
to stay)
Even though most were too young to drive, The Vikings played Friday and Saturday nights at teen towns across northeast Oklahoma. Be it Pryor or Coffeyville, the Nowata VFW or the Tanglefoot in Sand Springs, they were always welcome.
Closer to home they would perform in the brand new Claremore Civic Center or the Women's Building at the Rogers County fairgrounds.
Home or away, a number of friends and classmates would usually take part.
"We played Dance Party on Tulsa KOTV Channel 6 on two different occasions, both times having to record in studio. They didn't trust any teen band to play live. So we lip synched it," Melton remembered.
When Thompson later departed, Widener's mother stepped in as manager.
"She mother hen'd us and kept us in line and on time to all the dances," Melton recalled, "She would promote us using the line 'they don't smoke, drink, or cuss, and all of 'em go to First Christian Church 'cept one and he's a Methodist'."
Melton added, "I won't claim we were perfect, but all of us stayed out of trouble. We had bookings on Fridays and Saturdays, or both, usually three times a month. Between that and practices and school work, we didn't have time to get in trouble."
For a period the band would transport their equipment and instruments in the back of Gordon's pickup. That ended when Melton almost turned in over. Later local car lot owner Howard Peaster always had an u'haul trailer for them to use.
All bands have a change in musicians. The Vikings were no different. According to Melton, Thompson got tired of "…messing with our sophomoric behavior" and was the first to leave. Jennings came in as Miller and McElwain. Jack Lowen from Inola joined to play lead guitar. The late Wendy Johnson then joined with his keyboards.
Rock n' Roll will always be Our ticket to the end It will go down in history, Just you wait, my friend
High school doesn't last forever. All the band members graduated and moved on. Three became students at the University of Arkansas. One moved to Texas and one to Boston. Another joined the military and went off to Vietnam.
The real world set in as they went separate ways.
Now flash forward 30 years. In 1999 as the CHS Class of '69 was preparing for its 30th reunion, someone suggested getting the old group back together. The Vikings could provide the entertainment. The six members still making Claremore their home decided they needed a little help. Darryl Reed, another '69 alum, had played drums for "The Infernos", a competing band across town. Vocalist Gary Driver had been with "Kit n Kaboodle." Being about four years younger, Driver wasn't allowed to join the original group. Now he and Reed were perfect to fill the void.
Since their successful return at the class reunion, the eight friends have played a few addition reunions and birthday parties over the last 10 years.
"We continue to play just enough to keep us interested and pacified," Melton said, "One thing about music, compared to many other activities, is that you can keep improving as you get older. Your skills don't fail you like your joints and muscles do.
"You do not see the football and basketball athletes playing their game at 40 year reunions.
As for their upcoming appearance at the Bluegrass & Chili Festival, the Vikings are scheduled to take the RCB Bank Stage at 8:30 p.m. Plans call for them to perform about a hour. Being the night's final act, the clock may not be a serious factor.
Regardless how long they play, look for a time warp trip back to the 1960s. Songs like "Louie, Louie" and "Gloria" and "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" and 'Twist and Shout" will come alive again.
If you don't like rock 'n roll Think what you've
been missing But if you like
to bop and strawl Come on down and listen Let's all start to have a ball, Everybody rock 'n roll
* Lyrics by Danny & The Juniors
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Sydney – December 2, 2008 – Microsoft today appointed Mr Gianpaolo Carraro as its new lead for Platform & Developer Evangelism (DPE) Group in Australia. As director of DPE, Mr Carraro will be a key ambassador and evangelist for Microsoft's platform and technology roadmap and will be instrumental in leading the company's engagement with Australian software developers at a professional, academic and hobbyist level. Additionally, Mr Gianpaolo will oversee Microsoft's industry development initiatives, which are designed to nurture innovation in Australia and assist in the development and growth of the local IT sector.
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This is still way too early in the season to look at stats but I couldn't help myself. Currently ISU ranks 6th nationally with 3pt's made with 31. Some teams have played 4 games to our 3. Which makes me excited, but also how balanced our makes have been between players. So looking at the top 8 teams in the country with 3pt's made and braking them down to how many each player has accounted for. With accuracy percentage as well.
UNC-Wilmington 40 11-9-6-4-3-3-3-1 39.6%
Virginia Military 35 10-7-5-4-3-3-2-1 37.2
Clemson 34 11-7-5-5-3-2-1 42.5
UW-Milwaukee 33 9-7-6-6-4-1 (who we beat) 36.7
Davidson 32 13-8-7-4 36.0
Iowa State 31 8-6-5-4-3-3-1-1 42.5
Houston 30 14-7-5-2-2 35.7
Miss. St 30 9-8-6-3-2-1-1 44.1
What encourages me is that it looks like ours is more of a balanced attack compared to other teams, which makes us much more difficult to guard. :smile:
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heading out and thanks!
Thanks everyone for all you help and info while I sorted out my hammock set up. I am leaving thrusday or friday, 15th or 16th for springer to start my thru hike on the AT. No later than the 19th in case i freak out and need a day or two to collect my self.
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Barrel-Aged Cocktails: Patience, Grasshopper!
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Why dump a perfectly good cocktail like a Negroni or Manhattan into a wood barrel for a couple of months?
1) It's fun in an old-world mad-scientist kinda way.
2) It may make your cocktail luxuriously smooth and even add a bit of wood character.
For over an hour this afternoon, Jeffrey Morgenthaler, Gable Erenzo and Naren Young hit the highlights of this relatively new approach (with roots in older practices) to fiddling with cocktails. Booze nerds like these guys are always on the hunt for ways to improve your drinking experience, and barrel-aging cocktails is one of the latest methods that's gaining popularity in cocktail programs worldwide.
Here's a few informational nuggets they shared…
~ Bottled cocktails originated in the Jerry Thomas era as way for customers to take drinks "to-go" and enjoy later. Being that I'm New Orleans as I write this, I can't help but think the "go cup" phenomenon here somehow owes its existence to this earlier incarnation.
~ In the early 1900's, the Heublein company sold pre-made cocktails that had been aged in wood.
~ A few years ago, Tony Conigliaro began experimenting with aging cocktails in glass, prompting modern bartenders to rethink the concept and apply it in new ways, using different materials, spirits and processes.
~ Experimenting with barrel-aged cocktails coincided nicely with the internet making it easy to contact distilleries and procure their used barrels.
~ Much as single spirits do, aging a cocktail in a barrel will allow it to pull distinctive characteristics from the wood. However, using new barrels can be risky because too much wood flavor can be imparted very quickly. Score another point for recycling!
~ It easy to overage a cocktail, but if that happens, it's not a lost cause. Often simply introducing more fresh cocktail to mix can salvage the batch.
~ While experimentation is encouraged, using ingredients like eggs, cream and citrus should be avoided. But I'm sure our intrepid bartending community is already hard at work coming up with a way to get around this though.
~ Generally speaking, lighter, unaged spirits like gin, vodka, unaged Tequila etc., seem to yield the best results.
~ For those not inclined to wait several weeks for a barrel-aged cocktail to reach maturity, you can get quicker results (and satisfy any latent gadget jones you may be experiencing) by using smoked wood chips and an iSi whipper to infuse your cocktail. I'll need to track down specific instructions for this asap.
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Jail Hotels: bunking like an inmate
Call me weird, but there is something sickly exciting about living in a hotel that used to be a jail. I prefer hostels, bed and breakfast inns and motels to hotels -- with a special dislike towards 5-star luxury -- but should I have the opportunity to stay at the new Boston jail hotel, I'd take it.
Smartly called "Liberty Hotel", the once notorious Charles Street Jail celled Boston Mayor James Michael Curley and Frank Abagnale Jr., the con artist played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie "Catch Me If You Can." After a $150 million refurbishment, it is now a 4-star hotel that seems to have succeeded in making something once squalid into something luxurious. Opened only in August, the likes of Meg Ryan and Mick Jagger have already been guests.
Less luxurious and more prison-like is the "Jail Hotel" in Switzerland, and the Liepaja prison in Latvia that takes your 'lock-up' experience to different heights. At the Liepaja, you are photographed and given a prison passport; you are given a medical test, a 'do's and don'ts' list, and you have to make your own bed to strict army codes; a gun shot is fired if they see you smirking!
Any takers?
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