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It is a natural tendency on the part of most human beings, when confronted with great evil, to want to do something about it. We want to stop the horror of death and violence and disease. It speaks to what is good within us that we desire this — it speaks to a recognition on our part, innate and abiding, that there is something terribly broken in this world — a great mistake which has been made along the way, a gear missed in the works, a gaping hole where something should be. The feeling is all the stronger when we face the destruction of innocent life—the life of a child. The Mishnah tells us that the act of murder destroys a whole world—the world as it would've been with that person in it. When the worlds wiped out are so young, the shock of it all echoes and rebounds throughout the lives of others for generations. And the only part that can be played by those left behind is one of charity.
This is a frustrating limitation, and so those who are more naturally given to see problems of law or culture as the reason for evil look at the horror of Newtown as something that can be prevented, if only we do this or that thing, pass this or that law. Something must be done, they say. But their somethings all have this in common: none of their proposals, on guns or mental health or any other factor, would have prevented this awful crime. In the real world, there is no law that can make the murderously insane sane, or remove all weapons from their grasp. The tweaks that have been attempted in the past in our nation and others have proven insufficient time and again. And no step which disarms the law-abiding will help.
We are in the midst of an historic and statistically impossible decline in violence in America. The economic downturn, which would be a reasonable reason for a rebound in violent crime, has produced nothing of the sort on a nationwide scale. The experts are flabbergasted as to why, and the assumptions of criminologists are being tested to a great degree. High imprisonment, high tech tools, more disciplined police forces, and cultural factors are all potential reasons. But it is clear that even as guns are available as ever, this has done nothing to drive up crime rates nationwide. And beyond: Steven Pinker has argued, convincingly, that we are at the most peaceful point in human history. In the midst of such declines, spikes of mass violence and murder are all the more jarring.
Yet the sad fact is that in Connecticut, where the gun laws are some of the most restrictive in the country, it appears the Brady campaign accomplished as much as it could've. Newtown had one homicide in the past ten years. The guns used by the madman were purchased legally by his mother and kept safely in her home – as with most guns used in criminal acts, they were stolen. His own attempt to purchase a weapon ran into the legally required waiting period.
There are just only so many steps you can take to prevent evil of this nature and still have a free society. After all, what really happens when you pass gun bans is that effectively, they work as permanent authorizations for police to stop and frisk urban minorities. Consider the case of Chicago, where Rahm Emanuel is talking about more restrictions in the wake of Newtown. What does he have in mind? There were 192 shootings in Chicago last month. On Friday alone, there were 10 people shot in his city. Whatever Emanuel's new law is, it would not prevent these crimes.
In Mexico, there is one legal gun store to serve the entire nation. It is, according to the Washington Post, "not very busy." In America, there are roughly 300 million privately owned firearms – and while some may dream of putting these firearms in a pile and melting them down, most Americans understand that the result of giving the government a monopoly on force would be awful for the very innocents such policies are intended to protect.
In Germany, laws were passed and additional gun control steps taken in the wake of a 2002 school shooting which left 16 dead and horrified the nation. Seven years later, a gunman killed 15 in Stuttgart. These mass murders have a long history, longer than the media has reported—nor are they tied to the advent of modern weapons.
"Guns aren't even the most lethal mass murder weapon. According to data compiled by Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, guns killed an average of 4.92 victims per mass murder in the United States during the 20th century, just edging out knives, blunt objects, and bare hands, which killed 4.52 people per incident. Fire killed 6.82 people per mass murder, while explosives far outpaced the other options at 20.82. Of the 25 deadliest mass murders in the 20th century, only 52 percent involved guns. The U.S. mass murder rate does not seem to rise or fall with the availability of automatic weapons. It reached its highest level in 1929, when fully automatic firearms were expensive and mostly limited to soldiers and organized criminals."
Duwe's research is worth reading in greater detail, considering how much it runs against the reports seen in the media about the historical record of mass murders.
"I suggest that the news media have figured prominently in the social construction of mass murder by heavily influencing which cases claimsmakers have selected as landmark narratives and, more generally, as typifying examples. Because claimsmakers have relied almost exclusively on national news coverage as a source of data, they have made a number of questionable claims about the prevalence and nature of mass murder since the high-profile cases represent the most sensational and least representative mass killings. And the news media have completed the circle of distortion by disseminating the bulk of the claims that have been made, leading to policies that have targeted the rarest aspects about mass murder."
(@seanmdav notes that according to Lexis, exactly 2 articles have referenced Duwe or his research since the Newtown shooting. The phrase "gun control" shows up in thousands.) But you'll keep seeing reports like this today.
As for the mental health aspect of this case, I doubt anyone would propose a solution to the current problems which would enable parents to lock away people with Asperger's. Several of the mass murderers over the past decade or so were already in treatment or being prescribed drugs—but as a practical matter, no one could force them to assent to therapy or to take those pills. Instant checks could help, but again, that only effects legal purchases. The madman's mother had even reportedly retired from teaching to take care of her disturbed son. The facilities we have which offer true hope to people—such as DePaul Psychiatric Hospital in New Orleans—are expensive exceptions. We don't want to create a Shutter Island solution, which results in putting away young disturbed men who refuse to assent to therapy. Nor do we want to stigmatize those whose conditions are simply not threatening. That said, we do indeed have mental health challenges in the nation which deserve more consideration. This sort of tale is horrendous to hear about—here's a particularly sad story—but again, there are few solutions to offer.
"So all of the blather you are already hearing about how this can be blamed on the lack of gun control, or on violent movies, or first-person-shooter video games, or on some kind of general cultural malaise is based on a cheap emotional appeal rather than on evidence. On the basis of the evidence, we can look back over decades in which such killings have occurred at a fairly constant rate and in which the cause has usually been the same. We can conclude that in a nation of 300 million people, there will be a certain number of people who become insane. Of those people, there will always be a small number—usually young men, because young men have a natural tendency toward aggression and a fascination with violence—whose insanity drives them to kill, whether to take revenge on society in general, or because of paranoid delusions, or because the voices in their heads tell them to. This is a basic, predictable fact of life in human society, with no particular political implications and—this is the part that's hard to accept—no particular solution. The least ridiculous reaction to this shooting will start from a recognition that its cause is insanity, and some commentators will suggest improved screening for mental illness and faster intervention. There may be some basis for this. (Seung Hui-Cho, for example, was known to be dangerously unstable, but no one seemed to think they had the authority to do anything about it.) But I also fear that a mania for prevention will cause more damage than it prevents—that we risk unnecessarily committing thousands of disturbed or merely eccentric young men on the basis of a hysterical fear that they will become killers."
In the end, the options for what the law can do or society can do are largely limited. They will not prevent this sort of evil from happening again. This is infuriating, of course. All we can do, on an individual level, is prepare ourselves to do whatever it takes if we are put in the position of those who stand between the marauder and the innocent. We can take this time to understand that in that situation, there is always something you can do. And for those of us who believe the broken nature of this fallen world is something that will be healed, we can take solace in the knowledge David Bentley Hart describes in today's feature—that
"Our faith is in a God who has come to rescue His creation from the absurdity of sin and the emptiness of death, and so we are permitted to hate these things with a perfect hatred… As for comfort, when we seek it, I can imagine none greater than the happy knowledge that when I see the death of a child I do not see the face of God, but the face of His enemy. It is not a faith that would necessarily satisfy Ivan Karamazov, but neither is it one that his arguments can defeat: for it has set us free from optimism, and taught us hope instead. We can rejoice that we are saved not through the immanent mechanisms of history and nature, but by grace; that God will not unite all of history's many strands in one great synthesis, but will judge much of history false and damnable; that He will not simply reveal the sublime logic of fallen nature, but will strike off the fetters in which creation languishes; and that, rather than showing us how the tears of a small girl suffering in the dark were necessary for the building of the Kingdom, He will instead raise her up and wipe away all tears from her eyes – and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain, for the former things will have passed away, and He that sits upon the throne will say, 'Behold, I make all things new.'"
- Ron Fournier: what if there's no one to blame?
- Other academic research has highlighted the negative ramifications of gun control proposals informed by mass shootings.
- Note to Piers Morgan: the Founders didn't envision an out of touch British snob being able to invade our homes and look down his nose at the country, but we still have a First Amendment.
- The media at its worst part I.
- Part II.
- I'm sure that will work, David Brooks.
- Australia and the U.S.
- China's problem.
- All time high gun sales in November.
- Newt on gun rights.
- Bill Bennett: arm teachers.
- Gun crime in the UK.
- A former Romney adviser "breaks ranks" on guns.
- Former Obama official and The Daily Show writer has Connecticut jokes.
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1. We don't need gun control. We need nut control.
2. Schools, malls, gun-banning theaters, and other gun free zones, might as well be called helpless-victim zones.
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In Ohio, oddly thanks to our former Democratic governor Ted Strickland, the state has liberalized it's concealed carry laws to a great degree in the past decade. Violent crime has gone down and to the state's credit, a number of violent criminals have met their just end at the hands of armed citizens. Idiotic businesses maintain their no gun signs but you see less and less. A barbershop that I used to frequent had a sign on the front door that immediately caught my attention. It was a sign with a pistol circled in green and read "We Don't Call the Police." The fact that I knew every employee and most customers were armed there made me at ease anytime I visited.
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But I also fear that a mania for prevention will cause more damage than it prevents—that we risk unnecessarily committing thousands of disturbed or merely eccentric young men on the basis of a hysterical fear that they will become killers.
If commitment meant in all cases locking them up and throwing away the key, that would be terrible. However, if commitment means a limited period of inpatient evaluation and treatment, with guaranteed reviews at intervals to determine whether the individual could manage well as an outpatient -- and with outpatient monitoring so that people who are known to be ill are required to continue treatment -- then I do not believe this "mania for prevention" needs to be damaging. Far worse to let the "merely eccentric" stew in their own waste in the doorways of business establishments in our cities.
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Michael Lukehart: 2. Schools, malls, gun-banning theaters, and other gun free zones, might as well be called helpless-victim zones. |
If a business or locality or government agency wants to establish a gun-free zone, it seems to me that it's incumbent on that entity to provide well-trained armed guards to deal with persons who don't respect the gun-free nature of those zones. As for instance, posting a lot more MPs all around military bases so that anyone deciding to shoot up the place illegally gets stopped quickly, or posting sufficient armed officers in or near schools to make sure anyone breaching the locked front door gets stopped before he runs into unarmed staff and students.
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Incidents occur which pundits and politicians use as a pretext for endless, mostly illogical, blather. This does not mean the nation is "horrified." If everything about the incident remained the same but the killer had shot the principal and one other student before killing himself the incident would have merited passing comments and little more.
Streets in many neighborhoods are ruled by thugs and the sound of gunfire is the norm, not the exception. A 192 shootings in one month in Chicago indicates the ruling class is incapable of preventing predictable, localized violence, but this does not stop them from posturing as if they have a solution for totally random unpredictable acts of violence.
I would suggest that what happens on a daily basis in neighborhoods of our largest cities is no more illogical or insane than what occurred in CT. However highlighting it does not sell copy or promote careers. The media onslaught surrounding the latest incident has more to do with self promoting attention seeking than the incident itself.
Face it the culture is sick. Ironically the people wringing their hands on TV and in print have more to do with the deteriorating culture than most.
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Every bank has a slew of fees associated with opening and maintaining accounts, and those fees are on the rise. A recent study by Bankrate.com found that only 39% of noninterest checking accounts are free of a monthly charge. That's down from 45% in 2011 and 76% in 2009. Meanwhile, the average monthly service fee has jumped 25% in the past year.
But some of the biggest fees are avoidable. The following are four of the most expensive mistakes you can make with your bank accounts.
Using overdraft protection
At most banks, you can choose to allow your account to have a negative balance in order to allow a purchase to clear. For example, you have $100 in your account and forget that your car insurance payment -- which is larger than that -- is deducted automatically.
It can save you some inconvenience, but banks charge dearly for the service: The average overdraft fee is $31.26, and many banks charge upward of $35 per overdraft. The good news is that federal consumer protection law now requires you to opt in to this service.
If you have done so, you're in dangerous territory. An overdraft fee adds to your negative balance and can cause every additional transaction posted -- even for very low dollar amounts -- to trigger further overdraft fees. This can propel you deep into negative balance territory fast. Always monitor your account closely to ensure that the funds are there to cover your transactions. Or better yet, ditch the overdraft protection.
Not maintaining the minimum balance
According to the Bankrate.com survey, the average balance to avoid the fee for noninterest checking accounts is $723. That's higher than the previous year by 23%. Still, many banks reduce or even eliminate monthly maintenance and other fees if you keep a certain amount in your account at all times. This fee break often can outweigh any interest you receive in a savings account.
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"We were all completely surprised by Dan's letter," said Nancy Hovde, DMEA board president.
McClendon stated in his letter that he intends to fulfill all of his current duties until Feb. 7. During that time, DMEA will be completing its annual budget cycle and will be processing a member rate adjustment to compensate for increases from its wholesale power provider, Tri-State Generation and Transmission.
"The last two years have been exceptional years resulting in much progress for the association. In the wake of large wholesale rate increases and a severe economic downturn, DMEA has reacted with prudence and exceptional operational advancement," McClendon said. "DMEA stands nearly alone as a national leader in technology deployment, customer satisfaction, service reliability, safety, operational efficiency and cost reduction."
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Photo travel essay: Traveling though Europe by train
At the beginning of every European train journey, I feel a little sepia around the edges.
Arriving at one of those grand old Beaux Arts train stations, I feel the echoes of great cinematic goodbyes; settling my bags above me in the six-person compartments on- board, I imagine the quiet stranger having an exotic, perhaps intriguing and dangerous film noir life. And when the train whistle blows and the massive beast heaves to life, I too have shifted gears, into train travel mode.
Perhaps it's all those epic train movies I watched as a kid. Or maybe trains just carry with them the ghosts accumulated over two centuries of transporting passengers in the best and worst of times. Whatever the reason, boarding a train is like embarking on a larger-than-life experience.
But before you can be swept up in the magic of train travel, you need to deal with the realities. Sure, taking the train avoids the hassles of air travel, from security checks to baggage fees to bad air and blood clots. And the European train network is so extensive you can get anywhere, to even the smallest village, on some train, leaving some time.
When you consider just how extensive the train network is, and that every country contributes its own equipment and service, you begin to understand the situation: There are a lot of trains. A lot of standards of comfort. And a lot of decisions to make if you're planning to see Europe by rail.
More and more travelers are doing just that, according to Eurail, which manages the Eurail pass system for some two dozen national train lines. The company recently reported that sales were up 14 percent last year alone.
Turns out my recent trip to Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and France included some of the current trends in European train travel: visiting not just big cities, but off-the-beaten-path ones; and stopping off at several Austrian cities — apparently Austria is a hot train destination these days.
My trip included nine trains to nine cities in four countries. Every train, like every city, was different. In some cases, the train took the same amount of time it would have taken to fly between cities. Add in the time to get to an airport — the train stations are always right in town — and the hassles of getting to your gate, and the train usually was the winner.
Besides, once you're aboard and the miles are clacking by with the rhythm of the rails beneath your wheels, time seems irrelevant. It's about the going, after all, not the getting there.
A train experience begins at the station. Romantic and sightseeable in their own right, some of Europe's grandest stations were built in the late 19th century, a golden era for train travel, when it was new and glamorous, and their architecture still inspires gasps. So, too, does the array of services and stores some offer.
Then again, some stations are little more than platforms with a weathered sign bearing the town name.
Our trip gave us a sampling along the spectrum of train station sophistication, grandeur and services available.
If you're flying into Amsterdam Schiphol airport, as I did on KLM, you can simply trundle your suitcase from the airport area through the vast central atrium and follow the signs "To Trains," to pick up your rail ride. Along the way, you can buy tulips at a flower stand; pause for entertainment — music, a fashion show, who knows? — at the temporary stage; buy a new wardrobe; get a massage; gamble; or even get married in the chapel. And if you just get lost, look for one of the train staff wearing the HiSpeed shirts — they can point you in the right direction.
We blew too fast through the Weisbenhof station in Vienna, dating to 1848, to appreciate the results of its recent renovation. Today it has become BahnCity — truly a station city, with a 90-shop mall, a 400-room hotel, offices, tourist services and more.
Or you could find yourself at the little station in Trencin, Slovakia, where most of the signs aren't even translated (the Slovak language isn't easy to figure out) and an announcement that our train would be late was spoken only in Slovak.
On the other hand, not knowing what was going on forced us to ask the locals, and we spent our wait with a young man eager to practice his English with us.
Similarly, some train stations have every service imaginable, from car rental counters to takeaway meals. In Bratislava, food was limited to little bags of Slovak Chips and Toffifees.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A state agency paid a Virginia-based company an estimated $118,000 to review West Virginia's use of $126.3 million in federal stimulus funds to expand high-speed Internet, but Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's administration won't release the consultant's findings to the public.
The reason: At least one of the consultant's documents might be "embarrassing to some people," according to Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette.
"The documents may be embarrassing to some people . . . . Embarrassing because it was someone's opinion," Burdette said. "It was a specific document, citing specific companies, and making very specific suggestions to me."
Burdette disclosed the existence of the consultant's document -- titled Draft Discussion Points -- in response to a Freedom of Information request filed by The Charleston Gazette. However, he declined to release the report to the newspaper, saying it was an "internal memorandum" that could be withheld under state law.
"It was part of a discussion. It did not result in an end product," Burdette said. "There's some criticism of the players in there that I don't accept."
The state of West Virginia has worked with a number of companies on the broadband expansion project. Frontier Communications has received the bulk of the stimulus funds to build fiber cable to public facilities across the state. Other companies paid through the project include Verizon and Cisco.
Burdette declined to say which "players" the consultant's five-page report could potentially embarrass. However, he said the document doesn't point fingers at Tomblin's office.
"There's not a word in there about the actions of the administration," Burdette said. "It's not about exposing anything we did."
Last year, the Commerce Department hired Vienna, Va.-based ICF International to review the state's broadband projects and programs, including a $126.3 million project that's come under scrutiny by state and federal audits.
In August, ICF delivered a 130-page document titled "Assessment Report of Selected Broadband Projects in the State of West Virginia." The report, which cost the state about $10,000, excluded the state's stimulus-funded $126.3 million project -- by far West Virginia's largest broadband project.
Burdette said the stimulus project was left out because the "selected broadband projects" report was prepared for the Commerce Department. Most documents about the $126.3 million project were sent to the governor's office, he said.
"I put all of the [federal broadband] project-related work back to the governor's office," he said. "The governor's office was managing the program."
Burdette said he asked ICF to provide him with information about the broadband project before a meeting last spring.
"I had the memo drafted, but I didn't use it," Burdette said. "It was assumptions and making recommendations. At the end of the day, I didn't agree with their assessment."


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Nice pics.Is that just the exhaust finishers?What exhaust is that?
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Ooh,hang on. That is the throb of a turbocharged flat four engine. A sound which,all over the world,heralds the imminent arrival of a moron - JC.
thats stock exhaust with just the finisher
beautiful car. There's nothing quite like black when it's new.
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Here is a pic of her after a wax job with some cool background.
Shiny! I love the rims on the 2011. I've got the same ones. I think they all come with those right?
yup im pretty sure all the 2011's will have those. the sti has the same ones just bigger. Those rims are pure sex!!!! love them i had some similar ones on my civic they were enkie rs9's.
Looks like the weather is getting better around here,going to be in the 40s all next week.Time to put those OEM summers back on,I'm getting tired of my winters.
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Ooh,hang on. That is the throb of a turbocharged flat four engine. A sound which,all over the world,heralds the imminent arrival of a moron - JC.
Thanks for the comments fellas...
ill tell you my trick to keeping swirls out and keeping the rex looking shiny. all i do is once or twice a week i have a do it your self car wash on the way home. Every time i gas up i stop in that place and just spend 1 dollar and power wash all the grim off then use the spot free rinse and just air dry the car on the way home. If you do this often the car stays looking shiny. i did nothing to the car in that pic just hosed it off u cant see the water spots in the pic but they were there. then when you really want to detail the car all you have to do is properly wash it then throw a quick coat of wax on once a month. I think it was the pic that is making it look extra shiny. i used my iphone for all those pics not bad IMO.
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+1 the bear is keeping it that way. Love it when its clean and un-chipped.
Nice ride Chef.. lookin good man!!
At the risk of sounding negative.. is this your first subaru? The paint is terribly brittle. Keeping the crud/dust off of it is a great Idea but even water will leave blemishes over time. Bird poo is terrible anyway but I recently had one fly by and make a direct hit.. I witnessed it and wiped it off in a matter of moments with a damp terrycloth towel. .. bigger than daylight it left a blemish.... it was literally less than 2 min it was on the paint.
Check out the 08+ pic thread.. you'll see the chipping issue I've got up front at just 40K mi. I highly recommend a clear bra while your car still looks perfect.
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With an ethos like "Veld to Fork" Gordon's Restaurant, set in the charming Karoo town of Graaff Reinet, promises the best quality local produce plated up for its patrons. The restaurant is located on the picturesque Andries Stockenström guest farm, which is an accommodation venue as well as home to fine restaurant. Here guests can expect food that is created from ingredients that is sourced regionally if not exclusively grown or hunted on the estate itself. Gordon's is well known for its dinners that feature the best of Karoo venison and lamb. The menu is tailored to a four course set menu which changes daily to include the freshest seasonal produce available. The restaurant also has a great selection of South African wines to accompany the meal. If a relaxed, unhurried Karoo "kuier" with the best meat dishes is what one craves, then Gordon's is a must visit eatery.
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Situated in Tacoma, this hotel is close to LeMay Car Museum, Tacoma Dome, and Museum of Glass. Also nearby are Washington State History Museum and Tacoma Union Station Rotunda.
Hotel Features
In addition to a restaurant, Best Western Plus Tacoma Dome Hotel features a sauna. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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Televisions come with premium cable channels. Guestrooms also feature complimentary wireless Internet access, complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, and refrigerators.
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In addition to a sauna, Best Western Plus Tacoma Dome Hotel features a steam room and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a business center, audiovisual equipment, and a meeting/conference room. Event facilities measuring 5000 square feet (465 square meters) include a ballroom and banquet facilities. This Tacoma hotel also offers an arcade/game room, multilingual staff, and a fireplace in the lobby. Onsite parking is complimentary.
Best Western Plus Tacoma Dome Hotel is a smoke-free property.
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- Number of floors - 6
- Total number of rooms - 160
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- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 465
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- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 5000
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
Seasons - This family restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
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Statement of Senator Russ Feingold for the I thank the Chairman for holding this hearing, which gives us the chance to assess one part of our efforts to defeat violent extremism and combat terrorism around the world. Today's hearing is especially important in reviewing benchmarks of progress in US-Saudi Arabia cooperation. In the wake of September 11, 2001, the U.S. rightfully demanded Saudi Arabia's cooperation in combating terrorism. By sharing intelligence, refusing to turn a blind eye to the violent activities of extremists, and cutting off terrorists' sources of financing, Saudi Arabia could play a significant and positive role in this most urgent priority. Attacks by Islamic militants within Saudi Arabia, most notably, in 2003 and 2004, underscore the fact that international terrorism threatens the Saudis themselves. However, it does not appear that the Saudi government has adequately reformed itself or distanced itself from extremist ideologies. Troubling reports continue to question Saudi Arabia's efforts to curb terrorist financing. Saudi officials have yet to clearly separate themselves from radical Islamic charities that seek to manipulate misperceptions of the US and its relations with Israel and to promote violence. Recent news reports have noted that al-Qaeda is promoting its hateful doctrine in mainstream media and seeking to unite followers in opposition to the U.S. We cannot afford to let this effort go unchallenged and I hope that the Administration now appreciates that fact. Under Secretary of Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes heard first hand during her recent trip to the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, about growing anti-American sentiment. Saudi Arabia needs to understand that we expect it to be a helpful ally in the war against terrorism and that there will be serious consequences for the U.S.-Saudi relationship if it is not. |


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Patient Comments: Strep Throat - Length Symptoms LastedHow long did the symptoms of your strep throat last? Was there anything in particular that helped with pain/symptom relief?A Doctor's View on Strep Throat SymptomsRead the Comment by John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP Common strep throat symptoms should last from two to five days. Did you know that if a strep throat infection is not medically treated you can suffer complications such as a sinus infection, cellulitis, or an abscess of the tonsils and pharynx? Read the entire Doctor's View
Comment from: 45-54 Male (Patient)
Published: October 22
I was half way through work on Tuesday when the stabbing pain while swallowing started. I woke up on Wednesday feverish, exhausted and mute. I went to the doctor that day. He did a quick test for strep throat and came back positive. I was his 4th adult case that day. He prescribed 875 mg of amoxicillin, 2 per day and ibuprofen for pain and fever reduction. Ibuprofen was ineffective at best. 3 days on the amoxicillin and there is no change. It takes 3 to 5 days for it to kick in, I was told. I have tried everything to reduce the swallowing pain. No luck, I am miserable! Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: Gary123, 55-64 Male (Patient)
Published: August 20
I am in California and I started getting a sore throat. I developed a high fever, chills, a headache and severe throat pain. I went to an urgent care facility and they only did a quick swab test. The doctor on staff said it was negative. She wasn't too receptive to my skepticism since I remarked about the white splotches in the back of my throat and have had strep about 100 times in my life but not for many years. I usually get a spring sinus infection but not this year. I was in no condition to argue, so I took her script of Amox/500 mg. and ran. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: mb20and151, 19-24 Female (Patient)
Published: September 15
I have had strep twice within the last six weeks. As a 24-year-old, both times were the times I have been most sick in my adult life. I used to get strep as a child regularly. I remember enjoying it; I didn't feel that sick, got the day off of school, ate some ice cream. Now when I get it, I can't talk, can't eat, can't drink, run fevers up to 104 and pass out if I stand for more than a few minutes. It's miserable! The most recent bout of it is ongoing. So far, it has been four full days of illness and two full days of antibiotics. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: bassincore, 35-44 Male (Patient)
Published: August 19
Well, it appears that I have this condition called strep throat. It started on Thursday when my throat started feeling scratchy. Then, I became weak, body aches and headache. Wow, this really sucks. It has been 6 dys now and I want to die. The pain is so great and nothing seems to help decrease the pain besides being asleep. I went back to work today because I was needed in Court. My body still feels very weak and I become dizzy at times. I am hoping that the medication the doctor prescribed will kick in and help with the symptoms. This is the worst feeling I have had in a long time. Still waiting for the culture to come back. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Comment from: sick mom, 25-34 Female (Patient)
Published: August 19
My husband rushed me to the ER this week when I had a 103.4 fever and horrible body aches. My throat hurt, but the ER doctor put me down for a sinus infection (probably due to the head pain) and a bladder infection. I asked him to look at my throat, and he did briefly said the throat was fine. Well, at my follow-up appointment the next afternoon, my regular doctor asked if I had seen my tonsils. It is classic strep now I'm stuck using a super-antibiotic the ER gave me for a bladder infection, and hoping it covers strep as well. Thank goodness for a second opinion! Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: July 25
I'm 30 years old and had strep throat a couple of months ago. I had a positive strep test the day after my throat started hurting and got an injection of antibiotic and steroid, followed by 10 days of oral antibiotics. My throat felt better the next day, but I also had a respiratory infection that took forever to go away. I recommend the shot: They hurt really bad, but they work fast. Was this comment helpful?Yes
Published: July 14
I have strep now and it started on Thursday it is now Sunday. My tonsils are still swollen and red, but better than on Friday. My pain was so bad. I couldn't speak or even swallow my own saliva. I was so close to calling an ambulance. I seriously wanted to rip my tonsils out. I heard the C. pepper work to relieve the pain. The only thing I want is to cure it for good. I am thinking of surgery but we'll see. The older you get the more severe they become and it is much harder to recuperate. My doctor said if you get more than 6 strep infections in a year. Time to get them out. I'm on my 2nd and it is July. Was this comment helpful?Yes
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There's a saying in Arizona, "Just when you get really good at your job, your career hits a wall and a Mexican comes along and takes the job from you." The only difference in Krispie Young's case is that Gerardo Parra is Venezuelan. Krispie was literally the only one hitting on one of my teams and now… I'm crying into my soup, because the soup was bland and my tears are salty. I'm resourceful. But that's one sonavawrench thrown into my team's plans! As of press (post?
Please, blog, may I have some more?Can I get a "no" with eleven O's? I personally don't have the heart right now to type them all. Yesterday, Giancarlo Stanton, the pride and joy of my heart and the name scribbled all over my Trapper Keeper, said that his knee is bothering him and will continue to bother him. He said it's "something that's obviously not going to get much better playing every day." Of course, like the fortune cookie game where you add "in bed" at the end, everything that Giancarlo says also has, "but I will do my best for my novio, Grey Albright." You are mi novio too, Giancarlo. We are boy dot-dot-dot friends. There's a dot-dot-dot in there, but sometimes it feels like there's not. Court papers say that dot-dot-dot needs to be from 250 feet away. I'm pretty bummed out, because I do think he'll play 135-ish games, but if he's not at 100% with his knees, it could hurt his swing and the ten or so steals he can contribute. The best case scenario is once the weather heats up, some of the pain is alleviated and, luckily, he plays in a warm weather city. My sad emoticons are weeping. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Scott Baker – Out for the year with a bad elbow. It's a painful surgery, but at least it's roomy in the designated waiting room.
Please, blog, may I have some more?We fill out the 2012 fantasy baseball rankings with the last few hitters, the top 5 utility players for 2012 fantasy baseball. Tomorrow we take this mother to one hundred! Not one hundred utility men. The top 100 overall. Then we take this to 300! Again, not 300 utility men. Okay, these players are only eligible at DH aka Utility. Frankly, I don't think you should draft any of these designated hitters. They don't allow enough flexibility. For example, what if you had Vladimir Guerrero clogging up your Utility spot last year and you really wanted to pick up Desmond Jennings? You would've been wretched, retching on all fours to borrow from The Decemberists. These guys have no position eligibility for fantasy baseball. As with past rankings posts, this top 5 for 2012 will be broken up into tiers, and their 2012 projections will be included. Anyway, here's the top 5 utility players for 2012 fantasy baseball (they suck, enjoy!):
Please, blog, may I have some more?With the top 40 outfielders, we've finished all the hitter recaps. We meaning me, but I'll include you. No, that's not a cue to try to hold my hand. Why are you now patting my butt? (Here's all the final 2011 fantasy baseball rankings. They're also to your left… your other left. And down.) The pitching recap will begin next. To recap, the end of the season rankings are based on ESPN's Player Rater. I felt the easiest way to keep it objective would to go this course. This way when I say someone finished 30th and I ranked them 23rd in the preseason it carries more weight. Does this mean I think ESPN's Player Rater is perfect? No. It's just an objective third party to see how well my preseason rankings did. Anyway, here's the top 40 outfielders for 2011 fantasy baseball and how they compare to where I originally ranked them:
Please, blog, may I have some more?With Nelson Cruz hitting the DL (I'll get to that schmohawk), the Rangers called up Leonys Martin. Martin could be a poor man's Desmond Jennings, in other words he'll be a 2nd ballot Hall of Famer, not 1st. Martin has breezed through the minor leagues, starting in the Rookie league, jumping to Double-A and finally hitting Triple-A. It's called the "Julio Borbon-Endy Chavez-David Murphy Ain't Doing Shizz From Shinola So We Need A Centerfielder" plan. Martin has plus-plus speed. Red Bull says Leonys gives them wings. He could develop some power down the road, but I wouldn't expect more than a homer or two with this call-up. If you need speed in AL-Only or deeper keeper (hey, poet!) mixed leagues, I'd look at him. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Nelson Cruz – Will be out for 3 weeks with his moans over his hammy. Any Nostradumbass could've told you he'd be hurt at some point this year, but, seriously, this guy gets injured at least once every two months. Let him play the field in a bubble. He's now getting a platelet-rich plasma injection to stimulant the healing process. I think this was the same treatment they gave Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Dan Uggla has now homered in two straight games, but, more importantly, he has two other hits in those games, making him hotter than a junebug on a duck's back or some other yokelism they say in The South. That's at least compared to how he looked like Rocky Dennis on all his swings prior to this week. That's if Rocky Dennis wore Affliction. "Yo, yo, yo, whaddup, boss? Get another round of Flaming Nads for my lady friends!" That's Dan Uggla at Senor Frog's. (BTW, it looks like the 3rd Giambi brother in the background of that Uggla picture.) I don't think Uggla can get his average much higher than .230, but he's still more than capable of getting to 30 homers. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jair Jurrjens – 6 IP, 1 ER, 7 baserunners, 2 Ks as he continues to defy his FIP. BTW, if you were in a fantasy league with Murray Chass, you'd be getting your ass handed to you. "Hey, Grey, I just traded Alexi Ogando to Murray Chass!" That's you two months before you're throwing darts at a board with my picture.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Yesterday was Juan Rivera's birthday. *giggles like a schoolgirl* Wait, I wanna think about how the Blue Jays cut Juan Rivera on his birthday. *giggles again* It was his birthday! Man, that is rich. The Blue Jays should've had someone tell Juan a passage from Ezekiel 25:17. Not someone important just to rub it in further. Someone like the guy who cleans the jock straps. "Juan, there's this passage I got memorized… Hold on, I have to put extra bleach on these underpants." So in Juan Rivera's place is Travis Snider. My love runs deep for Mr.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Ryan Madson went to the DL with numbness in his pitching hand. Hello, bullpen? Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Brad Lidge is due back in a few weeks. AHHHHH! Now you feel a little sick. Antonio Bastardo would be the immediate add for vulture saves. That'll keep you going through the show. Come on, it's time to go. But that Bastardo is a lefty, so Michael Stutes could get some saves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. Michael Stutes could get some saves. Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. Michael Stutes– Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying. Forget it, I'd grab Bastardo if I were in desperate need for saves. Unless you have become comfortably numb. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Brett Cecil – The man who sounds like a 70′s Playboy pinup has returned from Triple-A. During the preseason, I put Cecil in a tier of starters called, "There's some upside here, but I wouldn't expect anything," and said more or less that Cecil was once considered better than Romero.
Please, blog, may I have some more?David Wright has a stress fracture in his lower back. It's the new Mets, same as the old Mess! I find it hard to believe this is still The Curse of the Shirtless Bernazard, but who else is evil eyeing them? George Foster? (BTW, If George Foster ever evil eyed you for longer than 5 seconds, you'd turn to stone. Fact!) The Mets are downplaying Wright's injury, but what else is new with the Mets? Let's look at their truthiness in some recent reports: In 2009, "Reyes will be out for a few days." In reality, he's only fully recovered two years later. In 2009, "Beltran will be out for three to five days." In reality, he missed two seasons. "K-Rod and his stepfather, an up and coming videographer, were remaking the "Beat It" video." In reality, K-Rod blew Kabuki white powder into his stepfather's face and hit him over the head with a metal chair. So the Mets are saying Wright might miss only a week and a half to two weeks. Um, okay. Even if he returns quickly, a stress fracture in his lower back isn't going to hurt his power? Yeah, that's rhetorical. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
Jose Reyes – 2-for-5, 2 steals. Now has 16 steals on the year. How do you motivate overpaid athletes? With the allure of being vastly overpaid.
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- NAME: Judy Chicago
- OCCUPATION: Educator, Women's Rights Activist, Artist, Journalist
- BIRTH DATE: July 20, 1939 (Age: 74)
- EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
- Maiden Name: Judith Sylvia Cohen
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Judy Chicago is an American artist, educator and writer, and a leading figure in feminist art. She received critical acclaim in the 1970s for her art project "The Dinner Party."
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Judy Chicago was born on July 20, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois. She started working on a massive multimedia project entitled "The Dinner Party" in 1974. Collectively, the work tells the history of women in Western Civilization. It has been shown around the world, and is considered by many to be Chicago's greatest work. During her long career, Chicago has often stirred up controversy with some of her imagery.
"I'm not into kvetching. I'm into changing the world."
"I was raised in a family that believed in equal rights for women, which was very unusual for that time. The bad news was they never bothered to tell me that not everyone else believed in that, too."
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Born Judith Sylvia Cohen on July 20, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, Judy Chicago is a famed artist, educator and writer, and a leading figure in feminist art. She first rose to fame and critical acclaim in the 1970s. As she later told LA Weekly, "I was raised in a family that believed in equal rights for women, which was very unusual for that time. The bad news was they never bothered to tell me that not everyone else believed in that, too."
Chicago started out taking art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago as a child, and then attended the University of California, Los Angeles in the early 1960s, earning a bachelor's in art in 1962. Some of her early works were abstract, including "Pacific Standard Time." In 1964, Chicago finished her master's degree in painting and sculpture at UCLA.
Early in her career, Chicago worked as a painting instructor at several California universities. In 1970, she launched the first feminist art program at California State University, Fresno. Her ideological beliefs also inspired Chicago to give herself a new last name, dropping Cohen and taking a moniker including the name of her hometown—this move allowed her to break away from the traditional system of bearing the name of a father or a husband.
Famous Works
As part of her commitment to create art from a female point of view, Judy Chicago started working on a massive multimedia project in 1974. Entitled "The Dinner Party," this art installation took five years to complete. It featured a long table topped with 39 illustrated plates. Each plate represents a woman of distinction and collectively the work tells the history of women in Western Civilization. This work has been shown around the world, and it is considered by many to be Chicago's greatest work.
From 1980 to 1985, Chicago focused her attention on "The Birth Project," a series of images exploring creation and birth. These images were made into needlework pieces by a crew of 150 craftspeople under Chicago's direction. Chicago's next big creative effort was "The Holocaust Project: From Darkness to Light." The project combined paintings by Chicago along with photographs by Donald Woodman, as well as tapestry and stained glass pieces designed by Chicago. The ambitious work debuted in 1993 at Chicago's Spertus Museum.
Later Career
Begun in 1994, "Resolutions: A Stitch in Time" took six years to complete. Through a combination of paintings and needlework, Chicago re-imagined "traditional proverbs for a mult-cultural future," as she explained on her website. The public got their first chance to see Resolutions in 2000 at the Museum of Art and Design in New York.
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