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WaterCycle has developed a human-powered pumping solution to address the need for effective and inexpensive ways to irrigate crops. The team is marketing the technology through their company, Developing World Technologies.
Building on a 2006 NCIIA E-Team grant, this team is continuing to develop irrigation systems for farmers in Malawi. The team, now called WaterCycle, is developing two distinct systems: a hand-powered water pump and a bicycle-powered water pump. Both produce higher flow rates than standard treadle pumps (decreasing time spent pumping) and are easily transportable, rugged, and inexpensive. The designs are currently being tested in Malawi.
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A WOMAN has been stabbed to death at a mental health hospital in Gloucester.
Emergency services were called at around 7.30am on Wednesday, July 9 to Wotton Lawn Hospital in Gloucester following reports that a woman had been stabbed.
The victim, who was reportedly a member of staff at Wotton Lawn, was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital but died of her injuries at around 8.30am.
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A sleep deprived Alex (Erica Durance) takes on a night shift. There she encounters an all-star hockey enforcer who may be skating full-speed towards an early death. Meanwhile Charlie (Michael Shanks) meets a suburban punk who is facing the biggest fight of his life.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Forget Hippie Hill. For thoroughly modern marijuana smokers in the San Francisco Bay area, the hip place to celebrate their movement's high holiday this year was the inside of a stretch Hummer parked outside a pot gardening superstore.
Marijuana legalization advocates across the country lit up during Tuesday's annual observance of 4/20, the celebration-cum-mass civil disobedience derived from ''420'' -- insider shorthand for cannabis consumption.
IGrow, a 3-month-old cultivation equipment emporium, got a 24-hour jump, sponsoring a ''420 Eve'' festival Monday afternoon.
Several hundred revelers lined up outside the 15,000-square-foot shop -- security guards kept them at bay until 4:20 p.m. -- waiting for the chance to revel in marijuana's rising commercial clout.
Inside the gates, they perused booths stocked with pipe-shaped lollipops and specialty fertilizers, entered a medical marijuana delivery service's raffle for an oversized joint and toured a 53-foot-long portable grow room with a starting price of $60,000.
''I wouldn't have thought we would be able to consume on site,'' marveled John Corral, 19, of San Jose, after he obtained a wristband that gave him access to the event's two ''vapor lounges,'' the one inside the Hummer and another inside a companion Range Rover limousine.
Marijuana use -- medically and recreationally -- is getting more attention these days, with California voters deciding in November whether to legalize the drug, and South Dakota voters considering this fall to allow its medical use. California and 13 other states already permit such use.
Most Americans still oppose legalizing marijuana, but larger majorities believe pot has medical benefits and the government should allow its use for that purpose, according to an Associated Press-CNBC poll released Tuesday.
Respondents were skeptical that crime would spike if marijuana is decriminalized or that it would lead more people to harder drugs.
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- MUST READ: California high court strikes down medical pot limits ( January 21, 2010 )
- Cannabis caravans fuel medical pot boom in Montana ( June 3, 2010 )
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- O'REILLY: 'Just say yes' to whatever ( January 19, 2013 )
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According to a recent audit by Illinois Auditor General Bill Holland, over one in seven roads in the state need repairs, despite an increase in taxes to pay for a $31 billion construction program.
The increases were approved four years ago, but 15 percent of roads were in need of repair last year, up from 10.8 percent in 2010. A spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Transportation says the department has been focusing on repairing bridges, leaving more roads in need of help. over 1,100 bridges have been fixed since mid-2009.
An advocacy group said earlier this month that one in every three miles of roads will be in "unacceptable" condition by 2018 unless significant changes are made.
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How do you write? By "you" I mean You, the reader there at your computer. How do you, personally write?
Do you have an outline you follow religiously?
Do you do a rough draft, then rewrite it as you go?
Do you just start with a general idea then improvise most of it?
Do you keep notes about your characters likes, dislikes, and so on?
Do you make floor plans of ships or buildings that are important to the plot?
Do you make props for reference, like letters that only get mentioned in the actual story?
How do you know something is good?
What prompts you to do it?
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Augusta County is facing a dilemma. The powers that be are trying to figure out what to do about the Environmental Protection Agency and its involvement in regulating water pollution in the county.
The EPA has issued mandates aimed at reducing nutrient pollution that flows into the Chesapeake Bay in the long term. Naturally, this would come with a price tag, and right now supervisors are debating the best course of action. There's dissent on the Board of Supervisors on how to handle getting accurate data.
Augusta Supervisor Marshall Pattie wants to act now to gauge how much pollution there really is coming out of Augusta County. The EPA already has its own average, but Pattie says there's a chance it might not be that high. In the end, he says the EPA could demand $159 million worth of changes.
"In my opinion, it's the biggest threat to Augusta County landowners," he said. "If nothing's done, the EPA can come in and tell our property owners what to do without us saying anything. We have no defense at all," Pattie said.
Pattie advocates for collaborating with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to obtain more accurate information. That would cost $250,000, but he says the board would apply for grants.
Long-time farmer and Supervisor David Beyler staunchly disagrees. He says this is not up to the board, but rather the state and the feds to work on.
"Everything is escalated, and all these costs are clear out of line," he said. "This is something that the state is responsible for and the state should be doing this project and not the county."
Beyler says that paying for this research would be a waste of taxpayer dollars, and a distraction from larger issues. "The county has enough problems that they should not be working on this one," he said.
The EPA has confirmed that it would accept the information coming out of the proposed USGS research.
The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will likely take up the issue again when they meet later this month.
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Websites can create both civil and criminal liability.
It's difficult to know where to begin when tackling a subject this large. It should be said at the outset that law in general is a very complex subject requiring years of experience - hence why having a solicitor write you a two sentence letter might set you back two hundred quid (think of the value you're getting from this blog post!)
This article is only an overview of some of the key points of law that need to be taken into account during the design, development, and maintenance of your website. A lot of this information may be taken care of by your web development company, but it is wise to make sure that YOU are covered, as it is YOU that will be liable.
As mentioned, there are many areas that may cause concern depending on the specific nature of your website and what it does. However many websites will have similar issues. For example, your domain name choice and branding itself. Does it infringe any other business trade mark rights or intellectual property? It might seem like a great idea to use a competitor's business or product name to shortcut your way to getting some of their business. Alas for such sneaky thoughts, the other company has every right to stop you doing so (Trade Marks Act 1994) As far as protecting your own Trade Marks goes, use trade mark symbols where authorised and appropriate.
Trade Mark infringments can go hand in hand with your branding, and may lean into other areas of law, such as copyright infringement. Many people don't realise that you don't need a copyright message anywhere on your site. Information that is on your website is automatically covered by UK copyright law. This means that you cannot copy sections of text, images or movies from other sites into your own without the express consent (usually best in writing) from the author. You can of course include a message on your site that shows that you are willing to assert your rights over your copyright, which will serve as a deterrent.
Do you collect any personal data on your site? Typically, this will be through registration processes or contact forms. You should make sure that you comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. This tells you the do's and don'ts regarding the capture of personal information and more importantly what you can do with the information in terms of marketing and scope in which it can be used.
Marketing should be a large part of your website strategy, and will probably also be a large part of your budget. This means that you should be aware of the potential pitfalls (legally) of marketing your business and using the data you have collected. As well as Data Protection Act 1998, you should also look at Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 which governs unsolicited electronic communications between you and your (potential) customers. Reading around the subject also gives insight into whether you should offer opt-ins, or opt-outs for collecting the information in the first place – which could be an entire blog article in itself.
There are several rules that pertain to email marketing and also your website. All electronic communication between your company and the third party (your customers) must include your company registration number, place of registeration, and your registered office. In addition to Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, Companies Act 2006 also covers this aspect.
As well as safe guarding the information that users supply to you, you also need to ensure that your website is accessible to its users. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 makes it illegal for companies to discriminate against disabled people. Companies must make "reasonable adjustment" to the way in which services are offered to ensure that disabled individuals are still able to access them. If you operate a website that is not accessible to the disabled, you can be sued.
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Like any business, online operations are governed or affected by a whole raft of legislation. Making sure that you are complying with this legislation is the only sensible way to run an online operation as the potential cost could be massive. Whenever you're buying services from a digital agency, ask a few questions and make sure they're on the ball. Whilst it may be your responsibility to ensure compliance, they should be taking care of a lot of it on your behalf.


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Building your own man cave? Of course you are. TSJ has some gear. Not just any gear. We got you some you didn't even know you needed them prizes to throw your way in one package deal kinda way.
WHAT YOU CAN WIN: A slipcover for your recliner (random, yet true), and a home draft system (less random), and a panini press (kinda random). Hey. It's for your man cave.
This here would be your beer thing.
This here would be your brand new slip cover.
This here would be your panini maker.
WHY YOU WANT TO WIN IT: So you can ritz up your dude digs, live it large, eat paninis drunk.
THE LOWDOWN: Sure Fit – leading manufacturer of slipcovers and home solutions and KRUPS – world-wide leader of coffee machines and other kitchen appliances keep beer at ideal temperature and food on deck for game night. Yeah. It's kind of a big deal.
TO WIN: Tell us why you want it. Tweet your comments to @ThisIsTSJ, or write your answer in the comments section below. One bona fide, lucky champ will win The MAN CAVE PACKAGE DEAL. Contest closes Monday, November 19, 2012.
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DURANT, OK -- Two suspected computer hackers have been arrested accused of scamming people in Durant out of thousands of dollars.
Durant police say a combined investigation with the Secret Service has led to the arrests of 36 year-old Elvin Alisuretov, and 50 year-old Kevin Konstantinov.
The two are accused of setting up skimming devices on several gas pumps in Durant that copied credit card numbers.
Both men have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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CVS are the UK's fastest growing property services firm, with offices in Manchester, Bristol and London. The business is dedicated to reducing business rates for occupiers and owners of commercial premises across the UK and saving them money.
They work with brands including Patisserie Valerie, Ascot, Aston Martin and Persimmon and with their business rapidly expanding, the company view their new partnership with London Wasps as a perfect way of generating national awareness and exposure for their services.
The CVS brand will sit on the front of all London Wasps playing shirts and the back of the players' shorts this season, as well as on replica shirts and training kit.
Chief Executive, Mark Rigby, also a former Wasps Captain and current Chairman of the Club, said:
"CVS is Britain's leading business rates advisory firm. We're successful as we are unique. Unlike other property firms, CVS is 100% focussed on securing the largest business rates reductions for our clients and saving them money. It's a winning formula that delivers real results for our clients and sets us apart from the competition. Sponsoring Wasps is a watershed moment for CVS. Wasps' competitiveness and desire to win is a perfect reflection of our own brand values. I am genuinely excited about the future of London Wasps with new owner Derek Richardson and a talented team of players under the guidance of Dai Young. We are proud at CVS to be there at the start of this new era and are looking forward to a great season."
London Wasps CEO Nick Eastwood said: "We're delighted to welcome CVS on board as our Official Main Sponsor. There is a real synergy between our two brands as we are both making huge progress in our respective areas and we are both very ambitious about where we are headed, so it feels like a great partnership for both ourselves and CVS. In the current economic climate, business rates are a huge concern for all companies, and the work CVS do in reducing these is highly impressive. We're really looking forward to helping to drive their business forward and working with them this season."
CVS employs more than 275 staff across its Bristol, London and Manchester offices, with 55 RICS accredited surveyors making up CVS's National Rating team. It is one of the most successful business rates specialists in the UK, generating clients an average 9.2% reduction in business rates bills on successful appeals – an industry leading figure.
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Fundraisers Events 09/2014 in all
Dallas Fall Mix & MingleSeptember 10, 2014
5:30pm - 7:30pmSambuca-Uptown2120 McKinney AvenueDallas, TX
Lambda Legal invites you to join us for our Fall Mix and Mingle at Sambuca as we celebrate a successful 5th Annual Landmark Dinner. Complimentary appetizers will be provided along with special happy hour pricing. Please feel free to bring your friends along.
Libations and Litigation VI: An Annual LBT Women's EventSeptember 10, 2014
6:00pm - 8:30pmCredit SuisseOne Madison AvenueNew York, NY
Join Lambda Legal and supporters at our annual NYC Women's Event, Libations & Litigation, to celebrate and support women in the LGBT community and Lambda Legal's work for LGBT equality. Guests will enjoy an open bar of beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres generously hosted by National Sponsor, Credit Suisse, while learning more about Lambda Legal's critical work for equality. Featuring remarks from a Lambda Legal Staff Attorney. Pre-registration required due to security.
Lambda Legal's New Orleans Saints Watch PartySeptember 14, 2014
11:30am - 3:30pmHome of Peter RotoloNew Orleans, LA
Please join Lambda Legal's New Orleans Leadership Committee for our New Orleans Saints Watch Party. Ticket price includes heavy hors d'oeuvres and drinks (vodka and beer). Come learn more about recent legal victories and how you can help Lambda Legal make the case for Equality, while watching our beloved Saints defeat the Cleveland Browns. Who dat?!
Fort Lauderdale Fall Momentum MixerSeptember 16, 2014
5:30pm - 7:00pmJ Marks1245 N. Federal HwyFort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Join fellow supporters for a mix-and-mingle evening of fun, complimentary cocktails and appetizers, and an update on Lambda Legal's work! For more information or to RSVP, please contact Judi O'Kelley at firstname.lastname@example.com or 206-588-1938.
Indiana BenefitSeptember 19, 2014
6:30pm - 10:30pmIndianapolis Museum of Art4000 Michigan RoadIndianapolis, IN
Join us for a robust program and festive party with cocktails, heavy hors d'oeuvres and open bar. The LGBT civil rights movement enjoys unprecedented momentum, pushing all of us further toward full equality, and Lambda Legal's efforts in Indiana and around the country are making historic strides.
Lambda Legal Summer SendoffSeptember 20, 2014
2:00pm - 5:00pmHome of Dorian BergerLos Angeles, CA
Join us for the fourth annual Summer Sendoff Party in support of Lambda Legal. It's an open-bar garden party where hundreds of young LGBT and Ally professionals celebrate Lambda Legal's fight for the civil rights of LGBT people and those with HIV.
Lambda Legal in the CitySeptember 20, 2014
6:00pm - 9:00pmHome of NLC Member Thao NgoSan Francisco, CA
Join us at the home of one of our National Leadership Council members for Lambda Legal in the City IV. Co-sponsored by Board Member Dan Slaughter and NLC Member Thao Ngo. Delicious bites and beverages by Citizens Band. Address upon RSVP.
Lambda Legal in AtlantaSeptember 28, 2014
3:00pm - 6:00pmCity Club of Buckhead3343 Peachtree RoadAtlanta, GA
Join fellow Lambda Legal supporters for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at our annual Lambda Legal in Atlanta event at the City Club of Buckhead. Join us as we celebrate Lambda Legal's achievements and discuss the challenges we face in Georgia and across the country.
Lambda Legal in New JerseyOctober 12, 2014
4:30pmThe Carriage House Restaurantat Paper Mill Playhouse22 Brookside DriveMillburn, NJ 07041
Join us as we celebrate our victories for marriage and equality in New Jersey and around the country.
For more information, please contact Fran Cohen at (212) 809-8585, ext. 270.
Lambda Legal in PhiladelphiaOctober 23, 2014
6:00pm - 8:30pmComcast CenterRalph's Café1701 J.F.K. BoulevardPhiladelphia, PA 19103
Join Lambda Legal and supporters at our annual Philadelphia event, generously hosted by Comcast, to celebrate and support Lambda Legal's work for members of the LGBT community and those living with HIV. Guests will enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while learning more about Lambda Legal's critical work for equality.


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Brand Blanshard
August 27, 1892 - November 18, 1987
"I have tried to show finallyand this was the hardest task of allthat reasonableness, so often painted in dull, unattractive gray, is the most desirable of all human virtues. Though it involves discipline and restraint, which are always unpopular, its restraints are tickets of admission to a wider world of happiness, understanding, and effectiveness. It is indeed the great need of mankind."
Brand Blanshard
Four Reasonable Men
Who was Brand Blanshard, and why should anyone care?
By any informed estimation, Blanshard was one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. By our estimation he is, simply, the most important modern philosopher, and one of the dozen most important who has ever lived.
Why? One short, simple answer would be: he never lost sight of what was most needed in philosophy, or in life. Another would be: virtually everything he wrote in a long lifetime was extraordinarily clear, fair, and of the highest conceivable quality. But perhaps the truest answer that could be offered is this: if it was the rationalism of the Greeks that provided them with the tools for laying the foundations of Western civilization, then Blanshard is one of only two major philosophers of the 20th century who can be said to have not only re-laid much of what had been silted over, but also to have extended those foundations.
What was the gist of his philosophy? A short statement can't possibly do his thought justice, but he can be "classified" as to the kind of philosopher he was. Blanshard was, then, once again, a rationalist. Rationalist philosophers believe in the importance and effectiveness of reason; that is, in the ability of reason to get hold of the nature of things. They incline to the belief that truth is not relative, that there really are such things as good and evil, that there is good art and bad art; and all of this not as a matter of subjective or arbitrary opinion, but in light of objective standards of truth, morality, and even artistic quality. Blanshard was also a firm believer of the importance of reason and reasonableness in life. In this he provides the polar opposite to the conniving opportunism of, say, a Machiavellior a Kissinger. In general, then, to the extent that moral relativism and political opportunism are the characteristic diseases of our era one can find in Blanshard's work what is perhaps the definitive cure; and yet an individual farther from an intolerant, narrow-minded moralism would be hard to imagine.
Possibly because so much of what is to be found in Blanshard flies in the face of most 20th century philosophy and what has become "conventional wisdom" most philosophers, unable to challenge him effectively, seem to have simply chosen to ignore him instead. This may have been more or less a matter of professional necessity. As we just noted, in the course of his work Blanshard challenged the foundations of nearly every form of relativism and rendered them implausible if not absurd. And if Blanshard's assessment of relativism was right, many reputations in 20th century philosophy (and in many other fields as well, especially anthropology) would stand shattered. So given a choice between shattered reputations and nearly universal embarrassment, challenging Blanshard, or simply ignoring him, most philosophers seem to have chosen . . . to salvage their reputations by ignoring him. This is, perhaps, the single most disgraceful episode in all of modern philosophy.
Blanshard's personality has probably also contributed to this neglect. He was essentially modest and disinclined to any form of self-promotion; and the oracular pseudoprofundity of a Heidegger or a Wittgenstein, into which almost anything may be read, and about which countless academic papers may therefore be written, is nowhere to be found in Blanshard. Blanshard always knew exactly what he wanted to say, and he said it, about as clearly as humanly possible. Professional interpreters aren't needed. Indeed, Blanshard is one of the very few major philosophers whom almost anyone may read profitably.
Blanshard devoted his formidable analytical skills to establishing a sturdy intellectual foundation for civilized life. While a political theory might easily be built upon this foundation, he himself did not do so. This can hardly be because he was politically indifferent. It is abundantly clear that he was not. Rather, it seems more probable that he thought it necessary to deal with first things first.
Most of what he did have to say concerning politics can be found in a short chapter in Reason and Goodness and in a short rejoinder in The Philosophy of Brand Blanshard. There he says: "my political theory, such as it is, grows directly out of my ethics." And we find three propositions:
(1) All problems involving a choice between values are moral problems. (2) All political problems involve a choice between values. (3) All political problems are moral problems.
This leads directly to the question: what was his theory of ethics?
Here again, a short statement can't do his thought justice; but, once again, we can at least classify his position. Blanshard was a proponent of an ethics of self-actualization, of the sort that we find in Aristotle. What follows politically from such an ethic? This is a large and interesting question, one most capably taken up, perhaps, by Thomas Hurka, another intellectual descendant of Aristotle. For the intensely interesting details, I refer the reader to Section III of Hurka's Perfectionism. What can be said here, very broadly, is this: an ethics of self-actualization isn't notably compatible with contemporary conservatism. Blanshard was a liberal. So is Hurka. To state one key reason succinctly: a life fully lived doesn't require immense wealth, but such a life is utterly incompatible with poverty, lack of leisure time, and, still more, financial insecurity.
On the other hand, however, one strand of liberalism has, since the earliest days of the Progressive Era, embraced relativism. Liberals of that persuasion will find nothing to comfort them in Blanshard. Indeed, the idea that "everything is relative" has, under Blanshard's withering assault, lost any shred of plausibility or intellectual respectability.
Blanshard's autobiography may be found in The Philosophy of Brand Blanshard, edited by Paul Arthur Schlipp (the best one-volume introduction to Blanshard currently available). A brief biographical sketch may also be found in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. The following short biography draws upon those two sources. Other biographical material may be found in the autobiography of his brother, Paul Blanshard, Personal and Controversial: an Autobiography. (I am not aware of any other biographical material, but would be very pleased to be advised of any such).
Blanshard was born in miniscule Fredericksburg, Ohio, on August 27, 1892, one half of a pair of fraternal twins. His father was Francis Blanshard, a Congregationalist minister, and his mother was Emily Coulter. Both were Canadians who later became American citizens. In 1893 Blanshard's mother died in a fire in Toronto, and his father, frail of health and oppressed by his wife's death, died in 1904. Consequently, Blanshard was raised by his reclusive, puritanical paternal grandmother, Orminda, initially in Grand Rapids, then in Edinburg, Ohio (south of Akron). Orminda supported herself and the twins on $450 a year, a sum she received from a Methodist church in Canada.
Blanshard was educated in a two-story, wooden schoolhouse in Edinburg, but the little family soon moved to Bay View, Michigan on the shore of Lake Michigan, just north of Petoskey. This was a rural area, and Blanshard enjoyed fishing and playing in the woods there. He also worked as a caddy at the local golf course, as a dishwasher, and as a ticket taker. In the latter job Blanshard was able to hear some notable speakers, listen to musical performances, and view some theater, all of which awakened intellectual interests. In his mid-teens Blanshard also worked as a junior reporter for a paper in Petoskey, and took up debate in school there.
In search of better schools, Orminda moved the family to Detroit. There Blanshard studied in much better facilities, became interested in the sciences and in languages, and further developed his interest in debate, at which he excelled. He also enjoyed baseball.
On graduation from high school he attended the University of Michigan, majoring in Greek. Though Blanshard didn't enjoy his major much, he did take a course in philosophy, motivated by a need to settle in his own mind various religious issues, and he further developed his interests in baseball and debate. Having fallen in love with philosophy, in his junior year he made application for a Rhodes scholarship, and was accepted.
Blanshard was entranced with Oxford and flourished there. He came to know T. S. Eliot and the philosopher Bradley, who was to influence him profoundly. His student stipend was enough to allow him to travel to Germany, but his timing was rather bad, as Germany was about to launch itself into war. He managed to get out, but found that Oxford wasn't the same, with everyone enlisted in the war effort. For his part, Blanshard volunteered in the British Army YMCA and ended up in Bombay, where his duty was to keep up troop morale. From India he went on to Amara. Here he was exposed to some of the horrors of war, which made a deep impression on him. In 1916 he returned to Bombay, which afforded him an opportunity to deeply engage another culture and to understand something of its effects on human life. He was unable to return home by the usual route because of a submarine blockade, and so traveled east to Singapore, China and Japan, and from there to the west coast, finally arriving back in Bay View in 1917. An insurance policy of his father's allowed him to go to Columbia for a year to study with John Dewey.
In personal manner Dewey suffered something in comparison with Bradley, and Blanshard wasn't much influenced by his ideas either. The little known W. P. Montague provided a better personal and professional example, infused as he was with "common sense, intellectual clearness, and a large and quiet sanity." (This isn't a bad characterization of Blanshard's own intellectual tenor.) At the end of his year at Columbia he was awarded a Master's degree. He was subsequently drafted into the Army and, hurried a bit by the press of circumstances, he married a fellow student at Columbia, Frances Bradshaw.
Blanshard served in France during the war, and as it came to an end became a faculty member in a makeshift school for soldiers. When this wound down, he made his way back to England to resume his studies at Oxford, and he was finally able to have a honeymoon. Blanshard studied with Horace W. B. Joseph, who was to prove an even more decisive influence than Montague, and who provided the stimulus to many of Blanshard's mature views.
Graduating from Oxford, Blanshard felt the need for an American doctorate to better secure employment. He was admitted to Harvard, where he studied for a year, supported by a Sears scholarship and by his wife. The philosopher C. I. Lewis was appointed to oversee his thesis. On graduation he secured a post at his old alma mater, the University of Michigan, but his first year there was harrowing, and he was so overworked he nearly suffered a nervous breakdown. He was later charged with producing a summary of current thought in psychology for use by social workers, and became interested in the contrast between reason as utilized by philosophers and reason as accounted for by psychologists (in an interesting parallel to Edmund Husserl's interests in mathematics and psychology). The fruit of this investigation was the fascinating and immensely valuable two volume study The Nature of Thought. A colleague of Blanshard's at Michigan was Edgar Carritt, who became a fast friend; but it was his temperament and character, rather than his substantive thought, that proved influential. (Blanshard: "there was an athletic, no-nonsense vigor and stoicism about his character that was a tonic to weaker brethren.")
Receiving in 1925 an invitation to teach at Swarthmore, Blanshard jumped ship, and was satisfied enough to spend 20 happy years there.
Blanshard became president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in 1941, and in 1943 was appointed to the Board of Officers of that association. The task of the Board was to report on the function of philosophy in liberal education and in the development of a free and reflective life in the community. This was a task much enjoyed by Blanshard, and it yielded the book "Philosophy in American Education."
In 1944 Blanshard was invited to take a position at Yale, where he taught theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and ethics.
Blanshard was invited to deliver the Gifford lectures in Scotland in 1952, and he spent ten months there doing so. He devoted the first ten lectures to "Reason and its Critics" and the second series to "Reason and Goodness." A subsequent invitation to deliver the Carus lectures afforded him the opportunity to develop the core of a trilogy of books, perhaps his most important, which he describes as "supplements" to The Nature of Thought. These are: Reason and Analysis, Reason and Goodness, and Reason and Belief. He describes these in this way: "Reason and Analysis defends my conception of reason in the light of contemporary analytic theories; Reason and Goodness applies the conception to ethics and politics; Reason and Belief applies it to the chief forms of Christian theology." Better books in the field of philosophy do not exist.
During the remainder of his tenure at Yale, Blanshard lectured at over 140 universities by invitation. He retired in 1961. His wife died in 1966, and he remarried in 1969.
Blanshard, the sanest voice in all of philosophy, and possibly the ablest exponent of reason and reasonableness the world has ever had, died November 18, 1987.
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CHRIS SMITH | A useful end to gardening season
Though most of us haven't seen frost yet, the main gardening season is definitely winding down. The beans and zucchinis are long gone, replaced by hardier carrots, chard and kale. The last of our tomatoes don't fill a dinner plate. Leaves are piling up. And after nearly nonstop use that first weekend in November, our cider press is washed down and ready for storage until next fall.
Frost as a Sweetener
Actually, Ann and I would welcome frost. Though our carrots and kale are good now, they'll be far sweeter after several frosts. What helps some plants muster through cold weather is their ability to convert stored starch to a sugar. The sugar functions as a sort of antifreeze. That sweetness is prominent in vegetables fresh from the garden in the cold season.
Lessons from Tomato Season
No doubt about it — we'll miss the fresh tomatoes. After a discouraging start, they came on like champions in September. Even the late season Momotaros, our favorites, ripened a respectable number of fruits.
Per usual, we tried a few new tomato varieties this year. We won't grow Indigo Rose again — too bland. Egg Yolk had an interesting musky flavor but very thin skin — not good enough for another go. New Girl was promising and Defiant, the blight resistant one, was downright good.
As for our half dozen grafted tomato varieties, they performed decently but not surpassingly enough to justify their far greater expense. We don't plan to grow grafted plants in future.
The Usefulness of Leaves
You can look at fallen leaves this time of year as a chore or as an opportunity. As gardeners, you should opt for the latter. They make superior mulch over and around plants that need a bit of winter protection. Hold them in place with bird netting or pieces of fencing.
If you don't need them for mulch, save leaves to mix with coffee grounds and kitchen waste in your compost bins. Leaves are high carbon materials. Mix lots of them with comparatively small amounts of high nitrogen kitchen waste. The ideal ratio for fast composting is 30 parts high carbon materials to 1 part high nitrogen materials. Don't drive yourself silly trying for precision in your mix; approximation accomplishes the purpose.
The Virtue of Mixing Apples
As we pressed cider last week, we deliberately mixed the varieties. Some batches combined the juice of at least 8 varieties. Most cider lovers agree such mixes result in ciders that are neither too bland nor too sour. Just to demonstrate that point, we pressed three single apple ciders — a Wolf River that was spectacularly bland, a Belle de Boskoop that was a bit tart, and a Golden Russet that sabotaged the point by being exceptionally sweet, rich and flavorful. Unless you have Golden Russets, we suggest you mix varieties.
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If it's been a few years since you limed your planting beds, garden and lawns, November is the time for the job. Look for dolomitic lime: it supplies both calcium and magnesium, and both are typically needed here. Though lime appears fine enough to dissolve rapidly with a bit of rain, it isn't. It may take three months or more for the stuff to break down to the point where it can benefit plants. Breakdown might as well occur during the dormant season. Then when growth accelerates in spring, lime will be ready to supply calcium and magnesium and to reduce soil acidity, making many other mineral nutrients more available to plants.
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The drama of Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter is a love story. It is the story of God's love. I think the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) is the love story Jesus told during his life to help prepare the disciples to understand how his death could be used by God to redeem the world. The prodigal son is you and me. He tells his loving father (God) that he can't wait for him to die.
OLDHAM COUNTY – For women wanting to work off all those Derby party goodies, help is on the way in the form of a new fitness boot camp.
CATS testing in its current existence won't exist three years from now, but the big changes won't come until that time. This year only the most observant Oldham County students will notice a difference.
Oldham Chamber hosts one-day membership drive
I watched Russell Chasteen box the other night. I've been to several of Russell's 30 or so fights during the last 14 years and thought since he hadn't fought in four years it might make a fun story.
Foreclosures should be counted in PVA's assessments To the editor: In an article in the Courier-Journal dated April 11, we learn that the Jefferson County PVA has lowered assessments on more than 26,000 homes, citing widespread foreclosures and depressed housing prices. The Jefferson County PVA went on to cite a lack of home sales in the open market meant that new assessments were based largely on the price of homes sold in foreclosure.
LOUISVILLE – It appears Russell Chasteen's boxing career will end the same way it started.
Crestwood residents wondering about the purpose of an expansive parking lot off Ky. 329 in Crestwood near Kenwood Station Elementary may soon wonder no more.
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Please see my iOS NM Collector Software page for more information.
With the desktop version, the Android version, and now the Kindle version of NM Collector Software stable I have decided it is now time to develop a an iOS (iPhone, iPod, and iPod) version. I am starting my development effort by putting together a first cut, very rough, User Interface Prototype to gather feedback from Apple device users.
This prototype is admittedly very ugly with lots of known issues (listed at www.nmios.com) but, with your help, will improve over time. I just want to get it out as early as possible for people to get in on the ground floor of this project.
For rapid application development, it is currently implemented using Adobe Flash. This approach will make it easy to gather the requirements necessary to implement a native iOS application for distribution through the Apple iTunes store. My Apple Developer Program membership is approved and in place. Now it is just a matter of developing a product to distribute through iTunes!
Please keep in mind the primary purpose of this project is to give NM Collector Software users the ability to export their data to their iOS devices, make minor adjustments from those devices, and re-import their data back into NM Collector Software. It is not meant to be an all new stand alone application. So, a familiarity with NM Collector Software will benefit any reviewers.
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1. I believe I solved the performance issue when scrolling the Gun List.
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Added the ability to display your guns in a grid or a list. The grid is slower to scroll but provides sorting by manufacturer, model, or serial number with the click of a column header. The list is fast to scroll but is not sortable.
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Call for Worcestershire hospitals to lift ban on flowers rejected (From Worcester News)
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Call for Worcestershire hospitals to lift ban on flowers rejected
5:24pm Friday 11th April 2014 in News
CALLS for family and friends of patients in Worcestershire hospitals to be allowed to brighten up their loved one's stay with flowers have been rejected.
Although more than one in ten hospitals in the country, including the three run by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust –Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital and Redditch's Alexandra Hospital – do not allow flowers on wards in a bid to curb the spread of infection, a report issued this week called for the ban to be lifted.
The study showed 37 per cent of people in the Midlands believed flowers could aid a patient's recovery and many agreed that receiving floral gifts made them feel happy, special and loved.
But chief nursing officer of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Lindsey Webb said the ban would remain in force.
"You might think a bouquet is a lovely gift to cheer someone up, but unfortunately the water in a vase of cut flowers can carry harmful bacteria," she said.
"Vases positioned around a hospital bay can also make access for cleaning more difficult.
"We really appreciate the support of our patients and visitors on this – it's a big help to our staff if they don't have to tidy up dying flowers or clean and store vases.
"Added to the fact that there will always be one or two people in the hospital who are allergic to pollen, and we are confident that it makes sense not to allow flowers in our wards.
"To cheer up your loved one in hospital we'd recommend bringing in individually packages of snacks or drinks, magazines or potentially an iPad or other tablet if you've got one to keep them entertained."
But patients in community hospitals in Malvern, Evesham, Pershore, Bromsgrove and Tenbury can enjoy a much more colourful, with a spokesman from Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, which runs the three hospitals, saying there was no blanket ban in force.
A report published by the British Medical Journal in 2009 found no evidence water in a vase had ever caused an infection in a hospital and that flowers could in fact help aid a patient's recovery by reducing blood pressure, anxiety and pain while increasing positive feelings.
The study by florist suppliers Country Baskets is part of a campaign calling on hospitals across the UK to lift the ban on flowers on wards.
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Volunteers trained up for speedwatch in Brentwood (From Brentwood Weekly News)
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Volunteers trained up for speedwatch in Brentwood
2:30pm Thursday 23rd January 2014 in News
MORE volunteers have been trained up to keep an eye on speeding motorists around Brentwood.
Police officers gave a team of residents specialist training for community speedwatch schemes around the borough including in Hutton and West Horndon.
The project provides cameras to community groups who then use cameras to monitor the speeds driven by motorists in a certain area, which are then reported back to police.


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Giovanni DiPaolo Decommitted From U$C*?
That's the story according to a poster on BruinZone, linked above who claims to have heard it "from his father's mouth." DiPaolo was on his official trip to UCLA this weekend. If I have it correct, as of right now he is the only OL commit for Southern Cal. If folks see more on this with links from a credible media outlet, I'd suggest you put it up as a fanpost (if one of the frontpagers hasn't done it already). GO BRUINS.


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Maternity unit welcomes £340k for new facilities (From Herald Series)
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Maternity unit welcomes £340k for new facilities
7:40am Friday 25th January 2013 in News
WOMEN giving birth at Wallingford Community Hospital will benefit from a £340,000 funding boost for new maternity unit facilities.
The midwifery-led unit will now be revamped with more birthing pools and ensuite bathrooms.
The hospital in Reading Road is one of 100 sharing £25m of Department of Health funding for maternity units, with the money allocated to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Support services manager Sue Ainsworth said: "Staff are delighted, this is brilliant news."
Currently there are no ensuite facilities and mums in labour and mums who have given birth have to share two bathrooms.
Following the revamp, there will be two ensuite birthing rooms with birthing pools, one additional birthing room and ensuite facilities for the postnatal ward.
Health Minister Dr Dan Poulter said: "Maternity units have had to show evidence that they asked mums and dads about what changes they need to make, so we know these are changes local people really want to see."
Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, said: "It's great to learn about the positive changes that this extra £25m will make to many units up and down the country."
It is not yet known how long it will take to complete the revamp.
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Osborne house sale made profit of £400,000 (From Knutsford Guardian)
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Osborne house sale made profit of £400,000
6:07pm Tuesday 27th November 2012 in News By James Wilson, News Editor
KNUTSFORD'S MP has defended himself after it emerged he sold his house on the outskirts of his constituency for a £400,000 profit.
It was revealed by a national newspaper this week that George Osborne, Tatton MP, sold the property in Rainow, near Macclesfield, in January this year.
The Chancellor bought the second home for £445,000 a year before he was elected MP for Tatton in 2001.
A source told the Daily Mirror that he had sold the property for an estimated £800,000 to £900,000 without the property going on the market.
A spokesman for the Chancellor told the Guardian: "The property was bought before George became an MP, and any gain is subject to Capital Gains Tax.
"He now rents a family home in the area, and he makes no accommodation-related expense claims and has not done so since the election."
He added that Capital Gains was increased in the first year of this Government by Mr Osborne.
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The farmhouse featured in The Daily Telegraph's expose of MPs' expenses in 2009 when it emerged that Mr Osborne had 'flipped' his second home allowance onto the property and increased the mortgage.
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Chris Pirillo, LockerGnome Founder, To Keynote Pubcon New Orleans 2013
Pubcon, the premier social media and optimization conference, is thrilled to announce that Chris Pirillo, noted online entrepreneur and founder of digital
culture company LockerGnome, will present
Pirillo, who has been sharing technology stories online since 1996, has a dedicated social media following including more than 116,000 followers on Twitter, 141,000 Facebook fans, and some 240,000 people view his popular YouTube video channel that has seen over 150 million views.
Pirillo's LockerGnome and other online properties are popular sources of up-to-the-minute technology and Internet culture news.
"We're excited to have Chris as a keynote speaker for Pubcon New Orleans 2013," said Pubcon founder and chief executive Brett Tabke. "Chris has a strong insight into the evolution of social media that is unlike anyone else's, and Pubcon attendees are in for a real treat in April when he shares his latest fascinating and actionable social strategies with us," Tabke added.
Pirillo will speak about an area widely underutilized in online advertising. "While content remains king, there's something greater than content to generate: a cult of personality," Pirillo said of his Pubcon New Orleans 2013 keynote.
"This isn't just about 'building a personal brand' — it's about evoking interpersonal connection with community. This simply cannot be gamed, and the rewards remain largely untapped by an industry that is buried by 'content' and outmoded means of measuring value. Attention is difficult to attract, and near-impossible to measure and maintain. Advertising models will be forced to adapt, and sponsorships will begin to reign supreme," Pirillo added.
Pirillo's keynote adds to an already impressive lineup of major keynote presentations lined up forPubcon New Orleans 2013, including kick-off keynote speaker Michael Slaby, Obama for America chief integration and innovation officer — the chief technology officer behind one of social media's greatest success stories — and Dave McClure, noted venture capitalist and founding partner at 500 Startups.
During the week of Pubcon New Orleans 2013 in The Big Easy, Pirillo will deliver a keynote presentation to what is expected to be among the year's largest gatherings of new media and search professionals from around the world. Early-bird registration for Pubcon New Orleans 2013 is now open at some of the fairest prices in the industry.
Pubcon New Orleans 2013 will be held within convenient walking distance to famed Bourbon Street and Harrah's New Orleans, bringing the heart of one of the world's best-known downtown areas alive with top new media and search marketing professionals such as Pirillo, in a major technology conference loaded with Pubcon's famous multiple-track sessions, leading-edge keynotes, and a Monday,
April 22 all-day intensive Pubcon Masters Group training program.
We look forward to seeing you for Pirillo's keynote presentation in one of the most exciting cities in the world on April 22 – 25.
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People and their Pets
Quite often we have wonderful photos of individuals, but not always are the important persons and pets in one and the same or looking their very great as we would like them to.
Here is where an artist can create the impression of harmony in one painting, provided that the light comes from the same direction for all persons and pets included in the same painting.
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Can you spare a dime to help fund the 2012 Fourth of July fireworks in La Jolla?
The 2012 Fourth of July fireworks over La Jolla Cove are set to go off with a bang if residents can do- nate $8,500 by June 20 at savelajollafireworks.org
"I've got about $16,00-$17,000 pledged so far," said event director Deborah Marengo. "But we still are working for more donations. Yes, (environmental) at- torney Marco Gonzalez is trying to get the permit re- voked for this year, as he did last year, but it has been approved. The show will begin at 9 p.m. on July 4."
Marengo said this will be the fourth year that La Jolla residents have funded the Independence Day tradition, though it will be the 27th year that the rocketing sparklers have lit up The Cove sky. Fire- works America will present the pyrotechnic extrava- ganza expected to be seen by hundreds of thousands of revelers.
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4What the hell is Lady Gaga wearing?
Lady Gaga likes dressing up as every nationality of the world, and her most recent foray into international waters was the outfit seen above, which she wore in New York City where she was out promoting Cheek to Cheek. I don't even really know where to begin with this one. I suppose the nose ring is a creative touch compared to just a bindi, which is the more popular cultural appropriation accessory.
In addition to being ridiculous, this outfit just looks ugly (on her). Not feeling it.
July 30, 2014 at 2:00 pm by Jennifer
0Martha Stewart on Blake Lively: 'Let her try to be like me!'
Ohhhh shit, Martha Stewart is throwing shade! Blake Lively may have just launched her own lifestyle website, but Martha is not worried about her coming for the homemaker crown and thinks Blake ought to stick to acting because she will never be on her plane of existence. LOVE IT.
From Page Six:
When asked about Lively's new website, Preserve, Stewart, 72, seemed puzzled as to why the "Gossip Girl" actress would want to be anything like her.
"Let her try," Stewart told the Huffington Post on Saturday. "I don't mean that factiously! I mean, it's stupid, she could be an actress! Why would you want to be me if you could be an actress? I just did a movie yesterday, though — I can't even tell you about it — but I want to be Blake Lively."
"Every day I get starstruck by somebody or something," she continued. "It's fun to admire and to learn from people who are better at everything than you are, so I have many heroes I worship, Derek Jeter — I can't play baseball like Derek Jeter! And Beyoncé — I certainly can't dance and sing like Beyoncé!"
Hilariously, Blake was rambling on to Vogue recently about how great Martha is and how she's "generous and kind" and whatnot. And I'm sure she is – I don't think Martha said any of this maliciously, but she does make a good point. What's with certain actresses feeling the need to become a lifestyle brand unto themselves? What makes Blake Lively (or Gwyneth Paltrow, for instance) qualified to tell you what foods or $300 tea towels you need in your life? Martha may not have started in this industry either, but she at least did the work and knows what she's talking about.
July 30, 2014 at 12:00 pm by Jennifer
2Scarlett Johansson got an interesting new haircut
Scarlett Johansson is very pregnant and living her glamourous French life, so she's been opting for a more natural beauty look lately. Her most recent move is an interesting one: a very short, very strange haircut that looks like she did herself in a Britney-esque breakdown. It actually kind of suits her, I just wonder if it's for a role or to escape the bullshit summer weather (IT IS HOT!).
What do you think? Does she pull it off?
July 30, 2014 at 11:00 am by Jennifer
0Zac Efron used drugs as a "social lubricant"
It's no secret that Zac Efron has had his share of issues with drugs and alcohol. He even went to rehab and is apparently back on the wagon (apparently being the key word). Well, now he's decided to open up about his struggles to none other than Bear Grylls, as they walked around mountains and drank their own piss, or whatever you do on that show.
Here's the scoop from US Weekly:
The High School Musical alum, 26, was the first celebrity to appear on Running Wild with Bear Grylls, NBC's new reality show where Grylls takes celebrities on two-day excursions to put their survival skills to the test.
In addition to jumping out of a helicopter, being dropped into the Catskill Mountains, and eating a worm, Efron, who has completed two stints in rehab, opened up to the survivalist about achieving fame early on and what ultimately led to his struggles with addiction.
"It was just so quick — it was shocking," the blue-eyed hunk admitted about hitting fame at such a young age. "The challenging part was never the work, that was never it," Efron began when asked by Grylls what led him to rehab. "It was sort of the in-between work — the social aspects outside of it; everywhere you go [there are press and people watching] … and it can be confusing … and pretty soon you need a social lubricant," he said.
"Once it became that … it got to the point where I was caring less about the work and waiting more for the weekend where I couldn't wait to go out and let loose and have fun," the Neighbors actor went on. "But when Monday and Tuesday were difficult to get through, I thought, 'This is bad.'
"I just really never again want to take anything from the outside in to feel … comfortable in my present skin, and that takes a lot of work," he said. "It's just meditation and stopping and slowing down your brain."
Unfortunately I don't really buy the whole "I meditate instead of taking drugs now" thing – that's only ever been true for Russell Brand (and even him I'm not sure about). Zac gets in tooooo many weird situations for a non-druggie, but kudos for the acting effort.
July 30, 2014 at 9:00 am by Jennifer
1Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj team up for 'Bang Bang'
This hot ass mess of a song came out yesterday, but I decided I should probably write it up today since it managed to reach #1 in 11 countries in 24 hours. Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj teamed up for a screamfest pop track with added rap element in 'Bang Bang', a song that's so all over the place I don't know what the hell I'm listening to half the time. Is it catchy? Eh, kinda. Is it full of bars being oversung in ways that would rival Christina Aguilera? You betcha. Here ya go anyway…
July 30, 2014 at 7:30 am by Jennifer
6Orlando Bloom lives the dream, punches Justin Bieber in the face
Well, sorta. Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber have been rumoured to be at odds for a long while now – Justin has been seen with Miranda Kerr and Orlando has hung out with Selena Gomez a handful of times – and it seems there's some truth to those reports. Apparently Orlando and JB got into an argument recently in Ibiza which culminated in Orlando throwing a punch straight towards Justin's face, only Justin ducked before he could make contact. Sucker.
From TMZ:
The eyewitnesses tell TMZ … Orlando was in Cipriani restaurant which was packed with celebs, including Paris Hilton, and Diddy.
You don't see Orlando swing, but the eyewitnesses tell us that's exactly what happened. We're told Justin ducked the punch. That's where the video starts and you hear Justin scream, "What's up bitch?"
We're told when Bieber left the crowd applauded.
I don't think I've ever liked (or cared about) Orlando Bloom more. It's just unfortunate Justin is such a punk and ran away – how shocking, considering how he's such a big man who likes to spit in people's faces and threaten to kill them. You'd think he'd be game for a fight. (Yes, I'm rolling my eyes.)


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Hey BBVers,
I don't know about you, but the more I've pondered about the game plan for the Niners, the more unrealistic I see it being for us to run the ball. I have to feel the Niners will come out extremely emotional, intense, physical, and that kind of onslaught is tough to run against.
As much as I wish that not to be the case, I don't think there are any magic secrets that Gilbride can pull out this week to suddenly create a potent rushing attack out of thin air—unless you pull Baas out, putting Boothe at center and Petrus at left guard, we just don't have the horses on the offensive line to do it. We are not built to maul this year.
And SF isn't the kind of team you are able to "stick with the run" against - nobody has really run against them, nobody has busted it open in the 4th quarter and run out the clock on them in the way we would like.
So why not say, screw it?
Forget running the ball.
Why not go 4 or 5 wide - Nicks, Cruz, Manningham, Barden/Beckum/Jernigan - and friggin' air it out. Run the offense this week like an old run 'n shoot team - let Gilbride go back to his roots and do what he does best - game plan to throw 50+ times.
The Saints scored 32 points and could've scored much more had they not turned the ball over so much.
I have confidence in our defense to keep SF to under 20 points - but I fear if we try to run the ball, it's going to feel like one of those Philly games where they're in the backfield throwing us into 2nd and long, 3rd and long situations all day.


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Southwestern Zen 3 blocks to Beach in Santa Monica
- bedrooms 2
- baths 2
- sleeps 6
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Apartment
- community Ocean Park
rates (USD)
/ night
$ 8,200 - $ 8,200 / month
vacation rental description
"Santa Monica named 1 of the Top Ten Beach Cities in the World" - National Geographic
"One of the Worlds Top Ten Cities for Foodies"- Forbes Mag
"One of Americas Best Farmers Markets" - Travel and Leisure
Nnamed in the top 5 of America's Most Exciting Suburbs by Movoto Real Estate.
March 21, 2013 -- The Pacific Wheel on the Santa Monica Pier has been dubbed one of the "world's coolest" Ferris wheels in the March issue of Travel + Leisure Magazine.
We only rent for 4 weeks or more
This residence (2000 sq ft ) was completely and tastefully restored
in 2003, by noted Southern CA Architect Eric Charles Parlee. Located
3 short blocks to Santa Monica Beach this furnished unit comfortably
sleeps up to 6 people.In the center of trendy Ocean Park which
boasts many upscale Boutiques and Restaurants. Walk to Urth Cafe and
Yoga Works.
The home is just 20 minutes from LAX, 60 minutes to Disneyland and
Knotts Berry Farm. It is 30 minutes to Universal Studios, Beverly
Hills, and Hollywood. The world-famous Santa Monica Pier is but a 10
minute walk.This unit has 2 bedrooms.All Beds come with goose Down Comforters.
The Master Suite has a King size bed, gas fireplace and a 40" LEDTV. television and French doors overlooking the gardens bringing the outside in. Relax in the Master bath complete with a spa tub for two and asteam shower for two.The other bedroom has bunk beds for 2. The living room has gas fireplace, a 32" Flat Screen HDTV and BlueRay CD/DVD player. The dining room seats 6. The Mezzanine Office is another room in the house ideal for work or play. Any cook
would enjoy the top of the line appliances in the kitchen, including a Viking gas stove & Viking refrigerator, a microwave and Miele dishwasher. The home has a Wireless DSL Internet connection. Enjoy an evening of Barbecuing watching colorful sunsets from the rooftop deck.
apartment rental amenities
Wireless DSL Internet access. 2 TV's. 1 is a HD Flat Screen with a
DVD/CD player, Washer and Dryer.Fully furnished kitchen w/Viking
Stove, Viking Refrigerator, Microwave and Dishwasher. All Towels
and Linens.Bunk Beds for 2 kids and a Pullout Queen Couch in the
livingroom. Parking for 2 cars including 1 guest parking pass for the
House cleaning every 2 weeks ($125) and landscaping done every
week. $2000 Security Deposit Required
Always ask about our other rentals.
*Activities (nearby): Hiking the Santa Monica Mountains, Amusement
Parks, Shopping, Restaurants, Live Theater, Cinemas, Museums,
Sightseeing, Olympic Pool @ Santa Monica College, Surfing, Bike
Paths and Running Paths along the sand from Venice to Malibu.
activities and attractions in Santa Monica Los Angeles Area
A reference letter from Lauren Segan of California:
"Honestly, I can only give John McCormack's house the highest
recommendation. It is a beautiful, spacious, airy, sun-filled,
elegantly-designed-yet-totally-comfortable house with a lovely garden
and charm galore. The architectural work of art--the master bedroom
and bath--is absolutely luxurious. There's a soaking (jacuzzi) tub
and a large shower that also has a steam room setting. The gas
fireplaces in the living room and master bedroom add so much
cozy feeling to the place.. I roll out of bed for a 6am yoga class
(at a terrific studio btw, (yogaworks) a half a blockaway, the
hip/organic people-watching hot spot, Urth Cafe is literally on the
corner, a raw food restaurant and Peet's Coffee (so much better than
Starbuck's!) are all within steps of the house, as well as lots of
littleshops, a bodega-like grocery store, a tiny little gelato place
AND a Ben and Jerry's. There's a neighborhood farmer's market every
Sunday morning, which is also a happenin' event, as well as the
historic little library nearby, which is sweet and terribly
convenient. There's also the surf and skateboard shops/scene to round
it allout and keep the neighborhood authentic (this is the
original "Dogtown" after all)."But the best thing about being at
John's house, I think, is that although it is truly right at the
beach, it isn't hostage to the incessantly-loud, nonstop party vibe
that the more famous nearby Venice Beach is known for. The fact that
the house is tucked away on a one-way street behind a busier, more
commercial avenue (Main Street),�means that it's really quiet and
sanctuary-like. When you want all the stimulation of the "city" life
or the endless summer scene of the beach, it's right there in front
of you, with a great bike/running/'walking path, volleyball,
basketball and chess games, and the totally entertaining "muscle
beach" crowd, but then when you just want to be away from it all,
nestled in, you've got John's lovely oasis to come back to, the place
which you definitely begin tocall "home" during your stay.
vacation rental rates
$8,200 per month.Average $273 per day
We do not rent for less than 4 weeks.
$8200 per month.
Deposit - $2000.
Cleaning Fee $125.
This is a non-smoking building.
Note: Until confirmed rates are subject to change without notice.