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I just happened on this fairly short book, a little over 200 Pages, while browsing in the library for something on a specific period of India. There was little, but there was this interesting looking book, called [the Great Hedge of India] by Roy Moxham. Moxham found mention of this hedge, a formidable hedge, ultimately about 2300 miles long, quite wide and tall, and including plants with thorns which made it truly impenetrable. Yet, in the current day it was almost unknown. Moxham went to search for it, making three trips total before finding a remnant that was satisfying enough to allow him to stop searching with some sense of accomplishment. The purpose of this hedge, up until about 1877 was to provide a barrier separating British India from the rest of India in order to prevent salt smuggling from the non British area to the British area where salt was heavily taxed.
The book is about half and half divided between an account of his search for the hedge, and about salt, the salt tax in British India and prior; salt taxes in other places; Gandhi's rebellion against the salt tax, and the need for salt. This book was satisfying in how it seemed to provide answers to questions as they occurred to me - such as how much salt to we really need - something we dont' think about much in this age of cheap, and usually too much salt. Nowhere but in part of France did the author find a salt tax that was anywhere near as high as that on salt in British India. A tax on salt is a tax that disproportionately affects the poor, while being necessary for survival, which was why Gandhi focused on it. Moxham goes into how lowering salt consumption, which in Bengali under British rule was about 10 pounds a year on average per person as opposed to 12 or more in non British India in the 1870's, would lead to lassitude in good times, and in times of famine, would greatly increase the death rate resulting from lack of food alone.
What caused the hedge to finally be abandoned, was not, unfortunately, the abolition of the salt tax, but the extension of British rule so that they could control the production of salt throughout India.
All in all, a short, satisfying, and informative read. The one thing it lacked was a photograph of the remains of the hedge when they found it. I tracked one down though at http://www.rmoxham.freeserve.co.uk/maps.htm. Without knowing the background, frankly, it would be hard to identify the vegetation as part of a hedge. They look more like some bushy trees. But keep in mind that the types of plants found in the hedge usually didn't survive for more than 60 years, and that due to the construction of the hedge on a rise it made an ideal place for the construction of roads - most of the hedge now being under a layer of highway. In the book Moxham mentions having his picture taken at a place where there were clusters of thorny acacias and thorn covered Indian plum tree. The original hedge contained many plants including these two. The thorns of the plum trees within the other plants helped make the hedge impenetrable, and I believe that is what is mostly shown in the photograph.
Reading this book reminds me of how incomplete historical knowledge is. This was a massive undertaking at the time (colonial India) and was just about lost to history until Roy Moxham undertook his exhaustive investigation. He writes a fascinating tale--should I say of obsession or megalomania on the one side, persistence and ingenuity on the other?
I must have read this before Hurricane Katrina. Perhaps this is a bit of cautionary tale about the ultimate futility of civil engineering? Another point that resonates is the egomania of Albert Speer who designed architecture not for its use but for how well the structures would stand the ravages of time in the bright future of the 1000-year reich....
My parents gave this to me for Christmas because having spent the last 2.5 years in India, they thought I might enjoy it. And they were right! It's a facinating book, well written and engaging. Its a great adventure and I have to give him points for being a thoroughly determined researcher!
A buddy said "Read this, it shows how crazy those Brits were." Don't want to comment on the relative or absolute craziness of the Brits, but this guy can tell a story. And he is a great detective.
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Remarkable" and "astonishing," says Jan Morris of Roy Moxham's account of his search for "one of the least-known wonders of Queen Victoria's India," and John Keay finds it "a compelling read, simply told, and simply wonderful." An unquestionably fascinating tale, as well as a travel book and historical detective story, The Great Hedge of India begins in a secondhand bookshop on London's Charing Cross Road. There Roy Moxham buys the memoir of a nineteenth-century British colonial administrative officer, who makes a passing reference to a giant hedge planted by the British across the Indian subcontinent. That hedge—which for fifty years had been manned and cared for by 12,000 men and had run a length of 2,500 miles—becomes what Moxham calls his "ridiculous obsession." Recounting a journey that takes him to exotic isolated villages deep in the interior of India, Moxham chronicles his efforts to confirm the existence of the extraordinary, impenetrable green wall that had virtually disappeared from two nations' memories. Not only does he discover the shameful role the hedge played in the exploitative Raj and the famines of the late ninteenth century, but he also uncovers what remains of this British grand folly and restores to history what must be counted one of the world's wonders—and a monument to one of the great injustices of Victorian imperialism. "Grandly entertaining ... close to being a perfect story of a fanciful quest."—Boston Globe "A compelling read, simply told and simply wonderful."—John Keay
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One of Julius Caesar's most famous mintings is the "elephant denarius." As shown in this photograph, the obverse features a group of religious symbols (culullus [ritual cup], aspergillum [sprinkler], an animal-headed axe, and apex [cap]). On the reverse, the silver denarius shows a right-facing elephant with the word "CAESAR" in the exergue (an area on the reverse where the minting information may appear). The minting is attributed to a military unit that accompanied Caesar, probably in the days after the outbreak of civil war (49-45 B.C.).
Caesar Minted Millions of Silver Elephant Denarii
In her article "Turning Points in Roman History: The Case of Caesar's Elephant Denarius," Debra Nousek says that an estimated 22.5 million pieces were minted, making this coin the third most minted one in the Republican era and adequate to pay eight legions. This coin is listed as RRC* 443/1. It is often dated to 49 B.C., which coincides with the time Caesar took large quantities of gold and silver bullion from the Temple of Saturn treasury in Rome. The date is one among the questions about the coin that continue to be debated. Other undecideds include what the elephant is standing on.
What Is the Elephant On?
The elephant may symbolize Caesar's Gallic campaign against Ariovistus in 58 [Battle of Vosges] or more generally, it may symbolize victory over the Gauls, especially if the object on which the elephant treads is a Gallic war trumpet. In such a case, the coin might date from the 50s B.C., or before the civil war-launching Rubicon crossing. If -- more likely -- the object on which the elephant strides is a snake or dragon, the coin might symbolize the overcoming of evil and it could have come later. Nousek elaborates the possible political agenda that might have led to Caesar's use of the elephant. Among other propagandizing purposes, it could have been intended to humiliate the self-important Pompey, who had, earlier in his career, tried to associate himself with Alexander the Great by riding one of Alexander's symbols, the elephant, in his triumphal procession. Pompey had embarrassingly failed to fit the beast into the city+.
Clearly, the elephant is walking on something. If not a snake or the like, it could be an element familiar to the users of the coins from the imagery of Ceres or Juno Sospita. It might represent the snake as a natural enemy of the elephant.
The Pontifical Symbols
The religious symbols associate Caesar with his prestigious pontifical position as the head of Rome's religious hierarchy. Caesar had been Pontifex Maximus since 63 B.C. The symbols are similar to the augural ones that are more common on Republican Roman coins. Augural symbols include the lituus (curved staff or crozier) and jug. Because Caesar did not become an augur until 47 B.C, and since the coin is dated to, at the earliest, the 50s, or more likely 49 (or possibly 48), the symbols would not be augural.
- "Turning Points in Roman History: The Case of Caesar's Elephant Denarius," by Debra L. Nousek; Phoenix, Vol. 62, No. 3/4 (Fall-Winter/automne-hiver 2008), pp. 290-307.
- "Rites of the State Religion in Roman Art," by Inez Scott Ryberg; Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 22, Rites of the State Religion in Roman Art (1955), pp. iii+v+vii+ix-xi+xiii-xvi+1-227.
- Beast Coins: Roman Imperatorial: Julius Caesar (43-33 BC)
- Coins: Julius Caesar
RRC=Roman Republican Coinage, by Michael Crawford, 1974, according to Companion to Roman Religion, "Chapter 11: Religion and Roman Coins," by Jonathan Williams.+
"Pompey, it is said, to gall and vex them the more, designed to have his triumphant chariot drawn with four elephants, (having brought over several which belonged to the African kings,) but the gates of the city being too narrow, he was forced to desist from that project, and be content with horses."
~ Plutarch's Life of Pompey


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This book really made me think. The author had a way with words that left me with a visual a lot beautiful that probably was. I look forward to reading the next one.
A quick read, this book bounces around the dysfunctional lives of several high-school students all struggling for some definition of perfection - Sean wants athletic perfection, so he takes steroids. His girlfriend Cara bucks the pressure of her demanding parents and comes out as a lesbian. Kendra seeks perfection through extreme dieting. No easy answers or quick solutions in this book, but probably a lot for teens to empathize with.
Ellen Hopkins writes some of the greatest things in her books. It's things that teens can relate to, it's things that actually happen in real life, and it's real reactions that people get. It's not fantasy, it's not sugar-coated, it's the tough, hard, and real bare truth. And it's eyeopening to be able to read this as a teenager, and know that you're not alone. I can't stop reading Ellen Hopkin's books!
This is one of my favorite books by Ellen Hopkins. This book shows the effects of people's lives going through depression, cutting themselves, anorexia, craziness and much more. Someone was inspired by this book and created the Butterfly Project. It helps people not to cut themselves but to save their life and putting a stop to their cutting habit. Love this book. Recommend anyone to read this book. It really touched my heart.
I found this book absolutley amazing. As all Ellen Hopkins book. Dark, serious, yet keeps you hooked.
this book is amazing i love it danm.
No matter how u want something to be perfect it will never come true...
This book is the sequel to Ellen Hopkins "Impulse", and it was absolutely PERFECT! (as the title says) :) Very good read!
Page-turner! It was quite the quick read for me. I found it amazing to read.
This book was awesome, and I flew through it! This book takes place during the same time that Impulse takes place, but focuses on different characters, although they have connections of Conner. In Impulse, Cara and Kendra didn't seem to have much depth, but after reading Perfect, I gained a lot of knowledge about them. The girls' point of views were my favorite, and I felt that I could relate way more to them than the boys. One of the things that I didn't like about this book was all the alternating POVs because it got really confusing, and I'd forget which person's POV I was reading. The ending was pretty obvious after what happened to Conner in the first book, but the entire story was so addictive! I felt that it was extremely unrealistic that all these characters had such issues, and all traveled in about the same circle of friends. I would recommend this book for those who like darker novels and like to gain insight on these type of issues.
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Through out this book you'll follow 4 teens and their ideas of perfect. You'll find out what issues they may have, and how being 'perfect' may not always be what it's cut out to be. Whether perfect is pretty, skinny, buff, being yourself, or smart. It's an impossible goal. The 4 teens find themselves in this book. No matter how hard it is. Has to do with suicide, eating disorders, steroid use, drinking, drug abuse, sexuality
It saddens me that Ellen Hopkins is said to be the bestselling living "poet" in America, considering that her writing is poetry only in the sense that the formatting looks like a poem, with short fragmentary lines, and ever-so-clever offset summaries (ahem). It isn't especially poetic. That's not to say all her books are bad, just that she's chosen her trademark formula and is sticking to it, and it's a little tired at this point. That said, standard prose would make her brand of after-school-special melodrama impossible to wade through. By tightening up the language, she avoids writing total dreck. I thought this was her worst work though, because it was strained and because she threw in a couple of rapes for extra drama but didn't write anything substantial about them, giving the impression that the victims weren't particularly affected by their experiences. We need another contrived plot device here: "Oh, that was certainly unpleasant. But we need to advance what passes for a plot, so moving on." Oh well, rape could be fodder for the next book she spews out, right?
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Veteran defensive tackle Justin Bannan is returning to the Denver Broncos. The 11th-year pro signed a free agent contract with his old club Wednesday. Defensive tackle is one of the Broncos' biggest areas of need. They lost Brodrick Bunkley in free agency and Ryan McBean faces a drug suspension to start the 2012 season, although he and linebacker D.J. Williams are suing the league to have their six-game punishments overturned.||||||| Bannan stated all 16 games for the Broncos in 2010, his only year with the team, before signing last year with St. Louis, where he started 14 games, collecting 35 tackles and one sack. Drafted by Buffalo after a standout career at the University of Colorado, Bannan has played in 144 NFL games with the Bills, Ravens, Broncos and Rams.
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The public has told President Obama how it feels about his plan to close Guantanamo, and the new president has been dealt a very sharp rebuke.
According to a USA Today Gallup Poll, 65 percent of Americans oppose closing Gitmo. Only 32 percent want to close it. Just about every demographic group differs with Obama on this issue. Even 42 percent of Democrats want to keep Gitmo open.
Also, the Democrats' main spin for closing Gitmo — that it weakens U.S. national security — is a loser. 40 percent say Gitmo has strengthened national security, compared to 18 percent who say its presence has weakened national security. 37 percent say it's had little or no effect.
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The president once very cavalierly said that closing Gitmo would be an easy decision. Hopefully, he will admit he was wrong and keep the prison open.
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Q: What are your thoughts on the 49ers offense at this point in the season?
COSELL: I gotta tell you - I think Harbaugh is doing as good a job as there is in this league with what he has. And you know how I feel about Alex Smith. It's not personal knock on Alex Smith. It's not because he spurned my invitation to the ice cream social I hosted in 2005. Why do you think Jim Harbaugh is doing what he's doing? He's telling you - I don't have to tell you - he's telling you what he thinks of Alex Smith. He's managing him. He's manipulating him so he can be successful. You want some real football jargon? We expert analyst film guru's call Alex Smith a "non elite-arm talent." It some serious f%$*ing jargon. I came up with it myself. Basically, anytime you have a quarterback who can't throw the ball 95 yards in the air from his knees, he's a "non elite-arm talent." The talent meaning he's a game manager talent.
Q: Do you see the Ravens defense posing multiple problems to a 49ers offense which you have said is not an explosive unit?
COSELL: And they're not. They're not explosive. They don't blow up into a million f%*#ing pieces. I think Jim Harbaugh knows this about Alex Smith, he knows it but he's protecting him. He's being his guardian angel; watching over him at all times, keeping bad spirits away. But Jim is a smart guy, he's realized what all of us experts know and that is you have to be able to throw the football at least 75 times in a game to win in the playoffs. I think he's trying to have Alex throw it more to be prepared for that.
Q: What does the eye in the sky say about Alex Smith?
COSELL: Look, I'm going to tell you exactly what I see: He's not a great passer. The ball does not come out with a lot of juice. I mean when I compare him to guys like Aaron Rodgers, who has extremely juicy balls, he just falls short. You wouldn't call him an elite-arm talent by any means. His arm, it's really not in that upper echelon of limbs. Guys like Jay Cutler, when they get that arm motion going, the big muscles glistening with sweat, it just really gets me revved up, you know?
Q: Some 49ers fans are angry with you for what they perceive as your denigration of Alex Smith. Is he changing your perception of him?
COSELL: No, because his arm. It's not elite. If his arm were an Xbox, it would be the regular one that my mommy got me for Christmas a few years ago, which, by the way, is how I learned so much about football--playing the Madden games. But I think Alex Smith is an improved player. He's making better decisions ever since Jim Harbaugh began manipulating him to some degree. Playing filthy, nasty head games with him. But there's no question he's an improving player. Is he a top 20, 25 quarterback in the league? No. But we all know that. His balls don't come out with enough juice, they don't pack the kind of wallop I am used to.
Q: Speaking of quarterbacks, how dangerous is Joe Flacco?
COSELL: This kid is an elite-arm talent in the NFL. Can make all the throws. Short, medium and long and the ball comes out like a flaming wad of pigskin, a glorious football-shaped meteorite, hurling through the air. His accuracy is questionable at times, but because of his elite-arm status, it really doesn't matter. That's just what the film shows. I can only tell you what the film is saying. He's dangerous. Sometimes his decision making is slow and he makes bone-headed mistakes that put his team in 3rd and 30, 3rd and 45, but with that mega-elite-cannon-arm, it doesn't matter because he will just missile it down the field for a first down, or heck, even a touchdown.


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Today I came across an article on 247sports that had information regarding all the twists and turns in the days leading up to recruits announcing. Here's the link. It's an interesting read and well worth the time. I'm not going to do much analysis myself, so here are some key quotes from the article pertaining to UCLA.
There's always recruiting drama at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl, or any all-star game, and a trio of California prospects did not disappoint. One college assistant took an estimated 50 incoming phone calls on Christmas from the father of five-star running back Joe Mixon. It doesn't stop there.
Mixon told UCLA's staff he was coming and going to pick the Bruins two nights before the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. The next day he told Oklahoma the same thing.
The day after he picked the Sooners.
Four-star tight end Bryce Dixon made a similar flip before announcing for USC publicly on the U.S. Army game broadcast. He told UCLA they were the team he was going to pick a day prior before changing his mind late the night before the game.
Linebacker Dwight Williams wanted to have hats from Clemson, Georgia, Florida and LSU on the table for his announcement. One problem. He didn't have committable offers from any of the four schools. Williams was informed of this and inserted UCLA, where he was an instate take, and chose the Bruins.
Wow, well that's really interesting. After hearing that I have more understanding toward our coaches and their recruiting effort this year. But wait, there's more:
Crazy enough, the night before signing day, it was UCLA that was the most confidence on Thomas and the Bruins felt that four-star linebacker Kenny Young would go to Texas A&M. Thomas signed with Stanford and Young, who said he was generally torn, signed with UCLA.


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I looked through the repositories a few months ago. It is somewhat difficult as some repositories are not very forthcoming about their licensing. Also, the possibility of errors when going through some many documents.
Would it help to have a list somewhere? (checked and correctly placed)? (Ktucker)
I think right here would work for any problematic listings. I don't think there are that many listed incorrectly. --Sgurell 03:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- HEAL (under Science Repositories) - "Various." Moved --Sgurell 03:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- Athabasca University - Open University in Canada (under All rights reserved repositories - Check (not moved yet). I don't see anything that indicates open licensing (open access, but not open licensing). --Sgurell 03:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- Jorum (currently listed under "All rights reserved" although they are transitioning to CC licensing) Proper placement? --Sgurell 03:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Jorum remains in Traditionally Copyrighted repository section as well as Athabasca University. HEAL, as mentioned above, was moved.
Stating Prices
Submitter: - Ktucker 16:28, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Date Completed:
Prices change. Tricky as terms like "inexpensive" are relative. May be better not to state prices?
That's a great point. But I do wonder if the average educator is going to wonder "How much will it cost for me to do it myself?" --Sgurell 23:00, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Removed the word "inexpensive" from self-publishing section, but price point mentioned in third-party publishing remains in Version 1.0 with a note that costs vary. Issue closed. --Sgurell 16:36, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Unify Accessibility headings
Submitter: Ktucker/Sgurell
Date Completed:
Currently headings are inconsistent.
- Just "Accessibility" should suffice - ok? Ktucker 03:29, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Just "Accessibility" used for each chapter. Issue closed. --Sgurell 16:31, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Merge File Format Sections
Submitter: Ktucker 14:43, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Date Completed:
As suggested here - alternative version ready to paste.
Changes adopted with some minor tweaks. Issue closed. --Sgurell 16:31, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
User Stories
Submitter: Ktucker 23:28, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Date Completed:
There are so many great contributions! Do we include all of them? If so, do we categorise them somehow? (actual stories, tips, ...). Also, should we eliminate "User?" --Sgurell 15:17, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
I've changed the name of each section to "perspectives." --Sgurell 18:37, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue closed? --Sgurell 04:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- "Perspectives" is good - move when changes made Ktucker 03:28, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Added thoughts to future edition suggestions page. --Sgurell 16:22, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Name for All Rights Reserved repository
Submitter: Ktucker/Sgurell
Date Submitted: 25 Jun.
Date Completed:
Ktucker raised this issue, citing the problem with implying open licenses don't have rights. Suggested "permission" or "restricted access." Sgurell recommends "full copyright" or "traditional copyright." Term agreed upon should be fairly short to accommodate titles and minimal disruption of paragraphs that mention it.
- Restricted Use Repositories Ktucker 01:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
Traditionally Copyrighted repositories chosen for Version 1.0, though this may change in Version 2.0. --Sgurell 15:19, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Difference between Composing and Adapting OER
Submitter: Sgurell
Date Submitted: 16 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: Based on discussion between Ktucker and Sgurell some thought needs to go into the proper placement of subsections between the two.
- Some thought and more with links to comments on overall structure ... Kim 22:55, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Some sections have been moved around based on discussion. Issue closed? --Sgurell 18:59, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
- As a last suggestion on this issue: Please consider - Kim 17:19, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
- For next edition ...
The two chapters have largely remained the same, though future contributors should examine Ktucker's suggestions. Issue closed for now. --Sgurell 16:10, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Educator and Learner Based OER
Submitter: Ktucker 16:21, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Date Completed:
Check continuity: the last part of this page has changed considerably. Previous page referred to "lecturer" and "learner" perspectives.
I've changed the "Use" section to Educator/learner perspective. I've suggested doing away with the subsection entirely. --Sgurell 21:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
David felt the subsection should remain in Version 1.0. Issue closed. --Sgurell 16:07, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Adjust headings in Use OER section
Submitter: Sgurell/Ktucker
Date Submitted: 10 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: See also Style guide for the project
Issue closed. --Sgurell 16:04, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Revisit Evaluation in Use OER section
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 7 Jun.
Date Completed:
Recall that one of the life cycle diagrams suggests "quality" as a cross-cutting concern.
Merge this with the Quality sections? (under compose and adapt) - See: alternative merged Quality section and discussion.
Perhaps for this edition just add "See Also" sections in each page and cross-reference the other two. - Ktucker 21:12, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
Added thoughts to future edition suggestions page. Issue closed. --Sgurell 16:03, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Add more on mlearning and blended learning
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 7 Jun.
Date Completed:
For first edition: added a short paragraph referring to MobilED.
Added some thoughts about mlearning to the future edition suggestions. --Sgurell 15:57, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Frame the Compose OER chapter around a specific case study.
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 7 Jun.
Date Completed:
As explained through e-mail, I'm not sure this issue is feasible, or at the very least, we need to consider how they would be presented and whether they can be ready by the end of the month. --Sgurell 22:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- The idea was more general and converged to something like "design a set of exercises to guide the dedicated readers to resources relevant to a case study". The activities would be generic, illustrated with an example. The time issue may be a problem. But let's keep this open in case someone comes up with something (I have some ideas but will need dedicated time to write up). Ktucker 22:02, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Because of time issues, I don't know that we can incorporate it into this version of the handbook. Move to future suggestions page. --Sgurell 20:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Writeup on future edition suggestions page. Closed issue for the time being. --Sgurell 15:45, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Standard visual guidelines; images at 400px
Submitter: Mackiwg
Date Submitted: 12 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: Mackiwg has submitted proposed guidelines on the Style guide.
Issue closed? --Sgurell 18:59, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue guidelines. --Sgurell 15:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Make sure educators understand value of OER to them
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 7 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: Should affect introduction the most, and introductory sections of each chapter.
(Thread here)
Slight changes made throughout the handbook. I consider the issue closed, although it is something to pay attention to in future versions. I have also added some thoughts about it on the future edition suggestion page. --Sgurell 15:19, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Determine status of KEWL.NextGen development and documentation
Submitter: Sgurell
Date Submitted: 8 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: Need Ktucker's help closing this issue. --Sgurell 22:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
From an e-mail from Derek Keats:
- Version 3 is currently in testing for release in July. It is already in use in a couple of institutions. It is fully Web 2.0 enabled.
My vote is to include it. Kim 07:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I've added KEWL.NextGen to the Learning Support Systems page. --Sgurell 22:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
and to add LeMill.
LeMill is tricky. It's marked as a repository in the Find chapter. I would suggest exclusion for two reasons 1) LeMill (to my knowledge) can't be downloaded for multiple instances, and 2) if LeMill is addded, then it follow that WikiEducator, Wikiversity, Wikipedia etc. would have to be added as well. --Sgurell 22:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- Re 1): LeMill is FLOSS and can be downloaded and installed.
- Re 2): It could go alongside Rhaptos. (The equivalent for WikiEducator and Wikiversity would be MediaWiki + extensions) - Ktucker 07:34, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Kewl.NextGen, LeMill and Rhaptos all added to Version 1.0. Issue closed. --Sgurell 15:19, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Glossary check
Submitter: Ktucker 22:26, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Date Completed:
Comments: for new entries and entries not actually used in the educator handbook.
Words and abbreviations to add:
I've added these licenses to the glossary. I wonder if defining each part alone ("CC," "BY," etc.) would be better. --Sgurell 04:04, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue closed. --Sgurell 15:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
License Ordering
Submitter: - Ktucker 20:23, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Date Completed:
Least to most restrictive:
Suggest: PD CC-BY CC-BY-SA GFDL CC-BY-NC CC-BY-NC-SA CC-BY-NC-ND
(not the same as as a--Sgurell 03:52, 26 June 2008 (UTC) "pro-freedom" scale, but closer)
I've made some slight changes, but I feel that we did need to have a "Various" section. Also, CC-BY-ND may be more restrictive than CC-BY-NC-SA depending on what the educator needs. I think how I've outlined it currently is best. --Sgurell 21:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Closed issue. However, the arrangement of the licenses may change in version 2.0 --Sgurell 15:00, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Inconsistent terminology and references
Submitter: Sgurell
Date Submitted: 23 Jun.
Date Completed:
Terminology and references outlined in style guide needs to be applied to handbook.
References under "Sources" every page
US spelling of words
Change references to File Formats in the Find OER section
References to chapters
FOSS? OSS? See relevant discussion below FLOSS was chosen
alternate for "All Rights Reserved" (to be determined)
"OER" only no "s" or " 's ".
References to sections within chapters
Visual guideline adherence
FOSS, FLOSS, OSS, open source, free software?
Submitter: Ktucker 16:21, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Date Completed:
Comments: Vote and decide ...
Vote taken. FLOSS appears to be the agreed upon term. Add to style guide and close the issue? --Sgurell 19:50, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yes - but not move yet (until changes made) Kim 07:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Lifecycle or Life cycle?
Submitter: Sgurell
Date Submitted: 23 Jun.
Date Completed:
- life cycle seems preferable to most. - K 14:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Ok. I made changes to reflect, but may have missed a mention. Issue closed? --Sgurell 19:47, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue: OER Lifecycle revision
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 4 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: May affect doc structure. See 1, 2, straw dog and [Rationale for ToC].
It seems to me we're almost there...it's just a matter of deciding whether we all agree on Compose OER (for Create OER). --Sgurell 17:12, 12 June 2008 (UTC).
- I vote for "compose" --Wayne Mackintosh 18:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- me too (see also)-- Ktucker 21:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Change Introduction to be more encouraging
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 4 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: Ktucker added text on 11 Jun. Issue closed? --Sgurell 15:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yes Ktucker 22:47, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Add to Gonzalez-Barahona citation in Development Models
Submitter: Sgurell
Date Submitted: 5 Jun.
Date Completed: 12 Jun. Comments: Added one more up-to-date source, used Cathedral and Bazaar citation.
Issue: Consistent level headings throughout the handbook
Submitter: Sgurell
Date Submitted: 5 Jun.
Date Completed: 10 Jun.
Comments: See Style guide for the project Not sure if this is an issue for Wayne or Ktucker
Issue: Add note about Windows being a trademark in Development Models and ™ wherever Windows is mentioned
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 5 Jun.
Date Completed: 6 Jun.
Comments: Closed. May be others not found. Add if other mentions are found. Update: http://www.microsoft.com/library/toolbar/3.0/trademarks/en-us.mspx Windows is ® not ™
Issue: Add trademark to Mac OS X?
Submitter: Sgurell
Date Submitted: 6 Jun.
Date Completed: 12 Jun.
Comments: http://www.apple.com/legal/trademark/appletmlist.html . Mac OS is a ®. All known mentions of OS X have been marked, there may be others not caught.
Issue: Use of the word "You"
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 6 Jun.
Date Completed: 12 Jun.
Comments: Resolved. Use of "you" acceptable. Avoid pointed use of the word.
Issue: OER singular; OERs plural?
Submitter: Ktucker/Sgurell
Date Submitted: 10 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: Recommend OER stand for "Open Educational Resources" and have usage follow that? Thoughts? I'm really flexible on this. --Sgurell 17:46, 12 June 2008 (UTC) See Style guide for the project.
Just edited out "OERs" and "OER's," per Kim's suggestion.
Issue closed? --Sgurell 18:59, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, we will still need to check in the "polishing" phase with reference to the style guide.
Issue: Consolidate all licensing info into one chapter and refer to it when needed in the other sections.
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 6 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: Wayne added text to paragraph. Does he disagree? Nope -- I don't agree or disagree. I see the need for a high level summary of the copyright issues up front without the detail. That said, I think we should create a new subsection for this chapter on the copyright paradox --Wayne Mackintosh 04:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Subsection has been created. Should we consider the issue closed? With the compromises made, can we consider the issue closed? --Sgurell 22:37, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- The issue of having a consolidated Licensing chapter is closed Ktucker 21:53, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Add information to Preface about how to use the book
Submitter: Mackiwg
Date Submitted: 7 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: See Preface (straw dog) - My vote is to move this into the preface --Wayne Mackintosh 05:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Preface has been added. Issue closed? --Sgurell 22:44, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- Yes Ktucker 21:55, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Issue: Move/blend text re Lecture-based, Student-based use into "Learning Design" (suggested rename for "Use").
Submitter: Ktucker
Date Submitted: 5 Jun.
Date Completed:
Comments: I'm OK with use in context of this handbook. Learning design is too broad, encompassing and a complex topic to deal with in a handbook. --Wayne Mackintosh 17:45, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed, too broad and time factor.
- This issue is closed but see related.
Issue: Move repository lists to Appendices?
Submitter: Ktucker (though some before that)
Date Submitted: 6 Jun.
Date Completed: 11 Jun.
Comments: Did not remove all, just All Rights Reserved.


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Well, got optimistic today and took off the 54 blade and tire chains and mounted the 193 in hopes of getting some plowing done this week (if the ground dries out a bit more, that is). What are the chances we'll get a couple significant snows now? Pretty good, I'd say, if ol' Murphy has his way.
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OOC: If it didn't OTL, why would it TTL?
OOC: If it didn't OTL, why would it TTL?
A rebel without a cause.
The reason it didn't work so well in the OTL, was because in the OTL there was an abundance of cotton in Europe at the outbreak of the ACW, an abudance that must be realistically used up by this point after the war that just happened in Europe.
OOC : Btw Fry, if something's wrong about my war orders just tell me and i fix them
OOC: They can't have had that much cotton in Europe so they must have felt shortages at the end of the war and after it due to the Union's devastation of the South...
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OOC : Also, i would have really expected Paraguay to wait until both me and Argentina were exhausted and then invade us...because the Paraguayan government of the time was just like this...anyway, can we expect war updates in the future?
OOC: They just started growing it in other places.
"India was deemed to be the country capable of growing the necessary amounts. Indeed, it helped fill the gap during the war, making up only 31% of British cotton imports in 1861, but 90% in 1862 and 67% in 1864."
Do you want new war orders from me Frymonmon? Or can I wait till a possible Texan war update before sending them?
OOC: My colonies were taken so it cannot be my fault.
A person of swedish descent who doesnt speak swedish. Number of PMs in swedish to date I couldn't understand 15
altering your sig so you hope you wont get anymore confusing PMs
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Also, are my war orders right? I'm fearing that i might have done something wrong related to organizing them...
(And why i got no answer from Paraguay or Uruguay when i offered them some deals before they joined Argentina? )
OOC: So all those conscripts I sent to help push back into New Mexico and Arizona will just be sitting there getting a tan, oh well. Will think of something soon to send you.
OOC: How likely is it for British soldiers to arrive in the Cape Republic within the nearby future?
A rebel without a cause.
OOC: I do believe I am f***ed then.
A rebel without a cause.
As government attention and energy shifts to improving the defensive capabilities of France we call upon the private investors to carry forward the torch on investment in industry and infrastructure. While efforts will be made to improve our harbors to make sure the trade agreements are fully utilized by France, railroads still need to be spread further. Stability is high, trade is flowing and the number of governments and peoples we count as friends is climbing. Government finances are still working to pay down the high debt but the diplomatic corps is working hard to make sure conditions outside of France allow the full potential of the French people to be acted upon. We will continue to open markets and improve the free flow of goods, ideas and people but this years push will have to be carried by private investors or cooperative efforts by groups of citizens.
A person of swedish descent who doesnt speak swedish. Number of PMs in swedish to date I couldn't understand 15
altering your sig so you hope you wont get anymore confusing PMs
*Will update fully when I come up with something good to stick in here*
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God Emperor of Japan in The End of an Era: 1917 Balance of Power
President of the Argentine Confederation in World in Revolution: 1861
Prime Minister of Communist Israel, Puppet Master of Jordan, Iraq, Greater Syria and Kurdistan in 1948: Balance of Power (world nuked into oblivion by treacherous capitalists!)
OOC : I have to wonder why France would want to use Argentinian harbors as military bases after they lost all their colonies
There's also the possibility that the british will not like that as well.
(Wonder if there's something i could do a IC post about, i'm kind of bored atm)
The Empire of Japan would like to lighten up relations between our country and France. As such we offer a trade agreement with France, lowering tariffs for both countries. This is a gesture of good will on our part and we hope the French will reply in kind.
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The Reich would be willing to trade with the other nations of the world, our Iron and coal is the finest in the world, whilst our industrial goods production capacity is about to explode.
We are shocked by the sudden eruption of violence in Latin America. It would seem that the German trained Brazilian army is going to fight the French trained Argentinean army. We hope that the war ends soon.


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Pity the Prez: NYT Blog Hauls Out the 'Distraction' Meme Again (Update: Press Treated NoKo as a Distraction in April 2009)
I heard Rush mention this Caucus Blog item at the New York Times on his program today.
It seems that the Times's Michael Shear is disappointed that Dear Leader is yet again caught up in a "distraction" ("Pat-Downs Ensnare White House in New Distraction"). It's headlined in the item's browser window as "Pat-Downs Ensnare White House in New Controversy." Interesting edit, don't you think? If it's a "controversy," the President owns it. If it's a "distraction," well, it's an unfair intrusion. Clever.
Shear wrapped it in a narrative whose theme was that "It all felt vaguely familiar." Well, yeah. What's more than vaguely familiar has been the press's tendency to lament the distractions our supposedly otherwise focused like a laser beam chief executive must endure. On April 9, 2009 (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted that "The words 'Obama' and 'distraction' have both appeared in 2,425 articles in just the past 30 days; excluding duplicates, it's about 450."
In his blog entry, Shear listed many other awful distractions the president has encountered. What's interesting are how many of them escalated because of Obama or people working directly for him:
Mr. Obama has repeatedly found himself off message and embroiled in events that quickly capture the imagination of the public, the news media and his adversaries.
Early in his presidency, Mr. Obama was caught up in the whirlwind surrounding the arrest of an African-American professor in Cambridge after he said the officer in the case had "acted stupidly." The media frenzy didn't end until the three men shared a beer at the White House.
There was the flap over the mosque to be built near ground zero in New York, which for a time became the primary focus of attention in the White House briefing room. Mr. Obama contributed to the spirited public debate by weighing in on the subject during an iftar dinner at the White House.
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico strained the physical resources of the federal government as containment efforts failed for months. But the issue became political and strained the communication resources of the White House, which was repeatedly diverted from focusing on the economy to explain the government's actions.
In July, the odd case of Shirley Sherrod, the agriculture department employee who was fired, again pulled Mr. Obama into a sideshow about race and politics. In September, a Florida pastor threatened to burn a Koran, once again pulling the White House into a national conversation.
Like those incidents, the furor over the pat-downs started outside the White House. In this case, a San Diego man refused to submit to a full-body scanner and then secretly recorded the pat-down that he received instead.
Geez, Michael, Obama hasn't "found himself off message"; he or people who supposedly directly report to him have caused it:
- Obama is the one who said the Cambridge cop (by the way, he has a name: James Crowley) "acted stupidly."
- Obama is the one who decided that making a statement about the Ground Zero Mosque was so important (Mr. Shear might get a call from someone at the Times about using the politically incorrect term "Ground Zero Mosque").
- The BP oil spill's fallout arose largely when Carol Browner, who if she isn't in the White House definitely is one the president's dozens of unaccountable czars, played editing games with a report whose apparently predetermined goal was to support an oil drilling moratorium that was opposed by the scientists whose opinions and assessments were originally sought.
As to the "pat-down furor," a cleansed term for what are in essence computerized strip searches, occasionally accompanied by the functional equivalent of physical strip searches, if intrusions on the public's personal privacy and dignity represent an unimportant distraction, you have to start asking yourself what this guy thinks is important. I'd be tempted to give him a pass given what's going on with North Korea, but Obama already is starting to seem strangely detached from those dangerous developments too.
One of these days the press, and the President, will realize that distractions come with the job, and that it's a waste of time, energy, and effort to lament their existence. That time will probably arrive when the Republican or conservative occupies the Oval Office.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
UPDATE: It should be noted that the press was treating North Korea as an unwelcome distraction at the time of my April 2009 NewsBusters post. Columnist Mark Steyn waxed sardonic about the strange priorities:
Tom Blumer of Newsbusters notes that in the past 30 days there have been some 2,500 stories featuring Obama and "distractions," as opposed to about 800 "distractions" for Bush in his entire second term. The sub-headline of the Reuters story suggests the unprecedented pace at which the mountain of distractions is piling up: "First North Korea, Iran - now Somali pirates."
Er, OK. So the North Korean test is a "distraction," the Iranian nuclear program is a "distraction," and the seizure of a U.S.-flagged vessel in international waters is a "distraction." Maybe it would be easier just to have the official State Department maps reprinted with the Rest of the World relabeled "Distractions."
There's no shortage of irony here, is there?
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That world doesn't exist
Submitted by Tomorama on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:42pm.
So the worlds smartest POS isn't up for the challenge of being president then?
If you only live life where all that happens is expected and pre-ordained, um, sorry, NOBODY LIVES IN THAT LAND of uh's, it doesn't exist.
Part of his brilliance supposedly was his doing more than one thing at once, Christ, I can't think of many things he has done right......
Drones, GITMO still open, Patriot act still here, DADT.......
OK, I thought of some, mostly broken promises, but they were smart to keep in spite of the promises.
Kind of it's easier to run than it is to govern eh, smart ass?
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Oh, for crying out loud!
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:43pm.
Everything that this president has to deal with is a distraction!!
His whole JOB is a distraction!
A distraction from WHAT????
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Most likely a distraction
Submitted by 26CX on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:48pm.
Most likely a distraction from his plans to write a sequel to his latest book.
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CX, I'd love to check out
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 9:00pm.
CX, I'd love to check out that link, but it goes to a non-operative page...I tried in in both FF and IE...it's a newsbusters/registration page
Please try again, you've piqued my curiosity....
Nevermind....got it! (did you fix it in between?)...
Yes, I remember that now. What's next....letters to Michelle?
Seems like the presidency is a distraction from his career as an author.
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Sorry for the inconvenience, MB
Submitted by 26CX on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 9:03pm.
If this doesn't work then you might try copying and pasting this into your browser: http://www.montereyherald.com/living/ci_16690373?nclick_check=1
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mb the presidency is also a
Submitted by Radical1979 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 9:03pm.
mb the presidency is also a distraction to his basketball playing, traveling, and golf games.
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We hired the boy to run the
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 9:48pm.
We hired the boy to run the country not write books; of course he is running teh country into teh ground.
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I used to work in
Submitted by ant on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:44pm.
I used to work in construction, but all that measuring, sawing, and hammering was too much of a distraction. How's a guy supposed to get a job done when the job's always getting in your face?
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How to handle a distraction.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:54pm.
I'll have to admit that they are learning, just a little, how to handle a "distraction" at the White House.
Take the Chinese missile that was launched from a submarine just off the CA coast a couple of weeks ago. Instead of letting it become a "distraction," they just declared (at first) that they had no clue what the hell it was.
When that didn't fly (pun intended) they "investigated" and declared that it was the contrail of a plane. Of course they haven't bothered to tell us exactly what plane since no one can seem to actually place a plane in the area at that time.
Plane, my ass!
That "distraction" was a little shot across the sock puppet's bow just as the talks were convening in the Far East. It was China's way of telling him to remember to "bow" before his superiors.
Apparently NORAD had the thing ID'ed in less than 4 minutes, and notified the "Commander in Chief, yo" immediately. He deep sixed the news, so they had to look like a pack of incompetent fools saying that they didn't have a clue what it was.
Can we move the 2012 election up? I'm not sure we can last two more years with this "distracted" rat bastard Fascist SOB at the switch.
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Distractions? Indeed!
Submitted by GoldenEagle4444 on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 8:59pm.
And it's my contention that many of the distractions surrounding this president are by design. It seems extremely odd that every time some negative report is about to take over the headlines, the Obama administration runs into some other mysterious distraction to sweep the bad news under the rug. Don't take my word for it; pay attention....You'll see what I mean.
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show of force
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 11:34pm.
Now the Chairman is calling the attack a "provocative show of force."
To the uneducated, a show of force is where you don't actually do anything, it's all about appearances.
Looks like more of that brain disorder that doesn't care about anything except himself. Like the odd chuckle, or whatever he's shown in the past.
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Sure he's "distracted"
Submitted by Model850 on Wed, 11/24/2010 - 1:31pm.
Of course he's distracted by all this other "stuff" that goes on. It takes his attention away from his sole mission of turning this country into his vision of a socialist eden.
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Lock 10,000 people in a room in Kyoto, Japan to try to avert a global climate catastrophe, and what do you get? A bunch of jargon: sinks (carbon sinks, like forests, in that they store carbon), bubbles (an approach whereby the emissions from the European Union are calculated as if they were one country), square brackets (words or phrases that are still unresolved). And endless negotiations into the wee hours of the morning.
Bleary-eyed delegates, journalists and NGO (non-governmental organization) reps roamed the hallways trying to pick up on the latest rumours. In the back rooms language was negotiated that the various country groupings could live with.
By 3 AM today delegates from over 150 nations, after ten days of negotiations, were still working out a compromise between what the planet needs, and what the politicians were prepared to do in the face of powerful vested interests. Country reps are expected to sign a document calling for a 5% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade or so, but only if they have the ability to "trade" emission reductions with other countries. Once ratified by the countries whose reps sign on, it will become a legally binding treaty, perhaps the most important in the history of the planet.
The IPCC, composed of 2500 expert climate change scientists, is virtually unanimous in concluding that human's burning of fossil fuels is having serious impacts on the livability of the planet. If left unchecked, the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will trap heat and make for a hotter planet. The impacts of that are erratic weather, spreading disease, and rising sea level.
The US, Canada and a few other hyper-industrialized countries are loathe to promise much. Speaking about the less industrialized countries, who want to avoid constraints on their future, Dominique Voynet, French minister for the Environment said: "Most of the population of our planet has not yet been invited to the banquet of development... this should be done without imposing cynical constraints that no industrialized country imposed on itself at the same stage of development."
Many small island states worry that rising sea levels would mean that their countries would disappear. President Clodumar of Naurua, a remote, tiny Pacific island, described his people's plight as being "trapped, a wasteland at our back, and to our front, a terrifying, rising flood of biblical proportions...: Respectfully, the willful destruction of entire countries and cultures with foreknowledge would represent an unspeakable crime against humanity. No nation has the right to place its own, misconstrued national interest before the physical and cultural survival of whole countries. The crime is cultural genocide; it must not be tolerated by the family of nations."
But "the family" is being bullied by special-interest-interlopers. The fossil fuel lobbyists have spent millions over the past few months trying to confuse the public with their own version of apocalypse. To hear them tell it, solving global warming by investing in efficiency and renewable sources of energy would destroy the economy.
Interestingly, the American public doesn't seem to be buying industry's line. A recent New York Times poll showed that the public backs a tough approach towards global warming. Almost two thirds of those polled believed that the US should take steps now to cut its own emissions regardless of what other countries do. And most believed that it would be a good thing to improve energy efficiency.
Canada's spokespeople for the fossil fuel industry are the petrol twins Ty Lund and Steve West, Alberta environment and energy ministers respectively. We caught up with them in the halls of the Kyoto International Conference Hall. When asked for his response to groups (like Greenpeace) that are calling for an end to fossil fuels, West said: "You will never see an end to it. You can't in a world that depends so much on increasing their standard of living and survivability because of energy." Ty Lund just said: "Get lost."
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - More than 40 West Texas Marines returned home from Iraq this weekend.
"I'm just gonna be really excited," said 3-year-old Caralyenia Flores. It's been almost nine months since her daddy left for Iraq, but on Friday night she got to stay up past her bedtime to welcome him home.
Leann Flores has her hands full while her husband Jesse is overseas, taking care of three kids all under the age of four. "It's the kids. They just miss him, so that's the hardest thing for me. To see both of them cry at night for him," she said.
A lot has changed around the Flores household since Jesse left. On November 17th they added a new member to their family. Jesse missed his third child's birth and his first Christmas, but the family has left up their Christmas tree so they can celebrate again once he gets home.
"The kids haven't opened their stockings. They have some gifts they're going to open," said LeAnn.
Full of excitement, the Flores family joined other marine's supporters. As the bus carrying the men and women who fought for our country pulled up the room filled with emotions as families cheered, cried, and hugged. Then, Jesse Flores got to hold his son for the first time. "I'm just so happy to be back spending time with my family again. What I missed out on. The kids growing up."
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Gays who want to marry in California may have to wait for 25 days or more
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Jun 27, 2013, 09:05 am CDT
I would just like to point out that the use of the term "gays" in the title is incorrect.
There is no requirement that one or both of the individuals comprising a same-sex couple wishing to marry be gay.
By Hedgehog on 2013 06 27, 3:56 pm CDT
This is a bit off-topic, but now that the majority has established a precedent of being able to pass directly to equal protection purely on the basis of a law's mean-spiritedness, without the need to go through so much as rational basis review, one wonders whether the recently-enacted top individual income tax rate could be in danger. That law arguably was motivated by an intense animus toward the "rich" (a class disparaged by many), intentionally depriving them of a greater portion of their property. (For those of you who live primarily in the land of penumbras, recall that the right to property is one of the rights actually mentioned in the Constitution).
By Hedgehog on 2013 06 27, 7:10 pm CDT
I don't think Hedgehog #2 has to worry about the rich. If Edith Windsor were poor, I might see your point. But she was plenty prosperous, as was her wife; both Windsor and Speyer had successful professional careers. Don't forget, they amassed enough wealth, despite the cost of living in NYC, so that Speyer's estate alone incurred almost $400,000 in federal estate tax liability (which Windsor wouldn't have had to pay if Speyer were male).
SCOTUS just sided with a rich lesbian. If there's intense animus toward the rich as well as toward gay couples, the DOMA case would suggest that they'd protect rich taxpayers from animus next time too.
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TLC's story of fame comes to life in biopic on VH1
ATLANTA (AP) - For Rozanda "Chilli" Thomas and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, there were several uncomfortable moments watching actresses portray them in a new TLC biopic.
But it was especially strange to watch Lil Mama, who played the role of the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes- the third member of the Grammy-winning R&B group who died in a car crash in Honduras in 2002.
"She totally came into character," Chilli said of Lil Mama, who wore contacts to mimic Left Eye's distinctively large, dark pupils. "It was kind of scary. The resemblance was just crazy at times. Naturally, she kind of had some of the similar characteristics like Lisa. It was kind of eerie at times for us."
Alongside Lil Mama, Keke Palmer stars as Chilli and Drew Sidora as T-Boz in the film, "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story," which premieres Monday on VH1. The two-hour movie chronicles the trio's rise to fame, their drama-filled love lives- famously including Left Eye burning down the house of lover and former NFL player Andre Rison- group spats and financial struggles, despite two multiplatinum albums.
"You never know how you look to someone else until you see for yourself," T-Boz said. "It was weird. It was very weird seeing my haircut on Drew. ... To see them do our dance moves really took us back."
This is VH1's first biopic in nearly 10 years since Michael Jackson's "Man In the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story" in 2004.
"When we looked at all the artists that would resonate with our audience, TLC was like on top of the list," said Jill Holmes, the network's senior vice president of West Coast production and development. A "Behind the Music" on the group and "The Last Days of Left Eye" were both highly rated. "Our audience came of age listening to TLC and our young viewers grew up listening to their songs. So it seemed like a perfect fit."
TLC debuted more than 20 years ago and became one of the best-selling female groups of all time. They addressed serious topics such as the dangers of AIDS in "Waterfalls" and the unrealistic expectations of beauty in "Unpretty" and had No. 1 smashes with "No Scrubs" and "Creep," and their 1994 album, "CrazySexyCool" is diamond-certified.
"They really put their whole lives out there," Palmer said. "They did it fearlessly. I think it'll be amazing to see how genuine their music was and how close it was to what they were going through."
Chilli and T-Boz, who were executive producers of the film, were hands-on with its development. They had several sleepovers with the leading actresses, and spent extra time coaching Lil Mama due to the absence of Left Eye.
Initially, Lil Mama said it was tough prepping to play Left Eye- the energetic and most outspoken member of the group. But with the support of T-Boz and Chilli, she was able to grasp her character.
"I looked at different interviews of Lisa, watching the way she speaks and her delivery," said Lil Mama, who joined Chilli and T-Boz onstage, rapping Left Eye's verse on "No Scrubs" at a concert this year. "With her not being there, I leaned on Tionne and Chilli for help."
The first time Sidora and T-Boz spoke on the phone, their conversation lasted for nearly five hours, with T-Boz opening up about her past and struggle with chronic sickle cell anemia. Sidora said she already had an understanding- for the past eight years, she has been a spokeswoman for the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois.
Sidora trimmed down a couple of sizes for the role after trying on T-Boz's original outfit from the "Scrubs" video for the first time. For four weeks, a trainer helped her work out three times a day and made sure she ate healthy meals.
"It was a very physically challenging role," Sidora said. "Mentally, I understood her struggle. My challenge was to not only portray T-Boz, but to also introduce Tionne Watkins- the individual, the woman, the person."
Chilli hopes their movie can show how resilient TLC has been despite all the ups and downs. The two surviving members continue to move forward as a group, releasing their greatest hits album, "20" last week.
"We're fighters. Even when we wanted to give up, we didn't," she said. "We want people to see how resilient TLC really is till this day."
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