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When we experience the cold temperatures of winter, the Siouxland Humane Society says that the best place for your pet is indoors.
Animals can freeze quickly; and even though they have fur, the tips of their ears, nose, parts of their mouth and even their paws are all susceptible to frostbite.
"They can also suffer from hypothermia and it can be deadly," said LaVon Stroh from the Siouxland Humane Society. "So, you really need to be smart about this and the best thing is to just to bring them inside."
If you have an outdoor pet, it's very important that you provide things like food, water in a heated water dish and elevated shelter that's out of the wind.
For small dogs, there are coats and little booties available to keep them warm during potty breaks.
The best time to take your pet for a walk, Stroh said, is later on during the day when the temperature is a bit warmer.
If you have cats, they need to be kept inside. Stroh said if you have a cat that likes to roam, they could possibly get stranded outside in the cold with no warm shelter.

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A lawsuit filed by a man who was arrested after stripping to his running shorts at a Richmond airport checkpoint to protest security procedures has been settled.
Aaron Tobey of Charlottesville had claimed airport police and Transportation Security Administration officers violated his free-speech rights. Tobey was detained in December 2011 after partially disrobing to display the text of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment on his chest. The amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure.
The Rutherford Institute represented Tobey. The organization says the settlement reached last month called for Richmond airport police to take part in a two-hour training course on the First and Fourth Amendment rights of passengers and others. Airport officials also agreed to review rules affecting free speech.
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Much of the time, Sarah Weeks feels like she's still in middle school. As the author of some 50 books for kids, that's a very good—almost essential—thing.
"I remember what it feels like to make believe," Weeks explains during a call to her home in Nyack, New York. It's an attitude that has stood her in good stead over the last 20 years, during which she has written picture books and middle-grade novels, including the award-winner So B. It and her new novel, Pie.
To write for kids, Weeks says, "you have to have arrested development on some level. It probably makes me annoying to live with, because I'm basically a kid. I think of myself as being very deeply rooted in sixth grade."
When it came to writing Pie, the author says it "was by far the most fun I've ever had writing a book." It's certainly fun to read: Pie combines stories of family, food and friendship with comical shenanigans and well-crafted characters—including a mysterious pastry thief and a cranky cat named Lardo.
Things start to get strange when Aunt Polly bequeaths her prized pie crust recipe to her cranky cat.
There are pie recipes, too. The first, apple pie, was provided by Weeks; for the rest, she "wrote to friends and family and teachers and schools I'd visited. . . . I got back recipes, stories and lots of pictures of pies."
Pie has long been part of the author's life: Growing up, she and her mother baked together, and Weeks bakes for her own family. But despite the pastry's prominence in Pie, the author says, "It was not my intention to write a book about pie, but to write about gratitude. I have a huge amount to be grateful for."
Alice, the young heroine of the book, learns gratitude from her beloved Aunt Polly, who shows her by example the joy of doing things for the experience, whether or not it results in plaudits or paydays. Polly is the Pie Queen of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania. People come from near and far to bring Polly fresh ingredients that she makes into delicious pies. This makes her visitors very happy—but leaves Alice's mother feeling jealous. And when Polly dies in 1955, she leaves her Blueberry Award-winning pie crust reci[Tue Sep 2 00:55:30 2014] enhancedContent.pl: Wide character in print at E:\websites\aquabrowser\IMCPL\app\site\enhancedContent.pl line 249. pe to her cat, Lardo . . . and she leaves Lardo to Alice.
That's when things start to get strange. There's a green Chevrolet rolling slowly through town, Alice's mother insists on baking pies (even though she's terrible at it), and it turns out Alice's friend Charlie possesses strong amateur detective skills (which come in very handy).
Although Alice's life gets chaotic after her aunt's passing, the goings-on are set against a simpler backdrop: a small town in the 1950s. "I was born in 1955, and Pie takes place there," Weeks says. "I wanted to set it in a time where there were no worries about cell phones, computers, Google."
She also kept research to a minimum. "I'm very lazy about it," she says with a laugh. "My dad was always reading the newspaper, and I watched 'Sky King' every day. I used references that were actually relevant, rather than searching to find things."
In fact, this focus-on-the-actual approach is what got Weeks started as an author. For many years, she was a singer-songwriter. Then she met an editor who suggested she turn her songs into books: "It was a fairly direct translation, because many of my first picture books had a CD in the back with me singing. I segued to picture books without songs, and then chapter books."
Weeks had two young sons when she started writing, and they weren't big readers—a boon to her writing, too. "The way they fought and talked to each other was very funny. It was a goldmine—I could put embarrassing things in my books and they'd have no idea. They know now, though. Gabe got a girlfriend, and she started reading all my books."
Although her own kids are on to her, Weeks' abiding fascination with the younger set provides ample story fodder. "I'm interested in what makes them tick. I like the weird kids, the ones that do something unusual."
Perhaps that explains her fondness for the final recipe in Pie: Peanut Butter Raspberry Cream Pie. "It's the one I feel most grateful for, from a teacher whose school I visited in Illinois. Her grandma was a little senile and mixed up two recipes. We now call it PBJ."
If events thus far are any indication, Weeks will get to taste plenty more pie—unusual or otherwise—as the word spreads about Pie. Her publisher, Scholastic, hosted a "Pie Palooza," she's scheduled to judge a pie contest in Connecticut and she will visit "everywhere there's pie."
Here's hoping the crusts are flaky and delicious, just like the ones on Aunt Polly's award winners.Copyright 2011 BookPage Reviews.
What do you get when you take some scrumptious pie recipes, stir in a mix-up of a mystery involving an overweight cat and a legacy, then add a sly satirical nod to the Newbery Medal? This irresistible confection.ÃÂ ÃÂ
In 1955, 10-year-old Alice's beloved Aunt Polly, the peerless "Pie Queen of Ipswitch," who has always given away the extraordinary products of her oven simply because it makes her happy, dies. She bequeaths her incomparable piecrust recipe to Lardo, her cat—or does she?—and leaves Lardo to Alice. Thus the stage is set for a rich, layered and funny tale about friendship, family relationships and doing what's right. The characters are wonderfully drawn. While doing her best to carry on Aunt Polly's legacy, trying to figure out how to wrest the secret from the cat, dealing with a nefarious woman poking around town and learning about the renowned "Blueberry Medal," which everyone in town is trying to win, Alice draws closer to her mom, a resolution Aunt Polly would have cherished. Alice and her family eventually discover the solution to the mystery in a plot twist that is both comical and plausible. An epilogue, set in 1995, is deeply poignant and gratifying. In addition to the beautifully wrought story, readers will savor and want to attempt the 14 recipes, each of which precedes a chapter.
Warm, delicious and filling. (recipes, pie credits)ÃÂ (Historical fiction. 9-12)Copyright Kirkus 2011 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
Delightfully quirky characters populate the 1950s-era small town of Ipswitch, Pa., beginning with 10-year-old Alice's aunt Polly, pie baker extraordinaire, who confounds her family and neighbors by giving away--rather than selling--her shop's mouthwatering pies. Astonishingly, her nonprofit business flourishes, lifting the town's economy and fame, as Polly repeatedly wins the coveted Blueberry Award. Polly's death leads to widespread grieving, as well as anxiety about Ipswitch's future. Humor and mystery ensue when the town learns that Polly inexplicably bequeathed her secret piecrust recipe to her grouchy cat, Lardo, and Lardo to Alice. In response, adults indulge in behavior ranging from bizarre to criminal: the entire town begins baking pies, someone catnaps Lardo and ransacks Polly's store, and Alice's unpleasant and money-grubbing mother becomes even more so, feeling jilted by being left out of Polly's will. Alice and her friend Charlie become amateur sleuths and prevail over adult immaturity, while Polly's generous spirit resonates from beyond the grave. With pie recipes introducing each chapter, Weeks's (As Simple as It Seems) novel stimulates both sweet tooths and sweet nostalgia. Ages 9-12. (Oct.)[Page ]. Copyright 2011 PWxyz LLC
Gr 4-6--In the 1950s, the small town of Ipswitch, PA, is famous due to the proprietor of Pie, who gives her wares away rather than selling them. Polly Portman, 13-time winner of the coveted Blueberry Medal, knows everyone's favorites and keeps meticulous notes for each filling, but not the crust. That recipe is in her head. She also lavishes love and attention on her niece, Alice, an only child who can never please her mother. So when Polly Portman dies unexpectedly, the town is bereft. Many selfishly wonder where they are going to get their pie fix, and some wonder what will happen to the tourist industry that was built around Polly's fame. Alice cries for two days and "felt like a slice of Swiss cheese inside, all limp and full of holes." At the reading of her aunt's will, she learns that Polly left her piecrust recipe to her fat, grumpy cat, Lardo, and that she left Lardo to Alice. It isn't long before the animal is catnapped, the bakery is trashed, and Blueberry Medal fever hits Ipswitch. Someone wants Aunt Polly's piecrust recipe badly. With the aid of Charlie, a newfound friend, Alice sets out to get to the bottom of the mystery. Weeks deftly leavens moments of hilarity with the process of grieving in this sweet coming-of-age story in which Alice learns from Aunt Polly to follow her heart and to open it as well. Readers will close the book with a satisfied sigh and may seek out an adult to help them bake a pie. Recipes included, but not for the crust.--Brenda Kahn, Tenakill Middle School, Closter, NJ[Page 176]. (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.


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Just a few things to consider about the 2009 season:
If FSU had wielded a passable defense, I'm talking 50th percentile, we absolutely would have beaten: Miami, Boston College and Georgia Tech. We were one miserably stop away from a win in each of these games. One stop.
We also would have likely beaten USF (I don't quite consider it a given, as poorly as our offense performed in that game.)
Think about this. Winning these games, we finish the season 11-2 and defeat Georgia Tech once again in the ACC championship.
Seriously. With even a decent, C+ grade defense, we probably would've won the ACC last season with an 11-2 record. And you have to think we'd have had a decent shot against Iowa.
Obviously, speculation is worthless. But I have to think that with our entire team being A) focused B) in great shape, finally C) closely coached and D) learning modern football schemes...I mean...is it really so unrealistic to think we'll shock the world this season?


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How important does a phone call have to be for you to make it between walking out of the shower and putting on some shorts in a public locker room?
I find it hard to believe that this man chose to make a casual phone call in that particular situation. Let me be clear, he did not RECEIVE a phone call, he DIALED out in order to communicate a thought, feeling, or idea to another by means of vocal annunciation. Now, I fully understand the general uses of a locker room may include nudity but not everyone is striking enough to move someone to capture their likeness as a sculpture and should keep that time frame down to a minimum. This man's absolute disregard for locker room decency etiquette makes me believe there was something afoot, and that phone call could not wait another moment. Here are a few ideas of what may have lead to that phone call:
Scenario #1:
Our aforementioned naked man is actually an aging superhero checking in with city hall. After so many years of crime fighting, our hero takes it easy when he can so if he doesn't have to pull on his tights on everyday, life is simpler. Perhaps that uniform just doesn't fit like it used to and slipping it on under his normal clothes is a hassle he doesn't want to deal with if he doesn't have to. So instead, he calls the mayor, naked, to see if everything is under control. Should we fault a man whose done so much good for the city?
Scenario #2:
Perhaps our friend is hiding a secret from a loved one. Maybe when he goes to the gym and enters that locker room he can finally share that secret with the world and takes hold of the opportunity presented before him. In a relationship, a man has to give up a lot of things he loves and this man loves to be naked. He's a nudist, but he can't practice this at home, so the one joy he has left in his life is calling home, naked, and having a conversation with whoever picks up. I may not agree with it, but who am I to take that joy away from another man?
Scenario #3:
This man is a time traveler from a distant future where greeting someone while clothed is a greater disrespect than not curbing your giant iguana when all the dogs become extinct. In the future, global warming will have made the Earth a vast desert and the atmospheric bubble communities mankind are forced to live in will be astronomically warmer than the current temperatures we live at today. Common decency will evolve with society and eventually covering oneself up in public will be considered taboo. He is attempting to blend into a world he doesn't fully understand, but he's doing his best. If I were in his shoes, would I fare any better?
I may have jumped to my conclusion too fast. There is a reason why this man decided to pick up his phone and dial at that particular moment, I was just too careless to figure out why. The next time a naked man is doing something I'm not going to ask him to put on some shorts, instead, I will ask him to enlighten me.
but, ya know, if you want to put some shorts on first. That's okay, too.


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TDDD33 Programming (C++)
Lecture slides
This is slides from 2013. They are subject to change. They are not a substitution for attending. They are not a substitution for reading a book or reference. They do contain minor mistakes pointed out during lecture but not always remembered when posting slides here.
- Lecture 0 2013
- Course information, algorithm and problem solving introduction.
- Lecture 1 2013 (2 sessions)
- Basic C++: variables, types, I/O, statements.
- Lecture 2 2013
- Functions and recursion.
- Lecture 3 2013
- Streams and stream error handling.
- Lecture 4 2013 (2 sessions)
Command line arguments. Standard Template Library. Lambda functions.
A multitude of solutions to lesson problems (lesson_4.cc).
Sorting an increasingly complicated container (lesson_4_extra.cc).
- Seminar 1 2013
Programming paradigms and object oriented analysis.
Object orientation and class introduction.
- Lecture 5 2013
Basic classes: members, constructor, destructor.
Lesson 5 object orientation code example (blackjack.cc). For reasons of simple distribution and maintenance it is written in one file. Comments indicate which parts should go to which file. From object orientation perspective the way the classes are chosen, designed and organized is important, the main program is of less importance. Refer to lesson discussions.
- Lecture 6 2013
- Operator overloading, no new slides. Please see lab, book and 2012 slides.
- Lecture 7 2013
- Inheritance and polymorphism, no new slides. Please see lab, book and 2012 slides.
- Lecture 8 2013
- Exceptions and basic templates, no new slides. Please see lab, book and 2012 slides.
This is slides from 2012. They are subject to change. They are not a substitution for attending. They are not a substitution for reading a book or reference.
Lecture topics
- Lecture 0
- Course information, STONE, algorithm and problem solving introduction.
- Lecture 1a
- Assignment operator, datatypes and type conversion, I/O (formatted input) and sequence.
- Lecture 1b
- Continue from lecture 1a and Selection and repetition. Good-vs-bad style code-examples.
- Lecture 2
- Functions and recursion
- Lecture 3
- Stream I/O: text files, string streams, (binary files).
- Lecture 4a
- Arrays, pointers, dynamic arrays.
- Lecture OO
- Object orientation, classes, material handed out on seminar
- Lecture 4b
- Classes: Constructor, destructor, member variable, member function, public, private, STL.
- Lecture 5
- Linked lists, Pointers, Dynamic memory.
- Lecture 6
- Classes: Operator-overloading, copy-constructor, destructor, assignment-operator.
- Lecture 7
- Classes: Inheritance and polymorphism.
- Lecture 8
- Classes: Exceptions, templates, (namespaces).Simple array class template (lesson 8)
Period break and exams in other courses.
Period break and exam in this course.
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The folksy feeling of driving through fields of sun flowers and sunbeams escaping through the cascading spring valleys. This mixtape is one for the calm mornings and for setting the dreamy sentimental moods of the evening, it is a sound track to numerous beautiful moments in life with the element of the random present. Thanks to Anothersomethings visionary Joachim Baan, who is a self-made man with a great sense for aesthetics and he has a wealth of creative practices, along with the store Tenue De Nimes and publication that is beautifully made.
1. James Vincent McMorrow — Sparrow and the Wolf
2. Oliver Tank — Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion
3. Trentemøller — Shades of Marble (Original Mix)
4. Choir of Young Believers — Hollow Talk
5. The Bear That Wasn't — Winter Wandering
6. James Vincent McMorrow — Breaking Hearts
7. Alex Turner — Hiding Tonight
8. I Am Oak — Gills
9. Lana Del Rey — Born To Die (Woodkid & The Shoes Remix)
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Russian State Ballet Of Siberia to Bring Four Productions to Marlowe Theatre, 10-15 March
THE MARLOWE Theatre plays host to four ballet classics next month.
The acclaimed Russian State Ballet Of Siberia present Don Quixote, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake from Monday 10 to Saturday 15 March. Music will be performed live by the Russian State Orchestra of Siberia.
Don Quixote is the enchanting story of an eccentric, yet noble old gentleman. Love, duels and spectacular choreography combine with a dash of Spanish passion in this Russian showpiece. It is at 7.30pm on 10 March.
Giselle tells of a beautiful village girl and her aristocratic but duplicitous lover, Duke Albrecht. It is the most poignant of all classical ballets (7.30pm, 11 and 12 March).
Every child's favourite fairytale, The Sleeping Beauty, is the classic story of love and innocence, mystery and magic set to Tchaikovsky's sublime score (7.30pm, 14 March, and 2.30pm and 7.30pm, 15 March).
To book tickets, which range in price from £18 to £40.50 (concessions available), call the Box Office on 01227 787787 or go to marlowetheatre.com.
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A new online tool allows you to sum up your year on Instagram and show followers your top posts from 2013.According to Mashable, Instagram-service Statigram collects the five most popular photos posted to your Instagram account in 2013 and turns them into a short video.The tool is free.
Users, however, are required to connect their Instagram account with Statigram to get the video.
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Section 28-99 Drivers' certificates--Posting.
Each certified driver shall post his driver's certificate in a conspicuous place in the vehicle he operates so that it can be easily seen by passengers. The driver's certificate shall be illuminated after sundown so that it can be read by passengers.
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Recent News
The Post-2015 Development Agenda: What has happened so far?
Over the past months, SustainUS has been actively involved in the post-2015 discussions at the United Nations Headquarters. The Post-2015 Development Agenda is an UN process that is seeking to develop the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new set of goals that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015. The process was a significant outcome for the Rio+20 Conference.
Even though the MDGs provided a set of development goals that rallied the international community behind a shared understanding of poverty eradication, development experts recognized the need for a more holistic development agenda. The MDGs overemphasized economic poverty and gave limited attention to the structural cases of poverty, population dynamics, or sustainable development. Moreover, the historical and economic context in which the MDGs were anchored has changed and it becomes vital to find a new set of development goals that reflect the challenges of today's world.
Read more: The Post-2015 Development Agenda: What has happened so far?
SustainUS Response to the President's Climate Action Plan
Last week, President Obama unveiled his Climate Action Plan, which lays out a series of executive actions to address climate change. SustainUS is happy to see the president draw much-needed attention to the issue, but we feel that the Plan needs to be more ambitious in order to address one of the biggest challenges faced by our generation. The SustainUS Steering Committee developed a response statement that includes our suggestions on ways to strengthen the Climate Action Plan to safeguard our future. We hope the President listens carefully to the concerns of young people and leads on climate change.
SustainUS Bylaws Amendment Passes!
Thanks to all of the SustainUS members who voted on the latest amendment to our bylaws! The amendment passed, increasing the leadership opportunities available to youth. To recap what this means, any youth 29 and under is now eligible to run for the Steering Committee and any youth 18 and older is now eligible to run for the Board of Directors. We are excited to be able to extend a wider range of engagement to all of our members. Please note that this change will not affect program participation age requirements for Agents of Change delegations, Citizen Science applicants, or Lead Now Fellows.
Lead Now Fellows in the News
We are mid-way through our inaugural year of the Lead Now Fellowship and are excited to see a couple Fellows featured by media outlets highlighting their great work.
Amira Odeh is working to ban the sale of bottled water on her campus at the University of Puerto Rico Rio, Río Piedras. The Puerto Rican newspaper Primera Hora interviewed her about her work. Helping her campaign to get great attention for her work. You can read the story about Amira's work (in Spanish) over on Primera Hora.
With a city of movers and shakers it can be hard to stand out in New York City, but the project that Sarah Konner and Toni Craige have developed is one that stands out. Their project Sustainable Cycles spreads the word about reusable menstrual products through bicycle tours. The Village Voice picked up their story and talked with Sarah who lives in Brooklyn and with Lead Now Director Ellie Johnston. Read the story from the Voice to learn more.
Oli joins Bill Clinton and others as a speaker at 2013 CGIU
SustainUS's Policy Coordinator Oli Maisonet-Guzmán joined former President Bill Clinton, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus, and many other eminent speakers at the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) conference April 5-7.
Oli spoke on a panel about women and water. She discussed the work SustainUS does to elevate youth participation at the UN and her advocacy and policy research on water issues around the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development last June, where she led policy coordination for the SustainUS delegation. She was joined on the panel by Gemma Bulos, Director of Global Women's Water Initiative, and Cate Owren, Executive Director, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO). The panel was moderated by Zafar Adeel, Director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH).
The meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative University brings together over a 1,000 students who are working to make concrete commitments for social and environmental change. SustainUS has been at past CGIU meetings and is excited to participate once again.


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I guess it just comes with the territory. When a football team like Wisconsin wins a championship and goes to the Rose Bowl, it's natural for assistants to move on to other job offers. The Badgers lost their defensive coordinator and running backs coach in the offseason, but their positions weren't vacant for long. That's another thing that comes with winning- when you win, coaches want to get in on the fun.
DeMontie Cross left Purdue for the Badgers after just a month in West Lafayette, Dave Huxtable left his position as a coordinator to coach UW's linebackers, and Thomas Hammock left the Gophers to return to Madison. According to Max Henson and Elliot Hughes of the Badger Herald, Wisconsin's three new assistant coaches are fitting in nicely.
"Wisconsin has been one of the top football programs in the nation," Huxtable said. "I just love the kind of football that Wisconsin plays. It's smash mouth football — it's a physical brand of football … its what I think sets this place apart from other programs in the country."
More Badger Bits after the jump!
Check out the latest edition of Varsity, UWBadgers.com's official newsletter.
UW linebacker Kevin Claxton said he is trying to make the most of his second chance, according to Tom Mulhern.
Mike Fiammetta writes that the time is now for Jon Budmayr to emerge.
Andy Baggot writes that friends and family of Kirk Daubenspeck are hosting a fundraiser to help him in his rehabilitation from a brain injury.
Check out the Journal-Sentinel's gallery of Mike Bruesewitz's buzz cut!
Jeff Potrykus writes that Montee Ball and Aaron Henry showed a lot of emotion at practice.
And finally, Dave Heller has a few quick updates on Gabe Carimi.
Have a great weekend! I'll be spending mine in a library trying to learn Adobe Dreamweaver as quickly as possible, so hopefully yours will be more eventful and less frustrating.


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Wedding inspiration: Neutrals
Choosing your wedding colours can be a daunting task, getting the groom to be to agree might even prove harder. Choosing a color palette for your wedding is one of the most important decisions you'll make while planning your big day. We found this fun questionnaire: What Color Palette Should You Choose for Your Wedding? on the Marthastewartweddings.com site, why not give it a try?
The following palette is a sneak peak of a wedding that we will feature next week. The colours tied up so well with the bohemian theme that the couple used… Can't wait to share the rest of the shoot with you, photographed by IZ Labuschagne Photography.
WikiHow? also provides 9 steps to choose the colour for your wedding:
- Start by choosing your favourite shades or hues
- Consider the setting and the venue
- Be prepared to have two different/distinct color themes if your church or wedding building and reception venue are very different in tone.
- Enlist your favourite flowers
- Consider the season
- What will the bridesmaids be wearing?
- Consult the groom
- Try not to use more than 5 main colours
- Use colour with care
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SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - It was an emotional day of solidarity and support at La Costa Meadows Elementary School, where seven staffers are battling cancer.
Decked out in pink to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 28 students, parents and teachers all lined up to donate their hair to Locks of Love.
The idea started with one teacher and it grew into Friday's big event.
"This has been a wonderful cause. I'm so excited to share this with everybody. And I want it to spread across to every school that we can do this. Because every child can do something and make it positive and put a smile on somebody's face with just some hair," teacher and participant Renee Mone said.
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Promo images and preview clips for WHITE COLLAR, episode 4.12, "Brass Tacks".
Peter and Neal begin their investigation into Senator Pratt's involvement with a ring of corrupt cops who framed Neal's father and tore his family apart.
Featuring Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Marsha Thomason, Titus Welliver, Sharif Atkins, Reed Diamond.


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Today's weather forecast: A Brief Respite
Governor Brown: California's Budget Is Solid The Governor gave himself a nice pat on the back in his state of the state address, [LAT]
Richard Branson Helps Raise $2,000 For Glendale Homeless Shelter In related news, he leant a pair of his shoes to volunteer Shannon Smith. [LAist]
It's Officially The Future: LAUSD Classrooms Are Getting Tablets! The School Construction Bond Citizen's Oversight Committee approved a proposal in a 9-6 vote. [DN]
A Seatbelt Likely Saved A Woman Who Drove Off Mulholland Cliff This Morning Buckle up! [DN]
It's Raining Hello, bad weather traffic. [NBCLA]
J.J. Abrams to Direct the Next Star Wars Film So there's going to be a 7th Star Wars. [Variety]
Wanted: Downtown Streetcar Feedback If you'd like to have a say in what the L.A. streetcar environmental impact report studies, now's the time. [LADN]
Two-Buck Chuck To Cost More Than Two Bucks The price of Trader Joe's-stocked Charles Shaw wine is going up. [LABJ]
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Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and fire and police officials talk with the media about a plane crash.
2 tenants hurt after jumping from windows as Gary building burned
GARY | Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire Friday that damaged an eight-unit apartment building in the 700 block of West 35th Avenue.
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George Meade - Early Life:
Born at Cádiz, Spain on December 31, 1815, George Gordon Meade was the son of Richard and Margaret Meade. A Philadelphia merchant living in Spain, Meade served as a US naval agent in Cádiz until his death in 1828. Shortly after his passing, the family returned to the United States and young George was sent to school in Baltimore, MD. With the family facing a difficult financial situation, Meade elected to enter West Point in 1831. Graduating 19th in a class of 56, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1835 and assigned to the 3rd US Artillery.
George Meade - Early Career:
Dispatched to Florida to fight the Seminoles, Meade soon fell ill with fever and was transferred to the Watertown Arsenal in Massachusetts. Recovering, he left the army in 1836 and began working as an engineer surveying new lines for railroad companies. Marrying Margaretta Sergeant in 1840, he found steady work increasingly difficult to obtain. In 1842, he re-entered the US Army and was made a lieutenant of topographical engineers. Assigned to Texas in 1845, he served as a staff officer in Major General Zachary Taylor's army after the outbreak of the Mexican-American War the following year.
Present at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, he was brevetted to first lieutenant for gallantry at the Battle of Monterrey. Returning to Philadelphia after the conflict, he spent the bulk of the next decade designing lighthouses and conducting coastal surveys on the East Coast. Promoted to captain in 1856, he was ordered west the following year to oversee a survey of the Great Lakes. Publishing his report in 1860, he remained on the Great Lakes until the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861.
George Meade - The Civil War:
Returning east, he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on August 31 at the recommendation of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtain and given command of the 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves. Initially assigned to Washington, DC, his men built fortifications around the city until being assigned to Major General George McClellan's newly formed Army of the Potomac. Moving south in the spring of 1862, Meade took part in McClellan's Peninsula Campaign until being wounded at the Battle of Glendale on June 30. Quickly recovering, he rejoined his men in time for the Second Battle of Manassas in late August.
In the course of the fighting, his brigade took part in the vital defense of Henry House Hill which allowed the remainder of the army to escape after the defeat. Shortly after the battle he was given command of the 3rd Division, I Corps. Moving north at the beginning of the Maryland Campaign, he performed well at the Battle of South Mountain and again three days later at Antietam. When his corps commander, Major General Joseph Hooker, was wounded, Meade was selected by McClellan to take over. Leading I Corps for the remainder of the battle, he was wounded in the thigh.
Returning to his division, Meade achieved the only Union success during the Battle of Fredericksburg that December when his men drove back the troops of Lieutenant General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. His success was not exploited and his division was forced to fall back. In recognition for his actions, he was promoted to major general. Given command of V Corps on December 25, he commanded it at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863. During the course of the battle, he implored Hooker, now the army commander, to be more aggressive but to no avail.
George Meade - Taking Command:
Following his victory at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee began moving north to invade Pennsylvania with Hooker in pursuit. Arguing with his superiors in Washington, Hooker was relieved on June 28 and command was offered to Major General John Reynolds. When Reynolds declined, it was offered to Meade who accepted. Assuming command of the Army of the Potomac at Frederick, MD, Meade continued to move after Lee. Known to his men as "The Old Snapping Turtle," Meade had reputation for a short temper and possessed little patience for the press or civilians.
George Meade - Gettysburg:
Three days after taking command, two of Meade's corps encountered the Confederates at Gettysburg. Opening the Battle of Gettysburg, they were mauled but succeeded in holding favorable ground for the army. Rushing his men to the town, Meade won a decisive victory over the next two days and effectively turned the tide of the war in the East. Though triumphant, he was soon criticized for failing to aggressively pursue Lee's battered army and deliver a war-ending blow. Following the enemy back to Virginia, Meade conducted ineffective campaigns at Bristoe and Mine Run that fall.
George Meade - Under Grant:
In March 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant was appointed lead all Union armies. Understanding that Grant would come east and citing the importance of winning the war, Meade offered to resign from his army command if the new commander preferred to appoint someone different. Impressed by Meade's gesture, Grant refused the offer. Though Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac, Grant made his headquarters with the army for the remainder of the war. This proximity led to a somewhat awkward relationship and command structure.
In March 1864, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant was appointed lead all Union armies. Understanding that Grant would come east and citing the importance of winning the war, Meade offered to resign from his army command if the new commander preferred to appoint someone different. Impressed by Meade's gesture, Grant refused the offer. Though Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac, Grant made his headquarters with the army for the remainder of the war. This proximity led to a somewhat awkward relationship and command structure.
That May, the Army of the Potomac embarked on the Overland Campaign with Grant issuing orders to Meade who in turn issued them to the army. Meade largely performed well as the fighting progressed through the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House, but chaffed at Grant's interference in the army's matters. He also took issue with Grant's perceived preference for officers who had served with him in the west as well as his willingness to absorb heavy casualties. Conversely, some within Grant's camp felt that Meade was too slow and cautious. As the fighting reached Cold Harbor and Petersburg, Meade's performance began to slip as he did not direct his men to scout properly prior to the former battle and failed to coordinate his corps properly in the opening stages of the latter.
During the siege of Petersburg, Meade again erred altering the attack plan for the Battle of the Crater for political reasons. Remaining in command throughout the siege, he fell ill on the eve of the final breakthrough in April 1865. Unwilling to miss the army's final battles, he led the Army of the Potomac from an army ambulance during the Appomattox Campaign. Though he made his headquarters near Grant's, he did not accompany him to the surrender talks on April 9.
George Meade - Later Life
With the end of the war, Meade remained in the service and moved through various department commands on the East Coast. In 1868, he took over the Third Military District in Atlanta and oversaw Reconstruction efforts in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Four years later, he was struck by a sharp pain in his side while in Philadelphia. An aggravation of the wound sustained at Glendale, he declined rapidly and contracted pneumonia. After a brief fight, he succumbed on November 7, 1872, and was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia.


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Filed under: Freedom, Law, National Security, Politics, Progressivism, Statism | Tags: As Long As It's Nice Speech, Freedom of Speech, You Must Not Offend
—Jeff Olson is a 40-year-old man who was being prosecuted for scrawling anti-megabank messages on the sidewalk in water-soluble chalk faced a 13 year sentence. A judge had barred his attorney from mentioning freedom of speech during the trial. The San Diego Reader reported that a judge had opted to prevent Olson's attorney from"mentioning the First Amendment, free speech, free expression, public forum, expressive conduct, or political speech during the trial."
Olson faced 13 counts of vandalism. In addition to possibly spending years in jail, Olson would also be held liable for fines of up to $13,000 over the anti-big-bank slogans that were left in washable children's chalk on a sidewalk outside of three San Diego, California branches of Bank of America, the massive conglomerate that received $45 billion in interest-free loans from the federal government in 2008-2009 in a bid to keep it solvent in the financial crisis.
Olson was a former staffer for a Washington State senator, and involved himself in political activism inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest regarding debit card fees. He scribbled slogans such as "Stop Big Banks" and "Stop Bank Blight.com." One Bank of America branch claimed it had cost $6,000 to clean up the washable chalk.
Darrell Freeman, Vice President of Bank of America's Global Corporate Security, and a former police officer, decided to take Olson and his friend on. He threatened them with "running a business outside of the bank,"and when that didn't work pressured members of San Diego's Gang Unit on behalf of Bank of America, until the matter was forwarded to the City Attorney's Office.
Olson did not deny that he scrawled anti-bank messages and artwork outside the banks last year, such as "No thanks, big banks" and Shame on Bank of America."
His attorney argued that vandalism law required jurors to find something was "maliciously defaced." He added, "His purpose was not malicious. His purpose was to inform.
The mayor condemned the City Attorney's Office, calling it a waste of time. Defense attorney Tom Tosdal said it was an "enormous waste of public resources." He said bank officials demanded the prosecution because they didn't like his client's message. The jury agreed and acquitted Olson.
The judge forbade any mention of freedom of speech or the First Amendment? Wow.
—In West Virginia, a 14-year-old student wore a National Rifle Association tee shirt to school. Uh Oh! His teacher demanded that he remove it, and he refused. Jared Marcum, 14, was charged with obstruction following the April 18 incident after police were called to Logan Middle School. Police said he wouldn't stop talking. After he was charged, Marcum faced up to a year in jail and a $500 fine.
Ben White, the Marcum family attorney, claimed the demand that he remove the NRA shirt violated his right to freedom of speech. Logan County Circuit Court Judge Eric O'Briant signed an order dismissing the charge.
After Marcum was arrested, students throughout Logan County wore similar NRA shirts in a show of solidarity. Prosecutors sought to have a gag order imposed on Marcum and his family. After reviewing statements from the arresting officer and the school principal, White said he and a prosecutor agreed that creating a criminal record for the 14-year-old boy was not a good idea. Annoying a prosecutor is apparently not a good idea.
—The BBC headline ran "U.S. Bloggers Banned From Entering the UK." "Bloggers" Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer were denied entry to the country that gave the world the Magna Charta. Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer are both prominent critics of Islamism — the strand of militant Islam that attempts to spread the intolerant ideology of Islam throughout the West through the imposition of sharia.
What Geller and Spencer do is speak. They give lectures, they write books. They were traveling to Britain to participate in a commemorative ceremony for Drummer Lee Rigby, the young soldier who was returning to his barracks when two Muslims ran him down with a car, then stabbed and hacked him to death with knives and a cleaver. Rigby had to be identified with dental records.
Geller and Spencer speak about the intolerance of Islam and the requirements of sharia. A government spokesman said individuals whose presence "is not conducive to the public good" may be denied entry by the Home Secretary. He explained: "We condemn all those whose behaviors and views run counter to our shared values and will not stand for extremism in any form." We're trying to be very tolerant, don't be disagreeing with us or disturbing our fantasies.
Another few incidents in today's world where freedom of speech means being very, very careful what you say. How did we get here?
Filed under: Freedom, Politics, Progressivism, The Constitution, The United States | Tags: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Freedom of Speech, The First Amendment
"I was expelled from Syracuse University for comments that I posted on Facebook."
Syracuse University School of Education graduate student Matthew Werenczak was just trying to finish his masters degree early when he decided to take a summer course that involved tutoring at a local middle school. But after a comment he posted on Facebook about an experience he had at the school caught the attention of the Syracuse administration, Werenczak would be lucky if he graduated at all.
On the first day of Werenczak's tutoring program at Danforth Middle School, he and another Syracuse student were introduced to their students by a member of the Concerned Citizens Action Program (CCAP). They happened to be the only two white people in the room. Shortly after the introduction, in the presence of Werenczak and the other white student teacher, the CCAP member, who is black, said that he thought that the city schools should hire more teachers from historically black colleges.
"This [comment] offended me, as well as the other student teacher in the room," says Werenczak in FIRE's latest video. "It just seemed inappropriate considering that the two student teachers happened to be from Syracuse and a not a historically black college."
So Werenczak took to Facebook to write about the incident.
"Just making sure we're okay with racism," wrote Werenczak. "It's not enough I'm … tutoring in the worst school in the city, I suppose I oughta be black or stay in my own side of town."
"I was kind of trying to see if my friends or other peers, classmates would have a similar reaction to what I had," says Werenczak about the reason for his posting the comment.
One reaction Werenczak didn't see coming was an expulsion from the School of Education for the Facebook comments, which the school described as "unprofessional, offensive, and insensitive." The school told Werenczak he could avoid expulsion by voluntarily withdrawing, or he could fulfill several requirements in order to gain a chance of "re-admittance."
When Werenczak fulfilled the requirements and was still not readmitted to the school, he contacted FIRE for help.
"Hours after FIRE took the case public, Syracuse University backed down and I was brought back [into the program] and later graduated."
Why is it always the educators in our universities that don' t grasp freedom of speech. Our colleges and universities are hotbeds of attempting to censor speech that they don't like. Thank goodness for FIRE.
Filed under: Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Islam, Middle East, National Security, The United States | Tags: Benghazi Terrorist Attack, Complete Security Lapse, Freedom of Speech
Benghazi is the worst scandal in memory, and the compliant media — the PR arm of the Obama campaign — is ready to brush it aside as if it were "just a bump in the road." the president's own callous designation for four murdered Americans. The administration story clearly departed from what was known and when it was known. Brett Baier has compiled a timeline of events.
It has been confusing, as the administration tried valiantly to insist that it was a spontaneous mob reaction to a 14 minute YouTube video critical of Islam that apparently no one had seen, which resulted in mob violence and attacks on embassies in 20 countries. The administration knew within 24 hours of the 9/11 attack that it was a planned attack by terrorists. Secretary of State Clinton announced on the 13th that she found the anti-Muslim movie trailer that sparked violent attacks on American embassies across the Middle east "disgusting and reprehensible." President Obama said there were going to be "a few bumps in the road," and headed off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser.
Nakoula Basili Nakoula who made the You Tube video was 'coincidentally' picked up on the 13th for questioning about a probation violation of using a computer. He was judged a "flight risk" and sentenced to solitary confinement for at least a couple of weeks.
To push the video story on September 16, UN Ambassador Susan Rice was dispatched to the Sunday shows, where she obediently, 5 days after the attack said it was a spontaneous uprising in reaction to the video
"We had a substantial security presence with our personnel and the consulate in Benghazi. Tragically, two of the four Americans who were killed were there providing security. That was their function. And indeed, there were many other colleagues who were doing the same with them."
That wasn't true either. The "consulate" was an unsecured building, the Libyan security ran away, and the two former SEALS were not there to protect the ambassador or the facility, but lost their lives when they stepped forward to try to help.
So a week after the attack Obama and his administration were still trying to push the video story. Or to rephrase it — they have been deliberately lying to the American public. And eventually they gave up that story and started lying about lying about it.
Mr. Obama has had a great deal invested in his brag about killing bin Laden, and decimating the bin Laden terrorist group. After considerable (a year) hesitation, he agreed to the raid, which any president would have done. The organization is still alive and well.
For clarification I turned to the DiploMad, a former State Department official who reported from Banda Aceh on the 2004 Indonesian tsunami rescue efforts. He said:
The attack on the US facility in Benghazi is a scandal of–literally–murderous proportions. The lack of concern for even basic security procedures, the mishandling of intelligence information, the willful blindness towards the causes of the attack, and the outrageous and outright lying to cover up the incompetence by Carney, Rice, Clinton, Obama, and now Clapper is breath-taking.
The late Ambassador Stevens, I am sorry to say, has a share of the blame for the failure to use common sense and to behave in a manner that would have protected him and his people. This failure cost him his life and those of three other Americans, and apparently produced a catastrophe for US interests.
I will be criticized for criticizing a murdered Ambassador, but he was the man in charge. His greatest apparent shortcoming, and I would gladly retract this and apologize if the evidence points elsewhere, was allowing that facility, which apparently played a key role in our intel efforts in the region, to operate with nothing that approximated even basic security standards. In addition, he drew attention to the facility by announcing that he would go to Benghazi, and that he would inaugurate an "American Corner" there. He did this although, apparently, he had concerns about the security of the facility in Benghazi, as well as his own safety,
Read the whole thing. It strikes me as straightforward common sense from someone who knows the ropes.
This is a cover-up, a deliberate attempt to hide the truth by an administration that claimed it wanted to be the most transparent in history. It involves the murder of four Americans, one our ambassador, and involves our national security. The attack on the Benghazi safe-house indicates that it was well known to the terrorists, and more than 15 days later the FBI has not been to Benghazi to secure the premises. What documents were taken is still unknown. Why was there an unsecured 'consulate' in the first place. We've learned that the Administration actually deleted damning State Department memos from the Internet, in which State expressed the view that it had "no credible information to suggest that al-Qaeda or any terrorist group is plotting any kind of attack overseas to coincide with the upcoming anniversary of September 11."
Congressional Democrats have actually demanded some detailed information. Obama is still out on the campaign trail. Appearances on Letterman, and shamefully on the View were fine, but the President was too busy to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu. This seems to be just another occasion where Obama's self-concern is larger than the national interest. It is still all about him.
Filed under: Capitalism, Democrat Corruption, Economy, Election 2012, Freedom, Politics, Progressivism, Statism, The United States | Tags: Citizens United Decision, Freedom of Speech, U.S.Supreme Court
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Democrats do not like disagreement, so the Supreme Court's 2010 "Citizens United" decision which knocked down curbs on companies' political donations that fuel political free speech, is something they really hate. During the Supreme Court's hearing, an Obama-appointed lawyer said the law could be used to ban political movies or books. The court's five to four decision brought howls of protest from Democrats, who get a larger proportion of their donations from unions and professionals, but not so much from corporations
Corporations still cannot donate directly to candidates, but they can donate to political action committees (PACs).
Attempting to distract attention from the Republican convention where multitudes of speakers were disagreeing with his policies, President Barack Obama tried to regain the limelight with a call for a constitutional amendment to amend the free-speech rights of wealthy people and corporations. Thy hypocrisy here is breathtaking. Democrats excoriate the Libertarian Koch brothers who head Koch Industries, yet make no mention of George Soros and the Democracy Alliance, and welcome the funds public sector unions extract from their membership.
"I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn Citizens United. … Even if the amendment process falls short, it can shine a spotlight of the super PAC phenomenon and help apply pressure for change," Obama said during 4:30 p.m. EST online event.
The publicity-grabbing gambit complements his campaign-theme portrayal of himself as the defender of middle-class Americans, and Gov. Mitt Romney as the champion of wealthy, job-exporting plutocrats.
Those "super PACs "fundamentally threaten to overwhelm the political process over the long run and drown out the voice of ordinary citizens," he claimed, as many of his 2008 Wall Street Donors are supporting Mitt Romney.
Filed under: Capitalism, Democrat Corruption, Economy, Freedom, Intelligence, Law, National Security, Terrorism | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Important Readings, Respect for the Rule of Law
Three must read articles for a Monday.
— Victor Davis Hanson, one of clearest and most thoughtful observers of current affairs looks at the increasing national security scandals coming out of the ineptitude of the Obama administration. He compares their significance to scandals from other administrations fairly and cogently. It's not a pretty picture.
— Senator Mitch McConnell, GOP Minority Leader, addressed the Heritage Foundation with a speech about how the Obama administration is pursuing restrictions on political speech, by every means possible, including bypassing Congress and the federal judiciary. Democrats don't like to be disagreed with, and they want to stamp out the right to disagree. Conservatives understand that debate is an essential part of the American polity. Liberals want to shut you up by whatever means possible. The speech is here. Long, but worth it.
— Douglas Ross, excellence in blogging, looks at ten things that a President Romney can do, by following the example of what the current president has accomplished with the approval of the Media in rescinding laws by executive order. Indifference to the rule of law can have unintended consequences too. This is tongue-in-cheek, but points out the real problems with the president's actions.
Filed under: Education, Freedom, Humor | Tags: Affirmative action, Freedom of Speech, Redistribution of Income
The intellectual climate of the nation today came from the public schools, where almost every one of us was schooled in the work of the mind. We are a people who imagine that we are weighing important issues when we exchange generalizations and well-known opinions. We decide how to vote or what to buy according to whim or fancied self-interest, either of which is easily engendered in us by the manipulation of language, which we have neither the will nor the ability to analyze. We believe that we can reach conclusions without having the faintest idea of the difference between inferences and statements of fact, often without any suspicion that there are such things and that they are different. We are easily persuaded and repersuaded by what seems authoritative, without any notion of those attributes and abilities that characterize authority. We do not notice elementary fallacies in logic, it doesn't even occur to us to look for them: few of us are even aware that such things exist. We make no regular distinction between those kinds of things that can be known and objectively verified and those that can only be believed or not. Nor are we likely to examine, when we believe or not, the induced predispositions that may make us do the one or the other. We are easy prey.
Richard Mitchell: The Graves of Academe
Also, affirmative action had a disastrous effect. We created two universities during affirmative action. We had a super-elite university of people who were admitted on the most competitive criteria in the history of the university, but then we had this other university of people who could not have been admitted on those criteria, and who had to have special courses and special departments set up for them.
Now affirmative action meant two completely different things. When it first started out the definition was that we were going to take affirmative actions to see that people who would never have tried to get into the university before would be encouraged and trained so that they could get admission. I was all for that —that we were going to get people into the competition. What happened though, and this was the catastrophic effect, is that race and ethnicity became criteria, not for encouraging people to enter the competition, but for judging the competition.
John R. Searle, Professor of Philosophy, Berkeley
We are telling students what to think, not teaching them how to think. Without teaching them how to draw meaning, significance and wisdom from those facts, we are teaching mindlessness. Teaching kids how to think means teaching them how to weigh and consider ideas, see implications, follow an argument to a logical conclusion, integrate knowledge, and apply creative and critical thinking to solve problems and make decisions.
Vincent Ryan Ruggerio: Warning: Nonsense is Destroying America
Filed under: Freedom, Media Bias, Politics, The Constitution | Tags: Bill Clinton, Censor the Internet, Freedom of Speech
Bill Clinton doesn't like all the rumors and misinformation that seem to be floating around on the internet. He thinks the United Nations or the U.S. Government should create an agency to police the loose talk.
The agency, Clinton said, would "have to be totally transparent about where the money came from" and would have to be "independent" because "if it's a government agency in a traditional sense, it would have no credibility whatever, particularly with a lot of the people who are most active on the internet."
Let's say the U.S. did it, it would have to be an independent federal agency that no president could countermand or anything else because people wouldn't think you were just censoring the news and giving a different falsehood out.That is, it would be like, I don't know, National Public Radio or BBC or something like that, except it would have to be really independent and they would not express opinions, and their mandate would be narrowly confined to identifying relevant factual errors. And also, they would also have to have citations so that they could be checked in case they made a mistake. Somebody needs to be doing it, and maybe it's a worthy expenditure of taxpayer money.
There is some suggestion in the Politico article that Mr. Clinton may have had Wikileaks in mind, but still—for a former president, fully aware of the ability of government to violate the rights of citizens, to suggest such a thing is appalling. And as paragons of truth and virtue to offer up the very liberal NPR and the very far left BBC as judges of what is true on the internet is simply absurd.
Perhaps it does not seem so to the former president, for liberals see every conservative fact as a lie and only liberal claims as true. We once shared facts, at least, and differed on the policies the facts suggested. Now we no longer even share facts. All is politics and politics is all.
Filed under: Capitalism, Freedom, Statism, The Constitution | Tags: Controlled and Regulated, Freedom of Speech, The British Left
Simon Jenkins who is apparently a columnist for the leftist British newspaper The Guardian, has written an interesting column. The column is titled "Free speech can't exist unchained. US politics needs the tonic of order."
The column illustrated that the British Left's love affair with Barack Obama has definitely cooled.
When Barack Obama addressed a shocked nation in Tucson , Arizona, …he deployed the only weapon left to a crippled presidency; the power of rhetorical cliché. He deployed it brilliantly.
"Together we thrive," he cried meaninglessly. "For all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness." While American hearts were broken, "yet our hearts also have reason for fullness…The forces that unite us are stronger than the forces that divide us." Despite pleas to keep war jargon out of political discourse, Obama asked: "How can we honour the fallen?"
The process also involved "debating what might be done to prevent such tragedies in the future." Americans had to hake sure that they speak to each other "in a way that heals, not a way that wounds." Mr. Simon is apparently a reader of the New York Times, and swallows the leftist line whole.
Sorry. A paranoid schizophrenic who had presented all sorts of signs that he was dangerous; who had been expelled from community college because he seemed psychologically dangerous; and had many interactions with the police department, was not taken seriously by the authorities. His obsession with Congresswoman Giffords preceded Sarah Palin's appearance on the political scene,and the creation of the Tea Parties, and his actions were completely unrelated to Conservative politics. The Left saw a chance to blame the Republicans for an unnecessary tragedy and went for it, just as Bill Clinton attempted to blame Republicans for the Oklahoma bombing. Whose hate speech?
The violent rhetoric on the part of Republicans has been to demand repeal of ObamaCare, to express anger at the obscene spending by the Obama administration, the huge increases in the national debt to no purpose, and the kind of crony politics being practiced. In America that is protected political speech, and the way it is supposed to be.
"Hate speech" is more accurately practiced by the Left, and a "proud Democrat" called in on a radio show today to express her hatred for Vice President Dick Cheney and the hope that he would die. That is hate speech.
Europeans have never understood our "Freedom of Speech." The First Amendment to the Constitution instructs the government that it may make no law abridging freedom of speech. "Freedom of speech, like freedom of traffic, can only be defined by the curbs and regulations that make it real," says Mr. Simon, meaninglessly. What he seems not to understand is that our Constitution was written to make us not British. And the freedoms we have served us well. Again, Mr. Simon:
The vitriol and inaccuracy of the campaign against Obama's public health reforms last year were like those against abortion and homosexuality. to many Europeans, the echo across the Atlantic came from a people isolated from the outside world and unable to handle today's social and scientific progress. The debate was infused with nastiness and xenophobia as if the U was a land composed of tribes bred only to hate the outside world, and often themselves.
Sorry, Mr. Simon. We don't like the NHS, and we don't like NICE We want no part of it. We have the best health care system in the world. Most of the scientific progress comes from those people isolated from the outside world over here. And today's social progress — in Britain? You are perfectly welcome to criticize us, and we'll feel free to return the favor. But do try to get your facts right.
Filed under: Law, Politics, Progressivism, The Constitution | Tags: Democrat Lies/Dirty Tricks, Freedom of Speech, Supreme Court
The Supreme Court handed down a major decision in Citizens United v. FEC, the "Hillary: The Movie" case that was first argued last March, reargued in September, and finally decided last Thursday, January 21, 2010.
Background: During the 2008 election campaign, the nonprofit group Citizens United wanted to make a film available on cable-on-demand that was critical of then-candidate Hillary Clinton. Because Citizens United is organized as a corporation, under the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance law, its speech was banned. The movie was not allowed to be shown, and the law was backed by criminal sanctions. Section 441b makes it a felony for all corporations — including nonprofit advocacy corporations — either to expressly advocate the election or defeat of candidates or to broadcast electioneering communications within 30 days of a primary and 60 days of a general election.
Citizens United challenged this ban, and the Supreme Court struck down this provision of McCain-Feingold , reversing a previous ruling — Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce —that permitted the government to ban corporations and labor unions from promoting or opposing political candidates.
Paul Sherman, an attorney with the Institute for Justice, which litigates free-speech cases nationwide points out:
The ruling in Citizens United is a straightforward application of basic First Amendment principles: "When Government seeks to use its full power…to command where a person may get his or her information or what distrusted source he or she may not hear, it uses censorship to control thought. This is unlawful. The First Amendment confirms the freedom to think for ourselves."
The Democrats are OUTRAGED: Corporations are not entitled to free speech, political expenditures are not "speech", protections of the Free Speech Clause properly apply to individuals not corporations, this will corrupt the democratic process, will radically increase powerful corporate influence in politics, blah, blah, blah. Democrats are afraid that corporations benefit Republicans, and free speech should not apply to anyone who might be critical of Democrats.
The First Amendment is about political speech, and if free speech only applies to speech that is pleasing to you, then it isn't free, and it isn't freedom — but tyranny. You might find it interesting to keep track of the numerous and constant efforts of the Democrats to stifle speech that they don't like. For example, President Obama's ban on Fox News continues.
Just watch. There will be a concerted effort on the part of the Democrats to overturn or overrule this decision. The "Democrats" aren't much on Democracy, the Constitution (needs updating for modern times), especially the First Amendment — although that religion part is useful for getting rid of religious influences. They're fairly fond of the "establishment" bit but always, always, ignore the — making no law that might "prohibit the free exercise thereof" part.
Progressives are passionately fond of larger government, the growth of government, and the exercise of lots of government power. The Constitution puts some firm limits on what government can and cannot do. They don't like that.
Filed under: Capitalism, Economy, Health Care | Tags: Democrat Demagogues, Freedom of Speech, Obamacare, Paid Mobs
Oh my! You must see this video. I cannot post it here because our format won't accept this kind of video. But you will find "The Mother of All ObamaCare Lies" here. Some insist that the pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class is a larger lie, and they have a point. But this video is particularly devastating, and you can decide which is the bigger whopper.
Congress is completely out-of-control. They are our representatives. They take an oath to represent us and to defend the Constitution. Freedom of speech refers to political speech. And it's free even when it is loud or shouted. Diane Feinstein had some old folks who came to her office arrested. Proponents of ObamaCare have called those who are opposed and trying to be heard, Nazis, un-American, mobs and worse. Some have been attacked.
President Obama made this arrogant, outrageous remark:
But I don't want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don't mind cleaning up after them, but don't do a lot of talking.
Whatever it is, it's always someone else's fault. Obama will accept responsibility only after everyone understands that he is there to fix things that were someone else's fault. He takes no responsibility for his time served in the U.S. Senate or his votes there. And to prove his respect for the Constitution, he has called out the union thugs of SEIU to show up at events and control beat up those who are raising questions. His "Town Hall" events are filled only with supporters, so there will be no dissent.
Charles Krauthamer addresses ObamaCare strictly on the facts:
[T]oday's ruling Democrats propose to fix our extremely high-quality (but inefficient and therefore expensive) health-care system with 1,000 pages of additional curlicued complexity — employer mandates individual mandates, insurance company mandates, allocation formulas, political payoffs and myriad other conjured regulations and interventions — with the promise that this massive concoction will lower costs.
This is all quite mad. It creates a Rube Goldberg system that simply multiplies the current inefficiencies and arbitrariness, thus producing staggering deficits with less choice and lower-quality care. That's why the administration can't sell ObamaCare.
As far as I can tell, the people who are trying to sell this wretched plan have very little understanding of what is in the bill and what the consequences are. It is not about health care, it is about control. That's why, instead of an open debate, they are so intent on shutting down anyone who disagrees. That's why, instead of encouraging discussion, posting committee meetings on C-span, and posting the bill on the internet, they are hiring "organized communities" to bully people into acceptance — $10-$15 an hour. You just have to memorize the script. You don't really have to understand anything about it — not anything at all.
Filed under: Freedom, Law, The Constitution | Tags: Democrat Demagogues, Freedom of Speech, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder
Under a recently introduced bill in the House of Representatives, H.R. 1966, bloggers would face up to two years in prison if they "harass" public figures by criticizing them in a "severe repeated, and hostile" manner, and thereby cause them "substantial emotional distress."
Will someone please explain to me why Leftists cannot stand to have anyone disagree with them and feel that disagreement must be prevented by law? Isn't freedom of speech the first and most important of all our rights in America? Political speech, especially, is protected by the Constitution. Did they never read the Constitution? Do they know no history?
Greg Pollowitz goes on to explain:
U.C. L.A. Law Professor Eugene Volokh, the author of a First Amendment treatise, has concluded that the bill is unconstitutional. …As a federal appeals court noted in DeJohn v. Temple University (2008), "there is no harassment exception to the First Amendment's free speech clause." Speech that causes emotional distress can be protected as the Supreme Court made clear in barring a lawsuit by Jerry Falwell over an offensive parody.
Did no one read about Mark Steyn's experiences with Canada's human rights nazis? Did the travails of Salman Rushdie make no impression? Do people not realize how precious our Bill of Rights is?


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WORCESTER CO., Md. - Improved mapping technology led FEMA to make some changes to which areas of Worcester county are more prone to flooding.According to the federal official, Ocean City is one of the areas found to be less flood prone.
Thursday, more than one hundred residents showed up at a meeting to learn how those changes will impact flood insurance rates.
"Some properties may now be located outside of the special flood hazard area, but it does not necessarily mean that they will never be flooded," says Robin Danforth, a Civil Engineer with FEMA, "if their flood insurance zone changes, they may see a change in their flood insurance premium."
Some local insurance agents we spoke with worry changes could leave residents uninsured.
"The dilemma in my opinion is a mortgage company will not be mandated to require flood insurance, which means property owners will say 'if my mortgage company doesn't require flood insurance, I'm not going to buy it'," says Reese Cropper III, with Insurance Management Group.
If you live in Worcester county and weren't able to make it to the meeting, visit www.RAMPP-Team.com.


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Eliot Ness: The Man Behind the Myth
The BlackHawk Inn
The day after the police found the body of the "Tattooed Man," Ness was visited by the noisy and eccentric Councilman Anton Vehovec who insisted that Ness personally look into illegal gambling in Vehovec's district, which corresponded to the Fourteenth Precinct of the police department. The councilman claimed that he had repeatedly given details of the illegal gambling activities to the police, but nothing had been done about it because the police captain in the Fourteenth Precinct was corrupt. In fact, he charged that the precinct captain owned one of the gambling joints, the Blackhawk Inn.
Ness really didn't want to get in the middle of the councilman's well-publicized crusades, but Vehovec's charge against Michael Harwood, the Fourteenth Precinct captain could not be ignored. With the councilman in tow, Ness and one of his detectives, along with several newspaper reporters, drove over to the Blackhawk Inn, walked through the front door of the restaurant in the front of the building and yelled, "This is a police raid." While a number of people scrambled out the back door, Ness was able to capture about a dozen men, who were questioned about the betting slips found in the back room.
A few minutes later, a cocky young man came in, swaggered up to Ness and demanded to know what he was doing. He had been at another of his restaurants when the raid was taking place and had been warned, "something funny was going on at the Blackhawk Inn." Ness asked him who he was and he boasted that he was Eddie Harwood, whose police captain father "runs this district."
"Well, well," Ness laughed as though he were suitably impressed, "I'm Eliot Ness and I run the police department in this whole town."
Eddie Harwood, whose mood had changed dramatically when he found out Eliot Ness was leading the raid, was allowed a phone call before Ness questioned him. When he came back, he told Ness he owned the building, but rented the back room where they captured the gambling evidence to someone named Joe. Naturally, Eddie Harwood said knew nothing about any gambling. Minutes later, a man who identified himself as Joe McCarthy rushed in and told the same story as Eddie Harwood.
Ness was sure that Harwood had set this story up with McCarthy in his telephone call a few minutes earlier, so he asked Harwood and McCarthy each for their key rings. Eddie had the key to the back room on his key ring, but McCarthy didn't have a key to the room he supposedly rented.
"Are you quite sure you want to take the rap on this?" Ness asked McCarthy before he was arrested. McCarthy nodded and was driven off in the police car, leaving Eddie to explain what happened to his father. According to one witness, Captain Harwood showed up shortly after Ness and the reporters left and went into a rage at his son's stupidity.
A relative of the police captain quoted the father as saying, "You were a damn fool to go back in the Blackhawk Inn and let them get just the man they wanted, especially
when you were warned that a raid was going on. I've got a good mind to take a belt to you."
That evening Captain Michael Harwood was suspended until Ness personally completed his investigation of gambling and racketeering in Harwood's Fourteenth Precinct. "The matter has now gone far beyond the operation of a single bookmaking establishment," he told the press. "It is a question of police efficiency, discipline and honesty in the Fourteenth Precinct, and every officer in it is going to be called on for a recital of everything going on in that precinct."
A few days later, a number of people came forward to testify that Captain Harwood often visited the gambling joint in the back room of the Blackhawk Inn and had told his son to have a warning buzzer installed in the restaurant in case of a raid. Ness also uncovered a phony will of Harwood's aunt that left her entire estate of $30,000 to Captain Harwood, bypassing all of the woman's other heirs. This "inheritance" was collateral to finance loans for a large nightclub the Harwood family was constructing.
Like former-captain Louis Cadek, Harwood tried to retire before his case came to court so that he would be eligible for his pension. Using a plea of nervous exhaustion, his physician declared him "unfit for duty" and eligible for disability status, which he hoped to maintain until he could collect his pension several months later. Ness was adamant that Harwood, if convicted, not be rewarded with a pension and persuaded the police pension board to defer action on Harwood's retirement/disability scheme until the investigation was over.
The Harwood and Cadek cases reinforced Ness's dedication to weeding out the "bad apples" on the force, particularly at the captain level. He already had a long list of police officers of every rank who were suspected of illegal activity, but Ness was not going to act on mere rumor and innuendo. He was determined that each person was to be thoroughly checked out. If he was clean, his name came off the list. If he were corrupt, the investigation would yield the evidence to indict him.
The problem was one of execution. How could he, Eliot Ness, with all the administrative demands of his director position, accomplish this massive investigation? With a very few exceptions, he did not trust the men in his department enough to involve them in this undertaking. Not only that, if Ness took a few police officers away from their regular duties for a secret investigation, their effectiveness would be destroyed as word spread to "look out" for those individuals.
He needed to recruit a new team who could snoop around without attracting too much attention. It would take money he knew wasn't in his budget. Mayor Burton was sympathetic and contacted his friends in the business community who created a secret "slush fund" to pay for the investigation.
One of the most dedicated members of the secret team was paid only with the promise of an exclusive story when the results of the investigation went public. This was Ness's reporter friend Clayton Fritchey who devoted much of his free time to Ness's crusade.
Then there was Ness himself, who spent almost every evening checking out suspects on his own. Prostitutes and other petty criminals were dazzled by the celebrity who sought them out to hear their evidence.


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|X10 - Rooting
The first thing you would want to do is 'root' your phone so that you have full permission to change it. To do this you need to download Flashtool and, if not yet installed on your computer, the latest Java runtime.
Finaly it has become easy again to root your X10! The latest FlashTool (0.4.2) can once again root your device without any hassle. The only 'setback' is that your device needs to be running a generic SE 2.3.3 rom so if you already have a custom rom, you will need to reflash that first.
You can find FlashTool 0.4.2 on the Tools page or from their website.
Start X10FlashTool.exe.
Now that the Flashtool is running go into your phone settings and activate 'debugging mode' (Settings > Applications > Development). Connect your phone and press the Root button in Flashtool.
After about 20 seconds your phone will reboot with root mode installed.
To install system patches and different roms you need to install xRecovery on your phone. Open Flashtool and connect your phone (with debugging mode enabled).
Press the 'Ask Root Perms' button and acknowledge the root access on your phone.
Press the xRecovery button.
To open xRecovery reboot your phone and as soon as you see the white Sony Ericsson logo press the back button like you are playing Hyper Olympics. After a couple of second the xRecovery screen will appear:
Installing JIT Enabler v2 (2.1)
When you are running a standard rom you can double the speed of your phone by installing JIT Enabler v2.
There are two ways of installing the JIT Enabler:
- Copy the zip file to your SD card and reboot your phone into xRecovery.
- Select the option 'Install custom zip' (scroll through the menu's with the volume buttons and acknowledge with the home button) and select the zip file.
- After installing the zip go into the 'advanced options' menu and select 'wipe dalvik cache' !
- Reboot your phone
- Connect your phone (with debugging mode enabled)
- If noy yet done, use the 'Ask Root Perms' to give Flashtool permission to change the phone system
- Press the 'Optimize' button and wait for the reboot.


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A roll of SADF personnel who died for their country; from the establishment of the republic until 1994 when the SADF was amalgamated into the SANDF.
I have put this info in the database from a list kindly supplied to me by Col. Gideon Brink from the SANDF Communications Office
There are some very definite errors in the database. This comes about because there are errors in some of the details that were supplied to me by the SANDF, as well as the possibility of typing/OCR errors during the process of capturing the data. If you spot something that you KNOW is wrong, then PLEASE contact me so that I can update the database.
I have created the ability to dynamically add dedications and stories to the database.
Note: I have added other information that goes way beyond that of the SADF 1962-1994. This includes the ABW, WWI, WWII and post 94 deaths. See the list of wars for more information
This is the new home of the Roll of Honour Web Site. I left the University of Stellenbosch and have been trying to create a new web-site for some time now. This site will grow in functionality as time passes, so please be patient. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email them to me. Also, all changes to the database. Please also visit the South African Military Units site.


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