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Jul 19, 2012
Lately I am in awe of President Obama's weasel-perfect scheme of manipulating the press into talking non-stop about Romney's unreleased tax returns. You rarely see that level of naked cynicism work so well. It reminds me of the story of the politician who, in less enlightened times, accused his opponent of being a "flagrant heterosexual" because he figured voters were dumb enough to think that sounded like a moral failing.
Most observers assume Romney's taxes are in full compliance with the law and that his tax experts found clever ways to reduce his taxes as much as possible. In other words, Romney is smart, hires good people, plays within the rules, and believes in low taxes. That's totally consistent with his campaign message. Obama's genius is making all of that sound like financial pedophilia. It's a brilliant political trap.
This made me wonder what qualities we should look for in a president. In many ways, Romney and Obama are similar. Both candidates are staunchly opposed to personal freedom, albeit in different ways. And neither candidate has a plausible plan for fixing the economy. The winner in this next election will be the candidate who does the best job of convincing voters that the other candidate's gold is nothing but festively colored turds. But is that a bad thing?
The most important talent for a president is the ability to focus national attention where it needs to be. Election years are like an extended job interview with lots of role play. We citizens watch as the candidates compete to control the news cycle and get in our heads. The topics they choose (tax returns, birth certificates, etc.) are almost irrelevant to the larger question of how well they can manipulate the national conversation.
Leadership is mostly about controlling what people think. If you have two candidates of roughly equal intelligence, experience, and moral center, the tie-breaker is the indefinable quality called leadership. Lately, Obama has been winning the leadership contest by proving he can make Romney's unicorn look like a horse with a protruding brain tumor.
If I were to advise Romney on how to flip the tax return issue in his favor, it would involve the "higher ground" maneuver that I've described in past posts. That involves confessing that whatever people suspect is 100% true, proposing a path forward, and changing the context in a way that is more compelling to the press.
Steve Jobs famously used this method when people realized the iPhone dropped calls if you held it a certain way. The press went nuts about it. Eventually Jobs publicly confessed the problem, offered a fix, and changed the context to "all smartphones have problems." The press immediately turned to the question of whether all smartphones had issues, and discovered it was largely true. The controversy with the iPhone dissolved overnight.
In Romney's case, the higher ground strategy would involve confessing that he hired the best tax experts that money could buy and they did an "embarrassingly" good job of legally lowering his taxes. The keyword is "embarrassingly" because it explains his desire for privacy. Then he should propose doing the same thing for voters, i.e. find ways to lower their taxes while fixing the economy at the same time. Remind voters that he's running as a guy who knows how to navigate complicated financial situations and find the best solutions. Then ask a simple question: Would you vote for a candidate who couldn't do a good job on his own tax returns? That's the context change. I think Romney could get experts looking at Obama's published returns and determining that he paid more taxes than he needed; it's an argument you can always make about any return. That would make Obama look financially incompetent.
With this approach, the press would focus first on the question of whether success is, or should be, "embarrassing" in our country, and secondly on whether Obama handled his own taxes well. That cleverly changes the discussion from whether Romney is hiding something unseemly to the question of how well he hires people to do that sort of work.
I'll remind you that I don't think either candidate meets the minimum standard I would expect for a modern leader. I'm still waiting for a candidate that prefers using a rational process of borrowing best practices from other countries and testing new ideas on a small scale to see what works. And I prefer a leader who doesn't profess a deep belief in magic. Call me a dreamer.
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Aug 3, 2012
It was from Florida, in the early 1940s I think, and the statements were that his opponent was a thespian and practiced monogamy. Oh, horrors.
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Aug 3, 2012
You are certainly a dreamer, well that ain't bad. But the reality of a leader as someone that can focus a nation is partially true only to U.S.A. In fact your president have limited power, but held responsible for a lot of thing. That look like a scapegoat if you ask me.
In other place, the guy that look in charge is actually in charge, and instead to have to block him with impossible political system, you just make so that he work so hard that he don't have too much time to abuse the system. Their is a reason why most country that where dictatorship before and who transit to a Republic system failed, but those who transit to a British like democracy often prevailed.
Your focus guy need to do something, or he will try to abuse is place. Or you need to block him from doing anything. Both case, the peoples are losing. Good job breaking it hero.
Leading by example is much more strong that leading with word.
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Jul 22, 2012
So we have the following three claims:
(1) Obama's regime is just as war-mongering as a regime which started two drawn-out ground wars.,
(2) Anti-free-healthcare Tea Party birthers have arrived at their opinions after a careful consideration of the data supporting the counter-intuitive notion that taxing the rich to pay for free healthcare drives up the costs of healthcare.
(3) "There's much evidence that limiting access to arms makes a society less safe." Even though the evidence is that US has hugely more homicides per year per capita than Europe, and there's strong positive correlation between gun-owernship of a state and its homicide rate.
Not inconsistent with my earlier premise about Republicans (about them being stupid and all-around terrible human beings).
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Jul 22, 2012
@Therion: For someone who's supposedly paying attention, your ignorance is astounding! No matter where ones stands on an issue, assuming everyone who disagrees with you is "an awful human being" merely demonstrates closed-mindedness.
Advocating the starting of wars: I believe historically, both parties are pretty even on this. And civilians do not have the intel to know what our leaders know: e.g. look at how much Obama's national security policies mirror Bush's - indefinite detentions at Guantanamo, warrantless wiretaps; drone attacks have increased ten-fold (it rids him of having to discuss interrogations or what to do with enemy combatants - just kill them).
Gun control: There's much evidence that limiting access to arms makes a society less safe. You may not agree, but accusing everyone who disagrees with you of being evil is just small-minded. Liberals claim that we should legalize drugs because everyone who wants them can get them anyway, and prohibition just causes more problems. They also claim the we should ban guns because then no one will have access to them. Huh?? Only people who operate outside the law (criminals) will have them. You don't have to agree with me on that, but accusing me of being an awful human being for believing that a different strategy will make society safer does not lead to productive discourse.
"Free health care": There's no such thing! There's socialized health care, in which the cost of consuming is not borne directly by the consumer, but is instead spread among everyone. This removes the economics from consumption and makes health care MORE expensive, not free. Again, we may disagree on the best solution, but saying that those who advocate socializing costs are "well-meaning" while those who don't are "fueled by the nastiest kind of bile" is... well... who's spewing the bile at other people's ideas in that scenario?
If you think that "The situation really is that simplistic" then you don't understand the problem - the ideas involved.
And then he voted. (And even advocated, and probably is an activist of ignorance).
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Jul 21, 2012
Somebody comparing the non-escapade in Libya, which Obama left for the British and French to intervene militarily, to the drawn-out, American-led ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, can hardly expect to not be laughed at when he comments on critical thinking.
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Jul 21, 2012
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No need to take Romney specifically. Let's compare the Republicans to the Democrats. The Republicans are basically awful humans beings in comparison. They advocate for the waging of wars, increased military spending, ownership of guns, and the trickle-down theory of wealth. They advocate against free healthcare, awareness of climate change, proper birth control, gay marriage, and any progressive measures on employment.
Needless to say, this doesn't require agreeing with every policy supported by the Democrats. It's just interesting that one party is basically well-meaning, whereas the other is fueled by the nastiest kind of bile.
Simplistic? Sure. The situation really is that simplistic.
it strains belief to hold out faith you are a thinking sentient person. i dont see the point of holding out such faith.
you might be able to manufacture arguments to support you attitudes, but you clearly do not exercise any critical thinking skills on this subject.
i find it hard to believe a person as opinionated as you is unaware of obamas illegal war in libya. that is just the tip of the iceberg. how can a person be so opinionated be immune to contrary evidence? we'd all like to believe that being opinionated is the result of weighing significant amounts of pro and con evidence. except yours are formed with confirmation bias on steroids.
obama is indecipherable from bush 2 on subject of warmongering. and it looks like USA is seriously thinking about action in syria. obama ordered the assassination of a foreign national, OBL, just like bush did to countless other terror suspects, which obama 'leaked' to media he continued that process. gitmo open, we are still in iraq and afghanistan (one of obamas campaign promises was to pull out of iraq in less than 1` year).
personally i dont mind if you pick dem, repub, or neither. just use SOME critical thinking to arrive there.
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Jul 21, 2012
One must be aware of the irony of a person (Scott) who does not vote saying he doesn't think either candidate for president "meets the minimum standard" he would expect for such an office. Another great column would be for Scott to explain what his minimum standards would be, but I think it would just be another "Scott for president" column. Ho, hum.
The reason Romney's tax situation seems to be such a continuing story is because the press keeps harping on it. This is largely because the mainstream press favors the Democrats. At the same time, they continually give Obama a pass.
Have you heard any of the press asking to see the president's college transcripts, or talking to people who knew him back in the day? I recall just after he was elected, a couple of big-wig press people opining that they really didn't know very much about the newly-elected president. I wanted to scream at the TV, "And whose fault is that??? It's your job to find out those things, and you just let it slide!"
It's important, at least to me, to know what formed Mr. Obama's world view. Who were his professors? What were his writings like? What kind of an economic system did he support?
We have absolutely no idea. Largely because the press, frankly, just doesn't want that information out there. Do you recall when Sarah Palin became the Republican VP candidate? Literally swarms of press people headed up to Alaska to dig up any piece of dirt they could find, yet they just left then-candidate Obama alone.
The reason Romney doesn't want to release his tax returns (and he has stated this in a milder way than I'm doing) is because no matter what's in them, the Democrats will find a way to spin it to say, "See? He's an evil Wall Streeter who is out of touch with mainstream America!!!" And the mainstream press will slavishly fall in line with that, reporting every line of his tax returns over and over again, using the Democrat talking points until it would be all you would hear on the news.
When Senator John McCain was vetting VP candidates during his run against then-Senator Obama, one of the vettees, if that's a word, was Mitt Romney. At that time, Governor Romney submitted all of his tax returns for McCain's staff's perusal. Reports I've read said basically that Romney gave a lot to charity and overpaid his taxes. Nothing suspicious there - but you can be guaranteed that the Democrats would spin whatever is there, and the press would fall in line.
As far as this election goes, it's about more than just the two men running. It's about a vision for the future of this country. Are we going to continue down the path to mimic Old Europe, running up ever-increasing debt and building a welfare state that we can't possibly pay for, or are we going to try to return to some fiscal sanity, enable entitlement reform, and try to regain our economic place in the world?
Almost 50% of our fellow citizens pay zero in income tax. A record number of citizens, one in every six, are receiving government assistance. Unemployment is stuck at above 8%; if you take all the underemployed and those who have stopped looking, the number is nearer 20%. The economy is slowing down; the housing market is in the twa-lay, as the French would say. Yet Romney and Obama are virtually tied in the polls, with Obama having the Electoral College edge. Go figure.
President Obama's re-election slogan is "Forward." Sounds cool, until you start to think that the last thing you want to do when you're on the edge of a cliff is to move in that direction.
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Jul 21, 2012
No need to take Romney specifically. Let's compare the Republicans to the Democrats. The Republicans are basically awful humans beings in comparison. They advocate for the waging of wars, increased military spending, ownership of guns, and the trickle-down theory of wealth. They advocate against free healthcare, awareness of climate change, proper birth control, gay marriage, and any progressive measures on employment.
Needless to say, this doesn't require agreeing with every policy supported by the Democrats. It's just interesting that one party is basically well-meaning, whereas the other is fueled by the nastiest kind of bile.
Simplistic? Sure. The situation really is that simplistic.
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Jul 21, 2012
just one point of interest after reading some of the other posts: magic.
while theism may logically feel like magic to atheists, there is a quality of the word that is not respectful. magic is widely considered to be imaginary and false, like santa claus. calling it magic is not just to say its unexplainable. its using a word with the strongest connotation for error to describe the unexplainable.
reminds me of ppl using term 'zombie jesus'. these ppl pretend as though its a fair summation. while one(resurrection) is raised from death to perfected immortality, the other (necromancy) is raised to undeath and limping corruption and disease.
zombie jesus and magic are not sincere attempts to be accurate or respectful. they are callous attempts to crap on others beliefs, while pretending you are being easy going. its deception and being a jerk at the same time.
thats your business to use those terms that dont apply. but its highly annoying to have those ppl try to say they arent being rude. go ahead and be rude, just dont lie about it.
i dont get offended by the intentional disrespect, cuz i know lots of ppl are petty small minded jerks. i DO get offended when someone tries to lie to my face and say they arent meaning disrespect.
only a moron would not understand swapping slightly similar words to the ones with the worst possible connotations. nobody needs a replacement abstraction for divine power. magic doesnt help them conceptualize your point. its gratuitous insult. the opposite of sincere communication.
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Jul 21, 2012
For some reason I find myself thinking about Errol Flynn. For all his prowess onscreen, offscreen he was riddled with enough medical problems (not STDs, wise guy) to bar him from military service. Warner Brothers hushed it up, fearing the image of a sickly Flynn would undermine his box office appeal. Instead, his box office appeal was undermined by the perception he was exceptionally fit and not in uniform. Sometimes you can't win.
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Jul 21, 2012
Here's the problem with your "magic" argument. 85% of the people voting believe in some type of this "magic". I think a non-magicalal person would be hard pressed to win in that environment. But good luck in your search.
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Jul 21, 2012
Romney doesn't want to release older tax returns because they will tip everyone off to the size of the 10 year severance package he got from Bain. Obama wants him to release them for the same reason. That's what this is about.
However, I agree with you Scott, that there's almost a complete dearth of substantive discussion on how the candidate really differ on how to solve our nations problems. Neither candidate is trying to win anyone over on the quality of their ideas. And that's a sad commentary on the intelligence of this country
And then they voted (sigh)
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Jul 20, 2012
I'd like to see Mr. Obama take the lead in the aftermath of the shooting crisis in Colorado by going to Aurora and handing out handguns to teenagers. You know, for self-protection.
Then sit back and collect all the interesting anti-gun quotes from Republicans and right-wing talk radio.
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Jul 20, 2012
Scott, apologies for being a bit off today's topic, but here's an article promoting the idea of using individual states as fiscal experiments and encouraging them to compete. Your ideas are percolating....
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Jul 20, 2012
"Shallow personality; egoism despite intellectual mediocrity; lack of ability to empathize with others; insufficient depth to value anything in life other than money and outward success. " That's a LOT of negative personality traits to assign to someone who I am willing to bet you have never met in person, and probably have never even seen in person. You are clearly so firmly biased against Romney that I don't know how any opinion you have on him could be taken at face value.
As Scott says, I would question the capabilities of anyone who voluntarily paid more taxes than they need to. There's nothing unethical about making the rules work to your advantage. It's the legislature's fault for putting the rules there in the first place.
There's an easy answer to all of this -- it's called the flat tax -- but that is apparently unpalatable because those who "deserve" tax breaks won't get them. The problem is defining who those deserving folks are. It's hard to write tax break legislation to explicitly exclude the group who everyone *knows* (i.e. the 1%) should be paying fully can't also take advantage of them. Such a shame that it so hard to screw over those at the top.
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Jul 20, 2012
There's a term for what Romney is doing. It's tax avoidance. Something which allows Warren Buffet to pay a lower tax rate than his secretary. Something which is generally frowned upon by everybody of decent intelligence and social conscience.
Have you noticed why "money people" like Romney are so often utterly nasty individuals in countless other ways as well as greed? It's all related to the same few traits. Shallow personality; egoism despite intellectual mediocrity; lack of ability to empathize with others; insufficient depth to value anything in life other than money and outward success.
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Jul 20, 2012
The IRA thing: I don't know what actually happened, but claiming it's implausible shows a lack of understanding of compound interest. William Cohen's Bloomberg article (linked in another post below), supposedly debunking it, actually explains - using overplayed skepticism - how Mitt could've reasonably gotten to $4.5 million by contributing stock of companies that Bain took from very low value to much higher (by IMPROVING them, for those who claim Bain was parasitical).
Then the article says: "If the money was also compounded and reinvested over the years and became, say, $10 million..." But $4.5 invested and compounded over decades only doubled?!? That's about 3% annual return, or the same as inflation! Mitt probably had lots of great investment opportunities, but even if he's no Warren Buffett, if he merely invested all of it in Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway stock, it could have grown to $100 million. Hence, IRA of up to $100 million. QED
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Jul 20, 2012
The issue is not whether what Romney did was legal - the issue is that it probably is legal. That the rich protest that they worked hard for and earned their money and that they are overtaxed. When the reality is that they make money through little effort by legally stealing it from others (borrowing, paying yourself, then having the company go bankrupt so you owe nothing) and they pay very little in taxes.
The rich want the suckers to believe that it is communists who write the laws and the taxes and the rich are suffering. Whereas the reality is that it is the rich who write the laws and the taxes and everyone else who is suffering.
Romney cannot win by saying yes, he pays very few taxes, got paid $100,000 a year to do nothing (which is his current claim - his pay as CEO for Bain in years in which he claims he had no involvement in running the company), but the solution is to cut taxes on the rich - which is his only platform.
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Jul 20, 2012
Before Obama became president, he was a senator. The legislature is responsible for tax law. It seems disingenuous to vote tax deductions into law then slam people for rightfully taking them.
I hate the tax breaks corporations get for recording and keeping profits overseas as it encourages decisions that are counterproductive to domestic job growth. Yet if I were in the position to take advantage of a tax deduction I find repulsive, I would still have a fiduciary duty to take the deduction.
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Jul 20, 2012
You illustrate my point. Jobs masterminded many projects that we can see, feel and touch. He made an impact - even if he achieved a lot of this by directing the creativity of others (I don't know precisely the input he had, but I certainly don't believe his success was a coincidence). He did this from a start in life that was less than well-starred.
Romney made his money by purely parasitical means (as far as I can tell), simply leeching, starting from a position of extreme privilege. This is just taking advantage of the worst side of capitalism in my book.
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ST. PETERSBURG - Florida Southern closed out the 2014 regular season here Sunday afternoon by suffering a 3-2 loss to Eckerd in the second game of a Sunshine State Conference twinbill at the Turley Athletic Complex on the Eckerd campus.
The Mocs, who won the first game of Sunday's doubleheader 4-0 behind a complete game three-hit shutout by senior hurler Brian Johnson (Oldsmar, Fla.), led 2-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning of the nightcap, before the Tritons touched sophomore Ben Richardson (Orlando, Fla.) for three runs and took advantage of two hit batsmen to turn a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead.
In the top of the seventh, Eckerd's Jimmy Gutowski retired the Mocs in order to seal the victory and win the final game of Eckerd coach Bill Matthews' career. Matthews announced prior to the beginning of this season that he would be retiring as Eckerd's coach after 24 seasons at the helm of his alma mater. In his 24 years with the Tritons, Matthews won 504 games and leaves as the school's all-time winningest coach.
With the setback, the Mocs conclude the regular season with a 32-17 overall record and a 14-10 mark in the SSC, while Eckerd closes the season with a 27-22 overall record and an 11-13 mark in the SSC.
Prior to the sixth inning, Richardson (7-5) was cruising along as he allowed just four hits in the first five innings and was tossing a shutout as he had recorded five strikeouts and had walked just one batter. For the game, Richardson allowed seven hits and three runs, while walking one and striking out five.
The Mocs got on the scoreboard in the first inning thanks to a lead-off single by senior second baseman Conor Szczerba (Titusville, Fla.), moved to second on a groundout by senior first baseamn Trey Vavra (Menomonie, Wis.) and would score on a double down the left field line by junior third baseman Chris Dennis (Rockledge, Fla.) off of Gutowski.
In the third inning. the Mocs put runners on first and third thanks a walk, two errors and a stolen base, before Gutowski got out of the jam by inducing Dennis to fly out left to end the inning.
FSC would get an insurance run in the top of the sixth inning as Vavra reached on a one-out single and would advance to third on a wild pitch by Gutowksi that went back to backstop. Dennis would drive home Vavra's with the Mocs second run on his sacrifice fly to left.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Shane Bishop and Chris Hanson reached on back-to-back singles to open the frame and Richardson would load the bases after hitting Mike Abraham with a pitch. The right-hander would get two outs on the next play as he induced Lincoln Dunham to ground into a 6-4-3 double play that allowed Bishop to score the Tritons first run. With two outs and the tying run on third, Richardson would hit Mike Vavasis with a pitch and then he allowed a single through the right side off the bat of Matt MacMahon that tied the game. Prior to that at-bat, MacMahon had gone 0-for-4 at the plate in the doubleheader with two strikeouts. The single by MacMahon ended Richardson's day on the mound and the Mocs brought senior Nate Carter (Boca Raton, Fla.) into the game out of the bullpen. Carter would surrender a two-out single up the middle by James Petika that allowed pinch runner Jake O'Rourke to score the go-ahead run, but MaMahon was gunned down at third base to end the inning.
Gutowski (11-2) earned the complete game win for the Tritons as he scattered five hits over seven innings and allowed two runs, while walking one and fanning six.
Five Mocs recorded a hit in the game and Dennis drove home both of the runs in the loss.
Lucas Luopa led the way offensively for the Tritons as he had two of Eckerd's eight hits in the win.
The Mocs will now play the waiting game to see their postseason fate as they were ranked fifth in last week's NCAA Division II South Regional rankings. The South Region will send six teams to the NCAA Tournament this season as three teams will earn automatic bids and three others will be at-large selections. The automatic selections that have already been determined is Tampa (SSC champion) and Stillman (SIAC Tournament champion). The Gulf South Conference is currently conducting its tournament in Birmingham, Ala., and that champion will receive the final automatic bid. The next regional ranking will be released this coming Wednesday, while the selection show for the 2014 NCAA Baseball Tournament will be conducted online at www.NCAA.com next Sunday, May 11 at 10 p.m. Eastern.


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WASHINGTON -- The car versus bike debate on area roads has exploded. The Washington Post Columnist Courtland Milloy dumped a virtual can of gasoline on it by characterizing cyclists as "biker terrorists out to rule the road."
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Forster says he is disturbed by Milloy's take on D.C.'s maximum penalty for car versus bike offenses.
"It's a $500 fine for a motorist to hit a bicyclist in the District, but some behaviors are so egregious that some drivers might think it's worth paying the fine," the column says.
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Forster observes that there's been phenomenal growth in the number of bicyclists in the city in past years.
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Milloy's column laments the loss of parking and car travel lanes to paths for bikes. But Forster says he believes designated bike lanes reduce the opportunity for car cyclist conflicts.
"I would hope that D.C. continues to build safe infrastructure throughout the city," he says.
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''Trace'' -- starring Anthony LaPaglia as a senior agent in the FBI's Missing Persons Squad in Manhattan -- seems to be trying to siphon off some of that ''CSI'' ratings magic and style. Created by writer Hank Steinberg but produced by ''CSI'' minder Jerry Bruckheimer, ''Trace'' cracks its cases while deploying fancy visuals, showing us ghostly images of each episode's missing person, and running suspense-building time updates along the bottom of the screen (''22.5 hours missing'').
Maybe the plots do tend toward the tired (a schoolboy held prisoner by his creepy headmaster was too ''Red Dragon''), but the stories don't really need all the visual razzle-dazzle. Not when you've got LaPaglia as agent Jack Malone.
As he reminded us playing a creased detective in the film ''Lantana'' earlier this year, LaPaglia is great at conveying the exhaustion of relentless pursuit. His droopy eyes and jowls, along with the long, flat Australian vowels applied to his American accent (''I don't give a raaaat's aaaasss''), provide an unlikely throb of energy. Watching LaPaglia inject so much shrewd intelligence into Malone's quiet, clipped questioning of a suspect, you wonder if the actor's grooving on the notion that he's making big U.S. bucks in a role that requires a fifth of his talent.
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Based on all the hype I thought I would love this book. It wasn't bad by any means, but I didn't find it to be anything special either. I actually liked the concept of the book more than the story. The author wrote a plot around some antique photos, which is a unique approach. However I found that I didn't particularly like any of the characters and although the book ends on a cliffhanger of sorts, I'm not inspired to read the sequel to find out what happens. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but I'm unable ro recommend this book.
For me the best part of the book was the beginning, when everything was a mystery. I loved all those pictures of the children that Jacobs grandfather showed him. How he first believed his grandfathers stories and about the monsters and then as he grew up lost faith in them. And WHAM:
Still it was a good book. My younger self would probably have loved it. And I will read the next book as soon as I have time for it!
This book surprised me as it was not what I was expecting. The description of the island Cairnholm was beautiful and had me wishing it was a real place to add to my "Places I'd Like to Go but Probably Never Will" list. I really liked Ransom Riggs style of writing and the story itself was innovative and held my attention throughout the whole book. The photos were a unconventional but surprisingly great addition to the story.
Did not love this as much as everyone said I would.
Let me start by saying that I did not want to read this book. A friend made me read it. I had heard about its success, which kept me from absolutely refusing to read it. Still, the idea of this book did not entice me. I thought I should put it out there that I did not go into this book with an open mind.
First of all, understand that I thought the concept of this book was cool. The idea of having a set of pictures accompany the book was not something I had heard before. It was a new, fresh idea, and I give Mr. Riggs props for that.
I did not, however, think that this clever idea was executed well. My main problem was that the pictures interrupted whatever action was going on. The book would literally just stop in the middle of a page so that a picture could be shown. I feel like, even though there would have been a completely different set of problems, it would have been a better idea to put the pictures in the back of the book for you to reference. The pictures did not even add that much to the story. I could have very well just imagined what the pictures looked like with the descriptions already given to you.
I also was not a fan of the story line. I found it a little bit confusing, and a little bit strange. Don't get me wrong, strange can be good, but this was just a little bit too strange for me. Not to mention complected. I don't know if Ransom Riggs wrote it so that it would seem confusing or mystifying or whatever, but I definitely found it hard to follow. I also had a good deal of questions that I felt were never explained. Who knows, maybe the author will explain these questions in the sequel. I felt like, while once again very creative, the plot's explanation could have also been executed a little better.
One good thing about this book is that it did grip me. Despite all the things that the book could have done better, I was interested throughout the whole thing. Mr.Riggs has a good writing style. Even though I thought there were major problems with the book as a whole, I did not especially dislike it. I would consider reading the sequel, providing I did not already find enough books at the library.
Overall, I thought this book was okay. While there were flaws, it was very creative. However, I feel like the concept of having photos as an addition to the book was taken just a bit too far. The plot was a bit confusing and hard to follow, but I found it interesting throughout the whole book.
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The author's ability to use the photos to play with the reader's imagination, while still holding the tension of the plot, is extraordinary. This kind of device can feel like a self-conscious reminder of the authorial hand, but this is not the case in Miss Peregrine's Home.
In Miss Peregrine's, a teenager decides to investigate the stories his grandfather told him about an island off the coast of Wales. He finds more than he bargained for, of course, and there are adventures, involving a group of kids with remarkable abilities which are almost, but not quite, entirely similar to mutants from X-Men comics. For a story constructed to make use of a collection of vintage snapshots, it's impressively cohesive, and there's certainly nothing wrong with yet another recounting of the hero's journey from callow youth to manhood. But the book never lives up to its own aesthetic, and the story refuses to get past surface level on the occasional odd idea or intriguing concept. Whatever its faults, Miss Peregrine's only true sin is that, presentation aside, it isn't really that peculiar.
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The idea for Miss Peregrine's Home popped into Ransom Riggs' head when he ran across some sinister-looking vintage photos, which ''suggest stories even though you don't know who the people are or exactly when they were taken.'' As he began writing, he kept searching for images, even combing swap meets and flea markets. ''I was developing the story as I was finding the photos. I'd find a particularly evocative photo and I'd say, 'I need to work this in somehow.' '' Most are reproduced in the novel ''as is,'' but a few have been digitally altered. Riggs says he ended up with more photos than he could use: ''I have a nice big fat backlog for the second book.'' — Keith Staskiewicz
With its X-Men: First Class-meets-time-travel story line, David Lynchian imagery, and rich, eerie detail, it's no wonder Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has been snapped up by Twentieth Century Fox. This is a novel with ''movie adaptation'' written into its powerful DNA. B+
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These clowns thought is was ok to kill some local wolves to make a yearly sled dog race "safe". Not to mention they treat their sled dogs like sh*t too. If you live or play in the Yukon maybe you'll have to share the land with the local wild life and perhaps even see a wolf once in a while? Idk, I'm not there.
As surfers, we share the water with large predatory animals, coming to terms with their presence, we realize we're not the boss of everything and react with respect.
Organizing a murder militia against these majestic animals is cowardly and ignorant.
Hey Yukon girls, how would you like freezing to death, with broken ankles while chained to a tree with the traps that broke them? Come for a visit to NJ please, I have something for you p*ssy holes.


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This figure-of-8 shaped link fits directly inside the lock body for extreme resistance to torque/pulling attack. The compact lock body is produced from nigh-on impenetrable multi-layered hardened steel with Powercell technology and the brilliant X-Plus locking cylinder. The ultimate chain for all-round bicycle security.
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Review from Singletrack
The City is a hefty chain with an integral lock. It's surprisingly light.
In conclusion...
Ben did his best with this, getting through one side of one link (the head seemed pretty bullet proof) but failing to crack the other side of the chainlink. He'd still be happy with one of these locking his bike.
Rating: Partly intact, but secure after 5 mins
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This super-tough chain and integrated lock is a well designed and nigh-on impenetrable portable security solution. You might not like the price, but you can't argue with the performance.
The main body of this lock is a 10mm hexagonal section chain which is securely attached to the locking unit. The loose end is a shaped link which locks directly into the mechanism, something Abus call a 'Powerlink'. It means there's no weak link where a thinner shackle locks the chain together, as there is in many chain lock designs. You get two keys, one with an LED light which is a nice touch.
The first thing I thought was that I'd be able to pull the Powerlink out of the lock mechanism, as it seems like it would be a weak point anyway, but no amount of pulling or twisting with the persuader would make it budge an inch. Attacking the insert point with hammers and various pointy things didn't help either: The plastic cover came off but only to reveal a depressingly solid looking lock unit.
The big bolt croppers came out next but the hexagonal profile of the links meant they kept slipping off. Eventually we did get some purchase but we weren't able to get through the links before our five minutes were up, in fact we only managed to make a small dent in the link.
All in all the performance was excellent, but you'd expect it to be for the wrong side of a hundred quid. Okay, if you are riding around on an expensive bike then an expensive lock should be a part of your equipment too. But given that there's plenty of shackle locks (including Abus' brilliant Granit X-Plus) available for less than three figures you have to really want a chain and not a solid lock to be in the market for the City Chain.
In conclusion...
There's no faulting the performance: this is a lock that will see off all but the most determined (and power tool equipped) criminals. It drops a point for price though, as similarly secure shackle locks can be picked up for £20-£30 less
Rating: 8/10
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My name is Jennifer (34). DH (33) and I TTCd for almost 2 yrs before our first bfp and after a very easy pregnancy welcomed our DS in Dec 2010. We always wanted our children about 3 yrs apart, but after it took so long to TTC our first, we decided to just go with the flow. We were pleasantly surprised to get our second bfp on 11/9/11. I had some spotting around 5-6 wks, but tried to stay positive and decided not to go in until our scheduled first appt at 8.5 wks which just so happened to be on DS first birthday. But as we got closer I started to worry. I just felt like something was different this time and I started to regret scheduling on DS birthday. When the day came I tried to not worry and went in all smiles, but wasn't really shocked when what we saw wasn't what we had hoped for. There was no baby. Just an empty uterus filled with fluid measuring about 9 wks pg. A blighted ovum, I guess they call it. Where the egg implants, but never grows, yet the body thinks it is pg. I had a D&C on 12/12/11. It was very emotional. I kept telling DH just one year ago to the date, we were taking home a baby and now we were saying good bye to another. I have tried to stay positive and stay focused on DS, but lately I have found myself awake at night tossing and turning and thinking and many times crying. Within the last month or so 5 moms in my Dec 2010 group have announced their pg and one of my fellow coworkers too. Though, DH and I are planning to really TTC starting in May so we can shoot for a spring baby, I have secretly hoped for an unplanned bfp since we are NTNP. To make things harder for me, I had some unexplained bleeding through February. Basically AF started on Feb 15 and I heavily spotted until AF started on March 13 which was heavier than normal. I also cramped more than normal and passed some large clots. My Dr thinks I may have experienced another mc, though he is not certain. He preformed an u/s at my appt on Monday and saw some unexplained blackness which he thinks is a blood clot that hasn't passed. He wants me to just wait it out another few cycles to see if things clear on their own. I worry that this will delay our bfp and bring back all the stress and emotions I felt when TTC DS.
I hate myself for being so negative sometimes and asking why it is so easy for other, yet so difficult for me. For finding it hard to be happy for others. For feeling like I have to keep my mc a secret. Like it is something to be ashamed of. And that by talking about it I am fishing for sympathy. I hate that July 14 (my edd) will always be a day of pain that is etched in my heart rather than a day of celebration. I thought that not seeing anything was going to make the healing process easier. That knowing there was never any growth or baby would some had made this experience less painful, but it hasn't. I morn what, in those short 9 wks, we hoped and dreamed for. Growth or not, those dreams were taken from me.
Sorry that it is so long, but thanks so much for listening!
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I am so sorry for your loss (((hugs))). I've had 3 losses & the third was a confirmed blighted ovum, so I really do understand. I waited to miscarry naturally, and it was pure torture.
After my second miscarriage (also a natural miscarriage) I spotted for something like 6 weeks and my cycles got really off course- anywhere from 23 days to 43 days. It was super frustrating.
After the third they magically straightened back out again. I will say that I do not conceive easily (3 years between m/c #2 & m/c #3). I'm still mad at myself for not changing doctors sooner. I finally found a doc who was more aggressive & found out exactly what was causing my issues. I had an hsg done in December & got a bfp in January... less than 6 months after mu last miscarriage, which was a record.
What I'm saying is it is hard to stay upbeat, positive, focused on the end result when all you want to do is scream at the world. TTCAM is here for the venting, screaming, and crying portion... but you need to make sure that you have a doctor who will be aggressive for you too.
In addition, there is a neat website called Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope where women are becoming more vocal about being angel mommies. After the second miscarriage I became a little more vocal about m/c awareness. After the third I was completely open about it. I figure I'm almost an old pro at it and if by sharing my info I can help someone else, who knows what differences can be made. Don't hold it all in.
I hope your ttc journey is short & sweet, and that you'll be holding a new bundle of joy within a year. Baby dust to you!
|Sun, 04-08-2012 - 8:13am
I'm so sorry for your loss Jennifer. I don't think anyone who hasn't miscarried can understand what it is like, the second you find out you are pregnant you replan the rest of your life in your head making room for your new baby and then when you find out there isn't gonna be a baby you have to re-arrange your whole life.
|Sun, 04-08-2012 - 5:24am
First off I am so sorry for ur Loss my dear:( (((HUGGSSS))) Its never easy!!! I am so sorry that you are going through this!! I had 3 losses within 11 months the last being my daughter born at 20 weeks I can understand what you are talking about!! We also have been trying to get pregnant since last august ..and it hasent happened the first 3 times we got pregnant very easily so its been hard for me! I know that God will Bless us with What we are ment to have I know now its probably hard to think that way!! I know i was bitter with my losses!!! I hope that you find peace and comfort in this group and that we can help you with your TTC Journey!?!?!?! Feel free to email me if you would like :


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Watson Drug & Soda Fountain, an iconic fixture in Old Towne Orange, is expanding Friday by opening a gift store specializing in American made products.
Watson USA, which is taking over an old travel agency next to the restaurant, will sell American-made merchandise such as greeting cards, hair accessories, artwork and jams.
At 4 p.m., the doors to the new store will open and the first 400 people to purchase something will receive one of four prizes.
The first 100 people will receive a free hot fudge sundae every week for one year, the second 100 people will receive a free side of fries every week for one year, the third 100 will receive a free gift bag, and the fourth 100 will receive a free cookie every week for one year.
During the grand opening event on Friday, there will be music, dancing, food, and book signings by authors; Dr. Donna Bevans, Ruth Treeson, Suellen Zima, Paula Michelson, and Marlayne Giron.
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