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This week we have to be postivie about ourselves..on the 5%challenge we are to reward outselves with a goodie but I'm also telling myself positive things..
I am being my beautiful self today!!! Yes we are all beautiful or handsome in God's eyes as He formed us for His pleasure so we have beautiful qualities that we can admire...cause as they say..."God don't make no junk!" So today I'm being beautiful!!
I read a lot of articles on EATING WELL site..I found this article today...
These are foods that are immunity boosters..But as we know washing our hands, getting enough sleep and taking vitamins all help as well..but here is the list..
1. CHICKEN SOUP...In one study, hot chicken soup was more effective than hot or cold water at making noses run�a good thing since nasal secretions help rid the body of pathogenic viruses and bacteria. Like any hot liquid, soup also helps you to stay hydrated and raises the temperature of the airways, both of which are important for loosening secretions. Adding a few hot chiles will loosen things up even more.
2. TOGURT....Regularly eating probiotics, so-called �good bacteria� found in foods like yogurt and sauerkraut, may help your immune system work better and improve digestion.
3. GREEN TEA...Polyphenols, potent plant antioxidants, are what�s believed to give green tea its immune-boosting effects. One laboratory study suggested that a particular type of polyphenols called catechins may kill influenza viruses. To maximize benefits and minimize bitterness, use just-below-boiling water and steep green tea no more than a minute or two. A little lemon and honey can also help blunt the bitterness. But don�t add milk, because the proteins will bind to the polyphenols, making them ineffective. (adding milk I didn't know)
4. VITAMIN D...(I know it isn't a real food)..In a study published recently in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, children who took daily vitamin D supplements (1,200 IU) were 40 percent less likely to get a common flu virus than kids who took a placebo. Laboratory studies indicate that the nutrient may help immune cells identify and destroy bacteria and viruses that make us sick.
You can also get it (in small doses) from fatty fish, such as salmon, and fortified milk�and your body makes vitamin D from the sun.
5. SOLUBLE FIBER...Soluble fiber�abundant in citrus fruits, apples, carrots, beans and oats�helps fight inflammation, Insoluble fiber�found in wheat, whole grains, nuts and green leafy vegetables�is still important for overall health, but it doesn�t seem to have the same impact on immunity. Strive for 25 to 38 grams of total fiber a day, Sherry says, paying extra attention to getting the soluble kind.
These make me think of some things I need to do for cold season coming on..and if you notice it is some of the same things that Sparkpeople have shown as well.
Yesterday, hubby and I packed some sandwiches and water and drove around in the mountains to view God' handiwork..it was so worth the 4 hour drive on gravel bumpy swervy roads as the colors were amazing..We weren't sure there would be color this year due to the drought and heat we have experienced this summer..We stopped about halfway on the drive beside a small clear creek to eat our sandwiches and walk Miss Gracie (our little rescue baby) and then headed a different way home so we continued to view the colors. I thought I would share some of the photos with you.
We stopped first at Camp Albert Pike where the 20 campers drowned 2 years ago. This is the old swimming hole.
On part of the drive there were a lot of beech trees and they always turn bright yellow.
Here is the creek where we stopped to eat.
The rest of these photos were taken from vistas where you have a pull out to view the mountains.
The road home
What a nice day I had yesterday. First we went to vote and you would think in our little rural community we could get in and out in a jiffy...didn't happen..waited 45minutes to vote..they only have 2 machines and all who were waiting to vote were retired couples..
Once finished there we drove up to my sister and BIL's house which is an hour and 20minute drive..They took us out to eat at local cafe and I did so well as ate the Chicken Caribbean salad with raspberry vinegarette on the side.
I took some more pictures on the drive but sun was so bright and being in a moving vehicle didn't help so won't post them here.
After our lunch, hubby and BIL worked on their bathroom re-do and sister and I drove over to our old RUG hooking teacher's house..I had mentioned she has MS but found out it is Lou Gehrigs Disease..she is almost completely paralized but has such an up-beat attitude. Several other students were there as well. I'm not in the photo since I took it but sister is the one hugging her..and that with having back surgery about 15 days ago.
I could tell my sister was getting tired as this was her first big day of getting out and doing so much..but had hubby take photo of us together.
Do we really count our calories correctly? Do we really measure our food properly or do we estimate? I know sometimes when I estimate, I'm eating way more than my calorie allowance for the day..We need to read the serving size on whatever we eat and then try our best to measure it properly.
This week as we track our calories in the 5% challenge, we need to make sure we are measuring correctly..Let's make it a habit to measure and track every day and not just for the week the challenge has it up for...Tracking keeps me honest and then I know if I'm really eating properly or eating too much.


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text: Hitler's 'Fatwa' Against War, 1940 Print article Send a Tip by Joel B. Pollak 30 Sep 2013 post a comment President Barack Obama's telephone call with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani took place on the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's appeal to Adolf Hitler for peace in Europe. Roosevelt urged that "negotiations [between Germany and Czechoslovakia] be continued until a peaceful settlement is found." Hitler merely pretended to want peace. Less than a year later, Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. At the risk of tripping over Godwin's Law, the analogy is a useful and instructive one as President Barack Obama appeals to the Iranian regime to renew negotiations over that country's nuclear program. Ignoring the fact that Iran is violating UN Security Council resolutions, that it is backing mass murder in Syria and that it recently crushed a democratic uprising in its own boundaries, Obama is trusting Iran--again. President Obama made much of a so-called "fatwa"--a religious ruling--that Iran's so-called "Supreme Leader," Ali Khamenei, allegedly made several years ago banning nuclear weapons. There is one problem: the fatwa does not exist. Even National Public Radio felt compelled to point that out last year, when the president and then-Secretary Hillary Clinton began citing an Iranian talking point in their own statements. Even if such a fatwa did exist, there would be no reason to take it seriously as a basis for policy, much less intelligence about Iran's activities and ambitions. A 2010 fatwa against terrorism, running in excess of 400 pages, by a respected Islamic scholar has hardly stopped Islamist terror. There is no more reason to take Khamenei's fake "fatwa" seriously than Hitler's very real protestations of Germany's peaceful intentions. On July 19, 1940, Adolf Hitler addressed the Reichstag in Berlin and made an appeal for peace with Britain--what he called "a last appeal to reason." The two countries had already been at war for nearly a year, since the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. France had just surrendered, and the Battle of Britain had just begun. Hitler felt emboldened to offer peace terms from a position of historic strength. Hitler's speech was later dropped by German aircraft on sorties over Britain with the intent of encouraging pacifism. Today, only extremist conspiracy theorists believe that Hitler still wanted peace and had only been forced into war by "Jewish capitalist war-mongers." Yet even as Iran's president attacks "warmongering pressure groups" from the rostrum at the UN General Assembly, we are asked to trust his assurances. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, finding himself increasingly consigned to the role of Czechoslovakia in this re-enactment of Munich (an analogy used, incidentally, by Secretary of State John Kerry before Obama had backed down on Syria), struggled to praise Obama's military resolve. Without an American deterrent, Israel faces an existential threat that it can only confront at great risk and cost. The president said that the U.S. was "clear-eyed" about Iran's nuclear program. Yet President Obama is only clear-eyed about his own "fatwa" fantasies--as was Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1938, who trusted Hitler's promises of peace. Roosevelt, a man to whom Obama likes to compare himself, soon learned he could not trust a dictator set on domination. Yet Obama keeps repeating the past errors of appeasement. Image: ww2.today.com


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Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes children to have severe high and low moods. Bipolar disorder was previously called manic-depressive disorder. Children with this illness experience unusual mood changes, moving from feeling very happy and joyful to feeling deeply sad. Other children experience chronic irritability, sometimes accompanied by mood shifts. Additional symptoms include grandiose behavior, pressured speech, racing thoughts, decreased need for sleep, and hypersexuality. If the illness goes untreated, school, relationships, and daily life may become difficult. Youth with bipolar disorder are also at increased risk for suicide and/or delinquent behavior with incarceration.
To understand bipolar disorder, it's helpful to know how mental health care providers talk about severe mood swings. Mood swings are often termed as "mood episodes." Manic episodes describe periods when the child feels overly excited and confident. These feelings can quickly give way to confusion, anger, and possibly rage. Depressive episodes describe periods when the child feels very sad (depressed). Children may not have clear-cut episodes. Instead, they may have "mixed" episodes and exhibit both manic and depressive symptoms. Some children may show "rapid cycling" where they shift quickly between mania or hypomania and depression, sometimes even within the same day.
During manic or hypomanic periods, children with bipolar disorder may:
During depressive periods, they may:
The most frequent and useful symptoms for distinguishing bipolar disorder from other problems in youth are:
It is not yet known what causes bipolar disorder. However, there are several factors that may be associated with it:
Children with bipolar disorder may switch moods more often than adults. For example, a child may exhibit periods of giddiness and silliness, anger outbursts, and crying all in one day. Children with bipolar disorder also tend to show less clear episodes and instead may show chronic irritability or mixed moods that involve a combination of mania and depression symptoms.
Bipolar disorder is diagnosed by an experienced doctor. There are no medical tests that can diagnose the illness. Instead, doctors will ask questions about the child's mood, behavior, and sleeping patterns. Doctors may request that you make a mood chart that documents all of this information for a certain period of time that could help with diagnosis and finding the right treatment. Family and medical history are also useful in helping the doctor diagnose the illness.
If you think that your child may have bipolar disorder, make an appointment with your doctor to discuss the symptoms that you have noticed. Other basic things you can do:
There is no cure for bipolar disorder, but with effective treatment it is possible for children to live normal lives. Doctors treat children with bipolar disorder with medications and therapy.
Medication: Children respond to medicine differently than adults, so the type and dosage of medication depends on the child, as well as their symptoms. It is best for the child to start at the smallest amount of medication as possible to help their symptoms, then gradually up the dosage if necessary.
Therapy: There are different types of psychotherapy that can help children with bipolar disorder. Therapy can help children manage their episodes and alter their behavior. It can also help with other psychosocial elements associated with bipolar disorder such as depression, low self-esteem, and communication issues with family and friends. Family therapy and education about the illness is an important component to the overall treatment.
National Alliance on Mental Illness. Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder. www.nami.gov Accessed 11/23/2010
National Institute of Mental Health. Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens (Easy to Read). www.nimh.nih.gov. Accessed 11/23/2010
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Facts for Families: Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens. aacap.org. Accessed 11/23/2010
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Middle East Crisis: Israel Forbids Live Pictures Of Rocket Attacks On TV
Have you wondered why the crews in northern Israel don't pan their cameras to show viewers the rockets as they fly by? CNN's Paula Hancocks explained why on CNN this morning:
"It's a censorship issue," she said. The Israelis "don't want the live pictures to be shown of rockets incoming and then landing in a particular area of Haifa, because then whoever is firing these rockets will know exactly if they direct their rocket launcher in that particular area where it will hit. And the Israeli military is very worried that they will be able to home in on particular targets."
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Early Start Program (ESP) for Parents
This page is devoted to guiding parents and other family members through the Early Start Program so that you can best support your student in their first year! Please review this information with your student if they are applying and preparing for attending SF State in Fall 2014!
SF State and the Early Start Program (ESP)
The goal of our SF State Early Start program is to help students get a head start advantage on their English and Math requirements BEFORE their first semester even begins to give our students a better chance at completing their college degree on time!
Early Start is a requirement for first-time freshmen who have placed into remedial levels and need help gearing up for college-level English and Math courses. The English and Math courses are offered through SF State during Summer 2014 specifically for Early Start eligible students.
What Can Family Members Do to Help Their Student Prepare for Early Start?
- Family members should be knowledgeable of the requirements that need to be satisfied for the Early Start Program.
- Family members should understand how the Early Start initiative impacts their student if requirements are not met within the first year.
- Family members can help remind students to register and prepare for Entry Level Math Test (ELM) and English Placement Test (EPT).
- Family members can help students keep track of important deadlines for attending SF State in the fall. See our time line to get started!
Why Is Early Start Beneficial for My Student?
- Finish the remedial path ahead of time and save money on extra courses!
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Early Start at SF State: online course(s) recommended!
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How to satisfy MATH:
- Register for either ESM 40, ESM 60, OR ESM 70 and successfully complete before Fall 2014 semester.
- (OPTIONAL!) Retaking the Entry Level Math (ELM) Test.
*NOTE: If student cannot enroll into Early Start due to hardships or location, please call the Early Start Office at (415) 405-0436 to discuss alternative options.
What if my student does not enroll or successfully complete their Early Start course(s)?
SF State students who are required to do Early Start classes and fail to enroll will not be allowed to attend SF State in Fall 2014.
SF State students who enrolled in Early Start courses but did not attend or complete their required class(es) will now be allowed to keep their enrollment for the Fall 2014 semester. However, these students will now need to follow the next steps in order to fully meet compliance with Early Start:
Early Start English
1. Complete the Directed Self Placement (DSP) assessment at: http://etc.sfsu.edu/pages/directed-self-placement
2. Enroll into the appropriate DSP chosen English course during Open Registration which begins on July 24th and goes until August 17th.
3. Provide a progress report from current English instructor during mid-semester proving student is receiving a C or better.
4. Meet other Early Start participation which will be determined and messaged to students in the near future.
Early Start Math
1. Enroll into new appropriate math course during Open Registration which begins on July 24th and goes until August 17th. Depending on which Early Start Math course the student enrolled in...
ESM 40 (or other CSU equivalent to online course) - Make sure to be enrolled in the remediation math level that the student placed into based off of ELM scores.
ESM 60 - Drop MATH 70 and re-enroll into MATH 60
ESM 70 - Drop Quantitative Reasoning (QR) and re-enroll into MATH 70
2. Provide a progress report from current Math instructor during mid-semester proving student is receiving a C or better.
3. Meet other Early Start participation which will be determined and messaged to students in the near future.
Is there a Fee for Early Start classes?
Yes, fees depend upon which course students add this summer and the total of units they will be taking. Some courses are 1 unit and others are 3 units.
The current fee rate is $182 per unit. There will be an additional $2 local fee.
Fee waivers are available for California residents and AB540 students who apply for financial aid with an Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) of $5,000 or less.
Early Start Payment Policies
Class Registration and Drops
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Sears Holdings Corporation Completes Separation Of Its Lands' End Business - Receives $500 Million In Gross Proceeds
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD) today announced that its pro-rata spin-off of Lands' End, Inc. ("Lands' End") from Sears Holdings closed on April 4, 2014. Lands' End has now been separated from Sears Holdings and its common stock is expected to begin regular-way trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "LE" on April 7, 2014. Sears Holdings will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "SHLD." Sears Holdings received aggregate gross proceeds from the spin-off of $500 million, consisting of a cash dividend paid by Lands' End prior to the spin-off to a subsidiary of Sears Holdings.
In the spin-off, Sears Holdings distributed a total of approximately 32 million shares of Lands' End common stock to the holders of Sears Holdings common stock as of 5:30 p.m. Eastern time on March 24, 2014, the record date. Each share of Sears Holdings common stock outstanding as of the record date entitles the holder thereof to receive 0.300795 shares of Lands' End common stock, except that holders of Sears Holdings' restricted stock that was unvested as of the record date will receive cash awards in lieu of shares. Fractional shares of Lands' End common stock will not be distributed. Instead, fractional shares that Sears Holdings stockholders would otherwise have been entitled to receive after application of the foregoing ratio will be aggregated and sold in the public market by the distribution agent and the aggregate cash proceeds of these sales, net of brokerage fees and other expenses, will be distributed pro rata to those stockholders who would otherwise have been entitled to receive fractional shares.
In addition, as part of the spin-off, Lands' End entered into an asset-based senior secured revolving credit facility, which provides for maximum borrowings of approximately $175 million with a letter of credit sub-limit, and a senior secured term loan facility of approximately $515 million. The proceeds of the term loan facility were used to pay the $500 million dividend to the Sears Holdings subsidiary and to pay fees and expenses associated with the foregoing facilities of approximately $10 million, with the remaining proceeds to be used by Lands' End for general corporate purposes.
The shares of common stock of Lands' End were distributed by the distribution agent for the spin-off by way of direct registration in book-entry form. No physical share certificates were issued.
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In the second book of the 16th century novel by Rabelais, the voracious young giant Pantagruel, "large as life and much nosier," is sent to Paris for his education. There he displays prodigious academic aptitude, mastering every conceivable subject with the greatest ease and besting the most able rhetoricians and philosophers in debate. So great is his reputation that he is summoned to adjudicate a law suit—a "controversy so involved and jurisprudentially abstruse that the highest court in the land found it about as clear as Old High German."
Defining America Down
It was inevitable that some supporter of President Obama's would come along and compare his executive action on immigration to the most famous executive order of them all, President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Yale law professor Bruce Ackerman has done the honors, and his comparison is, not to put too fine a point on it, weak.
The Politics of Moral Outrage
Moral outrage, when it is not fatuous, is politically potent. Vivid examples of politicians and commentators in full-throated, red-faced attacks against malignant motives and vicious political acts come easily to mind for all but the most apolitical. In some cases these outbursts are reactions against assaults on how things are or have been—on the decent order of things as inherited. But any honest observer must acknowledge that the more successful production of moral outrage has issued from those seeking fundamental transformation.
Eleven Propositions that Sum to Zero
Over the weekend Elizabeth Warren, the Senator from Massachusetts and a former professor at Harvard Law School, outlined eleven propositions, dubbed by the National Journal as "eleven commandments" for progressives. Warren is a very bright leader of today's progressivism. Her propositions provide a window on the future trajectory of the Democratic party and its approach to law, three aspects of which seem particularly notable:
1.Opposition to crony capitalism. Warren wants government to make sure the banking system and Internet are run for the benefit of the people not big corporations.
2.Use of the regulatory system rather than tax system. Nowhere does Warren expressly call for higher taxes. But she does endorse a slew of regulatory interventions—a higher minimum wage, stronger protections for unions and "equal pay" provisions for women.
3. A relentless focus on equality. In marriage, in pay, and in access to higher education and contraceptives paid for by the government.
If these are the tenets of future progressivism, friends of liberty need to sharpen their critique.
1. They need to co-opt the attack on crony capitalism.
Free-Floating Liberty?
In a previous post, I asked what may strike some readers as an obtuse question. If our society is no longer grounded in Christianity, as it once was, or in the biblical tradition, and if the normative passion of our time– namely, equality– is a not an affirmative ideal or vision so much as a negative and parasitic one, then what sort of society do we live in now? How should we describe the affirmative convictions or commitments (if any) that give meaning and shape to our society?
America's Egalitarian Edge over Europe
World Cup 2014 competition resumes this week, with 32 teams in eight groups competing for 16 spots. Each group features four teams in a round-robin format, so every team will play three matches. The two top point-earning teams in each group will advance to the round of 16. (The Americans' prospects for advancement appear somewhat but not altogether bleak.)
European football has always puzzled me in comparison to American sports. Europeans often pride themselves in advancing a more egalitarian society in which opportunities for success are widespread rather than concentrated. By contrast, the Americans, they argue, allow for great disparities and inequalities of income and wealth. (Some argue that the facts do not support this fulmination against income inequality, but leave that aside for purposes of this argument.)
The basic impulse of this criticism is a desire to promote equality of outcome, rather than greatness. If some at the top have to be moved down a notch or two, we may sacrifice magnificence at the top, but we will provide greater and more widespread opportunity overall.
The reason I find this puzzling is that, when applied to sports, Americans tend to prefer egalitarianism – known in sports as parity – when compared to their European counterparts. All joking about the Yankees and Lakers aside, championships are more widespread in American sports than in European football.
The Mirage of Income Mobility
A recent study by Raj Chetty and several co-authors suggests that income mobility has not greatly changed over the last generation. It is still as easy to move up the income ladder as it once was, contrary to the premise of many politicians who want to justify new government programs to increase income mobility. But why should we care about the degree of income mobility in society? Would greater churning improve society, such that, in every generation, the children of the poor would become rich and the children of the rich would become poor? This merry-go-round would open up prospects for the current poor but could also mean more conflict, as the rich would redouble efforts to use the law to keep their children on top.
Perhaps the focus on income mobility serves as a proxy for concern about social structures that prevent people from rising to the heights their talents warrant. And certainly if such structures are backed by the force of law, they are very bad and should be eliminated. Titles of nobility, for instance, are to be condemned but fortunately the United States Constitution already forbids them. Other state-forged manacles impede the rise of the talented. For instance, lousy K-12 education supported by the taxpayer dollars hurts the poor in particular and is in urgent need of reform.
But changes in income mobility, even if they were demonstrated, are poor proxies for gauging the existence of such barriers, let alone their root causes.
Straussian Civil Wars
A seemingly esoteric academic debate bursts forth in the Book Review of the Sunday New York Times that ought to turn us to the most significant political books of our times. The war between the West and East Coast Straussians, academics (and political players such as Bill Kristol) who have been influenced by the political philosopher Leo Strauss, involves no mere battle of the books but bears political consequences as well. His books and their interpretation and application are required reading for their wisdom about free and civilized societies. Strauss's work encompasses grand themes of the West, including ancients and moderns, reason and revelation, natural right and history, and philosophy and poetry (in its root sense of creation). But in all this was saving the West Strauss's intention? Was he instead a Machiavellian? A Nietzschean?[i]
Shakespeare's Women and the Rule of Law
Chaucer's Wife of Bath entertains us with a tale about the question, What does every woman most desire? Plot spoiler: To rule her man. Shakespeare's comedies respond to this desire.
His comedies portray cunning and attractive women who win the object of their desires and fend off evil that threatens their love (Portia in The Merchant of Venice). The plot could easily lead to tragedy (Romeo and Juliet), but instead powerful will, aided by chance, enables the perfect matches to take place (Midsummer Night's Dream).
The Theologico-Political Question (Part II): A Review of "42"
Early in one of the best sports movies, Knute Rockne, All-American, the immigrant kid Knute learns to play football with the neighborhood boys, including a black one. The logic of the movie, following the recognition of Catholics in higher education, is that the opportunities will open up for blacks, too. 42, another biopic of baseball star and civil rights pioneer Jackie Robinson, takes the next step from that classic.
Frankly proclaiming Robinson's importance for America, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey opens the movie by declaring to his assistant, "I have a plan." In fact Rickey and Robinson deserve comparison with Martin Luther King. Claiming to be interested in winning and thus in profits, Rickey's signing of Robinson exemplifies Tocqueville's observation that Americans say that they are interested in profit but in fact often have higher motives. He is Tocqueville's American, a self-professed Methodist focused on acting righteously, doing good while doing well.


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Sera Talley and Dallas McBride combined to give up just one run on one hit to lead visiting Chaparral to a 6-1 victory over Westview on Thursday.
Leading 3-0 in the fifth thanks to a Kendra Colman home run, Talley and the Firebirds (9-4) were rolling along before Talley landed oddly and was forced to leave the game due to injury.
McBride came on in relief and led Chaparral the rest of the way, giving up just one unearned run on no hits.
The Firebirds answered back in the top of the sixth when Lauren LaTerra smacked a two-run RBi single to push the score to 5-1. Chaparral then added one more insurance run in the inning to wrap it up.
Soraya Hernandez got the only hit for the Knights (7-4), finishing 1-for-3 with an RBI.
Westview pitcher Mikaela Reed, allowed six runs on 13 hits in the loss.
Hamilton 11, Corona del Sol 1 (5 innings): The Huskies (7-2) made quick work of the Aztecs, scoring five runs in the first inningoff Corona del Sol pitcher, nathan Birecki in the rout. Hamilton's Cody Bellinger pitched four innings to get the win. Combined with teammate Tyler Hills, the duo combined to give up only one run on two hits.
Basha 8, Skyline 3: Jaime Westbrook went 3-for-4 with a home run and two doubles to lead the Bears (9-3) to victory in the Mesquite/Chandler Tournament. Basha would go on to lose their next game 3-2 to Desert Vista to finish with a 4-1 record in the tournament.
Mesquite 6, Red Mountain 3: Matt Waldren went 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI to led the Wildcats (10-5) to victory. Mesquite pitcher Matt Heibult picked up the win giving up just three hits and one run in five innings. Tristyn Robillard went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Mountain Lions (8-5). Red Mountain pitcher CJ James took the loss.
Red Mountain: 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 -- 3 0 0
Mesquite: 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 – 6 6 0
WP: Matt Heibult
LP: CJ James
Red Mountain (8-5): Robillard 2-3, RBI
Mesquite(10-5): Waldren 2-3, HR, 2 RBI
Desert Vista 3, Basha 2
Highland 11, Westwood 1
Casa Grande 17, Higley 0
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WHY Won't They Do The Research?
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|Tue, 11-24-2009 - 8:17am
Apart from the many thousands of allegedly hysterical, delusional parents and allegedly fraudulent, huckster professionals who have raised safety concerns, particularly autism concerns, about vaccines two high ranking members of the American public health system have stated a need for more research of possible vaccine-autism connections.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, former head of the CDC and Dr. Bernadine Healy, former head of the NIH and the American Red Cross have BOTH indicated that more research of vaccine-autism issues COULD and SHOULD be done.
So WHY are public health authorities like the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee REFUSING to authorize funding to research possible vaccine-autism connections?
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 7:36pm
I think Jon suffers from "optimism bias". It is an unwarranted belief in the value of interventions.
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 3:42pm
"The answer is simple, there is nothing to study which is not well defined by present research."
I don't consider being littered with conflicts of interest "well defined". And RARELY is the study itself (well-defined).
Even the conclusions of your beloved studies offer less-than-definite *conclusions*.
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 3:30pm
"Mouden Bunk - http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Andrew_Moulden"
And it's hard to get past that first sentence:
"Andrew Moulden is a Canadian quack who pushes an extreme form of anti-vax woo..."
Damn, ain't that the kind of opening which makes one want to spend the afternoon reading?
What a waste of my time it was to read that piece!
Jon, you're smarter than this! Take ALL of his pieces, one by one, and cross-out any sentences that are not stating a scientifically proven fact. Now - what are you left with?
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 3:20pm
Why don't you ever post peer-reviewed and published pieces? I really get sick of his blog. If I wanted to waste time, I would visit his sites...
I copied that blog into my word processor and marked through any of it which was considered personal attacks and MMR/Wakefield BS. I had nothing left when I was done, nothing of substance at all.
The first four paragraphs was nothing more than a barrage of personal attacks (as usual).
The middle of the piece gives me information about the MMR, but again, kids don't just get one MMR.
The rest of it is more character assassination.
Jon, do you not get it? We don't like reading his blogs, stop already. If we wanted to waste our time on such a merry-go-round, we would go directly to his sites. We do, only we don't waste time there. Give Orac and friends a rest, okay?
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 2:59pm
And one more thing. STOP pretending that kids in the US get ONE vaccine, they don't. We all know that the MMR is not the only vaccine on the schedule, even a pharma-scientist should be able to see the lack of logic in pretending that its the only one. If you have no studies on the cumulative effects of vaccines then you have NOTHING.
Edited 12/26/2009 4:14 pm ET by crunchymomto2
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 2:49pm
Rational Wiki is nothing more than a blog. Since you are so over zealous about *Science* and the ever-so-respected *scientific proof* then how about you provide us with the SCIENTIFIC studies which prove that Dr. Moulden's information is being reviewed by the SCIENCE community. And we want details about the conflicts of interest before we even get started, okay?
I'm no scientist but I don't think one has to be in order to see how incredibly stupid it is to compare our environment to that of a third world country. Yet you keep doing it! So for the purpose of debate --- can you drop it? It's very time consuming, but you know that, right?
If you have nothing better than the words of this ego-maniac, Orac and his side kicks, you're wasting our time.
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 2:29pm
"What would happen if a link was found between vaxes and autism or any other child-debilitating neurological problem?"
I have given a lot of thought to this and frankly it scares me when I consider how, as a society, we might react.
Then I consider that our government is about to take over health care entirely ---
That's beyond frightening!
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 9:09am
Speaking of quacks, how many of them work for the CDC? I've met a lot people in the science business, and they too have an attitude of "well the science says"...i dont care what the science of something says, it is the outcome of the scientific experiment that produces the results.. and if the outcome is not to a scientist's liking, he can skew the statistics so the findings are more persuasive.
oh gee. that vaccine your baby had has nothing to do with the seizures he is now having an hour later.. never mind the fact that the baby was perfectly fine til he got a shot...but the science says its safe and effective to give to babies... even tho we haven't studied the correlation between vaxes and the developing immune system in a way that proves otherwise. Once again, skewed statistics.
What would happen if a link was found between vaxes and autism or any other child-debilitating neurological problem?
|Sat, 12-26-2009 - 2:20am
Having personally met and listened to Andrew Moulden, I'd have to disagree with this. His theories are extremely interesting and groundbreaking, and I think it's fair to say that nobody else does anything like the work he does.
One of the areas he specifically studies, transcortical motor aphasia (if I remember correctly!), has hardly been explored. It's quite possible he could only have hit on part of the problem, but as groundbreaking as his work is, I don't think it's wise to ignore it. Just further study it and dig deeper. Calling him a quack just points to ones own lack of interest in genuine scientific exploration. The world definitely needs more people like him!
>And furthermore, the likes of Moulden (and Caton for that matter) are more akin to quacks who offer "simple solutions to complex problems". However, unlike say aspirin, nothing they offer works or is based in science.
Mouden Bunk - http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Andrew_Moulden
Caton Lunacy - http://www.eregimens.com/regimens/CancerSkin.htm
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China wants inventors and entrepreneurs, but its schools, built around the notorious gaokao exam, are still designed to produce cookie-cutter engineers and accountants.
On the morning of June 7 every year, Beijing's normally chaotic streets fall silent. Police patrol the main roads on motorcycles, as construction workers put down their hammers and power down their cranes, and rowdy taxi drivers finally take their hands off the horn. It is the first day of gaokao, the annual, nationwide college entrance exam, which will decide the college matriculation of the nine million or so students who take it. Sitting for nine hours over two days, students are tested on everything from Chinese and math to geography and government. The intense, memorization-heavy, and notoriously difficult gaokao can make the SAT look like a game of Scrabble. How they do on the test will play a big role in determining not just where they go to college but, because Chinese colleges often feed directly into certain industries and fields, what they do for the rest of their life. It's an enormously important moment in any Chinese student's life, which is part of why high schools here dedicate months or even years to preparing for the test.
In many ways, the gaokao is symbolic of China's rise, with millions of Chinese striving and competing to pull up themselves and their nation. But it's also symptomatic of how far China still has to go, as the country tries to shift its economy from exports to domestic consumption, from assembling products to designing them. China's gaokao-style education system has been great at imparting math and engineering, as well as the rigorous work ethic that has been so integral to China's rise so far. But if the country wants to keep growing, its state economists know they need to encourage entrepreneurship and creativity, neither of which is tested for on this life-determining exam.
In 2010, an international standardized test found that junior high school students in Shanghai had outperformed their peers in rest of the world in math, science, and reading, beating the U.S. averages by a wide margin. Many in the West saw it as an alarming indication of their own decline, but in many ways it was a sign of the amazing growth of Chinese education over past three decades, rebuilt from shambles after the decade-long Cultural Revolution ended in 1976. So far, it has served China phenomenally: its nine-year compulsory education system, installed in 1986, has boosted the country's literacy rate to around 92 percent (it was 67 percent as of 1980) and prepared millions of eligible young people for the rapidly expanding workforce. Now, however, as the economy shows signs of cooling, Chinese leaders are trying to engender more domestic innovation.
They hope to see an educated workforce, rather than toiling on factory floors or sitting in the cubicles of Western companies' Chinese branches, found their own businesses or brands that will sell to domestic as well as international buyers. They want domestic moviegoers to stop purchasing bootleg DVDs of Western blockbusters, and for foreign viewers to start raving about Chinese films. But the nation's education system, instead of channeling the youthful energy of China's next generation, seems to be blocking it.
When I first came to the U.S. to start school here, after having just finished my junior year at a high school in my native Beijing, I quickly learned that the challenge I faced was more than just a language barrier. The analytical essays on my history tests felt dauntingly, even impossibly amorphous compared to the straightforward multiple-choice questions that had long characterized my exams. (The nature of China's New Democratic Revolution? Anti-imperialism, anti-feudalism, and anti-bureaucratic capitalism, in that order. The Nationalist Army's stance during the anti-Japanese war? Passively counteracting Japan and actively combating the Communist Party, as neatly summarized by the textbook.) I was used to strictly formatted Chinese argumentative essay topics, for which I had memorized hundreds of paragraphs that I could organize like jigsaw puzzles. Western-education-style papers on, for example, the significance of symbols in a novel was not the sort of expressive, creative thinking for which my Chinese teachers had prepared me.
Education experts in China have debated the perks and flaws of the country's rote teaching style for years, but most students, comfortably immersed in a system that rewards and reinforces their ability to memorize and emulate instead of to analyze and question, might not as easily realize its limits from the inside. But some have rebelled, such as the well-known Han Han, China's most popular blogger. He sparked a small national controversy when, announcing that the Chinese education system left too little room for his more disruptive style of thinking, he dropped out of high school. In one essay, he mocked Chinese education, comparing it to "standing in the shower wearing a padded coat." In other words, he sees it as an exercise absurdly ill-suited to achieving its goals. "The problem with our education is that no one will go take a shower naked," he wrote, "but too many are taking the shower with a padded coat."
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Rotisserie Chicken from Snarf'sPosted: April 16, 2013 Filed under: All Posts, STL Restaurants Leave a comment
I've been neglecting my fooducation. I know. My Y.P.A. (yum point average duh…) has dropped dramatically. It's a shame and I'm sorry. I've been running on eight hours minus five hours of sleep for three nights in a row because Farmplicity.com launched this morning!!!
Farmers are actually listing products and restaurants are actually placing orders through our website. That calls for a celebration. And a gigantic sandwich. A gigantic sandwich can only come from one place: Snarf's.
Snarf's is fantastic (and should really think about sourcing their ingredients from local farmers on Farmplicity.com…. see how good I'm getting at the not-subtle-at-all sales pitch). Their sandwiches arrive warm. Perfectly crunchy baguettes cradle the flavorful sandwich fillings.
The rotisserie chicken was moist (might've been even moister if it was locally sourced…) and the provolone was rich but it's the host of toppings that Snarf's adds (don't you dare skip any of them) that make sandwiches from Snarf's so delicious.
The mayo adds creaminess while the mustard brings the sharpness to the table. Onions add a small kick but they're cooked first so they aren't overwhelming. The tomatoes add a hint of sweetness while the hot peppers (which I think have been sitting in vinegar) add a slightly acidity and slightly spiciness. Finally, the pickles. I'm not the world's biggest fan of pickles but Snarf's make them work. The pickles add crunch and some serious acidity, which elevates all of the other flavors.
I have yet to enjoy a sandwich from any other restaurant St. Louis as much as any sandwich I've had at Snarf's. Please, please, please tell me if you have!
Egg Salad Sandwich from CompanionPosted: April 13, 2013 Filed under: All Posts, STL Restaurants Leave a comment
Something about the name "egg salad" seems to gross people out. It belongs on the list of sandwich toppings that kids get bullied for eating (…like tuna and bologna). But I'm an egg salad lover and sticks and stones can break my bones but your taunting words about my love for egg salad sandwiches (and really good bolonga) can never ever ever ever hurt me so HA.
I especially love my mom's egg salad. And Companion's menu promised me "egg salad made just like mom's."
I have to say, although it wasn't as deliciously sharp as my mom's egg salad (p.s. mama… it's been a while since you made me an egg salad sandwich…), Companion did serve me an awesome egg salad sandwich. The egg salad was fresh and smooth. Large chunks of egg white were held together by creamy yolk and mayonnaise.
While my rule is that I stick to the menu, I made an exception and replaced the rye bread with ciabatta because I hate rye bread. Companion's ciabatta was perfect. The crust was crunchy and inside was fluffy and holey. That being said, I think a baguette would've been a better call because the ciabatta was huge.
In my opinion, the egg salad could've used a little more mustard (and that's why my mom still wins) but it was unequivocally the best dish I've eaten at Companion thus far.
Tacos, Tacos, Tacos at Mission Taco Joint on the Delmar LoopPosted: March 4, 2013 Filed under: All Posts, STL Restaurants Leave a comment
Tacos on tacos on tacos. I want to live on top of a mountain of never-ending tacos. So I've been looking forward to Mission Taco Joint's opening for weeks. Quality tacos on the Loop is my dream come true.
Mission is the sister restaurant of Milagro Modern Mexican and Tortillaria but Misssion is less Mexican than they are (sister from another mister?). Its named after the Mission District in San Francisco and the tacos are clearly Californian (a.k.a. skinny, pretty, and fresh).
Milagro and Tortillaria might eventually get kind of jealous. But for now, they're still the favorites in the family.
My tacos arrived cold. They came plated on really cool, long metal strips that had taco-holding slots. But my tacos ended up on the metal strip with Nate's tacos, who was sitting on the other side of the table. It took us a while to figure that out because neither our waitress nor the busboy could identify the different tacos for us.
Once we'd sorted it all out, I took a bite of the Yucatan chicken taco. The chicken was a bit dry but the flavors were on point. The acid from the pickled onions with the smokiness of the achiote rocked. I had to cram a few tortilla chips into my mouth because the arbol salsa was so wonderfully spicy.
The Nopales taco didn't maintain the same level of balance. Large chunks of goat cheese mixed with the thick poblano sauce. My first bite was enjoyable but the taco's overwhelming heaviness hit me on the second bite. And the roasted cactus was limp and a bit slimy.
Luckily, I saved the roasted duck taco for last. The shredded chile roasted duck was moist and packed with flavor. Pieces of really crispy pork belly added crunchy, salty goodness that helped the creamy avocado and spicy serrano mitigate the gaminess of the duck. It was rich but, unlike the Nopales, not too heavy. I'll eat duck tacos on duck tacos on duck tacos any day.
We finished the meal with churros with chocolate sauce. I loved the combination of the warm, rich chocolate sauce and the cinnamon. I enjoyed the warm, freshly fried dough but the thicker part of the churro was still raw.
To be fair, Mission has been open for less than a week. Official food reviewers give a new restaurant 30 days before they write anything. I am far from being an official food reviewer and I was too excited to wait so I decided to ignore that rule. But I do totally plan on going back (even if only for those duck tacos) when Mission has had some more time to fine tune the details.
The Soulard Coffee Garden and CafePosted: February 23, 2013 Filed under: STL Restaurants | Tags: breakfast, restaurants, sausage gravy, Soulard Coffee Garden Leave a comment
Starting your day with a friend, a cup of coffee, and a well made meal sets you up for success. Especially if that well made meal requires little personal effort. That's why venturing out to different STL breakfast spots is my favorite thing to do on weekends.
The Soulard Coffee Garden is a little bit more of a trek than I'm usually down for. But it's right by the Soulard Farmer's Market (more on that tomorrow). Soulard Coffee Garden's walls aren't as Instagram-able as the walls are at Half & Half and Winslow's. But it is charming in a familial way instead of in a hipster way.
And their buttermilk cornmeal blueberry pancakes are delicious. The tang from the buttermilk comes through wonderfully. I was afraid the pancake would be like corn bread (which I hate) but they mixed in just enough cornmeal to give the pancake a pleasantly grainy texture. It was hearty without being heavy.
The biscuits with sausage gravy, on the other hand, were hearty and heavy.
Too heavy. I'm not Southern enough (I'm not Southern at all) to enjoy the intensity of the creamy gravy and the spicy sausage.
I wish I was Southern enough because the sausage was packed with delicious, meaty flavor, the cream was wonderfully smooth, and the biscuits were perfectly flaky. I also which I was Southern enough because Southern people are badass.
If you are more Southern than I am, I highly recommend checking out Soulard Coffee Garden. Please let me know how their dish stacks up to the mounds of biscuits with sausage gravy that you probably eat while riding horses and listening to Carrie Underwood and shooting shotguns when you're at home.
If that's not your thing, I still recommend going for their pancakes.
Fish Tacos at Tortillaria Mexican Kitchen (Take Two)Posted: February 18, 2013 Filed under: STL Restaurants Leave a comment
Nobody's perfect. I gotta work it. Again and again 'till I get it right.*
That's why I've been dying to go back to Tortillaria since I reviewed them about a month ago. I had a good feeling about Tortillaria but when my tacos arrived, the fish was totally overcooked.
Not last night. Last night, Tortillaria rocked it out.
The beer battered fish on the Original Taco had a wonderfully crispy crust that surrounded totally moist, not-overcooked-at-all fish. Because I wasn't distracted by dryness, I could truly appreciate the flavors.
The smoky and slightly spicy chipotle sauce complemented the ale while the sweet tomatoes and sharp onions cut through the heaviness of the fried fish. It was all held together by a robust corn tortilla that added a lot of texture. I didn't appreciate corn tortillas until last night.
But I have to give most of my heart to the Baja taco. It's the Original Taco's skinnier, more elegant cousin.
Instead of being deep fried, the fish was grilled. Grilled to perfection. It came covered in the same chipotle sauce but the absence of the ale made the sauce taste bright instead of heavy. The Baja taco also came with a vibrant slice of avocado, which added richness that replaced the robustness of beer battered crust.
Yesterday was my 20th birthday. To celebrate, my friend (and after this cake, best friend) Brandon ordered their Tres Leches cake
It accomplished a perfect balance of wet milk to dry sponge cake and contained just the right amount of sweetness.
I'm so happy I went back to Tortillaria. I'm also so happy that I'll never be a teenager again.
*Didn't think I'd ever quote Hannah Montana on Fooducated but I've done stupider things.
Milagro Modern MexicanPosted: February 17, 2013 Filed under: STL Restaurants | Tags: chicken enchilada, chile ancho, de mole, food, mole poblano, restaurants 1 Comment
Restaurants that use the word "modern" scare me. Why fix tradition if it's not broken? Mexican food is definitely not broken.
Mexican decor on the other hand… don't get me wrong, I love sombreros. I love restaurants made with beautiful Mexican tiles and rustic colors. But a lot of Mexican spots look like the Fiesta section of Party City exploded into their dining room. Mexican decor is sometimes broken.
Milagro does avoid that fate. Sections of the ceiling are covered in intricate Aztec-esque symbols and Milagro's lights are beautiful 3D stars. It's not wonderfully elegant but it is welcoming.
We ordered the Pollo de Mole Poblano.
The chayote squash was a refreshing substitute for classic beans. I love beans but the chayote added a pleasant brightness to every bite. The chicken was perfectly moist. The mole poblano sauce was…. okay.
I don't consider myself a Mexican food expert. Actually, I don't consider myself an expert in anything really. But I have eaten excellent, authentic mole and Milagro's mole poblano doesn't come close. I think Milagro's was screwed from the get go. Mole poblano is made by Mexican grandmothers who slave over hot stoves for hours. Mole poblano shouldn't be modernized.
The fundamental bitterness and depth added by the chocolate was completely missing. It tasted more like a complex tomato sauce than true mole poblano.
But no worries. The Enchiladas "Divorciadas" saved the night.
The beans were packed with smoky bacon goodness (a.k.a.: the way I want everything I eat to be). The darker enchilada was stuffed with pork, covered in a tomatillo sauce, and topped with pickled onions. It was a solidly good enchilada. The pork was a bit dry but the tart sweetness of the sauce made up for it.
Nothing made up for the chicken enchilada. It was too good. The spicy and totally amazing chile ancho and guajillo sauce rocked my taste buds while the Mexican crema calmed everything down.
I don't know what made it "modern" but I do know that the dish was delish.


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LEESBURG, Va. (AP) â¿¿ In many ways, it's an odd topic to make a central campaign issue: sequestration.
Many voters greet the word with a blank stare or slightly glazed eyes, and when Republican George Allen brings up the issue in his Senate campaign, he first has to explain what he's talking about.
What's more, the issue will come to a head before either he or his opponent, Democrat Tim Kaine, will be sworn in.Still, in a state like Virginia where a big chunk of the economy is dependent on government spending and military dollars in particular, the automatic, across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration are a critical issue. Whether it's a political issue that connects with voters remains to be seen. "I think Virginians are well aware of it," said Allen, who perhaps more than any other candidate has latched on to sequestration as a campaign issue. "People in northern Virginia and Hampton Roads (parts of the state with large populations of military workers and contractors) are really aware of it." In the last of the presidential debates Monday night, President Barack Obama said flatly that sequestration "will not occur." But the White House also has made clear that Obama hasn't given up making any alternative include higher taxes on the wealthy. In a nutshell, sequestration was put into play as part of a budget compromise in August 2011 that averted a default on the federal debt. Under the compromise, which had bipartisan support, Congress would have to come up with $1.2 trillion in alternative budget cuts by the end of this year. If it were to fail, automatic cuts of $1.2 trillion over nine years would begin on Jan. 2, 2012, with half coming from defense. The sequester cuts were designed to be so painful that Congress would be compelled to act. They are a big part of the so-called fiscal cliff, from which the country could plunge back into recession, economists warn, if Congress also lets all of the Bush-era tax cuts expire at the first of the year.
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Trust me. I'm a government spy.
If that didn't make you cringe, you're probably beside yourself with laughter.
But that's essentially what one of this country's highest-ranking spooks is telling us to do. He reminds me of one of those doctors who tells a kid, "This won't hurt," while he's thrusting a long needle into the kid's arm.
Losing your privacy won't hurt. And it will make you sooo much safer.
Riiight. Just ignore that voice you hear: "Those who are willing to give up a little freedom for a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Who was that — Benjamin Franklin? What did he know about tera-ism, anyway?
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity.
That little gem came from one Donald Kerr, the Deputy Director of National Intelligence. He oughta know a thing or two about keeping us safe from the bad boys, right? I mean, if he says so, you really have nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide. If you don't want to give your name and want a numbered offshore account, you must be up to no good. Really.
Instead, [privacy] should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information.
Run that by me again. Remember, I'm not an intelligence person; I'm just an ordinary gal who's read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Oh — and FISA, too. Oh, gee (I'm blushing now.) I guess I shouldn't get too upset about the government wiretapping my phone calls or intercepting my e-mails because someone even thinks I am or whoever's on the other end is in another country. After all, you never know what those foreigners are up to, do you? Sammy's gathering our personal information only to protect us, you know.
Those two generations younger than we are have a very different idea of what is essential privacy, what they would wish to protect about their lives and affairs. And so, it's not for us to inflict one size fits all.
Oh, I see. It's all those young whippersnappers who want to expose me. Such cheek — They have absolutely no respect for the privacy of their elders! Thank you for enlightening me, Mr. Kerr, you wise eminence gris you. I'm with you when you say you don't understand why people are
perfectly willing for a green-card holder at an [Internet service provider] who may or may have not have been an illegal entrant to the United States to handle their data.
I mean, really. Who would you rather see with your name, phone number, credit card, credit score, school transcripts and health records — one of those sneaky, shifty foreigners slaving away in front of a hot computer screen for less money than you spent for that slice of pizza, or nice, clean agents of a government that only uses intelligence to protect honest Uhmurrikun peeple. Uh huh — just like they did at Ruby Ridge and Waco.
Besides, what could that illegal at the ISP do to you, if he's so motivated? He could steal your credit card number. But, you protest, that's more likely to happen at a restaurant or store. OK, but that alien can always b-b-blackmail you. I mean, doesn't that scare you more than what our government did to Maher Arar after they got his information?
Just listen to that nice government agent when he says
I think all of us have to really take stock of what we already are willing to give up, in terms of anonymity, but (also) what safeguards we want in place to be sure that giving that doesn't empty our bank account or do something equally bad elsewhere.
Now, I'll admit I'm not a tekkie. All I know about cell phones is that they come in my favorite colors. So please forgive me if I don't understand how I'm safer when anybody I don't know has my name, the numbers of my telephone, social security and credit cards, driver's license, passport and bank account and my FICA score and lists of all books, magazines, videos and playthings I've bought and borrowed.
Then again, I'm sure Mr. Kerr knows better. After all, if we'd had the Patriot Act and other such laws way back when, there may never have been any Federalist Papers because everyone would've known who "Publius" was. Imagine how much easier Kerr's job would be if there weren't all those pesky debates about what the Founding Fathers wrote.
Oh, another thing: When Agent Kerr was at the FBI, he reminds us,
It was a felony to misuse the data — it was punishable by five years in jail and a $100,000 fine, which I don't believe has ever happened
Oh, yeah. People really quake in their boots when they think about five years in Club Fed and handing over 100Gs when they know those things have never happened to one of their own. I feel safer already. Thank you, Herr Donald Kerr.
Justine Nicholas [send her mail] is the deputy director of the Office of Academic Achievement at York College in Queens, New York.