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Gordon, Keselowski, Bowyer's crew chief penalized
Four-Time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon has been fined $100,000 and docked 25 points for intentionally wrecking Clint Bowyer at Phoenix International Raceway.
Gordon was also placed on probation Monday through Dec. 31. But he avoided suspension for his actions in Sunday's race, which triggered a fight in the garage area between his crew and Bowyer's crew.
Team owner Rick Hendrick was also docked 25 car owner points, and crew chief Alan Gustafson was placed on probation through the end of the year.
Bowyer crew chief Brian Pattie was fined $25,000 and placed on probation through the end of the year.
Brad Keselowski was fined $25,000 and placed on probation for having an electronic device inside the car - presumably the phone he used to tweet during a red flag period.
Clint Bowyer, Jeff Gordon crash and the aftermath
Earlier in the day Michael Waltrip Racing released the following statement about the incident Sunday:
"The goal of Michael Waltrip Racing is to be a championship-level organization both on and off the track. The on-track incident which occurred during Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway was extremely disappointing and brought raw emotions of a long and hard championship battle to the surface. Though we generally cannot control certain actions on the track, the unfortunate reactions off the track Sunday did not live up to the professional standards in which Michael Waltrip Racing expects all of its representatives to live by. We commit to our sponsors, our manufacturer, our fans and NASCAR that we will do so in the future."
After the penalties were announced, MWR sent this statement:
"We accept the penalties announced by NASCAR today and look forward to finishing what has been a breakthrough season for Michael Waltrip Racing."
After the penalties Hendrick Motorsports issued this statement:
Hendrick Motorsports will not appeal sanctions announced today by NASCAR regarding the No. 24 Sprint Cup Series team and driver Jeff Gordon.
"I've always respected Jeff for standing his ground," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. "We also respect that NASCAR needs to police the sport and send a message when situations like this occur. It's been a great year, and we're going to put our focus on finishing in a positive way this weekend."
"I take responsibility for my actions on the racetrack," Gordon said. "I accept NASCAR's decision and look forward to ending the season on a high note at Homestead."

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Internet appliance - Computer Definition
Also called a "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for Web browsing. Today's Internet appliances are smartphones and handheld wireless devices such as the iPod touch. At the turn of the century, the Internet appliance was a desktop machine dedicated to Internet access. See digital photo frame, network appliance, server appliance, Internet TV, network computer and smartphone.


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i am trying to find a mail order source for Samuel Sommer. i checked the likely sources that came to mind, Durios and Greer, and did some internet searches. Anyone have any ideas or know where i could possibly get a mail order Samuel Sommer? THANKS |
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If what you are after is the ovate leaf shape and other plant body features you can get those from 'Victoria'. If you are instead trying to see the oversize flower of 'Samuel Sommer' then you will have to get that one or another that produces jumbo flowers. Have to wonder about the prospects for 'Samuel Sommer' in Michigan, even after you find one. It is not one of the more compact, snow resistant types like 'Saint Mary' or 'Victoria', and is perhaps not one of the most hardy either. |
- Posted by hardytropicalguy z6 SWMI (My Page) on Sat, Jun 22, 13 at 23:48
Thanks bboy for the info! i am going to try a few of the hardier cultivars here. I am going to find out which ones do best and get rid of (unless they die on their own) the rest. I am surprised no one has Samuel Sommer if I find one I will post a followup here. |
Gossler Farms online catalog has about 4 kinds. |
- Posted by hardytropicalguy z6 SWMI (My Page) on Sun, Jun 23, 13 at 13:12
I received a msg from Geoff at Greer Gardens they may be offering Samuel Sommer this fall on their listings some time after September. In case anyone else is or has been searching for this Magnolia grandiflora cv. This is the best lead yet. |
Here is a link that might be useful: greer gardens
I have a M.g.'Samuel Sommer'. My tree is about 25 years old and is roughly 30' by 10'. It is strongly upright and very open. It has large blossoms, but they were larger when the tree was younger. The foliage is very glossy, reddish backed with a interesting yellow midrib. The tree presents a very open, somewhat gaunt appearance, unlike any other M.g. I've seen. Years ago the tree was touted to be very hardy, as it supposedly withstood -12F in Georgia. My tree has endured -21F in TN with no damage to wood and cosmetic damage to the leaves. How it would take the frozen ground and extended winters of MI is anyones guess. Incidentally the vast majority of this magnolia in Google Images are not 'Samuel Sommer'. If anyone would like to try propagation from cuttings I can supply a few at the appropriate time. Email me at kentreesatdtccomdotnet. Change the 'at' and 'dot' of course. |
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Date | 2009-10-01 21:45:51 |
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On Oct 1, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Kamran Bokhari wrote:
I can*t believe that the Iranians would just simply agree to unveiling
Qom. I bet there is nothing there of value. In fact, I would not be
surprised that Qom surfaced because the Iranians wanted to deflect
From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On
Behalf Of Matt Gertken
Sent: October-01-09 3:43 PM
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Subject: Re: obama question
well, only qom in the next two weeks
but NPT will ultimately require all to be open to inspection
Reva Bhalla wrote:
well that ain't gonna fly with the izzies
On Oct 1, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Matt Gertken wrote:
Reva Bhalla wrote:
also, he only talked about unfettered IAEA access to Qom, not all
faciliities if im not mistaken
On Oct 1, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Kamran Bokhari wrote:
I understood it to be about further enrichment.
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on the enrichment bit, did he say that ALL of their enriched U needed
be transferred (i.e. you cannot enrich at all)? or just the bits that
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Wappo people
A Wappo Woman
from Edward S. Curtis Collection. |
Total population | |
1770: 1,000–1,650 1850: 188–200 1910: 73 1977: 50[1] 2000: 250 |
Regions with significant populations | |
California: Clear Lake, Napa Valley, Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley | |
Languages | |
English, historically Wappo[1] | |
Religion | |
traditional tribal religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Yuki people[2] |
The Wappo are an indigenous people of northern California. Their traditional homelands are in Napa Valley, the south shore of Clear Lake, Alexander Valley, and Russian River valley.[2]
The Wappo lived by hunting and gathering, and lived in small groups without centralized political authority, in homes built from branches, leaves and mud. Their woven baskets were so well-crafted that they were able to hold water.
When Mexicans arrived to colonize California, Wappo villages existed near the present-day towns of Yountville, St. Helena and Calistoga. Those on the south shore of Clear Lake were completely absorbed and dispersed to the Spanish missions in California. The mission accounted for at least 550 Wappo baptisms.[3]
The name Wappo is an Americanization of the Spanish term guapo, which means, among other things, "brave." They were known as brave for their stubborn resistance to Mexican domination, particularly their resistance to all military attempts from General Vallejo and his enlisted allies. In 1836 the warring parties signed a peace treaty. [4][5]
Alfred L. Kroeber put the 1770 population of the Wappo at 1,000.[6] Sherburne F. Cook (1976:174) raised this estimate to 1,650.[3]
By the early 1850s, the surviving Wappo were reported to number between 188 and 800.[7] However population dropped by 1880 to 50, and the 1910 Census returned only 73.[8]
The Wappo language is an extinct member of the Yuki language family. A Wappo grammar has been written.[1]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c "Wappo." Ethnologue. Retrieved 16 Dec 2012.
- ^ a b "Wappo Indians." SDSU: California Indians and Their Reservations. Retrieved 16 Dec 2012.
- ^ a b Cook, p. 174
- ^ 1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning by William Bright. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1998.
- ^ Gudde, Erwin; William Bright (2004). California Place Names (Fourth ed. ed.). University of California Press. p. 163. ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
- ^ Kroeber, p. 883
- ^ Cook, pp.239, 351, 357
- ^ Cook, pp. 239, 351
- Cook, Sherburne F. The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1976. ISBN 0-520-03143-1.
- Kroeber, Alfred L. 1925. Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C.
External links[edit]
- Robert Louis Stevenson State Park
- Wappo article
- "Casino at issue in Wappo tribe status". Watch Sonoma County. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- "Justin-Siena works with Wappo tribe to create 'Braves' mascot". Retrieved 2012-08-15.


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Toshiba plans to flip the console gaming market on its head with their next-generation controller-less game console, the Shibasphere!
Big news today from Toshiba – they're getting into the console game market! This morning Toshiba announced their next-generation console the Shibasphere! It's completely controller-less and designed to directly compete with next-generation consoles coming from Sony (PlayStation 4) and Microsoft (Xbox 720).
Speaking about the new Shibasphere console, a Toshiba representative had this to say:
"Life will never be the same once you've entered the Shibasphere. Extraordinary innovation packed into every spherical inch makes this the most intense game console ever conceived by Toshiba. Forget controllers and cameras. The Shibasphere's 809.3b infrared motion detection captures your every move in incredible high resolution and puts you right in the action. And with Toshiba's exclusive Logical Aggression Monitoring, your gaming experience will be all smiles. It's a real game-changer."
A new trailer was released as well, which you can check out below. Enjoy!
Along with the announcement and trailer we also got our hands on some detailed hardware specs about the new console. On the hardware side it sounds like it's going to be a real beast of a machine! The Shibasphere comes loaded with:
- 12 Core 3.5GHz processors
- 4GB GDDR5 RAM Graphics Card
- 809.3b Infrared Motion Detection
- 1080p Full HD Support
- 7.1 Channel Surround
- 5 HDMI ports and more!
The Shibasphere will be launching with 6 playable titles and some of these look pretty impressive!
- Pet the Dog
- Contract Negotiations: Union Labor
- Let's Travel
- Stare Down
- Trade Show: Vegas Edition
- Organic Farming
To learn about the Shibasphere be sure to check out the official product page on Toshiba.com!
What do you think about Toshiba's decision to get into the console market with the Shibasphere? Let us know in the comments below or talk about it on our forums!
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Ohio Republican Power Players Plot 2012 Strategy
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Vehicle registrations are renewed according to a 12-month staggered program based on the owner's birthday. The deadline is midnight on the birthday of the first person listed on the registration form. For example, if a vehicle is titled and registered to Smith, Samuel L. and and Margaret T., Margaret's birthday sets the deadline for renewal.
All individuals must renew their registrations by their birthday to avoid a 10 percent tax penalty (minimum $5) and a 25 percent tag penalty for each vehicle.
Registration for jointly-owned vehicles must be renewed in the county of the owner's principal residence by midnight on the birthday of the owner who appears first on the registration.
Registration for leased vehicles must be renewed by the lessee's birthday (for individuals) or based on the lessee's business name, NOT based on the name of the leasing company (lessor).
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Pretty and Useful Makeup Bags, Help Me Choose One
My makeup area usually looks like a hurricane went through it (see example below). So I've finally decided I need to invest in a beautiful bag to put all the products that make me look put together on a daily basis. I need to take better care of those magic wands!
I've scoured the web for a make up bag that would be perfect for my (little) shelf and will help me not only fit my cosmetics, but organize them. Help me choose from my top choices!
These are my 3 favorites:
If I want to splurge, I've fallen in love with the stylish gold and white strips and the mini-bags. This Trina bag would match the other bags I have and would help declutter my shelf, while creating easy storage.
To buy: $70, ThePicketfence.com
If I want to be practical, this Target brand bag will not only fit everything inside the large bag but it also includes the airport size friendly tubes. Perfect for a last minute getaway!
To buy: $24, Target.com
If I want to be eco-friendly and chic, this Ecotools hemp cosmetic bag has a beautiful floral design and the smaller bags on the inside also pop out. Simple, useful and pretty to look at!
To buy: $15.99, Drugstore.com
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Thanksgiving and Christmas is a wonderful time to reflect on and celebrate our many blessings. One of Chattanooga Goodwill Industries' greatest blessings is this generous [surrounding] community.
For almost 90 years, you have been charitable citizens of the 23 counties served by Chattanooga Goodwill. You have given us gently used clothing, furniture and household items and have allowed us to sell your donations in our stores. We turn the revenue into employment services and programs for people with disabilities and other challenges.
Thanks to you, in 2012 thousands of people in our area received medical equipment, work training, job placement, youth mentoring — even assistance dogs — all at no cost to the recipients. With every wheelchair, job or dog given, each of these people also received the gift of dignity and independence that comes with greater freedom, allowing them to pursue education, employment and more.
You helped us offer them that gift. Their success is your success.
We want to say "thank you" for your continued support of Chattanooga Goodwill Industries. Thank you, Goodwill donors, and thank you, Goodwill shoppers.
We are indeed blessed.
— Dennis Brice
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President & CEO


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$129 On the island's rugged, windswept eastern coast, the Sea-U Guest House is a colonial-style inn with hammocks on the wide verandas and sweeping ocean panoramas. All seven whitewashed rooms are furnished with mahogany, bamboo, or teak beds, dark-wood floors, and large deck chairs for catching a glimpse of the scampering Barbadian green monkeys in the garden. Most of the rooms have shared balconies, but if you're looking for total privacy, try to snag the separate two-bedroom Mammy Apple Garden Cottage ($180 per night; seven-night minimum).
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Why have women presidents become more prevalent in Latin America in the last decade? There exist many speculations and theories for their recent victories; many have naively concluded that their legitimacy is artificial and were simply propped up by a male incumbent president within their respective country. This new wave of female heads of state provides scholars new opportunities for research and has been surprisingly understudied. In an attempt to illuminate this new facet of political power I conducted a qualitative case study of three female presidents, Costa Rica's Laura Chinchilla, Chile's Michelle Bachelet, and Argentina's Cristina Kirchner. I researched their political achievements, rise to power, and their diverse political stances. I used local and international media, the women's respective biographies and studied modern women's movements in Latin America. As a Latin American scholar looking to continue my education into graduate school, this subject covers many bases of the Latin American Studies field. I gained a further appreciation for Latin American politics, culture, and the Spanish language. This presentation will be presented twice, once in Spanish and once in English.
"The Kuna culture insisted on running their own lives and on being left alone, but the world outside would not let them be." For this reason, the Kuna culture migrated from Panama to the Sandblast Islands in the Caribbean Sea. The Kuna live by the statement that "God made you the way you are and so there you will stay." Through interviews and observations, the researchers discovered that the Kuna culture has many aspects including traditional dress and food, Kuna Catholicism, a relaxed lifestyle, and a unique view on health and cleanliness. Education is becoming more prominent and as a result more people are leaving the island to explore other opportunities. It is feared that eventually the Kuna culture on Ustupu will be lost. This project celebrates the rich traditions and culture of the Kuna community, which has suffered from foreign invasions. We highlight the evolving nature of this culture and the often ignored influences from outside that are compromising the culture. We also consider possible solutions to perpetuate the unique customs of the Kuna culture.
This research examines and compares the efficiency of two popular educational methodologies, the Grammar Translation Method and the Communicative Method, with regard to the acquisition of grammatical proficiency. The two methodologies were often implemented by my high school Spanish teachers. As a future high school Spanish teacher, this research will assist me in understanding which of the methods better increases the comprehension and implementation of grammatical concepts for language learners in the high school setting. In order to carry out this research, two distinct Spanish activities, one taken from the Grammar Translation Method and the other from the Communicative Method, were given to high school students and then the results were analyzed. This presentation is given in Spanish.
Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor and Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales are well-known examples of a literary trend that was popular during the 1300s: unifying collections of short stories or tales, often didactic in nature, with a framing narrative. Although these texts are in different languages and originate from different cultures, both examine many common moral and social dilemmas of the 14th century. One such issue, and the focus of this study, is how relations between men and women were affected by the fairly rigid medieval socioeconomic class structure. Through The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale and What Happened with the Bachelor who Married the Rebellious Woman, both Manuel and Chaucer demonstrate that women who achieved independence through wealth were troublesome to the social order, especially when they married men of lower classes. These findings are important because while gender and class structure are popular topics for criticism of medieval literature, they are rarely examined as having an effect on each other. This study used a blend of Structuralism, Gender, and New Historicist criticisms. It is a bilingual study and is presented in Spanish.


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Reality singing competitions are great opportunities for songwriters. After all, whoever wins is going to need an album's worth of material. But I h...
Carrie Underwood: "I love it when the writers of a song that I sing tell a story about the song that I didn't know before."
In keeping with previous Global Citizen Festivals, the goal is to celebrate the achievements made toward ending extreme poverty by 2030. But this year, we're working to change the systems that keep people poor.
You may be the type that forgoes a hot dog at the baseball game to fit in your suit the next day at the beach but in some cases a hot dog might not be the worst thing to put in your mouth if it keeps you from spewing out some discourteous words at your Little Leaguer's baseball game.
Carrie Underwood is a role model for all small town dreamers. Before her big performance at last night's Samsung #Hope4Children event, she dropped...
For the 3rd year in a row, What's Trending has partnered with Hope For Children to broadcast live from their annual charity gala, Hope for Children. T...
You haven't heard of Holland Marie. But you will. For two years the Nashville rocker has been ripping up Music City's honky tonks, marching across the stage in her skin-tight, black pleather pants, gyrating her hips and banging her long, brown locks with Def Leppard-like ferocity.
"I think that all of us girl singers that started out after Linda became very famous, in a way, wanted to be her and wanted to sound like her, and then we had to say 'we can't,' so we have to find our own inner Linda."
Young women talking about feminism is important. But focusing only on which young, famous women embrace or reject the label of "feminist" essentially reduces the issue of equal rights to a hashtag.
When Forbidden Broadway comes out swinging, not everything receives a knockout punch, which is more or less Alessandrini's usual result. Enough does, however, and after the kind of season we've just endured, musical lovers should bow down before him.
Here are 6 not-so-fun facts about the reality behind the von Trapp family.
For some theatre companies, the challenge of the holiday season is to find a way to make an old story seem relevant to contemporary audiences. Two of 2013's Bay area productions (based on classic pieces of literature) offered audiences an unintentional opportunity to do just that.
The beauty of live TV is that viewers can chatter on Internet platforms while watching, which serves to drive even more viewers to the live program.
NBC's "revival" of The Sound of Music might not have been a great idea, and casting Carrie Underwood might have been a misstep, but the widely pan...
Determined to be open to this new take on an old favorite -- after all, "the wool of the black sheep is just as warm" -- I hunkered down with a homemade habit (not kidding), a bottle of Grüner Veltliner and an unlimited texting plan to exchange notes with my family.
Not everyone seemed to share my excitement. At least not in a positive way. Twitter and Facebook seemed to explode with negative comments before the first commercial break.


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On Friday morning, William Bowland, our elusive Lord of Bowland made his first official visit to the Forest, stepping briefly out of the shadows to unveil a new road sign at Dunsop Bridge.
The directional sign, handcrafted by Padiham signmaker Duncan Armstrong, bears the name BOWLAND at its top and is located at the junction of the Whitewell Road as it heads west towards the Trough.
In 1974, with the abolition of the Bowland Rural District Council, all the signposts marked with Yorks WR (Yorkshire West Riding) or with the Bowland Archer had these markings removed by Lancashire County Council.
The symbolic importance of today's occasion wasn't lost on our feudal master. Having already gone on the record championing Bowland's interests, he loftily proclaimed: "This is a sign for the times. A symbol of pride. It marks a revival of Bowland's traditional identity. It is my hope that, as the opportunity arises, we shall see more signs bearing the name BOWLAND. It is an honour for me to be invited to officiate at today's ceremony. This is an occasion that should make every Bowlander proud".
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God is showering his blessings on Shiloh in a mighty way. Through prayer, supplication and God's unwavering grace and mercy we have seen our membership grow! In 1991 we had fewer than 100 members; today we have over 2000. Shiloh has not only grown in numbers, but in ministries that provide for the spiritual and physical growth of all its members. We have added ministries such as Men Standing for Christ (MSFC), Women of the Word (WOW), Praise Dance, Health & Wellness, Financial Planning, Girl Scouts, and Young Adult Ministry (YAM). We have expanded the Foreign Mission and organized the Urban Partnership and Community Development Center. The growth in membership and ministries would not have been possible without a clearly defined and God ordained vision. The Bible's definition of "vision" is: Spiritual understanding or a prophetic revelation from the Word of God. In 1999, the Word came from God that the plans He had for Shiloh could not be fulfilled in our South location. On July 22nd, 2007 we held our first service at our new North location and continued the work we were called to do. The opening of Shiloh North has allowed us to better accommodate our members and increase our presence in the St. Paul community. Since our move to the North location we have experienced year over year membership growth and have worked to increase our presence in our new neighborhood. It is now time for us to move to the next level in fulfilling this vision. In order to carry out the vision we must begin "Striving with Vision". The road ahead may seem difficult and given the state of the economy it may sometimes seem impossible. We have learned that what is impossible for man is an opportunity for God.Nehemiah wanted the leaders to know that God not only ordained their mission to build, but He would also be with them in this endeavor. The people responded with excitement. God said that if He is for us, He is more than the world against us. Knowing this we should be confident and excited about the wonders God is performing in this ministry and in our lives. It is time for us to rise up and build; it is time for us to "Become the Vision". In order to "Strive with Vision" we must:
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En español | Ed Jackson Jr. spends most of his waking hours toiling inside a construction trailer on a dusty lot in Southwest Washington, D.C. His job description might read as follows: "Capture architectural lightning in a bottle, in a way that memorializes an iconic U.S. figure and effortlessly conveys his peace-loving, egalitarian ethos to millions of people."
A tall order, to be sure, but not one that intimidates Jackson, 61, who is the executive architect for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial. Fifteen years in the making, the four-acre, $120 million project abuts the Tidal Basin and is on a direct line between the Jefferson and Lincoln memorials. It will be officially dedicated on Aug. 28.
"We felt it was important for us to have a memorial that reminded every generation what our goals and objectives are, and what we should be trying to achieve as a nation, as a society, as human beings on this planet," says Jackson, who received a doctor of architecture degree from the University of Michigan in 1993.
Jackson believes all of the above will be found in the finished King memorial. It's to be a tour de force of complementary design elements, including a 600-foot long, crescent-shaped granite inscription wall containing 14 notable quotes and statements made by the civil rights leader from 1955 to 1968. There's also a 30-foot tall statue of King.
The project represents a dramatic career shift for Jackson, who spent most of his architectural life as an Army officer designing military health care facilities. But lest anyone think that the King memorial is a capstone for Jackson, it's much more than that — it's a labor of love.
From idea to reality
A member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the African American college fraternity to which King belonged, Jackson was out of the Army by 1996 and had a civilian architecture job in the Washington area. That year, during a conversation with six frat brothers in Silver Spring, Md., Jackson was posed with a challenge: Could he design a memorial for King?
"They had envisioned a project that was probably for $2 million and could be done in two years," Jackson recalls. He said nothing initially, but in Jackson's view "the project had to be significantly larger … to make the kind of statement that would be equivalent to the contribution that [King] had made, not only to America but to a world stage."


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Ithaca College Class of 2010 ♦ Roy H. Park School of Communications ♦ Communication Management and Design
I am a senior Communication Management and Design (CMD) student at Ithaca College with a minor in Women's Studies. My undergraduate coursework has been broad, which allows students to apply it to a number of fields and truly customize it to individual desires, goals, and interests. The CMD department and professors create open-discussion environments and each class schedule is heavy with group projects; teamwork has become second-nature and expected, which is useful preparation for working in communications, which strongly relies on team dynamics to finish projects effeciently and on time. In addition to my education in the classroom, my on-campus employment and extracurriculars is where I've learned the most through hands on interaction throughout my time at Ithaca College.
After studying abroad in Australia during my sophomore year fall semester, I began working for the Office of Student Engagement which is the umbrella organization for the Center for Student Leadership and Involvement, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Office of New Student Programs. For three semesters and a summer, in my role as a Student Leadership Consultant I spearheaded a number of campus-wide projects and initiatives, acting as a para-professional to full time staff at Ithaca College. Through this position I became a better communicator, delved into designing programs flyers, t-shirts, and bulletin boards, coordinated and presented workplace and leadership training for my coworkers and peers, while also increasing experience in event planning.
Throughout my college experience I have participated in a number of different organization's activities, but there are a few I became truly dedicated to and put more focus on in my last two years in college. Serving as an entertainment co-chair for Colleges Against Cancer and Relay for Life opened a lot of doors, allowing me to work with the American Cancer Society on the divisional-level. It also allowed me to attend the 2008 National Relay for Life Conference held in Indianapolis, IN.
One commitment I have all four years at IC is Leadership Scholars. Unlike some other scholarships on campus that have been awarded for high school performance, the Leadership Scholars program is one that additional requirements must be upheld every semester in order to keep. Through this program I have attended the Student Leadership Institute, earning a "Leading Self"certificate, and I've been to Leadership Weekend, a college-leadership retreat, both as a participant and a group leader. Through my job as a Student Leadership Consultant, I took on a special role of Leadership Scholar Manager, which allowed me to present material to fellow scholars, help run meetings, coordinate a mentor program, and plan a year-end banquet dinner for 150+ Leadership Scholars.
In addition to Colleges Against Cancer and Leadership Scholars, I've done a lot of work with the Senior Class. As a junior I was recruited to be a co-chair for the 2009 Senior Week. This position truly gave me a whole new appreciation for event management. In this role, I've improved my time management skills, artist/venue contracting knowledge, creativity, budgeting skills, and my volunteer management experience. Working with a small team, we were able to successfully pull off an entire week of events for seniors to enjoy prior to graduation in 2009 and are now working on planning our own Senior Week 2010.
The newest and most challenging position I have been elected to is the 2010 Senior Class President. In this role I oversee a 28 person cabinet and lead my class over over 1,550 throughout our final year at Ithaca College. Together, the cabinet and executive board plans events and raises funds to encourage senior participation and class unity. Throughout the year my role will expand into multiple dimensions, giving me experiences and skills that will easily transfer into the working work. One of the biggest highlights of my role as Class President is giving a speech at Commencement. I am truly honored to have the chance to leave my classmates with some of the last words they will hear as a student at IC.
After Commencement in May 2010, I plan to move to Southern California to begin my career in public relations, human resources, and/or event planning. In the future I'd like to become a performance consultant, helping businesses and organizations improve, especially with internal communication issues, such as employee relations. After establishing myself in the professional world, I'd like to return to graduate school to become a professor, allowing me to pass my knowledge and workplace experience on to a younger generation.
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Longtime listeners to this podcast will instantly recognize the name Hermes Press. For years this publisher has been synonymous with well crafted reprints of such comics strips like Lee Falk's The Phantom and Ron Goulart's Buck Roger's In The 25th Century. They have also delved into comic book reprints that include a multitude of Gold Key titles including Dark Shadows, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea and Land Of The Giants. Today I sit down with Publicity Director Alissa Fisher and Production Manager Troy Musguire to discuss process, marketing and all the new and exciting titles from Hermes Press.
Also, stick around until the end for my thoughts on the late Kim Thompson of Fantagraphics (CCL Podcast #253) and the very first crossover from DC's Silver Age: JLA: Zatanna's Search TP
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Pop On Lighting
A painted chandelier
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Simon Locke-Wheaton from Plymouth University has designed an interesting product called "Pop On Lighting" that uses Electric Paint to visually display the electrical wires.
Interactive display with Arduino and Electric Paint. It'll put a smile on your face.
Conductive Interactive Artwork
Arduino, capacitive touch, Electric Paint, Interactive
Robotix Lab and HIVE team up for a tiltMe lamp workshop!
Robotix Lab at HIVE in Athens
Cold Soldering, education, LDR, Light Sensor
Learn how to make a paper house that lights up when it gets dark!
Making Paper Houses
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Simon wants us to imagine wiring our rooms with paint in creative ways. His stylised chandelier is one of many intelligent wiring graphics that we can design and draw to then connect with his specially designed LED lighting bulbs. What we like most about this is the simplicity of his system and the emphasis on using the paint as an illustrative component.


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Reporter – Howard 100 News
She's been shoving her microphone in the faces of Stern Show guests and staffers since 2005. But before joining the Howard 100 News team, Lisa G was throwing it down with members of the hip-hop community on New York's Hot 97 – quite an accomplishment for a little white girl from Long Island.
Lisa's musical expertise doesn't stop at hip-hop though. She has played the violin as a member of the Adult Chamber Music Program at the Lucy Moses School of Music for 6 years now. Despite multiple requests from Howard, Lisa has never agreed to play on-air. Lisa also loves baking cookies and making money. In 2012, she combined those interests to form the Lisa G Cookie Party – an event where fans paid to hang out with Lisa and eat her baked goods. Her autobiography, Sex, Lies & Cookies, is due out in May.


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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Tony Hudson, a former fishermen in Alaska, and Carolyn Burdette share a meal and stories at Community Dinners church at the Bitter Lake Community Center. The church, which has been under four different names, celebrated its 90th anniversary on Sunday. Five-days-a-week, the church serves hot meals free-of-charge in different Seattle neighborhoods and shares prayer and stories about Jesus Christ. "Community dinners bring a feast, a family and Jesus," said lead pastor Verlon Fosner. Starting Monday, the church is launching a free dinners from 5 to 6:30 p.m. to anyone in the Seattle community at Pike Market Senior Center.
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I'm a big fan of multifinger rings. This ring DIY uses rhinestone trim that I purchased from MJ Trim last summer. I had initially bought it to make a headband for my friend's wedding (she wore it to her reception, click here for a photo!), but I had about half a yard leftover.
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Beyonce's new video, the UK's next No.1 and The Saturdays light up London!
Even though it wasn't originally due to be released until November the 1st, Beyoncé's premiered the music video for Party. The re-worked version of the album track omits the verse previously rapped by Andre 3000 and contains new lyrics by J.Cole who also appears in the video along with Beyonce's former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland. Watch it below.
Meanwhile, The Saturdays have announced they'll will be switching on the Christmas lights on London's Oxford Street next Tuesday. They'll push the plunger outside Marks & Spencer on November the 1st, and will also perform their new single Heart Takes Over live during the event. Yesterday we heard that the London Westfield shopping centres have hired Justin Bieber to do the same at a week later.
Finally, Professor Green's on course to land his first UK number one single. The rapper's new cut Read All About It which features Emeli Sandé, has topped the midweek singles chart. Watch our favourite live performance of the track below.
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It is noon when we walk into the Piazza delle Erbe, the market busy with vendors selling fruits, nuts, and vegetables. My mother-in-law goes off to buy panettone, a Christmas cake, at the Pasticceria Graziati, one of the oldest bakeries in Padua. Stefano, my husband, heads to the corner bar for an aperitif of Prosecco and a bite to eat. I follow him. The air is crisp and people seem to keep in constant movement to ward off the cold. We stand outside with our Prosecco in one hand, panino con la porchetta in the other. A light fog lingers over our heads. The sounds of people laughing and bargaining, heels on cobblestones, rusty bicycle wheels, crates being loaded mix into one ambient noise.
Our children run to the candy stalls that are set up at Christmas, and come back begging for a few thousand lire to buy the sweets of their choosing. We tell them they have to wait for the Befana, a witch who visits on the eve of January 6, filling their stockings with candies if they've been good and coal if they've been bad. There is a feeling of anticipation in the air.
When my mother-in-law returns, we go to buy prosciutto in the market that runs beneath the nearby Palazzo della Ragione. We weave between scores of stalls in two massive halls where merchants have been selling salami, cheese, poultry, meat, and fish since the Middle Ages.
By now it is almost one o'clock. People are beginning to disappear, the vendors packing up, shopkeepers beginning to close their doors. "Arrivederci, signora" can be heard from every direction. "Ciao, ci vediamo," as friends part. A strange and beautiful silence falls on the town, as though it were early morning again.
TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. WE ARE SPENDING THE holiday with Stefano's family in Padua, a city that is easily missed by tourists because of its proximity to Venice, and because the urban sprawl and reconstruction that followed its heavy bombing in World War II left it, at first glance, not entirely appealing. It is still, however, one of the most ancient and culturally rich cities of Italy.
Most of Padua's center remains intact, preserving its intellectual and artistic heritage. Dante, Petrarch, Giotto, Donatello, Mantegna, and Galileo all worked here. Saint Anthony preached in Padua until his death in 1231, and pilgrims have come to touch his tomb ever since.
Nicknamed La Dotta—the Learned—Padua is home to the brain trust of the Veneto; the University of Padua is one of Europe's oldest and most celebrated institutions of higher learning. And it was Padua's porticoed streets that provided the setting for Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.
OUR SCHEDULE IS INVARIABLY THE SAME—A TRIP EACH morning to the outdoor markets for fruits and vegetables, a quick detour to the pasticceria for bread, home for lunch, a rest until 4 p.m., and then back into the center of town to shop or sightsee. One would think that after 13 years we must have seen everything, as most of the city's monuments can be viewed in a couple of days. But we continually choose to revisit the past.
That is Padua's beauty. I always loved to stroll with Stefano's father as he pointed out the medieval buildings, Galileo's tower, and the area that used to be the Jewish ghetto. I never tire of living with the city's ghosts, walking the same streets and shopping in the same shops that have been there since the 13th century. Places where Petrarch may once have passed are now, in what seems an effortless transformation, chic design shops, galleries, and clothing boutiques.
Today we decide to see the Nativity scene at the Basilica of Sant'Antonio. The courtyard exhibit is decorated by a new team of artists each year. It is a miniature animated theater that reminds me of productions at Disneyland when I was small, the figures tiny replicas of ourselves. After pushing our way to the front, we see that this time they have created a village full of shops, restaurants, and artisans. It looks more like a medieval version of Padua than Bethlehem. As the background darkens, candlelight begins to flicker inside the rooms. Suddenly one star shines brighter than the others and transparent angels take flight. The landscape starts to move, and we see the manger and the bed of hay. On a faraway mountain, three kings approach on camels. The only thing missing is the baby Jesus.
In Italy, Gesù bambino arrives after midnight on Christmas Eve. He's the one who gives gifts, rather than family members or a fat guy in a funny red suit. There are no elves in the North Pole; no stockings hung by the fire. Instead, San Nicolò brings a gift for all children on December 6, reminding them to obey their parents and do well in school.


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April 27, 2011 – Hattiesburg, MS
• Naked Run
When: 5:00 p.m.
Where: Sack's Outdoors (200 East Pine Street, Hattiesburg, MS 39401)
Hosted by: Sack's Outdoors (601.582.8111)
• Talk & Booksigning
When: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where: The Venue (127 Buschman St., Suite 60,
Hattiesburg, MS)
Hosted by: Sack's Outdoors (601.582.8111)
Ultra-god Scott Jurek.
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This activity helps the children get used to practicing a closing ritual as a way of affirming their part in the faith community.
Gather the group in a circle. Thank the children for participating and sharing their stories and ideas in this session. Tell them something you liked about the way they worked together as a community.
Point out the Moral Compass poster. Say, in your own words:
Our Moral Compass shows us ways to do good things and make good decisions. Today we heard a story about empathy and we had some experiences about trying on one another's shoes. Standing in someone else's shoes can be silly, but it is an expression that can help us remember to try to imagine what it is like to be someone else and feel the way they do. Let's keep empathy in mind. Understanding how others feel is a very powerful way of finding acts of goodness you can do.
Remind the children that the next time they meet they will have a chance to add more gems to the Gems of Goodness jar. If appropriate, remind them that when the jar is full of gemstones, you will have a special celebration. You may wish to encourage them to try using empathy and the other virtues you have posted on the Moral Compass poster as they look for ways to act for goodness or justice.
Lead the children in singing Hymn 414 in Singing the Living Tradition, "As We Leave This Friendly Place." If the hymn is unfamiliar to some of the children, teach it line by line and then sing it once through together.
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As we leave this friendly place,
Love give light to every face;
May the kindness which we learn
Light our hearts till we return.
Distribute the Taking It Home handout you have prepared. If new participants need to take home a Gems of Goodness notebook and parent handout, make sure they have these.
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Bandiera, Oriana, Barankay, Iwan and Rasul, Imran (2004) Relative and absolute incentives: evidence on worker productivity. 4431. Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, UK.
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We use personnel data to compare worker productivity under a relative incentive scheme, where worker pay is negatively related to the average productivity of co-workers, with productivity under piece rates – where pay is based on individual productivity alone. We find that for the average worker, productivity is at least 50% higher under piece rates. We show this is because workers partially internalize the negative externality they impose on others under the relative incentive scheme and do so to a greater extent when they work alongside their close friends. The results illustrate the importance of understanding how workers behave in the presence of externalities when designing incentive schemes.
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Blemish Balm Perfect Beauty Fluid in ivory and beige offers the skin care properties of a moisturizer with a tinted fluid for the concealment of blemishes.
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Yayasan Sime Darby Undergraduate Scholarship Programme (US) 2013
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Yayasan Sime Darby invites qualified candidates to apply for Yayasan Sime Darby Undergraduate Scholarship Programme (US) 2013.
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Title: | Civil War Miscellany |
Creators: |
Applewhite, Laura Augusta Jordan
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company. Harper's Weekly. |
Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
Languages: | English |
Abstract: | Various unrelated items (1862-1865) concerning the Civil War including an oath of allegiance, Harper's Weekly lithographs, an Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company statement, a memoir written about fifty years after the war and transcribed in 1978, and copies of a letter and a circular. |
Extent: | 1.302 Cubic feet, 9 items , consisting of a letter, a circular, a business statement, lithographs, and an oath of allegiance |
December 12, 1985, 2 items; Letter and circular (1862, 1863). Loaned for copying by Mr. David R. Pruette
May 23,1990 (unprocessed addition 1), 1 item; Statement (1862) of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company. Donor: Mr. William C. Hatcher
February 20,1997 (unprocessed addition 2), 1 item; Oath of allegiance by members of Capt. B. Hill's Brigade, taken at U.S. Forces Headquarters, Gunthersville, Alabama, May 16, 1865. Donor: Unknown
February 20,1997 (unprocessed addition 3), 4 items; Water colored lithographs from Harper's Weekly (1862), contains scenes of Washington, Elizabeth City, and Kinston, N.C. Donor: Mr. Maury C. York
October 30, 2012 (unprocessed addition 4), 1 item, 0.01 cubic foot; Photocopy of a transcript prepared in 1978 of "My Experiences in the Civil War" which was originally written by Laura Augusta Jordan-Applewhite (wife of John Thomas Applewhite) fifty years after the Civil War ended. She was living in Virginia during the war. Donor: James O. Roebuck
No restrictions
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Civil War Miscellany (#505), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Processed by L. Harris, January 1987
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Both items concern Civil War activities in North Carolina. The letter (April 1862) was written by a Union soldier of the Rhode Island Volunteers to his mother describing the successful bombardment of Fort Macon, including strategy and weapons used. Also included is a brief comment on Beaufort, N.C.
The circular (July 1863) was issued by Brigadier General B. H. Robertson and was intended for regimental commanders. It pertains to the necessity of grazing horses at regulated hours and controlling their movements rather than allowing them to wander over fields.
Online access to this finding aid is supported with funds created through the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). These funds come through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. This grant is part of the North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online, Digitization Grant Program.


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It always bothers me how bad conservatives are at creative endeavors like comedy and non-country music. With comedy, I think it boils down to the form's reliance on pointing out contradiction and logical inconsistency. It's tough to embrace a dynamic of critique that bites inward harder than it does outward. For instance, bag on liberals' defense of abortion all you like, but it's a lot harder to do so as a defense of the primacy of life when anyone can start laughing and have their "HAs!" collapse into the word "Halliburton." Or, say, point out that the state of Florida has a "choose life" license plate that's excused on the basis that it's not an anti-abortion argument but rather a celebration of how wonderful life is — in a state that routinely executes people, embraces "Castle Doctrine," and is enormously dependent on the economic activity generated by MacDill Air Force Base (CENTCOM), Tyndall Air Force Base, Homestead Air Force Base and Eglin Air Force Base ("WE TEST CLUSTER BOMBS!").
Music is harder to figure out. They've got country music nailed, since turning your resentment at cultural marginalization into "I'm just an ignorant fella with no taste, goddamn I'm proud of it" self-aggrandizement works on the political level with the same degree of success as it does when talking about your redneck yacht club. But rock and roll and rap are hard. Conservatism has been against rock and roll from the start, and it generally abhors sex and drugs unless they involve underage boys or butt bumps of meth with a male prostitute.
It's so exquisitely terrible — the founding fathers are shredding and standing on a table playing a violin solo? — that I resent tossing it into the mix here instead of devoting a whole piece to its transcendent... thingness. (I only hesitate because the video's both educational and intentionally parodic and declares itself so on its Youtube page. But that part hasn't gotten through to exactly the sort of commenters you'd expect it not to get through to, because if anything it represents a slick apotheosis of a kind of political video they're already looking for.) This kind of culture regurgitates down through ages. This is what happens when conservatism and rock collide. The video would unconvert any kid on the cusp of conservatism just as effectively as (to borrow a line from a friend) a Rush live album would unconvert a proto-libertarian with the words, "THIS NEXT SONG IS BY OUR DRUMMER. IT'S ABOUT THE PRIMACY OF THE INDIVIDUAL."
As for rap. Well, rap is just too thuggy. It's what ruined the NBA.
Whenever serious conservatives put on a rap or rock-and-roll suit, it usually wears badly. To a certain extent, all rock and rap is a little gimmicky, but you have to live the gimmick to make it work. Nobody really cares when a bookish high school kid reinvents himself as a bourbon-soaked rock wailer so long as he's committed to it and is passionate about it. If he can sell himself enough on the transformation, the audience is willing to believe him. Ultimately this is why conservative rap tends to fail horribly. They perform at a remove from their own medium, too nervously aware of what they're doing. Most of the time it's trying to keep the blackness of the whole exercise at arm's length: "Sure, I'm rapping, but it's... you know, haha, I'm not like them. Also, not racist."
This is why Wolverines' "O.T.P. (One Term President)" is so shitty. It's so obvious that everyone involved derogates the form and style of what they're doing, so you can't engage what they're doing on anything like a visceral level. The arm's-length aping of form immediately tells you that they'd rather look and act like anything else. They're there not because of rap but in spite of it. This is also why all their preemptive protestations of "we're not racist" ring so hollow. If they're not, what explanation do they have for "haha just playin', guys" distancing from unironically looking and sounding like rap artists in a rap video? If it's not race, then what is it? Culture? Attitude? It all comes back to the joking line above, about the NBA. White people can't stop complaining about how "they" thugged up the game and made it unwatchable. Well, not they, but their culture. Well, not their culture, just an attitude and a cultural thing. Whose culture? Well, er... look, I'm not racist, but....
There are other reasons the video's shitty, though. There's the editing and acting. There's the fact that their beat is shitty. And the music is shitty. Whether someone wrote it or sampled it, goddamn does it suck. Their flow sucks; motherfucking Snow blew this shit out of the water with "Informer" about 17 years ago. Their stories suck (you bake PIES???). Their points suck. Their rhymes suck — all end rhymes, Jesus, it's like the last 20 years of hip-hop never happened. Their singer sucks. They couldn't even fucking use autotune well. Of course, all this is excused by saying, "Heh, we didn't really want to sound like rappers," which I'm sure will be the default defense on the song's musical/writing merits as soon as it runs up against a racism charge, at which point I'm sure they'll go on the attack by saying that anyone who detects racism is the real racist, because they're looking to demonize white people based on the victimized status of whiteness. Or something.
This song and video was written and performed by the terminally insane. These people are affiliated with World Net Daily, a far-right website that now functions as the de facto home of the Birther movement and, on the surface, looks just legitimate enough that non-insane conservatives are sometimes suckered into mistakenly assigning them something like credibility. The site's famous guest contributors reads like a who's who of the profitably — and only sometimes disingenuously — nuts: Pat Buchanan, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, Walter Williams, Chuck Norris.
WND is famous for embracing as editorial staff policy the assertion that the Y2K bug was fabricated by the Clinton Administration as a planned crisis to enable United Nations' armies to seize control of the U.S. and absorb it into one-world "NWO" government. (I guess that was thwarted by the Invisible Hand???) It has a pernicious habit of publishing op-eds that talk about Anglo-Saxon racial values and their erosion at the tides of immigrants and multiculturalism, then deleting the op-eds and pulling the "Whoops!—how'd that get there?" card whenever someone notices that they're advocating racism. As regards the Israel-Palestine conflict, their record could generously be described as "vigilantly genocidal" toward Arabs and Palestinians. True to self-contradictory paleoconservative form, their abiding respect for the Jewish people involves dropping words like "Nazi" like they're raindrops, arguing that Universal Health Care in the U.S. would lead to nationwide concentration camps and Nazi executions. Again, there's also the "Barack Obama is a Kenyan muslim Nazi communist Bill Ayers terrorist"-Birther thing they've been humping for two years now.
I could go on, but you could read all this on Wikipedia, which World Net Daily has repeatedly accused of being part of an un-American pro-Obama conspiracy. WND staffers plant anti-conservative edits on Wikipedia, then blame Wikipedia when it doesn't delete them fast enough. Then they blame Wikipedia for deleting pro-WND edits from Wikipedia pages, despite the fact that WND publishes stories about how they deliberately vandalize Wikipedia. At one point, WND claimed that Wikipedia had a stated admin policy to delete anything questioning Obama's American citizenship, which was patently untrue, but probably an easy mistake to make when you apparently don't understand Wikipedia's policy of deleting "factual" edits that rely on links to falsified data, forged birth certificates and your run of the mill "made-up shit."
The shitty rap's tie to WND comes in the form of MOLOTOV MITCHELL, a man who journalists would bother to call "confused" if he weren't merely a breathtakingly offensive and unregenerately stupid racist. First of all, there's the fact that he can't stop talking about his conservative American patriotism, yet has styled himself after a guerilla weapon named for Soviet War and Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. Granted, the Finns named it that, as a jeering gift for their enemy, but the name at this point has virtually zero anti-Communist resonance. (Its origins aren't even specifically anti-Communist. It was first used in the Spanish Civil War, by everybody.) The fact is that it's been used all over the globe by just about every military force but is now most identifiable as a guerrilla weapon and a terrorist weapon used in precisely the sort of asymmetrical insurgent fighting that targets American soldiers. And it's got a Soviet name. Basically Molotov Mitchell might as well have called himself "Hijacked American Airlines Plane." Yeah, technically anyone could have hijacked it, but all people are going to think about is the first plane to hit the World Trade Center. The fatuously dumb name scheme thing gets carried over to his Youtube channel, where he goes by the name "Illuminati TV." He has but two names on the internet, and both directly reference conspiratorial anti-American fantasies that only keep retardedly crazy people awake at night.
By now Mitchell's notorious enough that Germany banned his Youtube about Ugandans killing gay people, and HuffPo already profiled him, including direct quotes of his like:
"Two weeks ago, [abortion doctor] George Tiller was killed in a fourth-trimester abortion, a lethal lead injection."It's an unusually good HuffPo article, devoid of a lot of snark and brimming with enough links to establish beyond doubt that Mitchell's a moronic Birther racist homophobe.
"Has gay culture earned our respect? ... People have to earn respect, no matter who they are. And breaking the records for drug abuse, infidelity and suicide won't make you popular. Getting the government to punish people who don't like you doesn't help either."
As for the other rappers, there's CONSTITUTION KATE, who like 99% of the people who put the word "constitution" in their names online is probably an originalist. Kate probably hasn't read a single bit of constitutional jurisprudence outside of the document itself, but I'm sure that's hardly necessary. All she has to point to is the original document and note that there's nothing in there about Universal Health Care being a fundamental human right or an income tax being legal. (Kate probably doesn't realize that there's nothing in there about how the Supreme Court really works, but whatever.) And I'm sure that, like everyone else who can't stop invoking the constitution as a rigid original document, Kate would be only too willing to revoke her right to vote. I'm sure she's probably cool with reinstating the three-fifths compromise, too.
(Basically what I'm saying is that, apart from everything she thinks, Kate turns me on. If you're reading this, baby, send me nudes. I wanna knock those hipster frames off your nose with the power of love — yeah, I do it to Huey and THE NEWS. I wanna drive your children to hockey practice. I want to sit in the sun with you and watch you desiccate — no pun intended. I want us to build a house together and come across whatever Dorian Gray portrait enables you to look like that, then gaze in admiration about how your true form is your already huge jaw improbably even huger, detached from your head so you can masticate the tormented bodies of a bunch of Mexicans on fire. I want to help you melt down your fillings so you stop hearing whoever it is that makes you do such stupid shit. I want to fall asleep next to you, unfulfilled, as Jay Leno's monologue paints our McMansion bedroom blue. I want to have kids with you, then watch you eat our young. It's okay, girl; we won't abort. I'll let you wait until they're ripe. I want to help you bury gold in the yard.)
Finally there's DJ DOLCE MELODY. She sucks at everything in this video. She's also a racist moron. She's trying to get those rockabilly bangs going on, but it's like her forehead had a growth spurt. This is just me playing CSI, but I think that Dolce fucked her way into the group. Out of all the tone-deaf shit that slides in this crew, shes the only one that had to be autotuned. But you probably just roll with that, with Dolce.
I'm trying to picture how she got this gig, and I can only think of Molotov Mitchell spotting her down the end of the bar, bewitched by the girl with the Herman Munster head and the Betty Page bangs sipping on a cherry Coca Cola with her ruby red lips. He asks her to dance and she says, "Okay, but as long as you're not part black. Their legs have an extra ligament, which is why intellectually superior white athletes can't compete with them at speed positions like wide receiver." He nods, and she insists that he not be too good at it. "It's fine," he replies. "I'm not. Fags have ruined dancing."
Then she does a bump of cocaine off a spoon and assures him that she has it "under control," because of "free will." He doesn't care, because she can do whatever she wants so long as the market's threshold never dips below what she can afford to spend. While they're dancing and she's chewing off her lower lip, she asks him which Ayn Rand rape scene is the hottest. They replicate it in the alley just minutes later, then together kick the shit out of a Korean dishwasher who interrupts them and doesn't speak English. Only at this point does Molotov eject his cocktail.
(All lyrics in bold, responses in plain text.)
Whatever happened to the "HOPE" boy?
Teleprompt this: "You can't stop this, OTP."
Teleprompters? Obama? GRRRR.
It's really a testament to the substance the American right has to offer that blasting a device every politician uses represents an inescapable damnation. At this point, let's blast Obama if he carries note cards with him and then loses his place in his speech due to a torrential downpour. (Real Americans: all Sharpie, all the time.) Let's blast him for sending out letters that have signatures on them that he didn't actually personally sign. Then let's blast him for using photocopiers for those letters. As if that would be the last stop on the outrage express. I bet a staffer wrote part of that letter. On a personal computer, with a word-processing program. A real man writes out every single letter in quill and ink like the founding fathers. Of course, if we'd stayed true to the intentions of about half of them, that nigger wouldn't be able to read in the first place.
Fool me once, shame on me, shame on we
United States of America
Fool me twice? It's not gonna happen, G
"Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
Fool me once, it happens all the time!
Oh. Perhaps this wouldn't happen so frequently if you weren't an idiot.
Public education made me dumb, man
Ahahaha yes. Thank you, Mr. Party of Personal Initiative and Responsibility. It's public education's fault that you didn't pull yourself up by your bootstraps and learn something anyway despite your disadvantages. Unless you're writing all this in the guise of some stupid midwestern American or black person or something, who was "taken in" by Obama. See, it isn't clear what's happening when you pretend to be stupid and then switch to being "smart" and "incisive," probably because what you consider those last two to be is actually really stupid.
I used to be a pie baker
Look into my eyes, all you'll see is pies
I could make a french apple cobbler with a greyerre crust
The only thing funnier than the gruyere misspelling is the mispronunciation in the song itself. And the only thing funnier than that is, "I USED TO BE A PIE BAKER/LOOK INTO MY EYES, ALL YOU'LL SEE IS PIES." I mean, at best you could call this some tortured metaphor about things being as American as mom and apple pie, but the dude is literally yelling about pies.
r-a-double u, fat girls are lovin dude
Wow, harsh. It's really hateful how he's making these elitist statements about overweight Americans, assuming that they are so hungry that they can't even wait for the pies to bake and instead eat them R-A-double-U.
That was then, nowadays find me on the corner with a Mac 10
I lost my job at the bakery, Obama faked me, so I turned criminal
I'm sellin dr*gs at the terminal
Word. Just like all them niggers slangin' on the streets of West Baltimore. (It's cool, he saw The Wire. He heard it was Obama's favorite documentary.) You know, nigga tries to get a Baker's Square franchise, opens it up, does his best. Then the Obama Secret Police shut it down, cite some New World Order reg about illegal distribution of pies. Man, nigga just tryin' to go straight, but them FDA motherfuckers sayin' his pies ain't pure. He stepped on them pies. Doubled that pie weight, tried to make it back. But them pies cut with powdered sugar, yo. Now he outta business, gotta take that last pie package and trade it in for a full-auto. Now motherfucker gonna lattice-top any nigga step to him. This a pie corner.
B. Hussein, baby where's my job?
Just words just speeches, ya weakless
OTP, angry mob reppin 2-0-1-2
Karma's gonna get you
Karma? Thanks, but no thanks. YOU CAN KEEP THE PAGANISM.
Why am I still up in Iraq, man?
I dunno, you tell me. Why are American servicemen in a war zone created unnecessarily under false pretenses from a former president whose policies you embraced uncritically? This is like getting angry about Brian Jones' sitar on "Paint It Black" by writing a diss track about Ron Wood.
Whats the holdup? I'm still duckin rounds in the sand, man.
Yes, big-jawed white girl with Fey glasses on, you really are ducking rounds in the sand, man. Look at you, putting it all on the line, jump-cuts whizzing past you, someone in a burka dancing on the sand, your having to remember lines at a camera, even when the camera is shooting at you.
I'm sick of smellin like a mosque after Ramadan
While you smellin like some prawns and filet mignon
We on the battlefield, camouflage khakis and M4's
Blood, sweat and tears for Iraqi's
Below find a list of credible reasons why this quasi-hipster-clad white girl with no obvious health handicaps and an excess of vigor, anger and patriotic feeling hasn't joined a branch of the American military to contribute her service. Please also find an explanation why DJ Dolce, Molotov Mitchell and the MZA haven't either. Please also find a list of reasons why this pose they're striking isn't insulting to any troops in harm's way:
But then I look at you, sittin in the West Wing, won't do anything
but polish up ya Nobel Peace Prize
You dropped charges for terrorists, (WHOA)
You think ya Fergie, ya glamorous (WHOA)
I mean, everything about the rap is bad, but the rhymes are just so bad. Worse, every time you think they might start to be onto something moderately less horrible, they drop some cutting edge pop-cultural bomb like this and just explode another layer of earth beneath entrenched lowered expectations.
You roam the world to apologize, bowin to Saudis, investigatin G.I.'s
But pretty soon, you gonna pay the piper and I don't mean a sniper,
You know, a lot of rap lyrics involve the hint of murder if not the outright threat of it, but this is the first time I think anyone can remember a lyric essentially meaning, "Please do not incarcerate me for my continually implied desire for treasonous murder, because I did not explicitly mean that, even though... but... no, really, I didn't mean that."
My vote's got a teflon coat
Jeremiah Wright, say it for the troops:
"ya chickeeeeennnnssss...comin home to roost"
Friendly reminder that these are the same people who support the discharge of thousands of capable homosexual troops since the beginning of the Iraq war and have no problem with their replacement by thousands of troops who have aggravated assault, sexual assault, robbery and drug-dealing convictions. Some of these people, who go into service because it's the alternative to jailin', have been implicated in the same sort of abuses that delegitimize our presence in Iraq — abuses like excessive beatings, rape and theft. Whatever. Thank God they weren't fags. I'm sure none of the people who were subject or witness to beatings, rapes of thefts will ever hate the United States or do something disadvantageous to it, so long as we remain a Godly nation, because God Is Great.
One term President? Naw, I'm not feelin that
Hardcore birther here, let me make it clear fo ya
Barack Hussein, he isn't even president, we ain't seen a BC
He's sealed up all the evidence
There's really no need to add more about this than has already been written.
But now they all come to the MZA, I'm runnin five Tea Parties,
flanked by these freedom fighter hotties
Reminder that the average age of a tea party attendee is only in the 20s because people keep bringing toddlers and infants who have no choice but to attend them. It's demographically and physiologically identical to the breakdown of the total number of family members in an episode of Roseanne. Well, apart from the fact that Roseanne's was probably a union household due to her early-season factory job. But the fat and angry aspects are still 100% spot on.
I'm a right wing extremist, can I get a witness?
You ain't down if you ain't on a watch LIST
There you go. (Not racist or terrorist.)
Socialist medicine, I told ya
Spendin trillions on nothin, I told ya
Hahaha, okay.


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