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We bought our circa 1910 Colonial Revival Mansion in Knoxville, TN in 1998 and it was in really bad shape. It was the third "Big House" built on the land purchased by the Sterchi Family in 1845. Locally known as the "Sterchi Mansion" the Sterchi's named it "Stratford Hall". It was their main house for the 1500 plus acre estate. They also owned the Sterchi Brothers Furniture stores all over the south east and headquartered in a 22 story building still in extant in downtown Knoxville, TN. We are the third owners and when we purchased the house it needed EVERYTHING done to it. My wife and I have restored many old houses (she says it is a sickness!) so there was nothing that needed to be done that we had not done before, it was just the sheer volume of what it needed that was so overwhelming. Anyway, after 11 years of nearly constant work and a whole lot of money, it is pretty well restored to its original state. It is truly a masterpiece of design and construction. The material used in the construction cannot be duplicated today. The main floor has cherry wood trim and 2 sets cherry pocket doors that work perfectly. The library has a beautiful mahogany fireplace surround. We remodeled the kitchen and breakfast room from a very small kitchen, a hallway and a butlers pantry. The original pedestal tub and commode were relocated to their proper location in the main 2nd floor bathroom and most everything else we tried to repair and put back like it would have been in 1910. We did add 2 heat pumps for cooling and light heating. We use the original steam radiators when it gets real cold, although we are planning to upgrade to a more efficient furnace asap. There was a walk up attic of about 1200 sq. ft. and we turned it into a home theater/hang out for our 18 year old son. I will post some before and after pictures. (All of my before pics taken before 2001 are not digital and will have to be scanned) It has been a real adventure and definitely worth the effort. We applied last week to have the house recorded on the National Historic Register. We are just beginning to restore the Carriage house!?!?!?!?.
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Nothing like being able to brag about something... |
I, for one, cannot wait to see pictures and thank Buddy for preserving this house for posterity. |
I, for two, cannot wait to see pictures and once again thank Buddy for preserving this house for posterity! But when can we see the inside? I'm sure Lucy is clamping at the bit to see them also! |
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Sun, Nov 2, 08 at 11:33
Congrats on all your hard work! Looks beautiful from exterior & it would be great to see your interior pictures. I think you earned your bragging rights. take care. |
- Posted by sombreuil_mongrel (My Page) on Sun, Nov 2, 08 at 12:16
Was it, by any chance, designed by George F. Barber? A similar design is seen in one of his (reprinted) books. It's obviously a magnificent specimen whether or not. Casey |
- Posted by fuzzywuzzer (My Page) on Sun, Nov 2, 08 at 16:47
Elegant! Thank you for sharing your photo. |
Just beautiful. Can't wait to see the inside. |
Wow, that is a really nice looking house. How many rooms and what's the square footage of it? |
Thank you for your kind comments! It helped me to hear/see success stories when we were in the middle of this mammoth project and that is the primary motivation for this posting. And of course I am proud of how it turned out!!! I hope it will encourage someone in the midst of a remodel or to begin a restoration of a worthy old home that will otherwise be destroyed. Our heritage is so important! Stratford Hall was design by an architectural firm named R. F. Graf & Sons. I am not sure but I think they were located in NYC. George F. Barber was an Architect here in Knoxville and I, too first thought it was designed by him but later found proof positive it was Graff. Good guess! The Barber firm and later his son's firm, Barber and McMurry were excellent architects and very prolific that were among the first to sell really first class house plans by mail order. There are many of their homes still in extant here in Knoxville. The house has just under 6,000 square feet.There are 13 major rooms. It has a basement that houses my office, a craft room, and a furnace room. The main floor has a large foyer, Drawing room, Library, Dinning room, Kitchen/Breakfast room and a powder room. The second floor has a sitting room at the top of the stair landing, 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths. The third floor has our home theater, another full bath, a small kitchen, a computer/internet nook in one of the dormers, a dinning area and a foosball table. We made an area on the widows walk roof to set up our telescope for some stargazing. It is just the right size for my family of 5. We all have our areas and we use every bit of the house. We also do a lot of fund raisers for different community causes and host many activities for our church. |
GORGEOUS!!! You should be very proud, and absolutely have bragging rights! Thanks for sharing your story and providing some well needed inspiration. I bought and c. 1911 Colonial house back and July, and going through the renovation blues (it needs everything as well, that I wasn't prepared for financially). I'm doing everything I can to keep the house and pouring every penny I make into making it come alive again. Thanks for showing me that persistence does pay off! |
I found a few pics that are digital. Most of the before were taken before we got a digital camera. The woodpeckers had made holes all over the columns.It took eight weeks to scrape the 50 plus layers of paint of the columns with a special made scrapers and heat guns! They are 36 inches in diameter at the base. All but one of the bases had to be replaced! Ugh!!! Big job!!! Three of the 6 capitals and 1 of the pilasters had to be replaced! Another big job!!! Fortunately the original owners had the forethought to leave a "model" of the capitals in the attic and we made a mold from it and you absolutely cannot tell which are original and which are new. The style is Scamozzi. |
There is no doubt that you can build a new house quicker and cheaper than restoring an old one but the reward is far greater in restoring. Keep up the good work clover8, it is a big investment in time and money but I really do think it is worth it!!! Just remember "This too will pass" and then you can relax and enjoy your hard work! |
That house is absolutely f'ing gorgeous!!!! I have a 1932 American Colonial that is a much more modest 2100 sf. I think I am going to have troubles keeping my renovation budget to $125,000, and that is with me doing almost all the work, as I used to be a contractor for many years. But to renovate a home of that size? My god, I can not even think of the costs. Do I ever love old homes tho. I applaud you for taking on this massive task, and saving a piece of history, even if you are bragging!!! LOL....I am kidding, you earned the right!!!!!!!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the home!!!! Post more pics.....I am sure many people would love to see more. |
Absolutely gorgeous! I can't even begin to imagine the thought, the work and of course the money that went into this project but the end result is fabulous. |
some more of the front and decked out for Christmas. |
- Posted by allison1888 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 3, 08 at 13:39
fabulous. We're only about 20 percent through with our 1888 Victorian, so seeing the end result does help -- even if we suffer from the same sickness and have done this before! Love the woodwork and character. |
- Posted by jcin_los_angeles (My Page) on Sat, Nov 8, 08 at 0:43
Congratulations on your excellent restoration of a fabulous house! Our 1910 Craftsman is finally restored too, after 20 years. Your house should definitely be on the Register. And why don't you contact the Old House Journal for a feature article? That way more people could see it. |
I totally agree with jcin_los_angeles. Contact the Old House Journal. I want to see more!! :) Every time I look at this place I fall back in love. I love my place too(which i will put a link to a thread regarding it), which I have a lot of plans for, but to be honest, it doesn't hold a candle to this place. Even your Christmas decorating is very nice and tasteful. |
Here is a link that might be useful: My 1932 Colonial/Georgian
- Posted by mightyanvil (My Page) on Sat, Nov 8, 08 at 10:48
This house was no doubt one of the many built to emulate the pavilions at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 that had two story classical columns. They are often called Colonial Revival but many feel it is more accurate to call them Neoclassical. |
Wow...wow....wow...and more WOW!!! Hey, I'd be stopping strangers in the cereal aisle at the grocery store to show them pictures of this loving restoration! "Excuse me...here's my house...before...and after! Yes, my family and I did all the work!"... You should be extremely proud not only for doing an excellent job but for saving a STUNNING historic home!! In these days where so many of them end up under a wrecking ball for yet more ugly contemporary condos, I'm tearing up a little just out of sheer joy for the work you did. It's realy so beautiful and elegant. |
That is truly a stunning home .Thankyou so much for seeing the potential and saving it and posting it here for us to see . Its very motivational for anyone in the middle of a remodle. |
Thanks Hollis and Linda for resurrecting a beautiful slice of history. I can't imagine living in a home and working on it for 11 years--and remaining married! |
Good Sleuthing worthy!!! How did you know our names! Thank you again for all of your kindness. I will get in touch with the Old House Journal" and see what happens. We have been out of town and for the past couple of days and tomorrow we are hosting a wedding in the garden so I have been REAL busy today. I will post some pictures of the wedding. The fall color of the maples and the huge Gingo are beautiful, it is raining now and I hope we do not loose the leaves tonight to the wind! I took this picture earlier this week. Here is the Duck Pond. It used to be a spring fed "cement pond". Here is a close up of the Front Door and surrond made of Walnut. Keith Henschen spent 4 weeks scraping many, many layers of old paint off to reveal the beautiful detail of the wood carving. It never ceases to amaze me what people will do to beautiful craftsmanship! |
WWWOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!! That is lovely, breathtaking, incredible,...oh my... A genuine labor of love, no doubt. You should be exceptionally proud--and good on you for sharing it with your community. |
- Posted by mom2lilenj (My Page) on Sun, Nov 9, 08 at 18:28
WOW what a fabulous house!! I have some questions for you, if you don't mind. What is the wall covering in the parlor (green, front) room? I've been trying to find just the right green wallpaper for my dining room and that looks like just what I've been looking for. A simple green with a hint of pattern. Also do you have pictures of the ceiling in your music (the other front) room? My house is just a simple farmhouse, but the living room was remodeled with fake beams and two real ones. I've always figured I would rip out the fake ones and then "do something" with real ones. But your room looks so nice, I thought I might try to do something like that in my room, although on a MUCH smaller scale, LOL. |
We choose the green/gold from the carved wooden moldings that are on the wall (they make a rectangle on each wall, see the one around the clock) I took them off very carefully, numbered each one and stored them until I was ready to replace them. Then I removed the 5 layers of wall paper within each rectangle, drew a line to mark the location using the nail holes of the moldings as a guide. Next we repaired the cracks by cutting a v-cut all along the crack. After sanding I painted the inside of the rectangle with a metallic gold paint called "Ballroom Gold" (I believe it is from Ralph Loren). Next I painted the outside of the rectangle with a eggshell paint from Pittsburgh Paints, the color is "Fairmont Green". Next went on a layer of "crackle medium" from Home Depot. Then I went over the entire wall with the Fairmont Green and let the crackle medium do its thing. You have to roll the top layer on over the crackle medium, it won't work if you spray and it is really hard to make it work if you brush it on. Then, lastly I had to even out the gold so I took a real sea sponge about the size of a cantelope, cut it in half and dipped it into the Ballroom Gold and just lightly "sponged" the gold paint on just to even out the pattern. It would have been much easier to put up paper but this is a 6 step paint job. This picture shows the actual paint technique better. And I wanted to show you the ginger bread house that was made for us last year. It was a model of Stratford Hall and soooo beautiful! Notice the wall color in the foyer, it is a 5 step process. I was an Art Major in college so I loved to come up with different painting techniques. This one makes the wall look like an old parchment. RE: the Drawing room ceiling, I can't find a good close up of it but I will take one and post it as soon as I can find that thing that transfers pictures to the computer. |
- Posted by concretenprimroses (My Page) on Sun, Nov 9, 08 at 21:19
Just gorgeous. I enjoyed looking. kathyh |
- Posted by mom2lilenj (My Page) on Mon, Nov 10, 08 at 9:46
OMG, I'm stunned you did that with paint! I thought for sure it was some obsure wallpaper that I didn't find in my many hours of researching on the internet. You are very talented with the painting and the decorations! Cute gingerbread house, looking at those pictues makes me to forward to Christmas. Every year, I make a simple gingerbread cottage with my girls (8 & 3). We have a great time and I'm pleased if it at least looks like a cottage, LOL. |
There is a similar home for sale in the town I live in. Maybe it was a common style, but the resemblence in some of the details is striking. http://www.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?pg=3&srcnt=27&srcnt=27&sid=f829aa361bf84f999b5f4b0bd07d6fef&loc=47201&mnp=675000&fhpg=1&lid=1081789775&lsn=26 |
You should be proud - the place is just.......Luscious! Of course that you have a pond is truly exciting (wildlife lover that I am) |
What happened to my pictures? |
I still see your pictures. Your house is great! |
acc0406- That house looks amazing. Are you thinking of buying it? Do you think that is a good price for the area? The price looks attractive to me, but of course the value of a home from one real estate market to the next is just staggering. |
tyguy, that is what I was thinking. Looks like a great buy to me, if you are in the market for a large house. They are hard to heat. Cooling is not so bad. It looks like it is in pretty good condition to, just from the pictures. Ours was a real mess. |
Hey tyguy, that is your 1932 snow-covered Georgian? It is beautiful!!! I love the grace and symmetry of the house. I agree there is some Irish influence about it. Love the gutters! Do you use the attic? Looks like a great place for a bonus room, with those dormers. |
Although that house is very intriguing, I don't have the time or resources to undertake that project. The house has been on the market for about a year (if not more). It's my understanding that the current owners have tried to restore the basics. My feeling is that the house is somewhere between being overpriced and needing a buyer who loves an old house. It seems like many buyers in the area are more impressed with a huge master suite than restoring an old house. Given the location of the house and the lot, I think it would make a great B&B. For the time being though, I'm going to stick with my 1930's traditional a couple blocks away. |
The original gazebo was just a pile of rubble but I would not let anyone touch it until we were ready to rebuild it. Today it is exactly like it was in 1910 only with new wood. The only thing that is original is the ridge cap on the roof. Side view of the Porte Cochere. The carriage step is still there. This is a shot of the third floor home theater and family room. The orginal brick and marble entry. |
- Posted by shasta_2008 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 23, 08 at 17:29
Simply breathtaking! I love it. |
You've done an unbelievably beautiful job there. What a treasure of a house and what an incredible job you've done. I love, love, love, LOVE the pictures!!! Rose Thornton |
Your home is beautiful! I would love to have a home like yours, but we're going to continue chugging along with our little bungalow. Thanks for posting so many pix. |
You are living my dream! ;-) Always ;-) |
- Posted by John(email@example.com) onWed, Dec 17, 08 at 21:09
Buddy, where exactly is this beautiful place? I live in Knoxville, love old houses but yours is one that has somehow escaped me. I got to this site only because I am researching a neoclassical house that we're hoping to purchase that we believe is a Barber. Phenomenal job! |
We were just notified that Stratford Hall has been placed on the Tennessee Historical Register and the National Historic Register. PTL! |
- Posted by melanie1422 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 4, 09 at 22:31
That's amazing. I am just floored by all of your hard work and your fantastic results! Are you giving tours? I'm in Chattanooga... ;) (just kidding, I know its your family home) |
Well, beginning next April, we will be hosting weddings and other events. Have you seen "The Wedding Crashers"? Ha Ha, just kidding. We have had lots of events here, like fund raisers for the Consumer Counseling Service and we had a Christmas open house for the Halls Womens Club. They had over 650 people come through!!! |
buddy, I was just reading over some of the older posts and came across your house. It is just beautiful! About 30 years ago, (when I was a young thing, lol)I made my 1st furniture purchase from Sterchi's! A gold, crushed velvet living room set! Ah, heaven - I was in style! I kept it over 20 years. Glad to see you have restored such an amazing home. |
Wow! idie2live, that is too cool. I understand that they made some quality furniture. I have been looking for some of the original pieces and finally found a mirror that hung in Mr. Sterchi's bedroom. I heard recently about an original chandelier for sale that hung somewhere in the house, will check it out. Crushed velvet... I remember the day when that was all the rage. |
Many MANY years ago, my family had a production woodworking company producing patio furniture. Sterchi's was one of the quality stores who sold our products. It is a VERY small world!! Your home is beyond gorgeous and I have so enjoyed seeing the pictures, and reading your story. I can appreciate what went into the restoration and admire you tremendously for saving this lovely home. |
Thank you for your kind words. Where was your family's company located? I understand the method the Sterchi family employed very early on (they bought the land this house was built on in 1845 and passed it down) was to purchase wooded land, cut the trees and make furniture out of the hardwood and then turn the land into very productive farmland. Our house was the 3rd house built on this spot that served as the main house on a 1,500 acre estate. Of course Sterchi Brothers Furniture stores were all over the southeast. I believe there were 76 stores operating when it was sold to a major furniture chain. |
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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Lincoln Home National Historic Site will present the below free "History Comes Alive" activities, on May 25, in the Lincoln Neighborhood.
10 a.m. -4 p.m.
The 114th, Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Reactivated) will re-create what it was like to be a Civil War Union Army soldier in 1863. They will also discuss Civil War medicine in their medical tent.
10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
School of the Soldier, at Burch and Brown Lot
The 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Reactivated) will demonstrate drills and/or invite children to participate in "The School of the Soldier" program. During the" School of the Soldier" program, children will temporarily join the 114th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and receive instructions about how to become a soldier.
1 p.m.
Playtime with Willie and Tad Lincoln, at Jameson Jenkins lot
Join living history interpreters who will demonstrate how to play Victorian era children's games that your great-great-great grandparents played before there were electronic games or X-boxes.
The Lincoln Neighborhood is located at 8th and Jackson Streets, in downtown Springfield, IL If you have questions or want more information about these activities, contact 217-391-3221 or visit the historic site's website at www.nps.gov/liho.
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 401 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov.

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Jan 8th 2009 12:24PM actually Boydboyd, you are completely wrong. Blizzard have a policy that you are completely allowed to share an account with a direct family member who you live with. If you're not sure I'm telling the truth go ask a GM. Me and my wife share accounts completely, and there's nothing wrong with it according to blizzard.
The value of questing after level 80 {WoW}
Jan 8th 2009 7:37AM I think that comes from the quest being grey. Grey quests don't give XP... so therefore they won't convert that XP to gold. I've been trying to figure out if this is actually the case, your example seems to prove it, thanks :)
I think it's really lame that blizzard doesn't allow gold from XP for grey quests at lvl80. It means that the only quests worth doing for extra gold are the ones still green or above, i.e. lvl76 or up I think.
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Jan 8th 2009 7:33AM Do grey quests give XP -> gold at lvl80? I'm interested in this cause if they do then doing all the quests even from the starting areas could yield a lot of gold, especially since they will be so easy.
If not where's the incentive to go back and do quests that are grey at lvl80? Surely even doing howling fjord when you skipped it wouldn't earn you more than the standard quest reward gold, and there isn't much extra incentive?
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Dec 20th 2007 8:22AM sorry to say, but you've done really bad with this edition, it seemed really unprepared. Bring back the old hosts please.
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Jul 26th 2007 9:46AM people who fall for scams like this should be told to not speak to strangers... come on, noone is this silly right?
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Jun 29th 2007 4:29AM Sarah: I think your moral objection probably comes from the idea that people play MMO's shouldn't be allowed to buy their way to the same level as someone else, whether in the form of a character level or in game currency. The problem with this school of thought is that it doesn't fit with other facets of life.
If the guy living next door to me has a better job than me, he earns more money. He can afford to buy a better car. So, I spend 5 years saving money to buy myself a nice car, call it a 350Z. As soon as I have enough money to buy my 350Z I do. 3 days later he sees my 350Z and he likes it. Its off to the car dealership for a nice new 350Z for him too.
In this analogy, I spent time to save money to get the car. My neighbor spent the exact same money to get the same car. In the end it may have translated into less time because he has a nicer job, but in the end its the same economic value.
To cite another example closer to WoW: 2 players start new characters. Player 1 is new to the game, never played before. Player 2 has been playing since the day the game released. 2 has intimate knowledge of how to level up quickly. After 2 months Player 2 is level 70 and is starting to raid with a guild he joined. Player 1 is finally level 40 and got his mount and discovered battlegrounds for the first time. In the end the economic value of Player 2's time is much higher than Player 1's.
Should Player 2 be held back because Player 1 couldn't keep up? No. Is time spent playing wow worth less than time spent working for $5/hour? Yes. Is it morally wrong for someone to spend their hard earned money (that also took their time, like your playing does) on a nice level 70 character and some gold? I'd argue it isn't.
But maybe I'm wrong and this attempt to keep a moral grip on our virtual play world is a good thing... I'll say this though, I have never enjoyed a game I cheated in, and in the same way I would never enjoy a character I didn't level myself. Oh, and getting gold in WoW is too easy to consider wasting money buying it...
Don't get me wrong, I understand that RMT is against blizzards (and some others publishers) EULA, and I would never do it myself, but I don't see it as a moral issue.
You are masking your need for your time spent in Azeroth to mean something more than just time spent. You want someone else to be unable to buy what you "earned". Thats not a moral issue, its just you being the capitalist you have been shaped into by society, except this time instead of chasing the economic value of real life currency, you're chasing the economic value of "levels" or "armor" or "weapons". Thats not a moral problem.
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Apr 25th 2007 3:53AM Hi everyone
I was very impressed with xArt, thanks for exposing me to it... looks great. I'm having trouble getting bartender3's buttons to lineup with the xart places for the buttons, please can anyone explain the settings they used to get a perfect lineup... the biggest problem is that bartender uses 5% increments for its scaling, so I need 87% but only 85% or 90% will work. Please include your resolution & bartender scale & spacing if you have it right.
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Mar 28th 2007 7:51AM I absolutely love this addon too. thanks for the heads up on the waypoints, didn't even know that was there. Not to mention the boss loots, goodbye atlasloot :)
One question, I've noticed a bug where if I jump to an area I'm not currently in with my character it goes back to the area I'm in at random intervals. Sometimes while I'm still navigating to a new area, sometimes not at all. Anyone know of a way to fix that... or is it an option I'm just missing?


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Patients infected with hepatitis C virus fare best with optimal dosage and adherence to combination medications
Research Activities, June 2009, No. 346
Patients suffering from hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection must endure a grueling drug regimen that includes weekly subcutaneous injections of pegylated interferon (IFN), twice-daily pills of ribavirin, and frequent monitoring of adverse effects and laboratory results. Consistently taking 85 percent or more doses of the combined medication is linked to increased HCV suppression and early viral response (EVR), according to a new study. Decline in HCV load became even greater when patients had 85 percent or more adherence to their regimen and were prescribed the recommended weight-based ribavirin dosage throughout the initial 12 weeks of treatment.
Clinicians should consider poor treatment adherence as a possible cause of virologic nonresponse during HCV therapy, recommend researchers at the Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERT) at the University of Pennsylvania. They used pharmacy refill data to examine adherence of 188 patients with chronic HCV infection to pegylated IFN and ribavirin therapy and its impact on HCV load and early virologic response at 12 weeks.
The mean decrease in HCV load at 12 weeks was 0.66 log IU/mL greater for patients with 85 percent or higher adherence than for those with less than 85 percent adherence. When patients who received a suboptimal ribavirin dosage were excluded, the decrease in viral load was even better -1.00 log IU/mL more for persons with 85 percent or greater adherence compared with those with less adherence to pegylated INF (73 vs. 29 percent) and ribavirin (73 vs. 55 percent).
The study was supported in part by a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS10399) to the University of Pennsylvania CERT. For more information on the CERTs program, visit http://certs.hhs.gov/index.html.
See "Adherence to hepatitis C virus therapy and early virologic outcomes," by Vincent Lo Re III, M.D., M.S.C.E., Valerianna K. Amorosa, M.D., A. Russell Localio, J.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., and others, in the January 15, 2009, Clinical Infectious Diseases 48, pp. 186-193.


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JERUSALEM — Israel agreed to halt aerial bombing for 48 hours and allow besieged civilians safe passage out of southern Lebanon, U.S. officials said Sunday — a concession granted under intense pressure after one of its airstrikes hit a house full of women and children, killing at least 57 people. The strike, the deadliest in Israel's 19-day offensive, derailed U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region, at least for now, forcing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to cancel a trip to Beirut, and galvanized the strongest demands yet for an immediate end to the fighting. Rice, in Jerusalem, decided to return to Washington today. Until late Sunday, both Israel and the U.S. had turned aside calls for a truce, saying Hezbollah militants, who have been firing hundreds of rockets at northern Israel, would merely use it to regroup. As recently as Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had told Rice his country needed 10 to 14 more days to prosecute its offensive, Israeli officials said Sunday. But the bombing in the Lebanese town of Qana ignited an outcry that neither the U.S. nor Israel could ignore. "There is no place on this sad morning for any discussion except for an immediate cease-fire and an international investigation into Israeli massacres," Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said in Beirut shortly before his government announced that Rice would not be coming there. Saniora, who has been at odds with Hezbollah in the past, also said he "thanked" the Islamic militant group for its "sacrifices." The Beirut government said it would no longer negotiate over a U.S. peace package without an unconditional cease-fire. Rice, called the Qana bombing "awful" and said she wanted "a cease-fire as soon as possible." It appeared to be her first real call for a quick end to the bloodshed.
Israel expressed "deep sorrow" for what it called a tragic mistake and said Hezbollah was using the town to fire rockets into northern Israel. Officials said they were unaware of the large number of civilians in the building and noted that civilians had been warned to leave Qana. "One must understand the Hezbollah is using their own civilian population as human shields," said Israeli Foreign Ministry official Gideon Meir. "The Israeli defense forces dropped leaflets and warned the civilian population to leave the place because the Hezbollah turned it into a war zone." Israel last week warned all civilians to leave south Lebanon, territory reaching from the Israeli border to the Litani river, some 20 miles north. Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Israel would fully investigate the incident. The televised images of bodies of children pulled from the wreckage spread rage through the Arab world and beyond. Angry, fist-pumping demonstrators marched on the U.N. headquarters in Beirut and, later, the U.S. Embassy. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called an emergency session of the Security Council and reiterated pleas for an immediate cease-fire. Close allies and even the pope demanded Washington relax its insistence that no cease-fire should begin until a broader peace deal was in place. Some allies who have been preparing to offer troops for an international stabilization force stepped up their pressure on the United States to halt the bombing, if only temporarily. Rice and her aides met throughout the day with Israeli officials. Initially, the Israeli government held firm, saying it would continue to press ahead with its offensive against Hezbollah. But after sessions that dragged late into Sunday evening, the Israelis relented. The deal was so hard-fought that it came about only at midnight and was announced by the Americans alone. The 48-hour suspension applies only to aerial operations, officials said. At the same time, Israel "reserved the right to take action against targets preparing attacks against it," an official said, suggesting the fighting in the area may not cease completely. The decision does not affect ground operations or artillery. In the 48 hours, the U.S. said, the U.N. will arrange a 24-hour period of evacuations from south Lebanon. The United States "welcomes this decision and hopes that it will help relieve the suffering of the children and families of the Lebanese," said State Department spokesman Adam Ereli, who announced the bombing halt. He noted that the 24 hour safe-passage period may be extended. The fighting, in which more than 510 Lebanese and 52 Israelis have been killed, was triggered when the Shiite militia group abducted two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid July 12, then killed eight others who pursued them. Hours after the bombing halt was announced, the U.N. Security Council called for an end to violence in Lebanon. In a unanimous statement, the council expressed "extreme shock and distress" over the bombing in Qana but did not of condemn the Israeli strike. The warfare continued Sunday. Hezbollah fired at least 140 rockets into northern Israel, wounding several people. And Israel opened a second ground offensive hours before the temporary bombing halt was agreed to, sending troops into an area across the border from the northern Galilee town of Metulla. As news of the new Qana deaths coursed through the streets of Beirut on Sunday, thousands of demonstrators opposed to U.S. support for Israel massed in the capital city's rebuilt downtown demanding the expulsion of Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman. Briefly breaking into a U.N. office, the demonstrators chanted: "America get out. Beirut is a free country." Jordan's King Abdullah, perhaps Washington's and Israel's best friend in the Arab world, labeled the bombing "an ugly crime." Hamas, the Islamist group that dominates the Palestinian government, expressed solidarity with Hezbollah and the Lebanese people, and said Israel would suffer retaliation. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has backed U.S. policy in the region, said that "what has happened in Qana shows this is a situation that simply cannot continue." Information from The Associated Press is included in this report. Copyright © 2006 The Seattle Times Company
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Feb 8th 2007 8:58AM Personally i think the Outlands would be a little difficult for a fresh 58 warrior in ZF and Mara blues and assorted greens. With just over 4k health, sporting pathetic armour and non-existent DPS, the Outlands could prove to be a little much. I will qualify the statement by saying that my warrior was 60 and fully epic'd out when TBC arrived, so i can't quite say for certain its too hard.
Myself, i'd bring a fresh 58 warrior to the Outlands simply because the experience is great, and the quest rewards and random drops there blow away anything a young warrior could get in Azeroth (Never allowed a 58 warrior to tank ZG, MC, AQ, BWL or Naxx before). No group will take a 58 warrior with no tanking gear as a main tank even the ramparts, but i'd expect a lvl58 warrior to level to 60 and acquire some decent greens in good time, assuming he has a friend or two to quest with.


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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Here are some of the things new Indians manager Terry Francona had to say in Monday's press conference when he was introduced as the team's 42nd manager. He's signed to a four-year contract through 2016.
• After a glowing introduction by GM Chris Antonetti, Francona said, "After that introduction, I don't think I got enough money."
• Francona said he's spent the last couple of days getting in touch with Indians players.
• He took time to thank people at ESPN, where he worked during this season.
• "Two main reasons I'm here today -- Mark Shapiro and Chris Antonetti," said Francona. "I value their guidance and leadership. I know we have challenges, but I looked forward to facing them united ... as a we."
• Francona introduced his father, Tito, a former Indians outfielder and first baseman: "He's the best father anyone could ever had. When I told my dad I was going to manage the Indians, I cried a little bit. . .It was a little emotional."
• "We will always compete. We may not win every game, but we won't back down from anyone."
• "It's probably best for me to listen right now. I understand the chain of command. I'm the manager and my job is to get the best players on the field."
• "To do this job successfully, you have to be all in all the time. In Boston, I was showing some wear and tear. ... I wouldn't have interviewed for this job, if I wasn't fully committed."
• Francona: "I didn't come here to go to pasture. I thought I was treated very well by the media in Boston. No complaints."
• When did he know he'd take the job: "When Chris called the first time. I knew it was right for me."
• Francona: "I've reached out to Sandy out of respect for him because he interviewed for the job."
• Francona: "I didn't ask for ownership to go out and spend a lot of money. We'll work together and figure out how to handle challenges. I'm not the GM or the owners. I'm the manager."
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DES MOINES. Iowa and a total of 21 states plus the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit today alleging that two pharmaceutical companies entered into an illegal agreement that blocked marketing of a lower-priced generic version of the oral contraceptive drug "Ovcon®."
"We allege that Warner Chilcott Corporation paid Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., $20 million to keep Barr from marketing a generic version of Ovcon," Attorney General Tom Miller said today.
"When generic drugs come on the market it almost always results in competition and lower prices," Miller said. "In this instance, we allege that Warner Chilcott was the exclusive marketer of Ovcon, and then entered an illegal agreement and paid Barr $20 million so Barr wouldn't bring a generic version to market."
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Warner Chilcott is based in Rockaway, NJ. Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is based in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
The lawsuit indicates that Ovcon® has been sold in the United States since 1976 as a safe and effective oral contraceptive. Warner Chilcott became the exclusive U.S. distributor of Ovcon beginning in 2000. In 2001, Barr Pharmaceuticals filed an application with the FDA to allow Barr to bring a generic version of Ovcon to market, and, in early 2003, Barr publicly announced that it planned to have the generic on the market by the end of that year.
In response to this threat to its monopoly, the suit says, Warner Chilcott paid Barr $1 million in September 2003 for an option agreement, including terms that, once Barr received FDA approval to market generic Ovcon, Warner Chilcott had 90 days to pay Barr $19 million, and Barr would be prevented from coming to market with generic Ovcon.
On April 23, 2004, the FDA gave Barr approval to market generic Ovcon. On May 6, 2004, Warner Chilcott exercised its option by paying Barr $19 million. As a result of the option agreement, as of today, Warner Chilcott remains the only company in the United States which markets Ovcon.
The suit alleges that Barr intended to offer its generic version of Ovcon for sale at a price approximately 30% less than the price charged by Warner Chilcott, and that Warner Chilcott was aware that its revenues could be substantially decreased if a generic version of Ovcon became available to consumers. The suit alleges: "If Barr had introduced its generic product into the market, the average price paid for Ovcon products would have decreased rapidly and substantially."
The States' suit asks the court to find the companies in violation of Federal and State antitrust laws, to prohibit anti-competitive conduct, and to impose civil penalties.
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The closest known black holes are stellar mass black holes in our galaxy. These black holes have so far only been seen when they are in close contact with another star which is orbiting around them (well really they orbit each other). The black hole accretes material from the star and this produces a lot of energy. When jets are produced the systems are known as microquasars (by analogy with extragalactic quasars) and can be observed at many wavelengths, but usually are most distinctive in X-rays.
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A warm welcome to The Cornmill. Your hosts are Karen and Chris Tinkler and we will be delighted to welcome you to our home. We have been here since 2002 and continue to look for ways to improve your stay with us, as some of you who have been here before will recognise from the pictures! We offer Four Star Silver Award-winning Guest House and Four Star self-catering cottage accommodation on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, half way between Helmsley and Pickering and convenient for Castle Howard, Rievaulx Abbey, York and the North Yorkshire Coast. There are records in the Domesday book of a watermill in Kirby Mills. The present Cornmill was built around 1750 and was a working watermill until the mid-1950's. The mill race can still be seen via a glass viewing panel running beneath the dining room. The guest rooms are in the farm house (added around 1850) and the cottages are in what was the old stable block. All three buildings – plus reception - encircle the courtyard, which provides a haven of tranquillity (with seating, so you can relax). Please feel free to relax in the garden – in which we grow our own vegetables that we use in season – or wander through the paddocks (keeping company with our hens and the stray ducks) or try your luck at fishing on our stretch of the River Dove, which has brown trout, grayling and rainbow trout escapees from the trout farm. There's a wealth of birdlife in the paddocks, including our own hens, wild ducks, moorhens, stray grouse and pheasant, wood pigeons, etc., plus – if you keep your eyes peeled, a kingfisher. We offer wireless broadband access for our guests and goose and duck down pillows and duvets are offered as standard, although we can provide non-allergy bedding or blankets if you prefer.
Apple device issues. It's been pointed out that the pictures on our website are not displaying on Apple devices. We're trying to find a solution to this, so please bear with us for the moment. There was a feature article on us in the December 2012 edition of The English home, which was used as the base for another article in the December 2013 edition of Yorkshire Life. Although most of the shots are of our private accommodation, there were some shots of the guest areas as well. Interestingly enough (well, to us anyway.....), we were contacted about two years before and the photoshoot was in December 2011, so that the decor would be festive and photographed (in time) at the appropriate time of the year. It was also nice to see the road between Kirkbymoorside and Castleton featured in the Sunday Times In Gear 7 favourite country drives (15th of July, 2012). Ryedale Auctioneers have a number of specialist, general and antique sales over the next couple of months and have a lot of items already entered. As they are only 5 minutes walk from us, it could be an interesting (profitable?) way to spend part of your Saturday!. You could also have a browse in Dove Antiques or the Daisy Garden Centre, next door... On this subject, our son has launched a career in antiques and has some items for sale on display in reception and the guest house hallway, plus has a shop in The Shambles in Malton (which is home to a number of other antiques businesses). He is also on eBay (jprt94) and is planning to launch his own website soon.
As well as being a working Benedictine monastery and having a visitors' centre, tea shop and abbey shop (selling lots of Benedictine-made ciders, liqueurs, brandies, etc.) as well as lots of books and miscellanea ruled over by the dry-humoured (and very pleasant) Father Jeremy, Ampleforth Abbey runs the most Northerly commercial orchard and occassionally runs Blossom and Apples Tours.
The Penny Bank Cafe has a number of special event evening meals during the year. I'll post details as they arrive. Castle Howard (One of the World's Top Ten greatest mansions and grand houses according to the Lonely Planet Guide)has published a full list of events for 2014. The ever-popular Proms has been announced as being on the 16th of August. The courtyard shops (and cafe) are open every day thoughout the year (free to get in this area) and the butcher sells good quality estate-bred meat at very competitive prices (tasty, too....). Don't forget that Yorkshire Lavender is close to Castle Howard (at Terrington) and offers free admission too! Nearby Scampston Hall has a Vintage weekend on the 7th and 8th of June Similarly, the Ryedale Folk Museum has published its 2014 events, including a Classic Car rally on the 18th of May and a number of country trade days (such as blacksmithing) throughout the summer. In addition there is access to the permanent display of the Harrison Collection (the Harrison brothers live in Kirkbymoorside). If you are a fan of contemporary music and are interested in live music in a small, intimate venue with wonderful acoustics, you should check out The Band Room at Farndale, which is about 9 miles from us in the middle of the North Yorks. Moors. The current liat of gigs for 2014 include Maia on the 17th of May (with 2 "secret" support bands), Woodpigeon and Eagle Owl on the 28th of June and The Magnolia Sisters on the 28th of July (this last one is on a Monday, by the way). There is a Band Room tradition of including a Bob Dylan song in the gig, so it will be interesting to see what songs the upcoming bands include by His Royal Bobness!!
If you are interested in getting a flavour of local life, why not try the Kirkbymoorside Town Blog for some background information.
If you'd like some additional information about what's on in the area, please try the Enjoy North Yorkshire What's On page. Finally, keep you eyes peeled this summer (between the 20th of June and 20th of September) for "Lost Sheep in Pink Jerseys" across the area (see the North York Moors Tourism Network for more information).
As part of the general maintenance of what are quite old, agricultural "working" buildings, we've recently replaced all of the roofs, plus installed new double glazed sash windows at the front of the guest house, which helps to make the house more energy efficient. To support this, we adjust the timers on the boilers to suit the weather conditions and generally set the central heating temperature at around 19-21 degrees which is in line with recommendations from various environmental groups. We also use low energy lightbulbs and try to source the wood for the stove from either trees cut down in the paddocks / along the river or from wood that is brought to us by the river during the various "high water" periods. Guests can help by closing windows, turning down thermostats (although we understand that some guests do feel the cold more than others and may need to turn the heat up), turning lights off when not in use and reusing towels where possible. To help this, most of the hall lights are now motion sensative (i.e., turn themselves on in the dark when someone is there) so this eliminates the need to switch them on and off. For the first 7 years here, we did have our own flock of hens, providing us with our own "home grown" free range, organic eggs. Unfortunately, we lost the whole of the female section of the flock, with a fox (!£$%&*!) killing most of the hens and the last one (poor soul) dying about 4 weeks later whilst brooding on some eggs. This has left us with 3 magnificent but unproductive "non-paying guest" cocks, who spend the days swaggering around the property making sure we keep them in the manner to which they've become accustomed. We were made aware just after the demise of the hens that Defra had made a ruling that properties with more than 3 letting rooms were not allowed to serve guests with our own flock's eggs (see the Defra website for more details...), but had to buy in "stamped" eggs, so we reluctantly shelved the option to buy in a new flock. Since then, as part of the Food Standards Agency hygeine rating process (we have been given a 5 (very good) rating, Ryedale District Council told us that this ruling is being applied more leniently, and as long as we tell guests that we are using non-stamped eggs, we can use them. Consequently, we're now buying in eggs from a local farmer who has his own flock. Please let us know if you would prefer to have stamped eggs, and we'll get some in for you.
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From the suffix -ology in the names of many sciences
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Fritton Lake is quiet and beautiful,I would visit again.
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Absolutely brilliant, for what we wanted and what we needed the holiday was perfect at the price we paid. It was brilliant to get away and not need to take half the house with us as everything was provided. We all loved it. Book was easy, information provided was clear and the communication from the company was second to non. A couple of little issues arose when we arrived but they had someone at our lodge within an hour to fix and sort them out. Very professional.
A great place for a holiday.
yes the lodge was fine,but we were told we could not fish without a permit.and being xmas everything was shut.
We had a lovely lodge overlooking the green and forest and it was perfect for our dog to run around! The lodge was comfortable and very warm and kitchen are was stocked with everything you needed. We stayed over Christmas time and it was lovely and peaceful. The surrounding lake setting was stunning. If you wanted to eat or have a drink the pub on the estate was friendly and the food looked delicious !! I would definitely recommend the lodge if you want some peace and quiet and lovely dog walks!!
Was a great break with good friends. Accommodation very basic and a little run down. Far too small living space for a four bed lodge. Especially the kitchen.
Beautiful lodge and absolutely everything you need supplied. very relaxing few days thank you
very good lodge food at pub was excellent
Relaxing, quiet, lovely, perfect. Ideal setting in the woods, exactly what we were looking for.
Very Lovely stay! Would recommend to friends and definitely stay again.
Lodge lovely ,Really enjoyed our week there.
Most of the time it was beautiful but felt over-looked as so close to main road to all the other lodges..everyone liked to look in as passing by! Staff wonderful..trees fantasic . Prehaps something else for teenagers in the evening...would have been good..the TV was in the main bedroom not twin. great for art work with plenty to photogragh and draw.
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We are REMOVING SOME OF THE PLASTER from the INNER BRICK WALLS of a 'loft' in an old commercial building we own, built in around 1902. I realize when our building was built, the brick wasn't meant to be exposed, but it just looks so cool, as we all know. We want to take it off in places, then 'feather' the existing plaster over to the brick areas and smooth the places where it meets. We are using a MORTAR HARDENER on the brick, as the mortar itself in many places has turned to sand.
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I definitely do not agree that it "just looks so cool, as we all know". To me, exposed brick screams of being 1970's-80's. Things to think about....These brick walls weren't built with the intention of being exposed so chances are the mortaring will be sloppy. Plus, by removing the plaster, you will be removing insulation value...thus, higher heating bills. Will the plaster removal result in having to move electric and will it screw up how window and door trim lines up? The brick walls will be dusty so you'll have to seal the brick somehow; however sealing bricks doesn't allow moisture to leave the bricks so you could be inviting more problems if you seal. As you have commented, the original mortar will be crumbly due to it most likely being lime mortar instead of the cement mortar used today. If the mortar is crumbling, it has failed. Repointing is the only PROPER solution. My tip - don't do it. |
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a pair of pretty little kitty cats are ready for their big debut tomorrow.
...and so is this feather haired fan kicker...
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keep an eye out for them in my shop :)
The Beauties are hangin out in their favorite rooms
waiting for the big udpate NEXT TUESDAY (the 23rd)
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I have an idea for a new tax for Cook County. How about taxing toilet paper 1 cent per roll? Everybody uses it. At least I think they do.
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Where is the empathy? I'm sure there are a few welfare cheats, but I'm also sure most of the recipients are in desperate need. If you think you can live on the amount they receive, then try it. In the 1950s when we graduated from high school there were thousands of well-paying jobs available. Because greed has taken over and people cannot live on $1 million per year, they have shipped all the jobs to China or Mexico for slave wages. Now college graduates cannot find a job. Most people want work, not welfare.
I read the Speak Out and the Forum sections of the SouthtownStar every day. Reading these sections helps give me an idea how some Americans feel about topics that affect all of us. No matter how educated we become as a nation, it doesn't seem to be making the United States more intelligent. Reading some of the opinions in these two outlets is proof enough.
We all have free will here on Earth. Sorry, Jeff from Orland Hills, but God does not prevent people from going around lowered railroad gates.
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My friends and I feel it's time for a peaceful revolution.
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Times have certainly changed. When I was in the workplace there was this adage: "The boss isn't always right, but he is always the boss." If you didn't like it you quit. Now it seems like the union has everything over management. That's crazy.
When I was little my mother explained religion to me. She said there is one goal but there are many roads that different people are taking to get to the same place. I never forgot that. We are all finding our own route to get to the place we are all destined to go. I think my mother was a wise lady.
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It's only common sense that higher taxes will lead to less productivity and a much weaker economy.
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Is it only me or does everyone have that warm and fuzzy feeling inside knowing that illegal immigrants may soon be able to obtain a driver's license and legally drive in Illinois? I can only shake my head in disbelief.
I was very disappointed to read that Tinley Park thought it was necessary to build the Taj Mahal of the Metra system despite so many other issues and problems that need to be addressed. Now, after wasting millions, the village is spending more money on holiday decorations at the stations. As a daily commuter, all I ever wanted and all we ever needed was a raised platform. I think the officials are clearly out of touch and just like the publicity spotlight. Otherwise, the dollars would have been spent to help and benefit all of the community residents.
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What does it take for Illinois and Chicago to realize that all of the double-dipping politicians and their families are bankrupting Illinois? Every week the newspaper watchdogs uncover more and more of our legislators double-dipping and draining our state dry. It's no wonder we are billions in debt. Wake up, Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel!
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And the Academy Award for best acting for a plea deal goes to former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. I think his acting in "Sickness in the Face of Jail" has been astounding.
Forty years ago we would have rode you out of town on a rail. You do not tip over headstones and get away with it. We will find you and prosecute you and possibly as a hate crime if necessary.
I have read every columnist and guest columnist in the SouthtownStar and understood their point of view perfectly. But there is something about Rich Miller's writing. Every time I try to read his column I can't understand what he is talking about by the fourth paragraph. Please look over your syntax and your method of expressing yourself, Rich. You lose me every time.
It's a sad day when godless atheists prevent a town from putting up a cross. I used to be an atheist but I gave it up because there are no holidays. All I can say to all the atheists out there is: "Bah humbug!" If you don't like the cross, then don't look at it.
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Are firefighters' and policemen's lives worth more than ours? What about the ComEd worker who dies on the job or the truck driver who gets killed or the highway worker who dies? Does everybody else take off or have a parade? These are public servants. They are paid very well for the inconvenience.
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Hah. I'm way ahead of Carlos Slim. July 20, 2014
He's making the news because he's a gazillionaire and he thinks people shouldn't work so much. I made that point years ago. The only thing he does wrong is not take it far enough.
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He's making the news because he's a gazillionaire and he thinks people shouldn't work so much. I made that point years ago. The only thing he does wrong is not take it far enough.
About that lack of little green aliens April 30, 2014
Artist's conception of most earth-like planet so far (Illustration: NASA, SETI, JPL, via APOD) The Drake Equation (written out at the end of the post) was invented as a way to think about the probability of meeting aliens as we go about our business. One big factor is of course how many habitable planets there are to begin with. If we refuse to assume we're special, hundreds of civilizations per galaxy looks like a rather conservative guess, given how many billions of stars there are to work with. But that dumps us straight into the next question. If there are […]
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Afghanistan is corrupt and war-torn and sexist and poor. They know that. They know that no election is going to make a big difference all at once. And yet they carry ballot boxes up mountains to small villages because they can see a better world even if they don't live there.
Search and social: You are for sale January 31, 2014
The web isn't free any more than the supermarket is free for the soap being sold. Google made sixty billion dollars last year. Using you. If you mattered at all you'd be getting a cut of the proceeds.
The roots of war November 18, 2013
People who go to war always say they do it to serve — their country, an ideal, their way of life, always something outside themselves. But then when the fighting is obviously destroying everything they or anyone cares about, they would stop, wouldn't they?
Getting rights wrong: the example from Rand Paul April 15, 2013
Being a good Randian, he believes property rights trump everything, which means that there would be no real civil rights at all. If the only place you have rights is in government buildings, you may as well use the Bill of Rights for bird cage liner.
The Supreme Court doesn't understand the Constitution March 28, 2013
I don't spend a lot of time keeping up with what passes for thinking in the legal system, so I've merely been aware that gay marriage rights have been toiling their way through the system. I haven't paid attention to the arguments. MoDo's article came as a bit of a surprise to me. (Yes, I know, she can be a twit. But she can also write and sometimes I read her. So sue me.) This is what stopped me short: "Same-sex marriage is very new," Justice Samuel Alito whinged, noting that "it may turn out to be a good thing; […]
The economy is not a dippy duck March 20, 2013
Politicians make pious noises about governments "living within their budgets." According to them, this is how "families" do it. The water goes only one way for a dippy duck Intelligent economists — Martin Wolf and Krugman to take just two — are rightly incensed at that self-serving nonsense (whose real point is to prevent tax hikes on the wealthy, but that's a 'nother whole mess). Unfortunately, they don't provide an easy way to visualize the difference between citizen and government finances. Krugman, for instance, otherwise one of the best examples of lucidity, uses the analogy of a babysitters club. It's […]
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Even more so if it costs anyone who's already comfortable. From Krugman, this priceless proof They are always, always, trotting out the same claptrap. Spending anything for the common good is weak, namby-pamby, woolly-minded unwillingness to face hard choices. [W]hat The Economist said, in 1848, about proposals for a London sewer system: Suffering and evil are nature's admonitions; they cannot be got rid of; and the impatient efforts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation, before benevolence has learned their object and their end, have always been more productive of evil than good. Sewers are socialism! It […]
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Copyright monopoly must take a back seat to constitutional rights.
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Now can we start refusing to be cattle instead of customers? Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos – CNET News: Under the new policy, Facebook claims the perpetual right to license all public Instagram photos to companies or any other organization, including for advertising purposes, which would effectively transform the Web site into the world's largest stock photo agency. One irked Twitter user quipped that "Instagram is now the new iStockPhoto, except they won't have to pay you anything to use your images." These services are "free" the same way the supermarket is free for […]
Freedom can't be free November 9, 2012
(Fair warning: one of those loooong posts.) Nobody can choose to live without limits. Anybody who tries just ends up crashing into them. Eating without limits will make you too sick to eat at all. Gas guzzling without limits will end in no gas — or enough global warming to make the whole thing moot. (That's not an exclusive "or.") Too much information causes overload, not wisdom. There are always limits. Too much information (Illustration: John Tenniel) The only real choice is whether to recognize the constraints instead of crashing into them and whether to find optimal ways of working […]
No. We should not respect other people's beliefs September 16, 2012
No. No, no, no. This is not about free speech as opposed to beliefs. It better not be. If it is, we're headed straight for holy wars. I'm talking about this sort of thing: BBC News – Film protest: Egypt PM urges US to end 'insults'. "At the same time we need to reach a balance between freedom of expression and to maintain respect for other peoples' beliefs." There is no way to "respect beliefs" and have freedom of speech. It's impossible. Think about it, Minister Qandil, for a microsecond. If my belief is that you speak drivel and should […]
We need anti-pollution laws for free speech September 12, 2012
Religious nuts belong in padded cells with the other nuts. They think they can say anything they want, no matter how untrue and nasty it is. And because it's based on something they call "religion," nobody wants to deal with them. There was the kook in Florida who was going to make a big deal out of burning the Koran. Apparently in his mind that shows the superiority of something he believes in. That time people died in the Middle East and Africa. This time another lunatic's hate speech has led to more deaths. Ambassador J Christopher Stevens reportedly died […]
What is wrong with this picture? May 14, 2012
I'll admit it. I have an axe to grind with search engines, and there's a rant coming about them Real Soon Now. But the following just cries out for immediate carping. Via Groklaw – Digging for Truth, Volokh and Falk (pdf) on the topic of free speech protections for search engines: …search engines are speakers. First, they sometimes convey information that the search engine company has itself prepared or compiled …. Second, they direct users to material created by others, …. Such reporting about others' speech is itself constitutionally protected speech. Third, and most valuably, search engines select and sort […]
Civil rights aren't religious April 9, 2012
The Prop. 8 stuff here just goes on and on and on. The anti-gay marriage crowd is using the law to delay civil rights as long as possible, and the courts let them get away with it because due process is more important than the rights the process is supposed to protect. It would take any normal human being outside the law about a quarter of a minute to figure it out: 1. Are all people considered equal before the law? Yes. Go to point 2. 2. Can some people get married? Yes. Go to point 3. 3. Therefore: all […]


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