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Cancel Detroit's Debt
Predatory bank lending policies destroyed the tax base of Detroit, and now these same Wall Street institutions want to confiscate the city's public assets through forced bankruptcy. The debt should be cancelled, said Abayomi Azikiwe, an organizer of the First International People's Assembly Against Banks and Against Austerity, held in Detroit last week. "It's illegitimate. It's based on the systematic destruction of the city," said Azikiwe, editor of the Pan African News Wire. "We believe that people in other cities have to adopt a similar strategy."
Leave Cornel West and Tavis Smiley Alone
Rev. Al Sharpton, NAACP chief Ben Jealous and broadcaster Tom Joyner should halt their attacks on scholar/activist Cornel West and broadcaster Tavis Smiley, said Rev. Anthony Evans, director of the National Black Church Initiative. "Take your hands off these brothers. They are defending the integrity and worthiness of the Black community," said Evans. Prominent Obama supporters, he said, have told the White House: "You don't have to worry about Black folks getting out of line; we will keep them in line for you."
A Socialist Win in Minneapolis?
Even the corporate media admit that Socialist Alternative candidate Ty Moore has a chance of winning a seat on the city council, this November. "If we win this race, it's not because a majority of working class residents of Ward 9, South Minneapolis, are socialists, but because they are angry at the system and they see that the people who are running this city are clearly sided with the rich and big business," said Moore. "Our organization has built roots in this community, by fighting back." Another Socialist Alternative city council candidate is running well in Seattle.
UN Sued Over Haiti Cholera
The Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti filed suit in federal court, demanding the United Nations take responsibility for the cholera epidemic that has killed at least 8,000 Haitians and sickened hundreds of thousands more. The world body claims it is immune from legal action, although it is widely accepted that UN 'peacekeepers' were the nexus of the disease. "The UN's refusal to accept the rule of law in this case obviously undermines its ability to promote the rule of law, elsewhere," said Institute director Brian Concannon. He notes that the UN, which claims lack of funds to eradicate cholera in Haiti, spent $500 million last year for 'peacekeeping' soldiers "in a country that has not had a recognized war in our lifetime."
US Finances Congo Carnage
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni told a UN Security Council delegation that bringing peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo is not their responsibility. Maurice Carney, of Washington-based Friends of Congo, agrees. "Kagame and Museveni can never be responsible for peace," said Carney. "What they can be responsible for is stopping the war of aggression that they have been waging against the Congolese people, with U.S. financial and military support and training, and U.S. diplomatic and political cover." Rwanda and Uganda invaded the mineral-rich eastern region of the Congo 17 years ago, resulting in the deaths of six million people – and counting.
Demonizing Assad
American peace activists recently returned from a visit to Syria, where they met with President Bashir Al-Assad. Sara Flounders, of the International Action Center, said it was important to counter U.S. government and media attempts to "demonize" the Syrian leader, as an excuse for arming thousands of jihadist "rebels." "It was Syria that proposed making the whole region into a nuclear-free and chemical-free weapons zone," said Flounders. "It was the U.S. who refused."
China as U.S. Banker
Washington is "pivoting" to confront China militarily in Asia, while at the same time Beijing holds the largest share of Washington's huge foreign debt. "It is quite ironic that the United States is seeking to escalate tensions with its bankers," said Dr. Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American studies at the University of Houston. "I'm not sure that's a sound strategy. With an impending debt default," said Horne, the dollar "as the principal world reserve currency comes into question."
Philadelphia Declaration: War = Poverty
Grassroots activists held a Conference to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. "Our declaration of the rights of our people must demand an end to war, threats of war, and preparations for war," said Dr. Anthony Monteiro, professor of African American Studies at Temple University. "You cannot answer the pressing social problems of this country, uppermost being poverty, without dismantling the warfare state," he told the gathering at Philadelphia's historic Church of the Advocate.
Herman Wallace: A Free Man
Mumia Abu Jamal, a former Black Panther and the country's best known political prisoner, saluted Herman Wallace, who was released from prison after 41 years of solitary confinement, earlier this month, only to die two days later of liver cancer. Wallace and two other inmates established a Black Panther Party chapter at Louisiana's infamous Angola Prison. "He remained a soldier for the people and an opponent to the system," said Abu Jamal. "Herman Wall truly died free."
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Obama's Drone Wars are "Evil," Says Black Church Group
President Obama's drone assassination policy is "evil" and should be condemned by all Christian clergy, said Rev. Anthony Evans, executive director of the Washington-based National Black Church Initiative. Black political figures such as Reverends Jesse Jackson Sr. and Al Sharpton and NAACP chief Ben Jealous "have replaced their loyalty to God and serving the African American people with serving President Obama, who can do no wrong." Al Sharpton, said Rev. Evans, has become the White House "gatekeeper," and "you can buy the NAACP, these days."
Suit Against UN was Doomed from Start, says Haiti Lawyer
"We were not surprised" that the United Nations claimed immunity from liability for the cholera deaths of thousands of Haitians, said Ezili Danto, head of the Haitian Lawyers Leadership Network. "Asking the UN to find itself guilty is like asking the rapist, Tell us if you actually raped this woman," said Atty. Danto. She favored naming the United States as liable for the epidemic, "because they call the shots, and we name the UN because their soldiers brought it in." The unsuccessful action was brought by the Boston-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.
"Baby Doc" Duvalier Avoids Haiti Court Appearance
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier failed to personally appear in a Port-au-Prince court in connection with allegations of human rights violations. Duvalier is also facing corruption charges for taking millions in public funds with him into exile in 1986. If Duvalier finally does show up to answer human rights charges, "it would be the first time that he is actually in court with some of his victims," said Dan Beeton, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Modern-Day "Robber Barons" Looting Postal Service Properties
U.S. Postal Service real estate and art is being sold off to private developers through a firm controlled by the husband of California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein. "It really is a bank heist," said Gray Brechlin, of the Living New Deal Project. The sell-off "is something like the great land frauds in the 19th century, when the railroads and the various other robber barons got hold of the public domain."
Give Me That Old Time Hoodoo Religion
Although nowadays associated with items like "hotfoot powder" and "money-drawing oil," Hoodoo was once a "full-fledged religion" among African Americans, said Dr. Katrina Hazzard-Donald, director of the Africana Studies and Research Program at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. Hazzard-Donald is author of the new book Mojo Workin': The Old African American Hoodoo System. "What we are looking at today," she said, "are the remnants of what was once a fully functioning religion, just as you find in Voodoo and Santaria and the other African manifestations of traditional religion on this side of the Atlantic."
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The three civil rights leaders attempted a tricky maneuver with last week's visit to the White House. How could they appear to pressure President Obama to finally act on Depression-level Black unemployment, while making no such demand? It was a fool's errand, for which they were well suited.
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Whether you come to Centerville on business, to visit friends or relatives or just to enjoy a few days of vacation, Joyce Stufflebeem would like you to stay with them at One of A Kind. You will enjoy your stay in this historic and stately 34 room mansion built in 1867. Be sure to stop by the Tea Room for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
On the first floor you will find a gift shop with collectibles, antiques and reproductions that take you back to "yesteryear." Many items are handmade on the premises. You will also find artist supplies for painting, needle arts as well as instruction books for arts and crafts. When you stay at One of A Kind, you will be within just a few steps of the shops on the Centerville town square. Also, you will be within walking distance of the city park where you can swim, play tennis or just enjoy resting and watching the squirrels romp. Beautiful Lake Rathbun is only twelve minutes away. There is also a "common room" for guests where you will find a large screen TV, an extensive selection of videos as well as a pool table, exercise bike, mini trampoline, board games and books.
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The restaurant, which features tacos, burritos, and daily happy hours, will fill a 7,300 square foot space in the mall, opposite the Frank Theatres entertainment complex (which will consist of a multiplex, bowling lanes, and eateries).
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PUBLISHED: 08 Mar 2013 01:42:59 | UPDATED: 08 Mar 2013 10:56:54PUBLISHED: 07 Mar 2013 PRINT EDITION: 08 Mar 2013Stephen Conroy, left, and federal member for Lindsay David Bradbury haul NBN cable in Penrith on Thursday. Photo: Rob Homer
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The federal government's NBN Co is poised to take control of the national broadband network's physical construction in the Northern Territory from the under-performing lead contractor as pressure mounts to speed up the lagging rollout.
The move to replace contractor Syntheo will be the first time NBN Co has directed construction of any part of the $37.4 billion project.
Delays in the rollout mean NBN Co will take over a significant part of a $341 million contract held by Syntheo to install the network in the Northern Territory and South Australia.
Until now, NBN Co has preferred to keep management of the construction at arm's length by using lead contractors. Senior industry sources said NBN Co was well-advanced with plans to take up the contractor's role in the Northern Territory within weeks. It will sign on subcontractors to install fibre optic cabling to around 26,000 homes and businesses over the next 12 months.
Syntheo, a joint venture of Service Stream and Lend Lease, will continue to connect homes in Western Australia and South Australia.
NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley recently blamed Syntheo for "significant" reductions in rollout targets in the three states.
Targets fallen well short
In October 2012, NBN Co said it would pass about 300,000 existing homes by June this year. Mr Quigley told the committee he now expected to reach 286,000, as per its business plan.
In February, The Australian Financial Review reported that labour shortages were the key issue delaying the construction rollout. Some subcontractors have been paid up to 50 per cent less for skilled labour than on equivalent projects.
Mr Quigley later acknowledged to journalists there was a lack of fibre splicers, who connect the delicate glass fibre optic cables together.
This has been exacerbated by the mining boom in Western Australia and large gas projects in the Northern Territory, which have offered to pay more than NBN Co contractors.
An NBN Co spokesman said the company was working with its construction partners to fix problems. "We don't comment on rumour and innuendo," he said.
Speaking after an event to highlight NBN development at Penrith, in Sydney's west, on Thursday, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said Syntheo's removal from the Northern Territory work was "a working matter for NBN Co" and he was not involved in a decision on the matter.
"We're working with them to try and find solutions to those things and decisions around the actual construction; they're very challenging targets, we said that from day one," Senator Conroy said. "The board will ultimately make those decisions based on the best advice from the management and the on-the-ground reports."
Move could be positive if executives have experience
In 2011 Syntheo was awarded a contract worth up to $341 million over four years to connect buildings in South Australia and the Northern Territory. It secured separate contracts worth up to $484 million over four years for WA.
Rollout figures published by NBN Co last month indicated up to 10,000 homes would be delayed past February, 2014 in Darwin as part of significant planning changes in the state.
RMIT construction and project management program director Mark Vines said the change to NBN Co could be a positive as long as the executives in charge were experienced.
"This will lower the cost but it comes at a risk," he said. "If something goes wrong it's back on NBN Co, whereas if they go with a main contractor the risk is on them and [NBN Co] wouldn't be out of pocket."
Communications Electrical Plumbing Union South Australian branch president Steve Butterworth welcomed the planned changes to the rollout plan, and said NBN Co had very recently begun hiring specialists from rival telecommunication companies who could handle the project.
"It will be good to have the project professionally managed," he said. "This will lead to a far more efficient rollout and you'll get more qualified and experienced people running the project.
"The guys who are actually working for NBN Co have a lot of credibility . . . and they're getting guys who have been in Telstra for 35 years, and hopefully they'll be remunerated appropriately."
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The process of drawing develops a student's ability to transfer what they see in three dimensions to the two-dimensional drawing plane. Student artists usually begin to learn how to draw using pencils, charcoal, and pastels to copy still life. Beginner drawing classes use simple objects such as bottles, boxes, cylinders, and round objects such as balls to get the student artist familiar with how draw what they see – not what they think they see. Inexperienced drawing students sometimes get very frustrated while getting used to seeing the world in a different perspective, especially how objects relate to their surroundings and positioning. For instance, a square box placed directly at an artist's eye level will look different from the same box placed in either a higher or lower position. Rather than draw what they see, the beginner artist draws what their mind knows – that a square has all equal sides. When they look at their drawing, they often become frustrated because their rendering does not look like the still life. Most beginning art students need lessons on perspective, proportion, and foreshortening.
In addition to learning perspective, proportion, and foreshortening, students should be taught color theory, and how varying values of one color can help bring dimension to a drawing. Prismacolor pencils are excellent media to begin learning the properties of color. Prismacolor pencils come in 132 different colors, with a soft texture that make them ideal for blending colors and values. Art students can experiment by layering lighter values of a color over a dark background. Value can also be adjusted depending upon the amount of pressure put on the pencil. Putting more pressure on a pencil will result in a darker value of a color as opposed to using less pressure. However, when drawing, it is best to use layering techniques, such as coloring over an area several times, using a loose grip. Applying too much pressure on a pencil can lead to paper tearing. In addition, when too much pressure is put on pencils, it also leaves an impression in the paper, which makes it nearly impossible to correct. However, applying heavier pressure on a pencil is good way of accenting a drawing. This technique works best when a drawing is nearing completion.
The great appeal to having a palette of 132 Prismacolor Pencils is the opportunity to experiment with blending complimentary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Blending color exercises accomplish two objects; first, it facilitates the learning of color theory and secondly, it helps a beginning artist get used to handling a pencil as art instrument, rather than a writing utensil. An artist's grip on a pencil is looser, and usually more angled to the side than a writer's grip. A writer grips a pencil tighter and applies deliberate and even pressure to paper. An artist grip is the opposite – almost to the point where it can easily fall away from the hand. A good exercise for the student artist to do is to loosely wave the wrist and allow the pencil to waiver back and forth. This can be done in the air, without the need to put pencil to paper. Once the student feels comfortable, the same exercise can be performed on paper, using a light grip of the fingers. This will help the student become more comfortable and gain better control of the pencil.
"Drawing With Prismacolor Colored Pencils" was written by Brenne Meirowitz, BA, MA, MS.
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Born to the nobility in the Brabant region. To avoid an arranged marriage to a young nobleman, Oda disfigured her face. Her family then allowed her to follow the religious vocation she desired. Premonstratensian nun at Rivroelles. Prioress at Rivroelles. Her cult has never been formally confirmed, but popular devotion continues.
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The songstress has landed her third cover in four years for the high-fashion magazine — and her latest shoot is sexier than ever! Inside, she dishes on her fashion must-haves — and her strict rules on going braless.
Whether she's performing on stage or rocking the red carpet, Rihanna is unstoppable — and Vogue just can't seem to get enough of her. The 25-year-old songstress has found herself on the magazine's March 2014 issue, where the face of Balamin looks sensational flaunting her toned tummy in a crop top. Inside, the songstress shares her personal rules on style — and admits her braless looks are a calculated part of her fashion mantra!
Rihanna On Going Braless:
We all know RiRi loves to go braless, and it turns out when she steps out sans bra it isn't an oversight — in fact, it's a calculated move on her part that goes along with her personal fashion rules. "If I'm wearing a top, I don't wear a bra," she says. "If I'm wearing a bra, I just wear a bra." While not everyone could adopt this trend, it certainly works on RiRi!
Rihanna's 'Vogue' Interview March 2014:
While the songstress has a slew of high-fashion duds at her disposal, she prefers to accessorize with affordable statement jewelry — how cool is that? "My jewelry's all fake — from Claire's. Or I get it from my mom's boutique in Barbados. Her shop's called FAB-U-LUS," she tells the magazine.
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5 True masterpiece, a work of artPosted: 26/05/2013Simply superb. Maybe not the best technically and with some possible improvements on usability, but this game is something else. It is all about dialogues, interaction, choices, moral dilemmas, fine storyline. Voice acting is great, like characters' "look and feel". Everything is very deep, emotional and often heart-touching.The gameplay is also varied, with clever alternance of fighting, stealth and puzzle-solving situations. Just fun.The cinematographic cut is also a nice touch of style.A true must-have and must-play game
3 Disappointing on many thingsPosted: 16/03/2011Let me state it from the beginning: I liked DA:O much more. Now, something more specific, bad things first:- fighiting: it's really fast (too much at times, at least visually: animations are really too fast, they seem to be flashing at times), but almost each fight as been made "artificially long": you start fighting 8 enemies, but when you are almost done with them some more jump in from unspecified hideouts (why wait for your companions to be dead, anyway?); some are really "ridiculously" long: how come there are many groups of 15+ bandits going out at night? why don't they conquer the city? they sure have the numbers!It gets somewhat boring (at least, you expect more enemies to come out every now and then during a single fight), and many "ordinary fights" get too long to end.I almost felt like they intentionally made fights longer to compensate for the shortness of the main storyline.- visual look: many things have been completely changed. The darkspawn (!!!) for instance, now are really less horrible and "monsterlike"; the elves vary in appearance: some are almost manga-like, some look a lot like the aliens in the Avatar movie (only with human colours and proportions), and some look decently "elvish", but still far from the beauty and grace of the elves you can admire in DA:O (very human-like).- exploration and areas: you have mainly three setting (with short exceptions): city at day, same city at night, nearby mountain wilderness. This thing is bad enough as it is, you really feel like "caged" and the setting gets boring at times (forget about varied settings from forests to big cities, from arid mountainside small town to a village on snowy peaks, and so on, as in DA:O). But the thing that almost outraged me is the map recycling. There are something like 3-4 maps for all the caves or hideouts or underground complexes you go in, they are just oriented in different ways, and some areas may not be accessible. BUT that's not all: they didn't even bother to "mask" this recycling of maps, since you always see the full "standard" map of the area (including the parts you can't access to), and the unaccessible parts are made so by abandoned carts, or worse, stone doors! Yes, you see the doorway, but a wall of stone in it. I mean, this could have been acceptable10 years ago, but now it isn't, especially in a "high ranked" game like this. Bioware guys, I really love your games (starting from your old-times classics), but you can't make slips like these.Furthermore, in some part of the games you find yourself forced to explore from scratch the same area you explored before (years in game-time). Boring.- story: it's nothing exceptional, it has its bright moments, but it didn't "catch me" like the one in DA:O, it feels much less "epic" and you feel a lot less like the "main character" of it. There are a lot of side-storylines (some more interesting than the main storyline), but I had again the feeling that they where put there just to "compensate" for the "not so good" main storyline- game lenght and story: it's less than half as long as DA:O, but by the final part you are almost "waiting" for it to end (at least, it was so for me), as the game feels like "dragging itself forward" at times.Now, the good stuff.- as I said, the storyline(s) has its bright moments- the dialogue system is now styled after the one in Mass Effect, which I like a lot, I find it very clear and functional (although misleading in rare circumstances)- the narrative structure is very interesting, expecially at the beginning- most of the companions are really interesting- the ripercussions of your choices are often "concrete" and have effects on more than just "companion X approves"
4 Interesting new perspectivePosted: 07/03/2010The game is overall good, but its distinctive part is the aerial combat and exploration, with many levels (or parts of them) developing vertically as well. You can also rise up and shoot enemies behind cover during close ground combats, and that's a nice change (be careful though, because you become totally exposed to their fire, too).The controls are a bit clumsy until you get used to them, but they are fine. The rest is quite simple, and it's fun to play, nice to look and, all in all, entertaining. Some spots in the story are really interesting, too.
5 Very good, interesting and properly workingPosted: 07/03/2010The atmosphere is great (and the night is as dark as it should be), can be really scary at times, and it always keeps you on your toes. The story and the side quests are interesting, with the latter being not repetitive and fun to play. The views are good, the landscape can be amazing (if you like the desolated type) and the weather effects are amazing (enjoy the thunderstorms at night, if you can), and the sound is even better (until you start "hating" the wind moving the plants while you travel, since you can't know for sure if it is just the wind, or something that is about to jump on you from behind... this is very accurate and really adds to the atmosphere and feeling of the game and setting). Weapon customization is interesting, and forces you to keep working to earn money and afford the most expensive (and valuable) ones.All in all, a very good game, and for the price I say it is an excellent bargain


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R/atheism. The New Atheism. Secular Student Alliance: Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics & Others. Freedom From Religion Foundation. Dawkins Website. Sam Harris. Why Atheism? Just about everyone is an atheist when it comes to other gods — the gods that other people believe in or that nobody believes in anymore.
I'm an atheist about all gods because there's no reliable evidence for any god, or even for Jesus. There is also extensive evidence that Jesus and all gods are fictional characters — myths created mainly by primitive people who had little understanding of how our universe operates. We all like myths and other stories, but we don't have to believe them. Let's start with a quick experiment. You can grab three coins and actually do the experiment, or just do a thought experiment. TalkOrigins. For your convenience, the archive's files have been divided into the categories listed to the left.
Read the archive's FAQ for answers to questions that are frequently encountered in talk.origins. Check out the must-read files for detailed essays and FAQs on some of the central issues in the creation/evolution controversy. Try the index if you're looking for a FAQ or an essay on a specific topic. The outline is a site map that provides an alternative way to find a topic. Iron Chariots. Atheists Know More About Religion Than the Pious. Atheists Know More About Religion Than the Pious Posted on Sep 28, 2010 Well, this is awkward.
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life undertook a study in which nonbelievers correctly answered more religious knowledge questions than the devout. Mormons and Jews also scored well and, like atheists, know more about Christianity than Christians. Here are some of Pew's surprising findings: Dunning–Kruger effect. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than is accurate.
This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their ineptitude.[1] Actual competence may weaken self-confidence, as competent individuals may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University conclude, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others".[2] Debates: Religion: Statements. Agnosticism / Atheism - Skepticism & Atheism for Atheists & Agnostics.


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Rupert was spotted waving to paparazzi on Aug. 23 and proudly displaying his wedding ring. Read on to find out why he ended up getting into an alleged altercation with the photogs!
Rupert Sanders is sending a message loud and clear: I'm still devoted to my wife, Liberty Ross. The Snow White and the Huntsman director reportedly threatened to call police on Aug. 23 after he confronted a photographed for following him. But he made a point to flash his wedding ring, showing to everyone that he considers himself still in love with Liberty.
Noted relationship expert, and founder of Loveology University, Dr. Ava Cadell tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that she agrees."The reason why Rupert Sanders is still wearing his wedding ring is because he wants to show the world that he is committed to doing whatever it takes to get Liberty's trust back," she says. "His infidelity has caused pain for his his whole family and he needs to earn their trust by making some new relationship rules, such as making his wife and children his number one priority and spending more quality time with them."
Meanwhile, Liberty was spotted at the Lawless premiere, with a bare ring finger. Dr. Cadell says, "Liberty has every right to lay down new rules and keep Rupert accountable to them, but whether or not he deserves a second chance is entirely up to her. I would tell her to ask herself a simple question: 'Does the good outweigh the bad in my marriage?' and even encourage her to make a list of Rubert's good and bad qualities to see which is the longest list.
Kristen Stewart was spotted out for the first time in weeks, wearing Robert Pattinson's clothes and Rob just finished promoting Cosmopolis in NYC.
— Reporting by Eric Mitchell, Written by Chloe Melas
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Don't be surprised if Kristen was blindsided by all of this. Rupert and his wife are really not that popular and guess what they hope this does for both of them? Gives them media attention. I believe that Rupert knew they were being photographed. Take a good look at all of the pictures and there is one in Kristen's car where they are kissing and he is looking over her shoulder and straight and the photographer. I believe that he is a very jealous and vindictive person and I think he is totally jealous of Rob. He manipulated and brainwashed Kristen. That is what a pig like this does. Hope everything backfires in his life. Snow White and Huntsman should be stripped from him as far as any future work.
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This whole scandal is staged. Why can't more of you see through all of this? It's not hard. Nobody involved looks affected at all. Rob and Kristen look better now than they did before the scandal. Maybe they did it to get back at the mean fans out there or for privacy. I heard that teh fans at teh twilight convention they last went to were horrible and rude. Probably why they're not going this year. If Rob and or Kristen are reading this then I would like to tell them that the fans they've met over the years that have been mean to them make up such a small part of their fan bases. I know since they're the ones you see, they're also the ones you have to base you opionion of us on. At least 90% of your fans haven't met you or even been in the same state or country as you. Most of us have never been to a premiere or convention. We do google seach the two of you but really never cared if you were dating or not. We mostly just loved twilight and your careers. Please don't judge us all by the mean commnets and fans you've met. Don't punish the many because of the few. Don't type cast us liek you think twilight type cast both of you. It kills me to think you both think we fans are all mean. We're simply daughters, moms, aunts and grandmothers who found a common bond. Please, please don't judge us all by the negativity out there right now.
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Liberty affect the woman who dominated the game, even though Rupert smiles so is probably the "outer feeding".
Both Kristen and Rupert have had dog house where they watch what happens in the world.
Maybe it's a good place to learn the basic things in life. For example, do not play with the other toys if you own are in the next sandbox.
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He looks like he just discovered the cure for cancer, so proud, smiling happily! Where's the smidgen of remorse for cheating on his family and seducing someone half his age and destroying her relationship too?
If Universal rewards this scumbag with another movie, it's because the studio bosses there are also middle aged men without any morals and with a taste for much younger women.
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i cantbelieve this slut dog is out and about as if nothing has happened, universal needs to step up and get rid of this whore dog, there are other producers out there to replace him, but wait kristen got the axe and he goes on unscathed, what the f—k, she made the movie and people went to see it because of her , not cause he directed it, no one heard of him before this and now no reprocussians for him, STEP UP UNIVERSAL, REMEMBER SHE MADE THE MOVIE AND MONEY FOR U!!!!!
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Sanders should have said something to kristen, it has not why?
if she goes out with this guy sanders, I think what will lose even more fans what has already lost
it could be her father, I vomit on seeing a smile
kristen and rob were a beautiful couple and even if they were only friends, ks and rs have wasted this beautiful friendship
It's a pity
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I find it odd that his wife, he and kristen are now showing!
there is something not normal in any case;
if ks like this old man, so much the better for it,
but I do not understand why she was not told what rob no longer wanted, and what love this guy
he smiled as if nothing has happened, and kristen such, liberty is watch who wants to see
we true fans of rob see that it has suffered, why not them? I find it unfair and incompreensible
I hate and I want him to suffer much, but now that rob and kristen also took everything in the figure this guy out, smiled and doing as if there was no scandal
this whole thing was a setup?
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Celebrating "Freedom to Love, Freedom to Marry"
In February, the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio held an interfaith "Freedom to Love, Freedom to Marry" service attended by over 300 people and described by Robert Rice, Jr., co-chair of the congregation's Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), as "a whopping success!" The service was funded in part by a grant from the Unitarian Universalist Association's Freedom to Marry Fund, which gives grants to Unitarian Universalist congregations and groups across the country for work in lobbying, advertising, and educating about marriage equality.
Clergy from seven religious denominations participated including representatives from the Unitarian Universalist, Baptist, United Church of Christ, Episcopalian, and Jewish faith traditions. The service affirmed the congregations' commitment to marriage equality and gave participants the opportunity to rededicate themselves to a partner or spouse. In addition, a collection taken at the event enabled the congregation to make a donation of over $500 to the Equality Ohio Education Fund.
The planning committee, based primarily out of First UU Columbus, used a multi-prong approach to publicize the event that combined social, print, and mainstream media. Their amazing efforts garnered them an op-ed in Outlook, an interview on the local radio program "All Sides with Ann Fisher," an article in the Columbus Dispatch, and coverage by the Columbus NBC affiliate.
Rice said of the event, "I would like to thank the Unitarian Universalist Association for the support of the wonderful event. The GSA and the Justice Action Ministry at First UU Church will continue to work towards marriage equality in Ohio."
You can watch highlights from "Freedom to Love, Freedom to Marry" here:
In 2012, monies have also been donated from the President's Freedom to Marry Fund to the UU Legislative Ministry of Maryland to support a marriage equality prayer breakfast at the height of the legislative session and to the Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance to support their organizing efforts against a proposed constitutional amendment banning marriage equality.
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I was honored to be present and volunteer as an usher for this event. It was so beautiful to be in the presence of so much love!
I think this is wonderful, but I think more forceful activism is called for. I think UU churches in SSM-banning states should go out of their way to pursue Freedom of Religion and marry whomever they choose. Arrests will be made, and this will end up where it needs to: In the Supreme Court. The laws made by the states will be shot down as violations of the First Amendment.
The progressive clergy were not afraid to be arrested in fighting for racial civil rights 50 years ago. They should not be afraid to fight now for LGBT equal rights.


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I am just wondering if it is legal to record ps3 gamws? I am asking this as i am a bit confused about HDCP? Thanks in advance Daniel Colthart asked Mar 22 '12 at 06:22 Daniel Colthart |
Been doing it you years. No it is not. Recording off a DVD is though in most places. Fact of the day: Making a duplicate or "backup" of a Game DVD/CD is illegal. answered Mar 22 '12 at 07:39 Jackster1337 But i am not Copying the game i am recording it to make a gameplay video. Is that illegal?
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Sorry Jackster I misunderstood your answer.
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Many years ago, I made my return to the commercial gym setting as a type of informal tour to research the mainstream market. My career previously had been within the private "closed-door" settings of elite level sport, and while I assumed training would not be much different within the mainstream, I thought it best to review the daily training practices of the public.
Obviously I was shocked at not only how little had to do with my needs, but how far the modern exercise community had distanced itself from its "iron-game" lineage. Among the seemingly endless training errors, the basics of the iron-game were either prohibited or provided only a modest amount of gym floor space.
Stripped of lifting platforms and with only a few sporadic squat racks, much of the equipment did not satisfy the "functionality" of a balanced training regimen and had more to do with selling club memberships. As time went on, this gap only increased. The quality of exercise fell and, oddly, went in the direct opposite of the supplementation side, which was making vast improvements.
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Beyond The Bench
While training for the upper body seemed to dominate much of the designated training area, many of the best exercises and approaches were rarely seen. Just as deadlifts and squats were not used sufficiently, some of the best approaches to develop the chest were not used, with most lifters focusing upon the bench press.
While the bench press is one of the most common exercises in resistance training, it is debatable to call it the best movement for the chest. Though it is a natural movement to include in the training of athletes and strength-athletes, for virtually every other group a more diverse set of exercises is needed to attack the region. This diverse set is not as complicated skill-wise as the bench press.
I do advocate the bench press, but there are better avenues for those with bodybuilding goals. It is best to use a multi-pronged attack that targets the various regions of the chest.
Total Chest Training
The concentric (raising of the load) action is under control with no "cheating." Cheating only lowers the training effect. After applying the contraction technique, eccentrically lower the weight three times slower than raising. Pause at the bottom of the lift before accelerating the load upward.
Proper Movement Pattern:
Technical form is imperative. Individuals must not use momentum to complete raises, or bend backward in overhead lifts.
- Warm-up sets or lower intensity repetitions should not be counted.
- Focus upon eccentric action and ensure optimal posture is maintained.
- Rest is 45-to-60 seconds, no more.
- Within dips, use a reverse grip with elbows pointed outward. Drop the chin toward the chest, with toes directly under your angle of sight. This will cause the shoulder to roll and have a pronounced impact upon the chest.
Preferably your exercise facility will have a dip station with a "v" shape. If not, the standard parallel will suffice for most individuals. For larger and more developed individuals, it is unlikely to be wide enough.
- When performing flyes and pullovers in particular, remember to inhale deeply as you lower the weight with a slow eccentric action.
Weighted Bench Dip
4 sets of 6 reps -
Decline Dumbbell Bench Press (vary 45-60º)
4 sets of 12 reps -
Incline Dumbbell Flyes(45º)
2-3 sets of 12 reps -
Dumbbell Flyes (circular)
1-2 sets of 12 reps -
Straight-Arm Dumbbell Pullover
1-2 sets of 12-15 reps
This workout fits perfectly within a standard 5-day-split routine, assuming care is given to proper recovery, diet and supplementation.
As with everything in life, do what you do with all your might and unlock the greatness within.
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My chest is slowly coming to a peak again which means it is time to change up my workout. Question, how will this affect your bench press if you do not bench for say a month and do more workouts similar to this one?
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The bench works the triceps, chest, deltoids, and even a bit of the upper back. So as long as you work those muscles (whether it be bench or accessory lifts) your bench will not go down. and If trained hard enough it will most likely go up.
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PORTSMOUTH (AP) — New Hampshire officials hoping to make the Seacoast region a hub for composites manufacturing made their pitch Monday to aerospace and defense manufacturers in Canada.
There are some 300 aerospace and defense companies in New Hampshire, making them among the state's fastest growing industries.
Pease, the former Pease Air Force Base that closed in 1991, serves as a business and aviation industrial park whose offerings include office and industrial space, the tradeport, the Portsmouth International Airport and a 27-hole golf course.


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I've heard the number is as high as 50% according to some folks. And for the record out of my two consoles I've had my launch console red ring after 4 years of heavy use. So that's fitting with the 50% stat I suppose. But of my two PS3s, my launch PS3 made it just over one year before the USB plugs stopped working. I consider that a pretty major failure, not as bad as a red ring... but definately something that keeps my PS3 from being too functional. Obviously I can't just connect my PS3 controller now should the power die, and I can't assign a new controller to the console. I also can't use the USB HDD I bought to use with the console or update with a thumb stick any more. So yeah, that's a pretty big failed console.
I'm really not sure what the big deal is about this issue any more. It's an old story. MS has pretty much fixed the consoles at this point it would seem and if you did have an issue with your console they'd cover you with a pretty extensive warranty. And this coming from me, a guy who missed their warranty by a year and had to buy a new console. I was glad too because my launch console sounded like a jet engine and had no HDMI... my new console is virutally silent. My faulty PS3 on the other hand still sits in my entertainment center. I called up Sony and first denied I had a problem and then told me they would fix it for $150. Call me crazy but I'll take a higher failure rate that comes with a fairly no hassle return at no cost than a lower failure rate that means I have to pay out of my pocket to get it repaired. After shelling out $600 for the console, I wasn't about to turn around and pay $150 more a year later. Now the question is... do I shell out $300 for a slim and lose my backwards compatibility? I'm trying to justify the purchase as "going green" due to the energy savings as well.
when it comes to "stepping up" to the Slim (in quotations due to it losing a couple features), I would really just take into consideration how much PS2 gaming you actually do. If you really don't play it that much, you could just move that to another TV for when you do. If all else fails, PS2s are pretty cheap, so you could have that set up next to the slim, but then you have to have wired controllers and memory cards. Or you can look ridiculous and have both systems connected to the same TV, one being used for PS2 gaming lol (but then, that wouldn't really help the going green process lol). You aren't really gaining anything going with the Slim (except for maybe hard drive size if you still have the original 60GB), so I'd still take into consideration the $150 just to get it repaired (though, a $300 Slim would potentially save you money in the long run). If you do get a Slim, see about getting an extended warranty (like a 4 year). It might cost about $100-$150 or so, but it's better than paying that price to get it fixed a year later anyway (and you would still have 3 years after that of coverage as well, so if the console fails, say, 4 times within a 4 year span, you saved $450).
I have a 40 inch Samsung TV that went bad a couple months after the warranty expired (which was last week lol). It was going to cost me about $300 to have Samsung tech fix it, but I opened the rear panel and found I had 2 blown capacitors, so I'm getting new ones in tomorrow and will be replacing them myself, costing me a mere $9 after shipping and materials lol
Well we ended up getting a Slim as a gift. So that decision was made for us. And we LOVE it! Not for any practical reasons but mostly because it's new and TINY. It's also a big plus that it's free. We ended up moving the old 60gb to the bedroom and are passing off our previous bedroom 40gig to the gift givers.
A am still torn on the backwards compatibility. I don't have a HUGE PS2 library I want to play. It's basically two franchises. Kingdom Hearts and God of War. I play both of those often enough that I want backwards compatibiliy. With the God of War compilation half of my worry is gone, and by moving it in the bedroom I still have the option to play Kingdom Hearts should I get the urge. Other than those two series, I only have the Lunar remakes from the PS1 that I occasionally like to play every few years or so. I love that series but I'm not that fond of the changes in the PS1 versions, so I'll probably stick to firing up the old SegaCD when that itch comes along. What's weird about the backwards compatibility debates, is someone always suggests a PS2. It makes me feel incredibly weird, I have a PS2! I guess I'm the only PS2 owner who detests the idea of still leaving it connected when I've upgraded my console. I feel like my PS3 would, should and could play these games and that I've moved on from the PS2 days. Plus we have limited shelf space in the living room (HD Tivo, PS3, 360 and Wii all sharing three shelves). I guess it's knowing that there's no practical reason I can't play my PS2 games on my PS3 that really irks me. Sony's had trouble getting people to buy PS3 games and instead of focusing on and creating compelling titles for the library, they instead hinder backwards compatibility. I guess these are the usual points, it's just bizarre to me. When I bought my console at launch B/C was one of the bigger selling points that it had over MS and I feel somewhat betrayed now. They sure didn't have a problem taking trash at the competition when they had better B/C, now that the tables have turned it's just a bit hard to swallow.
But that's all besides the point. Thanks for your input and thoughtful responses though! And great job on fixing your TV. That sort of stuff intimidates me way too much. I did manage to find a "fix" for my 60gig PS3 along the same lines. After doing a bit of investigation I found out that 1 1/2 of my USB ports still work. The first port works most of the time, and the third port works about half the time. What scared me is that plugging them in causes all sorts of horrible scraping noise and you can literally see the pins in there being mangled. So I hopped on eBay and bought a USB hub for about $3. I plugged it into the first port and it works, I figure as long as I don't unplug it I should be good for the life of the console! And now I have four ports again. It's not an ideal solution, now I have this ugly sparkly grey cable permanently sticking out of the front of my console... but saving $147 is worth that price! Not quite as adventurous as your solution, but it made me feel proud! lol How'd your TV repair go?
good point on the B/C deal. At least, at the beginning anyway, they had B/C available on the 60GB models. I still remember the cartidge days. You didn't have any built in B/C then lol. I'm sure a lot of people would have loved the SNES to play NES games :P
also, TV repair went great, TV works wonderfully now, and even starts up faster than it used to. My new capacitors are 6,000 hour caps, so hopefully they'll last longer. There are a few more on the power board that could potentially go out, but until they start causing problems, I'm not too concerned about it. Whole repair took about 30 mins, including taking the rear panel off and removing the power supply, replacing the caps and putting it all back together
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First of all, dude, I hate to tell you this, but lots of guys are in the same boat as you but they just won't admit it. The reason girls lose interest in you is because there's something physically wrong about you that you're leaving out of your letter, and/or you don't know how to talk to them. It's funny that two separate girls used the same word — "inappropriate" — about the way you smooched them. What the heck could you possibly be doing to them? I'd like to go into this in more detail with you, pal, but this column is G-rated.
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Nevertheless, it's a great sign that Diana agreed to go out with you a second time. With everyone else, you only got to the first date, and then you were history. But with Diana, you got a little further. Perhaps — assuming she's not a Professional Dater — you did some things right on that first date that got you to the second. If I were invisible and could have been beside you, I would have seen what you did right, or else figured out that Diana was a Professional Dater. And that's where the importance of memorizing my material comes in — it's like having me with you all the time. And you don't say in your letter whether you have the Dating Dictionary or not.You succeeded only in frightening Diana too, like you did the others, so I have to ask you this question: When you go to kiss a girl, do you go for her neck with your fangs out? Do you have long, stringy hair like Howard Stern after a shower?
Guy, since I can't see your face, what I would do if I were you is find a close friend or relative and find out what's wrong with your mug, because first of all, we have to get past the issue of physical attractiveness. And if there's a problem, then you should undergo some cosmetic surgery or take other steps to rectify it. Maybe you look like a male witch or something like that. (Of course, even weird looks haven't hurt guys like Howard Stern when it comes to women. Like my Uncle Jethro Love says, "You ever see some of Marilyn Manson's girlfriends before he went and got married? Hubba-hubba!")
maybe you are ugly?
Now, let's take a look at the conclusions you drew about yourself. We don't know for sure that your looks aren't killing you. As my cousin Sal "The Fish" Love says, "Hey, maybe you got a mole on the end of your nose the size of a turnip." And maybe that guy who was built like a string bean was a male model with a washboard stomach and a great face. Don't forget the immortal words of my cousin General Love: "Remember: When it comes to war, you can never have enough weapons. Soldier, on the dating battlefield, you can never be good-looking enough!"Maybe your personality's the problem?


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Album Rating: 3.5Stay based and stay positive
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Album Rating: 3.5He's a savant
dam Lil B u done came up with Pink Flame
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Album Rating: 3.5A woman is looking in the mirror and in the reflection, Lil B's face is her body
crankin'' dem reviews out. pos'd You write good brother.
awesome how he wrecked Joey Bada$$'s career
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Album Rating: 3.5The Joey Bada$$$ diss is one of the better tracks
"awesome how he wrecked Joey Bada$$'s career" dam straight
joey took it so serious and ended up looking stupid as shit
"Lil B's mixtapes are kind of like those gamble chocolates people give each other on Valentine's Day. Often called "gamble chocolate," this is a fair assessment of Lil B's music" doesn't make much sense imo "Lil B's umpteenth mixtapePink Flame" needs space thats all i see so far
Album Rating: 3.5shit I worded that wrong thanks
"joey took it so serious and ended up looking stupid as shit" just like everyone else who picks a fight with the based god
you dont fuck with the basedgod unless you want your bitches to get fucked in the process also where the fuck is keke i want more features from her the only basedcat in the fuckin industry
I think the summary is missing "in his" 33rd mixtape
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Protected area systems provide powerful tools to combat climate change; with commitment and planning they could do even more in the future. This story is shared with CEC by Nigel Dudley and Trevor Sandwith of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. …
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Mark Poffenberger of Community Forestry International calls for the climate mitigation negotiations to take account of the rights and concerns of forest dependent people. …
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The 2014 Legislative Session runs from January 27-March 13. You can find the education bills in this year's legislature in a couple of different formats.
1.USOE Tracking Sheet–this document tracks the education bills filed, their status and the stand on each taken by the various education entities. This is updated weekly.
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2. USBA/USSA/UASBO Joint Legislative Committee (JLC) Legislative update. This document describes each education bill, the stand taken by the JLC and talking points. This document is updated weekly.
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Update: Sen Conrad says he doesn't care what health reform groups think. "They don't have a vote." — via Ryan Grimm/HuffPo.
Yesterday saw the release of the next draft of the Kennedy/HELP Committee health reform bill and the release of a set of principles by House leaders that seem more or less consistent with where Kennedy and Obama are headed. Meanwhile, Ron Wyden doesn't like the "trigger," and Mary Landrieu flip-flopped on the public option (h/t Yglesias).
In addition, the NYT coverage describes a proposal by Sen. Kent Conrad to create member-owned "co-ops" to provide insurance for small businesses and individuals not covered in other ways. (h/t to Think Progress and Igor Volsky for the Conrad video)
The usual suspects seem interested in this latest device to substitute for — or to kill — a government-sponsored public health insurance option. But this is not a acceptable substitute, because it doesn't address the important reasons we need a public plan open to everyone.
The Times' Robert Pears, who's done a decent job of covering the reform efforts, explains what Conrad is proposing:
The House bill, as outlined on Tuesday, would allow people to enroll in a government-run health insurance plan similar to Medicare.
By contrast, some Senate Democrats are trying to limit the scope of any new government plan, in the hope they can persuade some Republicans to vote for their legislation.
Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat of North Dakota, suggested that the public plan might take the form of an insurance cooperative, owned and operated for the benefit of its members — individuals and businesses with fewer than 10 employees.
This proposal, floated as a compromise, seemed to intrigue Republicans who were familiar with cooperatives that market electric power, telephone service, milk, wheat and other commodities.
"The strength of this proposal is that it accomplishes much of what those who want a public option are calling for — that is, something to compete with private for-profit insurance companies," Mr. Conrad said. "On the other hand, it meets the objections of many Republicans and some Democrats as well. The co-op is not government-controlled."
So, there's some misdirection going on here. The purpose of a strong public plan option, as President Obama emphasized, is not just to cover small business employees; it's also to give all consumers a real choice and force the private insurers to shape up across the board:
I strongly believe that Americans should have the choice of a public health insurance option operating alongside private plans. This will give them a better range of choices, make the health care market more competitive, and keep insurance companies honest.
Conrad's proposal doesn't meet any of the objectives. It's true that the private health insurance model creates special problems for small business, and employer mandates would exacerbate those issues, as the Times explained in this article.
An obvious solution to that problem would to liberate individual health coverage from the employer-provided insurance model, as a public health insurance (or single payer) framework would do. Conrad's proposal is different; he wants to create another quasi-private insurance model just for this select group, without providing anyone else with choice or pressuring the industry to shape up.
By restricting his co-ops to small businesses and otherwise uncovered individuals, Conrad effectively shields the vast bulk of the private industry from competition and denies choice to everyone else. The private industry would maintain its non-competitive monopoly over the bulk of Americans under 65, while consumers would be forced to purchase insurance from the (too) few insurers operating in their area. Within that framework, there's no reason to believe that the co-ops would be better situated to provide affordable coverage even for the limited group Conrad hopes to reach.
As the Times article notes, the co-op model has some value in electricity and other sectors, but it's important to remember why the New Deal used this approach. There were vast rural areas that simply didn't have electricity at the time. An electricity system, with large power plants and transmission lines, is a capital-intensive industry that would have been very costly for sparsely-populated rural areas. If we wanted to serve everyone in remote areas, we had to create a means to subsidize the expansion of the transmission and distribution system.
By contrast, urban areas have for nearly 100 years been served by strongly regulated monopolies, either investor owned utilities (state regulation) or municipal/public owned utilities (local board regulation). In the absence of a competitive paradigm for the electricity sector (and even with it), you need strong regulation of the monopoly elements to avoid poor service, insufficient supply, service discrimination, and prices higher than they should be. Sound familiar? There is as yet no comparable market regulation for equally essential health care services, even though many parts of the health care industry seem to be highly concentrated and non-competitive.
I don't have a problem if Congress wants to authorize member-owned co-ops to help consumers in particular circumstances. But no one should be confused that this is an acceptable substitute for a robust public health option open to everyone that keeps the pressure on private insurers to clean up their acts or be displaced.
More on the co-op concept:
Igor Volsky/Wonkroom, Conrad Proposes Co-ops to Replace Public Plan
Matthew Yglesias, Health Care Co-ops
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PITTSBURGH – The Allegheny County Health department today reported that twenty-two new food establishments opened in the County last month, including 13 restaurants, one wholesaler, a retailer, one grocery store, a convenience store, three coffee shops, and two confectionaries.
The Health Department's monthly reports identify which new restaurants use trans-fat free cooking oils, and five of thirteen eateries opening last month cook with these healthier oils.
The restaurants using trans-fat free cooking oils are Penn Station East Coast Subs, 4203 William Penn Highway, Monroeville; Central Diner & Grille, 6408 Steubenville Pike, Robinson; Lviv European Deli, 940 Fifth Avenue, Coraopolis; Hello Bistro, 3605 Forbes Avenue, Oakland; and Little Chicago's Pizza, 918 Main Street, Sharpsburg.
Eight other restaurants opened in June – Herk's Pizza, 1917 East Railroad Street, Carnegie; The New Dante's, 4131 Brownsville Road, Brentwood; J&L Grill Company, 2829 East Carson Street, Southside; Misaki, 860 Saw Mill Run Boulevard, Beltzhoover; May Flower Restaurant, 825 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg; Jessie's West Side Market, 3038 Chartiers Avenue and Philly's Pitt Stop, 1000 Chartiers Avenue, both in the West End; and Primanti Brothers, 1539 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon.
Nine additional food establishments opened last month: The Enchanted Garden, 73 South 13th Street and Palermo Gelato, 436 South 27th Street, both on the Southside; Niko's Coffee, 437 Grant Street, Downtown; Three Rivers Confections, 3520 Smallman Street, Strip District; Sugar & Company, 4846 McKnight Road, Ross; Pet Smart, 3986 Penn Circle South, East Liberty; Niko's Coffee Kiosk, 1025 Washington Pike, Collier; Colibri, 6741 Reynolds Street, Point Breeze; and Chadwick Convenience Store, 7356 Stranahan Street, Lincoln/Larimer.
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Just wondering how people setup Halion .. if you own 5 do you bother with Sonic ??
I had Halion Sonic 2 loaded in the first slot and Halion 5 in the second slot of the VST instrument rack
(my default setup ) The third slot will be GA 4 when it come's out .. I add GA one in the third if needed .
Pad Shop pro , Retrologue, etc are Instrument tracks......
HS2 is quick and easy to get things going and what it can't do its on to H5, but most
of the time H5 only gets none, one or two instruments loaded. Making me think If I should dump
H2 all together.. Anyway how about you how do you use the Halion line ,
Whats your Instrument setup ? as you can see Im hard core Steinberg ..
and happy with that..