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Which Side Really Inspires Violence, the Right or Left?
By: Selwyn Duke
Is the right responsible for inspiring murder, such as that of late-term abortionist George Tiller by Kansas native Scott Roeder? Some certainly seem to think so. For instance, the Friday before last Bill O'Reilly had as a guest on his show Joan Walsh, the editor of leftist news site Salon.com. She appeared because she had criticized O'Reilly for engaging in what she called a "jihad†against Tiller. Her thesis is that O'Reilly and, presumably, the rest of us who are passionately pro-life are culpable Tiller's death.
Of course, this isn't a novel idea among the left. If there is any kind of violent incident perpetrated by someone ostensibly a rightist, they blame their political opponents for stoking the fires of hatred. You can just count on it every time, be it an attack on an abortion center, a Timothy McVeigh, or . . . or . . . well, actually, there aren't really all that many, are there? But don't bother ideologues with the facts.
Now, Walsh, a woman of mediocre intellect and lacking moral fiber — she has lauded Tiller "the baby killer†as a hero — has been beating this drum hard. In fact, on June 10 she published a piece titled "Can right-wing hate talk lead to murder?†In it, she seems to draw a connection between James von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist who murdered security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns at the Holocaust Museum, and fairly benign commentary about the effects of political correctness. She wrote:
In a debate with Buchanan [Pat Buchanan] a couple of weeks ago, he told me that what was happening to white men was exactly what happened to black men — he didn't give me any examples of lynching — and that it was open season on white men. Wealthy Sen. Lindsay Graham suggested an average white guy like himself wouldn't get a fair shake from Sotomayor, and now even the new face of the GOP, Michael Steele, has said the same thing. If I were a marginal, unemployed, angry, racist white man right now, I'd be hearing a lot of mainstream conservative support for my point of view. Can that help create a climate for more violence? I don't know. I hope not, but I don't know.
No, Walsh doesn't know much. First, von Brunn isn't a rightist — he is a "whitist.†In fact, he is quite the opposite of a rightist many ways, as Bob Unruh reports at WorldNetDaily:
The Moonbattery blog revealed von Brunn advocated the socialist policies espoused by Adolf Hitler and used Darwinian theory to support his anti-Semitism.
And in statements that later were stripped from an anti-religion website, he wrote, "The Big Lie technique, employed by Paul to create the CHRISTIAN RELIGION, also was used to create the HOLOCAUST RELIGION … CHRISTIANITY AND THE HOLOCAUST are HOAXES."
This probably would come as such a shock to someone as ill-informed as Walsh that she'd scarcely believe it; it's just too contrary to her dogma. Yet I could have guessed it. Those who have actually studied the history of Nazism and the white supremacist movement know that, from Adolf Hitler in the 1930s to his fellow travelers today, its ranks have always harbored hostility toward Christianity. The reasons are simple: Whether you view Christianity as merely an outgrowth of Judaism or the fulfillment of it, it is the second part of Judeo-Christian. Second, like the ancient Romans, the Nazis viewed the faith of "turn the other cheek†(counsel which, mind you, is misunderstood) as an influence that militates against manly virtue. Lastly, a lie doesn't find much acquaintance with the Truth.
Instead, white supremacists much prefer ancient Germanic pagan religions and even Islam. Just consider Hitler, for instance, and his dislike for the heroic Frankish (Germanic) warrior Charles Martel. What was Martel's sin? He halted the Moslem advance into Europe at the Battle of Tours in 732 A.D. Paul Belien addressed this misguided passion of Hitler's in the Brussels Journal, writing,
"'Had Charles Martel not been victorious,' Hitler told his inner crowd in August 1942, 'then we should in all probability have been converted to Mohammedanism, that cult which glorifies the heroism and which opens up the seventh Heaven to the bold warrior alone. Then the Germanic races would have conquered the world.'â€
The Nazis' dislike for Christianity was so great that, not surprisingly, they sought to destroy it. Leftists may scoff at a notion so contrary to their prejudices, but the evidence of this fact is now overwhelming. And of this evidence, perhaps the most compelling was uncovered by a Jewish attorney named Julie Seltzer Mandel, a woman whose grandmother was a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp. I addressed her discovery in my piece "Hitler and Christianity,†writing:
While a law student and editor of the Nuremberg Project for the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, Mandel gained access to 148 bound volumes of rare documents — some marked "Top Secret†— compiled by the Office of Strategic Services (or O.S.S., the WWII forerunner to the CIA).
After scouring the papers, she published the first installment of them in 2002, a 120-page O.S.S. report entitled "The Nazi Master Plan: The Persecution of the Christian Churches.†Reporting on these O.S.S. findings in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Colimore wrote: "The fragile, typewritten documents from the 1940s lay out the Nazi plan in grim detail: Take over the churches from within, using party sympathizers. Discredit, jail or kill Christian leaders. And re-indoctrinate the congregants. Give them a new faith — in Germany's Third Reich.†He then quotes Mandel: "A lot of people will say, 'I didn't realize that they were trying to convert Christians to a Nazi philosophy.'… They wanted to eliminate the Jews altogether, but they were also looking to eliminate Christianity.â€
To this day nothing has changed. If you examine the writings of contemporary white supremacists, you will find much hatred for Christianity, affection for paganism and sympathy for Islam.
Now, I ask you: Which is better characterized by this description, the right or left? When answering, remember that those euphemistically-named censorship bureaucracies of the left, "human rights commissions,†consistently silence those who dare criticize Islam, most notably Christians.
Getting back to von Brunn, we can ask a similar question: Given that he hated not only Jews but also George Bush and neocons in general, of whom is he more reminiscent, Newt Gingrich or, maybe, um, Barack Obama's buddy Reverend Wright? Bear in mind that Wright's serpentine tongue won him the spotlight again with that recent explanation we've all heard for why he is persona non grata in the White House. To wit: "Them Jews ain't going to let him [Obama] talk to me.â€
Now let's return to the matter of the impact of words. The Walshes of the world say that many of us rightists are responsible for inciting violence. In response, many on our side will say that there is only one person responsible for an act of violence, the perpetrator, be he Scott Roeder, von Dunn, Timothy McVeigh or someone else. As to these theses, the Walsh position is childish and contradictory; the rightist defense is incorrect and contradictory. Let's discuss the Truth.
In reality, virtually all of us understand that words can seduce, be they a lover's syrupy overtures or a hater's cynical appeals. This is why Edward Bulwer-Lytton said that "The pen is mightier than the sword.†We treasure freedom of speech not because words are meaningless, but precisely because they're powerful. And we allow it despite and because of words' potential to inspire, for the pen of virtue remains eternally sharp, while the sword of vice's edge is always dulled by time.
So while we're right to deny responsibility for Roeder, it's not because, as many imply, that such a thing is impossible in principle; it's just that, in this case, we aren't responsible in the particular (I'll address the reason for this in a moment). And Walsh is right to imply that such things are possible in principle; her childishness lies in her silly implication that only the right is responsible for them in the particular.
Of course, it's quite reflexive for a person — even a good one — being tarnished by guilt by association to deny the reality of indirect culpability, but the reflexive is seldom beholden to reason It's also reflexive for dishonorable people such as Walsh to very cynically seize upon a violent event and use it to tarnish opponents, and, more ominously, to provide a specious justification for Fairness Doctrine-like legislation in the near future and hate-speech laws a bit further down the road. But whether or not the Walsh set actually believes their rhetoric depends upon the completeness of their detachment from reality.
To understand more deeply the fallacies here, consider the innumerable instances of leftist violence we've seen over the years. Would Moslem convert Carlos Bledsoe have murdered the army recruiter in Arkansas had he not been exposed to the anti-white, anti-Western and anti-Christian rhetoric that prevails in modern America? Would Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, have perpetrated his acts had he not been weaned on the environmentalist radicalism so prevalent today? Would all the domestic terrorists who firebombed fur stores and vandalized SUVs and research facilities have done so were it not for this ideological force? Would Colin Ferguson have targeted whites in the 1993 Long Island Railroad massacre had he not been assailed with anti-white rhetoric from the Reverend Wrights, Jacksons and Sharptons of the world?
Now, you can take issue with my examples; you can quibble about the particulars. But many other incidents could be cited, and the details aren't really the issue. The point is, would we really deny that the indoctrination people are subjected to influences their thinking? Are Palestinians born hating Jews? Do madrassah schoolboys have a gene dictating hatred for the West? As for Walsh, she may turn a blind eye to the violence authored by her ilk, but an affinity for relativism doesn't change reality.
Now we come to the crux of the matter: If rightist rhetoric can inspire others to violence just like the leftist variety, what determines culpability? Well, we must ask the only relevant question about that rhetoric:
Is it the Truth?
Sure, you may warn that a new resident in the neighborhood did time in prison for child molestation, and an angry mob may kill him. But did you do wrong? On the other hand, it's a different matter entirely if harm befalls someone after you wrongly and maliciously label him a child molester.
Thus, anytime you sound an alarm — whether it contains the ring of Truth or that of lies — it can serve as a call to violent action for some. But what should we do? Create a Fahrenheit 451 situation in which ideas are roundly suppressed and people are kept comfortably numb? No one wants that, and it wouldn't work anyway.
At the end of the day, one who speaks the Truth may inspire violence against livers of lies just as one who speaks lies may inspire violence against the tellers of Truth. But this isn't the fault of the Truth; it simply means that society needs more of it.
So the moral of this story is that we all can inspire violence with words, but not all of us speak inspired words. Evil may be done in the name of good or evil, but it is only those who speak the latter who have blood on their hands. Paging Joan Walsh.
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I sat down and watched a really old wrestling DVD this weekend and thought I would share my thoughts. I watched Showdown at Shea Stadium a WWF (maybe even a WWWF) event from August 9, 1980. The event set up as well as the DVD presentation was very strange. The event was from Shea Stadium, which is a baseball stadium and the ring looked to be set up on top of second base despite all of the fans sitting in the regular stands behind home plate. They didn't seat anyone on the field itself so the ring appeared to be in the middle of nowhere with the 36,295 fans ridiculously far from the ring. I'm not sure where I got the DVD of this event but it seemed to be a compilation of the matches from this event more than a full presentation, for the first 4 matches commentary was done by Kal Rudman and I think Vince McMahon. Vince was also the in ring announcer for the event but I'm all but positive the commentary was put in after the fact. 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"It's not just that we're trying to think of the weirdest things we can to put into the music," says Grimwood. "It really makes sense. And it makes sense when you listen to it. You won't be able to tell what kind of music it is. It's 'Trout music.' "
The unique characteristics of Trout Fishing go beyond describing song styles. For starters, there's the physical appearance of the twosome. Idlet, at six-feet-nine, towers over Grimwood, who tops out at five-feet-five-and-a-half-inches tall.
The instrumentation also makes Trout Fishing in America hard to pin down. The predominant format is acoustic, with bassist Grimwood and guitarist Idlet generating a good deal of volume and momentum for having just two instruments. But the duo doesn't hesitate to bring in a rhythm section on records for songs that require a bit more muscle. As such, any easy categorizing as folk goes out the window. And the elements of rock, blues, jazz, world beat, reggae and other styles that filter into the mix only further frustrate those who like music neatly packaged.
Speaking of packaging, Trout Fishing is one of the few groups that can truly say it has an all-age audience. Since 1977 Grimwood and Idlet not only have played concerts for adults in bars and other venues, but they also have put on shows for kids, their parents and their teachers at schools and other like facilities.
The Trout Fishing catalog reflects this reality, with four studio CDs -- Reel Life, Who Are These People? Over the Limit and Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing -- that feature adult music and three -- My World, Mine! and Big Trouble -- that focus on children's. The group's most recent release, Family Music Party, though, is the first Trout release to blend both worlds. This 16-track live album was drawn from a television concert on PBS in 1998 and reflects just how successfully Grimwood and Idlet skip over, around and through musical categories.
"This is the first time we've really tried to mix it up and just shake it up and put it all on one CD," Grimwood says of the album, which was recorded on the Austin City Limits soundstage. "That's why it's called Family Music Party. So often our shows just cross right over age generations."
Because Family Music Party includes material drawn from both the children's and adults' repertoires of Trout Fishing, it provides perhaps the best snapshot of the many facets of the group's music. Its songs cover everything from rambling folk ("My World") to rock ("I Can Dance") to country ("11 Easy Steps") to tango ("Mine!) and a few stops in between. Family Music Party does lean a bit more heavily on silly humor than does the typical adult-oriented album or show, but the record nicely captures the witty banter and interactive atmosphere Grimwood and Idlet foster live.
That said, Family Music Party is the rare kids-oriented CD that a parent will like. Part of this universal appeal stems from the approach Grimwood and Idlet take to performing for kids.
Unlike many children's performers, Grimwood and Idlet don't speak down to the audience. There's plenty of sophisticated humor in songs such as "What I Want Is a Proper Cup of Coffee" (one of the nuttiest sing-alongs ever) and "The Window" (which cleverly alters the story lines of a variety of famous nursery rhymes). At the same time, such songs are so clearly presented that the lyrics don't go over any youngster's head.
There are also a few ballads drawn from the adult repertoire -- "Count on Me," "Lullaby" and "No Matter What Goes Right" -- that illustrate the more serious and sensitive side of Trout Fishing in America.
Grimwood and Idlet also don't worry about blending educational or moral lessons into their songs; instead, they let a spirit of fun carry their music along. This, in itself, differentiates them from other children's performers.
"I remember we did an interview for a kids radio station," the taller, Idlet, says. "And the big question the woman had to ask us at the end of the interview was 'Do you have a message for the children of the community?' "
" 'A message, what message?' " the littler, Grimwood, says, picking up the story. "They keep wanting your song to teach them how to do something, like how to brush their teeth or make lunch. But they keep wanting these messages. And I've got to tell you, when that lady asked us that question, we kind of just sat there and stared at her. We didn't know what to say because our music isn't very message-oriented. Then Ezra finally leaned over the microphone and he said, 'Uh, have a good time and enjoy your life.' That was his message to the kids of the city. She was disappointed it wasn't something more specific, like, you know, goal-oriented."


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Not really. The Lalime's group has some wines bottled for them by Au Bon Climat that are pretty good, and Pauline's Pizza in San Francisco has a pretty good red they call "Merlin," but I have to ask why -- speaking just for myself, I generally find better wines under "real" (for lack of a better term) labels rather than private ones . . . .
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The notion of "good private label" wine sounds like an oxymoron to me.
Why would you try to hide the actual source of a wine, unless it has a bad reputation?
And assuming it's very good, to prevent others from getting it? That would be too naive, or plain stupid.
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It's not necessarily completely oxymoronic. There are a number of very good wines bottled under private labels for a variety of reasons. But you're absolutely right in that the winery's best wine will have the winery's own name on it, rather than at, say, "Jacques-dans-la-boîte."
Michael Mina has a few wines bottled for him, though I'm not sure if you'd consider them a private label, since the wines are still listed by the winery, but with a designation of "Cuvée Michael Mina" or something similar.
Never been to the SF location, but have had the Champagne Chartogne-Taillet and a Santa Barbara syrah (don't remember if it was either Qupé or Au Bon Climat) under Mina's name. The champagne was tasty, relatively good value if unspectacular, but the syrah was completely unmemorable (though nearly all Santa Barbara wines in my limited experience taste the same to me).
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>>> but with a designation of "Cuvée Michael Mina" or something similar. <<<
Yes, this is what Lalime's and their sister restaurants do.
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I bought a Delphi Idle air control unit, and it came with a tough red cap over the threaded part of the sensor and over guarding the pintle, Am I correct that the Pintel come pre-set? I measured it and it's 31/32 of an inch from the flange of the unit to the top or point of the pintle itself. I don't want to screw this up by tinkering with it if it's pre-adjusted? Thank you !
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PARADISE — "The spirit of Brooklyn is friendliness," declares a darling spinster in the classic comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" opening Sept. 5 at Theatre on the Ridge in Paradise.
That "friendliness" prevails throughout the three-act play as two eccentric maiden sisters full of kindness, generosity and sympathy tenderly poison their lonely, elderly male lodgers.
"Arsenic and Old lace," written by Joseph Kesselring, opened on Broadway in 1941 and became a smash hit. Theatre on the Ridge performed the play 35 years ago with Judy Clemens as director.
Currently, the skilled director is Richard Lauson. He is assisted by Debs Kislingbury-Boivie, with costumes by Lupe Fischer and scenery by Michael and Judy Clemens.
"We're adding some spice to the script," Lauson said. "We have a wonderful cast when it comes to physical comedy. We're adding touches of 'steampunk' for flavor. 'Steampunk' is sort of a Victorian-Edwardian in science-fiction look.
"The setting is the interior of the Brewster home, which hasn't changed much since 1910," he said. "It was a dubious sanitarium in which strange experiments were conducted by Grandfather Brewster. Ultimately, the entire Brewster family is as mad as hatters."
The Brewster home houses elderly sisters, Abby and Martha (Mary Burns and JC Newport). Living with them is one of their three nephews, Teddy (John Marek), who thinks he is President Teddy Roosevelt. He spends his time "charging" upstairs, blowing a bugle and digging "locks" for the Panama Canal in the basement.
Nephew Mortimer (Conan Duch) is a newspaper drama critic who hates the theatre. Nephew Jonathan (Eric Ricketts) follows a life of crime, pairing up with accomplice, Dr. Einstein (Patrick Allen Brown), an alcoholic plastic surgeon who constantly alters Jonathan's face.
Adding to the menagerie of colorful characters are a dedicated Reverend Harper (Michael Snyder) and his lovely daughter, Elaine (Jessica Smith-Duch), from the church next door. Elaine is also Mortimer's fiancee. When he discovers his aunts' practice of helping their poor lodgers to a peaceful death, he tries to keep that matter from his beloved.
Add to this mix of characters several policemen portrayed by Doug Dixon, Ryan Wall, Whit Mather and Jack Jernigan. Mr. Witherspoon, superintendent of Happy Dale Sanitarium, is played by Gary Kupp. Mr. Gibbs, a prospective tenant, is Dale Pillus.
All three characters, plus a hilarious surprise ending, make this TOTR upcoming production one not to be missed. It is filled with laughs, suspense, intrigue and murder.
"Conan Duch and Jessica Smith are newlyweds," Lauson said. "It's easy on me as a director to cast newlyweds into the part of love birds. They are used to hugging and kissing.
"John Marek, in his role of Teddy Brewster, looks much like Teddy Roosevelt. When he says, 'Bully,' you think you're standing in front of Mount Rushmore.
"I'm pleased we have added five new actors to the cast. We have a responsibility to our audiences and patrons to provide them with the most professional job we can do as amateurs. At the same time, our mission statement as an organization calls upon us to move in the community and open theatre up as a community activity. I think we're managing to do that."
Although full of mystery and murder, "Arsenic and Old Lace" is acceptable for all ages. Tickets for opening night are $16 general, $20 reserved, $22 at the door and include a catered champagne reception after the show. All other performances are $12 general, $15 reserved, $18 at the door.
Ticket outlets are The Vagabond Rose in Chico and the Fir Street Gallery & Gifts in Paradise. For further information, call TOTR at 877-5760 or visit www.totr.org.
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When: Sept. 5-29. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays: 7:30 p.m. curtain; Sunday Matinees: Sept. 15, 22 & 29, 2 p.m. curtain.
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The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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North Deer Creek Watershed Dam 1M, also know as Wes Watkins Reservoir, is one of the largest of the state's 2,107 small watershed upstream flood control dam and also serves as municipal water supply for the city of Shawnee. The dam was one of 36 within 50 miles of the earthquake epicenter that were inspected for damage within 48 hours of the record earthquakes. |
After a four-day period, Nov. 5-8, 2011, when a series of earthquakes shook Oklahoma, including the largest in state history, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission reports that the state's small watershed flood control dams showed no significant visible damage.
The earthquakes centered around 35.55N latitude and 96.76W longitude in northwest Lincoln County, or about 8 miles southeast of Perkins. A 4.7-magnitude quake occurred at 2:12 a.m., followed by lesser tremors during the day, capped by the record-breaking 5.6-magnitude quake at 10:53 p.m. The 5.6 earthquake broke the state's previous record for strongest recorded earthquake — a 5.5-magnitude quake in El Reno in 1952, according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey. Another earthquake, registered at 4.8-magnitude, was centered slightly to the southwest on Nov. 7.
Within 48 hours after 5.6-magnitude quake, a cursory inspection by local conservation districts determined that no visible damage had occurred to the high hazard structures within the area closest to the heart of the quake. Over the course of the next 48 hours, additional inspections were conducted on other structures to determine if the earthquake had any negative impact on them.
"With over 36 high hazard dams within 50 miles of the epicenter of the quake that hit Saturday, Nov. 5., and a reduced staff due to tight budgets, it took us some time to evaluate the system, but reports indicated that the structures came through the tremors without significant visible damage" said Mike Thralls, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.
According to Clay Pope, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD), this recent event again shows the importance of adequately funding conservation in Oklahoma.
"With the tight budgets we have been facing at the state, local and federal levels these last few years, we are struggling to make sure we have the staff and funding necessary to maintain the integrity of our flood control system," Pope said. "Luckily we seem to have suffered no significant damage due to these last earthquakes. This event shows however, that it is extremely important that we keep the system of conservation districts and the staffing at the Conservation Commission funded at the level sufficient to maintain and operate these structures because you never know what kind of challenge will come next. It might even be a record earthquake in Oklahoma."
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The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
- The number of instructors under investigation for sexual misconduct at a Texas Air Force base has gone up again. The count is now at 15 after three more instructors were implicated in the Lackland Air Force base scandal. Seven more alleged victims have also come forward, bringing the count to 38. Military officials declined to identify the three additional instructors now under investigation because they not been charged. Last week, Staff Sergeant Luis Walker was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of rape and other crimes at the base. Five other instructors have been charged. (Federal News Radio)
- The Agriculture Department moved quickly to reassure ranchers: Meatless Monday was not their idea. A newsletter tid-bit on the department's internal website posted earlier this week may have led staff to think otherwise by encouraging employees to skip meat on Mondays. The newsletter cited data showing animal agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gases. The agency said the statement was posted without proper clearance. The USDA removed the item after the National Cattlemen's Beef Association complained, questioning the USDA's commitment to farmers and ranchers.(Federal News Radio)
- If you want to work at the Justice Department it may help to have a family member there. A new inspector general's report finds that Justice Department staff are going too far in finding work for their relatives. The inspector general reports at least eight current and former senior-level managers, who worked in the management division and include human resources and finance staff, violated nepotism laws. They allegedly manipulated the hiring process so that their children and other relatives could obtain internships or full-time jobs at Justice. The inspector general report accuses a deputy assistant attorney general of failing to investigate despite warning signs of suspected violations. This is the third time in less than a decade that the inspector general has investigated the management division for improper hiring practices(Federal News Radio)
- The next fiscal year starts in a little over two months but Congress isn't rushing to pass a budget. Leaders on both sides of the aisle say they might delay considering any major spending bills until next year. The idea of passing a six-month stopgap measure appears to be gaining favor. GOP aides said their bosses like the idea. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he'd rather not deal with budget issues during a lame-duck session. Lawmakers already have a packed agenda for the remainder of this term. They have to figure out what to do about sequestration and expiring tax cuts. The six-month stopgap measure would keep the government running at current budget levels.(Federal News Radio)
- The Obama administration and major health insurers are stepping up efforts to stop Medicare fraud. Insurance executives and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius have launched an information-sharing campaign and agreed to swap investigative know-how. Sibelius said the public-private partnership will help overcome the scattered nature of health care fraud. Medicare false claims amount to $60 billion each year. HHS investments in automated fraud-catching programs haven't worked. By sharing information, the department and insurers hope to be more effective at finding patients who try to cheat the system.(Federal News Radio)
- Two agencies are proceeding with major technology acquisitions, despite the bleak budget outlook. The VA expects to make contract awards by September 30 for a $5 billion equipment-buying program. And the General Services Administration is about to seek bids for a government-wide cybersecurity project. The VA's new program is called Commodity Enterprise Contract. It will run for five years. The GSA plans to buy network monitoring tools to be used at all civilian agencies.(Federal News Radio)
- A proposed Pentagon plan to limit the size of its civilian workforce is drawing ire from Capitol Hill. The Defense comptroller issued guidance to hold civilian staffing at 2010 levels until 2018. House Armed Service Committee member Randy Forbes questioned whether the DoD is setting arbitrary caps on employment. But the Pentagon's top workforce official said the DoD has a target workforce size in mind, and is not capping the number of personnel. Employee unions report few DoD agencies are actually adding people right now. The department has also called for a 30 percent reduction in contractor personnel costs. (Federal News Radio)


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It's no secret that Doubledown Media, like pretty much every publisher, has been experiencing some rough seas of late. The company behind Trader Monthly, Dealmaker and other titles aimed at free-spending big shots recently laid off a sizable portion of its staff and informed many of those who remained that they'd be receiving half pay until things improve.
In fact, a number of Doubledown sources say the situation is even worse than that. It's bad enough that Doubledown is looking at scaling back print circulation of its titles and making up the difference with electronic copies. The company is also reducing the frequency of Trader, Dealmaker, Private Air and Corporate Leader, all of which will come out quarterly in 2009. Salespeople have been told their salaries were being eliminated in favor of commission-only compensation; some who quit over the change were promptly replaced with new ones willing to work under those conditions. Vendors and freelancers complain of their inability to get paid for their services. "There are a shitload of people threatening them with lawsuits," says one ex-employee. And things would be even worse if not for a $300,000 short-term loan by chief backer Jim Dunning that's covering operating expenses for the next couple months.
President Randall Lane insists what's going on at Doubledown is very much in line with the broader industry's struggles. "We chose a short-term salary reduction rather than lay more people off," he says. "We could've done it the other way and lay more people off. I thought this was a better thing to do." He says full salaries will resume on Feb. 15. (He previously told the Post that it was only until January.)
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The question surfaces each time a mass murder unfolds: Will this one change the political calculus in Washington against tougher gun control?
The answer was "no" after the Virginia Tech killings, the attempted assassination of Gabby Giffords, the Colorado movie-theater attack, the Wisconsin Sikh temple shootings, and more.
But now?
The massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., stands as a possible tipping point after Washington's decade-long aversion even to talking about stricter gun laws.
President Barack Obama says it's time for the country to come together and "take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics."
It remains to be seen whether Sandy Hook will break the usual cycle of universal shock fading into political reality.
Could shooting be a gun-control tipping point?
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Stoneplow[18, 55] is a pandaren settlement in the western part of the Valley of the Four Winds. It is south of Paoquan Hollow. The nearby Stoneplow Fields are slowly being taken by the invading mantid, swarming through the Great Wall from the Dread Wastes.
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Feb 25, 2013 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Mozilla and AT&T (NYSE: T) will demonstrate a Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC) proof of concept at Mobile World Congress 2013. The joint demonstration builds on Ericsson's Web Communication Gateway, the Mozilla Social API and WebRTC support in Firefox, and the AT&T API Platform to enable the Mozilla Firefox browser to sync with a user's existing phone number and provide calling services without any plugins to download.
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The technology builds on WebRTC, an open Web framework that is being standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), of which Ericsson, Mozilla and AT&T are all members among other leading technology companies.. This demonstration shows how the Web browser can perform many functions usually confined to a mobile device such as voice and video calls and SMS and MMS texting.
Integrating communications services with Web browsers allows consumers to easily shift between devices and locations. Additionally, the proposition will allow fast innovation to new and different applications and services - whether on a mobile device or desktop computer, through the global network of developers who work on the open Firefox platform.
Building on operator's APIs allows the demonstration, jointly developed at the AT&T Foundry as part of the company's commitment to innovation, to integrate seamlessly with a user's existing mobile number, which allows calls to originate from either the Firefox Web browser or the user's chosen device. Further, users can access their mobile services on the Firefox browser, including their personal address book.
Firefox is the Web browser of choice for hundreds of millions of people around the world. A global network of developers build on the open Firefox platform, and this demonstration enables those developers to create new WebRTC applications and services for mobile devices and desktop computers.
Todd Simpson, Mozilla Chief of Innovation, says: "We are excited to enable Web to mobile voice calls, video calls and file sharing without the need for a plugin. This gives developers and operators a lot of opportunity to offer compelling services while maintaining direct customer relationships, so users can have an awesome, consistent communications experience." Carlton Hill, Vice President Developers Services, AT&T says: "AT&T opens our network to developers through our API platform, allowing them to create applications with AT&T services like SMS, MMS and call management seamlessly and easily integrated. Together with Mozilla and Ericsson, we've developed a concept that illuminates for developers and consumers the technologies made possible by our APIs." Magnus Furustam, Vice President Product Area Core and IMS, Business Unit Networks, Ericsson, said: "We believe there is value for operators bundling mobile and fixed broadband offerings with browsers, and Firefox will be the first browser to give them this opportunity. The open source project with Mozilla means operators can contribute resources to the project and in a new way, jointly collaborating with other innovators to shape the future of web communications." Ericsson is also providing Consultancy and Systems Integration services to operators to realize this solution. Ericsson and Mozilla will showcase the solution at Mobile World Congress in Hall 2, location 2D140, from February 25 through 28 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Integrating multiple modelling approaches to predict the potential impacts of climate change on species' distributions in contrasting regions: comparison and implications for policy
del Barrio, G., Harrison, P.A., Berry, P.M., Butt, N., Sanjuan, M.E., Pearson, R.G. and Dawson, T.P. (2006) Integrating multiple modelling approaches to predict the potential impacts of climate change on species' distributions in contrasting regions: comparison and implications for policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 9, (2), 129-147. (doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2005.11.005).
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Many studies have predicted the potential impacts of climate change on species' distributions at large spatial scales, yet the role of more local-scale effects remains poorly explored. Addressing more localised impacts requires that new integrated modelling approaches are developed to address fine-scale processes including species' dispersal and local connectivity. Here we integrate four models (a continental scale bioclimatic envelope model, a regional scale bioclimate and land use suitability model, a dispersal model, and a connectivity model) in a scale-dependent hierarchical framework. The approach has been used to analyse the fine scale impacts of climate change on species' distributions within two contrasting case study regions located in East Anglia (UK) and Almeria (Spain). Eight and six species respectively were used to test our approach under three climate change scenarios. Despite the uncertainties inherent in the modelling approach, our analyses suggest two general conclusions: (i) climate change involves the development of transient conditions and fragmentation within the core of species distributions; (ii) climate change would favour the opening of gaps within the current vegetation zones, rather than a simple zonal shift of them. Dynamic and integrated conservation policies are required, that take account of the current and potential future spatial arrangement of species and their habitats, to assist species to respond to future environmental change.
Item Type: | Article |
ISSNs: | 1462-9011 (print) |
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Keywords: | species' distributions, climate change, land use, connectivity, fragmentation, scale |
Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography |
Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Geography > Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis |
ePrint ID: | 58474 |
Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2008 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2014 18:40 |
URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/58474 |
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Effective encoding of information is one of the keys to qualitative problem solving. Our aim is to explore Knowledge Representation techniques that capture meaningful word associations occurring in documents. We have developed iReMedI, a TCBR-based problem solving system as a prototype to demonstrate our idea. For representation we have used a combination of NLP and graph based techniques which we call as Shallow Syntactic Triples, Dependency Parses and Semantic Word Chains. To test their effectiveness we have developed retrieval techniques based on PageRank, Shortest Distance and Spreading Activation methods. The various algorithms discussed in the paper and the comparative analysis of their results provides us with useful insight for creating an effective problem solving and reasoning system.
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Airdate | September 20, 1995 |
Production Number | 310 |
Writer(s) | Mark Hoffmeier |
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