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Workbook for
the Study of Social Psychology
Dr. Leon James
Dr. Diane Nahl
Dear Student,
Education is the process of intellectualization. Its content is cultural knowledge; its goal, wisdom; its method, didactic and authoritarian. To educate is to lead, guide, orient, train, and so forth. Education is the community organized routine for assimilating its members. It produces literacy, or the ability to experience that which is not present, or present only "symbol- ically."
The study of social psychology is an educative activity that trains the intellect to objectify its self-reflexiveness. Self-reflexiveness is the mirroring of the self to the self, as in watching one's changing expressions in a mirror. As we watch, we see and react. When we react, we are being self -reflexive in that we are reacting to our own reactions. Words are like mirrors in that they reflect semantically, even if not visually. Thus, the box below mirrors or reflects the activity through the meaning of the words and their usability to refer.
I am writing the word MIRROR in this box.
Similarly, when we say "I'm upset because I can't stop thinking about it. "--it is a self-reflexive statement where the self reacts to the reacting self. The study of social psychology is a self-reflexive process since it involves the study of behavior in social settings, and studying (anything) is behavior in social settings. The peculiar advantage of the self-reflexive study of social psychology is that it trains the student in methods of objectifying one's natural self-reflexiveness in day-to-day living.
This program of study is still in its experimental phase. As we proceed, our objectives get redefined and our goals crystallize into unexpected, though interesting, shapes. You will find a degree of un-finished-ness in many aspects. First, the text of this edition of the Workbook is incomplete. The missing parts will be presented in the lectures. Second, we still have no adequate basis for selecting a series of research exercises from which the student could learn the material and the orientation that need to be understood. Third, the interactional climate of a large audience class needs to be managed in special ways to maintain personal interest and sustain individual attention; the methods used are still in their pedagogic Infancy.
While the above weaknesses may be bothersome for now, there are advantages to be derived which should also be mentioned. First, the Workbook contains a great deal of material to be read, studied, and used as a basis for discussion and writing on the part of the student. Second, the student will be completing two research reports about which specific instructions will be given and examples shown from the reports of students in previous semesters. Third, as much as half of the class may get Involved in student committees of volunteers who report to the rest of the class on various applied sociopsychological projects that will be specified. In this manner, you will be pursuing the study of social psychology; through study of the Workbook topics; through attendance of lectures where topics are discussed and students interact with each other; through preparation of two required research reports; through preparing for optional quizzes; and other methods you'll be participating in.
The experience of discovering that you have the capacity to comprehend technical intellectual procedures may be enjoyable as well as useful. Every person is good at some things and not so good at other things. Often, this depends on practice and the opportunity to practice. In this course, you are given a planned opportunity to practice technical skills that are useful, sometimes essential, in one's work, whatever it may be: teaching, research, selling, managing, graduate school, and so on.
We have provided a carefully prepared Concordance Index, at the end of the book. This is not a regular index usually found at the end of a textbook. We've attempted to make it into a self-instructional device for you to use in your study of social psychology. Read the instructions at the front of the index; they provide the key to studying the materials in this book.
The purpose of Lectures, we feet, is to create an interest in matters that the student ordinarily doesn't care about. This process is called teaching or instruction. As such, though, the purposes of education are multiple in a technologized society, its immediate, contact-effect is the redirection of interest or focus.
By the time we home in on such specifics of education as a large-audience college course in Social Psychology, the effects of the Lectures upon the student's topic focus is drastic. Students are assigned in that arena, a role which is complex and fraught with all sorts of difficulties. We shall have plenty of occasions to refer to and discuss the student's role and visible performances as evidenced through social psychological data. It will be plain from this evidence that students are persons, and persons are agents, and agents are free and only grossly controllable. The fine-tuning necessary to effect a contact between the instructor's topic focus
on an issue and the student-audience's topic focus is not available in many lectures and for a significant part of every lecture!
There thus develops a separativeness between lecturer and lectured. The symptoms are quite familiar in our own experience: audience attention is low; disruptiveness frequent; boredom rampant; hostile appearances; and so on. These are the low points. The high points are also, fortunately, familiar: hushed concentration; active note-taking; visible interest and appreciation; objectivity and participation; and so on. The dialectics of this relationship, visible in the dance between the lows and the highs, governs the outcome for both parties involved. Success leads to a permanent and self-directive change on the student's topic focus: new interests are born where indifference or ignorance kept the person from sources of cultural knowledge and experience.
The instructor, as well, is permanently changed; so long as the person's integrity is retained. That is, the instructor must succeed in resisting all sorts of ordinary temptations: to continue talking as if the exchange is a one-way communication radio; to ignore the audience's mood of indifference; to give in to desires of retribution; to shy away from public confrontations; and so on. To resist these temptations requires a good deal of understanding group process and/or a good deal of personal courage. This is so because of the common condition of formality that reigns supreme in large-audience classes. The restrictions in ordinary human relationship that this kind of formality imposes upon the participants is, we feet, the major single block to effective college instruction.
The educational philosophy that justifies and rationalizes the procedures employed in this course, is explicitly anti-formality in classroom behavior, if by formality one means the transactional condition of uninvolvement between participants. In this course, the instructor has a special opportunity in this regard, one perhaps not as readily available to other courses; this is the opportunity provided for by the topic domain, namely Social Psychology.
Social Psychology, by any definition, is at the very least, the study of individuals and their behavior in participatory society (groups and institutions). It would be hard to imagine a better laboratory for the study of individuals in groups than a classroom of students engaged in the study of individuals in groups! This self-reflexive principle is the chief innovative characteristic of this course. The conceptual focus that allows us to apply the self-reflexive principle of instruction is (what we've come to call) the Daily Round Approach to the study of Social Psychology.
In this approach, social psychology is defined as the systematic study of social occasions. Social occasions are the units that actually count in the life of any community. People keep track of events and changes in their lives on the basis of what they notice and what gets topicalized. Noticings and topics are thus the two key elements in the study of social occasions.
The classroom composed of an audience of two hundred is a microcosm of the community, not in the sense of being a representative sample, but in the sense of being a genuine sample. By genuine, we mean that the student-audience has the natural characteristics of any audience-group in the community. Often social psychologists, when interested in investigating group behavior, seek out schools, industry, clubs, etc. as the locus of their observations while they forget their own college classrooms. Serving in an experiment as a Subject is not what we're talking about; rather, the character of the class as a whole. We mean to point out the fact
that a class is an audience, and this fact is often overlooked in the separation being made between college students as Subjects and college students as an audience. College students seen as a recurrent audience in a sequence of lectures constitute a genuine community locale, easily and usefully available for direct study by the student of social psychology.
But more is involved, for the course has a context; it cannot realistically be abstracted and separated from the campus, the student's other courses (concurrent and prior), and indeed, the student's daily schedule. Thus, the study of social psychology must encompass not only the classroom in which it is being studied, but also the socio-cultural environment of the classroom: who are the particular individuals composing the class; what are their actual characteristics; where in their daily round do the course and classes fit; what is their relationship to the instructor and to the topical content; and so on. These are the concrete features of the anti-formality philosophy mentioned above inasmuch as they entail the opposite of separativeness, ignoring, and indifference. Instead, they require a degree of directness and a genuineness in the student-teacher relationship that is unfamiliar to most of the students who have taken this course in the past. Students may appraise this by reading students' end of semester comments about their involvements in this course, and which will be made available for reading.
Our conception of the Daily Round Approach to the study of Social Psychology is outlined in the Table of Contents which identifies over one hundred Sections. Each Section follows a topic domain key or system of numbering, as indicated within square brackets. These appear at the head of each Section, thus serving as a title for it. Each title encompasses a bounded topic area. By studying these boundaries, the student will gain an understanding in depth of the theoretical, methodological, and underlying issues of that branch of knowledge that deals basically with daily life. Thus, issues and problems in social psychology are reviewed and focused on within the context of self-reflexive study.
For instance, Chapter 2 deals with the course procedure of handing in a Daily Feedback Sheet at the end of each lecture. This classroom practice becomes the context for examining various theoretical notions discussed by social psychologists: the factors that affect attentiveness, such as the room, the time of the day, the style of presentation, etc.; the interrelationships within institutional milieus, such as the contributions of the Instructor, the Student, and the Administration in the attribution of cause and ascription of responsibility; etc.
Or, to give a second example, Chapter 4 deals with grading policy and the point system used in this course. This is then used as the context for discussing phenomena frequently investigated by many social psychologists: the dynamics of assessment and social evaluation. Every Chapter thus involves the topics of social psychological theory and method, but always within the context of the course activities and actual class environment. Since the text is incomplete, these issues are to be explored in the lectures.
We hope that the transition from the more usual lecture-class to this more innovative dynamic approach will be realized as a worthwhile educational experience. Our larger educational objective is to lead you to the realization that the scientific method is a tool that belongs to the community, not to the scientist; or, if you prefer, that there is a scientist in every one of us. Our more immediate objective is to help you acquire the skills of practicing the tools of science and. apply them to your own
case. To this end, we show you, in painstaking details, how to write up a "research report" in the scientific register; how to transform your observations into objective data; and how to generate scientific arguments that are capable of encompassing the actuality of your own socialized existence within the confines of community. We trust that these skills will prove useful to you, now, as well as in the future.
Finally, an explanation is in order for the system of pagination and indexing used in this edition of the Workbook. You'll note, of course, that the pagination we use is by Section number, not page number. Thus, if you look up an entry in the "Concordance" Index, you will be guided to one or more Sections to look up in your investigation of the concept and how it fits into the overall study and understanding of social psychology. We prepared this Index at great pains but we feel it is essential for the efficient study of the Workbook. Please use it as a didactic device for facilitating your efforts in mastering the meaning of terms and ideas provided for your study. Quizzes will also be provided in the course of the lectures. The Concordance index will allow you to study for the quizzes and to familiarize yourself with complex, but not "difficult," matters. Good luck in your studies, and may you derive the full benefits we envisaged.
Have a good time, and remember that your professor is just like you. Can you believe it?
Kailua, January 1, 1978
LJ and DN
Chapter 1: Format of Lectures | |
[1.1] | *Spring 1978 Lecture Format: The Three Acts |
[1.2] | *Case History Report: Fall Semester 1977 |
[1.2.1] | *The Lectures |
[1.2.2] | *The Daily Feedback Sheets (DFS) |
[22.214.171.124] | *Ethnodynamics of Communication Network |
[126.96.36.199] | *Situational Context of Quantitative Assessment |
[22.214.171.124] | Nature of Transactional Relationship |
[1.2.3] | The Four Research Reports |
[1.2.4] | The Anonymous Evaluationship |
[1.3.] | Case History Report: Spring Semester 1977 |
[1.3.1] | The Social Psychology of the Anonymous Complaint |
[1.3.2] | The Five Assignments |
[1.4] | Case History Report: L.A. Jakobovits: Over a Decade of Personal Experimentation |
[1.5] | Overview: The Social Psychology of Social Psychology |
Chapter 2: Daily Feedback Sheets ("DFS") and the Social Psychology of a College Classroom | |
[2.1] | *DFS: Introductory and Definitional |
[2.2] | The Social Psychology of College Classroom |
[2.3] | Case History Report: A DFS Study by the Students of Psychology 397, Fall, 1977 |
[2.4] | Case History Report: Professor H. Weaver's Environmental Psychology of the Classroom |
[2.5] | Case History Report: Walter Nunokawa: Design for an "Open University" |
[2.6] | Case History Report: EFL Classrooms without Walls: Sandra Nakazaki - J.F.T.E.C. |
Chapter 3: Students Committees of Monitors and the Social Psychology of a Small Group | |
[3.1] | *Title and Duties of Committees |
[3.2] | *Committee Periodic Report |
[3.2.1] | The Social Psychology of the Committee Report |
[3.3] | Case History Report: Spring Semester 1978 |
[3.4] | The Social Psychology of Small Groups |
[3.5] | Case History Report: Bernadette Ching : A Community of Lovebirds |
Chapter 4: Grading Policy and the Social Psychology of Evaluations | |
[4.1] | *The Point System |
[4.2] | The Social Psychology of Evaluations |
[4.2.1] | Case History Report: The Shifting Referent of Percentage Ratings: (DFS, Psych 222, Fall 1977) |
[4.2.2] | Case History Report: The Self-Prediction of Grades: (DFS, Psych 222, Fall 1977) |
[4.3] | The Ethnodynamics of Evaluation |
[4.3.1] | Case History Report: Student End of Course Declarations: Psych 222, 1974-1977 |
[4.4] | C.E. Osgood and the Pollyanna Hypothesis |
[4.5] | L.A. Jakobovits: Semantic Satiation and Neurosemantics |
Chapter 5: Students Discharge Report and the Social Psychology of Community | |
[5.1] | *Format of Student Discharge Report |
[5.2] | The Social Psychology of Community |
[5.2.1] | Ecological Psychology |
[220.127.116.11] | Case History Reports: Mapping My Daily Round; Psych 397 Students, Fall 1977 |
[220.127.116.11] | Case History Reports: Why can't They Do It Another Way; Psych 222 Students, Fall 1977 |
[5.2.2] | Sociopsycholongusitics |
[5.2.3] | *Community Archives |
[5.3] | Applied Social Psychology: The Center, Inc. |
[5.3.1] | Case History Report: B. Y. Gordon: The Sociodynamics of Bubble Machines |
[5.3.2] | Fast therapy Foods, Ltd.: The Social Psychology of Health Foods |
[5.3.3] | Biographical Color Calendars and Clocks: An Ethnosemantic Application |
[5.3.4] | *Case History Report: B. Y. Gordon: The Effectiveness of KYOLIC, Garlic: The Social Psychology of Medical Assessment |
[5.3.5] | Daily Round Information Please: Mining Community Information |
[5.3.6] | Store Customer Index Map: Let Your Eyes Do the Walking |
[5.4] | Applied Social Psychology: Case History Report: Scott Macdonald: Evaluation of Public Agencies in Hawaii |
Chapter 6: Quizzes and the Social Psychology of Knowledge | |
[6.1] | Introductory Remarks: Study Quizzes and Class Quizzes |
[6.2] | The Hexagram of Quiz Types |
[6.2.1] | White Quizzes |
[6.2.2] | Yellow Quizzes |
[6.2.3] | Green Quizzes |
[6.2.4] | Blue Quizzes |
[6.2.5] | Brown Quizzes |
[6.2.6] | Black Quizzes |
[6.3] | The Social Psychology of Knowledge |
[6.3.1] | The Ethnosemantics of the "I Ching" |
[184.108.40.206] | Case History Report: Jung/Jakobovits |
[6.3.2] | Objective and Subjective |
[6.3.3] | Case History Report: "Diagramming My Knowledge"; Students of Psych 222, Fall 1977 |
Chapter 7: The topical Structure of Social Psychology | |
[7.1] | *The Topical Establishment and Who's Who in Social Psychology |
[7.1.1] | *LITERATURE TYPE A: Books for Professionals |
[126.96.36.199] | *L. Berkowitz: "Advances in Experimental Social Psychology" |
[18.104.22.168] | *The Registry of Authors in Social Psychology |
[7.1.2] | *LITERATURE TYPE B: Journal Articles |
[7.1.3] | *LITERATURE TYPE C: derivative Articles, Books, and Instructional Programs |
[18.104.22.168] | *Sample 1: Textbook Outline |
[188.8.131.52] | *Sample 2: UHM Catalogue Course Descriptions |
[220.127.116.11] | *Sample 3: Social-Personality Psychology Program, UHM |
[22.214.171.124] | *Sample 4: Social Psychology 222 |
[188.8.131.52] | *Sample 5: Topical Outline of Community Cataloguing Practices, Jakobovits and Gordon, 1975-77 |
[18.104.22.168] | *Sample 6: An Annotated Bibliography of a Decade of Ethnosemantic Investigations by Jakobovits and Gordon, 1968-1978 |
[220.127.116.11] | *Sample 7: Case History Report: "What is Social Psychology?" |
[7.2] | *The Two Paradigms in Psychology |
[7.2.1] | *Case History Report: Indexical Concordance Techniques in Topic Domain Methodology: Students of Psychology 661, Spring 1977 |
[7.2.2] | *Case History Report: Diane Nahl on M.E. Bitterman: An Application of Topic Domain Methodology to a Vita Bibliography |
Chapter 8: Methodological Issues in Social Psychology | |
[8.1] | *Features of the New Paradigm: Ethnosemantics, Ethogeny, and Ethnomethodology |
[8.1.1] | *Ethnosemantics and Social Psychology |
[8.1.2] | *The Hexagram of Sudden Memory |
[8.1.3] | *A Glossary of Terms in Ethnosemantics |
[8.1.4] | *The Universal Basis of Behavior |
[8.1.5] | *The Investigation of Community Cataloguing Practices (CCP) |
[8.2] | *R. Harre and P.F. Secord |
[8.2.1] | *The Correspondences in Basic Theory |
[8.2.2] | *Strategies of Investigation |
[22.214.171.124] | *The Analysis of Accounts |
[220.127.116.11] | *The Other Side |
[22.214.171.124] | *The Third View |
[8.2.3] | *Longitudinal Studies of Personality, Biographical Record and Psychohistory or, The Social Psychology of Relationship |
[8.3.1] | Case History Report: J.M. Digman: Multivariate Methods Approach |
[8.3.2] | Case History Report: D. L. Watson: Behavior Modification on the Daily Round |
[8.3.3] | Case History Report: Abe Arkoff: Promoting Self-Growth Through the Personal Journal |
[8.3.4] | Case History Report: Teru L. Morton: The Pervasiveness of Sex Role Stereotypes in Everyday Life |
[8.3.5] | Case History Report: Christine Winskowski: The Empirical Investigation of Relationship dynamics in Conversation |
[8.3.6] | Kenneth Burke: A Grammar and a Rhetoric of Motives |
[8.3.7] | Case History Reports: Daily Round Diary Tape; Psychology 222 Students, Fall 1977 |
[8.4] | Sam Shapiro: Transpersonal Psychology and Asian Philosophy |
[8.5] | *Jakobovits and Gordon: Social Psychology and Applied Psycholinguistics: The "DRA" Project |
[8.5.1] | *Contents of the DRA and Index |
[8.5.2] | *Uses of the DRA |
[8.5.3] | *Procedure for Contributions and Use |
[8.5.4] | *Theoretical and Methodological Significance |
[126.96.36.199] | Oral and Written Literacy |
[18.104.22.168] | The Meaning of Conversational Environment |
[184.108.40.206] | Aspects to Theory of Talk |
[184.108.40.206.1] | Notational Definitions for Prepared Transcripts Data |
[22.214.171.124] | The Syntax of Presentations: PMNS |
[188.8.131.52.1] | Individual Differences and Cognitive Processes |
Chapter 9: Taxonomy of Microdescrptions on the Daily Round | |
[9.1] | *Definitional |
[9.2] | *Notation systems |
[9.3] | *Instructions for a Full Outline of a Functional analysis of the Daily Round |
[9.3.I] | *Explanatory Notes: My Vita |
[9.3.II] | *Explanatory Notes: My Talk |
[9.3.II.1] | *Introductory Remarks |
[9.3.II.2] | *The Functional Analysis of Talk |
[9.3.II.2.1] | *Format of Report |
[ -2A]: | *The Analysis of Topic |
[ -2B]: | *The Analysis of Argument Logic |
[ -2C]: | *The Analysis of Sequence |
[ -2D]: | *The Analysis of Relationship |
[ -2E]: | *The Analysis of Setting |
[9.3.V] | *Explanatory Notes: My Daily Setting; My Standardized Imaginings; My Community of Relationships |
[9.3.II.-V.1] | *Introductory Remarks |
[9.3.II.-V.2] | *The Functional Analysis of Talk |
[9.3.II.-V.3] | *The Functional Analysis of Community |
[9.3.II.-V.4] | *Further Notes on entry Format with Examples from the DRA |
[9.3.VI] | *Explanatory Notes: The Sociograph of my Environment |
Chapter 10: Theory Building in social Psychology: Notes on CHARTS | |
Chapter 11: Instructions for DRA Research Reports | |
[11.1] | *Introductory Remarks |
[11.2] | *Format of Research Reports (RR) |


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Getting rid of the paci
I just took my lil guys away... he forgot about it in a few days!! cold turkey works best at this age... just be there to comfort him when he is crying!
We have been traveling for 30 days so lots of paci
Dd will be three at the end of the april
So that is my goal.
So as soon as we r in our new home we go to nap and bed only
Then nap only
Then gone
I am dreading it.
I start taking it away at bed first bc she will be more ired at night
Out of sight out of mind.
It'll be rough at first but they get over it.
I did cold turkey with DD. She had it 24/7. During the day she had it and when we got home I gathered them all up while she was playing in her room and hid them. Even cut a paci off of a little stuffed puppy. She asked for it at bedtime and I told her that I didn't know where they were and that I'd look for them. LOL She asked the following two days and I told her that they were gone. Within a week it was like she never had one.
If it helps, my friend got her DS (5 I think) off the paci by telling him that the Paci Fairy came and took them to the babies that really needed them. He was OK with it even though his little sister (2.5) still uses one.
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Why Video is One of the Most Powerful Tools for B2B Companies
As consumers, we watch videos for entertainment and information. With projections that streaming video will encompass 71 percent of internet traffic in the next four years, it's clear that the demand for video consumption for work and play is not going away anytime soon. Consumer-facing companies in markets including healthcare, retail, financial services, entertainment, technology and more have been using video for years as a way to highlight their products and services and engender brand loyalty.
But what about B2B companies whose direct customers are not consumers? For B2B companies, I'd argue that video is even more advantageous.
B2B companies often operate a bit more behind-the-scenes than consumer-facing companies. Videos are an effective 'show and tell' medium for B2B organizations to communicate about what they do and why it's important. Additionally, they enable companies to demonstrate how business customers and end-users already rely on their services. Also, as companies expand solutions and extend into new markets, video can be a powerful tool to introduce these organizations to a whole new crop of customers. Although videos may not replace written marketing materials, they should complement them.
JDSU determined that video was the best means to tell its story and show its customer solutions, and JDSU.tv was born. In late 2009, JDSU launched "JDSU From a Different View," a marketing campaign designed to visually depict how its technologies affect people's everyday lives. The ongoing campaign is divided into segments, each showcasing a different technology that is featured on JDSU.tv. These segments highlight the company's solutions in areas such as mobile communications, rural broadband connectivity, entertainment and anti-counterfeiting, and feature customers from Cisco to Verizon and, most recently, Frontier Communications.
We've established that videos are an effective medium for B2B companies to reach customers. What should they convey? Here are five key considerations to make these videos the most impactful.
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It used to be said that the pen is mightier than the sword. For B2B companies, the flip cam just might be mightier than the pen!
Experts predict that more than 50 billion devices will be connected to the network by 2020. The surge in numbers of devices, compounded by the growth of mobile video usage, presents tremendous opportunities for B2B companies. They should capitalize on these trends and escalate their use of video as a means for education and communication to audiences around the world.
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What I don't understand about ABYC's protocol regarding minimizing flex of solder joints is that it does not also apply to crimped connections; as they also create a "hard/solid joint" where the wire is joined to the connector.
Properly executed crimps, using the correct crimping tool, provide strain relief by design. An insulated crimp of good quality for the marine environment will consist of three pieces and two crimps will be made, one for strain relief clamping down on the jacket, and one on the bare stripped wire.
As a point of interest I have cycled both double crimps and heat shrink crimps over 100 times a full 180 degrees, side to side, with UL 1426 wire, and seen no detrimental effects..
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Just because the House of Representatives passed a healthcare bill this weekend doesn't mean it'll stay passed. Denver congresswoman Diana DeGette is leading a group of reproductive-rights supporters who are mad as hell that the version of the legislation okayed on Saturday contains an amendment co-authored by Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak that builds on the barriers already in place (most notably the 1976 Hyde Amendment) to prevent federal funds from being used to pay for abortions. And Kristofer Eisenla, DeGette's communications director, emphasizes that while she's willing to compromise to some degree, she won't capitulate on the core issue, even if it means that the healthcare bill is dead on arrival.
"There's time for compromise and time to talk, and she looks forward to finding common ground with the proponents of the Stupak amendment, and ensuring that the final language in the bill doesn't go beyond current law," he says. "She's working very closely with the Speaker [Nancy Pelosi] to make sure that doesn't happen. But if the healthcare bill goes far beyond current law in restricting a woman's right to choose, she will oppose it."
The Stupak amendment made the final cut in part because of pressure put on by Catholic heavy-hitters such as Archbishop Charles Chaput, who threatened last week to withdraw his support for healthcare legislation over the issue of federal funding for abortion. But Eisenla sees the Stupak language as being far too extreme.
"Current law under the Hyde Amendment basically says federal funds do not go to perform abortion services," he says. "The Stupak amendment says private money cannot be used to purchase a plan that offers abortion services. If you're in the Exchange [the current term for the public option], money cannot be used to purchase a plan that offers abortion services -- not even your private dollars. And you can't use private dollars to buy into private plans if they accept any subsidies from the system.
"My boss didn't like the Hyde Amendment," Eislenla concedes -- but in the Energy and Commerce committee for which DeGette serves as vice chair, Eisenla says, "a compromise was reached that kept the status quo in place."
That's what DeGette would prefer -- and Eisenla says her thinking echoes that of the healthcare bill's biggest proponent. "The President said yesterday, 'This is a healthcare bill, not an abortion bill.' This bill is about expanding access to healthcare for 36 million Americans, and we shouldn't use it to change social policy in this country."
Here's DeGette's press release about the Stupak amendment, complete with a copy of a letter that will be sent to Speaker of the House Pelosi:
PRO-CHOICE MEMBERS VOW TO OPPOSE HEALTH CARE BILL THAT RESTRICS A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE ANY FURTHER THAN CURRENT LAWAmendment Effectively Bans Abortion Coverage in All Plans in the Exchange, including the Public Health Insurance Options and All Private Health Insurance Plans
Will Not Vote for Conference Report that Restricts a Women's Right to Choose Any Further than Current Law
WASHINGTON -- After the House of Representatives passed a measure restricting a woman's right to choose early Sunday morning, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado and U.S. Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, today released the text of a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlining objections to the intentions of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. With over 40 signatures collected so far, the letter is currently being circulated for additional signatures and will then be sent to Speaker Pelosi:
November 7, 2009
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
U.S. House of Representatives
H-232 Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Madam Speaker:
As Members of Congress we believe that women should have access to a full range of reproductive health care. Health care reform must not be misused as an opportunity to restrict women's access to reproductive health services.
The Stupak-Pitts amendment to H.R. 3962, The Affordable Healthcare for America Act, represents an unprecedented and unacceptable restriction on women's ability to access the full range of reproductive health services to which they are lawfully entitled. We will not vote for a conference report that contains language that restricts women's right to choose any further than current law.
The underlying health care bill, H.R. 3962, already includes compromise language, the Capps Amendment, that applies the Hyde amendment so that it has the same effect as it currently does in Medicaid. The health insurance Exchange is not comparable to Medicaid. This is fundamentally a private health care system whereby individuals will be purchasing plans from private insurance companies, in large part with their own money. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment dramatically changes federal policies related to abortion coverage and undermines the principle of abortion neutrality in health care reform.
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I saw on the cruise board they are posting one favorite photo per day of their DCL cruise. I figure we should have one here too Mine is of our boys in the jacuzzi tub. On our first DVC visit their eyes popped open wide when they saw the tub. They couldn't wait to get in! They were the first ones in the tub that night. I told them to go in together because I wanted a turn too! Look forward to seeing your photos! Enjoy, Deb
This was our view last year in the morning from our balcony at OKW. Love the Mikey's in the rails! You are looking toward the Olivia's over the bridge.
The first one isn't of the DVC resort, but it was a DVC trip-last Oct at BWV.the kids on the teacups-I just love the joy on their faces: This one is from our last Hilton Head trip.
Thanks VanHooten. Still can't get the picture to come up. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong now? Thanks for any help.
Here is a thread that describes how to do it: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=508670 You basically need to put your photos online somewhere and then you put the link to your photo in the post using the "Insert Image" button above.
Thanks. I've think I've posted this link before, but here is an album that includes photos that were taken the same morning as that photo. I hope you enjoy them. http://www.oldtownteam.com/disney/BCV/target16.html
Wow, we're "skipping Christmas" at WDW this year and now I wish we weren't!! I did enjoy the wonderful pictures!
This is my "current" favorite. This was over Memorial Day weekend - there were 16 of us, total. We stayed at Old Key West, ate dinner at Olivia's Sunday night, then drove over to EPCOT for an Illuminations dessert party (UK Upper). Monday morning, we gave my nephew a fishing excursion with his Dad, Grandfather, Uncle (my DH), and DH's father. Then, when they got back, we cooked out at Turtle Pond pool. It was a great 24 hours! Whew! If you want to see all of the pictures, here they are:Memorial Day Weekend, 2005
Sorry if you've seen these before. I've posted them on another thread. I need to go again soon so I have new photos to post! Barrie


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Anam Cara: The journey inward as told through image and function
Generally I believe everybody is at least three people, the person the world sees, the person our loved ones see, and our true self. Sometimes I think we tend to close ourselves off from the outside world, work very hard to decorate our outer selves, and hope that that's all people will see us for and yet hate it when they do. To me it's the deepest conflict of self, this desire to have the world embrace who we truly are, yet afraid of the vulnerabilty this position puts us in. The thistles, griffons, hounds, and interlace knots are worked on the outside of the vessel. Griffons and hounds are mythologically tied to protection and gaurdianship, thistles are thorny hardiness surrounding a beautiful bloom. All of this is meant to communicate the complexity of the armour we build around our true self. On the top of the vessel is my "Luck and Love" knot, that's been pierced to allow light to shine through because often it seems it is only with a little luck that we allow that light of love to be cast through our defenses..
.The doors open and we can begin to see the beauty of the stone that lies within. We make ourselves a little more vulnerable to the world, but still remain relatively comfortable within our protective shell. You can see the "Luck and Love" knot casting itself upon the stone, I like to think this is akin to the idea that the love we feel from the outside is actually just a reflection of the love that resides within us, merely a shadow dance pointing to the true source. The pendant itself is us when we love one another. We always keep a little hidden, but for the most part leave ourselves exposed. The clasp on the stone's cradle is worked with my "Two Hearts Joined" knot, when we surrender oursleves completely to another, the line between "I" and the other blurs, I believe this is the door to the soul, what can be called our Buddha nature, or that space before a thought arrises.
The full beauty of the stone is only revealed when all of the exterior housing is abandoned. Although man has shaped it, it existed before our conception of it... natural, raw, and filled with the light that sparks every atom in the universe, beyond our comprehension but imbued in every aspect of us. Anam Cara means spiritual friend. A true spiritual friend will guide us past all the beauty and distraction of our many layers to the truth that resides within.
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Nationwide strike, cut motion planned to make Centre roll back hike in prices of petroleum products
With a view to exerting pressure on the Manmohan Singh government to roll back the hike in the prices of petroleum products and fertilizers, 13 political parties on Monday announced a twin-pronged plan — a nationwide strike on April 27 and amending the Finance Bill.
"On the relentless rise in the prices of essential commodities, we will act unitedly by moving a cut motion [on budget proposals] and amend the Finance Bill demanding a roll-back in the hike of prices of fuel and fertilizers, and a country-wide hartal on April 27," Communist Party of India general secretary A.B. Bardhan said after a two-hour long meeting by the parties.
Leaders of the parties — that included CPI, CPI (Marxist), All-India Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party, AIADMK, Biju Janata Dal, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal, Lok Jan Shakti Party, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Rashtriya Lok Dal, and Telugu Desam Party — decided to pool their strength in Parliament to force the Centre to accept the demand.
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thats the best poem ive heard in while it ain't the best but it's up there
Alone with my thoughts
And the anger that grows
Like a raging beast
That doesn't know where to stop
Holding it back but not for long
When will this beast...
Kill them all?
The beautiful Maiden
My glorious Queen
Without her
I would be in prison
Rotting for the sins I would commit
But how long will her power hold back
Hold back this beast within me
Ending her life
And the life of my family
So they won't suffer
So they won't carry my burden anymore
These are my desires
My reality being held back
Held back by the chains of love
But everyday
I ask myself why
I don't really care if its good or not I just needed to vent a little
thats the best poem ive heard in while it ain't the best but it's up there
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No longer. Now, the estancias of the pampas are popular with horseriders and polo fans alike. The widespread imbibing of malbec wine from Mendoza has inspired curious travellers to visit that relatively isolated oasis in the shadow of the Andes mountains. Patagonia is now recognised as one of the planet's great wildernesses. And the ever expanding – and occasionally collapsing – Perito Moreno Glacier is routinely listed as a natural wonder of the world.
But though the popularity of Argentina now makes it competition for the likes of Brazil, Mexico and Peru, it is a very different country from these – or any of its Latino neighbours. Sure, a few clichés always come to mind when Argentina is mentioned: tango, beef, football, Evita. But none of these quite capture the mystery of a country that has never being pigeonholed as a 'beach destination' or an 'ethnic hub'.
Argentina, for many, is exciting because it surprises, entices – and even confuses. Buenos Aires has become a popular city destination partly because it shimmers with something like old-world European elegance, but also because it resists being defined as a South American Paris or Rome. And when, driving through the arid wastes of Chubut, travellers come upon Welsh settlements or Scottish estancias, they are delighted to encounter something familiar in a place that is so other and inhospitable. Salta is Bolivia with some smart hotels; Bariloche is Switzerland with some slum areas.
Argentina's strength, then, is a certain enigmatic quality. This year marks the bicentennial of the start of the Wars of Independence. On 25 May 1810, a group of liberal creoles formed a junta to establish a new government; parades and the reopening of the Teatro Colón opera house will mark the anniversary. It's also a great opportunity to revisit the country and remember that Argentina has a rich human history as well as a thrilling natural one. Buen viaje – happy travels!
Why do travellers – and expats – love Buenos Aires? The reasons may seem obvious: great weather for most of the year; grand mansions and lovely parks; beautiful and vivacious people; cheap steak and wine. It's a European cocktail laced with Latin energy, and oh so fashionable.
Kick off at the Plaza de Mayo, the country's political epicentre: independence was thrashed out in the whitewashed Cabildo (Town Hall); Evita addressed her adoring 'shirtless ones' from the balcony of the Casa Rosada (Government House); and the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo gather around the central pyramid on Thursday mornings to remember their 'disappeared' loved ones – victims of the 'Dirty War'.
From here, head south to atmospheric, colonial-style San Telmo, one of the barrios (neighbourhoods) that lay claim to being a cradle of tango. Calle Defensa, the main drag, is famous for its antique stores and cobbled Plaza Dorrego, and leads to Parque Lezama, thought to be the place where the city was first founded by Pedro de Mendoza in 1536. Mendoza was chased out of the region by local Indians, and the city was re-founded in 1580 by Juan de Garay.
Continuing south you'll find the working-class district of La Boca, home of the legendary Boca Juniors footie team, where Maradona rose to fame. Tango also had its genesis here; the quaint but touristy street El Caminito is named after a beautiful orchestral piece by Juan de Dios Filiberto.
From La Boca jump on the 152 colectivo (bus) and ride up to Plaza Italia on Avenida Santa Fe. This is the departure point for exploring Buenos Aires' biggest and most interesting barrio, Palermo. Sub-district Palermo Viejo, west of the avenue, is hip, romantic, cobbled along some streets (viejo means 'old'), and full of independent restaurants, bars and boutiques. Tree-lined streets make for slow strolling and browsing.
Tiny Plaza Cortázar is the social and commercial hub; there are a dozen bar-cafés here. To the east is Palermo proper, a smart, middle-class residential barrio, best known for its huge park, the Parque 3 de Febrero. Along Avenida del Libertador is the Museo de Arte Popular Jose Hernandez, dedicated to gaucho culture; on Avenida Figueroa Alcorta is the fantastic Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires; MALBA).
At its southern edges, the neighbourhood segues into even posher Recoleta, where there's a small but edifying national gallery, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, and the world-famous Recoleta Cemetery. The latter, a labyrinthine, marble-walled simulacrum of the city outside, is one of BA's greatest sights.
To wind up, head back into the downtown area and stop for a coffee at the Café Tortoni. Opened in the 1860s, this grand café has become a tourist honeypot, but if you head there late in the afternoon you might just find a quiet corner. Take along some Borges' poetry to read while you enjoy a strong cortado (espresso 'cut' with a dash of milk) and a couple of medialunas (sweet croissants).
When you emerge it will be dark, which is when BA comes into its own – this is a night owl's city. The theatres along Avenida Corrientes, the huge obelisk on Avenida 9 de Julio, the pink walls of the Casa Rosada – all glow as a breeze blows in from the pampas.
By now you'll have fallen in love with BA. In fact, so essential is it to your Argentinian experience that all the following itineraries assume you'll spend three or four days in this heady, heaving, hedonistic city.
Follow the river to the Iberá wetlands and Iguazú Falls (two to three weeks) Rosario - Gualeguaychú - Esteros del Iberá - Corrientes - San Ignacio Miní - Iguazú Falls
The River Plate at Buenos Aires is the name given to the huge estuarial body of water formed by the meeting of the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers. The latter is the second-largest river system in South America, and it's possible to spend weeks exploring here, taking in Rosario – Argentina's second city – and Gualeguaychú, home to the country's best carnival.
However, the natural highlight is the Esteros del Iberá, shifting wetlands that are home to the rare maned wolf, as well as caiman, capybara, waders and other birds – including the magnificent jabiru stork and the wattled jacana. Great ranches such as the Rincón del Socorro provide travellers with a base for exploration, as well as the horses needed to ride saddle-deep into the wetlands.
North of here is steamy Corrientes, where Graham Greene set his novel The Honorary Consul, and baking Posadas. The latter is a good base for exploring the mate plantations, source of the tea so beloved of Argentines. North are the ruins of San Ignacio Miní, a Unesco World Heritage site made famous by 1986 film The Mission. But the must-see stop is Iguazú Falls: 'Iguazú' (Guaraní for 'great waters'), is a 3km-wide panoramic collection of 275 or so falls that makes Niagara seem like a dripping tap.
Go gaucho in Buenos Aires, San Luis and Córdoba provinces (two to three weeks) San Antonio de Areco - Luján - Merlo - Sierras de Córdoba - Traslasierra
The huge swathes of grassland that begin where the city of Buenos Aires ends are known as la pampa húmeda or humid pampas. Confusingly, the province that lies around Buenos Aires is called Buenos Aires. This is the breadbasket of Argentina: the ranching and agricultural heartland that made the country rich in the early 1900s and also the source of one of its key mythologies: the gaucho, the creole cowboy who fights the wars, watches the cows, and cooks the open-air barbecues as the sun goes down.
For those who want to tap into this laid-back, rural world, and perhaps try on some of the traditional garb - a metal cummerbund, a rakish neckerchief and Arab-style pantaloons for the men, big frilly dresses for the women – there are dozens of fabulous working ranches that now host visitors.
The capital of gaucho culture, San Antonio de Areco, is only an hour out of the city, as is Luján, site of one of Argentina's most important churches and surrounded by old estancias. The province of San Luis to the west is a much-ignored extension of the pampas region, and the town of Merlo, which enjoys a pleasant microclimate, is a good base for camping, riding, rockclimbing and hiking. To the north, the province of Córdoba, which can be divided into the popular Sierras and more out-of-the-way Traslasierra ranges, is another ranching and agricultural region.
Not all the rustic culture hails from the pampas or in the centre of the country. The north-western provinces have their own proud regional gaucho cultures. Salta, for instance, is famous for its red-and-black ponchos, the haute couture of every local cowboy. Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego also offer opportunities for some serious, long-distance rides.
Seek out the malbecs of Mendoza, then head into the high Andes for some serious hiking (two weeks) Mendoza - Luján de Cuyo - Maipú - Puente del Inca - Los Penitentes - Las Leñas
Argentina came late to the wine wars. By the late 1980s Australia, New Zealand and co had all established their wineries overseas, so when Argentina – which had been making wines for local consumption since the Jesuits produced lagrimilla wine four centuries ago – entered the fray, it had to come up with a fresh new grape. It opted for an old, forgotten French one: malbec, which produces a fruity, full-bodied wine that just happens to go perfectly with grilled beef.
Many of Mendoza's most respected wineries – including Finca Flichman, Norton and Catena – are open to the public and allow tastings. Many are free to visit; pick up the Caminos de Las Bodegas guide (£2) – it's essential for independent vineyard touring, which you can do by car or bike.
A new clutch of hotels has opened to cater to wine-loving travellers, organising tours and tastings, while vineyards such as Salentein have created their own boutique hotels. Grapes are harvested late February/early March, celebrated with Mendoza's Fiesta de la Vendimia (Wine Harvest Festival).
Mendoza owes its year-round sun, ideal for many wines, to the rain-shadow provided by the Andes mountain range. Take a short drive west of the city to the Puente del Inca for views of Aconcagua (6,962m), the highest mountain in the Americas and a non-technical, but nonetheless extremely testing, climb. For non-summiters, the Puente – a natural rock formation that resembles a bridge – is a good starting point for hikes in the foothills.
In winter (late July through to early October), there's a ski season at nearby Los Penitentes (another rock formation, this time resembling cowled monks) and Las Leñas.
See indigenous culture and historical gems in Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy (three weeks) Tucumán - Tafi del Valle - Quilmes - Cafayate - Salta - Cachi - Salta - Purmamarca - Tilcara - Humahuaca - Abra Pampa - La Quiaca
Somewhere north-west of Cordóba city the pampas begin to give way to a higher, more arid and far more rugged landscape. Flatness is replaced by green hills and then beige mountains, before rising finally to the grey, snow-capped wall of the Andes.
The main highways follow deep canyons and ravines that reveal multi-coloured rock strata. This is the altiplano – physically stunning and culturally some 300 years older than the rest of Argentina; this is also the place where indigenous culture has survived – the further north you go, the more you start thinking you might be in Bolivia.
Tucumán is the gateway to the region, but it's not an especially traveller-friendly city. The sight worth seeing is the Casa de la Independencia, where independence was declared on 9 July 1816. West of Tucumán, the road winds up through a natural cleft of subtropical forest before arriving at Tafi del Valle, a hilly town set amid grasslands that looks a lot like Wales; sheep rather than llamas graze here, and temperate as well as tropical fruits grow.
The road then rises to rock-strewn prairies and then to the high plains, taking in a 1,000-year-old ruin at Quilmes, the wine-making oasis of Cafayate, the handsome city of Salta (if you have time, take the back road to Cachi to see a park of giant candelabra cacti), the 'Mountain of Seven Colours' at Purmamarca, and the dusty native towns of Tilcara and Humahuaca.
Somewhere along the way, the highway crosses the Tropic of Capricorn and you find yourself at airless, dusty Abra Pampa, where herds of vicuña graze and people wear thick ponchos. Finally there's La Quiaca, a bustling town on the border with Bolivia.
Discover lakes, glaciers, the Welsh and the whales (three to four weeks) Bariloche - Esquel - Trevelin - El Calafate - Lago Argentino & Perito Moreno Glacier - Río Gallegos - Puerto San Julián - Puerto Deseado - Puerto Madryn - Península Valdés
Drive through the heart of Patagonia and at times it feels like an unbroken swathe of arid steppe. In fact, this vast region to the south of the Río Colorado features varied topography, including mountains, lakes, desert, pampas, dunes, forests and glaciers.
There are as many routes through such a huge region as there are roads, but a three- or four-week overland trip allows you to explore the edges of Patagonia – where most of the action is – and make a couple of excursions across the steppe.
A natural entry point is the Lake District in the north-west, served by regular flights from Buenos Aires. Bariloche is one of the most popular summer and winter resort towns in southern South America; while its pseudo-Alpine architecture, chocolate factories and lively bars and cafés are entertaining, the real attraction is the beautiful, big blue eye of Lake Nahuel Huapi.
There are seven more lakes just to the north and a drive along the Ruta de los Siete Lagos (visited by Che Guevara during his motorcycle journey through Latin America) is a highlight. But after seeing San Martín de los Andes and Junín de los Andes – the former a summer and ski resort, the latter a trout-fishing centre – and hiking in some of the low mountains here, it's time to head south.
From Bariloche, the road winds through El Bolsón, known as Argentina's 'hippie capital' (a great camping spot), and the town of Esquel. The latter is the terminus for the Old Patagonian Express, now only a novelty rail service for tourists. South of Esquel is the ranch where Butch and Sundance holed up during their Patagonian sojourn in the 1900s and, close by, the town of Trevelin.
The latter is one of Patagonia's Welsh towns, and is worth a stopover to see its chapels, tea shops and Welsh museum. A sharp left turn here will take you down the Welsh valley explored by the pioneering settlers between the 1860s and 1890s, but unless you are on a Cymru-themed pilgrimage continue south through the empty spaces of central Patagonia – by way of the oft-ignored but lovely Parque Nacional Perito Moreno – and you will eventually arrive in one of Patagonia's most popular centres: El Calafate. This is the base for visiting huge, turquoise Lago Argentino, the immense Perito Moreno glacier and its surrounding national park, and the lunar landscapes of desert and steppe to the south of the lake.
From El Calafate many head into Chile to trek around Torres del Paine, but if you want more Argentina, cut across the steppe to Río Gallegos to follow the Ruta 3 highway up the coast. There's a handful of wind-blasted forlorn towns along the way, but the essential stops are Puerto San Julián, to see where Magellan made landfall in 1520; Puerto Deseado, for its porpoises and cormorant colonies; and Puerto Madryn, a convivial resort where the Welsh arrived in 1865.
Madryn, as locals call it, is the base for exploring the Península Valdés. From June to December this is the place to see southern right whales basking in the bay off Puerto Pirámides; seal and sea-lion colonies inhabit the peninsula year round. It's also possible to spot pods of orca hunting offshore. If penguins are your thing, head back to Madryn and south to Punta Tombo, site of the largest continental Magellanic penguin colony in the world.
What next? Well, you've still not seen that vast nada of the steppe, so take a left off Ruta 3 wherever you like and explore...
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Posted by PaxHouse on 6/8/2007, 1:41 pm Another fascinating Issue {#3} is currently released and it's another amazing tale on the Group that trying {but with little success so far} to leave the life of super-heroics..... And so....here're the main Spoilers in short form..... U P P O R T I N G P O I L A G E S The group are at a Hospital, worrying about Julie Power's condition. The group learning about what happenned with Ricochet, Hollow/Penance & Lightspeed. Hollow/Penance coming up to the group and share a moment with Phil. The villians responsible for Hollow's capture appearing, in which the female leader KNOWS who they all are. Mattie angrily attacking the leader, in which she avoids the charge easily. Mickey ending up with resolving the conflict; thus allowing the villians to leave, much to Mattie's dissatifaction. Mickey angrily reminding Mattie that they're no longer 'supers' and that she's cleaning the mess that she, Darkhawk & Ricochet were responsible for...{Plus Mickey refusing DH's company}.... Hollow staying at Phil's place. Mickey's alone in bed. Mattie holding a drink. Johnny looking at his costume, in which had blood stains earlier. An empty hospital bed and a rainbow streak seen outside the room's window. And Phil looking into the Mirror, with the Image of the GREEN GOBLIN face looking back. So let's hear your thoughts as well....
Well, well, well.....
Phil Urich's recent thoughts regarding the Group.
Great storytelling, thought slighty different since this was from Phil's POV plus excellent artwork from Karl Moline equal another great Issue for this Mini...
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This little cub was being inquisitive and came really close
Again from the series taken last week at WHF in Kent .....morning with the snow!
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cutie of the week award for sure Lillian earliy upload today too much of that red wine last night great capture love it
Fantastic shot Lillian, superb detail and colour, I love the wee bit of snow on his nose
absolutely gorgeous in every conceivable way ! love it
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Great work Lillian
The detail really is amazing, Lillian, you can almost feel the fur.
So So beautiful Lillian, did you know Fred (Badgerfred) is in hospital, he phoned me today! He was out with his dog and suffered a fall and has broken his ankle, he waited seven hours for ambulance to take him to hospital, the Welsh ambulance service has had some stick and knowing this, it is deserved, he has had an operation and is recovering in Hospital, he has asked me to pass this info on to the site!
What a stunning portrait of this beautiful tiger cub, Lillian...great eye contact too
Wow Lilian!!! Talk about in your face. Stunning.
Cute as buttons, especially with that snowflake.
My favourite Lillian. Love the snow on the nose & the sharpness around the face & eyes.
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Top class indeed Lillian and such an inquisitive pose. great detail captured so well.
A delightful image of this youngster, I like the wide eyed innocence you've managed to convey
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When making a campaign stop at 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', the Republican presidential candidate also describes his main GOP rival, Rick Santorum, as 'press secretary'.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has brought laughter to "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". On Tuesday, March 27, the 65-year-old politician sat down with host Jay Leno, and joked that he would pick Leno's late night competitor, David Letterman, as his Vice Presidential running mate.
The joke came after Leno expressed his disbelief that Romney hasn't made a list for his vice presidential choices. "It's never come up? I'm not even running and I discuss it with my wife," said the host, leading the former Massachusetts Governor to say, "I'll tell you what. I can do you a favor with this. I'll choose David Letterman. We can help us both out."
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Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
On at least one point the refs caved, so I'm not sure to what he is referring...
"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."
Green Bay wasn't the only team on the field to get screwed by questionable calls on Monday.
The only reason the last play happened is because GB was allowed to continue their scoring drive by that phantom PI call.
Regardless, I'm thrilled that the real refs are coming back.
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oh we all know it's Goodell caving, the bottom line is Goodell has to give the refs more than he is now, which up to this point was NOTHING, Goodell dug his heels in, and now his product is suffering, and we can thank the replacement refs, any concessions the refs gave, they didn't have to and shouldn't have.
The NFL brand IS Roger Goodell. I liked him when he came in, but he's botched so many things since he's become commissioner. Tags was too soft, and Goodell is too much of a hardliner at times.
Here's some of your classier Green Bay fans tweeting Tate:
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At least this gaffe wasn't useless as it's brought back the refs.
I second that emotion.
"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."
Goodell works for the owners of the NFL teams. He's an employee. And like any good employee, he does what the owners tell him to do. From what I've read and heard, all the refs wanted was the same contract they had last year and they got a 4% pay raise, plus their previous compensation remained the same.
NFL caved after their image was being tarnished and their product was becoming the butt of jokes. The NFL owners made a mistake by hiring officials that couldn't get real jobs.
When reached for comment, several of the replacement referees also expressed their excitement to return to officiating at high school and junior college games where they get bitched at by real fans instead of drunk corporate pricks in $900 seats.
Both sides got what they wanted.
"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me."
LOL, bring back the replacement refs after that Colston TD catch.
You think the MNF debacle only put pressure on the league, and not the refs as well?
What was going on was EXTREMELY detrimental to the NFL as a brand. To prolong that kind of league ruining circus, would have damaged the NFL as a whole even more than it had already... Goodell, the owners, the players, and yes, the refs and their union would all suffer the repercussions.
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Texas redshirt freshman quarterback Connor Brewer has been granted an unconditional release to transfer.
The school announced the move Tuesday night. A statement from the school did not say where Brewer would transfer.
A former high school all-American, Brewer was one of the top quarterback recruits in the country out of Scottsdale, Ariz., but was just one of several Longhorns battling for the No. 2 spot behind starter David Ash.
In a statement, Brewer said it was in his "best interest" to pursue other options for his college career. Texas coach Mack Brown said he wishes Brewer the "best of luck."
Texas reserve QB Brewer to transfer
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