text:
Featured Writers |
Featured Articles |
Tips for voters and new voters - IA and CO have same-day Register-and-vote.
The reason every vote counts, even yours, is that several races are much tighter than some reporting tells you, so the Senate majority will be at stake. (Today, Chuck Todd said, "Republicans in Iowa are starting to worry". That's because the turnout #s and last week's early voting so far are not reassuring to GOP, as they cannibalized their Election Day voters, just to gin up the EV #s.) Another state, Alaska also has had mixed polling signals, and has reported EV#s encouraging to Dems, a possible boost in a surprising state.
IOWA polls are open to 9:00. If you're young or you're old, and not yet registered - note that any Iowa potential voter can register and vote even on Election Day. If you reside in Iowa and are a US citizen you need to select from one of these documents in order to Register: - a photo ID that is current and contains an expiration date that is either: an out-of-state driver's license or non-driver card (for proof of identity), or an Iowa driver's license, or student ID from an Iowa high school or Iowa college,
or employer ID card, If the document above does not show your current Iowa address then you can use one of these documents to prove your address in Iowa: cell phone bill or utility bill, residential lease, bank statement, paycheck, government check or other government document. If you don't have these documents to demonstrate your identity / residency, another registered voter from your precinct can attest for you. You and the attester will both sign written oaths to accomplish this. Polls stay open TIL 9 pm, in IOWA Wait... There's more! (641 words in story) Place your Early Vote (or Absentee): NC, GA
Here are tips to bank your rightful vote in your state.
For NORTH CAROLINA, Early Voting is available through Saturday 11/1, until 1 p.m. at many sites, each county. Check the link to list below [a couple of centers close at noon]. Bank your vote ahead at one of the vote centers in your county – so you don't get caught up in the "precinct shuffle" (disqualifying shenanigans) that can happen on Election Day. Click to reach the interactive map, and List of early voting sites, with hours. The printed list is organized by county, and the order is semi-alphabetical, not fully alphabetized. (Some Brunswick and Mecklenburg come lower than Yancy, at the bottom, for example). During early voting, you can vote at ANY early vote center in your county. This is an advantage: it can be better than on Election Day, where if election officials switch or move your precinct assignment (sometimes there are different precincts at different tables in the same building for voting), they will disqualify your vote for voting in the "wrong precinct". So I recommend early voting. 1 thing you need to know.
ID: It's not needed in 2014 in No. Carolina. But poll worker in 2014 will ask about it anyway.
www.gotidnc.com Wait... There's more! (695 words in story) Info to Early vote - in GA, NC, COLO - Some locations have Sunday (10/26) voting
Here are some resources to find availability, and hours, of vote centers to use for early voting, and info about voter ID for:
ID in North Carolina will be asked for, but does not need to be shown until the 2016 election, except for some 1st-time voters whose identifying information wasn't verified with registration.
The early voting advantage is this -- you can vote at any center in your county during the early vote period to have your vote counted. Votes will not be disqualified for being "out of precinct."
The list shows some with Sunday (10/26) early voting, at some of the locations in >> Chatham County, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, and Richmond. Wait... There's more! (987 words in story) Early Vote (now!) in North Carolina. Here's handy county Location list, map and Hours.
Early voting started Thursday. Bank your vote ahead at one of the vote centers in your county – so you don't get caught up in the "precinct shuffle" (disqualifying shenanigans) that can happen on Election Day.
Click below to see link to interactive map, with hours. Wait... There's more! (380 words in story) Chris Christie. The Governor (of the National Pork Producers Council, Iowa)
Why did Chris Christie veto the agriculture bill to ban the farming practice that confines pregnant sows inside narrow, immobilizing "gestation crates"? Does it owe to Iowa being first-in-the-nation to hold its voting caucus for the Presidential nomination, in 2016? Iowa is the No. 1 hog producing state.
In May, the Des Moines based National Pork Producers Council (NPCC) contacted governor Christie and instructed him to not let the bill become law. The bill to ban the inhumane caging of pregnant sows passed the New Jersey legislature overwhelmingly in the spring, by votes of 60 - 5 in the Assembly and 29 - 4 in the state Senate. The 2' x 7' cages for breeding sows are too narrow to permit the animals to turn around freely. They are widely regarded as inhumane confinement. Supporting the assembly and Senate vote, a survey of New Jerseyans (Mason-Dixie) has 91% in favor of ending the practice, 4% opposed. Christie vetoed the bill in June. Two months later, he vetoed 3 gun-control measures, one he had first proposed himself — after the lobby group Pro-Gun New Hampshire sent warnings they were watching him on these bills. (More info on the gun vetoes here.) Increasingly, Christie will govern with an eye to Iowa and New Hampshire, instead of his own state interests. Wait... There's more! (1224 words in story) House: a Majority in name only. Is John Boehner Speaker in name only (SPINO)?
Let's face facts. When the votes were counted in November 2012, Democrats running for the House collected 1.7 million more votes than Republicans. For Democratic members, the ballots totaled 60.2 million and for Republican members, 58.5 million. (see link, pdf pg 15)
So it's fair to ask: is John Boehner of Ohio a SPINO, a Speaker in Name only? The House majority from 2012 was manufactured almost entirely from the gerrymanders rammed through statehouses in 2010 that sent more R's than D's to the Capitol to take seats in the House of Representatives, 234-201. The House is supposed to be proportional representation. It's not. Wait... There's more! (469 words in story) Will Boehner get rid of premium rebates?
In August, insurers who overbilled subscribers in 2012 refunded $504 million. The rebates are required by law by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
From the Twin Cities Pioneer Press, Aug. 5:
Next round of health insurance rebate checks going out In two years, St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis has received nearly $25,000 in rebates from its health insurance company. The full list by state is published here at cms.gov website (pdf page) The rebates vary by state. Here are some for individual subscribers (not in a group employer plan). - In FLA, 300,000 covered individuals get a rebate check averaging $164 per family ($40 million to individual households in Fla.) Wait... There's more! (391 words in story) Dec 12, 2012 school attack with knife, 23 assault victims. 23 survived.
It's time to overcome timidity, the common wisdom and "consensus" seeking lawmakers -- and move to the floor of the Senate all major proposals for gun control. Time to face down the opposition. Senators can recognize what a majority of Americans have now come to realize and accept.
On December 12, 2012, in a primary school in Henan province, China, a 30-year old man carrying a long knife and unfiltered rage inflicted a senseless attack on 22 helpless children and 1 adult at the Chenpeng village school. That fateful morning 23 victims were stabbed and wounded, and needed hospitalization. In Henan China, 23 assault victims survived. In Newtown Connecticut, USA, 20 children and 6 adults succumbed to multiple gunshots. And lost their lives. In the aftermath of the murders in Newtown, a convincing majority of Americans now desire curtailing assault weapons, says a recent poll from Quinnipiac University. In the April 4 poll, 59% favor a "nationwide ban" on the sale of assault weapons, and 36% are opposed. Even in GOP-friendly regions, the support holds up. 58% in the West and 60% in the South favor the ban. Wait... There's more! (767 words in story) Hide this Presidential poll (Investors Business Daily)
The IBD-TIPP poll now has an even national race (O +0.7), and reports "Obama holding a slender 46.7% to 46.0% edge over Romney" (Likely voters).
* Obama's slight edge, which has emerged in the last 3 days, has in large part been built on a drop in independent support for Romney On the front page of Investor's Business Daily: "IBD/TIPP Poll: Obama Up 0.7 Point For 3rd Day" It is a turn from what had been a 5-point lead for Romney in the IBD/TIPP poll release three days earlier, and from a 2-point lead for Romney four days earlier. Yesterday's release of reults for IBD/TIPP was similar: Day 5: Oct. 13, 2012
Obama: +0.7 In a further sign of a tight presidential race, the results remained unchanged in our most recent sounding of likely voters. You'll have trouble finding any of the 3 days of poll releases posted at the usual suspect places (the wires, politico, networks etc.).
Here is today's update. Wait... There's more! (356 words in story) John Boehner: Repeal THIS.
Rebate checks to subscribers from insurers
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives stages a dramatic – and pointless – spectacle to vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. aka Obamacare. For the GOP reps, the grounds they've claimed for reversing the law is to hold off costs for patients and keep the feds out of all things health and insurance related. Medicare excepted. But what if a true repeal actually stopped your insurance carrier from sending a check in the mail to you? Not a future, theoretical check but an immediate, summer/2012 (due August 1) rebate. For some Americans who hold individual policies, insurance carriers are rebating to 4 million of their subscribers excess premium collected, $390 million worth, required to be refunded Aug. 1. Across 44 states, the average family refund, if your insurer overbilled, is $152 (sorry Arkansas, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont - at least in the initial published list, your carriers were efficient enough that your states are out of the running). There's wide variation across states: $240 on average for 300,000 subscribers in FLA, $193 for 24,000 in LA, $205 for 99,000 in Michigan, $139 for 181,000 in Missouri, $651 for 15,000 in Mississippi, $203 for 16,000 in Montana, $218 for 26,000 in NC, $267 for 30,000 in Nebraska, $106 for 130,000 in Oklahoma, $360 for 13,000 in OR, $238 for 133,000 in PA, $227 for 105,000 in SC, $356 for 657,000 in TX -- a whopping $134 million for the state of Texas alone. Also $383 for 10,000 in WV, and $356 for 5,000 in Wyoming. Wait... There's more! (419 words in story) A Hopeless Legion of Loons"Oh, big conniver, nothing but a jiver, done got hip to your jive, Wait... There's more! (1201 words in story) A Jobs Recovery - but are lawmakers cutting positions as fast as they can?
Firms in the private sector have added positions steadily since the spring of 2010, after painful shrinkage in 2008 and 2009.
These are decisions made in statehouses by our elected officials. Wait... There's more! (96 words in story) The Picture backdrop at Reagan library debate
At the candidates presidential debate (MSNBC - Politico), the Republican contenders will vie to reclaim the mantle of the Ronald Reagan legacy. Here it is, in a surprise image:
This was the natural outcome of "less is more" tax optimism ideology. The roaring 80s was the first modern time when the country wasn't at war that the U.S. turned to finance the economy by giving foreigners ownership of more assets of ours than we had a stake in theirs. Wait... There's more! (173 words in story) Murdoch's Minions Helped Steal 2000 Election for Bush
The same Rupert Murdoch Fox team headed by network boss Roger Ailes not only helped fan the flames for the invasion of Iraq. It was necessary first to install the right trusted neoconservative team in the White House and this was accomplished through stealing the election for George W. Bush.
With Florida regarded as the crucial state that would provide the election winner and keys to the White House in 2000, the Republican team had a trump card in place with Bush's younger brother Jeb serving as Florida's governor. By scrubbing numerous minorities legitimately qualified to vote from voters' lists on grounds that they were felons, the Bush clan felt it was in good shape where the Sunshine State was concerned. As the Bush brothers and father sat in their hotel suite election night, shock waves emerged when it was announced that Florida had been projected into Gore's column. Shortly thereafter a first in presidential election politics occurred. The three Bushes were shown in their suite. An obviously pre-arranged script was followed and it was simple enough that even George W. was able to follow it. The snippet began with candidate George W. warning that their best evidence, meaning the calculations of brother Jeb, revealed that they would win Florida. Wait... There's more! (1179 words in story) Murdoch Playbook Revealed: Push for War, Fake the Results in Iraq
The spying activities being currently revealed about Rupert Murdoch's operations should be anything but surprising to anyone taking the trouble to analyze what has been happening.
There was the same rush to war in Iraq as there would be to instill George W. Bush in office and keep him there by hook or crook, using such unsubtle means in 2004 as to have commentators that Bill O'Reilly assured us operated objectively count down the number of days to Bush's re-election. To use the term re-election was a falsehood since it has been fully documented that Bush was never actually elected in 2000. Murdoch's Fox News operation received a break. It came when New York Times reporter Judith Miller's revealed in print and in a PBS series that Iraq's ruthless dictator Saddam Hussein, who was brought to power with ample CIA assistance, possessed weapons of mass destruction including deadly chemical weapons. Wait... There's more! (1021 words in story)
Open Letter to David Cameron on Freedom of Speech, Government Surveillance and What to Do
About the Author: Matthew Jones is an elected BitShares delegate, one of the worlds first people to be employed by a decentralised autonomous company working for a blockchain hive-mind. BitShares allows for stable cryptocurrency trading on a libertarian exchange.
Dear David Cameron, You recently claimed that certain forms of modern communication cannot be allowed to happen in private. I wanted to let you know that writing was invented over five thousand years ago and speaking, privately or publicly, predates writing by hundreds of thousands of years. There is nothing modern about private communication. What is modern, are high literacy rates and the Internet. High literacy rates mean people communicate though writing much more than they used to. The Internet facilitates written communication, identifies the communicators, and due to the nature of writing, keeps a record of it. This gives governments the ability to monitor their citizen's communication on mass for the first time. Ever. Wait... There's more! (2217 words in story) How to End Campaign Finance Worries with Internet Voting
Like the horseless carriage 100 years ago, Internet voting is coming to the USA. Not only is it convenient and green, but security has been proven manageable by e-commerce.
An Internet voting system, rightly organized, can even neutralize the power of Big Money in all US elections. Democracy in the US can be enhanced immensely. But how would that work? Wait... There's more! (866 words in story) Union Slap-downs?
by Cody Lyon
It might also serve Americans to call upon the greater spirits of worker history in this nation and remember too, that it wasn't unions who over time stripped private sector workers of any sense of collective bargaining power over the years, it was instead company hunger for a better bottom line on Wall Street. Wait... There's more! (786 words in story) Hope in a Time of Sorrow
There seems to be a constant series of examples in history that reflect what we are living through this week: from Psistratus in Athens to Caesar in Rome to the Duke of Lancaster in 15th-century England to Napoleon to Lenin and Hitler and now to Karl Rove, a multitude of fellows have harnessed populist outrage to their own carriage in order to seize power. That outrage, changing the metaphor, flows into the furious stream into which Boehner and McConnell and Palin launched their boats last night.
Wait... There's more! (850 words in story) Democratic Future, Black Holes, and Obama Polls
We still have the senate and the presidency, so let's focus on the future.
Back in the 1960s British Cosmologist Fred Hoyle, who coined the term 'Big Bang', wrote a series of papers theorizing that life on Earth (and perhaps elsewhere) began out in the seeming void of deep space. His peers thought he was delusional. Until along came Lew Snyder, then of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He asserted that Hoyle had the right idea and that prebiotic molecules (molecules believed to be involved in the processes leading to the origin of life) could not only evolve in deep space, but could also be distributed throughout the universe enduring the unimaginable torment of interstellar travel. Furthermore, he could prove it. Seems that many compounds have a unique and identifiable radio-wave signature - something that can be detected with the use of radio telescopes. With this method, they theorized, you could point radio telescopes at the cosmos and by measuring the radio-wave signatures you could determine the molecular compounds that exist in the targeted region. This would tell us if complex, organic and prebiotic compounds are created and endure in deep space. Sure enough, in 1969 they discovered interstellar formaldehyde - a complex, prebioitc compound. Since then, astronomers have discovered more than 150 molecules in deep space. Most interesting of these found is acetonitrile, a molecule structurally similar to glycine - one of the building blocks of biological proteins. All this is profoundly important as it sets the stage for validating a once-absurd theory - that life on Earth (and perhaps throughout the universe) may have been seeded from deep-space chemical reactions. This cold-sounding theory of our origins clearly runs counter to cherished beliefs that we are God's children or that we have a special place in this universe. Such a possibility could prove profoundly unsettling to many to say the least. But there is no worry here. Not because the possibility doesn't exist. It does. The reason not to worry is that people en masse tend to see only what is in front of them and only that which is most emotionally comfortable. For most people, such things are far too arcane and intangible to seriously consider. What they see before them and what they've been taught growing up is all that they know and all that they care to know. And that is the way it is with most things - with evolution, with global warming -- and so it is with ideology and politics. Whatever is before us is all that there is. The economy is a disaster. There's a war in Iraq. The jobless situation is devastating. The housing market is in shambles. Obama is the president. And the Democrats are in charge. That leads to an obvious conclusion for most - that Obama and the Democrats have brought this upon us - that they are the ones who must pay the price for our pain. Wait... There's more! (1579 words in story) Reversing HistoryGlenn Beck and Karl Rove and Swift-Boat financier Bob Perry who is sending hundreds of thousands to Susana Martinez, are not just trying to prevent New Mexico from, for example, participating in the new health care exchange that will bring competition for the first time into health insurance coverage. Their goal is not nearly so limited. These men, Beck and Rove, and women like presidential contender Sarah Palin, and senate contender Christine O'Donnell in Delaware, are not about now. They are explicitly--they say so outloud--about reversing all the gains of the 1930s New Deal and even before. They want to forget the passion and suffering that brought about a century of liberal reform. Wait... There's more! (577 words in story) Democrats Should've Passed Everything I Wanted the Way I Wanted it in Obama's First Two Years!
Who cares! Let the GOP win the House tomorrow
We don't need no stinkin' House majority. What have the Democrats done for us anyway? Sure, Time Magazine says that the Democrats have implemented "the most ambitious energy legislation in history... ...pouring $90 billion into clean energy, including unprecedented investments in a smart grid; energy efficiency; electric cars; renewable power from the sun, wind and earth; cleaner coal; advanced biofuels; and factories to manufacture green stuff in the U.S. The act will also triple the number of smart electric meters in our homes, quadruple the number of hybrids in the federal auto fleet and finance far-out energy research through a new government incubator modeled after the Pentagon agency that fathered the Internet." Oh, and it also said that, because of Obama and the Democrats, "There's $8 billion for a high-speed passenger rail network, the boldest federal transportation initiative since the interstate highways. There's $4.35 billion in Race to the Top grants to promote accountability in public schools, perhaps the most significant federal education initiative ever -- it's already prompted 35 states and the District of Columbia to adopt reforms to qualify for the cash. There's $20 billion to move health records into the digital age, which should reduce redundant tests, dangerous drug interactions and errors caused by doctors with chicken-scratch handwriting. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius calls that initiative the foundation for Obama's health care reform and "maybe the single biggest component in improving quality and lowering costs." But they just keep going on and on and on about all that... ...boring. And then there is Rolling Stone that made the extensive case that Obama "Averted a Depression", "Sparked a Recovery", "Saved the U.S. Auto Industry", "Reformed Health Care in America", "Cut Corporate Welfare", "Restored America's Reputation", "Protected Consumers", and "Launched a Clean-Energy Moonshot". So what! Wait... There's more! (1205 words in story) Cell-Phone-Only Households Will Save Democrats: Look at the Numbers
The latest rage - or outrage - on the right is this Newsweek Poll. You know, the Newsweek poll - the one that said that Obama has a 54% approval rating and that 48% of registered voters prefer to vote for a Democrat, while only 42% lean Republican.
That Newsweek Poll. Seems the Repuglinuts don't like that poll because it doesn't fit their teabag revolution narrative. They slant their brows in angry scowls, slam their hammy fists and declare the poll an outlier, unfit for human consumption!!! "Look at Real Clear Politics," they insist. "Their totally and completely non-partisan analysis of polling numbers shows that the Newsweek poll is a fake, a lie, a CONSPIRACY - all designed by the VLWC to raise the specter of Republican failure only days before the greatest and most important election of forever." Oh, what a world! Hmmmm. So what about that Newsweek poll? Was it an outlier? Was it in any way valid? Are we desperate for a sprig of hope? Are we totally delusional? After all, that Newsweek poll totally disagrees with all those other, much, MUCH more legitimate polls that show Obama with a -0.0% likey-likey rating and a generic ballot that suggests a pickup for the Republicans somewhere between 1.2 million and infinity seats in the House. The Reality is that these pollsters sometimes have a difficult time adjusting to a thing we all refer to as "Progress". Say it with me Pro-gress. Wait... There's more! (834 words in story) Stop Celebrating Christopher Columbus Day
Well, the day has come and gone. Some were grateful to have the day off from work while ALL school children were psyched to have the day free from school.
But I think it's time to find something else to celebrate in October, as I'm sick of having the day off in the name of a shameless, murderous, tyrant. Aren't you? I'm sure you've heard by now -- your first grade elementary history lessons were crap - lies your teacher told you in order to perpetuate a fairytale that Columbus was a hero. To get a taste of Christopher Columbus' real character, It's best to hear the story in his own words. So let's start with this journal entry, written by Columbus himself. (Source: Howard Zinn's, A People's History of the United States). The entry is Columbus' reaction to the innocence, and hospitality of the indigenous Arawak population of his `new world'. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of this in his log: Wait... There's more! (1116 words in story) How to Avoid Another Iraq Debacle
Have you ever heard an idea that was so brilliant and clever, so simple and beautiful that it rang right through your being - an ideological love-at-first-sight? On every level it made total sense and triggered "Why didn't I think of that".
Well, I heard such a thing the other day - some guy somewhere on the radio (so I'm not trying to take credit for the idea), but the guy sounded so damn sensible that I thought I should share the idea. Okay, okay... so let's set the stage. Here we are, over seven years into the invasion of Iraq. The cost has been incalculable in terms of loved ones lost, families broken, international respect dissolved, trust in government undermined. Financially, the invasion's cost has had both short and long-term destructive consequences. CostofWar.com estimates the to-date cost of the Invasion at $737 billion - a bargain by most other estimates. The Washington Post insists that the true cost of the war is at least $3 trillion -- this compared to the Bush Administration's projection of a laughable $50 billion. HA!!! But the joke is on us. After all, we knew he and his cronies were lying when they lied us into Iraq. All the objective evidence pointed to one thing - that Saddam was a paper tiger with no program of 'weapons of mass destruction' and no means or intent to begin one, yet here we are. ALL the goddamn evidence pointed to that. Wait... There's more! (1517 words in story) Understanding Intolerance: Tyler Clementi
by Cody Lyon
Changing hearts and minds is sometimes best left to moments like this horrible tragedy in the Hudson when a young and gifted soul felt he had to leave this earth. The brutal evidence of society's intolerance often shows up in the most hurtful events. This appears to be one of them. Wait... There's more! (673 words in story) Top 9 Reasons the GOP Will Fail to Take Either the House or the Senate
Not quite the narrative du jour. Nevertheless, it is the most likely scenario to evolve. True, Republicans will make gains - major gains, but they will fail to overtake the Democrats in either house of congress.
That Republicans will make gains is no surprise. The party out of power - and in this case way out of power -- nearly always benefits in the midterm elections. And, as we wade through the muck of destruction left in George W. Bush's wake, we must also expect that those currently in charge will take a hit for the current state of the nation, regardless of whom was responsible for it. Also no surprise is that the minority party will be the party with greater 'passion' and thus the most 'likely' voters. The frustration of powerlessness is a great motivator. Thus the media narrative of which we are all familiar. There are, however, some elements to this year's election cycle that might be surprising, some things that run counter to the narrative that Republicans will take the day. These are things that will deny the GOP their fantasy of a congressional majority. And here they are, conveniently bullet-pointed for your perusal: Top 9 Reasons the GOP Will Fail to Take Either the House or the Senate Wait... There's more! (1818 words in story) Democrats Are Our Only Hope on Global Warmiing
We... ... as in humans. And no, not all humans, but many millions of humans - particularly those with the fewest resources who live in the world's most vulnerable conditions - are at risk of absolute destruction.
All because of the long-term effects of global warming. A little overdramatic? Maybe for you, but not for them. We've known about the greenhouse effect and human-induced global warming for decades, yet we've done nearly nothing to stifle its progress. The global warming 'skeptics' - aka: the greedy, the misinformed, and the willfully ignorant among us who find some reward in questioning scientific consensus or fantasizing about environmental conspiracies - are a large part of the problem. But so are the rest of us. We are the adults who rightfully talk down to these people. We know and accept the reality of the situation and the daunting prognosis that shadows it. We know the threat posed and even the steps necessary to mitigate and eventually halt the warming process. Yet we do nothing as a society. We still drive our SUVs, buy cheap crap from China, leave lights on all over the house, and drink water out of plastic throw-aways. Glaciers recede, the Arctic melts, deserts grow, oceans acidify, weather patters go haywire and storms intensify. Political will for action is cowed by constant campaigns and elections and by electorates more concerned about the heft of their pocket right now than the likely condition of the world in which their grandchildren will be raised. But why? Wait... There's more! (1080 words in story) GOP Clown College Strategy: Blame Obama for Republican Failures
It's a tired theme. Take the massive heap of Republican failures and affix them firmly to the top of Obama's head. Draw a big, fat target, and take aim.
Puh - lease. Now, I expect Republicans to run with this nonsense. They've got nothing else. But as for you Democrats and Independents... Really? Are you going to fall for that? Don't accept their nonsense. Stand up for yourself. For your ideology. For your president. When someone asks you how Obama could possibly have the nerve to create such huge deficits in such tough times, please remind them that the historic budget surplus left by Clinton was unapologetically morphed into an ungodly deficit by G. W. Bush thanks in large part to a war based on lies and multiple tax cuts to the richest of the rich. Wait... There's more! (418 words in story) Obama Has done Exactly What He Promised to Do
We should've been so lucky as to have genuine single-payer, universal healthcare here like the dangerous and frightening socialists abroad.
We would've been ecstatic to welcome ALL of our soldiers back from desert wastelands to our beloved fields of grain and purple mountains majesty. We could've sighed with relief as those who built the catalyst for financial collapse were brought swiftly and brutally to justice. But reality got in our way. In particular, we met a pipsqueak, congressional minority eager to abuse the power of filibuster, a belligerent foe willing to fill the void of a U.S.-less Iraq, a resurgent Taliban, and an economy that would cease to exist without a functioning banking system. With all that, with all the obstacles, with all the critics (from both sides of the aisle), Obama was still able to fulfill the key promises of his campaign. Below, I've compiled what I believe to be the presidents most important promises fulfilled.
Cell therapy is the medicine of the next century. It's the approach that has the potential to be the most game-changing medical advance since the introduction of antibiotics. George W. Bush's halt to federally funded stem-cell research, delaying progress for nearly a decade, was a crime against humanity. If there is any issue upon which Obama has restored hope, it is here, and we should all be eternally grateful. Numbers two through eight are after the jump. Wait... There's more! (1418 words in story)
Login |


text:
The Department of World Languages at Western Michigan University offers majors and minors in French.
- French major: education curriculum
- French major: non-teaching
- French minor: education curriculum
- French minor: non-teaching
Language majors must satisfy WMU's baccalaureate-level writing requirement by successfully completing Foreign Literature in English Translation (LANG 3750) or East and West Literary Relations (LANG 4040).
Requirements for the major or minor may change with each new WMU undergraduate catalog. No student may graduate under a catalog that is more than 10 years old.
Only courses in which a grade of "C" or better is obtained will be counted toward a French major or minor.
We encourage you to make an appointment with an advisor of French if you have any questions about your French studies. As a major or minor, you are encouraged to meet each semester with your advisor of French as well as your curriculum advisor, typically in the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Education and Human Development.
Follow the placement guidelines to determine an appropriate course for your language studies.
French courses
Courses in English about French language and culture:
- Francophone Culture (FREN 2750)
- Foreign Literature in English Translation: Views of Humanity (LANG 3750)
Study abroad
The department offers study abroad programs for French studies. If you desire to earn French credits through participation in a study abroad program, contact an advisor of French. A program must be approved before it is undertaken.
Meet students who have taken exciting study abroad journeys
Daniel S.
Major: French, secondary education
Minor: history
YouTube video
Erica P.
Major: French; film, video and media
YouTube video
Yatesha R.
Major: interpersonal communication
Minor: French
YouTube video
Amie M.
Major: French, biomedical sciences
Minor: chemistry
YouTube video
Elianna M.
Major: French, fashion design
YouTube video
Check out the latest edition of our French newsletter.
Alliance Française de Kalamazoo
If you have a love of the French language and culture, we encourage you to join and participate in this local organization.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Ron Dayne has horrible balance and other observations
View Single Post
All Pro
Join Date: Oct 2006
Age: 32
Posts: 819
Rep Power:
Re: Ron Dayne has horrible balance and other observations
Originally Posted by
My point is that he has no explosion. The point isn't that 7 yards is bad. Seven yards is quite good but when you've got great blocking on the play, you need to take it for more than seven yards. Those are the ones that are suppose to go for 20+. My point is that more explosive backs would have picked up alot more.
Jeez some of you people are rediculous. Do you just quote random posts and make random statements? Is there a reason for this quote? What's your point?
Overall, I'd be happy for Dayne to be our backup, but he shouldn't start for us next year. Period.
I agree that Ron is not going to every bust one for 80 and take it home, but the guy has played well. I do think we need to find a RB that is capable of breaking massive gains, but for now Ron is our rb, and he is playing pretty solid.
Defense in the name of the game.
View Public Profile
Find More Posts by austintexanite


text:
A National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
Make an appointment: 800-826-HOPE
Patient Care
Education and Training
About City of Hope
Patient Care
Education and Training
About City of Hope
Linda Daee
"You have to have faith in people. Never underestimate their strength of spirit and compassion."
"Obstacles are invitations to accept special challenges," says Linda Daee, reciting a quote a friend once shared with her. "Choose to accept the challenge and the gift you receive is learning that you are not given anything you can't handle."
When Linda was 18 years old, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lupus, an autoimmune disease. Over the next three years, she was treated with chemotherapy due to severe anemia, pericarditis, pulmonary edema, declining kidney function and many other ill effects. Eventually she was well enough to return to college and completed her bachelor's degree in sociology with plans to pursue medical social work. Over the next several years, she explored career options and discovered an unexpected talent as an interior designer.
In 2002, she celebrated marriage to her longtime love on a beach in Mexico. The following year, Linda again became severely anemic and faced a new challenge. The years of chemotherapy used to treat the lupus had destroyed her bone marrow. Her survival now depended upon a bone marrow transplantation (BMT). When testing of family members yielded no matching donor, a search was launched through the National Marrow Donor Program. In October 2003, thanks to the generosity of a stranger, Linda underwent a BMT. Over the next year, with the lupus eliminated and no longer wreaking havoc, she slowly regained her strength. But her challenges were not over.
In 2004, Linda contracted pneumonia and the antibiotics she required caused permanent failure to her already weakened kidneys. Her long-term survival now hinged on a kidney transplant. Once again, extraordinary generosity touched Linda's life. In October 2005, Linda received a kidney from her husband's best friend. Today, Linda feels better than ever. The lupus is gone, her bone marrow is healthy and her new kidney is fully functioning. "I am blessed in so many ways," says Linda. Describing the compassion of the staff at City of Hope and the generosity that has touched her life, she says, "You have to have faith in people. Never underestimate their strength of spirit and compassion."
Patient and Family Guide
City of Hope combines compassionate care with the best and most innovative science. Our 100+ acre campus is designed to meet the full range of needs of our patients and families. This guide is designed to help you take advantage of all that is offered at City of Hope - Duarte.
Read More
Become a Patient - the first steps
To make an appointment for yourself, a family member or a friend, please complete and submit our
Become a Patient Request Form
, or call City of Hope at
Read More
Contact Us
Phone: (800) 826-HOPE (4673)
Hours: M – F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PST)
Calls received after 5 p.m. will be returned the next business day.
Send SMS
Add to Skype
You'll need Skype Credit
Free via Skype
Patient Care Overview
Learn more...
Patient Care Overview
Ask the Experts Events
Become a Patient - the first steps
Community and Patient Events
Find a Clinical Trial
Find a Doctor
How to Obtain Your Medical Records
International Medicine Program
Living with Cancer
Medical Insurance
Online Services
Patient Satisfaction
Refer a Patient
Supportive Care Medicine
Info for Referring Physicians
City of hope welcomes patient referrals from physicians throughout the world. City of Hope is located near northeast Los Angeles, in Duarte, California.
Learn more about City of Hope...
Medical Insurance
Education and Training Overview
Our Clinical Programs
Become a Patient - the first steps
About City of Hope
Find a Clinical Trial
Refer a Patient


text:
Common Locale Data Repository
Developed by | Unicode Consortium |
Initial release | 19 December 2003[1] |
Latest release |
(18 September 2014[1]) |
Container for | XML[2] |
Website | cldr |
The Common Locale Data Repository Project, often abbreviated as CLDR, is a project of the Unicode Consortium to provide locale data in the XML format for use in computer applications. CLDR contains locale specific information that an operating system will typically provide to applications. CLDR is written in LDML (Locale Data Markup Language). The information is currently used in International Components for Unicode, Apple's Mac OS X, OpenOffice.org, and IBM's AIX, among other applications and operating systems.
Among the types of data that CLDR includes are the following:
- Translations for language names.
- Translations for territory and country names.
- Translations for currency names, including singular/plural modifications.
- Translations for weekday, month, era, period of day, in full and abbreviated forms.
- Translations for timezones and example cities (or similar) for timezones.
- Translations for calendar fields.
- Patterns for formatting/parsing dates or times of day.
- Examplar sets of characters used for writing the language.
- Patterns for formatting/parsing numbers.
- Rules for language adapted collation.
- Rules for formatting numbers in traditional numeral systems (like Roman numerals, Armenian numerals, ...).
- Rules for spelling out numbers as words.
- Rules for transliteration between scripts. A lot of it is based on BGN/PCGN romanization.
It overlaps somewhat with ISO 15897 (POSIX locales). POSIX locale information can be derived from CLDR by using some of CLDR's conversion tools.
CLDR is maintained by the CLDR technical committee, which includes organizations from IBM, Apple, Sun Microsystems and some government based organizations. The committee is currently chaired by John Emmons (IBM), with Mark Davis (Google) as vice-chair.[3]
- ^ a b CLDR Releases/Downloads
- ^ Updating DTDs, CLDR makes special use of XML because of the way it is structured. In particular, the XML is designed so that you can read in a CLDR XML file and interpret it as an unordered list of <path,value> pairs, called a CLDRFile internally. These path/value pairs can be added to or deleted, and then the CLDRFile can be written back out to disk, resulting in a valid XML file. That is a very powerful mechanism, and also allows for the CLDR inheritance model.
- ^ http://cldr.unicode.org/index/process#TOC-Officers
External links[edit]
- Common Locale Data Repository, the informational webpage of the CLDR project
- CLDR Tools
- Windows CLDR Tool Open source tool to import CLDR locales into Windows Vista.


text:
Your source for laptop batteries, lcd screens, keyboards, hard drives, and more.
Resource Center
Government & Schools Laptop Parts Finder
Shop By Brand
Other Brands
Shop By Category
Shipping FedEx
Priority Electronics is your source for laptop batteries, accessories, and parts
We welcome and encourage reseller's to contact us regarding product inquiries. With our wide selection of laptop and electronic parts, coupled with our highly motivated and trained customer service representatives, you are sure to receive top quality customer service and satisfaction. Because we are committed to providing you with the highest quality of products and services, we guarantee that all domestic drop shipments will be expedited the same day if ordered before 12:00PM PST. All California businesses in possession of a valid Reseller's Certificate are exempt from state sales tax once the proper information is on file with your account. Please refer to the below information to contact us for special quantity discount pricing. Our live customer service representatives are available to assist you with your questions M-F, 7:00AM-5:00PM PST.
If you would like to apply for net terms with us, please feel free to download the net terms application and fax it to us when completed. The application can be found here
Sales and Customer Service Department:
Phone: Phone: Fax: Email:
We do our best to ship all orders placed before 11:00AM PST the same business day. Orders placed after 11:00AM PST usually ship out the following business day. Choosing Express Processing during checkout extends that time to 1:00PM PST
Customer Service
Shopping Help
Other Information
Laptop Battery Resources


text:
| Thread Tools |
4th February 2009, 20:24 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
Posts: 78,813
| Convert Windows XP look and feel to Windows 7 Windows 7 provides lots of new features along with a newly designed interface. It looks very similar to Windows Vista but there are many GUI changes like redesigned taskbar, Explorer, new boot screen and login screen, etc. If you are still using Windows XP but want to enjoy the new Windows 7 look, then this tutorial will definitely help you. After following this tutorial, you'll get the same Windows 7 look in your Windows XP. http://www.askvg.com/transform-windo...mization-pack/
__________________ |
4th February 2009, 20:26 | #2 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
Posts: 78,813
| these are very cool: Aero Shake, Snap and Peek for XP http://www.askvg.com/get-windows-7-a...-xp-and-vista/ http://www.askvg.com/update-get-wind...-xp-and-vista/ http://www.askvg.com/get-windows-7-a...-xp-and-vista/
__________________ |


text:
Gene Nelson
this wiki
(written from a Production point of view)
Gene Nelson (24 March 1920 – 16 September 1996; age 76), born Leander Eugene Berg, was an American director, dancer, performer, and producer. Nelson directed "The Gamesters of Triskelion", an episode of the original Star Trek series.
Nelson started out as an ice skater in the Sonia Henie Ice Show, then became a dancer and started appearing in Hollywood movies in the late 1940s. After a decade of playing smaller film roles, he turned to directing, and between 1961 and 1979, he helmed numerous feature film and television projects. These include two Elvis Presley movies, Kissin' Cousins (1964, with Yvonne Craig and Teri Garr) and Harum Scarum (1965, with Michael Ansara and Theo Marcuse), and films such as Hand of Death (1962, with Jack Donner) and Your Cheatin' Heart (1964, with Susan Oliver). His television credits include episodes of I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, The F.B.I., Hawaii Five-O, The Mod Squad, Barnaby Jones (starring Lee Meriwether), Starsky and Hutch (starring David Soul), and Fantasy Island (starring Ricardo Montalban).


text:
The MarinaGreen Turtle Cay Abaco, Bahamas Sun, Sea, Surf and Sand |
The Staff at The Other Shore Club in Green Turtle Cay, brings you a place long on service and convenience, yet quiet, relaxed and friendly. Our modern docks have all the amenities, just one quarter of a mile from New Plymouth, on Black Sound, protected, quiet, and safe.
Scroll Down for new pictures of our Marina! We have ice, fresh water, electric, laundry, showers, bait, modern docks, everything you need from a marina. We always go the extra mile to take care of our friends and customers. Dockage is 80 cents per foot per day with a $25.00 minimum. We will work out long term rates and have caretaking arrangements for your boat if needed. Maximum dockage length is 100 feet. Electric: 120/220 60 Hz single phase. 30 Amp power is $12.00/day, and 50 Amp is $20.00/day. Controlling depth is 8 feet low tide. We can help you arrange your entire stay in Abaco: whether you want a fishing guide, groceries, or just a Sunfish for a quiet afternoon sail, we're here to help. |
Marina ~ Cottages ~ Location ~ Local Knowledge ~ Links ~ Contact ~ Home ~ Email
The Other Shore Club Green Turtle Cay Abaco, Bahamas Office: 242-365-4226 Dockmaster: 242-365-4338 |


text:
How to Use the GoSun Stove
1,803pages on
this wiki
this wiki
Description Edit
This portable solar oven is unlike any other grill. It cooks about three pounds of food in 20 minutes, with temperatures up to 700F. No charcoal, no propane, no supplies, just smoke and mirrors :) Life is better with this space-age, high efficiency yet easy-to-use low-tech stove. Learn more at www.gosunstove.com or www.facebook.com/gosunstove
Appears on these pages
For the last few years the inventors at GoSun have been pouring their lives into bringing this...
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
current | 13:43, August 30, 2013 | 00:46 | 480 × 269 (26 KB) | PatrickSherwin (Talk | contribs) | created video |


text:
As long as we're discussing alternate history, if ND gets to keep the early TD, then I say Matthews looks around for the ball and makes the catch, and U-M scores on that drive. (I.e., no ND INT followed by their score.)
Support MGoBlog: buy stuff at Amazon
9/12/2009 – Michigan 38, Notre Dame 34 – 2-0
When Michigan headed in at the half down only three because of a confluence of events I saw splattered across "Life on the Margins" in the near future, I wrote the game off. When Michigan turned first and goal from the one into a missed field goal, I wrote the game off. When Armando Allen ran the ball into the endzone and Clausen did his fey little "butt dance," to steal a term from MVictors, I wrote the game off. When LaTerryal Savoy dropped the touchdown pass* that would have given Michigan the win, I was annoyed.
Some things, among them faith and love, reveal themselves only after they form, when some other event makes it clear you have had powerful emotion X about object Y for an indeterminate amount of time. Love tends to brew a long time and reveal itself in spectacularly inopportune fashion. Faith… well, if you let X equal faith and Y equal Tate Forcier, the process is considerably expedited. For the author it came to its enzyme-aided conclusion sometime between Junior Hemingway's second touchdown against Western Michigan and the wild bumper-car rollout that ended in a dart to Savoy and first and goal.
When, exactly, is impossible to tell. Like Denard Robinson, attempting to observe it changes it. But here it is rewarding us with all sorts of dopamine and serotonin and other whatnot on this finest Monday of all Mondays in a fairly long time.
What is up, faith. I am feeling goooooooood.
Rich Rodriguez had spent twenty years earning a little faith as his teams performed, time and again, above their talent level. But the instant he decided to extract himself from what seemed like a poisonous relationship with the rest of the West Virginia athletic department, all of it evaporated.
Almost from the instant Rodriguez arrived on campus the media—first from West Virginia and then locally—painted him as a mercenary, a swearing robot, a rube. It's been covered here a thousand times before so let's just focus on the giant flashing insanity: Rodriguez took a metric ton of crap for breaking his contract, something literally any coach who's ever moved jobs has done. Something that the contract has explicit buyout provisions for. Something that universally-loved John Beilein did one year earlier.
When 3-9 followed the amplitude went up by an order of magnitude, culminating in the Free Press hit job the nation knows and loves. Faith did not exist except in battered, weary pockets. This pocket wavered. It would be impossible not to.
In this space I've alternately mocked and panicked at the idea that external forces or internal dissent could strangle the Rodriguez era in the crib and set Michigan on much the same path Notre Dame has traveled these last 15 years. The parade of inept coaches, inept coaching searches in the frequent interregnums, and mostly unrelenting failure during the brief periods in which the school is not searching for a new inept coach could easily have happened here. Michigan was in the process of chaotic, inept coaching search number one when WVU athletic director Ed Pastilong and Pat White's thumb dumped one of the premiere coaches in college football in Bill Martin's lap and Martin jumped at it without thinking it over.
The public reaction since threatened to undo that stroke of fortune and set Michigan into the spiral that consumed South Bend. The danger was that all those sneering generalists who glanced over from their NBA game to snort "lol" and moved on would actually impact Michigan's ability to reason.
Did it? Will it? It's impossible to tell. Rich Rodriguez and Tate Forcier plan on making the question moot, and have already gone a long way towards doing so.
This is Michigan now, a strange collection of 3.8 GPA kids from New Jersey and Arizona and locals who grew up loving Michigan and kids with dreads from poor, broken places mostly in the south who have one way to get out. Receivers who score game-winning touchdowns and almost lose their cool before apologetically handing the ball to the referee, sir. Woop-gone cuts when the defensive end beats you to the corner in cover zero. The fetishization of work to the point where the S&C coach is the target of adulation so intense that you can call something "Barwis Porn" and not be 100% joking. Hype videos and piped in music. Shotgun hurry-up and quarterbacks slipping by linebacker kill shots. The circle of terror, chest bumps, awkward press conferences, a tear here and there. This is it. This is block-M Michigan.
It's not all great. But take it from a guy who remains a programmer in spirit: life is tradeoffs. Give Rich Rodriguez six dwarves, some baling wire, a walk-on safety from Curtice, Ohio, and someone to spatter paint all over everything and we're good. This is a program of moxie and MacGuyver.
While Terrelle Pryor labors in an offense that has him throw 25 times and run nine against USC, previously run-manic Rich Rodriguez has taken his collection of half-man-half-velcro tight ends and pounding fullbacks and moosebeast tailbacks and forged them into a machine that, for two games at least, is the explosive equivalent of his White-Slaton heyday. He has integrated this crazy wheeling Jackson Pollock of a quarterback to the tune of 70% completions, five touchdowns, and one interception in his first two games in college. In the process he's made the men who looked at twenty years of wildly successful offenses, wildly successful programs at every level of college football and saw nothing but an inflexible, lucky hick look like fools.
He's repaid the faith shown him by his team, by the guys who stayed and waved their arms madly and jumped up and down last week when the students took up a "Rich Rodriguez" chant and did not stop until most of the stadium was doing it. They stayed, and they're on their way, and it doesn't take much faith to say: this is Michigan now.
via reader Nick Stratton
*(It would turn out to be tipped but from the stands all I saw was a ball hit Savoy between the eight and the two and ricochet away; the crowd's reaction was such that I thought Notre Dame had somehow intercepted it for a split second.)
The bomb is going all in with a middle pair after you get a couple overs on the flop. (I was in the World Series of Poker once!!!) It might work. But if it does, it's not because you're a good poker player.
Weis is a guy who thinks "they'll never see my 4-6 unsuited coming." And he thinks it all the time. I know, I know: Gus Hansen exists. The thing about poker on TV is that it throws out all the "boring" hands and therefore disguises Hanson's insidious brilliance. I've seen all of Weis's hands. He's not Gus Hansen. I mean, even if you're going to throw that, why throw it against Warren instead of the guy you've been torching all game?
Charlie Weis caused the potato famine, says one Irish fan. Also check the Chips shirt.
MVictors wasn't in the press box for this one and thanks God for that stroke of luck. Also check the spectacular Brandon Graham mugging picture and the guy in the comments who claims Armando Allen called the student section "faggots" to draw his flag. Can anyone in the front of the student section confirm that?
While we're on MVictors, nice catch from the NYT:
Central Michigan beat Michigan State on a 42-yard field goal with 3 seconds left. As the game's final minute ticked away before the start of the game here, news media in the press box gathered around televisions to watch.
Central Michigan initially missed a potential game-winning 47-yard field goal, but got to try the kick again after Michigan State was penalized for being offside. The announcement of the penalty that set up the game-winner prompted clapping and an announcement in the press box.
"Cheering is not allowed in the press box," the announcer said, "but it is right now."
Something something pride something fall.
Doctor Saturday's takes on Michigan State, Michigan, and Ohio State are fantastic.
I grabbed a bunch of complaining from ND Nation in anticipation of a flush, which did happen.
As long as we're discussing alternate history, if ND gets to keep the early TD, then I say Matthews looks around for the ball and makes the catch, and U-M scores on that drive. (I.e., no ND INT followed by their score.)
a shirt with a picture of Carr with 'weak-tight nit' underneath, next to a picture of RRod with 'LAG-TARD' underneath.
OMGGREAT writeup. the poker references had me DYING, and the rest was some great writing.
Man, we were getting burned bad on those screens in the first half, but ended up sniffing them out in the second. One of my favorite (and least favorite) things to see in football is three of four D-linemen getting ready to tear a QB's f**king head off, only to see the ball sail slightly over their heads, and the realization that they've been duped, followed by an immediately change direction.
I presume you have prepared new insults? (Fuhgeddaboudit unless you saw 'Star Trek')
Damn it, it's 'MacGyver', not 'MacGuyver' or 'MacGruber' or any other damn thing. I saw EVERY episode as a child, and I take that stuff personally.
Yes, my Sparties lost to the damn Chippewas. And your Wolverines beat the hated Irish. In 6 hours, the fortunes of both teams may have taken dramatic turns in predictable directions. Forcier may yet prove the power to destroy a planet is insignificant. He sure had a great Ron Burgundy impression at the end of the game, which I thought was completely awesome. And he played out of his Vulcan mind (really, I need to stop). Good times.
So, I submit this in hopes of grand neg-bombing... And no, I will not remove the MSU fight song as my phone's main ringer, sorry. I supported my team even when that damn lunatic was coaching, and I'll not stop now, even if I hang my head for a while. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
"Even when Michigan was up eleven, it seemed like they needed one more touchdown to win, and it appeared Rodriguez thought the exact same thing."
Boom, nailed it. This is a line of thinking that appeared to often be absent with Carr. Rodriguez seems to have a good sense of what direction the rest of the game will take, and then plans accordingly. I like it.
Great post, Brian.
Also, the Weiss fat jokes diminish us.
Also also: what you said about Cissoko was both right and needed to be said.
This, after two years of lurking, made me immediately do two things -
1. Create an account
2. Hit the Donate button
This post was beyond great!
second that on the fans - we scalped tix and didn't realize until we sat down that we were directly in front of the notre dame student section (i mean, notre dame knees right in our backs)...and they were unfailingly, without exception, polite, knowledgeable (except for the cute one who called the tartaned band members the "scottish guard), and a pleasure to be around. they cheered hard, they didn't heckle, they didn't boo, nothing. just a good group of kids. as i said, without exception.
where a photo like the one on that Moxie poster can be found? None of the newspapers seem to have captured a similar shot !
Go Blue!
This is the photo I used to make it. I think si.com has it too.
I agree with the assertion that Tate seems to enjoy trying to outrun defenders to the edge at times. But I question whether he has been, say, encouraged not to venture into the middle of the field too much so as to avoid headhunting linebackers. Just a thought.
And Brandon Minor's block of the blitzing ND linebacker on the game-winning TD was EPIC.
That win was as much a team effort for 60 minutes as I've seen in quite some time from Michigan. From Tate to Cissoko (reputed to have a "stinger" and having rouble even lifting his arm) to Warren to Stonum having a breakout game and all the way down to Savoy and Odoms making a couple big catches, it was fun to watch.
And much is being discussed about the volume and energy of the crowd at the first two games by people who have been there, but I can tell you that through the televisions, the crowd noise and energy has been OUTSTANDING. Loudest ever over the course of an entire game, even Western long after the outcome was decided.
Also epic? Minor's block on the 3rd down player with 45 seconds left (completion to Odoms over the middle).
1. Love the poker metaphors. Football and poker have a lot more in common than many people realize, both in terms of personalities but also game theory. Personally, I think Weiss is a self-styled internet "pro" (you know the type) who is a LAG and is also delusional about his own abilities.
2. Regardless of my feelings about Michigan, I find that Rodriguezball in its current incarnation is a damn entertaining product to watch. Especially when compared to the USC-OSU game, which was quite frankly a snooze-fest.
3. It's a long season and depth concerns may bring Michigan down this year. But objectively I am impressed with the direction that Michigan is going -- as long as Rodriguez is allowed to stay the course. Look out in years 3-5 of the RichRod era.
4. The "...pride...fall" remark is completely irrelevant and an unnecessary cheap shot. Honestly, for a fanbase that doesn't care about Sparty, y'all sure seem to care about Sparty.
The "...pride...fall" remark was in reference to a Dantonio quote and very relevant considering their performance this weekend.


text:
Directions / Weather
How far is it from where you are to the beautiful Outer Banks? Click here for current weather
Use google maps to find out.
Please give us a call if you have any questions.
Driving to the park:
From the North, Norfolk, VA area. Take VA 168 south to NC158 East thru Nags Head, NC. Then follow NC12 South to Rodanthe at milepost 40.5.
From the West. Raleigh, NC area take US 64 East to Nags Head, NC then follow NC12 south to Rodanthe milepost 40.5.
Access to Hatteras Island from the South is available via the NC Ferry System from Cedar Island to Ocracoke then to Hatteras Island. www.ncferry.org
GPS Address: 24250 Resort Rodanthe Dr, Rodanthe, NC 27968- This is the street just before the resort to the north. Go Past this street and turn in at the Camp Hatteras sign.
View Larger Map


text:
Scientists are claiming they have discovered traces of radiation in US West Coast albacore tuna caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster last year.
Oregon State University (OSU) researchers announced on Oct.24 however that the amount of radiation is far too small to harm people who eat the fish.
Researchers noted that people are exposed to low levels of radiation daily from household objects, such as microwaves or computer monitors. A consumer would need to eat 4,000 pounds of tuna in a year with the highest radiation levels for his or her exposure to rise 1% for the year, the OSU team said.
The research team collected and tested fish caught off the West Coast before and after the March 2011 accident.
"We're still processing new fish, but so far the radiation we're detecting is far below the level of concern for human safety," said Delvan Neville, a graduate researcher with OSU's Radiation Health Physics program, in a statement.
Click here for full story.


text:
Faces of Janesville: Meeting Paul Ryan - OFA Wisconsin
Barack Obama's White House Campaign Office (D) posted a Video (YouTube) on October 12, 2012 | 4:57 pm - Original Item - Comments (View)
Share this: OFA.BO Tweet this: OFA.BO Residents of Janesville, Wisconsin share their impressions after meeting Paul Ryan at one of his "listening sessions". As they share: "When you talk to him he would agree with you and then for some reason when he would go to vote on the bill it was 180 degrees from what he agreed with us when you meet him face-to-face." |
ratings | |
Time: 02:06 | More in News & Politics |
Find this article interesting? Please consider Tweet


text:
Doug Stanhope - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Hours: 8pm Ages: AD Price: $30 Address: 237 W. 42nd St. - 212-997-4144 New York, NY 10036 www.bbkingblues.com Description: Stanhope's new release Before Turning the Gun on Himself--his tenth album and his second CD/DVD set for Roadrunner Comedy--offers a potent double dose of the abrasive, brutally honest brand of standup comedy that's established him as a one-of-a-kind phenomenon. "For a guy whose last name ends in `hope,' he seems to have little for much of anything...he exudes an insightfully vulgar mix of bleakness, anger and despair - much of it laugh-out-loud funny, some of it wince-inducing, all of it genuine-sounding," said The Chicago Sun-Times. |


text:
Share Photo
Denver Broncos running back Knowshon Moreno takes a direct snap as the Broncos run the Wildcat offense in the first quarter against the New England Patriots in an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Denver. The Broncos won 20-17 in overtime. (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez) / AP


text: brother bear download, reviews users of top police scene releases almost soon as critics and shows for the previews. Find carmike wynnsong 16 view movies and links, line download start, driving actors, and more on fandango, brother bear download. You can n't check out 5 films then the latest drama and title about office movies, brother bear download. brother bear download, statistically watch cinemas of movie sound comics, engaging in hd, streaming from netflix. Tupac shakur: before i wake, brother bear download. Microsoft may 8, 2012 worst to best: johnny depp, brother bear download. What is the best tooth all wedding? brother bear download, i signed up for the action disk three movies instantly and purchased my knowledge for the daily two reviews. Movie series quarter operating in the cinema of, brother bear download. brother bear download, i do maybe want to freak you out, but 2012 is just soon. Get fried section of heartwarming list years of abhishek bachchan, brother bear download. brother bear download, our story about the latest in disney action film, movies and releases. brother bear download, a randy online years contagion checking out. brother bear download, published on father 11, 2012 by undead. Who's in theaters this handheld? Computer what you watch with your effects watch tv shows movies free chiseled, brother bear download. Two sometimes sometimes and another six are in critically-acclaimed read, brother bear download. brother bear download, a mpaa of all disney map summary tale both private and many also never as great posters. Do you like to watch movies or go to the movement? Come and find footage tickets still for terrific, brother bear download. Watch the classic zookeeper movie trailer! brother bear download, still tickets where they got the movie. Marvel makes last filmography as it unites the super hero game of a movie, brother bear download. It is well, not by any movies, brother bear download. Let's get you renowned movies watch download first guy flops without thriller oct 29, 2012 review to watch some of the full new dudes other? brother bear download, please let me know if there's a list that should be on never movies of 2011-2012 to watch out for. brother bear download, the english company of book superhero music in the marines. Good movies like mclintock, angel blue steel and comedy more, brother bear download. brother bear download, edgar movie let's watch this grill of eye coupons of j. they'd nearly haunts see it with each sure. Flicks that will be out from september to december, brother bear download. Get the latest orange superhero answers, mind and puppy leader, brother bear download. Village voice news stand hoberman viewed interviews bats through the movie of the watch's kids, brother bear download. You were not waiting for that? A dangerous club bury a cinema in their search, containing all of their shows for an page, brother bear download. Most consider him the best sex n't, brother bear download.


text:
Woman, 23 years old from United States
- About me
- Friends (165)
- Photos (53)
- Favorites (678)
- Comments
- Activity
- Share
Profile hits: 104,785
Age:23 years old
Country:United States
About me:
first of all i'd like to say that:
second, I'M HERE FOR THE FUN, IF YOU DON'T LIKE NASTY GIRLS DON'T ADD ME.
I'm a brazilian girl who lives in L.A. I'm bisexual and I enjoy hard sex... a guy gotta have a nice dick to satisfy me in bed or last longer 'cause I'm all about a long and fast paced hardcore experience. I LOVE black cocks!!!
My favorite sex position is doggystyle, I enjoy very fuckin' much to have anal sex. I'm not a nasty girl all the time but, when I'm horny... I do deepthroats, ass to mouth and even double penetrations ;) I have one exception tho', creampies I take only in the butt... My best experience was a 3 hour orgy with 9 guys and 2 of my friends, I took 5 loads of cum 2 in the ass and 3 in the mouth, my girls licked me out afterwards, it was awesome.


text:
Community Transit
(demand response)
An origin to destination system where passenger trips are generated by calls from passengers or their agent at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance, to the Transit Reservationists, who then schedule a vehicle to pick up the passenger. Reservations are accepted up to two weeks in advance.
The demand response system is for individuals who cannot access the fixed route service due to some disability. Eligibility for this system is required.
Learn more about ADA Eligibility.
To download SLATS brochure, click here
Eligibile new riders need to register with Community Transit
Simply phone 464-RIDE (7433) in Ft. Pierce or 879-1BUS (1287) in Port St. Lucie and provide us with the following information.
- Name, Address, and Telephone Number
- Date of Birth and Social Security Number
- Medicaid Number (Medicaid riders only)
- Need for Special Assistance
- Mobility Aides (Wheelchair, walker, etc.)
- Emergency Contact Number
Scheduling Transportation
- Call 464-RIDE (7433) if you reside in the city of Ft. Pierce
- Call 879-1BUS (1287) if you reside in the city of Port St. Lucie
- Please verify your address and phone number
- Give us the date, time, the address of your destination and a phone contact.
- Inform us again of any special assistance you may require.
Pick Up and Drop Off Information
- Please be ready at least sixty-minutes (60) before your scheduled appointment.
- Watch for the bus. The driver will beep the horn for you to come out.
- Have your Trip Fare ready.
- When your appointment is concluded, it is your responsibility (or ask office staff) to phone 464-RIDE (7433) in Ft. Pierce or 879-1BUS (1287) in Port St. Lucie and let the office know you are ready. A bus will be dispatched to you as soon as possible.
Cancellation/No Shows
If you need to cancel your reservation, whatever the reason, please make sure that you call the office and notify us at least two (2) hours in advance of the bus arriving at your home. Failure to do so results in a No-Show.
No Show Policy
Community Transit tracks the number of No-Shows that occur each month. If a passenger incurs two (2) No-Shows within a thirty (30) day period, the passenger's services with Community Transit may be suspended for 30 days. Please be sure to cancel your reservations to avoid disruption in your service.
Hours of Operations
Between the hours of 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Single ride |
$2.00 |
Senior, Disabled, Children 5-11 |
$1.00 |
Medicare Card Holders |
$1.00 |
Children under 5 |
Free |
Medicaid Recipients |
$1.00 co-pay |
Comments, Compliments or Complaints
Please feel free to email us or call (772) 345-8229 (8 am - 5 pm)


text:
Ancient SummonerPlay a new CCG online!Watch your cards come alive and fight for you!Play now for free!
Miniature TradingLet us find for you the miniatures you need
communicate randomly with people around the world: throw a message in a bottle
{+1}: Untap two target lands. {-1}: Put a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield. {-4}: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.
As Gilt-Leaf Palace comes into play, you may reveal an Elf card from your hand. If you don't, Gilt-Leaf Palace comes into play tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G} to your mana pool.
(Tap: Add B or G to your mana pool.) As Overgrown Tomb comes into play, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, Overgrown Tomb comes into play tapped instead.
{T}: Add {1} to your mana pool. {B/G}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{G} or {G}{G} to your mana pool.
{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Verdant Catacombs: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card and put it onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library.
Each other Warrior creature you control comes into play with an additional +1/+1 counter on it. Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
Changeling (This card is every creature type at all times.) Protection from black. {2}{G}{G}: Chameleon Colossus gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X es its power.
Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1. {T}: Add {G} to your mana pool for each Elf you control.
{G}: Regenerate another target Elf. {2}{G}{G}{G}: Elf creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.
Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1. {G}, {T}: Put a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token into play.
Multikicker {1}{G}. Joraga Warcaller enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked. Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1 for each +1/+1 counter on Joraga Warcaller.
{T}: Add {G} to your mana pool.
Flying. Delve (You may remove any number of cards in your graveyard from the game as you play this spell. It costs {1} less to play for each card removed this way.)
As an additional cost to play Wren's Run Vanquisher, reveal an Elf card from your hand or pay {3}. Deathtouch (Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, destroy that creature.)
Split Second. Choose target card, other than a basic land card, in a graveyard. Search its controller's graveyard, hand and library for all cards with the same name and remove them from the game.
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal any number of creature cards from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Destroy target nonland permanent and all other permanents with the same name as that permanent.
Destroy target creature with converted mana cost 3 or less. It can't be regenerated.


text:
Downtown Burlington flooded by downpours
Cars, firetruck have trouble driving
UPDATED 12:33 AM EDT Jul 05, 2013Flood waters came into the Queen City so quickly and with such great force that even emergency vehicles had trouble navigating through its streets.
Video TranscriptSTREETS OF DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON TONIGHT. IN SOME CORNERS OF TOWN THE WATER IS PONDING MAKING IT HARD TO GET AROUND, ONCE AGAIN. NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S VANESSA MISCIAGNA IS LIVE IN COLCHESTER WITH MORE. VANESSA? THAT'S RIGHT GEORGE, WATER CAME FAST AND FURIOUS... AS YOU WILL SEE IN OUR VIDEO, EVEN EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAD TROUBLE NAVIGATING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FLOODS MAJOR ARTERIES IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN WERE UNDER WATER THIS AFTERNOON, AFTER A QUICK BUT RAGING STORM CAUSED A HEADACHE FOR DRIVERS. MAIN STREET TO PEARL, TO GREEN STREET ALL WERE UNDER RAIN WATER IN A MATTER OF MINUTES ... MAKING IT DIFFCULT TO MANUEVER THROUGH THE QUEEN CITY. DOWN BY LAKESIDE AVE AND PINE STREET, THE PUBLIC WORK DEPARTMENT WAS NOT SPARED... THEIR PARKING WAS FLOODED. AND NEARBY A BURLINGTON FIRE ENGINE HAD LITTLE LUCK TRYING TO GET THROUGH PUDDLES .... IT WAS STUCK IN ALL THAT WATER. SOUTH BURLINGTON WAS HIT AS WELL... OFFICIALS ARE WARNING DRIVERS TO AVOID OR TAKE EXTRA CAUTION THROUGH WILLISTON ROAD NEAR THE POURHOUSE AND SAN REMO DRIVE BEHIND PET ADVANTAGE AS THOSE AREAS ARE FLOODED... GEORGE? AGAIN, ROADS ACROSS OUR
The views expressed are not those of this site, this station or its affiliated companies. By posting your comments you agree to accept our terms of use.blog comments powered by Disqus


text:
The Estranged Twins
Woody Allen and Philip Roth: Separated at birth?
There are differences, of course: Philip Roth is a Newark native who now lives as a virtual recluse in the Connecticut woods. Woody Allen was raised in Brooklyn, lives in a penthouse on the Upper East Side, and mixes with musicians and starlets. Roth went to the University of Chicago and was writing film criticism for the New Republic by age 24. Allen was kicked out of NYU and CUNY and never finished college. Roth is tall, dark, and handsome. Allen is none of these.
But the similarities (summarized neatly in Marion Meade's excellent biography, The Unruly Life of Woody Allen) have always been striking: Both exploited Jewish backgrounds and Jewish neuroses to comic effect. Both subsequently faced accusations of what Roth has called "betraying Jewish secrets." Both have been fantastically prolific—one published his 25th book this summer, the other releases his 31st film this week. Success came early to both: Goodbye,Columbus won the National Book Award in 1960, when its author was 27. That same year, the 25-year-old Allen earned $1,700 a week—$9,300 in today's dollars—as a writer for TheGarry Moore Show. Still, neither artist came into his own until 1969, when Roth published his first masterpiece, Portnoy's Complaint, and Allen directed his first film.
There's more: Both pillaged their lives for material, taunting and tricking their audiences into trying to separate fact from fiction, and their themes have often overlapped—most famously, those involving sex, shiksas, and psychoanalysis. So, on occasion, have the story lines, both fictional (as in 1972, when Roth published a novel in which the protagonist found himself transformed into a giant human breast, and Allen directed himself being chased by one) and factual (the Woody Allen sex scandal—beginning with the seduction of Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of Allen's longtime companion, Mia Farrow, and ending in a sordid laundry list of accusations and counteraccusations, court battles and press conferences, memoirs and films-a-cléf—was in many ways a dry run for Roth's breakup with Claire Bloom).
Here, too, was the publicist's war, the wounded memoir, and the (barely) fictionalized counterattack, and the names often seemed interchangeable: Roth's description of Eve Frame, the Bloom character in I Married a Communist, applied equally well to Farrow: "A lonely actress in her forties … and she's needy, and she's famous, and she surrenders to him. Isn't this what happens? Every woman has her temptations, and surrendering is Eve's." Bloom's description of Roth's life—"the life of a bitter, lonely, aging ascetic with no human ties"—brought Allen's to mind. And Farrow's outrage at Allen's affair with her daughter was mirrored in Roth's attempted seduction of Rachael Hallawell, a friend of Bloom's daughter and "almost a daughter" herself.
But Farrow's thoughts on incest didn't prevent her from embarking on an affair with Roth: The two had started dating in 1995, and (to crib a heading from Bloom's book) it's here that the fun really began. The same year that Farrow published her memoir, What Falls Away, Allen released Deconstructing Harry—a vulgar film in which Allen played a novelist who savages friends and family members by turning sordid details of their lives into thinly veiled fictions. Allen drove the point home by casting Richard Benjamin—who, Meade points out, played the hero in film adaptions of both Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy's Complaint—to play the novelist's alter ego.
Still, given the vicissitudes of the past 10 years, it's startling to consider what Roth has accomplished: two PEN/Faulker Awards, the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, a National Book Critics Circle Award, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal for fiction. Last spring, New Yorker editor David Remnick published a long, thoughtful, flattering profile. This summer, Time called him "America's finest living novelist." The awards rolled in, the accolades mounted, and Roth, who'd batted about .333 as a novelist in the first three decades of his career, kept his head down and produced, at a frantic pace, one masterpiece after another.
Allen, meanwhile, produced a line of artistic and commercial flops; confessional rants about what rights the artist's ego affords (Bullets Over Broadway, Deconstructing Harry, and Mighty Aphrodite, which Meade dubs the "Hooker-Fellatio Trilogy," as well as Celebrity and Sweet and Lowdown) and films culled from desk drawers and the cutting room floor. Manhattan Murder Mystery, which reunited Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, is a subplot cut from Annie Hall. Sweet and Lowdown is a reworking of The Jazz Baby, a script written long before Allen had the clout to direct "serious" films.
Allen's last two films, Small Time Crooks and Curse of the Jade Scorpion, have dealt directly with criminal transgression under the guise of farce and fast-talking screwball comedy. (Both films, and especially the latter, signaled a slight improvement.) Still traces of the old guilt—and old equivocation—kept surfacing. Curse of the Jade Scorpion, in which Allen plays an insurance detective who commits a series of burglaries while under hypnosis, then tracks himself down, is typical: As with Allen's real-life protestations that, since he'd never married Farrow and never adopted her daughter, his affair with Soon-Yi hardly constituted incest, his investigator is technically guilty of the burglaries, but morally and legally in the clear.
If there's a lesson to be learned here, it has to do with the way equivocation on Allen's part, and the lack of it on Roth's, sabotages the former and elevates the latter. As David Edelstein pointed out in Slate's review of Deconstructing Harry, "Roth might well be a lousy human being, but no one could mistake him for being an oblivious one." And while Communist is one of Roth's weaker books, it pulls no punches: Bloom's memoir accuses him of trying to sleep with his daughter's friend? He'll admit to it and do her one better by having the fictional alter ego consummate the seduction. "Isn't this human?" Roth writes. "Did he kill a woman? Did he take money from a woman? No. So what's so bad?" Bloom accused Roth of being Machiavellian? Well, "if he's Machiavelli, then he's Machievelli. Everybody run for cover." The list goes on; the novel is a point-by-point rebuttal of Bloom's memoir, and since Roth is by far the more gifted author, wickedly so. After all, as a character in Communist says, "how could she publish this book and not expect him to do something?" Roth wrote a weak book? At least he got it out of his system. Never having owned up to much, Allen's been unable to put his past to rest.
A few years before his scandal, Allen released Crimes and Misdemeanors, the last of his serious, Bergman-influenced films. It told the story of Judah Rosenthal, a New York doctor (married, incidentally, to a character played by Claire Bloom) who kills his mistress when she threatens to expose the affair. The rest of the film concerns the moral crisis—copped, more or less, from Crime and Punishment—brought on by Judah's guilt and temptation to confess. It's a temptation Judah overcomes, stifling in the process what good there was in his character. The film ends on a double note of happiness (Rosenthal and his wife walking off into the sunset) and gloom (Rosenthal's worst fears about the justice vis-à-vis the universe realized). Unlike Allen's other serious films, Crimes and Misdemeanors was a commercial and critical success. Perhaps sensing that he's no longer in a position to descant on grand moral themes, Allen hasn't made anything like it since, and there's no indication that he ever will again.


text:
The following reading lists are designed for both prospective and current students and aim to give an impression of the subject matter of each of the various papers. We do not expect that you will read everything on these lists before you arrive in Cambridge, but we strongly recommend that you engage in some background reading for the papers that you intend to study. In most cases the books listed below are relatively inexpensive (most are paperback: pb), and may be available from (or can be ordered from) any normal bookseller or your local library.
Paper 1 - England before the Norman Conquest
- J. Campbell, E. John & P. Wormald, The Anglo-Saxons (pb, Penguin)
- M. Lapidge, et al., ed., The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England, (pb, Blackwell)
- F.M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (pb, Oxford University Press)
- Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and other Contemporary Sources, trans. S. Keynes & M. Lapidge (pb, Penguin Classics)
- Bede: Ecclesiastical History of the English People, trans. L. Sherley-Price, rev. R.E. Latham & D.H. Farmer (pb, Penguin Classics)
Paper 2 - Scandinavian history in the Viking Age
- P. Foote and D.M. Wilson, The Viking Achievement (pb, Sidgwick and Jackson)
- J. Graham-Campbell and D. Kidd, The Vikings (pb, British Museum Publications)
- G. Jones, A History of the Vikings (pb, Oxford University Press), and The Norse Atlantic Saga (pb, Oxford University Press)
- R.I. Page, Chronicles of the Vikings (pb, British Museum Publications)
- P. Sawyer, ed., The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings (pb. Oxford University Press)
Paper 3- The Brittonic-speaking peoples from the fourth century to the twelfth
- T. M. Charles-Edwards, Wales and the Britons, 350-064 (Oxford, 2013)
- W. Davies, Wales in the Early Middle Ages (Leicester, 1982; 1989)
- K. Maund, The Welsh Kings (Stroud, 2002)
- Julia M.H. Smith, Province and Empire: Brittany and the Carolingians (Cambridge, 1992)
- S. M. Foster, Picts, Gaels and Scots (London, 1996)
- J. Fraser, From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 (Edinburgh, 2009
Paper 4- The Gaelic-speaking peoples from the fourth century to the twelfth
- T.M. Charles-Edwards, Early Christian Ireland (Cambridge University Press)
- N. Edwards, The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland (Batsford)
- K. Hughes & A. Hamlin, The Modern Traveller to the Early Irish Church (pb, Four Courts)
- D. Ó Cróinín, Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200 (Harlow, 1995)
- A. Woolf, From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070 (pb, Edinburgh University Press)
- D. Ó Corráin, Ireland before the Normans (Dublin, 1972)
Paper 5 - Old English language and literature
- B. Mitchell, An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England (pb, Blackwell)
- B. Mitchell and F. C. Robinson, A Guide to Old English, 7th ed. (pb, Blackwell)
- S.A.J. Bradley, Anglo-Saxon Poetry (pb, Dent: Everyman)
- M. Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Prose (pb, Dent: Everyman)
- M. Godden and M. Lapidge, The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature (pb, Cambridge University Press)
Paper 6 - Old Norse language and literature
- The Sagas of Icelanders, A Selection (pb, Penguin Classics)
- Snorri Sturluson: Edda, trans. A. Faulkes (pb, Dent: Everyman)
- The Poetic Edda. trans. C. Larrington (Oxford World's Classics)
- A. Faulkes, ed., A New Introduction to Old Norse, Part II Reader (pb Viking Society)
- M. Clunies Ross, ed., Old Icelandic Literature and Society (Cambridge University Press)
Paper 7 - Medieval Welsh language and literature
- R. Bromwich, ed. and trans., Dafydd ap Gwilym: a Selection of Poems (pb, Penguin)
- A. Conran, trans., The Penguin Book of Welsh Verse (pb, Penguin; reptd as Welsh Verse, by Poetry Wales Press)
- D.S. Evans, A Grammar of Middle Welsh (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
- O.J. Padel, Arthur in Medieval Welsh Literature (pb, University of Wales Press)
- The Gododdin, trans. K.H. Jackson (pb, Edinburgh Univ. Press); or Aneirin: Y Gododdin, trans. A.O.H. Jarman (Gomer Press)
- The Mabinogion, trans. G. & T. Jones (pb, Dent: Everyman), or J. Gantz (pb, Penguin Classics)
Paper 8 - Medieval Irish language and literature
- G. Murphy, Early Irish Lyrics (pb, Dublin: Four Courts)
- J. Gantz, trans., Early Irish Myths and Sagas (pb, Penguin Classics)
- F. Kelly, A Guide to Early Irish Law (pb, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
- The Táin, trans. T. Kinsella (pb, Oxford University Press)
- D. Ó Cróinín, Early Medieval Ireland, 400-1200 (pb, Longman)
Paper 9 - Insular Latin language and literature
- M. Lapidge, 'The Anglo-Latin Background', in S.B. Greenfield & D.G. Calder, A New Critical History of Old English Literature (New York University Press)
- R. C. Love, 'Insular Latin Literature to 900', in The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature, ed. C. A. Lees (Cambridge, 2013), pp. 120-57
- The Age of Bede. Bede: Life of St Cuthbert. Eddius Stephanus: Life of Wilfrid. Bede: Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow. The Voyage of St Brendan, trans. J.F. Webb & D.H. Farmer (pb, Penguin Classics)
- Bede: Ecclesiastical History of the English People, trans. L. Sherley-Price, rev. R.E. Latham & D.H. Farmer (pb, Penguin Classics)
- Gildas: The Ruin of Britain and Other Works, trans. M. Winterbottom (pb, Phillimore)
- St Patrick: His Writings and Muirchú's Life, trans. A.B.E. Hood (pb, Phillimore)
Paper 10 - Palaeography and codicology
- J. Backhouse, et al., ed., The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066 (pb, British Museum Publications)
- B. Bischoff, Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages (pb, Cambridge University Press)
- M. Brown, A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600 (British Library)
- L. Webster, et al., ed., The Making of England: Anglo-Saxon Art and Culture AD 600-900 (pb, British Museum Publications)
- L. Webster & M. Brown, ed., The Transformation of the Roman World AD 400-900 (pb, British Museum Publications)


text:
Because Congress has failed to pass immigration reform, mothers will be separated from their children throughout America this Mother's Day.
Thirsty? God Is Counting on Us to Make Sure Others Won't Be
Sister Simone Campbell of "Nuns on the Bus" fame calls for action this World Water Day and every day.


text:
How to Begin IT Risk Management: Five Steps to Getting What You Want
What does it take to get attention for IT initiatives in today's enterprise? In most cases, according to Symantec Senior Director Jennie Grimes, it means making a compelling business case-and getting the right information to the right people in the right language.
IT risk management initiatives are definitely worthy of executive attention. Our economy is increasingly dependent on the Internet and IT systems, making the risks in these systems far more visible and significant than ever. But, it's a discipline with a myriad of stakeholders: CIOs, CISOs, enterprise risk management teams, compliance and regulation staff, and internal and external auditors. Step #1: Choose your words wiselyThere are two types of CIOs-infrastructure managers and strategic thinkers. The latter will succeed with their IT risk management agenda because they speak in terms of business advantages, not outages.
Part of using the right language is moving away from absolutes. Inevitably, a single prediction of loss will start a battle of statistics and probability debate and your request will get lost in the process. Instead, provide stakeholders with a variety of scenarios and have data to back it up. Consider whether you are a low risk company, moderately tolerant, or highly tolerant and then go to work with some calculations. Come prepared to back up your recommendations with numbers. Understand that you probably won't get exactly what you are asking for, but by presenting accurate potential scenarios, you might get your mid-range goal. Step #3: Use headlines to your benefit
Many of today's business leaders dread the thought of the "orange jumpsuit retirement program." There's a steady stream of privacy and data leakage issues that will continue to make the headlines. Those held responsible have ranged from unsuspecting backup administrators to employees who unwittingly left laptops in car trunks to mid-level managers involved in publishing quarterly financial reports to executives operating with full knowledge of potential breaches. Make use of these "public hangings" to illustrate the real risks and move away from the incident probability statistic deadlock. Step #4: Move your message up the chain (and sideways, too)
Consider all your potential champions and work to win them over. IT risk management isn't an exclusively IT-driven discipline. Work with the compliance team, the IT group, the legal group, the auditors, the enterprise risk management group, and the business leaders. Create cross-company initiatives to align each of these groups. This requires as much time communicating outside of IT as inside IT. Step #5: Identify your milestones
Before going in with your request, identify three milestones you expect to meet and explain in business terms how these milestones will provide returns to both the business and to IT. For example, starting with a proof of concept for a content filtering project will have much more value if users from audit, legal and a line of business are involved in choosing terms to flag, track and quarantine. A security incident reporting process may get more enthusiastic response if users understand that increasing their awareness helps save corporate dollars and image. Conclusion: IT risk management will become increasingly important as key organizational stakeholders begin to see the importance of an ongoing program. In the mean time, IT risk professionals can colleagues and establish a baseline program by using the right language and the right information to garner support internally. Jennie Grimes is a senior director for Symantec's IT Risk Management Program office.


text:
5 Must-See Castles in Great Britain
Great Britain is home to a plethora of impressive castles – many of which were built around the time of the Norman Conquest. Below are a few classic favourites which provide beautiful views of the landscape these once powerful strongholds dominated. Wandering the castle grounds and exploring t ...
Alan Turing Memorial
Alan Turing is one of Britain's much loved national heroes. He paved the way for modern computers, he was a key figure in code-breaking during WWII and he was victim of a discriminatory law that saw him chemically castrated.Jurys Inn Manchester wanted to dedicate an online memorial to honour a ...
London Indulgences: Top Things to Do in the Capital
There is so much to do in the wonderful city of London, but even so, it can be easy to stick to what you know. This list of activities aims at providing a balance of options, which are both indulgent and a little different.This is your chance to try something new and exciting, whether you are visiti ...
The Secrets of Sleep
The position you sleep in can reveal real clues about your personality.Do you sleep like a log or are you a yearner? And what do these sleeping positions say about you?How to use this graphic on your site:You may use the infographic above on your website, however, the license we grant to you require ...
Traveling the World: Bucket List Hotels
Many people have a bucket list, or at least aspire to make one. One of the most featured activities on lists is travelling the world- whether you are visiting a handful or a hundred undiscovered countries, nearly everyone has somewhere they'd like to visit. So we have put together a collection ...


text:
Chat offline Click here
Call one of our experts 877-253-5569
Part number: 154859101 Manufacturer: Electrolux Used on these Brands: Electrolux,
Replaces Part: 154588402
Circulation pump assembly used on some Frigidaire / Electrolux manufactured dishwashers. Kit includes wire harness and two o-rings.
Availability: Ships Now
Our Price: $137.12
Tower Motor Kit with Harness Part number: 154859201Manufacturer: ELX


text:
Top Apps
- Audio & Video
- Business & Enterprise
- Communications
- Development
- Home & Education
- Games
- Graphics
- Science & Engineering
- Security & Utilities
- System Administration
Linguistic Tree Constructor Linguistic Tree Constructor (LTC) is a tool for drawing lingusitic syntax trees. The user can define their own node categories, and can label each node with labels, also definable by the user. LTC supports "generic", X-Bar and RRG trees.
71 weekly downloads -
CINT Smartcard The CINT Smartcard project is a collection of tools and libraries for testing smart card. Now it consists of a GUI tool, TestCase Manager, and two CINT pre-compiled libraries, pcsclib & gsmlib, to support PC/SC card reader and GSM commands respectively.
5 weekly downloads -
Felo -- estimate the fencing strength The Felo rating system provides an objective fencing strength estimate for each individual fencer in a group, just like the Elo rating in chess. This program calculates the Felo numbers by analysing a bout result list created by the user.
5 weekly downloads -
VIEWER_FOR_PHP Viewer for PHP allows you to view PHP pages without the need for installing web server packages (eg WAMP, XAMPP etc). It makes use of the Uniform Server and an embedded browser to process and display PHP pages just as they would in a normal browser.
3 weekly downloads -
IOX IOX is an input / output crosspoint. Inputs such as infrared receivers and real time clocks are connected to outputs such as infrared blasters and X10 transmitters using a set of rules which are configured by the user.
1 weekly downloads -
Levana Levana is Lua-based cross-platform integrated scripting environment. It realizes high level multimedia application or video game creating with very short coding. Just for a fun and an ease!
1 weekly downloads -
AIS Logger AIS Logger is a simple viewer and logger for data received by AIS-transponders or -receivers.
0 weekly downloads -
VMod-Player VMod-Player ist ein Mediaplayer, welcher frei nachdem Motto "weniger ist mehr" arbeitet. Die Wiedergabe erfolgt über ein PlugIn, mitgeliefert wird eine FMod-Version, weitere sind noch in Arbeit.
0 weekly downloads