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Arizona's STEM Education Center (STEMAz) is celebrating excellence in STEM education by honoring two of Arizona's many outstanding teachers who are making science, technology, engineering and math education relevant and impactful for students to learn. Kicking off STEMAz's "Innovation Heroes" awards program earlier this month are Peoria Unified School District Engineering teacher Dr. Brison Torbert and Flowing Wells Unified School District teacher Michael Marbut.
Dr. Torbert pioneered an engineering program for students at his school, Liberty High, that is now district-wide and incorporates teaching methods and material that students can readily understand. During a recent lesson, he challenged his class to hit marshmallows with golf clubs to demonstrate concepts in tangent ratios. And, he introduced complicated engineering software by inviting students to draw their favorite animated characters. For more information, click here: http://peoriatimes.com/articles/2009/05/18/news/features/feat02.txt%20
Michael Marbut, a sixth grade science and math teacher at Laguna Elementary in Tucson, worked with students to design and build a tortoise habitat and a living pond complete with wildlife. He is currently involving his classes in the construction of an on campus miniature version of the Sonoran Desert. Michael engages students by making the subjects entertaining and interactive, increasing their ability to learn and absorb lessons and complicated concepts. For more information, click here: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/mailstory-clickthru/293544.php
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Cape St. George & Mainland Folk Festival / Regional Bilingual Folk Festival
Cape St. George
Bilingual folk festival of the Port au Port Peninsula with traditional music, dance, kids games and crafts. Festival régional bilingue avec de la musique et la danse traditionnelles.
Location data provided by the operator. Please confirm location before departure.
Great music, food and drink, kids games and washrooms.
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Entry fee $2
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48.5709, -59.1729 (Download GPX)
Aug 1 & 2, 2015
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Saturday - 10/6/2012, 7:58pm EDT
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WILSON, N.C. (AP) - For seven years, Anita McNeil has tried to move on from what she calls "the incident" _ that day in December 2005 when her husband shot and killed a man who threatened him outside their home in Georgia.
John McNeil was jailed and eventually convicted of murder; she moved back to the North Carolina town where the high school lovers grew up, unable to cope with the memories that haunted her. Now, she's fighting breast cancer that has spread to her bones and hopes a judge's ruling could set her husband free.
Georgia has a so-called stand your ground law on the books that allows people to use deadly force if their lives are in danger. But John McNeil was charged anyway, nine months after the shooting. The case has since prompted calls from the NAACP and other groups for such laws to apply to all citizens, regardless of race. McNeil is black, and the man he shot was white. But white neighbors also testified about being intimidated by the man, who built their houses.
"We're standing strong not only for John, but also for any homeowner who should have the right to protect himself and any parents who should have the right to protect their child," Anita McNeil said in an interview at a friend's home.
A Georgia judge ruled last month in favor of a request to release John McNeil, who's serving a life sentence for the 2005 killing of Brian Epp, who had built what the McNeils believed was their dream home.
John McNeil, now 46, wasn't charged immediately. Police said he was defending himself, his home and his son, La'Ron, who called his father after seeing Epp in the backyard. The Cobb County prosecutor eventually pursued charges, leading to McNeil's conviction.
The ruling gave Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens 30 days to decide whether to appeal to Georgia's Supreme Court. Otherwise, McNeil could be released by the end of October. The office of Cobb County District Attorney Pat Head referred questions to Olens, whose office declined comment. Epp's widow also didn't return a phone call.
In May, Head told The Associated Press that the case is a reminder of the potential pitfalls of self-defense arguments.
"Just because someone hits you in the face doesn't mean you pull a .45 and shoot him in the head," he said. "It can be hard to prove it's self-defense because the jury puts themselves in the same footing as anybody else."
The "stand your ground" law that advocates say should protect McNeil is similar to a law cited by authorities who initially declined to charge neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, who was unarmed. Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, told police he shot Martin, who was black, in self-defense during a scuffle. The decision by police to not charge him sparked protests across the nation. Prosecutors ultimately charged him with second-degree murder; Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty.
McNeil never denied shooting Epp. He told police in Kennesaw, Ga., that Epp was belligerent and had threatened his son with a knife just before the shooting. A witness testified that Epp came onto McNeil's driveway, ignored a warning shot and charged at McNeil, who then fired a fatal shot. McNeil's attorney says the men were so close at that point that Epp's body touched McNeil's as he fell.
The judge cited multiple errors at trial, including that the jury was not properly instructed on a person's right to use force to defend himself, his home or another person from violent attack.
"We are very hopeful that people in a position of power now will look at this, will look at the people who have stood on John's side, and will do a form of repentance and say enough is enough. Let this man come home and be with his wife," said the Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Among McNeil's supporters is Wilson Mayor Bruce Rose, who spoke at a prayer rally Thursday for McNeil and wrote a letter to Olens, asking him to drop the case.
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Anita McNeil hides her balding head, the result of chemotherapy, under a baseball cap, and her eyes well up with tears when she discusses her health. Still, she doesn't like to talk about this second fight with breast cancer. Her doctor "treats me so that I can have longevity," she said, declining to talk about a specific prognosis. "If it means being treated forever, that's what we'll do."


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Blueelephantart............. I am a loomer and I do big pictures. I just love your loomed bracelets, they make me want to get out one of my small looms and pull out my big beads. Erin is a great promoter of looming, and I'm glad you are getting encouragement you deserve. My fave out of the whole group is the green and clear with the red flowers ..... I made a special request bracelet for a relative in that same color scheme, but used RAW and applied the red flowers and made a "trail" of leaves and stems that connected them all, so overall very similar to yours. Loverly one and all. Donna
Cos mine are big beads, they don't take as long as one done in little beads. Mine are depending if i have interruptions, usually around 1-2 hours per bracelet. Depending on how I want to hide the warp strings or add a second layer.
Also, when i add another layer, i don't know how else to describe or call it, I stick to colours that are already part of the piece, so it don't clash in some odd way!
Just want to add that I don't hate #11s, in case anyone is wondering! I do use them, if its not a major part of the bracelet, but like in additional decorations, making beaded balls etc. Its probably all comes to practice, but I haven't got patience with the tiny beads. I do three or four rows before I rip it all out and start over in big beads! And that my eyesight is not so good, but I still want to loom because its fun and relaxing, I use the big sized beads.
Except for the one I did recently because of an idea I had from a pattern somebody designed, which was all in #11s... Oh man it took months... MONTHS!!! Can't wait to get back to using #8s again!
Here's the one I mentioned... All in #11s...
so amazing. I want to know how to do it. I want to make one for my friend
Well… my hat is off to you! You create some beautiful designs. May I pin your bracelets to Pinit?
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Sure, as long as you credit me as the original designer.
Your loomwork is lovely! Just a word about BeadTool 4... I love it! I have used many different bead design computer programs through the years, and this one is by far the best. It is intuitive, user friendly, and the designer/author responds quickly by email to any question I might have. He upgrades it from time to time and has easy to follow videos on his website. I'm just sayin'...
That's cool! But my work is more free form, I don't follow patterns. Except when its a new technique, then i follow the pattern so i can learn how to make it.
The day that BeadTool4 or future versions, include a complete list of Toho and Matsuno colors, is the day I'll start pattern making with it!
I hope I don't sound like a know it all. When it comes to crafts, I get really excited, even to talk about it through the internet! What I know, comes from trying it out myself and seeing what works for me. I try to keep an open mind regarding other people's techniques and so forth.
So nice to get a reply. This Bead program is for designing your own patterns, and has all the Delica colors and seed bead colors and numbers (brand?? I do not remember right now), and I totally understand about the love of freeform. I make totally encrusted freeform dolls that take anywhere from 80 to 260 hours each. They define themselves as they go along. Sometimes, though, I want to create an image to peyote, brick, loom, or whatever with a pattern to use my "organized" brain. There is another kind of satisfaction I get from this type of beading that I do not get from my dolls or my jewelry making. There are just so many options!
Where is the link please?
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Connecting to the world
Controlling the Beagleboard over a serial line with a terminal program such as Minicom is working just fine, but it's much more convenient to have a real network connection. For instance to update the Linux distribtion on the SD card without having to unplug it and plug it into a PC's card reader. There's just one little obstacle to overcome: The board does not feature either an Ethernet port or a Wifi chip :)
Luckily the Linux kernel programmers are providing a solution to that problem for quite some time: You can use the USB interface for networking, too. So I just connect the Beagleboard to the computer with a USB cable in addition to the serial connection I am using to control the board. There's no need to load a kernel module or compile special software for this to work. The only thing left is to enter the following line into the terminal that connects to the board:
root@beagleboard:~# /sbin/ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
The same goes for the PC, just with a different address:
# /sbin/ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
That's enough to have a working connection between Beagleboard and PC, as you can see with the ping command:
$ ping 192.168.0.2 PING 192.168.0.2 (192.168.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.203 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.207 ms ...
To get on the Internet you need to configure your PC as the default router and set up Network Address Translation (NAT) accordingly. Setting the default route on the board is as simple as:
root@beagleboard:~# route add default gw 192.168.0.1
The following commands will configure Masquerading on the PC and activate IP routing in the Linux kernel:
# iptables --table nat --append POSTROUTING --out-interface wlan0 -j MASQUERADE # iptables --append FORWARD --in-interface usb0 -j ACCEPT # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
Beware that I am using "wlan0" here as the outgoing interface, as my PC has a wireless connection to the Internet. Depending on the brand of hardware you might need to write "wmaster0" here, or just "eth0" if you are using an Ethernet connection.
To conveniently make use of host names instead of plain IP addresses you need to add the IP address of a nameserver to the Beagleboard's "/etc/resolv.conf" configuration file. If it's working you can start an update of the Angstrom distribution with "opkg update".
Had no idea the BeagleboardHad no idea the Beagleboard could network over USB. I just figured I wouldn't be using any networking with it, now I have a solution.
what about if your pc is already on a network witht he same subnet as your examplewhat about if your pc is already on a network with the same subnet as your example? Whenever i try to set the ip (im on windows too) it clashes with my Local Area Connection 1 settings. My LAN1 settings are Ip: 192.168.1.20, subnet 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.1.100
Now what would you suggest as suitable ip for LAN2 (beagle gadget adapter) and for Beagle Ifconfig?
How to save?After settings how to save them for later use? (when rebooting BB I should do settings again!)
No config necessary(?)As in the post by Tyler W. Wilson, I use the 3-port combo USB hub with my beagleboard,
and after cabling the hub to my router (Airport Extreme) and booting the Beagleboard,
it was on the network. I ssh-ed to the beagleboard and did opkg update, worked perfectl
I expected to have to do some configuration, but the thing just came up on the network.
Ethernet in ubuntuI tried the commands above in a beagleboard running ubuntu 9.04 with no result. I dont even get the "link" signal when I plug the ethernet cable to a switch. Do you know if I have to install anything else to make it work ? Thanks in advance
Connecting via SDIO...Thank you for these tips - it helped me fix the case where my BB comes up with the ability to resolve names, but not actually perform network requests. It is odd - sometimes the board comes up fine, and sometimes it does not.
Note the previous question, and my answer: you need both the min A OTG to miniB adapter, plus a USB to Ethernet adapter. I bought the suggested one that has the 3 USB ports and Ethernet port. It works well for me, since in addition to mouse and keyboard, I can power the BB with it too (via a USB to power adapter [see https://specialcomp.com/beagleboard/RevB.htm]).
Also note that in my case I used the Angstrom build too. And one nice feature is that it appears that a VNC server is loaded and executing by default. So with the Ethernet connection working, one does not even need the keyboard or mouse directly connected to the BB. Which brings me to my next dream:
I have both a Spectec SDIO WiFi card, and a Palm SDIO Bluetooth module. What I would _really_ like to do is use the SDIO WiFi card instead of the wired Ethernet connection. With the Linux kernel and rootfs in NAND, this would make a very nice stand-alone controller board. I have tried plugging in the SDIO card, but I do not know enough about Linux to know how to get the proper driver loaded.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
No special hardware neededIt's just a regular USB cable, no special hardware needed - so far. It's USB A and Mini B plugs as far as I know ("a big one and a small one". That's enough for networking. If you want to attach keyboard and mouse, that's a different story I will soon be blogging about.
Thanks for your interest.
confused ... no extra hardware needed ?I'm confused! How do you connect the beagle board with your pc for networking ?
No need special/extra hardware ? What kind of usb cable are you using ?
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MIT students reveal PopFab, a 3D printer that fits inside a briefcase
August 3, 2012
There are plenty of different 3D printers to choose from these days, from the popular Makerbot Thing-O-Matic to the budget-priced Solidoodle. These all have one drawback however in that they aren't exactly portable. Most need to be disassembled to be moved and even the fully-assembled Cubify printer isn't really built for travel. But now, two MIT students have developed the PopFab, a machine that does 3D printing and more, all while fitting inside a small suitcase.
The PopFab was developed by students Ilan Moyer and Nadya Peek, from the MIT CADLab and MIT Center for Bits and Atoms respectively. Billed as a "portable fabrication multi-tool," the machine was revealed through an online video showing the whole device folding out from a metal briefcase and almost immediately printing a small object after a bit of setup. All it takes is to attach the printing head to the fold-out arm, feed in some printing material, and connect a computer to transmit a design.
The video posted by the duo promises to be the first of several episodes showing the PopFab's capabilities. With different heads, the machine could also be used for milling, vinyl cutting, drawing, and much more, to create a wide variety of objects. The creators have also tested its portability by traveling with it as a carry-on suitcase to Saudi Arabia, Germany, and within the U.S.
Check out the video below to see how the PopFab opens up from a briefcase to a fully functional 3D printer and builds a tiny yellow fish.
Source: Ilan Moyer
It says it is a multi tool capable of milling and other stuff. R they going to sell it?Michael Mantion
awesome idea. the music to the video however, wtf? Does the controller PC fit into the case as well? I'd love to see the progress on milling with this. Additive and subtractive machining capability, totally portable...
...highly subversive. Where do I place my order? :)Rick Brasche


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A 24-year-old TCS employee's body was found in a highly decomposed state nine days after she went missing and a complaint was registered.
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After the incident TCS issued a statement saying that her demise was a terrible shock. "Our employee's untimely demise has been a terrible shock to all of us and our thoughts and prayers go out to her family at this hour of grief. With TCS since February 2013, she was well liked by her colleagues and was someone her team leader could depend on. This shocking incident is a sad reminder of the safety and security risks women face today and as an organization we are working with our employees to continuously strengthen our security measures," said TCS spokesperson to IBN
This incident comes close to another incident where Esther Anuhya who was travelling in a train to Mumbai was murdered in Chembur in the wee hours of morning. She was also an employee of TCS. The case is still undergoing probe and police officials have obtained CCTV footage and are questioning the main accused.


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My Week : To Do
I hope that you had a great weekend! We were forced to slow down a bit with frigid temperatures and a couple of stuffy noses, bit I like that pace. I finished up my custom bracelet order (I will ask Mendy, if I can show pictures), and almost completed the roman shade for my friend.
~ I have a new plan for my SewConnected block – soon I have do it!
~ I would like to start the tree skirt this week too!
~ Of course I have too keep up with the kids, and their runny noses as well.
~ Ella has Thursday and Friday – we are planning to go camping :)
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7 Random Facts
I was tagged last week by Summer, and have been a bit remiss in posting – oops! I always love reading the random meme's about others so figured I better play along.
Oh, and it started snowing about an hour ago! It won't stay, but it is still crazy to see snow on the trees with leaves :)1 ~ I greatly dislike feet. Especially bare feet touching my bare feet.
2 ~ I've been feeling extra domestic lately. Planning menu's and whatnot – it seems that fall is here!
3 ~ I really need to recover my ironing board.
4 ~ I enjoy flavored creamers in my coffee – usually fat free.
5 ~ TV I like : Project Runway, Top Design, 30 Rock, The Office, The Amazing Race, The Locator, What Not To Wear, 'Til Death.
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Banana Bread
Our local grocery takes ripe/bruised bananas and marks them way down. All 4 of my kids love bananas, so getting home with a bunch of bananas can be challenging, many times I'm left with 1, especially when we are walking. And so I have a hard time passing these up!I usually feed them a few and then make banana bread with the rest. I stocked up big time :) I've been a little unhappy with one recipe and decided to try the stand-by that I grew up with – it was better than I remembered. The crust is just the right golden color, and crunchy, while the inside is moist and delish.I thought I would share the recipe – I love how simple it is, and on the low-fat side :)
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It has been so beautiful here! I had to share pictures of the changing leaves – here's a big dose of fall for those of you living without "seasons" :) This is by far my favorite time of the year, when I can hear the leaves crushing under my feet. I will go out of my way to crunch a few more! What is your favorite fall activity?
Our weekend was very, very wet. But I love the aftermath! Beautiful snow capped mountains. The valley we live in is surrounded by amazing peaks, this is the most photographed for it's jagged edges. The best part is – I can see it from my kitchen! All winter long I watch the storms come in and out of the valley based on these mountains. … Read More »
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I realized last night that at the end of my Random post yesterday I said "Happy Tuesday" – lol! It seems the week is getting away from me. Maybe I need to keep the calendar a bit closer :)
I hope you are having a great week, honestly I'm glad that it is going fast! The last couple of weeks were really long. Blessings ~Amy
Hi there! I haven't done anything the last few days that I felt were blog worthy . . . so I didn't. :) I was on flickr for a bit today – adding quilts to my favorites, and I realized how much I lean toward geometric quilts. I love the repetitive nature of these quilts and just thought I would share a bit of what inspires me! Hope you have a great weekend – Amy1. bento box quilt, 2. Whirlygiggles Baby Quilt, 3. Minny Muu Baby Quilt, 4. Eclipse Quilt, 5. Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show 2008, 6. Black and White Quilt, 7. Crop Circles – Embroidered Mini Art Quilt, 8. Zipper Quilt, 9. Jane Austen Diamond Quilt, 10. Quilt Show2007 052, 11. Four Seasons Quilt Swap – Spring Mini Quilt by Nikki, 12. Stained … Read More »
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I'm so thankful that this week is behind me! I won't bore you with lame details but I just haven't had enough time for myself, or to sew or blog this week. I could have posted a thankful post a couple other times, but couldn't get myself to the computer long enough to post. :) But having it on my mind that I need to be thankful has been a huge blessing to me, in the midst of my stress. Oh! And I did manage to loose 1.5 lbs this week too! I have a tendency to run into the kitchen when I get emotional – so that's huge!
I did cut my cancer quilt earlier this week, and I just sewed the blocks this morning! It's super simple half triangle squares. … Read More »
Fun with Flickr
1. Cupcakes from Amy Sedaris' recipe, 2. The Cup Of LOVE.., 3. Bridge HDR, 4. Sunny Side Up, 5. Shelf of Happy, 6. I Heart Dr.Pepper, 7. An Italian old Mansion, 8. Chocolate gateau, 9. The Zipper Quilt, on display, 10. Of Earth And Sea And The Oceans Free, 11. blessing of nature, 12. requilted
This is a game on flickr – lots of fun and I would love to see what you might come up with. Camille turned me on to it – Thanks!
Home Machine Quilting Show
At the last minute I discovered that there was (still is today) a Quilting Show down in Salt Lake, about 45 minutes and 2 mountain passes away. I packed up Owen and asked Ella if she wanted to join us as she has been learning to quilt on a place mat that we almost have finished. She jumped at the chance and so we took off.I have been to gem faire but never a quilting show – there was so much to take in! We started by looking at the quilts that had been entered in the competition – so beautiful! I didn't get to take pictures of every quilt (there had to be at least 200) but I think I got around 50 photographed, they were favored by Ella or myself. Here's one of … Read More »


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As I said last year I am still all ears for the EFF to offer free certificates simply by automating common tasks.
Summer is soon here so... Give me. Give me. Give me. I want it and my site needs it.
Normal certificates with annual subscriptions are simply too expensive for small start-up websites.
Because you touch yourself at night?
This is problem with many US companies existing on the Internet with global demand but with very limited US only supply.
And yes this seems like a very tasty solar battery when 20,000 mAh is only 5 times the 4,000 mAh of the battery in my Android tablet.
So criminals on both sides of law enforcement.
Quite rightly the Judge should throw the book at them when this a total abuse of power for greedy theft. Makes you wonder all else they stole in their past.
They were dumb too when never link your personal details to BitCoin theft when instead just put funds in an obscure BitCoin account then do nothing for 1 to 10 years until the heat blows over and you have a perfect plan to cash out.
Every story has its origin including Saint Nicholas the little boy who gave his toys away to other poor kids. So he may be long dead but the real miracle he gave the world is to follow his example.
Following my previous message then I do agree that much more needs to be socially done to promote SSL use where maybe a name and shame system is not so bad.
Take one example: Amazon.com
Secure shopping sounds like a nice idea right without hundreds of spy agencies and companies peering into your Amazon browsing and shopping.
Too bad any HTTPS connection to Amazon.com gets kicked back immediately to HTTP when Amazon is indeed NSA spy on all your shit super friendly.
We can look more into the problem here... http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cOZo6A2bL.jpg
I can say that ecx.images-amazon.com is where they store all the product photos where naturally an SSL friendly site has to keep such location behind a valid certificate.
No such luck when change that HTTP link to HTTPS and we can see that Amazon has no certificate installed when this link defaults to the SSL certificate of their cloud hosting provider meaning site name mismatch and a huge connection warning.
I see this as disgusting when it is hardly like Amazon lack the funds to install the right certificates and to provide their visitors with the full encrypted and safe shopping experience.
So name and shame is not such a bad idea of such huge sites along with a boycott should they fail to change.
There are of course many sites out there who provide the full SSL service like Wiki do.
That is indeed the UK now called Cameron's World.
Having in your control details on how to build a bomb, even general explosives, is now a crime of which the Government can class you a "terrorist" and put you in prison.
Naturally that outcome is much assisted if you have the Middle East appearance.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron doesn't ask for much from the world's tech companies. All he wants is for them to proactively police the web for child pornography, piracy and extremist content. He's not offering to pay for these services. He just expects Google et al to do this on their own time and own dime to make the world a better place.
I am already sure that the European Court of Justice have already ruled that Governments can't do this. To force businesses to do unpaid work is akin to modern slavery.
After all the Government does not hand an arms manufacturer a long list of desired hardware and then go "all for free" or to demand engineers build a new bridge for "zero charge".
So I have no idea why the Government wants to freeload off Internet data services when they pay GCHQ for data right but not Google for data?
As has been made clear before then if the Government wants Google to do work then the Government can enter into contract with Google to buy services at a fair market rate. Should Google refuse then sure the Government can aim to change the law to force them but they still need to pay for the work.
What a day this is when Joe Public has to explain basic economics to the poxy Government who seem intent on forcing slavery.
Beyond this all being a bad idea then I can say that many sites DO want to move to SSL but there are problems in doingn so where beyond technical implementation the main problem is that SSL certificates requite third party validation. It may be nice to ensure a valid business but this is no one off charge when such services want to milk the punters for all they can with an annual subscription of a high fee.
This is why if SSL is to become the standard across a vast variety of different sites then we need FREE validation. That is exactly what the EFF plan to implement in about 6 months time when they automate the validation process.
So not much can happen until then. Sure we need to lead sites into using SSL by default but it is still wrong to claim unencrypted is somehow dangerous or harmful.
Certainly and that raid on TPB load balancer would have involved money to the prosecutor.
Unfortunately it is not classed as unlawful bribery if they declare it on their tax returns. Also they can use front companies and general terms to hide the truth.
Let the Macaque speak...
This is something one of my own sites need when your common certificate validation services seem a bit expensive where an annual subscription seems criminal.
I can understand the EFF's point when many site owners when stuck between a large annual fee and to go cost free no encryption can choose the latter.
Even if the EFF do charge a one off fee then any site owners would be very happy indeed. It is only a bitch we need to wait until the summer but I am all ears.
Copyright belongs to the one who pushed the button and not the one who encouraged the shot. Like a wife saying to he husband to take a photo when the copyright belongs to him and not her.
To do the opposite creates no end of problems with people saying they encouraged a famous photo to be taken with the photographer playing the trained monkey in this.
The problem here of course is that copyright is a human concept meaning no macaque monkey can own copyright. That means this photo is expelled from copyright into the public domain.
You can always get this macaque monkey in Court though to fight for his copyright when he should be as good as many rights holders in terms of pointing fingers and screaming tantrums. I just don't see it working out.
"We added an update with some more details. The court's ruling, apparently, is not entirely clear on if this applies to infringing videos or not. In the original case, apparently the company claimed the original video was *not* uploaded with permission, which would indicate that the copy was unauthorized (favoring streaming sites' arguments), but other elements of the ruling suggest otherwise and the court more or less ignores the specific issue entirely."
This would indicate to me that the video being infringing or not infringing was unimportant to the ruling regardless when all embedding is lawful.
After all had the ECJ believed embedding an infringing video was unlawful then they would have said guilty from the moment they heard that the video was uploaded to YouTube without the approval of the owner. The fact that the video was already made public elsewhere seems unimportant when there is only infringing and not infringing where an unofficial YouTube upload is certainly infringing.
Still I do much await the English version to see clearly what these Judges said and what we can reasonably assume from what they did not say.
That incident sounds like a Cyber War attack even if it was an accident which makes it lucky that Syria did not take down United States Governmental services, or worse, even if they may lack that technology.
So the US terror campaign against the on-line world continues one country at a time.
As he was arrested then so was he bailed while they continue their investigation maybe leading to a [doubtful] trial.
The interesting part is what he was arrested for when to be a lawful arrest they have to believe he has committed a crime. We don't know the full details of course but from what we can publicly see he did nothing unlawful.
In most sane countries threatening to murder someone is in fact a crime.
The core problem in the United States is that people tolerate failure in their public officials. This stems from the President downwards with like "I messed up but I am the one in charge here so suck it up".
I only hope this aspect is never exported to the United Kingdom when they are famed for firing those officials caught with their pants down. Even PM Cameron can be easily replaced by his own party should they simply believe that someone else can do the job better.
Even the UK Police are held to high regard. Those who show bad behaviour or fail to follow the rules get suspended or reprimanded while those seen to break the law are fired. They don't allow criminals on both sides of the law here for obvious reasons. So had this been the UK that officer would be fired without doubt when there are other people who can do his job better.
In a related fact UK Police shot dead 5 people in the last 4 years where each of these cases made major news headlines where many locals can name all 5 victims. Over in the USA Police officers shot dead 1600 people within this same time-frame. To adjust for population sizes then UK Police would have shot dead 25 people making US Police's 1600 fatality score as 6400% as deadly.
Sure though the USA will go on doing zero to fix these clear problems.
You know your history then. Some extra details about the Star Chamber...
"In 1641, the Long Parliament, led by John Pym and inflamed by the severe treatment of John Lilburne, as well as that of other religious dissenters such as William Prynne, Alexander Leighton, John Bastwick and Henry Burton, abolished the Star Chamber with an Act of Parliament: the Habeas Corpus Act 1640."
Over in the USA...
"The historical abuses of the Star Chamber are considered a primary motivating force behind the protections against compelled self-incrimination embodied in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[14] The meaning of "compelled testimony" under the Fifth Amendment � i.e., the conditions under which a defendant is allowed to "plead the Fifth" to avoid self-incrimination � is thus often interpreted via reference to the inquisitorial methods of the Star Chamber.[15]
As the U.S. Supreme Court described it, "the Star Chamber has, for centuries, symbolized disregard of basic individual rights. The Star Chamber not merely allowed, but required, defendants to have counsel. The defendant's answer to an indictment was not accepted unless it was signed by counsel. When counsel refused to sign the answer, for whatever reason, the defendant was considered to have confessed." Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 821�22 (1975)."
Wow I am truly impressed when the UK Government has just reopened the Star Chamber after it was closed in 1641. Secret trails with secret evidence and secret witnesses are back in fashion.
I have books here detailing how many time since 1641 various groups tried getting the Star Chamber reopened but past Governments have always denied this recognizing the abuse of the justice system. So all of 373 years later the current UK Government proves their place in a very troubling history.


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Forget the presidential campaign. Can he still win his Senate race?
Oct 2, 2006, Vol. 12, No. 03 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI
His first stab at elected office--a campaign for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates--came in 1979. He lost. "In the midst of it I played an alumni football game," Allen said in the interview. "I was fine doing quarterback." The play called for an on-side kick. "I did a running start." They were playing on astroturf. "One of these mammoth varsity players cross-body-blocks," Allen continued. "My knee gets swept around. I end up with an operation, a blood clot in my calf, and I'm running for the House of Delegates. That's not why I lost, but it was generally an all-around miserable year. I learned a lot." Allen was also perturbed that his advisers "made me buy wingtips and shiny belt buckles."
In 1982, in a special election, Allen made another attempt at the House of Delegates. "I won by a whopping 25 votes," Allen said. He had won Jefferson's seat. George H. was with him on Election Night. When they learned he had won, the family cheered. "My father said, 'Gosh, this is as good as beating Dallas!'" Allen has won every election since.
In early July 1991, Rep. French Slaughter announced his retirement from Congress after three terms representing the Seventh District of Virginia. Allen was the first person to announce his candidacy for the seat. Slaughter's son also made a play, but withdrew after it became clear he couldn't overtake the frontrunner. Allen won the Republican nomination. The themes he articulated then would dominate his career for a decade: "The issues in this race," he said, "are promoting the work ethic through workfare instead of welfare, protecting law-abiding citizens and victims instead of coddling criminals, fighting against higher taxes and wasteful government spending, and looking out for Americans first."
The Democrats nominated Kay Slaughter, a cousin of the retiring congressman. The most contentious issue in the special election was the Persian Gulf war, which Allen supported and Slaughter opposed. Allen ran an ad that featured a photograph of Slaughter next to a photograph from a Washington, D.C., antiwar protest in which activists had held up a banner declaring "Victory to Iraq." Slaughter said the ad was sleazy. She lost, 62 percent to 34 percent.
Allen was sworn in the next week. After the ceremony, he said, "I have not come to be a member of a club, but rather to fight for the taxpayers of Virginia. We need to cease class warfare and petty partisan bickering to get this economy moving forward." About a week later, however, state Democrats announced a gerrymander plan that would erase Allen's district and force him into a primary against Thomas Bliley, a Richmond Republican. Allen's career had reached an impasse. One option was district-shopping, but he knew he was unlikely to defeat Bliley or Frank Wolf, another popular Republican congressman, in a primary election. At the end of his term, he returned to private practice and prepared to run for governor.
Democrats had held the governor's office in Richmond throughout the 1980s. In 1993, in the contest to replace the popular L. Douglas Wilder, the first African-American elected governor in the United States, Allen faced Democratic attorney general Mary Sue Terry. He started the race behind. It was a hard-fought, tough, and sometimes abrasive campaign. Terry attacked Allen's position on abortion. He was never the sort of conservative who placed values issues front and center, and his stance on abortion was muddled. In a general election debate, Terry said, "I'm pro-choice, and my opponent is multiple-choice." In the same debate, Allen said that in the early stages of a pregnancy, it is "a woman's election" to decide whether or not to abort her child. Later, to the Washington Post, Allen described his position as one of "reasonable moderation." That, along with Allen's positions on crime, welfare, and education, appealed to voters. He won, 58 percent to 41 percent.
There ought to be little argument that Allen was one of the most successful governors of the 1990s. He abolished the parole system as promised, signed into law a parental notification abortion statute, and shepherded to passage a welfare reform plan that eliminated benefits after two years on the dole. He signed into law the Standards of Learning (SOL) education reforms, the model for President Bush's No Child Left Behind act. Allen, who criticizes No Child Left Behind on federalism grounds, likes to point out that the standards he championed are far tougher than Bush's. The best evidence of Allen's success as governor came in 1997, when Virginians elected his handpicked successor, Attorney General James Gilmore, governor on a tax-cut platform.
Allen and his advisers considered a presidential run in 2000, but decided against it, as George W. Bush appeared unstoppable. Instead Allen ran for Senate, challenging the incumbent Democrat, former governor Charles Robb. In this race, too, Allen started behind. And in this race, too, he overtook the frontrunner and won. It is worth noting, however, that Allen's margin of victory, for a man who had spent two decades in Virginia politics, was not wildly impressive. He ran even with Bush in 2000, beating Robb 52 percent to 48 percent.
Throughout his career, Allen has sought to govern by the principles of what he calls "common-sense Jeffersonian conservatism." In March, when I asked Allen what this meant, he said, "It means I trust free people." As a symbol of Virginia's heritage, and as a model for self-government, Jefferson has served as the touchstone for Allen's politics. "I look at Reagan as a modern-day Thomas Jefferson," he told me. Then, unprompted, he quoted from Jefferson's 1801 Inaugural Address: "The sum of good government is a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another but otherwise leave them free to regulate their own pursuits of industry. And the government shall not take from the mouths of laborers the bread they've earned."
The Senate has frustrated Allen. He said it surprised him "how long it takes for them"--his fellow senators-- "to get things done." He went on, "They're the most collegial bunch of folks you'd ever want to meet. I'd never seen more people take so much time to make a decision. They need action."
Allen is less a skilled legislator than a talented executive. One day, I asked his press secretary to name the senator's top three accomplishments. The items he named seem thin branches from which to hang a presidential bid. "First of all, he's kept the Internet free from taxation," Snepp said. "Second, he was able to pass the nanotechnology research and development act. And third, he's also very proud of other technology initiatives," including legislation to provide federal technology grants to historically black colleges and universities. "And," Snepp added, "he's also been very proud in supporting U.S. troops fighting the war on terrorism."
On the campaign trail, Allen's efforts to provide grants to historically black institutions are mentioned whenever he is accused of racial or ethnic insensitivity, which has happened twice so far in 2006. In its May 8 issue, the New Republic published a cover story, entitled "Pin Prick," which argued that "before he runs for president, George Allen has to run against himself." The article's author, Ryan Lizza, reported extensively on Allen's apparent youthful interest in, and seeming enthusiasm for, the Confederacy, which included hanging a battle flag in his living room during his successful 1993 Virginia gubernatorial bid (part of a collection, Allen says) and hanging what appears to have been a noose in his law office (part of another collection, Allen says).
Lizza also brought up Allen's past support for Confederacy history month in Virginia; his 1984 vote against a state holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.; the pick-up truck he drove in law school, which featured a battle flag bumper sticker; and a Confederate-flag lapel pin Allen appears to be wearing in a high-school yearbook photo. All that, and Allen was a big fan of the country variety television show Hee Haw, which ran on Saturday mornings when he was a teenager.
Among the chattering class, the article caused much discussion, and from the senator's aides it sparked a vigorous counterattack. "I think this is an example of a very liberal magazine searching desperately to find something they can hang on Senator Allen," Snepp told me shortly after the New Republic story appeared. One outside adviser called Lizza's piece a "so-called" profile. Though no one seemed to dispute the article's facts, the implication remained that "Pin Prick" was nothing more than a recycled, partisan hatchet-job. And in this case, the Allen campaign's response appears to have been effective. It marshaled the evidence to show Allen was in no way a racist. In a September 12 speech to the "Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference Luncheon," Allen elaborated on his "own journey" to racial understanding.
"I grew up in a very different universe from most folks," Allen said in the speech. "I grew up in a football family (with an immigrant mother), and in football, your race, ethnicity, and religion do not matter. What matters is how well you can punt, pass, kick, block, run, or tackle. What matters is whether you can produce on a level playing field, and help the team win! It is a true meritocracy, and that level playing field is what America should aspire to be." Allen went on to discuss his relationship with David "Deacon" Jones, the Hall of Fame defensive end who played on his father's Rams and Redskins teams in the 1960s and 70s. "What football, and my father, and Deacon Jones, among others, taught me," Allen said, "is to treat people as individuals and look at what is inside, not outside."
Every "personal journey" has a starting point. In the speech, Allen never mentioned his, although one assumes it was his past ownership and display of Confederate symbols. Those days, however, are long behind him. Last week, one outside adviser sent me a seven-page white paper of Allen's "African-American Accomplishments." These included, as governor, "safer communities," "enterprise zones," an "urban revitalization initiative," support for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, support for Black History Month, appointing a "significant number" of African Americans to state government posts, criticizing discrimination against black farmers, funding the Virginia Slavery Museum in Jamestown, "authoring a resolution" at the 1997 National Governors' Association meeting condemning church burnings, welfare reform, education reform, and support for hate crimes legislation. As senator, Allen has, among other things, cosponsored a resolution condemning the Senate for failing to pass anti-lynching legislation, and hosted, along with Georgia Democratic congressman John Lewis, two civil rights pilgrimages--one to Alabama, the other to Virginia.
All this may strike some as overcompensation, an overwhelming response to a perceived political weakness. In any case, the response seems to have worked. Most of the accusations leveled in the New Republic article were ignored or dismissed. Allen's reputation--such as it was--remained intact, and by summer his reelection to the Senate seemed assured.
Then he visited Breaks.
Breaks, Virginia, is in Dickinson County, in the southwestern part of the commonwealth, near the Kentucky border. It is a small community, and relatively poor. In 2000, according to the census, the county's population was slightly more than 16,000 people, including 70 "hispanics" and 58 "blacks." The census calculated median household income at $23,431 in 1999 dollars. Breaks is a beautiful, historic, and conservative part of rural Virginia--the sort of place that led George Allen to fall in love with the state three decades ago.
On August 11, as part of his annual "listening tour," Allen visited Breaks and spoke to supporters at a local park. Among those observing Allen deliver his stump speech was a "tracker" for the Webb campaign. On the campaign trail, tracking is a common phenomenon. A low-level staff member for the opposing candidate follows a politician around, recording everything he or she says and does. For a long time, trackers used pad and pen. Today, it is typical for them to film a candidate with a video camera. That day, Allen decided to incorporate Webb's tracker into his speech.
"My friends, we're going to run this campaign on positive, instructive ideas," Allen said, as the videotape shows. "And it's important that we motivate and inspire people for something."
He turned and pointed at the video camera.
"This fella here, over here with the yellow shirt, macaca or whatever his name is, he's with my opponent, he's following us around everywhere."
Someone in the crowd laughed, and Allen paused and smiled.
"And it's just great. We're going to places all over Virginia"--Allen turned once more to the camera and pointed--"and he's having it on film and it's great to have you here, and you show it to your opponent." Presumably Allen meant "my" opponent. But the crowd got the point. Someone clapped, and Allen continued: "Because he's never been there and probably will never come." People cheered. "So it's good to have you here," Allen went on--and here the tape is garbled because of the cheers and applause--"rather than living inside the Beltway or--his opponent actually right now is with a bunch of Hollywood movie moguls." Laughter. "We care about fact, not fiction."
Allen turned back to the camera.
"So welcome. Let's give a welcome to macaca here. Welcome to America, and the real world of Virginia." A pause. "Now my friends, we're in the midst of a war on terror . . . "
"Macaca" was Shekar Ramanuja Sidarth, known by his surname, or "Sid" for short, a 6-foot-4-inch tall 20-year-old student at the University of Virginia who grew up in the northern Virginia suburb of Fairfax County. Sidarth's father, a wealthy mortgage banker, immigrated to the United States from India a quarter of a century ago. His mother came shortly afterward. Growing up, Sidarth attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a prestigious Fairfax County magnet school, where he earned a 4.1 grade point average, a 1550 SAT score, and participated in chess club and the Spanish Honor Society. Sidarth, like Allen, played high-school football. He is a Democrat, but his politics seem centrist. In addition to supporting Webb, he contributed $2,000 to Joseph Lieberman's 2004 presidential campaign.
He is also curious. As Sidarth tells it, after the Breaks event he sought out a dictionary and looked up "macaca," which he found refers to a genus of monkey, and in certain cultures is used as an ethnic slur. Offended, he circulated his video among some liberal bloggers. In a few days the Washington Post got interested in the story. And before he knew it, Allen had a scandal on his hands.
There are a variety of reasons Allen's encounter with Sidarth has become the defining moment in his campaign. One is the increasingly important role technology plays in fashioning our politics. Sidarth's video gained an audience when he posted the "macaca" clip on YouTube, an Internet video clearinghouse. It was a group of loosely affiliated liberal bloggers who brought the video to the attention of traditional reporters. And the video lends itself to television, where a viewer can't help finding it strangely compelling: the absurdity of a professional politician mocking a twenty-year-old campaign volunteer; the goofy, triumphant grin on Allen's face as he welcomes "macaca" to America; the casual, unknowing ease with which Allen moves from committing a potentially career-ending gaffe to a canned discourse on fighting terrorists.
A second reason is the incredible amount of coverage the Washington Post devoted to the controversy. According to the Lexis-Nexis research database, prior to August 15, 2006, the only mention of "macaca" in the Post occurred in a June 2003 "Travel" piece that mentioned the famous monkeys of Gibraltar. Between August 15 and September 18, however, the Post mentioned the "macaca" incident some 44 times. During that time, "macaca" appeared in seven front-page (A1) news articles. It appeared in six front-page "Metro" (B1) articles. It appeared in no less than three editorials and one op-ed column. This sort of coverage is what reporters mean when they say "flood the zone."
But a significant reason "macaca" took on a life of its own was the Allen campaign's clumsy damage control. At first, the campaign ignored the story, then it said the publicity devoted to it was evidence of liberal media bias. The campaign said Allen might have been referring to Sidarth's silly haircut, then said the senator had never heard the word before. When asked in a recent televised debate whether, growing up, he might have heard his mother say "macaca"--everyone seems to think that in North Africa "macaca" is an everyday word--Allen said, "I hope you're not trying to bring my mother into this matter," and ignored the question.
What's more, Allen waited almost two weeks to apologize to Sidarth. And every day an apology was left unsaid was a day the Post could run an article with a headline akin to Allen Still Hasn't Apologized to Victimized Young Adult. Now Allen finds himself doing little besides apologizing. Indeed, in September, he apologized for macaca, the Confederate flag, and everything else he's ever done that might be construed as "insensitive." "The point is, symbols matter, they should matter, and this is something that I wish I learned a lot earlier," he said. "Even if your heart is pure, the things you say and do and the symbols you use do matter because of the way others may take them."
And yet, whether on the part of Allen or his opponents, the rhetorical linkage of the senator's past fascination with the Confederacy and his singling out of Sidarth is misplaced. If Allen was guilty of anything in the Breaks speech, it was being an oaf, not a racist. And even what the incident showed about Allen's personality is not the most important reason for the "macaca" scandal's long life. That reason is, while Breaks might be the "real world," more and more of Virginia is taking on the cultural, social, demographic, and economic conditions of the parts of the state where S.R. Sidarth was born and raised. Allen got into trouble not because of his appreciation for Virginia's past. He got into trouble because he found himself at odds with Virginia's future.
For much of its history, Virginia's politics have been turbulent and unpredictable. But since 1968 a few trends have been clear. Conservative Democrats dominated the commonwealth's politics for much of the 20th century. The archetypal Virginia politician before '68 was the governor and senator Harry F. Byrd, whose family ruled the state's Democratic machine with a mixture of economic populism and racial segregation. But in the 1968 presidential election, Virginia threw its vote to Richard Nixon, and no Democrat has received its electoral votes since. The next year, in 1969, A. Linwood Holton Jr. was elected Virginia's first Republican governor since Reconstruction. A series of Republicans followed in the 1970s, but in the 1980s, while Virginians were voting for Ronald Reagan by substantial margins, they also elected a series of conservative Democratic governors. And the statehouse remained solidly Democratic.
In the 1990s, that partisan split broke down. Allen's election as governor ushered in a new era of Republican dominance. In 1997, Republicans won contests for governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general. In 1999, Republicans captured the House of Delegates and the state senate. In 2000, with Allen's election to the Senate, both of Virginia's U.S. senators became Republicans. By the turn of the century, there was little doubt that Virginia was a Republican state. Realignment had occurred.
Or had it? In 2001, cell phone magnate Mark Warner, a Democrat who had lost narrowly to Sen. John Warner in 1996, won the governor's race. Last year, he was followed by another Democrat, former lieutenant governor Tim Kaine. In presidential and gubernatorial contests since 2000, the strongest GOP showing has been George W. Bush's 54 percent of the vote in 2004. Virginia has reverted to its voting patterns of the 1980s, electing Republican presidents and Democratic governors.
With one notable difference. Virginia is growing, and it is growing into the sort of state--with high numbers of professionals, immigrants, and singles--that tends to vote Democratic. If you look closely at northern Virginia--the richest and most populous region of the commonwealth--the changes are dramatic. In Fairfax County, Republicans went from narrowly winning the presidential vote in 2000 (48.9 percent to 47.5 percent) to losing it in 2004 by a considerable margin (46 percent to 53.3 percent). Democrat Mark Warner won Fairfax County in 2001 (54.4 percent to 44.9 percent), but Democrat Tim Kaine won it by an even bigger margin (60.2 percent to 37.9 percent) in 2005.
While inner suburbs like Fairfax County (and Arlington and Alexandria) continue to trend Democratic, so too do Washington's exurbs. Prince William County, south of the nation's capital, is filled with Republican voters. At least, it used to be. Bush won there in 2000 and won again in 2004. But Prince William voters have shifted their gubernatorial votes. In 2001, they voted for Republican Mark Earley 52.4 percent to 46.8 percent. In 2005, though, they voted for Democrat Tim Kaine, 50 percent to 48 percent.
Why? Census Bureau statistics suggest that Prince William County is becoming more like Fairfax. Its population has increased. In this period, Asian and Pacific Islanders living there have gone from 3.9 percent to 6.8 percent of the population, and Hispanics have gone from 9.7 percent to 18.1 percent--a huge jump. Prince William County, too, is richer: Median household income was $65,960 in 1999 dollars in 2000. In 2005 it was $81,904.
The same pattern can be found in Loudoun County, west of Washington. Bush won Loudoun in 2000 (56.2 percent to 40.9 percent), but in 2004 he won it while losing points (55.5 percent to Kerry's 43.4 percent). Republicans' share of the gubernatorial vote in Loudoun has also declined steadily. In 1993, Allen won 58.6 percent of the vote there. In 2001, Mark Earley won the county with 52.9 percent. But in 2005 Republican Jerry Kilgore lost Loudoun, 46 percent to 51 percent. Again, demographic changes play a role. The Census Bureau estimates that Loudoun County experienced an amazing 50.7 percent growth in its population between 2000 and 2005. During this time, the number of Asian and Pacific Islanders grew from 5.4 percent to 11.6 percent of the population, and the number of Hispanics grew from 5.9 percent to 9.3 percent.
As the exurbs become more like the inner suburbs--multiethnic, professional, and rich--it is likely they will begin to vote like them, too. And more of Virginia is coming to resemble its wealthy north. Last week, in an email, the demographer William Frey, currently a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, told me, "The flight toward affordability is extending northern Virginia demographics southward--in effect, shrinking the traditional base." Frey's analysis supports that of John Judis and Ruy Teixeira, who write in The Emerging Democratic Majority that "if these suburban"--and now exurban--"voters keep increasing their proportion of the Virginia vote, and if they continue to trend Democratic, they could very well tilt Virginia back to the Democrats, even in presidential elections."
No doubt demographics are important. But candidates matter too. And a few months ago, Allen was one of the most talented Republican politicians around. Always smiling, upbeat, he seemed to have a message designed to appeal equally to Virginia's rural and technocratic voters. In March, I accompanied Allen to the Infineon semiconductor fabrication facility outside Richmond. As we approached the plant, Allen told me how, as governor, he was able to lure investors to build the facility. Back then, Allen found himself in competition with Ross Perot, who wanted the plant in Texas. Allen won. He called the plant "my favorite monument in the Richmond area."
Allen is far wonkier than he appears. At the Infineon facility, his speech was littered with references to "solar-voltaic" batteries and "coal liquefaction" and "dynamic random access memory chips." He told the audience, "We are falling behind in this country as far as broadband access." There was a certain hokey charm in his delivery, and most of the employees gathered in the Infineon cafeteria seemed to respond well. Allen seemed a smart and harmless man who wanted to do his best for his people.
Allen has put all his energy into his political recovery. On a recent Saturday, post-"macaca," the Fairfax County Republican Committee held its Third Annual Ethnic Community Campaign Kick-Off Rally in the Edison High School auditorium in Alexandria. Outside the school, a few protesters milled about. One wore a gorilla suit. This was Hunter "Patch" Adams, M.D., the self-described "doctor/activist/clown" who served as the inspiration for an eponymous 1998 Universal Studios movie starring comedian Robin Williams. At more than six feet, with half his pony-tailed hair dyed indigo, what looks like the jawbone of a small mammal dangling from his left ear, and a gorilla mask nestled in his furry arm, Adams is a striking figure. He is also angry.
As a fellow protester, Anna Banana, waved and smiled at the Republicans entering the high school, Adams told me how the protest came about. "We represent democracy," he said. "Racism is not a family value. We wanted to address the history of Sen. Allen." The gorilla costume, Adams added, was his idea. "I made it in 1971." It seemed to fit the "macaca" moment.
"The most disturbing thing is that he chose to isolate a kid," said another protester, from nearby Falls Church. Later, the activists' PR guy, Bill, handed out a press release. It quotes Anna Banana as saying, "Allen has a long history of racist attitudes and behavior."
You wouldn't have known that, though, from speaking to the people inside the crowded auditorium, who made up an incredible collection of hyphenated Americans. According to the event program, there were, in alphabetical order, Afghans, Africans, Bolivians, Chinese, Colombians, Cubans, Filipinos, Indians, Iranians, Koreans, Pakistanis, Peruvians, Puerto Ricans, Salvadorans, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese--all waving American flags, carrying balloons, and wearing buttons embossed with the names of local Republican political figures.
A local party activist named Gary, a retired engineer who recently returned from an overseas vacation, told me he paid no attention to the protesters. Gary is white. Sen. Allen's verbal slip-up, he said, was excusable, even understandable. "He felt too relaxed and slipped. It came out the wrong way," Gary said. Then he paused and smiled. "Sometimes I get into trouble like that, too."
Onstage, Puneet Ahluwalia, a northern Virginia businessman, introduced Allen, who launched into a cheerful and enthusiastic mangling of greetings in the native languages of those assembled, racing through each phrase, stumbling over diphthongs and glottal stops, and barely pausing to acknowledge the audience members, who laughed, yelled out corrections, and cheered. It was a pleasant scene: a run-down school auditorium filled with delighted Americans, young and old, and a veteran politician who still was smiling. And here, for the moment, no one had any questions about Allen, race, or ethnicity, and the protesters outside might as well have been a thousand miles away.
Then the moment passed. On September 17, Allen debated Webb on NBC's Meet the Press. The consensus among Washington Republicans was that Allen lost the debate soundly. Dean Barnett, a conservative blogger, wrote on radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt's website that, "for conservatives wishing for Allen to retain his seat, their best hope is that Virginians were otherwise occupied this morning or that the state's NBC outlets were having technical difficulties." Allen's positions were muddled. He refused to say whether he supported the president's or Sen. McCain's stance on terrorist interrogations. He refused to say whether he would serve a full term if reelected to the Senate.
The next day, Allen and Webb debated again, this time in front of a paying Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce audience at the McLean Hilton. Among conservatives, the conventional wisdom is that Allen won this second debate, but that since it took place in the middle of a weekday, he will be unable to reap the benefits of victory. This is wrong. While Allen might have had a good showing substantively, the story that emerged from the debate was his irate reaction to WUSA-9 television reporter Peggy Fox's question on a recent report in the Forward that he might have been descended, on his mother's side, from the Lumbroso family of Sephardic Jews.
Fox embarrassed herself by asking the question as though she were the grand inquisitor at a show trial. But Allen embarrassed himself too, first by standing there, agape, staring at Fox for asking the question, then by refusing to answer it. Worse, Allen lied. He told Fox, "My mother's French-Italian with a little Spanish blood in her. And I was raised as she was, as far as I know, raised as a Christian." It turns out, of course, that the report in the Forward was accurate; by the end of the week, Allen had admitted that his mother informed him in late August that she was raised a Jew. Etty Allen said that she had asked her son to keep her heritage secret, which might have led to his dissembling at the Chamber of Commerce debate.
Still, Allen's move to embrace this newly uncovered part of his heritage has been flawed. He clumsily joked to the Richmond Times-Dispatch that his mother's Judaism is "just an interesting nuance to my background" and "I still had a ham sandwich for lunch. And my mother made great pork chops." His campaign quickly accused Webb supporters of anti-Semitism for posting video on weblogs of Allen's reaction at the McLean Hilton debate. But this attack was silly. Webb's supporters weren't criticizing Allen for his heritage; they were publicizing his fumbling attempt to cover it up. As this goes to press, the issue shows no sign of disappearing.
In recent days Allen has been recast as a sort of bumbling phony, confused about his identity and his message. His encounter with S.R. Sidarth and his campaign's lame response tripped him up, but that was only the beginning. Steve Jarding, a Democratic consultant and adviser to Webb, said that what hurt Allen most about "macaca" was that it subverted his image as a likable guy. "Ninety percent of Virginians are aware of that tape, according to our polling," Jarding told me. "It cast a doubt on everything George Allen built up over 25 years."
In the past, one of Allen's strengths was his forthrightness and consistency. "He's just authentic," Mary Matalin told me earlier this year. "We're in the era of authenticity. He's serious, but he's comfortable. He doesn't get rattled. He doesn't tap dance." Matalin might have been right at the time, but not anymore.
Allen's advisers still believe the dynamics of this race favor the incumbent. They say his long record in Virginia helps quell any new questions or doubts about his competence. And they are changing strategy. The campaign has gone negative sooner than expected, running attack ads on Webb's views on, among other things, women in the military (some of which he expressed in these pages). "I think that what we're starting to get is a sense of the core of James Webb," campaign manager Wadhams told me last week. "And it's not pretty."
In the coming weeks, Allen expects to introduce new policies, hoping to change the conversation, directing the debate toward domestic and economic issues on which Webb is weak. And Allen has the money--some $12 million, dwarfing the $1.1 million Webb raised through June 30--to ensure a presence on radio and television.
Webb adviser Jarding says the race will come down to money, and that if the Democrat raises enough to reach near parity with Allen on the air, he will win. In the race this is becoming, however, money may be less important than usual. So far, free media have dominated the campaign--the stories on macaca, the Lumbrosos, and so on--and this will only continue if Allen keeps performing as badly as he has in recent weeks. If nothing changes, November 7 is sure to be the defining test of Allen's three-decade-long political career. If he fails, it will be only partly because the Virginia that captured his heart as a young man is slowly vanishing. Mainly it will be because of Allen himself.
Matthew Continetti is associate editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD.


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Bronx, NY Dec 07, 2007 Terrance "The Heat" Cauthen (32-4, 9KO's) and Sechew "Iron Horse" Powell (22-1, 13KO's) hooked Wednesday December 5th in a memorable battle for the IBF #1 position at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida..
The fight was a barnburner from the opening bell, which was a surprise to boxing fans given each fighter is known for their skills rather than their brawn. Cauthen took it right to Powell as the fighers exchanged freely. Mid-way through the first round, Powell unleashed a devastating right hook which dropped Cauthen for an eight count. Cauthen bravely fought back and was landing clean shots of his own as the bell sounded ending the round.
Cauthen regained his senses and had a strong second round as he once again took the fight to Powell and gave no quarter. The pattern continuted over the next round and a half with Cauthen getting the better of the exchanges, and appeared to have control of the fight in the 4th round.
Powell uncorked a huge left hook that put Cauthen down for a second time and then followed with a flurry of punches prompting referee Telis Assimenios to call an end to things at 2:19 of the fourth round.
Although he came up short, Terrance Cauthen showed the heart and determination of a true champion in what may be among the fights to be considered as one of the fights of the year.
Star Boxing's top heavyweight prospects Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson and Devin Vargas saw action on the under card. Johnson (18-0-1, 6KO's) and ranked WBA # 14, displayed quickness and skill that has captured the eye of the boxing industry as an American heavyweight who will be a force to be dealt with. Johnson dominated a game Jermell Barnes (18- 15-2, 4KO's), over the course of the eight rounds, pitching a shut out 80-72 on all three judges' cards.
Vargas (14-0, 6KO's), 2004 Olympic team captain, passed the sternest test in his young career as he pounded out a unanimous decision over tough journeyman Earl Ladson (13-17-1, 7KO's), winning by scores of 60-54 twice, and 59-55 in a scheduled six round bout.
Vargas and Ladson hooked up in a free-swinging brawl but Vargas displayed too much skill and firepower for Ladson to contend with and took control of the bout. Ladson hung in and tried until the final bell as the crowd appreciated the effort of the two combatants.
Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing and Warriers Boxing promoted the event in association with the Siminole Hard Rock Arena. The show was broadcasted live on the internet by GOFIGHTLIVE.TV.
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Mary Makris had a goal and an assist on the weekend
Oct. 21, 2012
After going without since 2000, even just a slice of the Big Sky Conference pie tastes sweet. The Montana soccer team won a share of the Big Sky regular-season championship Sunday afternoon with a 1-0 victory over Northern Arizona at Flagstaff, Ariz.
The Grizzlies (10-6-2, 6-2-1 BSC), who won their fifth straight match, all by shutout, share the title with Idaho State (11-5-1, 6-2-1 BSC) and Portland State (8-7-2, 6-2-1 BSC).
Montana had not won a regular-season championship since winning the outright title in 2000. It is the fifth shared or outright Big Sky title in program history.
Already holding one of the four spots to the Big Sky tournament, which will be held in two weekends at Pocatello, Idaho, Montana still needed to pick up a win Sunday to join ISU and PSU with 19 points in the final standings.
In between the Grizzlies and their goal of winning a championship was a team that had not allowed a single goal in its previous five home matches.
Montana ended Northern Arizona's streak less than eight minutes into the match when junior Mary Makris scored her second goal of the season from 10 yards out off an assist from freshman Mackenzie Akins.
"Getting the early goal allowed us to relax," second-year coach Mark Plakorus said. "We wanted to start fast and put pressure on them and try to get up early, because this is not an easy place to come in and get a win.
"It was great to find out Friday that we were already in the tournament, but we still had an opportunity to win a championship today, and that was important to the girls. They came out ready to play."
Makris's was the only goal scored, but the Grizzlies did not lack opportunities to build upon its lead and make for a more comfortable second half. Montana outshot Northern Arizona 14-4 and took 10 corner kicks to the Lumberjacks' one.
NAU, which beat Montana 5-0 on the Grizzlies' last trip to Flagstaff in 2010, did not get a single shot from its starters and put just one shot on goal in 90 minutes.
Griz senior keeper Kristen Hoon played all 90 minutes in net to collect her eighth shutout of the season and 10th of her career. Her eight shutouts this fall moves Hoon within one of Natalie Hiller's program record of nine from the 2000 season.
That 2000 season was the best fall in program history. The Grizzlies went 16-5-1 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament under coach Betsy Duerksen. It was that successful past that Plakorus spoke of when he got the job just 21 months ago.
His first two teams -- last year the Grizzlies won the Big Sky tournament and advanced to the NCAAs -- have been bridging the two eras quicker than anyone thought possible.
Montana's current five-match winning streak is the program's longest since 2000. That was also the same season the Grizzlies, who have not allowed a goal in over 458 minutes, had five consecutive shutout wins.
"The thing I'm happiest about is that we're seeing the fruits of our labor," Plakorus said. "It's great for the team to find out what's possible if you work hard enough for it.
"From the day I got here, the girls have been determined to change this into a championship program. They made a commitment to one another and held on to the belief that they could do something special. And winning a championship today was pretty special."
Montana, which has reached 10 wins in a season for the first time since 2006, will take the No. 3 seed into the Big Sky tournament. The Grizzlies will face No. 2 Portland State in the semifinal round on Nov. 2. The Vikings won the regular-season meeting between the teams, 2-0 at Hillsboro, Ore., on Sept. 28.
No. 1 Idaho State will meet No. 4 Weber State in the other semifinal. Weber won the regular-season meeting, 1-0 at Ogden, Utah.
In between Sunday's clincher and its tournament opener, Montana will have a nonconference match at Utah Valley (6-10-1) next Friday night. The Wolverines have also won five straight, four by shutout.
"I like getting the break (from Big Sky matches)," Plakorus said. "It will be important for us to clean up some things next week so that we're playing as well as we possibly can going into the tournament."
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