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I have just installed Windows 8 and I'm having trouble using VirtualBox. It installed properly and created a new VM for installing Windows XP without issues. But it's giving the following error:
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Result Code:E_FAIL (0x80004005)Component:ConsoleInterface:IConsole {db7ab4ca-2a3f-4183-9243-c1208da92392}
VirtualBox is not the only app I've had problems with since installing Windows 8. Sandboxie and Firefox run weirdly too.
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Got rid of Windows 8 and re-installed Windows 7.Go to the full post

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As the first student to come to Wilson College on a scholarship from the AMIDEAST organization, Mariam Khalifeh carried a lot of expectations on her shoulders. By the time she graduated in May, she had exceeded all of them.
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Best advice you can get: for gaming use Windows. Simple as that.
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I found this today. Not sure if it'll help.
"Ubuntu's Unity desktop uses desktop compositing. Windows draw their contents off the screen and the desktop compositing manager draws them back onto the screen. This allows the Unity desktop (and other desktops such as GNOME Shell and KDE 4 with compositing enabled) to provide slick, 3D effects.
With most applications, you won't notice any slowdown. However, if you're playing a game, this adds additional overhead, slowing down the game. Some people have reported the redirection can reduce performance by up to 20%.
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It seems odd that your performance went down when using OpenGL as mine went up quite a bit after changing.
Did you double check that it properly got set to OpenGL? The dropdown where you would usually be able to change between DirectX9 & 10 should change to say "Custom" (or be blank, I can't remember which one, I'll check when I'm home). I'm using the 13.1 driver, maybe there's issues with the 13.2 beta?
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not always, if you remember back to when steam was first being shown running on ubuntu it actually had much better performance and FPS than its windows counterpart, thus the devs took some of those ideas and implemented them into the windows build and gained performance.
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With Apple's new magnification software that comes with iOS 4.1 and later, I found it easy to build NXT models using my iPod Touch. (Click the above photo for a larger look).
Has anyone else built models by displaying documents on your mobile device? If so, what was your experience? What software works best when importing PDFs into your mobile device?
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Hi Rick,
The primary reason for me buying an iPad was to have all of my building instructions (and Brickshelf models from others) at my fingertips, without the clutter of a laptop. I loaded all of PDF BIs from LEGO into iBooks, but decided that GoodReader is a far superior PDF reader.
As there is no native LDD/Ldraw format viewer native on iOS it takes some creativity to print to PDF to view on the iPad.
I also use Evernote to store things I see as inspiration models while browsing, whether on NXTLog, Brickshelf, MOCpages or Eurobricks. I tag these with "lego", "inspiration" etc. and then have instant access to all my LEGO inspiration models no matter what device I am carrying.
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Thanks for the reminder that the iBooks app can import PDFs from other sources. (I'd forgotten that).
Based on your comments, I'll check out the Evernote app.
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I wrote a simple tutorial on some of the tools I use for LEGO on my iPad on my website at: http://www.mastincrosbie.com/Marks_LEGO_projects/LEGO_on_the_iPad.html
It's by no means exhaustive, but a starting point for others to build from.
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Thanks, Mark.
I'll make a post highlighting your link.
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Op-Ed article by Roxanna Altholz and Laurel E Fletcher warns of humanitarian crisis imminent on island of Hispaniola as government of Dominican Republic continues its plan to expel Haitian immigrants and many born in country who are of Haitian descent; describes long history of abuse of Haitians in the Dominican Republic; calls on international community to help monitor for human rights abuses and to shun Dominicans in international forums if abuses are confirmed and they persist. MORE
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European leaders end two-day summit meeting in Brussels about Continent's migration crisis with pledge to spread 40,000 refugees across nations, though plan lacks any details; meeting exposed angry passions and deep divisions among countries, made more fraught by failure of Greek debt negotiations. MORE
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Violent anti-immigration protests in Slovakia and gains by right-wing Danish People's Party in Denmark's elections contribute to sense of fragmentation across European Union as it struggles to keep Greece from default and hold its currency together. MORE
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Indonesian smuggler says Australian authorities stopped his boat at sea and paid him over $30,000 to return 65 migrants he was carrying to Indonesia; story, if confirmed, points to tightening of Australia's immigration policy under Prime Min Tony Abbott and potential violation of Austrailan, Indonesian and international laws governing smuggling, bribery and treatment of asylum seekers. MORE
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Editorial examines incidents at Walt Disney World and elsewhere that highlight deep problems with the H-1B visa program, saying it allows companies to recruit skilled foreign workers, through outsourcing programs, for pittance at expense of their American counterparts; observes that loopholes allow companies to subvert program created to help companies fill skill gaps when domestic candidates are unavailable; calls on lawmakers to amend program as part of larger immigration reform bill. MORE
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United Nations officials say some of 65 Asian migrants who arrived in Indonesia after being intercepted by Australian authorities tell refugee workers that Australians paid smugglers to take them to Indonesia; report has raised questions about hard-line immigration policies that helped Australian Prime Min Tony Abbot win election in 2013. MORE
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Politicians in Italy's north say they will not shelter any more migrants rescued in Mediterranean Sea; announcement comes as rescuers pluck 6,000 more migrants from waters. MORE
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French police clear out 380 migrants from camp in Paris and bulldoze their tents in effort to stop growing population of migrants arriving from mostly East African countries after crossing Mediterranean Sea. MORE
May. 30, 2015
Editorial contends Obama administration has obligation to continue pursuing more humane immigration policy in United States, despite Republicans' success in blocking reforms and efforts to curb deportations; points to several key immigration-related battles that administration can continue fighting while awaiting outcomes of larger legal trials. MORE
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Jim Dwyer About New York observes Republican presidential candidates, including former New York Gov George Pataki, are wrestling with GOP's conservative stance on immigrant and illegal immigration. MORE
May. 28, 2015
European Union formally requests that bloc member states to accept quotas to ease burden of migration on Italy and Greece, countries that have seen majority of migrants from across Mediterranean Sea land on their shores; distribution plan, which needs two-thirds majority vote by member states, is likely to exacerbate tensions within EU over immigration. MORE
May. 28, 2015
International aid organizations are concerned about future of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar living in Indonesian refugee camps, particularly with government's announcement to keep migrants for one year; apprehensive migrants will remain in makeshift camps designed for temporary, short-term emergency housing and want government to move them into medium-term housing solutions. MORE
May. 28, 2015
Pres Obama's immigration overhaul plan may remain in legal limbo until shortly before his term ends in 2017; Justice Dept says it will not ask Supreme Court for permission to carry out plan until matter is resolved in lower courts; situation diminishes likelihood of putting plan into effect until just before 2016 election. MORE
May. 27, 2015
Signs point to possibility that Southeast Asian migrant crisis is easing; Malaysian and Indonesian search-and rescue vessels have sighted no more refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar at sea. MORE
May. 27, 2015
Editorial calls on New York State Legislature to regain focus in wake of scandals involving leaders of each house; recommends several issues that require its attention, including control of New York City's school system, adolescents in adult jails, campaign finance loopholes, affordable housing, Dream Act and taxation. MORE
May. 26, 2015
David Brooks Op-Ed column details how immigration patterns in English-speaking world are changing due to growing prosperity across globe, with larger numbers of immigrants coming from middle-class backgrounds; holds current trends suggest plans like that of Hillary Rodham Clinton, offering a 'pathway to citizenship' for undocumented immigrants, are more viable than antiquated policies advanced by Republican lawmakers. MORE
May. 23, 2015
Some Democrats are growing worried about prospect of presidential election contest between Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen Marco Rubio, with some members of Clinton's inner circle sounding alarm bells; of primary concern is degree to which Rubio, with his Hispanic background, may draw Hispanic voters to Republican Party, which has prompted Clinton to release detailed immigration plan. MORE
May. 22, 2015
Myanmar's government agrees to attend Thailand conference addressing humanitarian crisis of migrants stranded at sea in Southeast Asia, reversing previous refusal to attend any conference specifically mentioning plight of ethnic Rohingyans; conference will use term 'irregular migrants' instead of Rohingyans, placating Myanmar's refusal to recognize group as citizens; Rohingyans fleeing Rakhine State to avoid ethnic persecution make up proportion of stranded migrants. MORE
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Memo from the United Nations; European Union announces plans to seize and dispose of any boats being used to smuggle migrants across Mediterranean sea; critics say policy goes against international law by denying escape for refugees seeking political asylum; EU leaders are seeking approval by United Nations Security Council for seizure and disposal of boats, and vow to abide by international convention on refugees in process. MORE
May. 21, 2015
Indonesia and Malaysia agree to provide temporary shelter for thousands of migrants who have been abandoned at sea by human smugglers; agreement asks for assistance from international community in resettling and repatriating the refugees within one year. MORE
May. 20, 2015
Jim Dwyer About New York Column commends New York Gov Andrew Cuomo for efforts to improve working conditions and wage protections for nail salon employees, but holds that much more must be done for exploited immigrant workers in all sectors. MORE
May. 20, 2015
Neil Genzlinger reviews The Journey: New Eras of Immigration, section of Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration that features exhibits devoted to immigration after 1954 closing of Ellis Island's processing center. MORE
May. 19, 2015
European leaders agree to deploy naval forces against smugglers of migrants from North Africa in effort to ease crisis that has led to thousands of deaths in Mediterranean Sea; EU-backed program, which will involve stopping ships, returning migrants and then destroying vessels, is likely to require further approval from European and North African countries; critics say plan will not do much to address underlying causes of mass migration. MORE
May. 17, 2015
Federal EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa program is increasingly being used by New York City real estate developers as relatively easy way to secure financing for projects; millions of foreigners, most of them from China, have taken advantage of program, which allows them to apply for green card if they invest $500,000 in development project in New York that will employ at least 10 people. MORE
May. 16, 2015
Bulldozers raze migrant encampment known as Ponte Mammolo in Rome, destroying possessions and leaving camp residents to scramble for new place to live; move is prompted by anxieties over wave of African migrants flooding into Europe MORE
May. 16, 2015
Retiring column; experts say more immigrants to the United States are leaving for their native countries as they near retirement, for reasons both nostalgic and practical. MORE
May. 14, 2015
European Union announces plan to address flood of migrants heading toward Continent's southern shores; proposal calls on EU's 28 member states to accept a specific number of refugees, based on size of country and economic circumstances; announcement brings immediate opposition from countries unwilling to accept large numbers of migrants, and generates debate over possible enforcement measures. MORE
May. 14, 2015
Immigrant Justice Corps, nascent but ambitious program that seeks to provide legal and administrative assistance to immigrants, will place 11 law school graduates in cities outside New York City for first time; shift reflects how city's diverse immigrant population is increasingly spilling over into larger metropolitan area. MORE
May. 11, 2015
Arrest of three Uzbek men on terrorism charges has provoked spectrum of intense reactions in Brooklyn's Uzbek community; some worry that incident will subject them to increased surveillance and scrutiny, while others cite sense of anger and betrayal that men squandered opportunity to utilize green cards; history of community, nexus of Uzbek diaspora in America, is examined. MORE
May. 8, 2015
Republican presidential contender Sen Marco Rubio, son of poor Cuban immigrants, says his background portrays his twist on American dream, but his candidacy is also seen as way to change GOP; to party supporters and primary voters he has impressed, Rubio appears to affirm idea that in free market, anyone can rise to success without connections or wealth. MORE
May. 7, 2015
United Nations Security Council plans draft resolution that would authorize European Union to use military force to halt boats coming out of Libya loaded with migrants heading for Europe; plan raises host of legal and diplomatic issues, including quandary of whether to offer safe passage to refugees on such boats, or to return them to Libya or their countries of origin. MORE
May. 7, 2015
German authorities break up group called Oldschool Society, calling it far-right terrorist group with access to explosives; arrest four members on suspicion of plotting to attack Islamic extremists, mosques and migrant shelters. MORE
May. 7, 2015
Editorial commends Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for taking strong stance on path to citizenship as part of speech on immigration in Las Vegas; observes Clinton has staked out position to the left of even Pres Obama on issue, giving the lie to Republican candidates who are attempting to strike compassionate tone while toeing conservative line. MORE
May. 6, 2015
Witnesses report seeing deflating of rubber boat filled with migrants in Mediterranean, causing as many as 40 people to drown before merchant ship could rescue them; Italian officials say almost 6,000 people were rescued in Mediterranean in 48-hour period; latest shipwreck brings number of deaths of people trying to cross the sea to more than 1,800. MORE
May. 6, 2015
Op-Ed article by former European Commission adviser Philippe Legrain calls on European Union to consider radical changes to its immigration policy; says allowing millions of foreigners to migrate in and out of Continent would not have devastating economic consequences that many foresee; holds policy change will in fact provide numerous benefits, greatest of these being elimination of maritime disasters that are claiming lives of thousands of desperate migrants. MORE
May. 2, 2015
South Thanet, on Englan's southern coast, is one of most closely watched districts in upcoming elections, as it is where UK Independence Party head Nigel Farage hopes to secure seat in Parliament; victory would be indication that Farage's anti-immigrant message has found resonance and party has possibility of winning enough seats to deprive Prime Min David Cameron's Conservative Party of ability to form governing coalition. MORE
Apr. 27, 2015
Ellis Island Immigration Museum will open two new galleries that will relate story of American immigration in the year's after facility's closure in 1954; exhibition's will celebrate concept of arrival and naturalization, but will also take on controversial immigration issues such as the United States' border policy with Mexico. MORE
Apr. 26, 2015
Maxim Gorki Theater artistic director Shermin Langhoff is leading vanguard in Berlin of immigrant actors and playwrights; Turkish native has put on shows that spotlight immigrant experience in city. MORE
Apr. 26, 2015
Jaime Lowe interviews with more than a dozen recent immigrants living in New York City, who were photographed by French artist JR. MORE
Apr. 23, 2015
Europe's immigration crisis is playing out in serene villages of Germany, which have been flooded by wave of displaced migrants escaping violence and despair in Middle East and North Africa; many local communities struggling to accommodate thousands of newcomers are embracing challenge with hospitality, but some Germans are exhibiting outright hostility and threats of violence toward refugees. MORE
Apr. 23, 2015
Captains of merchant and navy ships in Mediterranean are bound by international customs and laws to rescue those in distress, but they are having trouble finding countries that will accept growing number of refugees rescued during risky ventures across sea to Europe; European Union acknowledges a disunity over how policies concerning human rights and refugee law relate to the law of the sea. MORE
Apr. 23, 2015
Ethiopian families mourn two young migrants who were killed in Libya by militants claiming to be with Islamic State; killings are reminder of dangers to the many young Ethiopians desperate to leave for economic opportunities. MORE
Apr. 22, 2015
South Africa sends troops to areas suffering rise in anti-immigrant attacks that have killed seven people, including Johannesburg; government has been criticized for lax response to violence. MORE
Apr. 22, 2015
Kenan Malik Op-Ed article points to European Union's immigration policies, particularly its treatment of issue as criminal one, as in part responsible for thousands of deaths of North African migrants who were attempting to cross Mediterranean Sea; calls on EU to reform its immigration policy and to open up ways for migrants to enter Europe legally in order to prevent further tragedies. MORE
Apr. 21, 2015
South African Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini attempts to distance himself from xenophobic comments he made that authorities say spurred wave of attacks on immigrants. MORE
Apr. 20, 2015
Editorial urges Europe to reform its policies on migration, warning 2015 may become deadliest year on record for African and Middle Eastern migrants attempting to cross Mediterranean for Europe; notes deaths of approximately 900 people after ship bound from Libya capsizes; contends European Union's humanitarian values require that all 28 member states support and finance reforms and share burden of hosting migrants. MORE
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Head chef Benjamin Meusel is the driving force behind the creative cuisine at this luxury wine-lovers' paradise. The wine list is legendary – it extends to 1,850 wines and has won many awards. Die Insel is in a prime location, right on the idyllic south shore of Lake Maschsee, with a sun terrace, a redesigned event area and a beer and wine garden. This haven of pleasure provides the perfect setting for private celebrations or corporate events.
The Schillingshof in Gross Schneen near Göttingen dates back to 1648. Today, top chef Stephan Schilling, his wife and his team serve modern cuisine in a rustic country-house ambience. This is a family-run establishment offering high-end gastronomy and a friendly, authentic atmosphere. The Schillingshof enjoys a blissfully quiet setting and guests stay in beautiful, well-appointed rooms.
Chef de cuisine Jens Kommerau – who trained at various top-flight hotels in Germany and abroad – prepares creative dishes made from international, mediterranean and Euro-Asian delicacies. The restaurant is in the heart of the picturesque artists' village of Worpswede near Bremen and has won several restaurant guide awards for its outstanding, sophisticated food. In combination with sculptor Bernhard Hoetger's unusual architecture, Kaffee Worpswede offers a truly memorable experience.
Park Hotel Bremen retains its royal estate charm and perfectly blends the city and the country. In the historical ambience of Restaurant La Terrasse, head chef Norman Fischer indulges his guests with compositions based on carefully selected ingredients. His approach focuses on modern interpretations of classic French cuisine. Manager Andreas Butzkamm and his team ensure an enjoyable evening for all.
The finest ingredients, meticulously prepared, and impeccable service from a committed team add up to a blissful gastronomic experience. The high-quality cuisine includes fresh interpretations of classic recipes, some ambitious experiments and one or two little surprises. Head chef Götz Knauer has his most fun with braised dishes and, as a lover of chocolate, his desserts.
Schlosshotel Münchenhausen is a moated palace in the Weser Renaissance style. Beautifully restored and renovated, it lies in the glorious Weserbergland hills, not far from Hamelin. Achim Schwekendiek has been stamping his culinary signature here since 2004. Imaginative dishes, fine wines and a historical ambience make dining here a true pleasure.
Badhotel Sternhagen lies on the North Sea coast and looks directly out onto the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. For over 50 years it has ranked as one of Germany's best hotels. The gastronomic centrepiece is the elegant Sterneck gourmet restaurant offering panoramic views of the sea. Here, Markus Kebschull offers modern classic cuisine – based mainly on regional, organic ingredients.
Sven Elverfeld, head chef at Restaurant Aqua at The Ritz-Carlton in Wolfsburg, presents top-flight, modern European cuisine. He creates imaginative food of great visual beauty and exceptional quality, as his most recent accolades show. The Aqua's refined style is echoed by the timelessly elegant interior by French designer Andrée Putman.
Restaurant La Vie is in the heart of Osnabrück's old quarter, opposite the town hall where the Peace of Westphalia was signed. Thomas Bühner and Thayarni Kanagaratnam have been hosts at La Vie in Haus Tenge, a listed neo-classical building from the 18th century, since 2006. As the name suggests, La Vie celebrates the finer things in life: uncomplicated, relaxing and revitalising – quite simply, sublime.
Food was first served in the spirits department of the Grashoff store in 1968, when it was still on Sögestrasse. As this unusual place to eat became more popular and the food more elaborate, Grashoffs Bistro quickly became established. The regional and French cuisine here has always been open to mediterranean and Asian influences, and this has led to some truly great Grashoff classics.
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The Great Conservative "No!"
William F. Buckley Jr. talks with former California Governor Ronald Reagan at the South Carolina Governor's Mansion in Columbia S.C., on January 13,1978
In the '80s and '90s, the GOP basked in an atypical rep as "the party of ideas." Thanks to the liberal project's distinctly dilapidated charms once Jimmy Carter got done playing the concerned mortician, the rise of deep-pocketed think tanks and often sharp-witted neocon intellectuals—and, not least, Newt Gingrich's endlessly self-fertilizing conception of himself as a brainiac—it wasn't even undeserved. Revealingly, though, all that froufrou stayed disconnected from the party's popular appeal. Unlike midcentury Democrats, for whom Adlai Stevenson's intellectualism and the New Frontier's Harvard pedigree were pluses, the Republican base never did develop much of a taste for white meat disguised as gray matter, preferring Gingrich the hyper--partisan to Gingrich the guru every time.
Today's conservative elites have learned the dangers of flirting, no matter how disingenuously, with innovative thinking. (Pace Paul Ryan, destroying Medicare isn't an innovation; it's an eternal dream.) From cap-and-trade and immigration reform to the individual health mandate, the big risk is that your notions will sound plausible enough for the other fellow to find merit in them. When the other fellow is Barack Obama, it's obviously "Hulk smash" time, at whatever cost to intellectual consistency.
So I gather, anyhow, from The New Leviathan: The State Versus the Individual in the 21st Century and Future Tense: The Lessons of Culture in an Age of Upheaval, two compilations of jeremiads by the conservatives' intellectual crème de la froth. Individually published in pamphlet form over the past three years by Encounter Books honcho Roger Kimball, the essays of The New Leviathan aim to bring, he says, "an 18th-century sense of political urgency and rhetorical wit" to the modern age. The companion volume, Future Tense, also commemorates the 30th anniversary of The New Criterion, the neocon arts magazine founded by the late Hilton Kramer, which Kimball now edits.
In a bubbly mood, George F. Will—who contributes The New Leviathan's foreword—suggests we're in for a rare treat. The table of contents is a better guide to the trudge readers are in for. Try this for a version of The Avengers where everybody just takes turns punching Loki in the face: "How Barack Obama Is Endangering Our National Sovereignty" (John R. Bolton), "How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine Our Elections" (John Fund), "How the Obama Administration Threatens Our National Security" (Victor Davis Hanson), "How the Obama Administration Has Politicized Justice" (Andrew C. McCarthy), "How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting the U.S. Economy" (Stephen Moore), "How Obama Has Mishandled the War on Terror" (Michael B. Mukasey). Out of 13 essays, only 5 don't indict the Other by name in their title.
Lesser villains include government unions (helping to bankrupt America, Daniel DiSalvo says), "progressive institutions" (unsustainable, according to Richard A. Epstein), the Environmental Protection Agency's "green tyranny" (Rich Trzupek), and "The Dependency Agenda" (Kevin D. Williamson's disgraceful, LBJ–calumniating contribution). By my count, that leaves just one poor bastard—Glenn H. Reynolds in "The Higher Education Bubble"—analyzing a credible problem almost as if the main point is to figure out what to do about it, not turn the issue into a stick to beat the opposition with. Luckily for my sanity, Reynolds signals he's one of the brethren by ridiculing diversity programs and economically unproductive liberal-arts degrees.
Anyhow, The New Leviathan's other contributors should feel aggrieved that John Bolton gets to kick things off; it's like being asked to follow James Brown doing "Sex Machine." Few men are as likely as Bolton to invite a suspicion that they only wear a mustache and keep their eyebrows bushy to help soak off the saliva. It's been too long, J.B.—and of course, you're right. It's probably time to trot out the old sample case now that you're in the running to be, Lord help us, Mitt Romney's secretary of state.
His contumely at Obama—"our first post-American president"—for bending the knee to the "international Left's" underhanded schemes of global governance is a splendid performance, right down to the inevitable mention of how "small" and easily picked-on Israel is. Rarely stooping to concrete examples that would illustrate his thesis—aside from a few snippets of Obama's oratory in his citizen-of-the-world mode, none exists—he finds room for salvos at everything from his eternal bête noire, the U.N., to his new one, internationalist-minded NGOs. While picking the prize nugget in this feast of bellicose nutballism is no easy job, the recommendation that "defenders of American sovereignty … must develop international capabilities like the Left's NGOs" is berserk even by Bolton standards. You simply have no idea what he's advocating: Tea Partiers Without Borders? The International Rifle Association?
Considering that Obama has waged war on al-Qaeda more effectively than Bush did—and shown less regard for constitutional niceties, not to mention Pakistan's hurt feelings, in the process—how to portray him as a foreign-policy weakling vexes not only Bolton but several of his colleagues. Michael Mukasey does grant Obama "one or two tactical successes," which is charitable. But that's only on the way to upbraiding his administration for living "in a fantasy world in which choices have no consequences," by which he chiefly means giving up torture as an intelligence tool. Clearly, George W. Bush's last attorney general not only misses the good old days but hates how they've been tarnished, since he spends several paragraphs assuring us that Gitmo is a swell place to be indefinitely detained in.
For Victor Davis Hanson, Obama's sins include leaving "vulnerable Israel"—I told you it was inevitable, didn't I?—to cope unaided as Iran threatens to become "a nuclear regional hegemon," something Israel itself has been for decades. Meanwhile, the Loki in the White House cozies up to Latin America's most left-wing regimes—a "natural" complement to his domestic agenda, which "seeks to … redistribute supposedly illegitimately obtained private capital" right here at home. That incidentally puts Hanson on the same page as Stephen Moore, who calls Obama's ten-year budget blueprint a "socialist fantasy that read as though ghostwritten by Hugo Chavez." Nonsense, say I. It wasn't that wordy.
Elsewhere, John Fund and Andrew C. McCarthy both mount attacks on Obama's Justice Department. Fund's has its moments, since all Justice Departments are politicized by their parent administration's priorities, and it's never that hard to make Eric Holder look at once overweening and shilly-shallying. However outrageous, the GOP's current jihad against him derives from a shrewd recognition that he's the Obama cabinet's weak link.
Regrettably, Fund's argument is dulled by his old-fashioned notion that sounding reasonable can be a useful ploy in convincing readers he didn't spot the fire first and the smoke second. That makes him seem tame next to McCarthy, who's off to the races as soon as he suggests that—"Given the well-known anti-gun obsessions of top Obama officials"—the hidden goal of the Fast and Furious program may have been "to bolster the left's claim that America's 'gun culture' fuels international violence." God, but we pinkos are diabolical at propaganda.
It's worth remembering that Kimball's contributors represent the respectable—indeed, in their own minds, the high-minded—face of conservative thinking. (Pimples on the body politic's rump like, say, Jonah Goldberg are blessedly MIA, although it may go without saying that the heterodox likes of David Frum are too.) Yet with few exceptions, Richard Hofstadter's "paranoid style" is in full cry. Never particularized as to personnel but clearly meaning us no good, shadowy entities like "globalists" and "the international Left" flit malignantly through essay after essay, like the Comintern trying out a casual-Fridays look.
Any approach to the world that even hints at sharing Thomas Jefferson's outmoded concern with "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind" is sure to be reviled as an assault on our sovereignty, exceptionalism, and freedom to administer whuppings to anybody in our way. That's particularly true of international covenants that might oblige us to play by the same rules as everyone else, of course. But almost as bad is any tainting of homegrown American jurisprudence by so much as a mild curiosity about how other countries get the job done. Even poor Justice Anthony Kennedy—not yet redeemed by his vote against Obamacare—gets scolded because he "trends transnational-
progressive," conjuring up a disturbing image of the get-your-freak-on outfit under his chaste robes.
As it happens, that's Andrew C. McCarthy again—but in Future Tense, the other and lesser of Kimball's compilations, to which he contributes a charmer titled "Enter Totalitarian Democracy." Overall, Future Tense's only divergence from The New Leviathan is that its dudgeon casts a wider net of blame, which has the welcome fringe benefit of making it the less monotonous of the two. Clearly a man who never goes on vacation, Victor Davis Hanson compares Obama to Pericles and finds the Kenyan metrosexual wanting. Andrew Roberts mourns the shackling of the "American Prometheus" by "self-hating Americans" who "embrace an effete European-style social democracy."
Then somebody parodying Charles Murray—apparently with Murray's permission, since his byline isn't in quotes—applies "historiometric methods" to determine the preconditions for a great culture. Anyone capable of claiming that "artistic elites have been conspicuously nihilist for the last century" is destined to sound brainy only on Twitter, but Murray futzes around a good deal before his roundhouse punch: "Religiosity is indispensable to a major stream of artistic accomplishment."
Luckily, a couple of contributors seize the chance to write about things that interest them in the guise of furthering Kimball's agenda. James Panero is fun and smart about museums as the present's all-too-fungible—or should that be smartible?—idea of the past. David Bentley Hart's "America and the Angels of Sacré-Coeur" is imitation Henry Adams that arrives at the same conclusion as Murray does but with more sophistication. If you're starved for heresy, Hart's impudent admission that he has no "emotional investment in America's pre--eminence"—he's a Brit, allowing for court-jester license—almost makes up for his unwarranted belief that he has a sinuous prose style.
Yet there's a paradox here. Aside from Andrew Roberts's appeals to the leonine legacy of Omaha Beach, Valley Forge, and (seriously) Custer's Last Stand—despite, he says, "the sneers of the intellectuals and the jibes of the late-night satire shows," a charge that doesn't make me any readier to take lessons in martial Americana from a man who writes about "the defense [my italics] of Guadalcanal"—these outraged patriots seldom if ever celebrate American culture. That ongoing proof of capitalism's redeeming glories— from Hollywood to the Super Bowl—might have made even Karl Marx think twice the first time he caught himself humming "Don't Worry, Baby" or getting misty-eyed over The Searchers. Granting that he's a foreigner, Hart's astounding claim that "spirituality … makes very little contribution to the aesthetic surface of American life" just tells you he's never heard George Jones sing. Or Ray Charles, either, and how can you analyze Barack Obama's appeal if you don't even know who Al Green is?
Hart isn't the only one. In fact, how little these people seem to be familiar with—let alone appreciate—the genius of the nation they're allegedly defending is a little eerie. In not only their disdain but their ignorance, they could almost be, well, European. The same goes for most of the contributors' patent craving for an autarchic and militarized nation-state to replace our imperfect but lagniappe-crammed democracy. I don't know about you, but personally, I think they're trying to civilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before.
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Tue, 2012-09-25 09:02
Another disappointing article about calling Republicans stupid rather than addressing their points. Are federal diversity programs and the UN a waste of taxpayer money? Uhhh.... Hey, John Bolton drools!
Let's run it down:
John Bolton - Law degree from Yale
Victor Davis Hanson - Doctorate from Stanford
Tom Carson - Movie critic and former staff writer at LA Weekly and The Village Voice
Tue, 2012-09-25 09:51
One has a duty to say "no" to evil. Liberal doctrine, not liberals, mind you, is evil. Liberals do not know, or with malice ignore, the 10th amendment of the US Constitution, which teaches that all powers not expressly given to the fedgov are reserved to the states or individuals. Thus liberals cannot 'conserve' the document on which this nation, and its success, has been based. Don't like any part of it, or want to add to it? Amend it, as it was thankfully amended to end slavery and recognize the right of women to vote. Liberal supreme courters: we are smarter than Madison et al. the constitution means whatever my whim is on a given day.
Liberals condescendingly think they are smarter than conservatives, and are morally better, more 'Christian' one might say. Conservatives recognize the intelligence of liberals, and don't think they're better than liberals, just that they are wrong on X issue. Conservatives tithe their $ to charities. Liberals want to send $100 to DC, from other people's money, of which we get back 50 bucks worth of service, the other half paying liberal bureaucrats.
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Tue, 2012-09-25 11:08
Worthless propagandist tripe. It's telling that the author never addresses the substance of conservative objections to obama's statist and unconstitutional governance; his cabinet and czars composed of a who's who of socialist and communist organization members; his appalling and deliberately destructive spending. Reading Carson is an education in intellectual envy. His writing is an excersize of nugatory and onanastic insularity passing as thought.
Tue, 2012-09-25 19:55
You may have seen this before, but now that the countdown is on until election day, the time is at hand...
This is the scariest election we as Christians have ever faced, and from the looks of the polls, the Christians aren't voting Christian values. We all need to be on our knees. Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders unfold.
This scripture gives us, as Christians, ownership of this land and the ability to call upon God to heal it.
I challenge you to do that. We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land.
This election is the scariest I remember in my lifetime.
2 Chronicles 7:14. 'If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.'
During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill, who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute, to collectively pray for the safety of England , its people and peace. This had an amazing effect, as bombing stopped.
There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America .
The United States of America , and our citizens, need prayer more than ever!!!
If you would like to participate, each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific), stop whatever you're doing, and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world, the upcoming election, that the Bible will remain the basis for the laws governing our land, and that Christianity will grow in the U.S.
If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along.
Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have.
Please pass this on to anyone who you think will want to join us. Thank you and God Bless You!!!
Philo Vaihinger
Sat, 2012-10-13 12:27
Glenn Reynolds ridicules liberal education? Well, why not?
He's a real and frank voice of the plutocracy, and the plutocracy wants you to be well prepared to be useful, if possible and if it's profitable to themselves to get you that way, to their relentless and all-important efforts to make themselves rich, come what may.
Anything that's just for your good has no value for them at all.
And if it might make you a tad uppity toward their power, their neoliberal world, and the spot they've got all ready for you in it, then it's actually got negative value, for them.
Let's be clear, in case somehow you don't get it. Liberal education is education.
Everything else is vocational training for welders, auto mechanics, lawyers, cosmetologists, cosmetic surgeons, bankers, carpenters, accountants, or any other kind of cog in the great capitalist machine you or they can think of.
As for the supposed debate about the value of education there is really only one question to be addressed.
Do you actually think ignorance is a good thing?
Would you rather be ignorant and powerless, both, say, than just powerless?
OK, I get it. It's too late for you. You're well past school age and maybe you don't even have any kids or even lateral descendants to worry about.
But, given your druthers, what do you want the future America, the future planet Earth, to look like?
A world of precipitous inequality, of ignorant, powerless, impoverished masses entirely ignored when not viciously exploited by a fabulously rich and self-indulgent oligarchy?
That future is only too literally not only possible but even likely, both for America and for the whole world. It may even be pretty much a sure thing.
Unless we humans foul the planet beyond habitability, first; otherwise, if we don't do so at the same time then we will do so soon after.
Anyway, would you prefer that or an ecologically and economically sustainable world as close as may be to the impossible, egalitarian, humanist dreams of the more visionary socialists of the 19th and 20th Centuries?
I suppose if I loathed mankind enough – and who could deny that humans deserve it? – I would actually root for the future of abysmal planetary oligarchy and human population collapse and perhaps even extinction that is almost certainly coming, anyway, out of sheer misanthropy.
But I don't.
I prefer the other.
For all that it matters.
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Microsoft is opening up its Socl social-networking research project, but there are still no public plans as to when, how, or if Microsoft will take Socl commercial.
Software giant's "experiment in open search" is designed to be a research tool in which students share information on a variety of topics of interest.
The much-rumored social-networking project from the software giant is geared specifically toward students who want to share information for their studies.
The site appears ready to challenge Facebook and Google with an experience The Verge describes as mixing search, discovery, and social networking.
week in review Google launches its music store effort, while debate rages over anti-piracy bill. Also: Kindle Fire hits the streets.
The software company has taken down a site, socl.com, that some say is a social service that Microsoft has yet to unveil. For its part, the company says it's an internal design project that was "mistakenly published to the Web."
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Find A Grave Memorial# 9788636
I came across a little piece of info for Geoffrey Sullivan's grave memorial but wasn't sure where to suggest the edit. He had a commemorative marker placed for him in 2003 at Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta, Maine. You can add that to his burial or in the bio if you wish. I also took the liberty of adding 2 photos of him I found, one of them from the TV show "Unsolved Mysteries", which featured the story behind his disappearance.
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Despite the spelling and the dates on the gravestone, I suspect that this is actually Angeline Alson (Thomason) Hulsey. Her husband, William Thomas Hulsey is also buried there. Her death is confirmed to have occurred at her home in Lick Branch, Boone, AR on 24 Jun 1934. DOB is shown as Oct 1855 in Wallace, Benton, AR but, as so often is the case with these things, that may be off.
Please don't transfer the memorial to me. People keep dumping memorials on me just because I try to help correct information.
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Thank you so much for pointing this out, I feel so embarrassed. All of the information for my obituaries I include on the caption which is only visible if you click on the image. This obituary is from 1902, and is for a John C. Hemler who lived from 13/Apr/1872-3/Dec/1902, a son of George Y. Hemler (108336014). He would be an uncle to the younger John C. Helmer, who must have been named for his recently deceased uncle. I did some more research and additional obituaries state that the older John C. Hemler was buried in Conewago Chapel Cemetery, so I created a memorial for him here: (133945013). Thanks again for your help!
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I don't no if you no about these other Hess Cemetery's that go in this family line someone where so I just was letting you no in case. There is the David Hess Farm Cemetery on here in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA by Lynn Erb (#46522255) and also a Hans Hess Cemetery in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA by the same member if you are interested. This all my Hess Line also.
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pancho1007 wrote:I simply do not understand what is going on over at the Marvel camp....I mean, are they purposely trying to sink their own ship?? It seems that they have totally lost touch with their comic fans and just stop giving a hoot about making good books
pancho1007 wrote:Also what were they smoking when they decided to make spider-man afro/mexican???? Are they that LAZY and UNTALENTED to create a NEW character that would appeal to millions?Instead someone decided that it would be a fantastic idea of handing down a well known character and changing his race to appease two of their demographics?
Oh and one more thing...why is there an abundance of female mutants??? Has anyone noticed this??It seems that every month theres a new prepubescent girl discovering that she has an x gene...what is this all about?
Firstly Peter was replaced by Miles Morales in the Ultimate universe only, if you don't like Miles, you still have the Amazing and Avenging Spider-Man titles to read about Parker. Second, was it wrong with Miles being half black/half Latino? He appeals to pretty much everyone Peter did (minus racists) and adds a minority ethnicity hero to Marvels ranks, which the super hero community has been sorely lacking. Do you also have a problem with Ultimate Nick Fury being black?
Marvel Comics can't just be a few scantily clad women and a bunch of burly men and creating young heroines is a good way to attract young female readers, like they say "ya gotta hook 'em when they're young".
pancho1007 wrote:Thank you for stating that there are 2 versions of spiderman to choose from captain hindsight..and yes I do have a problem with fury being black, cast aside that I already have a huge problem with the Ultimate Universe anyway... Couldn't they come up wit an original African American Character that would lead S.H.I.E.L.D.? Couldnt they just have made Luke Cage the new director? I mean, why did they just stop there if they wanted to be so bold...They could have given us a Middle-Eastern Cap, or a Female Chinese Thor, or even an East-Indian Iron-Man...If they were so eager to add to the minority ethnicity ranks, why couldnt they just come up with fresh new characters? Is it so much hard to ask for a cool original Mexican hero rather than a hand me down? Are you suggesting that I should thank whoever came up with the Miles Morales idea for trying to represent? Are you saying that an original Mexican character wouldnt do as well?
A few scantily? Well let me educate you on something about the roster of the x-men characters...Rogue,Storm, Emma Frost, Domino, Psylocke, Polaris, Shadow Cat, Jubilee,Dazzler, Blink,Husk, Boomer, Phoenix, Syrin, and Im sure there are others that im forgetting, these are just some of the female charachters living in the x-men universe..now Im all for diversity and all that but how many new male characters are out there?? Dont you believe in a 1:1 ratio???
Oh and as for hooking them while they are young, I sure hope you dont own a windowless van.
When was the last time you even picked up a marvel comic?
Are you for real asking for a list of new characters. Especially with the X-men a team who is facing the fact that in comic universe they arent increasing in numbers? As for that list you gave I pray that isnt a list of scantily clad women cuz next to none of them are what Id consider scantily clad. You wanna talk about scantily clad how bout DCs Starfire or Power Girl or how many characters come with standard issue fishnets. Hell even supergirls middriff and mini skirt. Dont even get me started on the worst offenders over at Image
Well how about you take a history of comics lesson and realize for the majority of times Mexican characters DO NOT sell. Its just the way it is. Asian characters also sell very poorly thats why most asian characters are relagated to team or sidekick roles. Maybe it has something to do with Asian community making up a VERY small portion of the comic cumminuty.
you want marvel to take chances and make racially divorce cast? How bout Dust? One of comics first muslim superheroes that there religion played a prominent role in their character. Rictor, Shatterstar
Comics is a hard business, introducing new heroes is difficult because many readers already have their favorite heroes. That ends up meaning that the new characters don't catch on. While I understand your point that you would rather see completely new original characters than a new one riding on a existing character's legacy, it is that legacy that helps the readers accept and hopefully embrace the new character.
And yes I am saying that on their own, a new original Mexican hero would not sell well. In a group setting where we have time to warm up to this character, it might take off and do astonishing. It is uncanny how that works.
That was a bit tongue in cheek, calling them scantily clad, though I think Emma Frost, Psylocke, Black Queen, Elektra and (sometimes) Storm do fall into the category of fighting crime in their underoos/bathing suits. I know there are, at least in the mutant portion of the MU, plenty of heroines. The problem there is that they don't get much time in the spotlight, so rather than dredging up old characters that for whatever reason weren't popular enough to carry a title, Marvel is intent on making new ones. Remember that bit I mentioned about legacies? This is where bringing in characters that have one can be a bad idea because readers will have preconceived notions about how the character should act.
Before this goes any further, pancho I realize you are new so you might not be familiar with the rules, but flaming needs to be kept to a minimum, i.e. none. That goes for Therapist as well . I might not be a mod but I don't want to see anyone banned. I knew this thread was going to be flame bait, but there is no reason why we can't have a friendly debate on the topic either.
ole jade jaw wrote:"To me the reset seems to be nothing more then a giant money making scheme that they don't care about the fans at all. ... "
Just want to chime in here. My opinion is that DC is comprised of comic fans producing books for fans. While I'm sure we all lost some characters and history we cared for, I believe (as sales numbers support) the relaunch has been extremely successful. The format of the universe thus far also leaves open the option of adding background story as they go. As far as therapist's last statement, between the quality of the stories and artwork, the reader sensitive price point, and their commitment to continue delivering on that quality, I whole-heartedly disagree!! This conclusion is not just mine, but is supported by the fact that a once nothing book like ...say... Aquaman now outsells any single ongoing monthly book over at the "house of 3.99 comics that our fanbase will consume no matter how little effort we put into making".
This has been a fact based statement thus far and has not conveyed the fact that I, personaly feel that most of the drivel Marvel produces these days is poorly drawn, unoriginal shlock designed for 12 year olds. That's just me though, I didn't want the first half of this post to be that biased.
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Miss Whitney Noel, recent graduate of Rattan High School was recently named the third recipient of the Jim B. Collum Memorial Scholarship. It was presented by Mrs. Collum at the Rattan Awards Assembly on Thursday, May 19, 2011.
The scholarship was established by Jim's wife, Marsha, his three children, Tracie, Christy and Britton and friends. Jim was a member of the Pushmataha County Fair Board for many years and watched many children prepare exhibits and show animals through 4-H and FFA. Jim, with the help of other adults put the annual Pushmataha County Horse Show on for everyone to enjoy, as part of the County Fair.
Jim always had a heart for these kids and what better way to allow his hard work, and dedication to the youth of Pushmataha County, than to honor his memory through a scholarship going to a deserving High School Senior. Jim and Marsha saw all three of t heir children graduate from college, so they and their children know the financial burden of an education beyond high school.
All three of their children received some scholarships, therefore assisting them to fulfill their dream of furthering their education. The criteria for applying for this scholarship is to have participated in 4-H or FFA during high school, a short essay is also required ad a short interview is also held for students applying. A committee of six individuals make the decision of whom they felt was best deserving of the Memorial Scholarship. Applications are available at the Pushmataha County Extension office and must be submitted to the Extension office by the middle of April of each year.
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