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The Founding Yokels
By Richard Brookhiser
Published: February 16, 2003
The Genius and Ambiguities
of the American Founders.
By Bernard Bailyn.
Illustrated. 185 pp. New York:
Alfred A. Knopf. $26.
IF the storms of fashion that have pounded the humanities during the last 30 years have spared the study of early American history, one of the scholars we have most to thank is Bernard Bailyn. Bailyn's 1967 classic, ''The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution,'' kept the eyes of a generation of historians on the subjects that early Americans themselves eyed so obsessively: the ideas and the politics of a highly intellectual and political time. There were battles to be fought and money to be made during the American Revolution, and without victory in the first, or the lure of the second, the Revolution would never have been won. But the thoughts of even soldiers and speculators kept returning to politics, and to the ideals that they believed politicians lived to defend, or to threaten. Bailyn made the founders comprehensible, and lively -- for their ideas still march through our minds.
''To Begin the World Anew,'' a slim and handsome volume, is a collection of what Bailyn calls ''sketches'' on issues arising out of his lifework: the thought of Thomas Jefferson and the pizazz of Benjamin Franklin; the fear that the Constitution provoked in so many Americans when it was first presented to them, and the lessons that the rest of the world took from it after it had been ratified. The most important sketch is the first, which began life as a Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and which explains the influence on the founders of the fact that they were ''provincials -- marginal, borderland people.'' The best of these essays are like after-dinner speeches by a guest of honor who knows his subject so well that he can treat it lightly, and who has brought excellent slides with him.
The essay on Jefferson is the slightest. Bailyn draws attention to the ambiguities in his thought -- his glimpse of ''what a wholly enlightened world might be'' versus the compromises he made as a politician and an administrator to advance his agenda of the day. Basically, though, the essay is hero worship -- Ken Burns, one more time. This will no longer do. Jefferson's reputation has been taking on water at an alarming rate, from the twin leaks of Sally Hemings and the larger question of slavery. Federalist sympathizers, disgusted with his coldness, his cant and his many deceptions, may be tempted to view Jefferson's posthumous troubles with glee. But if Americans commit parricide on him, they commit suicide. Jefferson must be defended by those who love him toughly -- who know him well enough to dislike him, but who know themselves well enough to know what they owe him.
Bailyn's essay on The Federalist Papers begins with a wonderful line of Talleyrand (who had spent two years of exile in the United States, where he befriended Alexander Hamilton, one of The Federalist's main authors). When a Spanish diplomat admitted that he did not know the book, Talleyrand ''wasted no sympathy on him: 'Then read it,' he told the envoy curtly, 'read it.' '' People have been reading it ever since -- quite a tribute to a collection of hastily written newspaper essays that were often ''under the pen,'' as James Madison, the other main author, wrote, ''whilst the printer was putting into type'' the lead paragraphs. Bailyn places The Federalist in a four-step process of the Constitution's creation. The document was drafted in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787; the state ratifying debates, which lasted through July of 1788, supplied the first authoritative glosses; the First Congress, which began meeting in the spring of 1789, wrote the Bill of Rights and the Judiciary Act; and the first term of the Washington administration (1789-93) defined aspects of the executive branch like the cabinet and the president's treaty-making power.
The Federalist belonged to the blizzard of polemics that accompanied Stage 2. Most of the polemics came from the anticonstitutional side, and were motivated by fear. Some were silly -- what was there, North Carolinians asked, to prevent the pope from becoming president? Some were prescient -- Brutus,'' a New York writer, thought the power to tax ''will introduce itself into every corner of the city and country.'' America had thrown off one onerous government; was it saddling itself with another? The Federalist tirelessly addressed those fears. Its ultimate answer was a modest measure of hope: ''There is a portion
of virtue and honor among mankind,'' Hamilton wrote, ''which may be a reasonable foundation of confidence.''
In a short but surprising essay (surprising to Americans, at any rate), Bailyn follows those hopes into the world, where the American example had a mixed run. English radicals looked to America as a beacon; French radicals toyed with its institutions at the beginning of their revolution, before turning onto a more populist path. America's strongest impact was on Switzerland and Argentina -- two turbulent countries that profited from the idea of federalism. Hamilton's modesty was as well judged as his confidence.


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But Texas is far from alone in a stunning lack of statesmanship shown in the redistricting process.
Dire predictions about government's inability to function were shot down by last-minute acts of statesmanship on Capitol Hill.

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Notre Dame student falls from roof, dies one day before graduation
3-Peat: UConn beats Notre Dame 63-53 for 3rd straight title
No. 3 Virginia rallies to beat No. 13 Notre Dame 62-56
Golson leads No. 6 Notre Dame over Navy, 49-39
No. 6 Notre Dame has troubles v.s Navy - and after
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NCAA Women: Notre Dame keeps rolling, beats Maryland 87-61
All-American senior guard Kayla McBride had one of the most impressive games of her career in Sunday night's national semifinal, scoring 28 points to lead Notre Dame to an 87-61 win over Maryland.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish win NCAA men's soccer national title over Maryland
The Fighting Irish used O'Malley's goal to cling to a 2-1 victory over the Maryland Terrapins in Sunday's Men's College Cup Final in Philadelphia. The victory earned Notre Dame its first ever men's soccer national title.
Notre Dame sues Obama administration over health care contraception mandate
The University of Notre Dame is suing the Obama administration over a federal mandate that its health insurance plans for students and employees cover birth control.
Notre Dame hangs on for 38-34 win over Navy
Navy's triple-option offense had Notre Dame flummoxed and flailing for most of the game. In need of one stop with 68 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Fighting Irish snuffed out an end-around by Navy on fourth-and-4 in Irish territory, and Notre Dame held on to win 38-34.
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Think of a 'foreign fighter'. Are they a young male, aged between 19-29, probably of Middle Eastern origin, and possibly a Muslim? Are they associated with the concern and debate over Syria and Iraq? To most people it's more than likely that this is the image that comes to mind. This isn't necessary wrong, but it's definitely not completely accurate.
There is little doubt, as has been made abundantly clear by the head of MI5 Andrew Parker, that the UK will suffer terrorist attacks in the future. The major difference however is that unlike France, terrorists in the UK will be faced by a largely unarmed police force which, in many parts of the country, could pose serious problems.
In the days of raging debates on internet privacy, consider this question if you are a novice on the topic. What kind of information do you reveal when you go online, do your searches, do your shopping, check your preferences, surf sites that interest you, read news, share information about yourself, express your opinions and upload pictures of a vacation you took with your family?
Energy security is one of the most talked about topics not only in terms of the debates around climate change action but also conventional policy. Energy price and stability have very real economic implications for any nation and there is now more than ever increasing concern to secure the resource by internalising energy generation.
Of course, there is no military solution to climate change. You can't resolve it with bombs and bullets. You can only solve it by ending our usage of fossil fuels, and protecting the public from the climate change impacts already in the pipeline. That is a rather different security challenge to the one usually faced by the military. But it also makes fossil fuels and the firms lobbying for them Public Enemy Number One.
While I wouldn't want to speculate on if this number is correct or not, I do agree that such is the industrialisation of cybercrime today faced by businesses, governments and consumers, that relatively small numbers of common exploits and cybercrime tools are widely used by the professional gangs operating around the world.
Just over seven months ago, activist, human rights champion and former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg was arrested, arrested on the basis that during a trip to Syria he had facilitated terrorism (or so they said). Now two seasons later and just as his trial was set to begin he's been released with all charges levelled against him dropped.


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|Active dry yeast
|1⁄2 Ounce (2 Packages)
|Warm water
|1 2⁄3 Cup (26.67 tbs)
|Instant potato flakes
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Dry Ones)
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Melted margarine/Butter
|6 Tablespoon
|2 Teaspoon
|Finely shredded lemon peel/Orange peel / 1/2 teaspoon each
|1 Tablespoon
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Golden raisins
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|All purpose flour
|7 1⁄2 Cup (120 tbs)
In a large mixing bowl, soften yeast in warm water.
Mix in potato flakes, sugar, melted margarine, salt, eggs, peel and raisins.
Add flour until dough is no longer sticky, about 7 1/2 cups.
Knead with dough hook 2 to 3 minutes or by hand 10 minutes, until smooth.
Put dough in a large, greased bowl, turning it once so it's greased on the top and bottom.
Cover bowl with a towel.
Let dough rise 1 1/2 hours or until double.
Punch it down, and let it rise 10 minutes more.
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Diabetes and the Flu
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If you have diabetes, it's important to avoid getting the flu. Flu, or influenza, is a viral infection of the respiratory system and muscles. While everyone has a chance of catching flu, having diabetes makes it harder to fight off viruses that cause flu. Flu and other viral infections can create added stress in your body, which can affect your blood sugar levels and increase the chance of serious health complications.
What Are Symptoms of the Flu?
Flu symptoms usually come on abruptly and may include the following:
- Fever (usually high)
- Severe aches and pains in the joints and muscles and around the eyes
- Generalized weakness
- Ill appearance, with warm, flushed skin and red, watery eyes
- Headache
- Dry cough
- Sore throat and watery discharge from the nose
For in-depth information, see WebMD's Flu Symptoms: What You Might Feel.
What Medications Can I Take for Flu If I Have Diabetes?
People with diabetes can take some over-the-counter medications to ease flu symptoms. But make sure you read the medication's label. Also, avoid products that have ingredients that are high in sugar. Liquid cold and flu drugs often contain added sugar.
You should stay away from the traditional "high sugar" cough drops and liquid cough medicines. These drugs used to treat flu symptoms tend to be high in sugar. Look for words "sugar-free" when purchasing medications to treat flu symptoms.
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According to the American Diabetes Association, if you get the flu, it's important to check, check, and re-checkblood sugar during the illness. Because you're ill and feel awful anyway, you may not be aware of your blood sugar soaring high or spiraling low.
The ADA recommends checking blood sugar at least every three to four hours and reporting any significant changes to your doctor immediately. You may need more insulin if your blood sugar is too high, or less insulin if your blood sugar is too low.
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Deni and Doug offer you a warm welcome to Chez Jallot, their Grand Designs manor house.
Set in the heart of France's least known Department, namely La Creuse, Chez Jallot offers peace and tranquillity in luxury accommodation. There is a choice of bed and breakfast [Chambres d'hote], with evening meals or self-catering holiday homes [gites]. Chez Jallot was recently rebuilt after destruction 70 years ago, and now presents guests with a delightful experience, combining modern facilities with bourgeois splendour in this beautiful old country manor.
The gardens offer many areas in which to relax, explore, mingle with other guests, to enjoy a quiet glass of wine and a good book. The surrounding areas offer unlimited walking, cycling and exploring and just a short drive away there are beaches and boating on lac de Vassiviere, perhaps the largest lake in France. The countryside, towns and villages such as Bourganeuf and Aubusson, offer the chance to explore la Creuse, France's least known department. And its easy to get here with low cost airlines such as Ryanair or Flybe flying directly into Limoges airport.
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"This is the largest project I think I've ever visited, taken on by a couple almost single-handedly. Every time I've visited I've been more and more blown away by Doug and Deni. They've proved that through sheer dogged optimism it's possible to tackle almost anything. And what I have learned is that building abroad isn't about filling in forms or learning to speak the language fluently. It's about waking up every morning and reminding yourself what it was that inspired you to come here in the first place."
The time has come for us to move on from Chez Jallot. We have enjoyed the house for nearly 13 years now and would dearly love to stay here forever but for health reasons the time has now come to step back and go for a quieter life. We are actively looking for a buyer.
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A deeply touching Southern story filled with struggle and hope.
Emmalee Bullard and her new baby are on their own. Or so she thinks, until Leona Lane, the older seamstress who sat by her side at the local shirt factory where both women worked as collar makers, insists Emmalee come and live with her. Just as Emmalee prepares to escape her hardscrabble life in Red Chert holler, Leona dies tragically. Grief-stricken, Emmalee decides she'll make Leona's burying dress, but there are plenty of people who don't think the unmarried Emmalee should design a dress for a Christian woman - or care for a child on her own. But with every stitch, Emmalee struggles to do what is right for her daughter and to honor Leona the best way she can, finding unlikely support among an indomitable group of seamstresses and the town's funeral director. In a moving tale exploring Southern spirit and camaraderie among working women, a young mother will compel a town to become a community.
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Ex-LA gang leader gets 8 life sentences in murders
However, his life of luxury came to an end when a reward resulted in a tip to authorities. The brothers were arrested and extradited. Pierre Mercado is awaiting trial on four counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.
The Asian Boyz still exist, but Chun said the convictions of Mercado and seven other members significantly diminished the gang's criminal activity.
"They were responsible for a horrendous number of shootings that showed no signs of stopping," he said. "This is one of those few cases where we can say we made an impact."
Jennifer Gregory, whose husband Jon Gregory was killed in a 1995 home invasion by the gang, said Wednesday she was relieved that justice had been done. Her three daughters were left traumatized by the murder of their father and grew up fearing the killers would return.
"It tore apart my kids, but it's getting better," she said. "He can't do anything to anyone any more. I can try to move on."
Chun said he believes Mercado deserved the death penalty, but called the sentence "a nice measure of justice." "I can't complain too much," he added.
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'Jesus, did I do that?': John Lennon heralds Beatles' demise with Live Peace in Toronto
The gold-selling album also marked the debut of a future prog legend.
The gold-selling album also marked the debut of a future prog legend.
It should've been in the film; it should've been a lead single. What happened?
They consolidated everything they'd mastered, while hinting at triumphs to come.
While often overlooked, the album cut is worth a closer listen.
This song shows where John Lennon would go as a Beatle, and as a solo artist.
The Beatles' early retirement makes compiling a concert playlist difficult – but not impossible.
"It was just him and me," the Stax legend remembers, "in the studio."
Inexplicably underrated, "I'll be Back" foreshadows later Lennon-penned masterpieces.
With Lennon and Harrison's untimely passings, this is as close as we'll ever get again.
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IRVING Sunday's game against the Cleveland Browns is personal for Cowboys fullback Lawrence Vickers. Vickers, who is in his seventh NFL season, spent his first five years with the Browns. "It's personal for me because I was there, I know these guys, I know this organization," Vickers said Thursday. "I was there and when you've put in five years of your life and you put all you put into it, it's going to be personal to you. "It's not that I'm mad. I'm not mad or upset at all. Cleveland gave me a chance. They were the team that picked me in the draft so I'm forever indebted to them. They gave me a chance to do what I always wanted to do and that was play football, so it's no hate. It's more of celebrating." Vickers suffered a left knee injury Sunday in Philadelphia. He did not practice Wednesday and was limited on Thursday. But it will take more than a sore knee to keep him from playing against the team that drafted him in the sixth round in 2006. Asked if he would play Sunday, ...
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Neon Genesis Evangelion
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
This show, commonly refered to as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Evangelion, Eva, "Ee-Van-Jelly-Un", "Evangel Lion", or sometimes What the fuck did I just watch? is about an emo kid named Shinji Ikari who is under the care of Misato Katsuragi, an alcoholic pedophile. Along the way, he meets an emotionless loli named Rei and a Nazi loli named Asuka. These two have become legendary fap interests for virgin otaku the world over.
The Deep, Sophisticated and Intricate Plot
The Actual Plot (if there is one...)
Constant themes deal with him subconsciously wanting to fuck the shit out of his dead mom, his problems having a vital life-affirming relationship with his father who is too busy fucking the underage clone of Shinji's dead mom to notice him, and his having to pilot an alien/robot life form (that's secretly his dead mom in disguise) in order to attempt to defeat nearly invincible, huge alien life forms (who are actually biblical angels) who are hellbent on awakening the final angel Lilith (who is Adam's slut on the side) so she can turn the planet's inhabitants into a huge ball of cherry Kool-Aid for no readily apparent reason. WTF?
In Japanese, "Shinji" means "whiny Oedipus-complex bitch boy". Also the word "plot" doesn't mean anything in Japanese and hence this show just defined anime for the next generation. The highlight of Shinji's career as a pilot was fapping to an unconscious Nazi
Evangelion is notable for having over 9,000 final episodes, not to mention the 2 new movies recently released with alternate, alternating endings after the three movies already released. The show was created by some 1337 azn who was put into a mental hospital because he would slam the door on his dick. Every fangirl and fanboy just hate him because of the shit endings he keeps on throwing at them like a monkey would throw scat in a zoo. One day, last Thursday, he heard the doctors talking about Latin/Greek medical terms and freudspeak. The bat shit insane director thought it was "deep" and "philosophical" so he added some shallow references to Jesus and Gnosticism and he came up with this shit. He is also responsible for crucifying the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. See Xenoshit if you would like the copied yet makes more sense version of this non-sequential bullshit.
By the end of the series, Shinji is so emo that he single-handedly causes his clonemom Rei to rape the world, causing every person on it to turn into orange tang. Good going. Also the movie End of Evangelion should be noted for having the biggest pair of tits that you will ever find anywhere. It should also be noted that in the last episode, we find out that Shinji's dad is, in fact, Shinji's mom. Go figure. Cheer up, emo Shinji.
Horrible Spinoffs
Since the targeted audience of angsty teenage males was reached by the show, spin offs of the series were produced in game and manga form and sold for high prices. In one of the games though, Shinji stops being a pussy and gets laid. Too bad his first time is with the gay character. So in a sense, you COULD say Shinji IS being the pussy, since Kaworu most likely was the Butch in this relationship, giving him total pwnership of Shinji's mangina.
Dealing with Evangelion fantards
Evangelion is extremely popular with useless nerds who think that throwing random Christ imagery and flashing random Japanese text on the screen in a cartoon about giant robots is deep and meaningful and who think that it is perfectly acceptable for a director to get 50 hours of screentime and still not be able to tell a story. The best way to troll Evangelion fans is to refuse to see the movie. This makes them butthurt. Not to mention that Evangelion is an uncreative rip-off of Ultraman, just with more colors and misconstrued teen angst.
Rebuild: The Return of the Emos
OMG, It's Back?!! You thought that the raving fantards had finally dropped the show after 12 years. You thought /a/ was finally done discussing how "DEEP" Evangelion was. You were wrong! Apparently, Hideaki Anno has decided to bless us with another installment of mind-raping mecha anime staring emo traps and this time, it's gonna be in the form of 4 feature-length movies. The series is called "Evangelion: Rebuild" and it's an attempt by Hideaki Anno to milk this battered and bleeding cow for all it's worth. So far, the first and second movies have come to America on DVD, with the third installment finaly released after three years of doing jack shit. The second movie introduces a new Mary Sue character named "Mari", and alters the original plot near the end. This has caused many oldfags to RAGE, but some normal people hope this means the finale won't be a total mind-fuck this time.
Anno seems to have realised that nobody wants to see a show about emo faggots constantly bitching and has instead turned it into a series about people in robots who get shit done. Hawt jailbait, too. Can't forget that, can we?
Unfortunately the third installment has thrown all previous improvements out of the window. Everyone is weird and depressed again. Shinjii has also become the dumbest character in the entire mini-series. He is so fucking stupid that he actually unleashes armageddon TWICE in four movies so far. Holy shit.
Of course, some oldfags are suggesting that the whole thing is just a continuation of the batshit fucking insane finale of the original series, set in some kind of alternate dimension. If that is the case, prepare to have your virgin minds surprise sex'd once more by the gigantic, throbbing, radioactive cock of Japan itself.
Shinjii kills himself, stopping the man-made cycle of reset. Letting god recreate earth with its regular cycle. Everyone dies and the show ends. Or Shinjii mans up (yea right) and fucking massacres angels left and right, Asuka finally sees him for what she's always wanted and shows Shinjii love which is all he's ever wanted... OR ... the director fucks us again, just wait and see in 2015.
No Rei Is This Cool
The creator of this insane mess wrote the character of Rei to be as disturbing as fuck. What with being a brainwashed semi-robotic loli who is normally seen badly injured and in bandages. Even he was creeped out when instead fanboys decided that an underage child abuse survivor with the personality of a pot plant would make the hottest waifu ever and bought millions of body pillows for trillions an trillions of Jew Gold.
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- Anime - More kiwi shit.
- King of Braves GaoGaiGar - LOL ASUKA GOT RULE 63'D.
- Gendo Pose - The only good thing to come out of that series.
- Gurren Lagann - Pure, nonsensical, nonsense ... with dildos.
- Trigun - Another overhyped piece of shit.
- Super Robot Wars - Anno himself got on his knees and sucked a ton of cock to get this shit into this game series.
- Kill la Kill- Evangelion meets Dragon Ball Z & Panty Stalkings.
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Much to my own surprise, I actually compiled a Q2 of musical favorites. Enjoy the resulting mix: https://t.co/P17o4s2zSd
Second half of 2015 advice: don?t dump your personal life onto social media. Talk to you real life friends and family. You?ll be happier.
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Once, they all sounded like Dave Matthews, then they all sounded like Eddie Vedder, now they all sound like Adam Levine.
Show the Album Credits on Apple Music! http://t.co/ad9RXFdR0o @moveon
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I predict this will be a huge list of mixes within the next 8 weeks
"Software is eating the world. That?s a good and bad thing. But sometimes it?s just amazing." https://t.co/dqZeCAbSRS
This is so clever. Also: You're in the byline! http://t.co/vulsvpgetC #confirmationbias
nice list to have handy for a long weekend
The Summer Mix Series lives on? via Reddit! Very cool of these guys to continue the tradition: https://t.co/T9boI5ToFL
it's actually a lot of changes but feels friendlier overall
How is there not a 10-hour version of this? I'm shocked at you YouTube.
that headline is the best. the BEST.
a svg placeholder graphics service - ridiculous
excellent read on how the current tech boom isn't QUITE the same as the 1999 boom
brutal but also completely true. UI/UX of Apple Music is gross.
I don't know WHY he has a book but I'm certainly intrigued
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with Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
the short about the miniature town is now a book. looksnice.
even the mention of Flash makes my skin crawl but I *am* curious about the future of this
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Hog Wild, This is my first post in this forum so please excuse my ignorance but wouldn't this "New" form of your version of road books possibly help you out in the long run? I'f i'm not mistaken, you run a Dakar like prep deal that people hire you to help with the use of road book navagation.
Rory, first of all, I appreciate the questions and the respectful way you present them.
The roadbook stuff is not new, it's just new to most Baja racers. I don't have training events anymore. I refer people to Jimmy Lewis or Darren Skilton for that (they dont know yet that its a money loosing activity). But I have supplied roadbooks to Jimmy and Darren for that type of training, and I do charge a bit to prepare, print, and deliver those roadbooks. It's a loosing deal for me if you look at the time versus the money, but I enjoy contributing to the success of our guys going to Dakar, so I keep doing it.
Yes NORRA going the roadbook route might help me a bit, but it could also hurt me. I'm planning an event that will compete for some of the same people who race NORRA. So I suppose my roadbook and other work for NORRA is helping send my own potential future customers to my competitor. But I don't look at it that way. I have a good job that pays well. All this race related stuff has been for fun, as a hobby. Whatever is fun, that's what I do!
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Personally I think it's great for all those guys that travel halfway around the world who have never used it and Dakar has pretty much used it exclusively. NORRA on the other hand is titled "The happiest race on earth" due to it's simplicity and relaxed atmosphere. I remember you talking about this over on RDC quite a while ago and SUGGESTING that they should go this route but I don't remember you mentioning anyone at NORRA contacting you about getting something going.
NORRA had roadbooks right from the start, before I even knew what NORRA was. When I entered their first race (in large part because it was rally format with roadbooks), I saw their roadbook on the website weeks before the event. It was in a format that could not be used in a bike style roadbook holder, and it was not in the somewhat standard format used around the world. So I offered to convert their roadbook into the proper format, print a bunch of copies, and bring them to registration so those with roadbook holders would have something useable. They said yes to that, and Ive been helping them with the roadbooks ever since.
Eventually I got involved with cleaning up their GPS files (at their request) because they were having problems and they also were not providing files for those using Garmin units. That effort went well, and Im sure it benefited everyone using a GPS. So, I even help them support those using GPS! Hell, even I used a GPS a little bit when I raced it. It was allowed, so I did it!
Last year they asked me to find a new course route in an area they had problems. I did that too, and that section will be used this year as well. That had nothing to do with roadbooks or rally specific stuff. They just needed a course fix, and I knew how to get it done quicker than them.
All that work to help you guys have a good time, and all I get is a hammering for something I only had a small hand in!
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Personally I think its a conflict of interest for you to be talking NORRA into going this route because you could benifit.
I think I covered this pretty well above and in earlier posts, but Ill go over it again briefly. I think youre way overestimating my power over them. I have spent a few HUNDRED hours helping them over the years, and Ive MAYBE profited at best a couple hundred bucks from it. Hardly an effort to line my pockets! And if that were my motivation, what would be wrong with helping them and getting a benefit back from it? I wont deny I would love to see more people get into rally racing and go do Dakar. Its a SUPER cool event that everyone that can pull it off should do!
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This is NOT the history of off road racing, this is the history of Dakar and rally which is not what NORRA is. I'm pretty sure NORRA thinks this is a great idea because your talking them into it.
Again, they planned to use the basic rally format way before I came along. And they have been telling me from the start, they want to move further in that direction but they have to take it slow to allow everyone to learn.
I think youre projecting your vision of the ideal race onto them (just like youre accusing me of doing). The multi-day stage format was never the standard for off-road here. Yet NORRA wanted to do it that way right from the start, way before I came along. So it seems they are not trying to DUPLICATE the past, they are picking a path that is focused on vintage, but includes new and old ideas. How is that my fault? Remember their motto, it goes something like this: Honoring the Past, Forging the Future. I dont think that future word means the history of off-road.
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Having been involved in off road racing since the late 70's watching my dad race and also been involved in one way or another with all 3 of the NORRA events, I think there is only a SMALL group of people who really like this idea.
I think most people dont really care, they just want to race. Here on ADV, the majority seem to be in favor of it. On RDC its probably the other way. And Id guess many if not most of those against it would enjoy it if they approached it with a positive attitude and gave it a fair chance. I dont think the small section this year is enough of a taste to really understand it, but thats just me.
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As for 2 seaters having an advantage, it is a HUGE advantage! Co-rider can have his face buried on the road book calling out turns and hazards while the driver can keep his nose glued to the race track.
Exactly like a co-driver with a GPS! And Im not sure youre aware, the roadbooks do not include curves in the road. They pretty much only include intersections, major hazards, and major things like start and finish points and some gas stations. Your huge advantage comment makes me think maybe you have no idea what the roadbook actually has in it, and maybe have never even used one that was done in this type of cross-country rally format. You do understand with a GPS the co-driver can call out the sharpness of every curve, in dust, mountain terrain and otherwise blind situations, yet with a roadbook you dont have that information. So a GPS probably gives a 2-seater a bigger advantage over a single-seater than a roadbook does. You may have mistakenly made MY point.
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I'm not really all that savy when it comes to mobile chips, but what kind of an upgrade would a friend of mine expect going from a 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo + GeForce 9400M to an Athlon II X4 3.1GHz + GeForce GTX 465 1GB?
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Of course, if he's playing single threaded old games the difference will be... just "dramatic". But in stuff like GTA4, Lost Planet 2, Bad Company 2, Starcraft 2, it will be night and day.
An x4 @ 3.1 and a 465 is a potent gaming combo, great for 1680x1050 with 2x to 8x AA in the newest titles, and 1920x1080 with no AA or 2x.
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|1 , baked
|16 Large
|Water/Canned pineapple juice
|1 Tablespoon
|Egg whites
|Granulated sugar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Chilled raspberries/Drained, just thawed frozen raspberries / strawberries
|2 Cup (32 tbs) (Fresh)
|Vanilla ice cream/Peach / pistachio ice cream
|1 Quart
Refrigerate pie shell until well chilled.
Preheat broiler 10 min., or as manufacturer directs.
Over low heat, heat marshmallows with water, folding constantly, until marshmallows are melted.
Beat egg whites until quite stiff; gradually add sugar and salt, beating until very stiff; fold in marshmallow mixture.
Sprinkle 1 cup berries into pie shell; fill with ice cream; then sprinkle rest of berries onto ice cream; top with meringue, covering ice cream completely all the way around out to edge of pie, (this helps keep ice cream firm).
Broil several inches below heat until lightly browned.
Serve at once.
Note€"If you have a freezer, you can make this pie several days ahead.
Just make as above, omitting berries.
As soon as meringue has browned, place pie in freezer until frozen; then freezer-wrap, and return to freezer.


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Seared Pineapple And Peaches
|Non fat yogurt
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Nonfat yogurt
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Skim milk
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|4 Cup (64 tbs)
|Ripe pineapples
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
1. Combine yogurt, milk, and 2 cups of raspberries in a blender container.
2. Make a puree with medium blending speed.
3. Transfer the puree is a separate bowl and let it chill for sometime in freezer.
4. Slice the pineapple, discarding its top and bottom portion.
5. Take a sharp knife and remove the outer peel and inner core of each of the slice.
6. Slice the pineapple flesh crosswise into 1″ thick pieces.
7. Halve the peaches and discard the pits.
8. Arrange for a grill and place peaches and pineapples on the rack.
9. Grill the sliced pineapples and half peaches against medium high flame for 4 minutes for each side or until the fruits turn golden- brown.
10. Use a metal spatula and shift the grilled fruits on a dessert plate.
11. Sprinkle blueberries and raspberries on the grilles fruit pieces.
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Posted: 07/24/2014 - Federal officials have capped the amount of money scofflaws will be forced to pay if they don't buy insurance this year under the new health care law.
Posted: 07/24/2014 - Three Americans, including a reporter for The Washington Post, appear to have been detained in Iran.
Posted: 07/24/2014 - Prosecutors in Central California have obtained an arrest warrant for a tuberculosis patient who they say is contagious and has refused treatment, putting those around him at risk.
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Posted: 07/24/2014 - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to its lowest level in eight years.
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Can two mac air be hard wired on a thunderbolt to gigabit ethernet adapter?
Context of question: a hotel room anywhere where wifi is available along with a rj-45 internet source.
Hotel Wifi is unreliable, usually costs extra $$, is slower, and may have to be re-initiated at each connection time, in other words a big hassle; plus, like clockwork, it bogs down at peak use in the time zone you are in.
Users are two Mac Air and iPhone users.
The question is: from the single hotel rj-45 cable how do you hardwire the two Mac and establish a mifi for the two iphones, using existing Apple or Apple-compatible products?
Notes: I see 2 to 1 Cat 6 splitters available; I do not see Thunderbolt splitters; I see Airport Express has two ethernet ports, plus a usb port...
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I would get the thunderbolt to ethernet adapter to connect the first MacBook Air to the hotel's internet via ethernet.
You could then get the USB to ethernet adapter and plug that into the first MacBook Air and go into settings and share your internet connection (from thunderbolt-ethernet) to USB-ethernet and with a 2nd USB-ethernet adapter for the 2nd MacBook Air connect the two MacBook airs with an ethernet cable.
Practically speaking it'd be better to connect the first MacBook Air to the hotel's ethernet (via the thunderbolt to ethernet adapter) and then in Settings "Share" your internet connection via the Airport (built in to the first MacBook Air) - this creates a wireless (and password protected, if you'd like) wireless network that you can connect the 2nd MacBook Air and iPhones to.
Another option is to connect an AirportExpress to the hotel's ethernet and create a wireless hotspot for all devices to connect to.
Most hotels do not have super high-speed ethernet internet access so the benefits of hard wiring the devices is probably not really worth pursuing, but technically doable with several adapters (as outlined above).
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Chelsea Dreams
Last October, David Byrne threw a mild fit on the website of The Guardian. Born in Scotland but raised in suburban Baltimore, Byrne came to New York City in the mid-1970s "because it was a center of cultural ferment"; he intended to pursue the visual arts. "One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy," he wrote in his essay, "but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat, and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships."
And now? "Most of Manhattan and many parts of Brooklyn are virtual walled communities," Byrne wrote, "pleasure domes for the rich (which, full disclosure, includes me), and aside from those of us who managed years ago to find our niche and some means of income, there is no room for fresh creative types."
Byrne attributed this change to "the top 1%," "rich folks," "figures like Mayor Bloomberg" and especially jet-setting foreigners: "In the neighborhood where I live (near the art galleries in Chelsea), I can see three large condos from my window that are pretty much empty all the time. What the fuck!?" The former Talking Heads front man then announced that he would leave New York if its artistic fertility becomes further compromised by the city's money culture.
A concurrent debate simmered throughout the fall, sparked by an article about gentrification on the website openDemocracy. Its author, a freelance journalist named Matt Bolton, noted the function often unwittingly performed by artists in sowing the seeds of culture later reaped by, for and as capital. "It seems that wherever artists go, rising property prices, cafés filled with seats from 1940s railway stations and low-level ethnic cleansing appears to follow," Bolton argued. Critics quibbled with his conclusion, noting instances in which gentrification had occurred absent this homesteading by artists. But they largely conceded, in the words of a "creative placemaking" advocate, that "even though 'shock troops' is an overstatement of artists' roles in gentrification, pawns may not be."
In the first season of The Wire, the canny drug dealer D'Angelo Barksdale comes across two of his crew members using a chess set to play checkers and decides to teach them the finer points of the game: "Pawns, man—in the game, they get capped quick. They be out the game early." What else is Byrne's unelaborated reference to living "near the art galleries in Chelsea" and seeing luxury condos from his window but a tacit acknowledgement of the tradition—native but not confined to that province—of artists playing checkers with a chess set, too busy fighting other battles, losing other wars, to master the higher game?
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Sherill Tippins began researching Inside the Dream Palace, her book about the Chelsea Hotel, around 2007, shortly before the hotel's board of directors, eager to capitalize on the Chelsea neighborhood's art-world cachet, ousted longtime manager and part-owner Stanley Bard. Four years later, the hotel was bought for $80 million by Joseph Chetrit, a specialist, as The Wall Street Journal reported, in modernizing buildings with a "storied pedigree." Chetrit then closed the hotel to new guests and undertook extensive renovations. Burst pipes, hazardous materials and other disruptions led a group of holdout residents to file several lawsuits, which were settled last year after Chetrit transferred control to his former partner Ed Scheetz, who promises improved tenant relations and a greater respect for the Chelsea's architectural integrity. But a great deal of damage has already been done to the building, physically and otherwise, and many current and former residents nervously await further changes to the first building in New York to enjoy landmark status for both its historical and architectural importance. Crucially, only the structure's facade is legally protected.
The commemorative plaques surrounding the Chelsea's entrance attest to the sacred status reserved for it in our officially sanctioned cultural history: it has been home and haven to the likes of Brendan Behan, Dylan Thomas, Thomas Wolfe, Edgar Lee Masters, Arthur Miller, Arthur Clarke, Shirley Clarke, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe. The Chelsea opened in 1884 as one of the city's first cooperative apartment buildings and has been a byword since then for dime-store decadence and avant-garde art, the first stop for arrivistes and the last for tarnished celebrities. "The richness of imagination and experience retained within this building's walls—the product of more than a century of friction between the hotel's inner culture and the outside world—is like nothing else on the planet," Tippins writes.
During her reporting, Tippins discovered that beneath the crust of the hotel's many interior renovations are elements conducive to fostering the kind of urban artists' colony that thrived there for so long, despite a succession of rises—and falls—in the fortunes of neighborhood and city. The parents of the Chelsea's architect, Philip Hubert, were disciples of the French utopian Charles Fourier, who promoted the construction of elaborate "phalansteries" where hundreds or even thousands of families would live together, in communities organized to promote perfect equality and creativity. Believing that each of the 810 personality types on his homemade chart could be compared, in Tippins's words, "to a key on a keyboard that, when played in glorious harmony with all of its fellows, produced a symphony of human expression," Fourier encouraged his followers to build "a social instrument to house those keys so that each note could ring free and true." American improvisations on his idea included Brook Farm, satirized in its co-founder Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance, and New Jersey's North American Phalanx, both of which succumbed to fire and dissent before the new evolutionary stage had been achieved.
Built on a lot purchased from a disgraced associate of Boss Tweed's, fronting a booming 23rd Street described by Tippins as a "Babel of moaning beggars and hand-organ men, society swells and streetwalkers, theatergoers and policemen," the Chelsea used an alternating layout of large and small units on each floor to foster the intermingling of the erstwhile apartment-averse upper classes with their less affluent neighbors. The range of apartments available upon its opening—from $986 to $5,910 per month, in today's dollars—marked the Chelsea as unique in the Gilded Age metropolis. (However, the exclusion of blacks from this utopia was rectified only in the 1950s; "it was good to see the ban on African-American tenants lifted," Tippins notes—her only comment on the matter.)
Aesthetic details complemented the layout's humanistic spirit:
The lobby fireplace with its carved figures served as a kind of campfire about which neighbors could gather, and the light-flooded staircase, adorned with flowers, served as a symbolic link between the social world at ground level and the solitary, spiritual life above. Inside the apartments, high ceilings and generous proportions instilled a sense of expansiveness and calm in the residents, yet curved walls and hidden recesses subverted this sensation, instilling a sense of mystery as well.
An unwritten rule that prevailed at the Chelsea for a while decreed that residents should not visit one another's rooms unannounced. Rather, a message would be left at the front desk if Edgar Lee Masters, say, wanted to take the painter John Sloan to lunch.


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Yesterday, I called Matt Harvey one the biggest bad-asses in baseball after reading about this incident that took place last season, when Jon Rauch (good riddance) decided to haze the young rookie. During his rookie season last year, Harvey was tired and decided to take a nap in a side room of the Mets' clubhouse. One of baseball's stupid decrees goes something like: Rookies pretty much can't do anything. That includes nap. The self-appointed enforcer of this rule was Jon Rauch, the 6-foot-11 relief pitcher with head-to-toe tattoos and the sort of perma-snarl reserved for nuns and rabid dogs. Rauch, according to people who saw the incident, barged into the room with bucket of ice water, which he proceeded to dump on Harvey. It waterlogged Harvey's phone, which was resting on his chest as an alarm, and incited an even more electrical reaction inside Harvey. He bounded up and challenged Rauch to a fight. Right there. Right then. He gave up 7 inches, about 75 pounds and a gallon or so...
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Having braved Paddington Station in his previous diary entry, War of the Worlds hero Arthur Clark moves on to the usually green and bustling Hyde Park, which in the game is a charred destroyed ruin, plagued by laser-spitting tripod walkers and other Martian nastiness.
With Sir Patrick Stewart lending his dulcet tones to the character of Arthur, the trailer features more of the actor's voice-over, as we take a look at Hyde Park, where a gigantic, hulking piece of Martian machinery is waiting for you. Scary stuff.
Inspired by Flashback, Out Of This World, Prince of Persia and Heart of Darkness, War of the Worlds is a side-scrolling action adventure that follows the timeline of the 1953 movie adaptation and HG Wells' original novel. Check out the War of the Worlds gameplay video and first dev diary for another look at the game, which is coming to XBLA later this autumn.


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In coordination with Italian law enforcement authorities, the FBI has busted an Italy based mob working with Mexican drug cartels to distribute drugs and illegal firearms in New York City. A 15-count indictment was unsealed early Tuesday charging seven New York defendants with money laundering, firearms offenses and narcotics trafficking. Italian agents arrested 17 people in Calabria, Italy.
The charges for the men based in New York stem from involvement in a transnational heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. The men arrested in Italy are part of Ndrangheta, one of the country's most powerful and brutal crime syndicates.
"The 'Ndrangheta is an exceptionally dangerous, sophisticated, and insidious criminal organization with tentacles stretching from Italy to countries around the world," U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement. "The defendant Lupoi sought to use his connections with both 'Ndrangheta and the Gambino crime family to extend his own criminal reach literally around the globe. Today, thanks to the vigilance and sustained cooperation of the Department of Justice and its law enforcement partners in Italy, the 'Ndrangheta's efforts to gain a foothold in New York have been dealt a lasting blow."
During the course of the investigation, an undercover FBI agent discovered members of Ndrangheta were working with Mexican drug cartels in Guyana, South America to move narcotics to market. Recorded undercover conversations reveal a conspiracy to move large shipments of cocaine internationally by hiding packages in frozen fish and pineapples. Criminals from the Italian enterprise and the Mexican cartel also worked together to obtain weapons. According to the FBI, one defendent based in New York "revealed that he had assembled a group of well-armed men in New York and that their base of operations was as secure as Fort Knox."
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Hull FC's veteran prop Garreth Carvell has joined Castleford Tigers on loan for the remainder of the season.
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Bradford Bulls have confirmed they are taking legal action after Hull FC announced the capture of Garreth Carvell on a one-year deal.
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Warrington forward Garreth Carvell has revealed he broke a rib during 30-16 Saturday's Grand Final defeat to Wigan at Old Trafford.
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Warrington and England prop Garreth Carvell will join the Bradford Bulls at the end of his contract in November.
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Warrington forward Garreth Carvell has been hit with a two-match ban after being found guilty of kicking out in the tackle.
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Hull coach Richard Agar has given prop Garreth Carvell a deadline by which to accept or reject a new three-year contract.
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Wednesday 13th February 16:00
Hull prop Garreth Carvell is expected to be on the sidelines for three-and-a-half months after rupturing knee ligaments.
Lions leave out Fielden
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Wigan prop Stuart Fielden has been left out of Great Britain's squad for the Test series against New Zealand.
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Nov 5, 2007, Vol. 13, No. 08 • By FRED BARNES
McCain's scenario depends on improving on his run in 2000 against George W. Bush. Then he skipped Iowa, won in New Hampshire, lost in South Carolina, and won in Michigan. But he couldn't compete in enough states to deny Bush the nomination. Now, McCain's best-case scenario has him winning in New Hampshire, where he's been gaining, and in South Carolina, where he has a solid organization, and taking off from there. It's conceivable, but he lacks the money he'd need on February 5.
Thompson's scenario involves doing well enough in Iowa and New Hampshire to be a viable candidate by the time South Carolina rolls around and winning there. What then? Beating Giuliani and Romney in Florida and winning at least the southern primaries (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee) on Super Tuesday, plus Oklahoma and a few other states. But his strategy of running as the only "consistent conservative" hasn't stirred enough support to produce a credible scenario leading to the nomination.
Pollster Frank Luntz, who has conducted focus groups at four Republican presidential debates this year, says voters liked the feistier McCain of 2000 more than the restrained McCain now. And he "lost the early debates" on one issue, immigration. As for Thompson, the focus groups of Republicans liked him "but they don't see the passion," Luntz says. "In the end, Republicans won't vote for a laid back candidate."
The bigger problem for McCain and Thompson, Republican consultant Jeffrey Bell says, is "they're not in control of their own destiny." To win primaries, they "need help" in the form of a serious blunder or collapse by Giuliani or Romney or a lesser rival. That could happen, but you can't base a winning scenario on it. McCain, for instance, might pick up support if Thompson faded, and vice versa. But that's purely speculative.
Come to think of it, there is a credible scenario for Ron Paul. That would mean running as the Libertarian candidate for president in the general election. His scenario would see him winning more votes than any Libertarian presidential nominee ever has. Just not enough to win the presidency.
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