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To increase bird diversity in your backyard, enhance your property by adding a water source, a roost box (try building your own!), or a supply of nest material. As well as improving life for your local feeder birds, you'll increase the chances that species that normally don't visit feeders will set up home nearby.
Trying to make your backyard more attractive to birds? Just add water! Birds need a dependable supply of fresh, clean water for drinking and bathing—few things are more attractive to them than a well-maintained birdbath. In fact, a birdbath in your yard may attract birds that don't eat seeds and wouldn't otherwise come to your feeders.
Traditional concrete birdbaths sold in garden shops make nice lawn ornaments, but they aren't the best type for birds—they're often too deep, glazed ones may be too slippery, and they're often hard to clean. Also, they may crack when the temperature drops below freezing. The best birdbaths mimic nature's birdbaths—puddles and shallow pools of water in slow streams; they're shallow with a gentle slope so birds can wade into the water. Look for one that won't break and is easily cleaned.
You can make your own birdbath using a trashcan lid, saucer-type snow sled, shallow pan, or old frying pan.
Setting up your birdbath
Birds seem to prefer baths that are set at ground level, where they typically find water in nature. While birds are bathing, they are sometimes less wary than is safe, and if their feathers get soaked, they can't take off or fly as quickly as normal, so cats pose a very serious danger. If you have a cat, please keep it indoors. If cats are at all likely to be lurking in your neighborhood, make sure there is a fairly wide open area between your birdbath and the nearest thick shrubbery, so birds have a better chance to detect and get away from a pouncing cat in time.
Place your birdbath in the shade if possible, to keep the water cooler and fresher. Nearby trees also provide branches on which they can preen.
Clean sand or gravel on the bottom will provide more secure footing. Arrange a few branches or stones in the water so birds can stand on them to drink without getting wet (this is particularly important during freezing weather).
The water should be no deeper than 1/2 to 1 inch at the edges, sloping to a maximum of 2 inches deep in the middle of the bath.
One of the best ways to make your birdbath even more attractive is to provide dripping water. Many birds find the sight and sound of moving water irresistible. You can use a commercial dripper or sprayer, or make your own by recycling an old bucket or plastic container. Punch a tiny hole in the bottom, fill it with water, and hang it above the birdbath so the water drips into the bath.
Winter birdbaths
Drinking water entices birds year-round, but keeping it ice free in winter is not as critical as many people believe. Birds have several physiological mechanisms for conserving water, and can usually get plenty from snow or dripping icicles. Electrical birdbath heaters may not be justifiable in light of the problems birds face from electricity production; also, if the air temperature is cold enough to make the water steam, heated birdbaths may pose an immediate danger to birds. On freezing days, birds should use baths for drinking only—not bathing. A network of sticks over a birdbath, holding birds above the water and make bathing uncomfortable, should prevent problems.
The simplest and probably the safest and most environmentally conscientious way to provide water in winter is to set out a plastic bowl at the same time each day, and bring it in when ice forms.
If you do want to keep a birdbath ice-free during sub-freezing days, you have several choices. Manufacturers now offer birdbaths with built-in, thermostatically controlled heaters. Immersion heaters are also available at most places bird feeders are sold. Most new models turn off if the water in the bath dries up. A less expensive alternative is a light bulb set in a flower pot under the water basin. The light bulb will provide enough heat to keep the water from freezing. Ideally, plug your heater into a ground-fault interrupted circuit (available from hardware or electrical supply stores) to eliminate the chance of electric shock.
Never add antifreeze to the birdbath—it is poisonous to all animals, including birds. Some people use glycerin as a makeshift antifreeze in birdbaths, but we do not recommend it. Glycerin is a low-level toxin—if birds drink too much, it raises their blood sugar so much that they may die. Furthermore, when birds bathe in glycerin-spiked water, their feathers can become saturated and matted, providing poor insulation and leaving them susceptible to hypothermia.
Maintaining your birdbath
When the temperature is above freezing, it's a good idea to keep your birdbath full at all times to attract the widest numbers and variety of birds. But to provide a safe drinking and bathing environment, it's critical to change the water every day or two. Bathing birds may leave behind dirty feathers and droppings, making the bath increasingly unsanitary for other birds. Grackles often drop their nestlings' fecal sacs into birdbaths, another cause of filthy water. Algae grows much more quickly when the water isn't cleaned frequently. Also, the species of mosquitoes most likely to transmit West Nile virus often lay their eggs in bird baths. By frequently changing the water, we don't give the eggs time to hatch or for the larvae to emerge.
If algae does start to grow, you should thoroughly clean the bath with a stiff scrub brush and running water.
BirdNotes--Providing Water for Birds
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Birds only nest during spring and summer—their breeding season. But during the rest of the year, cavity-nesting birds often use these same boxes for shelter at night, particularly in winter. Sometimes more than a dozen birds will pile into a single box to conserve heat. But nest boxes are far from ideal for overnight roosting. They are usually too small for a group. Plus most birds need to perch or cling while roosting, but nest boxes have no perching surfaces inside.
You can help your backyard birds keep warm overnight with a specially designed roost box. Any backyard favorites that typically nest in boxes—bluebirds, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, and small woodpeckers—may seek refuge in it.
Roosting boxes differ from nest boxes in several ways. A good roost box is designed to prevent the birds' body heat from escaping, so, unlike a nest box, it has fewer ventilation holes. Also, its entrance hole is near the bottom of the box so the rising warmth doesn't escape.
Inside a roost box there may be several perches made from small wooden dowels, staggered at different levels. The inside front and rear walls may be roughened, scored, or covered with hardware cloth so that woodpeckers can cling to them. A hinged top allows easy access so you can clean the box.
An entrance hole about 2 inches in diameter will admit most small birds, but to exclude aggressive starlings reduce the opening to about 1 1/2 inches. Larger woodland birds, such as flickers and screech-owls, need a 3-inch entrance hole.
Mount your roost box on a metal pole or a wooden post, and attach a metal baffle below the box to keep predators out. Place the box in a sheltered spot, out of prevailing winds. South-facing boxes receive the most warmth from the winter sun.
Roost boxes can be purchased from various manufacturers. Look for them anywhere nest boxes and bird feeders are sold. To build-your-own roost box, plans and instructions can be found here.
Most birds build some kind of structure to contain their eggs and nestlings. A bird's nest may be as simple as a depression on the ground such as made by a nighthawk, it may be a hole in a tree excavated by a woodpecker, or it may be an elaborate pouch-like nest woven by an oriole. The most familiar nest type is a cup-shaped structure made of vegetation and sometimes mud. Often, the outer layers are of coarse material lined on the inside with softer or finer material. Depending on the species, cup-nesters may hide their nests in trees or shrubs, build them on the ground, or place them in nest boxes or tree cavities.
If your yard has safe nest sites and adequate construction material, it will be more attractive to birds, including those that don't visit feeders.
Fallen leaves and twigs left un-raked make excellent nest materials for many birds. Providing nooks in your backyard where this untidy debris can collect provides a variety of material for the birds to check out when they are building nests. They may even pick through your compost pile looking for suitable nest material.
You can also put out concentrated stashes of nest material. Try putting out any combination of the following:
Among the materials birds occasionally use in their nests are snake skins (especially favored by Great Crested Flycatchers), and spider silk (especially used by small birds, including hummingbirds). The latter holds the other nesting materials together while making a tiny nest stretchy enough to accommodate growing nestlings. Providing a safe environment for spiders will enhance nesting opportunities for these birds. Barn and Cliff swallows, phoebes, and robins use mud to construct their nests. You might consider creating or keeping a muddy puddle in your garden for them. . Birds may also use plastic strips, cellophane, and aluminum foil, but we don't recommend that you offer these materials. Also, don't offer dryer lint. It may seem nice and fluffy, but becomes crumbly after it's rained on and dries. Some laundry detergents and fabric softeners may also leave harmful residues.
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If you're in the market for the finest riding gear around, Klim is your choice. No other brand in the industry has such an unrelenting pursuit of excellence in quality and comfort. It's the ideal option for every dual sport rider. However, even though Klim is primarily recognized in dual sport and adventure touring circles, that doesn't mean that its versatility can't offer off-road or street purists premium gear. That's why you'll find Klim products across all of our powersport categories: ATV, dirt bike, UTV, motorcycle and (of course) dual sport.
So what makes Klim stand out from other brands so remarkably? It largely has to do with their devotion to what matters to riders. For example, many Klim products feature Gore-Tex® technology, allowing the gear to sport a highly sophisticated waterproof liner. Because of this, you'd be hard-pressed to find a product that better repels rain and still offers a highly breathable membrane.
Aside from supreme quality and comfort, Klim also takes protection very seriously. Many Klim products feature either D3O® or CE armor. Both are respectable options, though if you're the type that loves advanced technology as part of your gear, you're going to love D3O. When you're riding, it stays soft and flexible – you might forget it's there altogether. But in an impact, the molecular structure stiffens, absorbing the force and distributing it throughout the armor.
This is just the beginning of everything that Klim offers. From one of the most impressive warranties in the industry to smart designs that effectively manage body heat, you simply won't find a better set of gear. Klim has a solid reputation for well-built gear with reliable construction. Major features that appeal to dual sport or adventure riders include truly effective venting, comfortable built-in armor and integrated pieces of gear.
With a complete product line that covers everything from jackets and pants to boots and goggles, Klim has something for everyone. Pick up a new set of gear from Klim to discover how incredible it is.
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This jersey is noticeably cooler than the Dakar jersey, I wear it over a EVS flak jacket and it makes all the difference in the world on channeling air into the body armor. One thing I have learned over the years with any vented or mesh style material is you have to keep it clean when it gets crusty, dirty and salted out it's more likely to tear or even break when folded (think about your favorite trucker hat that fell apart). I'm sure I'll tear and poke holes in it as time passes on the trail but I guess that's the cost of being cool literally......Read All Reviews
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I bought these gloves and on the first ride with them, flipped my bike at about 70mph, on the TAR. They aren't designed for that kind of abuse but they saved my hands, I had full body protection and after sliding/barrel rolling about 100 feet, I got up and walked away without a scratch (but some injuries as you'd expect). At one point my palms must have been in touch with the tarmac at speed as the left glove had a couple of small holes, resulting in two small friction heat blisters on my palm, the gloves and all my gear were totaled, I still cant believe how well they sacrificed themselves to save my bacon... The 'berg fe570 was in a very sad state and I did end up having a shoulder reconstruction 2 years later, but it should have been a lot worse...... I've even kept the gloves as a trophy, Klim is welcome to take them back to study the amazing way they stood up to this crash. I've purchased these gloves again and swear by them.. I wish I had the cash to outfit myself in full Klim gear.... Cheers Klim and Rocky Mountain ATV :-)Read All Reviews
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Resurrection Fighting Alliance acquires Titan Fighting Championship, AXS TV deal | MMAjunkie.com
Resurrection Fighting Alliance today announced it has acquired Titan Fighting Championship.
The deal includes Titan FC's fighter contracts, as well as its current broadcast deal with AXS TV.Titan FC founder and president Joe Kelly will now work for RFA, which also added veteran MMA manager Ed Soares to his management team earlier this year.
"I am very excited to be working with the guys at Resurrection Fighting Alliance," Kelly stated. "I really feel like this is a partnership with all the potential for success. We are very like-minded with similar goals."


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Popular Music Figure Available Again in Updated Packaging
Friday, February 07, 2003
In all the excitement (and, well, OK, chaos) surrounding the upcoming ToyFest kickoff celebration on spawn.com (click here for more detail on that), we kinda-sorta forgot to mention McFarlane Toys is offering its popular Ozzy Osbourne action figure again.
That's right, Ozzy fans, if you missed the figure when it was initially released in 1999, your time is now.
A new production run of the figure is hitting stores as you read this. The figure itself is the same sculpt as the initial release. It also includes the same bat and dove accessories and the full Ozzy custom diorama base.
The figure is packaged in the new-style McFarlane clamshell packaging and features updated packaging graphics. Click here for a large photo of the front and here for the back.
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7 Cups of Tea takes listening to the web
7 Cups of Tea is a site and app for anyone seeking emotional support for any issue they may be facing.
"It's a place where anyone can either open the app or go online and receive support from a kind, active listener," said 7 Cups of Tea founder Glen Moriarty.
Moriarty was inspired to create 7 Cups of Tea when he thought about behaviors that existed offline but not online, citing dating as an example of a behavior that has already made the transition. He often found himself speaking to his wife who is a professional counselor when he had problems, but wondered how people could work through their personal challenges without a therapist in their family. He decided to create a platform for people to connect with someone who was willing to listen.
The vast majority of people using 7 Cups of Tea are young adults, Moriarty says. Visitors to the site can match themselves with a listener based on language, country, age group, or issue... Read more
Duke students create Android app SMSmart
If you're tired of relying on spotty wifi or paying for a few extra megabytes of data, SMSmart may be the app you need.
Seniors Alan Ni, Ben Schwab and Jay Wang have designed a mobile application for people who are concerned about their data usage. SMSmart uses texts instead of data to search for directions, locations, stocks and more.
"SMSmart is an app for people who are data-conscious or potentially people in countries with limited access to high-speed data," senior Ben Schwab said. "It lets you access information on the Internet via SMS instead of your traditional 4G data."
The company's mission, similar to Google's Project Loon and Internet.org, is to help provide universal Internet access.
The idea for the app came while they were studying abroad and had text messaging but no data plans as they traveled around. As computer science majors, the three of them had a basic understanding of how application program interfaces and mobile apps worked... Read more
#SB2015: What will you do?
Spring break is fast approaching. If you haven't finalized plans yet, here's a list of alternative Spring Break ideas for Duke students looking for service opportunities, fun or a little bit of both.
1. Get to know Durham and North Carolina a little bit better:
If you're feeling outdoorsy, you can go for a hike on the Eno River and swim in the Quarry—the weather will be beautiful in March. Also consider attending the 3rd Annual Bull City Food & Beer Experience at DPAC on March 8. The event will showcase 30 Durham restaurants and 30 premier breweries.
2. Complete a service project abroad for a week:
Many non-profits offer short volunteer opportunities for college students during break, with chances to contribute to public health and infrastructure campaigns in countries like Ghana, Jamaica and Mexico. This could be a great chance to give back to a different community. Check out nonprofit organization websites like projects-abroad... Read more
Students sound off on State of the Union
President Obama spoke to several million Americans on the rebirth of the economy, the necessity of equal opportunity and the value of diplomacy at his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Duke's chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society hosted a watch party for students interested in the speech. Here's what some of them had to say afterward:
"President Obama laid out a clear agenda for what he wants to see in the next two years of his presidency. The biggest highlights were the later remarks on what better politics should look like in this country, both for his political agenda and for how national politics should be run, and it was nice to see that." —junior Jay Sullivan.
"I loved that [Obama] brought up marriage equality as a civil right." —junior Shreya Vora.
"I thought the president was really sassy, which I guess was a hallmark of it being his last term, but he was also really firm that if congress wants to push things through that he doesn't like, he's going to veto... Read more
ICYMI: Winter break headlines
Mourning Vincent Davis
The Duke community mourned the loss of bus driver Vincent Davis after he was killed in a crash at the intersection of Erwin and Morreene roads Dec. 22.
"This was as horrific as an accident could be, and we're still working our way through supporting both the family and the coworkers within Parking and Transportation," said Vice President of Administration Kyle Cavanaugh in an earlier interview with The Chronicle.
Davis, 52, was driving a Duke passenger van at the intersection when Jacob Samuels, 18, ran a red light and struck the van. The van flipped onto its side, and Davis was pronounced dead at the scene.
He had worked at Duke for nearly two years.
Samuels has been charged with running a red light and death by vehicle. He was taken to Duke Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries... Read more
Stories to watch in 2015
Want to know what to look out for as Duke enters the new year? Take a look below for some storylines to keep an eye on.
Strategic planning: Eight years after the University launched its last strategic plan, Duke kicked off "pre-planning" for a new edition in 2014. This Spring will see continued work toward developing general themes and a structure, and the Fall will see the beginning of the actual planning process. Read more
Chronicle Top 10 for 2014: Part II
The Chronicle continues its look at the biggest news stories of 2014. Catch up on numbers ten through six here, and take a look at the top picks below.
5) Sexual assault guidelines and cases: sexual assault on college campuses continued to be a topic of national conversation in 2014, and Duke was no different. Following the University's 2013 decision to recommend expulsion as the preferred disciplinary sanction for sexual assault, Duke further adjusted its policies this year—launching a new website to improve access to information on campus sexual assault and including graduate and professional students in the campus disciplinary process for the first time. In December, the University hired its first fulltime Title IX coordinator... Read more
Chronicle Top 10 for 2014: Part I
As 2014 draws to a close, The Chronicle is taking a look at the 10 biggest news storylines of the year. Stay tuned for the top five tomorrow, but for now take a look at numbers ten through six.
10) 40 percent and 4 candidates: the 2014 Duke Student Government election saw the most student engagement in recent memory–with four contenders in the race for president and significant debate around the 40 Percent Plan, a ballot measure which would have allowed students to allocate a portion of their activities fees to the groups of their choosing. As discussion over the plan lit up social media, the presidential race grew tighter. Nikolai Doytchinov, then a junior, Read more
BOT Chair Rubenstein shows off a new talent—rapping
Board of Trustees Chair David Rubenstein is often lauded for his savvy as a financial executive and his philanthropic work—and now his rapping skills?
Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, stars in a holiday video the private equity firm sent to investors Monday evening. Pairing his suit and tie with red Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, Rubenstein lays down the following track:
"It takes a lot of brains to do what we do,Looking for a way to make some dough for you.
Energy, commodity, we do it all,
So pick up the phone and give us a call.
Corporate mezzanine, private equity,
Carlyle Group is the place to be.
We're global, we're mobile, we're aiming to please.
Only goal in mind: serve the LPs."
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November headlines in review
Lemur Star of Zoboomafoo Dies at the Age of 20
Jovian, a Coquerel's sifaka and star of the children's show Zoboomafoo, passed away Nov. 10 after 20 years at the Duke Lemur Center. The star lemur died of kidney failure earlier this month but leaves behind a legacy as a playful friend and caring father. His death led to an outpouring of sympathy on social media—with many teens and twentysomethings sharing fond memories of the lemur's days in the spotlight during their childhood... Read more


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Update: More on Alex Day's next big move
When online star Alex Day got his first two music royalty checks for nearly $200k he had a choice to make. Do I follow the path of other self-made stars like Amanda Hocking (self-published books to a major publishing deal) and buy into the system, or do I continue to blaze my own path?
He chose the latter. He said no to the offer of "a boot on his neck" and decided to go his own way. In this decision, he embodies the musician—the artist—of the future: self-sufficient, self-funded, and self-motivated. And now, with the launch of three new singles, he's a pioneer of a new style of releasing and distributing music.
Before we get into that, let's look briefly at what Alex, at just 23 years old, has already accomplished. In 2006, he started a YouTube channel where he posted his music videos. It quickly took off. In six years, he racked up more than 500,000 subscribers and nearly 100 million views. The songs that accompany these videos? They've been streamed more than 1 million times and sold more than 500,000 paid downloads.
His recipe for success was simple: earnest, youthful music with correspondingly playful videos. It might not be for everyone, but there is a whole underserved and loyal market for this material on YouTube, and Alex put more time and passion into than anyone else.
"I make music people enjoy and they buy it," Day told me over email. "That's my big trick. If I was only doing it for fame, I could sign with a label. If I was only doing it for money, I could churn out rubbish every two weeks. But I take my time and put out quality stuff I'm proud of, for the love of making great music and sharing it with an audience—the more people that hear it, the better. I want to make things that people can love."
But there are plenty of people performing for niche audiences online these days. It wasn't until December of 2011 that Day's peerless ambition and savvy became clear to me. He emailed me for advice on the launch of a single early in December called "Forever Yours," with a crazy goal: hitting #1 on the UK charts without a label. Confidentially, I told him it couldn't be done—not even close. Find a label, I told him. Sign with someone who knows what they are doing. The system will crush you.
I was wrong. On December 18th, his single came out and hit #4 on the UK Charts, with bookmakers strongly predicting a run at the top spot. It eventually did more than 130,000 downloads worldwide and the video was seen more than 4 million times.
Then, in April, Day did it again. Without radio play, his cover of "Lady Godiva" charted at #15, Day's second Top 20 hit in 4 months . . . as an unsigned artist. Not only that, but, through a random connection with a young fan who begged his or her father, Day's single had distribution in stores across the UK. Again, as an unsigned artist, Day completely outflanked the record labels, radio, and distributors and went straight to the fans—putting the lion's share of the earnings in the right pocket: his.
Now that I have a good sense of what Alex Day is capable of as an artist, businessman, and strategist, his next move has my complete support. He's ignoring the charts all together, and he's no longer interested in gaming them or chasing them as status symbols. ("The charts don't matter anymore. Nobody knows or cares who's #1.") This realization freed him up to take a bold step: releasing three singles at the same time, which while killing chart placement, is better for the fans and for the music.
"One's an original song by me, one's a cover, one's an unreleased track," Day said. "I'm encouraging people to tell me their favourite and it's pretty evenly spread. Instead of pushing to one crazy week, this time I wanna try and build it across the three months, we're spreading out the releases of the music videos and the main thing I'm asking my audience to do is just to tell people."
Now, the charts that matter aren't Billboard; they're iTunes and Amazon (and he's already hit the Top 40 there with all the songs). He doesn't need a label's help there. Or an agent, or any other so-called "professional." Not with a huge YouTube fan base and nearly 100,000 Twitter followers. He's a self-sustaining machine.
"I've had talks with all the major labels," Day said, "but I reckoned they were trying to sign me in order to squash me; they hate the fact that I proved you can get songs out there without any corporate involvement".
Now compare that with Amanda Hocking, who after selling millions of books herself on Amazon, willingly submitted to a deal with an antiquated publishing house. ("I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. Right now, being me is a full-time corporation." No, Amanda, now you're a wholly owned subsidiary.) With an eye towards clocking 150,000 downloads Alex isn't afraid of doing the work himself. That's what motivates him. That's what makes him the musician of the future.
I've been working for years to work with the system to little success but once I struck out on my own, things started happening in a huge way. My biggest asset is raw energy—I'll keep reaching out to people, pushing the song out, working on music, I never get bored of it because I know I'll regret it if I don't look back thinking 'I did everything I could.'
Ryan Holiday is the author of Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator (Penguin/Portfolio). More of his writing can be found at RyanHoliday.net, and you can sign up for monthly reading recommendations through his reading list email.
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April Profiles
A Sustainable Future Third-year student Alycia Edgeworth Kennedy has little interest in donning a power suit and high heels before heading to a courtroom. She would much rather grab hiking boots and a clipboard on her way to a community center to meet with disenfranchised residents and educate them about their civil rights.04-23-2010
Embracing Hope "Wanting to earn a post-graduate degree is a cultural thing," said Tapiwa Gladmore Kapurura, an LL.M. candidate at the College of Law. "It is common among my African friends to push one another to continue our educations. Self enrichment is very important to us."04-23-2010
Giving Back "I believe I've been really fortunate in life, and have an obligation to give back," Evans said. "If one of the ways I can do that is volunteering, I think that makes sense."04-23-2010
An Eminently Willamette Firm On the surface, a condemnation case might not seem very exciting, lacking the drama of a criminal trial or custody battle. But lawyers who specialize in this area of real estate law tackle a highly emotional issue — the government's right to appropriate a private individual's land for public use.04-23-2010


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If you try to download Google Desktop, you'll see something strange: you have to download Google Updater, an executable available that's a part of Google Pack, the collection of Google software and third-party applications launched last year.
"The Google Updater is the program that downloads and installs all the software in the Google Pack. You can use the Google Updater to monitor the status of your installation, run software that's been installed, or uninstall software. A Google Updater icon will appear in your system tray and will display notifications when new software is available."
So if you try to download Google Desktop, you're forced to download Google Pack, or at least Google Pack's core, which is Google Updater. You can look at Google Updater like an equivalent of the "Add or remove programs" included in Windows. Unlike the application manager from Windows, Google Updater monitors the applications for new versions and is configured to automatically update the applications.
It seems that Google tries to centralize the way you install and manage Google software, so I wouldn't be surprised if you'll be forced to install the Updater for any Google software in the near future. Like Google Toolbar, which is a way to push new services and feature, Google Pack and the updater are a way to push new software from Google and its partners (there's a "Show new software" link that sends you to a page that lists software from Google Pack you don't have on your computer).
Note: In case you don't see the text below when you go to Google Desktop, this is the page where you should've been redirected. There's a workaround if you want to download only Google Desktop: this link.
Update: This is a new version of Google Pack (2.0 beta) that will be used to install individual Google products. Even if the download pages are not changed for everyone yet, Google Toolbar for IE and Google Earth for Windows will be installed in the same way.
March 6, 2007
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Hi Paul. Thanks. It sounds to me like the Bible was used, as one vehicle, to reinforce what was already in someone's (unfortunately, your parents) heart - whatever the source of that was. Blessings to you on your jouney of recovery from that.About anything can be used properly and for good, or misused for harm and destruction. I believe that's from the condition of the human heart (or mentally ill mind, etc.) - and though the Words of God are obviously good, a demented mind can twist them and hurt with them. They crucified the Savior. He is risen.
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The internal auditor would perform an overall fraud risk assessment for the county and its departments. Those areas would include accounting activities performed for the board by the Clerk of Court. The scope of work would exclude the clerk's operations related to the judiciary, the tax collector, sheriff, property appraiser and supervisor of elections.
The auditor would focus first on the activities of the tourist development department and then prioritize other departments with board approval.
Commissioner Dave Parisot questioned whether to start with the tourist development department because it's had such intense scrutiny in recent months.
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County Administrator Jim Curry reminded the board that the internal auditor will have to work closely with the tourist development department to implement the changes passed down from the state auditor general in his recent operational audit. The audit was conducted in response to the extensive fraud scheme put in place by former tourism head Mark Bellinger.
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The county's staff recommended that the internal auditor be hired on a contract basis of three years with an option for a three-year extension.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Finally. They got it right.
It took five movies prior to this one dating back to 1978, but they finally got the point when it came to making a really good Superman movie.
This is Superman, not Bozo, so quit clowning around.
I'll say here and now, Man of Steel is the best super-hero movie ever made, and I loved the Avengers, Iron Man and Dark Knight Rises. Man of Steel ranks head and shoulders above anything else out there.
You figure you have the Avengers and Dark Knight here – around shoulder height let's say. To show where Man of Steel ranks I'd have to climb a stepladder.
It's not just a great Superman movie, it's a great movie, period.
I truly believe now a man can fly.
For almost two years I have devoured every teaser, trailer and still photograph the studios released. I'd play the trailers over and over again, breaking into sobs at the sound of the first drumbeat.
Remember, Superman is one of the four things that make me unconditionally cry, along with weddings, ceremonial sports moments and bagpipes.
I have been fascinated with Superman ever since I was in second grade and we gathered at my best friend Rick's house to watch a new TV show one afternoon. It was called "The Adventures of Superman" and was originally a Saturday afternoon movie serial run in theaters. This show happened to be about some attacking mole men.
I remember not being very impressed over the first 20 minutes of the show, and looking around at the rest of the neighborhood gang, Tommy, Jeff, Rick, Greg, Skeeter and Moose; they weren't very impressed either.
Still, I felt something coming.
I remember the moment, Clark realizes Lois is in trouble and calls out, "Great Scott! Lois is in trouble!" and takes off down a deserted corridor for the storeroom.
He pauses at the door, looks around, snatches off his glasses and jerks at his tie knot.
And then the music starts.
Moments later Superman emerges from the storeroom and jumps out the window.
I sat up and felt the air leave the room, realizing my life was forever changed at that moment.
When the show was over I raced home and snatched a bath towel and a safety pin out of the linen closet, found an old T-shirt, and grabbed a magic marker.
I paused at my bedroom door and said, "Great Scott! Lois is in trouble!"
And disappeared inside.
About an hour and a half later I emerged wearing a T-shirt with a crude "S" scrawled across the front in magic marker, a bath towel safety-pinned around my neck, and here's the fun part, my underwear now worn outside my blue jeans with the pants-cuffs stuffed into my socks.
Then I flew outside, racing through the family room, arms outstretched in proper flying position, whistling the flying sound Superman made, and Dut-Dah-Dah-ing the Superman theme song.
I ran right past my parents, who didn't understand I was Superman; just that I ran outside wearing my undershorts on the outside of my pants.
My dad said, "I'm going to have a long talk with that boy."
You should have seen what I did to Mom's best bath towel when I became Batman for the first time. That involved a pair of scissors.
I will say this about Superman, if it were socially acceptable I'd wear a cape, even today, and last, it's a good thing Underoos don't come in XXXL.
It would not be pretty.
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Education is a pretty hot-button issue for so many people out there. The issues in education are numerous and varied, and interestingly, many people find themselves feeling pretty strongly about one or two issues, and could take or leave many of the others. So whether special needs students, public funding, gender equality in education, or something else is 'your' issue, you can at least understand that many facets of education get people fired up.
"Below are six TED Talks that each address different aspects of education. You may look at some of the titles and think "that's not 'my' issue", but each one carries an important message and is worth the few minutes it will take to watch. These talks will both get you thinking about different issues, and will make you proud, angry, sad, excited, and inspired all at the same time."
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What do personal computers, cell phones, and digital cameras have in common? They all started on the fringes. Then they hit a tipping point and, suddenly, they were everywhere.
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"Cities around the world run into a range of burdensome difficulties, from dwelling deficits to infrastructure problems to inefficient services to environmental pollution. The field of Urban Engineering attempts to address these complications with cost-effective and implementable strategies. This open access book outlines solutions related to urban automation, geographic information systems (GIS), monitoring and management of urban noise, floods, transportation, and many other topics. Each chapter of the book is available for individual download and covers a distinct topic. For instance, Chapter 3 focuses on "Experiences with the Ubranisation of Slums: Management and Intervention Models," while Chapter 10 looks at "Urban Flood Control, Simulation and Management - An Integrated Approach." For readers interested in understanding more about Urban Engineering, this freely accessible online book will provide a thorough introduction."
From jarche
For the past century, the job was the way we redistributed wealth and protected workers from the negative aspects of early capitalism. As the knowledge economy disappears, we need to re-think our concepts of work, income, employment, and most importantly education. If we do not find ways to help citizens lead productive lives, our society will face increasing destabilization. This is a challenge for government, as our institutions are premised on many assumptions that are no longer valid. Changing the worldview of politicians, public servants, and citizens will be a key part of addressing the issue of wealth redistribution. Old mental models will not help us much.
Jim Lerman's insight:
I have lately encountered the work of Paul Mason, an economics-focused public intellectual based in the U.K. His latest book, "Is Capitalism Dead?" will be released at the end of July.
It seems to me that Mason has unusually acute perception regarding the direction of the modern world economy and yet I'm finding it quite a challenge to comprehend clearly and fully what he is saying.
Jarche, on the other hand, seems to be reading (and probably listening to) Mason closely (including, I am confident, a goodly number of other thinkers). Jarche's blog posts are helping me to understand Mason with greater clarity.
If you are trying to keep up with the direction and meaning of world events, particularly in relation to organizational, social, and work life, then Jarche is certainly someone who can function as a very helpful guide. At least, he's doing that for me.
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People can learn a lot in college, and many do. But which college matters much less than everyone assumes. As Mr. Pascarella and Mr. Terenzini explain, the real differences exist at the departmental level, or within the classrooms of individual professors, who teach with a great deal of autonomy under the principles of academic freedom. The illusory university pretends that all professors are guided by a shared sense of educational excellence specific to their institution. In truth, as the former University of California president Clark Kerr observed long ago, professors are "a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over parking."
From gettingsmart
In order to truly personalize the learning environment for students, teachers need to have a genuine and comprehensive understanding of their students. This means knowing their academic strengths and weakness as part of a complete learner profile that gives a holistic view of each student. However, the academic strengths and weaknesses is not something that can be monitored a couple times of year. The assessment process should be embedded within each lesson and used as tool for immediate and consistent feedback.
Concerns about children, social media and technology use ^ Pew Research Center ^ by Maeve Duggan, et. al.
One-in-three parents say they have had concerns or questions about their child's technology use in the last year.
Sharing simple solutions for student debt relief ^ American Federation of Teachers ^ by Virginia Myers
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AFT locals are teaming up with Jobs with Justice and the Student Labor Action Project to offer online guidance, practical workshops, clinics and trainings that help people pay off their student loan debt.
"There's a lot we can do to have a debt-free future," says Huang, especially for individuals. There's public service loan forgiveness, for starters—a program that erases student loan debt after 10 years of qualifying, on-time payments for people working jobs in public education, public health, emergency services, legal services, government organizations and some nonprofits. But it's underutilized and underpublicized. In fact, of the 33 million people who are eligible for student debt forgiveness, just 222,387 have enrolled."
From blogs
"In our work, we therefore aimed at creating an interactive visualization that can be used by anyone. As a first case, we chose to visualize the field of educational technology, as it represents a highly dynamic and interdisciplinary research field. As described in a recently published paper in the Journal of Informetrics (Kraker et al 2015), the visualization is based on a novel data source – the online reference management software Mendeley. The articles for the visualization were selected from Mendeley's research catalog which is crowd-sourced from over 2.5 million users from around the world and offers structured access to more than a 100 million papers.
Jim Lerman's insight:
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Relevant Math For Students' Lives: Creating Context With Social Justice Issues ^ Mind/Shift ^ by Katrina Schwartz
From ww2
Perhaps one of the most common questions teachers hear from students who struggle with math is, "When will I ever need this in the real world?" Concepts educators are covering can often feel archaic and remote from the things students care about in their immediate lives. But when educators think creatively about helping students see the applications of math in the real world, it provides a unique point of entry and interest into a subject that many kids may dislike.
From ww2
Jim Lerman's insight:
Excellent guide for secondary level teachers and college educators of all disciplines.
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if this really offends anyone, i hope they never ever EVER have a peek at TERA because it'll make them explode.
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Originally posted by Foomerang
Not because of models and the corporations they are working for. The problems are much older than that. The first priority is to try to make sure human rights are respected everywhere. And that means equal rights for men and women. The fight for those rights has not even started in most of the world. And it must... Trying to stop corporations from using sexy models to help them sell products will not help. It is a waste of time and effort.
Oh you silly humans.
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I know right?
Still, that dragon is hot!
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Originally posted by Nailzzz
Nailzzz makes a lot of valid points. +1
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You still didn't answer my question.
Originally posted by Sovrath
Not cynicism Sovrath. Idealism.
I'm not content to trust or rely on basic instinct to drive me. I will never be content to give into something just because that's 'how we are wired.
It's a copout. It does not affect you physically, so you see no reason to do anything about it. You instead justify base behavior as just 'something we are compelled to do'. That is not libertine. I see something that influences me, controls me. I will not accept control. Not from others and not from myself. I will accept only the conclusions I reach with what I can trust to understand.
Sure, there is flaw in that logic. I do not know everything. I can not always tell when or how my emotions or biology influence me. However, it is something I am not content to handwave.
As I had said previously there is a difference between artistic nudity and porn. When something is built on the premise that 'sex sells' it is not art. Its intent is not there and the results are noticably different. You take only a part of what I have said. You want to call justifying base instinct freedom, and you say it is bad to want to ascend from being a puppet to chemicals.
You say animals don't fantasize about sexual partners beyond the natural. Yet we have many instances already that refute that from canines, dolphins, birds, and even other primates. It is an intelligence, yes. But it is just another rationalization and justification, and it is not exclusive to us.
That is effectively the same justification someone might give for fighting, drugs, or many other things that when not given a measure of restraint and respect can cause a person's undoing.
We are not greater than any other species for doing what we do or accepting what we are. We are greater because we can transcend what we are.
"The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners." - Thomas B. Macaulay
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Originally posted by Foomerang
I think if we cold go back in time to the stoneage we would find the same problems. Men was the hunters and women had to do lighter less dangerous work and look after the children. At first it was practical because mens greater physical strenght was important and made a difference when hunting or when doing heavy work. And eventually it became part of the societys traditions and its culture and its religion... And later when the society and technology became more advanced the traditions, the norms and the religion remained the same. Even if women could have participated much more and done almost everything men could do they had to stay at home because it was the way it had always been. The priests and the leaders told them it had to be that way. That it was Gods will..and so on.
To fix the problem those old norms, traditions and believes must be replaced by modern human rights. Equal rights for men and women.
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Originally posted by Deivos
One can still have "Ideals" and acknowledge that we are wired a certain way and that in some isntances, allowing ourselves to "be human" is part of who we are.
I often feel that those who say "I'm do so because of high ideals", set some high bar that is really more academic than practical.
It's like saying Socialism or Communism takes the best of what we want for humanity and embodies high ideals. How lovely. Classless society where everyone has a part in how the state runs? From each according to his ability to each according to his needs? Heck, sign me up!
and that's the thing, I'm more than familiar with the whole "I have high ideals" part. Heck, that was me in my younger life. But you know what? I found it didn't work. I was essentially claming certain high ideas but found it difficult to be happy within those hihg ideals.
Then it hit me: Maybe it's about knowning who I am and adjusting those ideals to who I really was and what I really wanted from life.
The thing is, one should always be reaching for the best in humanity. And no, I am not advocating "becoming pissed and hitting someone" because of chemicals.
But I'm also aware that there are times that allowing ourselves to "be ourselves" can be pretty great as well. I just dont' believe that we are only about our minds and beliefs. We are body AND mind. And it's finding a good balance where we can live with each other and ourselves which is the key.
So yeah, i don't have any problem with people expressing their sexuality and I have no problem with companies profiting from it but only if the people who are involved are all on board.
The rebuttal might be "but they don't know they are being taken advantage of". And I might say that of course i know that there are a lot of scummy people out there and a lot of people out their who might very well be victims.
Yet, my mind goes back to a previous post where a group of actors put on their "Slut Cracker" show. As I said, they don't make a killing, no one is getting rich on it. They do it because it's fun and it's a way of expressing themselves. If suddenly some entity found a way to make a lot of money for everyone involved then is it suddenly a group of people being taken advantage of? Especially because they are still the same people involved.
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Originally posted by DeivosOriginally posted by Sovrath
+1. This has made my morning to read. Good to see im not the only person left alive that feels this way.
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Originally posted by Foomerang
Very well said. Saves me having to respond, although now I can't resist :p Interestingly, a debate on BBC R4 the other day touched on this very subject and one of the debaters (can't remember the names, unfortunately, but neither of them was Germaine Greer for a change) pointed out that the latest wave of feminism contains a lot of women who might label themselves as "feminist" but actually have no understanding of the class politics of gender. In fact, a lot of contemporary "feminists" are actually influenced by the Thatcher/Reagen legacy of "me, me, me" and, for example, espouse the "right" to work in the sex industry as an expression of a skewed concept of freedom with no understanding of that industry, its place in patriarchal capitalism and its true cost in terms of human lives.
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Thank you. I know some of you folks think this is some type of crusade against men or that women need to take over power structures. That is nonsense and equally as bad as what we have now. This is about anti-oppression across all races, sex, nationalities, age, body types, everyone who is a participant in oppression whether the dominator or the oppressed.
These comments on society today are not my own conjured up view. Any sociology course or cultural anthropology course teaches this. Its textbook definitions of what western civilization is today.
Well, if nothing else then this thread just might be the only topic hot enough to keep people talking any where on any thing outside of the GW2 forum onsite...
Originally posted by Sovrath
Nah, technocracy is better.
On a more serious note I have to address the use of examples like 'Slut Cracker' as being a somewhat poor one as it's a very overt use of sexualization. In part it results in that behavior as being used in comedy, not just to appeal to basic desire. That, like how I mentioned a previous distinction between porn and art, makes the show distinctively different from just being more porn. The fact it's a satire burlesque show is fair to imply that they don't take much of it's contents seriously.
As for ideals. I acknowledge I still have emotions and desires. The difference is that I take into account what they are and what they mean and my actions only come when I have reached a conclusion of whether or not they are valuable to any given situation. Hot person standing next to a vehicle at a car show? They can be naked for all I care, their existence is pointless and inconsequential to the purpose of being there, the cars.
Playing games? Depends on the game, but for the most part I'm interested in support, challenge, and exploring. Not digital porn. So when they throw pixelated junk at me it just becomes a nuisance. I'm sure there's plenty of people that value artificial assets due to personal conditions, but I do not.
The rest of this just cycles back on previous comments of your wanting people to simply acknowledge their desires and roll with it. I can appreciate the idea, but as I also said previously it does little to help us and when improperly applied leads not only to social but physical problems.
Like I had said previously, which you ended up skipping addressing, what has come of our modern ideals in terms of sexuality has in many ways caused health problems for females. The figure that is idolozed is not one of health, but of a very controlled lifestyle with honestly little exercise or overall diet. There are few people who naturally are able to fulfill that physical role, and those that can tend to be more susceptible to health problems.
That's part of wy there has been increased movement against it and alternative 'beauty' concepts introduced or addressed in the last few years. Why runway models have been under harassment for being too thin and things are finally being done about that (occasionally).
You can make the claim all you want to be 'allowing ourselves to "be ourselves"', but fact is it's just a poor idea.
You say "Maybe it's about knowning who I am and adjusting those ideals to who I really was and what I really wanted from life." and that part is great. But I am forced to ask how many people do you think are doing that? Even of how many people that say they are doing that are really doing that.
Like my own ideal I can safely say that you nor anyone else has full understanding of everything taking place and how it's influencing you at any given moment. Even more so since it's still a more active part of your regular rutine to 'let it be'.
And again I am forced to say that you can use as much rhatoric as you want, but fact is 'it is what it is'. Sure, nudity, sexual attraction, etc aren't things to be ashamed of. They shouldn't be our driving force in life however either. It is only the poorly trained dog that goes through life humping legs. Well adjusted people, like well adjusted dogs, should be more free from those basic desires to live life seeing many other aspects that may be appealing to their senses in many other ways. Yet here we are, where the easiest way to attract anyone is not with a treat or something to think about, but instead something that 'revs their engine'.
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I'll address these parts in the interest of saving my wrists ; )
1, the problem with trying to state the difference between content that is satire and content that is meant to be "porn" or essentially the difference between "art and porn" is that the extremes can be evaluated more easily than the stuff in the middle.
Are you aware that there are people who think such shows such as "The Slut Cracker" or anything that the "Gold Dust Orphans" (the two local shows that I mentioned) are immoral and have no place in our community?
I can show you paintings (which I wont' do in the interest of not offending anyone and not getting banned" that were hanging in MoMA a few years ago that someone could shout "that's not art that's kiddie porn" and I would say in the same breath "no it's not but I can easily see why you say that".
Every Thursday some friends and I have pub and "B/Bad movie night". We essentially watch 60's/70's exploitation films, Roger Corman stuff, Russ Meyer and some of the more outlandish Japanese films among others. It's essentially our own version of "Mystery Science Theater".
One of my friend's wives made a joke regarding our "Thurday Night Porn" and I had to do a double take "what? we don't watch porn!" with her reply "well, does it have nudity?"
Now, we never watch porn as that isnt' what these nights are about and would be uncofortable and "not fun" at best. But through her eyes "nudity = porn". There are always going to be people who make negative value judgements about anytihng with sexuality and start shouting the "it's degrading men and women", hence our discussion on these forums.
2, I would just enjoy the car show with the added bonus of hot women. Provided I truly thought they were hot.
3, would completley agree that any idea of beauty that makes women have to do extreme and physically/mentally harmful things in order to attain it is atrocious. The artist who created this Rift portrait was probably just creating a piece of "art" to be used commercially. I highly doubt he he an ultierior motive of wanting to force women to measure themselves to his image. Should he have changed it to be more realistic? Well, pulp fantasy has usually depicted men and women as unnatural specimens so it seems to follow in those footsteps. I mean, do you measure of to how Vallejo depicts men? I know I don't. Of course the issue is more with women and this means that there needs to be more education and more institutions embracing different types of beauty. I don't think this means that idealized depictions have to be halted as that's censorship. But a better educated populace is what is needed.
Will companies follow suit? Some have but there is of course a long way to go. However, if the woman depicted was more plump or curvier but wearing that swimsuit/armor thing then would we be having this discussion? If we show women and men in different forms of beauty does that suddenly diffuse the argument about depictions of people as sexual objects and also a means for profit?
Probably not. There are always going to be people who say that depicting sexuality of any type is bad for all the reasons we have been discussing in this thread.
Well lets respond then.
1) that's an argument about a mindset that is not part of this conversation. Certainly there are people that percive a different scale of what is and isn't something. That fails to address the nature of any subject.
2) I find it's purpose to be a weak gambit. Same as anything else that uses the logic 'sex sells'. Not much else can be said on that matter because it's a preference difference.
3) Wong gender. I am well aware of the fantasy depiction of males and females and their illustrious history. That does not make the concept or purpose anything other than what it is in many cases. Especially in the case of both the bad movie night and pulp fantasy you mention they are both part of the problem in the sense of where many ill conceived mindsets have come from, grew up on, and take to the next level.
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A lot of people value their posessions more than their own lives.
Just saying.
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I just value my own possessions more than i do other people's lives. But then again i think theft should be grounds for public humiliation/execution.
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I'm amazed and heartened to see some posters chipping in with some well thought-out responses rather than the usual knee-jerk dismissive reply. Strange the thread hasn't been closed down yet; they usually do that when we stray away from the "safe" area of just talking about the games themselves, which really irritates me because obviously mmo's and our response to them don't exist in a vacuum.
I'm a woman who is a feminist (35 yrs and counting) who includes the plight of men and children as well as women within patriarchy in my analysis, but one of my problems these days is that I find it hard to untangle my own thoughts and strong emotional reactions in order to present a cogent argument. Basically, I usually feel so frustrated and saddened that we are still having the same discourses with each generation that I almost don't know where to start in explaining the errors in thinking which I witness.
The politics of oppression (whether involving gender/class/race/religion and, I would argue, life other than humans) is not about one group/class, or even just about the identified oppressed group, but rather about the whole situation. For instance, in a patriarchy, it isn't just women who are constrained and limited, but also children and men. And it isn't just men who advance the "cause" of patriarchy, but also some women. In a nutshell, any system which is based on oppression rather than true equality (rather than lip-service) harms both the oppressed and the oppressor.
One simple question when trying to work out the validity of arguments put forward on either side is "who benefits?". Who benefits from the various inequalities in place around the globe? Who would benefit from more equality? What values are people basing their justifications on?
Basically, try to think beyond the usual knee-jerk response which justifies your position (I include myself here) and just ... think.
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Anybody else off work early and enjoying a Friday afternoon of fights?
Who's the limey doing play by play? I dig it.
Great day so far here. Worked a 24 hour shift, got off at 7am, straight to the gym for 2 hours of MT sparring, and now watching some good fights with a bag of frozen peas on my leg.
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whats you favourite kick boxing / boxing combo?
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One of my favorites is a jab, cross, lead uppercut, followed by a sort of hopping/stepping out leg kick (with your rear leg). The torque of your body when you flip over to the leg kick gives you a lot of power.
There is also a lot you can follow up with after the leg kick.
the combination Fedor pulled off on Fujita towards the end of the fight.
i think it was a liver kick, a left hook and a right straight.
i'm not positive but it looked great.
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anderson's combo against leben and the 2 fights against rich.
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Andy Souwers punching combos especially when he ends it with the low kick or a nice body shot.
The liver kick damaged Fujita, then the left hook and overhand right buckled him, tangling him against the ropes and Fedor ended the combo with that sick rnc.
That fight and the Randleman vs Fedor fight are fights that really define what type of fighter Fedor is. For him to do it once is impressive but to do it again is unreal. Being within a few moments of defeat to not only coming back to win the fight but to comeback and win the fight within 60 seconds.
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Due to pressure concerns, .41x1.5" may be more manageable. I was comparing the .44 AMP, .45 Win Mag, and 308x1.5 cartridges. At approximately the same size of cut-down .30-06 brass, they all produce about the same case capacity of ~ 30 to 35 grains H20. No surprise there. I have yet to measure a 1.5" case that has not been necked down.
Here's the rub - he is considering not an AK conversion, but possibly a Ruger Mini-30 conversion. He wants more pretty wood!
I suggested a Mini-30 since it should have the same pressure tolerance as an AK - CUP pressure around the mid- to upper- 30k range. I'm not sure what other "pretty wood" autoloading rifles are available.
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--- Brett Sterling: Saw his team season-high six-game point streak snapped on Sunday; he tallied eight points (5G, 3A) during that span from Dec. 11 to Dec. 26 ... Paces the Wolves and shares first in the AHL with 16 goals in 28 games this season ... Holds second on the team and shares 16th in the league with 28 points ... Shares first on the team with three power-play strikes while his four game-winning goals pace the Wolves and share second in the league
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