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Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work day: My kids review a concert
With all respect to my fellow parents who ate lunch at 10:45 today and who are desperately tossing office supplies at their children in hopes of getting SOME work done, I'm not a big Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work day guy. I think the chances of my kids learning something from watching me weep at my desk compare unfavorably with the opportunities afforded by Alexandria's public schools. And frankly, their interest in my office plummeted after a coworker who always kept lollipops on her desk got laid off.
So I decided to take them to see Queen last night instead. Well, not Queen exactly, but Gary Mullen & the Works, a Queen tribute band that was performing at Strathmore. I picked that show because they love Queen's Greatest Hits I & II. Well, really Vol. I: Vol. II has too much disco for their taste. They are heshers.
Strathmore gave us tickets. The kids, 6 and 3 years old respectively, took naps to get ready. I agreed to give them earplugs and identify them only by birth order to get my wife to go along with this.
The first hurdle: Explaining a tribute band. They know Freddie Mercury is dead; I haven't told them about Paul Rodgers' tenure with the band, because I still haven't come to grips with it. My stab: "This band is not Queen, but it plays Queen's music, and the singer dresses up like the singer of Queen." What I should have said: "They are pretending to be Queen." Kids understand pretending.
They were thrilled when the lights came down and a sound collage that introduced the band included "We Will Rock You." Their second song was "Seven Seas of Rhye." "You know which man I like?" asked my youngest. "The man with the guitar."
OLDER SON ("PRIMO"): This isn't Queen. Is it really loud?
YOUNGER SON ("SEGUNDO"): That guy with the microphone has a mustache!
PRIMO: What are you writing?
Mullen, who the boys were thrilled to learn is, like their mother, Scottish, got a little salty in his between-song patter, warning the crowd they had to dance, not to just "stare at my ass." I dearly hoped I would not be making up rules about when it was OK to say "ass" while we were driving home.
During "Somebody to Love":
SEGUNDO: I'm bored!
Me: This song is a classic! Look at the man dancing!
PRIMO: I need to take a break from this. I need to have my ears not have something in them. I need to take a break from this.
During "You're My Best Friend":
SEGUNDO: When are they going to play "Another One Bites the Dust"?
Me: I don't know. Do you think this man is a good dancer?
SEGUNDO: No.
Me: Do you think he's a good singer?
SEGUNDO: No.
Me: Do you like his mustache?
SEGUNDO: Yes!
At this point, Gary Mullen & the Works make a crucial error: They play "Another One Bites the Dust," the only song my kids appear to be interested in hearing tonight. During the following song, Primo asks to leave. I tell him the concert's not over. "You mean we have to stay for the whole thing?" he asks, upset. I swear I went over this with them beforehand. After a few more songs, the Works take a break. "They're taking a little rest," Segundo says.
During the break, I try to salvage this evening. The kids have spent every minute that wasn't "Another One Bites the Dust" complaining that they're tired, that they're hungry, that they're bored. We go outside, and I interview them.
Me: Which do you like better, listening to Queen in the car or watching these guys play Queen songs?
PRIMO: Queen in the car. Because it's really late tonight and there's tons of cool stuff in [the songs in the car]. Those ones go in a great, great, great, GREAT, GREAT order.
Me: What do you guys think I should write about this?
PRIMO: My children...went to--what is this place called?
Me: Strathmore.
PRIMO: Went to Strathmore to see A Night of Queen. And it was GREAT.
[Segundo], what should I say happened?
SEGUNDO: Nothing.
I bribe them, promise a Slurpee tomorrow if they stick with this. When we return to our seats, Primo writes a review in my notebook.
- In phonetic writing, this is a checklist: "Lots of people: check. Really late: check. Spotlights x 50: check."
After the Works do "Fat Bottom Girls" three songs into the second set, I am despondent. The kids love this song! Why are they moping around? During a startlingly good version of "Who Wants to Live Forever," a deepish cut, hit-wise, but a hit all the same, Segundo asks to play a game on my phone and seems like he's gonna freak out when I say no. At this point, Primo falls asleep in his seat. Fortunately, things are winding down: "Bohemian Rhapsody," which Mullen freaking NAILS (here's a video of the band doing it in Edinburgh); "Radio Gaga," kind of a nice choice; and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love." They leave the stage, and I violate the spirit and letter of Take Your Sons & Daughters to Work Day: I wake Primo, and we split before the encore.
"I think the man without the any shirt is going to bed," says Segundo as we leave. In the car on the way home, until they fall asleep, they make me play the Queen record. "This is just like the band!" they shout.
Oh, and my desire to get them to school instead of my office? They were so wrecked from being out late that we decided to let them sleep in and take the tardy.


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This is sad... the last day of the AFSCME STRIKE throughout the state of California is today. But there were close to 50 students that joined us from Sonoma County High Schools, and hundreds and hundreds of united workers that are ready to do whatever it takes to win a FAIR CONTRACT! This STRIKE statewide showed that we are united as workers, and even with most of our UC student supporters gone for the summer-- we showed how strong union power can look like, and we got the youth involved from Sonoma to demonstrate that. Check images and videos below to see how Students and Workers United for Justice looks like at ucsc.
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OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Thursday that it is adding the Greensboro, N.C., News & Record to its growing newspaper division.
Berkshire bought the 122-year-old daily newspaper from Landmark Media Enterprises, based in Norfolk, Va.
Financial terms were not disclosed. The Omaha World-Herald, which oversees Berkshire's newspaper division, reported that the News & Record has daily circulation of 58,000 and Sunday circulation of 86,000.
Buffett did not immediately respond Thursday to email questions about the Greensboro acquisition. Omaha World-Herald Publisher Terry Kroeger, who leads the newspaper unit, said the Greensboro newspaper will be a great fit with the other small and medium-sized community newspapers Berkshire has purchased.
"We're delighted to have the Greensboro News & Record join our growing family of newspapers," Kroeger said.
Newspapers remain a relatively small part of Berkshire Hathaway, which owns an assortment of more than 80 subsidiaries and holds major stakes in companies like Coca-Cola Co., Wells Fargo and IBM. Buffett has said he thinks newspapers will continue earning a decent return as long as they remain the primary source of information about their communities.
Outsell Inc. media analyst Ken Doctor said Buffett is quickly becoming the buyer of choice for these smaller newspapers.
"Warren Buffett is emerging as the main street buyer of newspapers. He wants these main street newspapers," Doctor said.
Last year Berkshire acquired 63 Media General newspapers for $142 million and launched its new newspaper unit. The Media General paper joined the Buffalo News, the Omaha World-Herald and several other newspapers in Nebraska and Iowa that Berkshire already owned although the Buffalo paper operates independently from the newspaper unit.
. It also bought Bryan-College Station Eagle in Texas from Charleston-based Evening Post Publishing Co., which owns The Post and Courier.
Berkshire closed the Manassas (Va.) News & Messenger at the end of 2012 because the newspaper was struggling to compete in the Washington suburbs, but Buffett has said he expects to continue buying newspapers.
The Greensboro newspaper will be the 28th daily newspaper Berkshire has bought. It is also 30 miles away from the Winston-Salem Journal that Berkshire acquired in the Media General deal.
Doctor said the proximity of Greensboro to several of Berkshire's other newspapers suggests that Buffett's company might be trying to cluster together its newspapers, so they can share some resources.
Buffett has told Berkshire's newspaper publishers that he won't influence their editorial policies, and he isn't routinely involved in the day-to-day operations of other subsidiaries. But Buffett think newspapers should charge for online access to their stories, and several of Berkshire's newspapers have online pay walls.
Berkshire's subsidiaries include Geico and General Reinsurance, BNSF railroad, MidAmerican Energy utility, Fruit of the Loom, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Dairy Queen and many others.
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(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Good evening everyone!!! And what a special evening it will be, too, for tonight we are blessed to have with us, once again, a very SPECIAL friend... Animal Communicator, Jacquelin Smith. Welcome Jacquelin!
(jacquelin) Thank you, Cammy and James, for having me here!
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) In August 2002, Jacquelin Smith shared a chat event with us for the first time on "How to Communicate with Your Animals" and it was wonderful. You may read a log from that chat event on the CHAT LOGS page of this web site...I highly recommend it.
Tonight, Jacquelin will share with us what is on a lot of our minds as loving, caring pet people, "What Happens When Animals Cross Over Into The Light." Jacquelin writes a bi-monthly column, 'Animal Communication,' for Fate Magazine. Many enjoy her booklet, 'Talking With the Animals' as well as her audiotape, 'Telepathic Communication With Animals.'
In 1998, Jacquelin introduced The Divine Prayer Line For Animals on her web site which prays for animals all over the world. For more information on Jacquelin Smith and her work, please visit her web site at: http://www.jacquelinsmith.com
And now, I give to you, the wonderful and loving Jacquelin Smith....
(jacquelin) Welcome, everyone, to tonight's talk. I feel honored to share with you all I have learned during the last 20 years about animals crossing over into the Light. Death is like walking through a doorway. It is a transition. When an animal is ready to die, I often communicate with them to help them make a smooth transition.
I have found that animals I communicate with in other dimensions, seem to rapidly attune themselves to their new environment with assistance from the angels and loved ones who are in the light, whose mission it is to help 'new arrivals' adjust. Prayers also help an animal friend to make a smoother transition.
Animals let go of our influence shortly after leaving their bodies. Yet they too have to deal with their own patterns and perceptions, and review the life they've just lived. An animal spirit uses their most recent personality to communicate with so they can be recognized. The loss of an animal can be devastating. It's easy to become dependent on an animal for fulfilling our needs.
Animals greet us joyfully at the door when we come home, listen to our woes, love us no matter what we say or do, and are loyal, constant companions. When Chloe, my cat companion of 22 years, died of old age, I was devastated. As she was dying I held her, and as she left the body she communicated this message to me, "I'm up here floating just above the ceiling, not in the body. I'm okay. Look at the light, all the angels, feel their love, hear them singing. I'm joyful to be out of that body... No more pain. Celebrate!' And the room literally filled with light.
Even though I was grateful Chloe was out of pain and happy winging her way into the light, I was in deep grieving. She communicated from her soul that both of us would be okay and we'd go on, and to remember that death never separates us from love. After Chloe passed over I did a meaningful ritual to honor her life. Hopefully, these suggestions might help you.
I lit a candle and burned incense, I wrote a letter to her, thanked her for the lessons she had shared with me, and read the letter to her out loud. Then I put on some of her favorite music and read a poem. In this way I felt I honored her life in a meaningful way. I always say prayers for animals crossing over into the Light because, the power of prayer helps their soul to continue on its journey in a smooth way.
An animal will cross over when his or her soul, decides their mission has been completed. One evening, I visited a very sick baby gorilla who was receiving special care at a children's hospital. When I rocked him in my arms, he'd cry in pain. Telepathically he said, "I'm going to die within the next few days... 3 days later he died... I heard his soul say, "My purpose here was bigger than what it seemed on the surface. I was here to teach humans about the similarities and differences of other forms of life. We hurt and laugh and cry just as they do." This young gorilla lived his short life literally in the midst of humans who cared about his welfare.
Beings that existed in animal form communicate various messages to me after leaving their bodies. Some telepathically convey why they lived in particular circumstances, or may mention qualities they reflected to their people. Others tell why they died, or why they chose a particular species and body form to live in.
A number of animals describe their experiences about the different dimensions, and also offer insight into important spiritual ties they've had and have, with their person companion through many lifetimes. A woman's companion dog, Lucky, was euthanized because of a terminal illness. She wanted to know what he wished to communicate from his spirit. "I know what you did was one of the hardest things you've ever had to do. My message is one of love, and my hope is you will release the guilt about the way my life ended. I felt joyful about leaving my body because I was in pain. Thank you for comforting me as my life ended. "I am enjoying zooming through walls! There is no heat or coldness where I am."
Tod, who was a wise healer, had a tumor. I had communicated with him for months about how his body felt. Within a short time after leaving his body, he bounced in front of me, a puppy again, and said, "I'm out of my body -- look at me! I'm hovering, glad to be out of pain. I can breathe! Praise the Creator! I see the Creator and all the angels. The angels are welcoming me home. They communicate, "We've missed you." "My person and my brother cat are crying. I don't want them to be sad, but happy. Rejoice, I'm free."
I watched the angels embrace Tod with brilliant white light and love. I heard them singing as they were healing his etheric bodies from his earthly visit. Tod and I had become very close. He had been my human son in another life. So Tod's person, brother, and I wept, because we missed him, yet celebrated his joy in the light. After all, our real home is in the Light surrounded by the love of our Maker.
Tandy - Andrea called me to communicate with her cat Tandy, who had crossed over. T had this to say to Andrea: "I'm around the house. I visit early in the morning while you're in bed and when you retire. I realize you don't see me, but I certainly know you feel me. And I still enjoy being in the kitchen. I hear what you say to me. I understand your vibration that goes far beyond words people mutter. I enjoy being in the light.
"My body was very tired, and when I left it I felt much more alive. I like being around you even though I'm not in the body anymore. I come and go. Without the body, it's easy to travel wherever I wish. I'm happy and free, healing. Thank you for your love. My life with you was restful." Andrea had been feeling Tandy's presence. Tandy ended by saying, "The bodily form isn't what's most important, but the expression of each being's soul. The love." We were deeply moved by her communication.
A woman called me from Maine to communicate with her collie, Thomas, who had just passed over. Thomas wanted me to tell his person that he would let her know that he was alive and well within a day. She called me the next evening, saying that when she got home from work, a photograph of Thomas, which had been sitting on the mantel, was lying on the floor.
Another woman's cat, with whom I had communicated about moving into the light, made a dramatic exit. As the veterinarian was euthanizing her, her spirit shot out of her body and through a dolphin light-catcher hanging in the window, which fell and shattered. Mary's cat told me he was tired and sick and wanted to go rest in the light. Not long after he died, she heard a flapping of wings behind a window shade at the place where her cat used to sleep on a chair. She pulled up the shade and there was a black and yellow butterfly--from where? Perhaps a visitation?
After Chloe died, many nights I would hear her pawing the cat litter, and feel her literally padding her way across my bed. My sheets moved with her every step and pounce. These are not uncommon occurrences after an animal moves into the light. They want their people to know they're alive and well. Animals will also come to you in dreams. Chloe still visits me in many dreams and it is always wonderful. I'm ready for questions.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the first question is from MIMI:
(mimi) Do they look out for us after they pass on?
(jacquelin) Yes. They will often guide us in our lives.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from AMBER ROSE:
(AmberRose) What happens to animals that are put down.......and do they forgive their humans?
(jacquelin) Animals who are put down cross over like all other animals, and there is nothing to forgive. They understand we are trying to do what's best and most loving for them.
(AmberRose) What if it is because you can't keep them anymore and they are not ill?
(jacquelin) When animals move into the Light, they see things from a higher perspective and there is always forgiveness.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from BOO_BOO:
(boo_boo) Do our pets really come to us when we pass please Jacquelin?
(jacquelin) They are waiting for us when we cross over. The soul is vast and can be waiting there to greet us, as well as be around us and be living another lifetime, because the soul is multi-dimensional.
(boo_boo) Thank you jacquelin, that is lovely to know.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from LACEY:
(Lacey) Are animals multidimensional beings like humans? I ask this because I believe that the spirit of a boxer that transitioned in the early 90's is now returned in one of my present dogs. Yet, I still communicate with the 'boxer' spirit... Is this possible?
(jacquelin) Yes. Soul is soul.
(Lacey) Thank you Jacquelin.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from TRACEY:
(Tracey) I would like to communicate with a dog I lost as a child, the pain has been with me all my life. How should I go about it and how will I know there is communication?
(jacquelin) If you sit and relax and open your heart and ask the spirit of the animal to come, you will be able to hear, or sense or feel their presence. And whatever message they might convey. This may take a little practice, but don't give up! It's time to let go of the pain, is what I'm hearing from your dog. Release him into the Light. Remember he's always with you in your heart.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Tracey...I highly recommend you read the chat log from Jacquelin's previous chat event with us in August 2002...was on how to communicate with your pets and she gave great information.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from DEBI^i^:
(Debi ^i^) Is it possible for an animal to be a kindred or soulmate to humans??
(jacquelin) Yes. It is possible
(Debi_^i^) I feel my dog was, and I put her down at 18....was she mad?
(jacquelin) For an animal to be a soulmate--remember, soul is soul, no matter what kind of body it has chosen to live in. As I mentioned, the animals understand that we are trying to do what's in their best interest.
(Debi_^i^) It devastated me and that's been 10 yrs and I still miss her. Any words from her to me?
(jacquelin) No, your dog is not mad.
(Debi_^i^) k
(jacquelin) Thanks.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from COLORADO LADY:
(coloradolady) I euthanized my pet Cinnamon yesterday. She was 17 and I had her since birth. My question, is my dog with me now, or does it take awhile?
(jacquelin) Yes, she is with you and she will be around you for quite awhile. She wants you to know you did the best thing possible for her under the circumstances, and she thanks you.
(coloradolady) Her death is killing me....I am having a very difficult
(jacquelin) Sorry for your loss. I know it's hard and takes time to grieve and move on. Remember that she IS alive and well, on the other side. She is simply out of the body. It's hard because we're left here to grieve, but give yourself time and be patient with yourself. My prayers are with you.
(jacquelin) Cammy - should we go to the readings?
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Yes...of course. Jacquelin...the next question is from
(Donna_L) May you please tell me about my dog Scotch, did she have any thing to say to me before or after I put her down this week?
(jacquelin) She wants to thank you for the wonderful life you gave her, and for you to be at peace with how everything went. It's okay, she keeps saying to me....and that you need to get some rest!
(Donna_L) Was she upset about leaving?
(jacquelin) No, she was ready. Animals leave when their mission is done.
(Donna_L) How much pain was she in.... before she left her body?
(jacquelin) She was in enough pain that she was ready to go. So be at peace.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from SALLY_TAG:
(Sallytag) I had a dog that died, named Sandy. A puppy who was 4 years old when passed. I would like to communicate if possible.
(jacquelin) She wants you to know that even though she was not here a long time, that she felt she lived a full life, and is grateful to you for all the joy that you brought to her life. She's at peace on the other side......
(sallytag) I would like to know how she died, and if she suffered.
(jacquelin) .....and is romping through fields, having a great time.
(sallytag) ....we just found her dead, after being gone for 2 days.
(jacquelin) I feel like her passing was quick maybe hit by a car. I do not feel she suffered much. Remember, she is at peace now.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin...the next question is from LOLA:
(Lola) Bianca. Mouse. Approx 1 and a half years old when she passed.
(jacquelin) What a delightful being! She has a big soul and brought a great deal of healing light into your household. She wants to thank you for giving her such a good life.
(lola) thank you
(jacquelin) You're welcome.
(jacquelin) Thank you all for being here tonight. I hope this has helped you to better understand that your animal companions live on in the Light.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Jacquelin thank you sooo much!!! It was incredible to have you with us again.
(jacquelin) Thank you! I love being here.
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) For more information on Jacquelin Smith and her work, please visit her web site at: http://www.jacquelinsmith.com and be sure to join her Divine Prayer Line for Animals on her web site. It works miracles
(Sage) Thank you...Jacquelin.
(NYlight) Thank you Jacqueline.
(windwisper) thank you jacquelin but my heart still feels like it was ripped out. I miss her so much.
(Cherael) Thank you so much for your time, and greetings from Adelaide Sth Australia.
(menlow) Jacquelin. Thanks so much...you bring incredible light.
(sandangel) Thank you Jacquelin.
(Lea) Thank you so much.
(JulieD) Thank you Jacquelin, a great night and such lovely energy from the animals that have joined with us.
(Neelybrady) Thanks
(Echo) Bless you Jacquelin
(shaylene) Yes Thank you Jaqueline you have helped me a lot where I had to let go of a rescue and wondered if she ever truly forgave me, I have some peace now. Thank you.
(PMH) Thanks Jacquelin for a lovely evening!
(lola) mahalo nui loa, thank you very much, Jacquelin.
(Inertial_Light) Thank you Jacquelin. Bless you!
(barbo) Thank you.
(Inergi) Thanx so much Jacquelin I learned much. God Bless you for your work. I looked at your site. Do u have any books to teach how to chat with animals?
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) Inergi...yes Jacquelin has a booklet and an audio tape about how to communicate with animals...see her web site for info.
(jennifer) thanks
(teesee) thanks Jacquelin
(mikontz) Thank you Jacquelin !!!
(Laughingwater) Thank you Jacquelin :)
(Lougres) Thank you Jacquelin, this was a great session!
(lovie) Thank you for helping us understand our beloved animals.
(pamdepaix) Thank you Jacquelin, what you're doing is totally wonderful.
(Rason) Thank you Jacquelin!
(spice) thank you ((jacquelin)))
(lcl4596) Peace and Light, Jacquelin
(Twink) Blessings and thanks Jacquelin!
(Libby) thank you Jacquelin, thanks for your wonderful work!
(Lacey) A million Thank You's Jacquelin
(christine) thank you
(cathy) Thank you so much.
(Sam) Thank you so much, I shed many tears during this chat, good memories, and peacefulness.
(Jeff) I learned a lot! :0)
(fairychele) thank you:)
(sarava) Thank you, Jaqueline, may the Creator bless you for this wonderful work! bye! from Brazil
(angelo) Excellent program! Thank You!
(sonny) Thanks for your guidance and your info re: a ritual to honor our beloved pets.
(Crystal_Reflection) Thanks, Jacquelin. Hope my pet made a showing somewhere here tonight. :)
(topaz) Thank you Jacquelin - you would have loved my Tobi!
(Annie_G) All the best to everyone--animal people are the best!
(coloradolady) Thank you for your words of comfort. Losing a special pet is the most heart wrenching thing there is....thanx
(jade) Thank you Jacquelin,
(Peggy) thank you jacquelin!
(jacquelin) Thank you all!
(CAMMY_WebAdmin) For more information on Jacquelin Smith and her work, please visit her web site at http://www.jacquelinsmith.com Please visit JVPs Message Board where there is a special area for Loss of Pets or Memorials you may leave regarding your pets.


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Medaite has this thing about Fox News (and Ann Coulter) … they kind of swoon over them, the way some of the geeky kids in the marching band have the hots for the football players who occasionally stuff them and their friends into lockers… So now, the site's Glynnis MacNicol has convinced herself that FNC's Glenn Beck is in fact not certifiably insane, and that instead, he is "distancing himself" from all that crazy talk about "revolution" on the right. Really? Glynnis starts by quoting from Beck's reaction to anti-government terror pilot Joseph Stack:
We have no idea what this man's ideology was…he could be from the left, he hates capitalism, he has an anti-business creed that goes on and on. It sounds like anything you could hear in a speech from Van Jones. When you read his anti-tax ravings and his anti-tax or IRS stuff it sounds like you could be reading bumper stickers off the cars or the signs of the Tea Party. We have no idea. But here's the point. I have no idea if he's left or right. Is he a communist or a radical constitutionalist. Here's the point: it doesn't matter. The guy is a killer.
And then …
Beck went on to compare Stack to Osama bin Laden and Timothy McVeigh and warned against rationalizing any of their actions: "I don't like the IRS either, but I don't kill people." Taken all together it sounded to me like a bit of a shot across the bow to anyone who wants to suggest Stack is representative of a larger disgruntled populous.
Later, Beck took to the chalkboard and came thisclose to suggesting that President Obama is very close to allowing radicals like Stack into his inner circle, though he did manage to note that Van Jones "hasn't killed anybody." He also emphatically suggested that the country needs to "get away from anybody who's calling for a revolution…whether it's a Tea Party revolution or a communist one."
Well, Glynnis, I think you've been had. If Glenn did indeed suggest "getting away from anybody who's calling for a revolution," he's going to have to run far and fast, to get away from himself.
In fact, ever since Barack Obama got elected president, Beck has been lustily predicting revolution (more specifically, "depression and revolution.") And he's been doing so in a way that sure does sound like he'd be sympathetic to it …
More Beck on "revolution" …
February 2009, "Fox and Friends":
In a visit Friday with the hosts of Fox & Friends, Beck even managed to terrify Gretchen Carlson beyond the degree to which she is normally capable of terrifying herself.
"What we are possibly looking at is something far worse than the Depression," Beck began. "We are in much greater debt as individuals. We don't know how to grow our own food."
"We're also looking at civil unrest all around the world," he continued. "You need to prepare. This is something that could be … really dangerous. … My hands, now, for the first time in my life, are shaking. … We're running out of exit ramps here."
Beck's greatest fear — which he suggests is shared by his friends in the military and the FBI — is clearly not the prospect of widespread poverty, hunger, or homelessness. Rather, it appears to be the notion that worldwide civil unrest could precipitate a civil war between what he calls the "bubbas" and the United States government.
Laying out a convoluted scenario, Beck suggested that the military is preparing for a situation where "something happens down on the border. You've got the rancher who is protecting his land, people are starting to come over … there's a shot fired, it ignites things. ATF, FBI come in and arrest that rancher. How many people are going to say, 'Wait a minute. … You people knew this was going on and you did nothing to protect us.'"
February 2009, The Glenn Beck Show on Fox (courtesy of Esquire):
At a time when riots are breaking out in Greece and Germany and protests are starting to spread across Europe, when even lady columnists for liberal New York papers have begun to express populist rage at the "kings and queens" who turned our public bailout money into private bonuses, the right-wing partisans who run Fox News think it's a good time to fan the flames of violent revolution. "Let's look at our first scenario," Beck began. "It's the financial meltdown. The year is 2014. All the U.S. banks have been nationalized. Unemployment is about between 12 percent and 20 percent. Dow is trading at 2,800. The real estate market has collapsed. Government and unions control most of the business, and America's credit rating has been downgraded."
His guests fill in the outline. Society disintegrates, people are ignorant and whacked out on drugs, they have nothing to lose. The "survivalist types that trust in America as it currently exists" lose faith and start developing "their own biofuel, that type of stuff to survive." Mexico, which is already "this close" to being a failed state, tips over. And oil hits $5 or $6 a barrel. And the Gulf states start going under one by one. Then Iran gets a nuke and…
Beck cheers them on. "This isn't a crazy scenario," he says. The survivalist thing is "likely" to happen. The collapse of Mexico will lead to "a possible uprising here in the United States." Then he turns back to the Wall Street Journal guy. "Real quick, how much are taxes in our scenario of 2014?"
"If we tried to pay for all of the spending we have done in just the last 18 months with higher tax rates, the Heritage Foundation and other groups have estimated that the tax rate at the top would have to go to 80, 90, perhaps even 95 percent, which means that 95 percent of everything you make would have to go to the government just to pay for what we have already spent."
"And what happens to the people when you start taxing?"
"This is going to be violent," another guest answers. "The cities are going to look like Dodge City. They're going to be uncontrollable. You're going to have gangs in control, motorcycle marauders. You're not going to have enough police or federalis, just like Mexico, to control the situation."
And when the Mexicans start coming across the border? And a rancher down in Texas or Arizona tries to protect his property and the ATF and the FBI come down and arrest him? "Some people will listen to the government," Beck says, "but others — and I'm seeing it already — they know the Constitution. They know the writings of the founders, and they feel that the government, or they will in this scenario, and I think we're on this road — the government has betrayed the Constitution. And so they will see themselves as people who are standing up for the Constitution."
It could be even worse than the civil war, Beck gushes. And a somber guest reminds him that the Second Amendment is not about hunting. "The founders were very concerned about allowing individual citizens weaponry to defend themselves as a last resort against the tyrannical government."
Beck pretends to be shocked: "I can't believe I'm hearing this. And don't get me wrong. I am against the government, and I think that they have just been horrible, and I do think they are betraying the principles of our founders every day they're in office. But I have to tell you, this scenario scares the living daylights out of me because it is completely — it is shaking
April 2009, "The Glenn Beck Show" on Fox, after a right wing gun nut murdered three police officers in Pittsburgh:
Beck: Civil unrest for a number of reasons is coming. Lone nut jobs and people who are just angry and frustrated and have had enough. You've got to seek those people out. You've got to start asking people in your own neighborhood, "How are you?" And actually care about the answer.
Here's Glenn Beck wearing a Tim McVeigh-style "tree of liberty" T-shirt …
And Media Matters has a littany of Beck's violent predictions and rhetoric here. A few lowlights:
March 2009:
Beck portrays Obama, Democrats as vampires, suggests "driv[ing] a stake through the heart of the bloodsuckers." Beck aired a graphic portraying Obama and Democrats as vampires and said, "The government is full of vampires, and they are trying to suck the lifeblood out of the economy." Beck then suggested "driv[ing] a stake through the heart of the bloodsuckers." [Fox News' Glenn Beck, 3/30/2009]
July 2009:
Beck: "There is a coup going on. There is a stealing of America": "God help us in an emergency." Beck stated that "there is a revolution, and they think they can get away with it quietly." Beck further claimed, "At this point, gang, I'm not sure, they may be able to because they are so far ahead of us. They know what they're dealing against; most of America does not yet. Most of America doesn't have a clue as to what's going on. There is a coup going on. There is a stealing of America, and the way it is done, it has been done through the — the guise of an election, but they lied to us the entire time." He also said, "And they're gonna say, 'we did it democratically,' and they are going to grab power every way they can. And God help us in an emergency." [The Glenn Beck Program, 7/31/2009]
September 2009:
Beck: "This game is for keeps"; "[Y]ou can shoot me in the head … but there will be 10 others that line up." Asking his audience to "pray for protection," Beck claimed that "the most powerful people on the planet on the left" were "not going to go away easy" because "[t]his game is for keeps. This is who controls the United States of America and its destiny." He went on to state, "Just pray for protection, please." Beck subsequently stated:
BECK: You can try to put the lid on this group of people, but you will never silence us. You will never — you can shoot me in the head, you can shoot the next guy in the head, but there will be 10 others that line up. And it may not happen today, it may not happen next week, but freedom will be restored in this land. Period. And no matter what you want to call it, it is a totalitarian state that you're headed towards. [The Glenn Beck Program, 9/8/2009]
Other people calling for revolution whom Glenn must now studiously avoid:
At what point do the people tell the politicians to go to hell? At what point do they get off the couch, march down to their state legislator's house, pull him outside, and beat him to a bloody pulp for being an idiot?
At some point soon, it will happen. It'll be over an innocuous issue. But the rage is building. It's not a partisan issue. […] Were I in Washington State, I'd be cleaning my gun right about now waiting to protect my property from the coming riots or the government apparatchiks coming to enforce nonsensical legislation.
Michelle Bachman (who is either calling for revolution or mass suicide, hard to tell which …)
Not to mention the so-called "patriot" movement and its tea party adjuncts …
So many people to avoid, so little time …


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Eliot Cohen writes: "The Obama administration has managed to convince most countries around the world that we are worth little as friends and even less as enemies." Obama's squeamishness about standing up to enemies and disdain for allies are apparent in virtually all the world's hot spots, and this approach is a failure in each. As Cohen explains, U.S. equivocation on Gaza is a recipe for conflict and chaos:
When the U.S. accepted last week, albeit with some tut-tutting, the recent conclusion of the 189-nation nuclear nonproliferation review conference that singles out Israel but does not mention Iran, it was obvious that something is seriously amiss.
The folly here is to think that leaving the Israelis open to these kinds of diplomatic attacks will buy good will in a Middle East that gets its opinions from Al Jazeera and a venomous media that routinely prints outrageous lies and hate literature that echoes Nazi Germany. That part of the world, as Osama bin Laden once correctly observed, prefers a strong horse to a weak horse.
The still greater folly is to think that distancing ourselves from the Israelis will buy us leverage with them. When did the Israelis withdraw from Gaza? When they had a president in the White House upon whom they knew they could count. If, as is the case now, Israel is alone and desperate, is it more or less likely to conclude it has no choice but to attack Iran's nuclear facilities?
But Israel is not the exception — it is only one example of Obama's nonsensical approach to the world. Whether it is China or North Korea or Syria or Iran, Cohen reminds us:
There is no penalty for a foreign government crossing this U.S. president—unless you are the hapless prime minister of Israel visiting the White House, in which case, to paraphrase the deli bully in "Seinfeld," "No dinner for you!"
The administration's foreign policy, which appears to have sprung entirely from Obama's textbook leftism (aversion to American power, contempt for Israel, revulsion at asserting American power and values, infatuation with multilateralism), is premised on the view that America is in decline and is so deeply flawed that it can only manage its descent, not reverse it. But in fact Obama's policy is hastening that result. American power need not wane. What is needed is moral clarity, commitment to our allies, willingness to devote resources to our national security, and competent foreign-policy operatives. Obama has none of those. No wonder our enemies are on the march and our friends are exasperated.


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Last week I wrote that I hoped the two featured college games would be last-second finishes so I wouldn't have to get up from the couch the entire day. Since both Notre Dame at Michigan and USC at Ohio State delivered competitive, fun-to-watch games, my already beat down couch took more wear and tear. Other […] [Read More]
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Inspire Leadership Program Information Session and Open House
Wed, March 7, 2012 • 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM • GEB 4th Floor Conference Room
The Inspire program for young women leaders is accepting applications from first-year women students. Join us for an information session and open house to learn all about Inspire. Pizza and soda served.
Inspire is a three-year program (sophomore to senior) sponsored by the Center for Women's and Gender Studies that motivates and supports students in the classroom, on campus and in community leadership roles. The program offers young women opportunities to develop leadership skills by benefiting from the experiences of successful female mentors, engaging in service learning in supportive community settings and working with other young women in environments that foster support and community in a diverse group across disciplines.
Inspire is accepting applications for fall 2012. Women students from any major who will be sophomores in the fall of 2012 are encouraged to apply.


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Absolutely not. A domestic partnership is almost always going to be something less than a marriage; it is why the same-sex-marriage issue is as important as it is. In Florida, the law itself does not give any rights to you by being in a domestic partnership.
However, if you and your partner have a properly drawn domestic partnership agreement, the law will usually enforce that; this can cover issues like support and property division in the event of a break-up. But the existence of the agreement, itself, will not give you the right to inherit, and you may well need to do something separate, like a living will, to allow your partner to have access to your health care information and to decide for you if you are unable.


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No hits, no problem; Falmouth wins Western B baseball title
STANDISH—The Falmouth baseball team couldn't muster a single hit Thursday evening, but fortune smiled on the Yachtsmen nonetheless.
Facing the Cinderella Capers of Cape Elizabeth in the Western Class B Final at St. Joseph's College, Falmouth managed to produce the game's only run without a hit and as a result, is heading to the Class B state final for the first time.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, junior rightfielder Connor Murphy drew a walk off Capers lefty Sam Kozlowski, was sacrificed to second and moved up to third on a passed ball. After senior third baseman Ryan Conley couldn't deliver a winning hit, striking out for out number two, it looked as if the game would go on deep into the night, but with junior second baseman Drew Proctor at the plate, a pitch got away and Murphy was able to dance home with the game's lone run, giving the Yachstmen an improbable 1-0 victory.
While Kozlowski didn't surrender a single hit, he was the hard-luck loser. Falmouth senior Nick Spencer only allowed four hits to earn the victory as the Yachstmen improved to 16-3, ended Cape Elizabeth's fairy tale run at 11-9 and earned a date with Eastern B champion Foxcroft Academy (15-5) Saturday at 11 a.m., at Mansfield Stadium in Bangor.
"I'm very happy," said Falmouth coach Kevin Winship. "It wasn't scripted this way, but looking at the scoreboard, we have a '1' and they have a '0.' I don't care about the other numbers. It was a heck of a high school baseball game. It seems like we've been involved in one after another. This team's been resilient all year long. If the hitting doesn't carry us, pitching and defense do it. That happened tonight. Some things went our way. To win a championship, you have to have some luck. It happened for us."
Fight to the finish
After coming very close in 2011, losing to Greely in the Western B semifinals, Falmouth opened with an 8-2 victory at York, then downed visiting Cape Elizabeth (10-5), host Fryeburg (11-1, in six innings), host Gray-New Gloucester (6-0), visiting Lake Region (8-2), host Poland (8-4), visiting Wells (2-1), visiting Freeport (5-4, in nine innings), host Yarmouth (5-0), visiting Poland (7-0, behind Spencer's no-hitter) and host Traip (11-1, in six innings) to make it 11 straight.
The run finally ended, barely, with a 2-1 home loss to Greely. The Yachtsmen were up-and-down the rest of the regular season, winning at Cape Elizabeth (4-2), falling at home to Yarmouth (6-4), romping at Freeport (12-2), before closing with a 3-1 home loss to Gray-New Gloucester.
Falmouth wound up 13-3 and second in the Western Class B Heal Points standings and downed 10th-ranked Spruce Mountain, 7-3, in Thursday's quarterfinals and held off No. 3 Morse, 3-0, in Monday's semis.
Cape Elizabeth, which was upset by Falmouth in last year's quarterfinals, and featured a much less experienced nucleus this spring, was competitive throughout.
The Capers rolled at Old Orchard Beach in the opener, 10-0, in five innings. After falling at Falmouth, 10-5, they beat visiting Gray-New Gloucester, 7-1 before losing to visiting Freeport, 7-3, and at Greely, 8-0. Three wins in a nine-day span (2-0 over visiting York, 12-0 in five innings at Wells, behind a no-hit effort from Kozlowski, and 7-6 in eight innings at home over Fryeburg), interrupted by four rainouts, followed. Visiting Yarmouth then handed Cape Elizabeth a 14-3 five inning setback, but the Capers responded with a 4-2 victory at Freeport. They then lost four straight, 3-1 at Lake Region, 2-1 to visiting Wells, a 9-8 eight-inning heartbreaker at Yarmouth and 4-2 at home to Falmouth, but Cape Elizabeth closed with a 17-1 five-inning home win over Waynflete and a 3-0 eight-inning triumph at Poland to earn the No. 9 seed.
Cape Elizabeth upset No. 8 Freeport (4-0) in the preliminary round and shocked the baseball world with a 9-6 quarterfinal round victory over presumed champion Greely. Saturday, in the semifinals, the Capers outlasted No. 4 Yarmouth in 10 innings, 7-1.
The Yachtsmen took both regular season meetings as well as last year's quarterfinal, 2-1, a game which they were the lower seed.
Thursday, it was clear early that the pitchers would reign and that whoever could scratch out a run would advance. No one envisioned quite how the endgame would play out, however.
Cape Elizabeth senior leftfielder Max Gore hit the ball well leading off, but lined to sophomore Addison Foltmer in left. Senior second baseman Matty Pierce grounded out to third and junior third baseman Chris Robicheaw popped out to second.
In the bottom of the first, Proctor grounded out to third, junior designated hitter Seamus Powers flew out to right and senior centerfielder Grayson Beressi hit a ground ball to short.
Spencer started the second by getting senior designated hitter Will LeBlond to swing at an off-speed pitch for strike three. Junior catcher Seth Dobieski lined deep to left, but Foltmer was able to go back and stab it. Junior rightfielder Zach Culver then looked at strike three to end it.
In the bottom of the second, junior first baseman Andrew Emple lined to Gore in left and sophomore shortstop Will D'Agostino and senior catcher Jeremy Lydick struck out swinging.
Kozlowski got the game's first hit when he squibbed a single to center leading off the third. On a 2-2 pitch, Kozlowski stole second. Junior shortstop Charlie Laprade grounded out to D'Agostino and Kozlowski moved up to third, but Spencer bore down and with the infield in, he fanned junior centerfielder Connor Maguire before getting Gore to ground to Proctor, who made a stellar play going to his left, stabbing the ball before throwing Gore out on a close play.
"We had a man on third with one out," lamented Cape Elizabeth coach Chris Hayward. "I'm a squeezer and opted not to. Connor's been swinging the bat really well. I thought he'd pound one, but he didn't."
The Yachtsmen had a threat in the bottom of the third.
Murphy led off with a walk. Foltmer followed with a walk, but Conley got the green light on a 3-1 pitch and grounded sharply to Laprade, who threw to Pierce, who fired to junior Chris Peterson at first to complete a double play. Laprade then fielded Proctor's ground ball and threw him out and that ended the frame.
In the top of the fourth, Spencer again made quick work of the Capers, sandwiching groundouts by Pierce and LeBlond around a foul pop off the bat of Robicheaw.
The bottom of the fourth began just like the third as Powers drew a walk on a full count, but Falmouth didn't take advantage. Beressi made good contact, but his liner to left didn't have enough oomph and was caught by Gore. Emple looked at strike three and D'Agostino grounded into a force out.
In the top of the fifth, Dobieski flew to right, Culver grounded to second on the first pitch and Kozlowski reached on a throwing error, but Laprade flew out to end it.
In the bottom half, Lydick led off by chopping a ball to third that Robicheaw leapt for, snared and threw to barely beat the runner. Murphy struck out looking and Foltmer grounded back to Kozlowski, keeping the game scoreless as five innings were played in just under an hour (59 minutes).
In the sixth, Maguire led off with a deep fly to center, but Beressi ran it down. Gore ripped a single to right-center, but after Pierce bunted him to second, Robicheaw grounded out to third to end it.
Conley led off the bottom half with a fly to left and Proctor hit a line drive to right. Powers drew a walk, but Beressi couldn't quite (despite a dramatic dive into the bag at first) beat out a slow roller to shortstop.
In the top half of the seventh, LeBlond almost beat out an infield hit, but Conley's throw was adeptly scooped by Emple for the out. Dobieski hit a soft liner to third, but Culver blooped a single to right-center to keep the inning going. That brought up Kozlowski with a chance to help his cause.
He didn't miss by much.
On a 1-1 pitch, Kozlowski hit a shot down the leftfield line but when it landed just shy of the wall, it was inches foul.
"I was a little bit nervous there," Spencer said. "I can't think of a time my heart was racing more than that."
On the next pitch, Spencer caught Kozlowski looking and the game went to the bottom of the seventh.
Emple led off the frame by bidding for his team's first hit, but his soft line drive up the middle was denied by a dive from Pierce, who caught the ball inches off the ground. D'Agostino then looked at strike three, leaving it up to Lydick, who also took a called third strike.
In the eighth, Laprade struck out and Maguire grounded out to Conley, but Gore lined a single down the leftfield line. He stole second and Pierce walked on a full count pitch, leaving Robicheaw with an opportunity to be the hero. Robicheaw almost succeeded, but his soft liner to center was snared by Beressi and that set the stage for the Yachtsmen to finally end it.
Murphy led it off with a five-pitch walk.
"I just wanted to get on base," Murphy said. "The umpire had a tight zone. I knew he had to come with a good pitch."
Foltmer bunted hard back to the mound, but Kozlowski chose to throw to first instead, trying to get the force and Murphy was in scoring position.
"When I heard them yell, '2!,' I kicked it into higher gear and was relieved when they didn't throw it down," Murphy said.
"If he threw it to second, I think (Connor would) be out," Winship said. "Watching the play, he hesitated and you're taught if you hesitate at all, to throw to first base. He double clutched and made the right decision. You have to take the out."
Conley, Monday's hero, then struck out swinging.
"I thought (Ryan would) win it again, it just didn't happen, but he got us here," Winship said.
That brought up Proctor.
Proctor didn't get a hit, or even swing the bat, but Falmouth won it anyway as Kozlowski's pitch tipped off Dobieski's glove and Murphy raced home, touched the plate and was mobbed by his teammates.
Falmouth1 Cape Elizabeth 0.
Go figure.
"We had played disciplined the whole game," Murphy said. "We waited for our time. I knew I was going to score. I was ready for anything. I just took off and slid in. I couldn't believe it. No one thought we'd win this year. We've fought hard. It just feels so good. Our pitching has carried us all year. We haven't blown too many teams out."
"I've never had more fun on a sports team than this," Spencer said. "We've always been that team that finds a way to win. That was true tonight. We hit the ball OK, just at people. I knew the run would come eventually. That's how we've been all year. We got it. We came into the year with more of a relaxed team vibe. We stayed relaxed and played how we know how to play."
"I had a feeling we were going to do something," Winship added. "We did enough to win. When I walked over to him, I said we've got to go on a wild pitch. When the ball got by, I thought if it hit the brick we'd be in trouble. It hit the green, we lucked out. It didn't carom back and we scored.
"Cape's a really good team, they're playing well right now. We snuck out with a win. It feels good. We came into the year with a more relaxed atmosphere. We wanted to work hard and have fun. The kids are doing that. The team chemistry is great. We've got great kids. It's led to great things. It's a fun team to coach. They're fun to be around. Good things are happening to good kids. I'm happy for them."
Spencer (4-1) earned the win, allowing just four hits and a walk, while striking out five.
"I definitely had my top stuff tonight," said Spencer. "I threw my change-up really well. That's kind of my go-to pitch."
"Nicky pitched a hell of a game," Murphy said. "When you pitch well, you give yourself a chance to win and we did that again today."
"Nicky Spencer matched (Kozlowski) inning for inning," Winship said.
There was no Falmouth offense to speak of, other than Murphy scoring the run.
Kozlowski (3-3) threw a no-hitter, but it went for naught. He walked five and struck out seven.
"I settled in after the first inning, got confident and knew I could throw what I wanted where I wanted it," Kozlowski said. "I'm not too mad right now. We had a good run, you have to be happy with it. No one expected us to get this far. I tried to get a fastball inside on (Proctor). Sneak it by him. I just pulled it down a little bit. It was a little low and inside and it just got him wrong on the mitt. It just bounced off.
"It was a good game. At least it was competitive and we had chances to win it. There were a couple well-hit balls, but our outfield is pretty good. We had the talent to be here. We had trouble putting it together all season. We had a stretch where we lost some games we shouldn't have lost. We came together as a team and got that energy going and helped each other play our best."
"Sam was very good," Hayward said. "He kept his head on tight. He didn't get rattled. He did a nice job."
Kozlowski certainly impressed the Yachstmen with the third no-hitter of his high school career and his second this spring.
"I think he did the same thing I was doing, mixing up speeds, keeping us off balance, keeping us guessing," said Spencer.
"(Kozlowski) pitched really well," said Murphy. "We knocked him around a little bit earlier this year, but he pitched really well this game. He was hitting his spots. He had his curveball working when he got up. He pounded it low. They made some nice plays behind him."
"You have to tip your cap to Kozlowski," Winship added. "He threw a no-hitter and lost. I thought we hit the ball hard. They made some plays to save him. We were snakebit. There was nothing we could do."
Cape Elizabeth's offense was sparked by two hits from Gore. Gore and Kozlowski had stolen bases.
The Capers' postseason run deserves an abundance of praise.
"I reflect back to what I said in the preseason that we had good pitching and defense and if we got enough offense, we'd be alright," Hayward said. "Look what we did the last two weeks. That was exactly it."
Cape Elizabeth loses Gore, LeBlond, Pierce and role players Donald Clark and Timothy Stack, but returns a lot. The 2013 team will be bolstered by this run and could finish the job.
"I think we'll have a good year next year," said Kozlowski. "We have some good returning players."
"We'll try to reload," Hayward said. "We do have a dozen kids returning. We'll have experience. I'm a little concerned about younger grades. We don't have a Junior Legion team. The kids playing Senior Legion will get experience this summer. We'll see what happens after that."
History awaits
While Falmouth won Class C state championships in 1985, 1996 and 1998, the Yachtsmen haven't been able to add Class B hardware.
That could change Saturday against a Foxcroft Academy squad Falmouth has never faced.
Based on what this team's accomplished so far this year, it wouldn't be wise to bet against the Yachtsmen, who plan to start junior lefty ace Thomas Fortier.
"We'll do what we've been doing all season," Murphy said. "Thomas is going, so we'll get great pitching. Hopefully, we'll knock the ball around."
"We have to go into it with the same mindset to play our game and make sure we don't make errors," Spencer said. "We'll get good pitching from Thomas. He'll be great. We just need to make sure to get the bats going."
"We'll go up there and try to keep doing what we're doing," Winship added. "We'll go up there and have fun."


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Having twins is a challenge, especially in the first few weeks after birth. About half of twin births are born early. Premature babies take longer to learn how to breastfeed. Your babies may have special needs that will delay the start of breastfeeding. For example, they may have low blood sugar or jaundice.
Don't be shy to ask for the help you need. Get help from a lactation consultant or a healthcare provider who specializes in breastfeeding. You will need a lot of rest, so try to sleep when the babies are asleep. To save time, try to breastfeed the twins at the same time.
Yes, twin babies can grow well feeding only on breast milk. The breast has the ability to make the amount of milk that is removed from it, thus the more milk that twins consume, the more milk that a woman makes. Your babies are getting enough milk if they are gaining weight and if they are having 6 or more wet diapers and 4 or more bowel movements a day. Check with your babies' healthcare provider to be sure that feeding and growing are proceeding normally.
Generally, twins feed more often. So expect at least 9 feedings a day with twins.
It saves time to breast feed both babies at the same time, but it is also okay to feed them one after another too. If you are feeding only one twin, remember that it is important that each baby feed from both breasts. You should alternate the breast at which a baby begins to feed, regardless of whether or not they are a twin.
If you are feeding both twins at the same time and if your milk supply is enough for both babies, it takes no longer to feed two as it does to feed one. Again, check with your babies' healthcare provider if you have any concerns.
Feeding both babies at once is best achieved by placing the babies in the football hold position. You can also use the football hold for one baby the cradle hold for the other. As you are learning, make sure you have room around you to place pillows to support you and the babies. You can buy special pillows designed for breastfeeding twins. You can also try different positions to find what suits you and the babies best.
Some mothers may wish to breast feed a baby while laying down. If you have twins, you can place one baby on each of your sides, feed one, roll onto your other side and feed the second twin.
Soreness of the nipples has more to do with how the babies latch onto the breast. When babies go on and off the breast well, you should be able to prevent cracked or painful nipples. In breast-feeding twins, you will have about twice as many times for a baby to latch on and off, so try each time to be sure that the baby latches gently and easily.
If you have questions or worries, call your healthcare provider. You may also want to get the help of a lactation consultant trained to help women who are breast-feeding. Parent support groups such as La Leche League or Nursing Mother's Counsel can also be helpful.


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Growing up in New Haven's Inner city neighborhoods, LeKeesha overcame many obstacles. She knew that education was the key to escape poverty. Today she is proud to say, "Although growing up in the inner city was difficult, I was able to turn my experiences into opportunities for success."
LeKeesha is a leader, entrepreneur and visionary. Women of Power Network is her way of setting the stage for female leaders of tomorrow. She is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in psychology. During her undergraduate studies, she worked at the Leadership Education And Athletics in Partnership (L.E.A.P.) program; a nonprofit organization serving children in the inner city of New Haven, Connecticut. As a senior counselor, she had a powerful impact on 16 girls between the ages of 12 and 14. She inspired and motivated them to use education as a life jacket and supported their transition into colleges and universities throughout the country. This experience not only had a lasting impact on the students, but it changed LeKeesha's life. She recognized her passion and love for helping young people reach their full potential and live productive lives.
LeKeesha had a strong desire to impact the lives of others on a larger scale. In 2005, she started a career with Pfizer Inc. Conducting clinical research trials; LeKeesha was able to continue her passion for improving the lives of others by helping to develop new medicines for patients living with life threatening diseases worldwide.
In 2011, LeKeesha decided to focus her passion on her first love of youth development due to her need to have a direct connection with the community and to see the immediate impact of her work. This decision led LeKeesha to pursue a Masters of Social Work from the University of Connecticut (UCONN) School of Social Work, with a specialized focus in community organizing. "This was the best career decision I could have made. I knew that my life would change as a result of this one decision." LeKeesha knew that this was the beginning of a rewarding career. In 2008, months after obtaining her MSW, LeKeesha founded Women of Power Network, Inc (WOPN) to unite women and girls throughout Connecticut to address issues affecting their overall wellbeing. LeKeesha is most proud of their Developing Leaders Mentoring Platform (DLMP) providing mentoring services to public high school girls in Greater New Haven, Connecticut. "I encourage our students to create opportunities for success, develop their talents and transform their communities for the overall vitality and health of society."
In the summer of 2011, LeKeesha was accepted into the Elm City Fellowship of the Anne E. Casey Foundation. Joining the fellowship has taught LeKeesha how to reflect on who she is as a leader and to understand the impact change has on individuals and communities. "I learned that being a leader is a balancing act between taking risk, sacrifice and loss. The fellowship challenged me to examine how to better serve my community by using effective results based models that will produce desired outcomes. These lessons have been critical in moving WOPN toward a broader more sustainable nonprofit serving Greater New Haven women and girls."
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What with the excitement generated by the Super Bowl, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Charles Dickens' 200th birthday – nice work on CD's part conducting a great PR campaign from beyond the grave btw – you may have failed to realise that today is Two and a Half Men's Ashton Kutcher's 34th birthday. Happy Birthday, sir.
To celebrate: here are five things you may not know about our hero:
1 – Ashton Kutcher got his big break by entering a modelling competition in 1998. But lost out to someone called Josh Duhamel. We can only imagine what happened to
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2 – On Punk'd which he hosted, the tricks didn't always work: wrestler Bill Goldberg was supposed to have a truck run over an exact replica of his prized motorcycle, but the stunt went wrong when the truck missed but the bike exploded anyway while Pamela Anderson denies she was ever Punk'd, saying she was not convinced by the porn movie being filmed in her back garden. We weren't convinced by the one people filmed in ours either: the dialogue just wasn't very realistic.
3- In 2010, Ashton was named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People. With over 11.5 million friends on Facebook, we think this is probably just a fad and Time'll get a handle on what really is power very soon.
4- Comedy quote from Mr Kutcher: "My mom is still yelling at me because she needs more autographed pictures!" Isn't it good to know that your mum can embarrass you however 'influential' you are?
5 – Weirdly, there must be something in the water for those 7th February birthday types as also sharing the fella's birthday are none other than Chris Rock and Eddie Izzard. But they're not quite as handsome.


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The Hon'ble Ms Pratibha Devi Singh Patil
President of Republic of India,
New Delhi.
Respected Madam,
Jai Hind.
Newspapers of Monday, the 26 of March inform me that you have undertaken 12 foreign trips covering 22 countries across four continents during your tenure, mostly accompanied by your family members.
The news report cares to tell me that your trips cost the public exchequer a whopping Rs. 205 crore. The report also conveys that before the end of your five-year tenure you may be off to South Africa.
I have noted that Air India had incurred over Rs. 169 crore on use of chartered aircraft. A sum of Rs. 36 crore has been incurred on your accommodation, local travel, daily Allowance and miscellaneous expenses, during these tours.
Spending a total of 79 days abroad, you have been to Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Bhutan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Spain, Poland, Russia, Tajikistan, the UK, Cyprus, China, Laos, Cambodia, the UAE, Syria, Mauritius, South Korea, Switzerland and Austria.
Your immediate predecessor Dr APJ Abdul Kalam undertook seven trips to 17 countries during his tenure and remained out of the country for 47 days. KR Narayanan covered 10 countries in six trips. SD Sharma visited 16 countries in four trips.
Though the journalist writing the report is not sure as details of other Presidents were not available but it is unlikely that your record of foreign travel is matched by any of your predecessors.
While congratulating you on this feat of yours, Hon'ble President Madam, may I remind you that you are the President of India where two foremost points of debate relate to poverty.
One issue is that whether the percentage of poor in the country is more than 70 percent of its total population or is it slightly less than that. The other issue being debated is that whether a person who earns Rs. 29 should be considered out of ambit of poverty or should he still be considered a poor.
A majority of our population cannot afford two square meals a day. I think you have better resources to get exact figures of how many people go without food daily in this country, how many people remain underfed, how many children are undernourished, how many people don't have a room to live in and how many parents could not afford to send their wards to schools.
No, I can't dare to offend you as I know that you are entitled to all this as President of India and it is your prerogative to fly out of country as many times you like, for as many days you decide and with the people of your choice and the family always comes first, I know.(...contd.)


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A security company flogging wares via one of the most exploitable [slashdot.org] formats...
Uh, that's Adobe Acrobat that has the sec issues. NOT PDF as a format.
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Equality California-sponsored resolution puts State of California on record supporting repeal of so-called "Defense of Marriage Act"
Sacramento – Today, the California State Senate approved a joint resolution, AJR 19, calling on the U.S. Congress and President Obama to immediately repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which explicitly forbids the federal government or any federal agency from recognizing state-sanctioned marriages between same-sex couples. Introduced by Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D - Santa Monica) and sponsored by Equality California, the joint resolution was passed by a bipartisan vote of 22-12.
"The Defense of Marriage Act prevents the federal government from recognizing the relationships of loving same-sex couples, even when the states where they live recognize their relationships," said Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors. "We're proud of the California legislature for making the state's opposition to DOMA official state policy. Now we must overturn this discriminatory federal law and pave the way for the marriages of same-sex couples to be recognized at the federal level."
Under DOMA, which passed in 1996, married same-sex couples are refused the same federal rights and responsibilities as their heterosexual counterparts, resulting in inequitable and unfair implementation of federal laws governing a range of issues such as housing, immigration, tax and inheritance. A repeal of DOMA would result in the federal government recognizing legal marriages of same-sex couples, just as it currently recognizes legal marriages of heterosexual couples.
"President Obama has called this law abhorrent in the way it denies more than 1,000 federal rights to same-sex couples," Assemblymember Brownley said. "Congress must act now to overturn DOMA, which is rooted in irrational and unfounded prejudice. Married same-sex couples deserve equal access to these benefits."
Currently, there are eleven nations that recognize marriages between same-sex couples, including Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Sweden. Five states in the U.S. grant same-sex couples the right to marry, including Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as Washington, D.C.
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Pence hires two to replace oneJanuary 10th, 2013 at 5:24 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Job creation is the top priority for Republican Governor-elect Mike Pence and he's changing the structure of state government to help move it along.
Governor Mitch Daniels combined the Department of Commerce with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, a public/private agency that has been criticized for a lack of transparency. Pence will keep the IEDC but will revive the Commerce Department as a stand alone agency in state government.
The governor-elect today named California executive Victor Smith to be the new Commerce Secretary. Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden will head up the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. "These will both be cabinet level positions in my administration," said Pence.
Pence also demonstrated some sensitivity toward charges that the number of jobs created during the Daniels administration didn't match the numbers used in jobs announcements. "We'll be seeking resources," he said, "to advance the transparency at the Indiana Economic Development Corporation." State Senator Mike Delph (R-Carmel), who filed legislation seeking more public disclosure in economic development efforts, says it's a positive sign. "It's good news. I'm happy for it," he said. When asked if it might eliminate the need for legislation, he said, "Perhaps."
More than anything, Pence wants people to know that there's a new approach that takes effect on his first day. "We're gonna meet with the bi-partisan leadership in both parties, talk about this session of the General Assembly," he said, "and then our other meeting of the day will be with our economic development team."
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I am old enough to have a vague memory of clothes so white they were called bright. This happened despite the absence of additives — the ridiculous varieties of sprays, bottles and packets that fill our cabinets today and that we throw into the wash to try to boost the cleaning power of our pathetic machines and increasingly useless laundry soap.
Then, the other night, I experienced an amazing blast from the past. I added 1/4 cup of trisodium phosphate (TSP) and otherwise "treated" nothing. The results were nothing short of mind-boggling. Everything was clean — clean in a way I recall from childhood.
Next, came my confrontation with the local cleaner, which I've used for years. I explained what happened and how puzzling it is that by using TSP, I was able to clean my clothes more thoroughly and perfectly than his commercial service.
He was not shocked. He agreed completely, though sheepishly.
I pointed out that TSP, which is a natural element, is amazing not because it cleans — it needs soap to do its thing — but rather because it rinses, whooshing away all dirt, oil and stains, as well as all leftover detergent. Bleach whitens, but it ruins fabrics — and that's not good. What is needed is a good rinsing agent that leaves clothes not only perfectly clean but also smelling fantastic. TSP does it, and that's why it has long been an essential ingredient in laundry soap.
Once again, he agreed.
Does he use it? No. Why not?
It is not "commercially viable," he said.
How can this be? It is not expensive. It is freely available at the hardware store in the paint section. If something works, the laundry service pleases its customers more. That means more business and higher profits. Isn't the goal to clean clothes well and do a good job for customers?
He said that was true but repeated that TSP is not "commercially viable." He politely deferred all further questions to the Dry Cleaning and Laundry Institute, whose website provides no information at all to nonmembers. However, the Laundry Institute did answer my email:
"It is true that trisodium phosphate produces cleaner laundry."
Bingo. Cleaner laundry. Cleaner than what? Anything else. Not "commercially viable" means governments will no longer permit laundries to clean your shirts. You can add TSP at home — government hasn't restricted that yet — but commercial houses cannot. However, the Laundry Institute representative did say, "There are other ways to achieve a clean shirt." What are they? He didn't say. He said: "You will have to do some legwork to find a cleaner that meets your needs."
My needs? My needs are for clean clothes, the same as the laundry needs of the whole of humanity since the beginning of time. The whole purpose of laundries is to meet that need.
Here's the problem, however. The goal of the regulators who regulate the laundry is not to improve your life. It is to wreck your life a bit at a time by pressing increasing numbers of restrictions and mandates upon private producers.
One of these mandates has removed TSP from detergent — and with catastrophic results. No one wants to talk about this. There is a major hush-hush culture here because business, understandably, doesn't want to face a consumer backlash, and government doesn't want to acquire the reputation for being the civilization wrecker it truly is.
These kinds of regulations are capable of driving an entire industry into the ground, as people with the intense desire for clean clothes — the very people who are willing to pay for laundry services — increasingly resort to home cleaning and ironing. An entire step in the structure of production is eliminated, as laundry autarky replaces the division of labor, which is the driving force of cooperative human effort.
It's no wonder the industry wants no talk of this problem. Its very raison d'être is under attack. If laundries can't clean clothes, they have to shut down.
Does government care? If you read between the lines in the almost-candid moments of government statements, you can see what is going on here. In 2009, Clive Davies, a product engineer with the Environmental Protection Agency, granted an interview with The New York Times that focused on home products. You might wonder what a product engineer is doing working for the government rather than the private sector. This interview shows why. Every one of the questions asked of him concerned the effect of home products on the environment. Not one probed the essential question of whether the products actually work.
Davies' job is to decide whether to affix a supposedly valued designation to products: Designed for the Environment. It's pretty clear that anything that actually cleans, washes or scrubs probably can't earn the designation. An empty box that claims to be detergent stands a better chance of gaining the government seal of approval than a detergent that actually works.
Then we get to the end of the interview, in which Davies is actually candid about the goal: the elimination of detergents (meaning the elimination of clean). He concedes this would be the best possible result. And what does he recommend instead? Vinegar and "elbow grease" — the old-fashioned phrase for "scrub harder."
Thus spake the government. That's the future as these bureaucrats see it. It's a future of elbow grease, meaning manual labor unassisted by any products of free enterprise like machines and detergents that work.
It's a future in which our clothes are dirty, we have no soap that works to wash our bodies, our dishes are full of gritty film, our floors are grungy, our windows are smudgy, everything more or less stinks like vinegar, our toilets don't work, our trash is hurled in a pile out back, and vast amounts of our time are spent scrubbing things instead of reading, singing, writing or conversing. It is a future just like the long-ago past, complete with washtubs, washboards and outhouses — along with their attendant dirt, disease and deprivation.
My own enlightenment on this issue came within the past year. Like millions of others, I had forgotten what a clean dish looked like. Dish-washing soaps, with no big announcement, eliminated phosphate from their formulas under pressure from the EPA and laws from state governments that banned them. The idea was to help fish in their oxygen competition with algae (even though the household contribution to algae creation is negligible, and the scientific evidence on the issue of algae's effect on fish runs in all directions).
The main issue here is that Americans (Europeans, too) are having their living standards systematically degraded by regulators who apparently hate modern conveniences like dishwashers and want to drive us evermore into an impoverished state of nature.
And don't tell me that phosphate-free dish soap works just as well. It's a laughable claim. If you buy some phosphate and add a tablespoon to the load, you enter a new world once the washer is finished. Things are actually clean like you might remember from childhood. The glasses gleam, the plates squeak and there is no oily film on your dishes. You don't have to buy new dishes, and you don't need a new washer. You only need to add back what the regulators took out. You don't need Consumer Reports. The difference is perfectly obvious, and anyone who claims otherwise is insulting our intelligence.
The sales of new home appliances have soared over the past 12 months, according to industry reports. The data are not broken down by type, but I'm willing to bet quite a few dishwashers have been sold to unsuspecting customers who had no idea the real problem was with the detergents, not the machines. Hardly anyone I have spoken to has understood this problem, but all confirmed the fact their dishes are not getting clean.
Getting even less attention was this ban on TSP in laundry soap that took place in the early 1990s, apparently codified in a 1993 law. The idea, or the excuse, was to stop the increased growth of algae in rivers and lakes (phosphate is a fertilizer, too). But there are other ways to filter phosphate, home use contributes virtually nothing to the alleged problem, and there is no solid evidence that plant growth in rivers and lakes is a harm at all.
In any case, consumers gradually noticed stains were becoming more stubborn than ever. As a result, a huge new range of products started appearing on the market. These products permit you to treat your clothes before you wash them. Today, our cabinets are filled with such products — Spray 'N Wash, bleach pens, stain removers, boosters of all sorts — and we use them by the gallon.
Does anyone stop to wonder why such products are necessary in the first place? And, if they are so good, why aren't they in the detergent so that the whole load gets clean and not just the treated part? The reason, most fundamentally, is that the formula for detergent was changed as a result of government regulation.
The difference wasn't obvious at first. But as time has gone on, other changes began to take place, like the mandates for machines that use less water (as Mark Thornton writes about), along with mandates for tepid temperatures of water in our homes. In the end, the result is dramatic. It all amounts to dirty, yellowing clothes.
This is the exact opposite of what we expect in markets, in which products are ever better and cheaper due to innovation, expansion of the division of labor and competition. But with government regulation, the results are deliberately the opposite. We pay ever-higher prices for shoddy results.
Do we see what is happening here? I can detect very little in the way of public knowledge, much less outcry. In the old Cold War days, I recall wondering how it was that the Soviet people could have put up with state-caused impoverishment for decade after decade, and wondering why people didn't just rise up and overthrow their impoverishers. Now, I'm beginning to see why. If this all happens slowly and quietly, there is no point at which the reality of cause and effect dawns on people.
One final note on my conversation with my cleaner. He gave me the heads-up that the main ingredient used for dry cleaning, perchloroethylene, is not long for this world. California and New York are considering bans, and the rest of the country comes later. After that, it's all over, and the last one to leave civilization will have to remember to shut off the florescent light.
This is the whole trajectory of life under government control. They are the predators; we are their prey. And this isn't just about clean dishes and clothes. It applies to every regulation, every tax, every expenditure, every stupid war and every monetary manipulation. Everything government does comes at our expense, and the costs are both seen and unseen.
How much will people put up with until they arrange for the regulators to sleep with the fishes?
–Jeffrey A. Tucker