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With the promise of clear weather and falling gas prices, several major Opelousas retailers were prepped and ready for the mass shopping spree following Thanksgiving known by everyone as Black Friday.
Wal-Mart, with locations in Opelousas and Eunice, will follow the trend of starting early and will begin Black Friday sales at 6 p.m. today. If they sell out of a desired item, fret not: The stores should be restocked and ready to go again at 8 a.m. Friday.
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CADIZ, Ky. (3/6/13) – A Cadiz resident contacted the Cadiz Police Department saying she had received a phone call from someone stating she had won $500,000.
In order the claim the money, she had to send $1,900 to an address in the Philippines. She was given another number and told it was the Internal Revenue Service and for her to follow up, and then send the money through Western Union.
Cadiz Police contacted the number to the "IRS" and an obviously foreign male answered then hung up when he was asked questions.
This is another common phone scam that circulates in the United States each day. If someone asks you to send money in to claim a bigger prize, it's not a legitimate claim. Also, foreign lotteries and sweepstakes are illegal in the United States.
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These scholarships are for accounting majors who are attending an accredited four-year university in the state of Washington. To qualify for these scholarships, applicants must have a 3.0 GPA, demonstrate on- and off-campus community involvement, and plan to become CPAs in Washington. Students of at least Junior status, 5th year, and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Accounting majors who attend school in Washington but reside in another state are eligible to apply, provided that their intention is to eventually take the CPA Exam and plan to practice in Washington. International students are eligible to apply provided they have the same intentions.
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Windows PowerShell Scripting Primer
PowerShell Tutorial 6: PowerShell Scripting – Introduction to Script Writing
It's time to take what we have learned and apply it to writing scripts. The plan is six new and exciting PowerShell tutorials to explain the fundamentals of the PowerShell scripting language. Here is what will be covered:
- Variables, Constants, Arrays, and Hash Tables.
- Using Conditional Logic.
- Processing data with Loops.
- Modular Scripting Using Functions.
- Scripting using WMI Objects (Computers, Printers, Etc…).
- Scripting using ADSI Objects (Active Directory Management).
Variables, Constants, Arrays, and Hash Tables
What's in Tutorial 7:
- String manipulation and concatenation.
- Storing and Retrieving information using variables and Constants.
- Operators and Expressions.
- Creating, Modifying, and Combining Arrays and Hash Tables.
Conditional Logic
Tutorial 8. explains:
- Testing conditions and running commands based on results.
- Introduce and work with "if" and "Switch" statements.
- Using Operators to test conditions.
Tutorial 9. gets loopy:
- Applying "while," "do while" and "do until" loop processing.
- Applying "for" and "foreach" loop processing.
Modular and Dot Source Scripting using Functions
Clean up your act in Tutorial 10:
- Organizing your code
- Enlisting "Data Types"
- Calling Functions from other scripts
PowerShell Scripting using WMI Objects
Tutorial 11. Oh my! WMI:
- Concept of WMI namespaces.
- The WMI Provider.
- Navigating and using the WMI namespace.
- WMI Classes.
- Using the "Get-WmiObject" cmdlet.
- Querying WMI.
PowerShell Scripting using ADSI Object (Active Directory Objects)
Tutorial 12. Administration without the GUI:
- Concepts of Active Directory Objects.
- The ADSI Provider.
- The Active Directory namespace.
- Creating and modifying Active Directory Objects (Users, Computers, OUs, Groups, etc…)
Outstanding way of writing and explaining concepts.
Nice article. But is there a way to INCLUDE the source library files rather than pasting in the whole file each time? This would make it much easier if you wanted to make a change to a function that is called in many scripts.
Absolutely; read this article Simon, this is what you are looking for:
Man,if you ever write a book about PowerShell or anything IT related, I would definitely buy it. Your writing style is easy to read and follow. I can't wait to get into the latter half of your tutorials.
Many, many thanks for putting up this site.
Rock on!
Looking at your templates, it appears you don't use source control. As you go to a modular scripting style, source control is a must. It makes deployment & file sharing easier, and it gives you full history and atomic recovery from errors.
Since this page is going to influence a lot of future IT admins, I think it'd be a good idea to mention some scm (Subversion comes to mind). And then you could remove the revision history section without losing any information. The computer tracks it all for you, and the reader doesn't have to skip past it when he doesn't want to see it.
really good, cannot get enough. just like pie.
Is tutorial 6 still available? I only see a description of it, and the next 6 tutorials.
Hi Jesse,
Thanks a lot to you for the content… It's superb tutorial. I'm new to PowerShell and my basic was clear in just few hour, also the content is very interesting.. I didn't feel bore even for a minute…
Thanks Again,
Thanks for taking the time to put this stuff together. I use these tuts religiously for reference.
Thanks for doing this — these lessons are exactly what I needed. When people contribute useful content to the Great Library which is the internet, the world becomes a better place.
Thank you so much for these tutorials! I'm new to PowerShell, and all the hard work you've put into them is really contributing to my learning. Very much appreciated.
So many thanks to you for the tutorial. This is great tutorial. I am new to PowerShell and my knowledge was clear in just a couple hours, also the tutorial is very usefull.
Thoroughly enjoying playing around with Powershell thanks to your excellent tutorials. Damn fine job.
Excellent tutorial. Very much appreciated.
I'm looking at this page:
I see lots of descriptions about what's in tutorials 7-12, but where are the tutorials themselves?
I got this error on page
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How do I access the tutorials? All I see is this page http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-tutorial-scripting/
When I click on the links on the left it just takes me to a table of contents type page. Sheesh.
Several people asked in the comments where tutorial 6 is, saying that they only see the table of contents.
The answer is that tutorial 6 *is* the table of contents for the scripting tutorials. As explained at the beginning, there are six scripting tutorials, numbered 7-12. The links are in the side bar in the upper right. Click on "Variables, Arrays, and Hash Tables" to begin the scripting tutorials.
Really great tutorials helping me a lot.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm also new to Powershell. I've followed a lot of tutorials on many subjects and this is by far one of the easiest to follow and learn from. I would rate it 10 out of 10!
Simply awesome !! Thank you very much !!
This one is the simple one.
Hi guys….I can see only the name of the tutorials..but where are they actually?? help plzzz..I can't find the tutorials
If you go down to the tutorial 8 area and look to the left on a maximized browser
you will see power shell title bar look below that there are links there to the tutorials
Thank you so much for doing this tutorial! It helps me a lot!
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A prosecutor's opening statement echoes the one she delivered the first time a federal agent stood trial for murder in a shooting at a Waikiki fast-food restaurant.
Honolulu Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Janice Futa told a new jury Thursday that State Department Special Agent Christopher Deedy was fueled by alcohol and power when he shot Kollin Elderts in the McDonald's in 2011.
It's been about a year since Deedy's first trial ended with a deadlocked jury.
Deedy claims he shot Elderts in self-defense. The agent from Arlington, Virginia was in Honolulu providing security for an economic summit but was off-duty during the early morning shooting.
The retrial features new faces on the defense team. Defense attorney Thomas Otake says Deedy's actions were in line with his law enforcement training.
The prosecution's first witness was Maile Goodhue, a friend of Elderts.
We'll have complete coverage of the first day of the retrial tonight on KITV4 News at 5, 6 and 10.
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FARMVILLE, Va. (March 30, 2013)—The William and Mary lacrosse team was edged at Longwood, 12-10, on Saturday afternoon.
Although the Tribe (3-7, 0-1 CAA) owned a 6-4 lead at halftime, the Lancers (7-4, 2-2 BSC) utilized a 5-0 run midway through the second half to earn the victory.
Junior Taelor Salmon led W&M with three goals, marking her fourth hat trick in the last five games, while senior Kyrstin Mackrides and junior Jenna Dougherty both totaled two goals apiece. Senior Katie Stillwell also came up big with three draw controls, two ground balls and two assists, while senior Caitlin Murphy provided two points (1g, 1a), three ground balls and two draw controls.
As a team, W&M owned a 19-15 advantage in ground balls and a 13-11 edge in draw controls.
Although Longwood got on the scoreboard first with a goal by Jamie Brentlinger just 1:08 into the contest, the Tribe responded with three unanswered scores to lead 3-1 with 18:48 showing. Murphy, Mackrides and sophomore Ellen Shaffrey all found the back of the cage during the run.
While the Lancers tied the score on two occasions midway through the half, consecutive goals by Mackrides and Salmon gave the Tribe a 6-4 lead at the intermission.
After trading a goal apiece during the opening minutes of the second stanza, Longwood pulled ahead with a 5-0 run during a 10-minute span midway through the half and led 10-7 following a goal by Brentlinger with 9:08 remaining.
W&M quickly narrowed the margin to just one, 10-9, less than a minute later with scores by Salmon and Dougherty. However, LU responded with two goals and W&M scored just once more as the Lancers held on for the victory.
Brentlinger led Longwood with six points (5g, 1a), while Lauren Prasnicki and Mary Barondess both registered two goals apiece.
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Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he ruined baseball's color barricade to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. A brilliant player, Robinson won the National association Rookie of the Year award his first period, and helped the Dodgers to the National association championship - the first of his six journeys to the World Series.
Jackie Robinson's introduction in organized baseball is a celebrity (April 18, 1946, with the Montreal Royals of the International association, the Dodgers' best ranch club). In five at-bats he strike a three-run homer and three singles, stole two basis, and achieve four times, twice by forcing the pitcher to recoil.
Promoted to the Dodgers the subsequent spring, Robinson thrives on the force and recognized himself as the most exhilarating player in baseball. His playing style collective traditional rudiments of black sports he opportunistic risk taking recognized as "tricky baseball" in the Negro Leagues--with an aggression asserting his right to be at the plate or on the bottom paths.
In their reaction to Jackie Robinson, African-Americans discarded "separate but equal" position and squeeze addition. Robinson's occurrences in baseball excite them, and they gather to see the Dodgers in huge numbers and from immense distances.
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Gallup editor-in-chief Frank Newport addresses recent criticism of Gallup's polling.
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Every bit of public data -- housing, employment, consumer spending -- changes how voters feel about the state of the nation -- and about their own well-being.
Gallup poll: Romney leads on economy
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Gallup's national daily tracking poll gained some attention this past week. Some critics say the poll, which shows a solid lead for Governor Mitt Romney, is out-of-step with other national polls that indicate the race is much closer.
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Last night's second presidential debate between President Obama and Governor Romney was fiery and full of pocketbook issues. Will the debate impact the short term polls and the final election outcome?
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As Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama prepare to meet again for tonight's second presidential debate, they'll face not only the moderator and each other, but undecided voters.
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Despite increased interest in vice presidential debates -- from Sarah Palin and Joe Biden to tonight's Biden-Ryan showdown -- polls show these debates don't really change the vote in November.
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The next presidential debate is on Tuesday, October 16th, and this one is a town hall with 84 people in the audience. The participants will get to quiz the candidates -- but how are they selected?
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After the first presidential debate on Wednesday, the political polling season is about to kick into high gear. Why polls matter, and why we like them so much.
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usb extender over cat5e for playstatio
n eye
i have tried 2 different usb extenders for this. the distance is only like 35ft and has been prewired with cat5e. none of the usb extenders i use work!?!?!?!
i tried a usb 1.1, and a usb 2.0. nothing on either.
im trying to feed my playstaiton eye from my ps3 to the front of my room (components in the back).
when i turn it on the light on the camera comes on but when i go to check audio or video the red light comes on but nothing??
what do you guys use and what should i do????!?! i have spent too much money on this!
Re: usb extender over cat5e for playstatio
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Re: usb extender over cat5e for playstatio
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i have tried these ones:
its only 30 - 35ft??? its powering up but no picutre or audio, i tried with a hub and without.
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nothing, theres no external power hookup. i was using the usb hub for extra power as it had an external hoookup. i noticed the light on the sending unit is not on, but the reciever and eye lights are on.... weird...
my guess is that i need a balun with an external power source....
i hate waiting for this stuff....
any help would be apprecieted much!!
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hey solarman were yours like this?
how far did you end up going with them?
any problems with your ps3 eye???
i just want something that will work. the eye is built into the wall so it cannot be moved thanks!
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Three setups I went over 45 FT. One setup, I hooked up four and only because I think they said that was the max. Four of those, plus a 6 foot USB cable. That's a good 70FT. And, I've run harddrives, touch screens, web cameras, and powered USB hubs off them without any trouble. One unit died on me early on. Just after installation, I had to go through all of them to find out which one died, after replacing it thoug, the systems have been running pretty much day and night for about 3 years; none of the remaining ones or the replacement has failed on me yet.
Similar to what you linked, same thing, not same brand though.
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Shoots, another thing, I'm not sure about drivers. I'll check and get back with you. I have an extra few lying around, I'll take one home and see what happens with PS3.
EDIT: Thinking about it, it shouldn't need extra drivers, if anything, the PS3 will see it as a USB hub or something, and should access it just fine. I'll check anyway.


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Nowadays, health and fitness can be considered an expensive commodity. If you are fortunate enough to be a member at a gym or health and leisure complex, then briefly consider your monthly membership fees. This outlay is in addition to any joining fee that was requested, not to mention your transport to and from the gym on a daily basis.
Now consider any specialist clothing and equipment that you have purchased to allow yourself to train comfortably and effectively in your chosen environment. These initial calculations have yet to total up any sporting supplements, such as protein and pre-workouts, that you might consume as part of your complete health and fitness ritual.
Just from the expenses outlined above, it's easy to envisage how following a healthier and more active lifestyle can amount to hundreds and even thousands of pounds per year. There is also a cost attached which can be considered more than monetary value; one of time. With many individuals training on a daily basis and allowing only one or two rest days per week, your health and fitness regime can quickly become a way of life.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, although it's not for everyone. There are individuals who simply can't afford the ever increasing gym or health and leisure complex fees or simply don't have the time to commit to a daily gym routine due to family or working pressures. So what are the alternatives for these individuals?
Gym Alternatives
One potential answer is that of exercise bands. Before moving onto consider exercise bands in further detail and their practical application within a health and fitness setting, it is important to note that being fit and being healthy doesn't have to cost the earth – it can be as cheap or expensive as you want to make it.
Remember, exercise has been taking place long before gyms started to appear in every location on the globe, or supplements were even invented. It's about finding a place for fitness within your schedule, not the other way around.
Recently, I have received a number of emails from individuals who find themselves in this very predicament; struggling to maintain a health and fitness schedule due to the demands of life. Although each and every situation was slightly different and unique to that individual, there were two commonly occurring obstacles: time and money.
With this in mind, I set about providing an article which would address these very issues.
The Benefits Of Exercise Bands
Exercise bands or therabands are bands of plastic which offer elastic capabilities. They are produced in numerous bright colours, with each colour representing the specific resistance they offer. Their resistance levels vary from very easy all the way through to extremely difficult, so they really do offer a challenge for those of all strengths and sizes.
Exercise bands are relatively inexpensive, ranging from five to twenty pounds, and can be brought in custom specified lengths to suit the unique needs and requirements of the individual and their training goals. They are extremely durable and hard wearing.
If all these benefits simply weren't enough, almost any exercise ever invented can be performed with an exercise band – from upper and lower body exercises such as press ups and squats, to core exercises such as sit ups. The only thing really holding you back is your imagination and ability to think up new and exciting exercises.
One of the most appealing benefits of exercise bands, besides the cost and versatility they offer, is that they can easily be folded up and popped into your pocket or work bag and be taken anywhere in the world with you. Regardless whether you're stuck in your office during your lunch hour or in a hotel room as part of a business trip, there's absolutely no reason why you can't exercise and make the most of the surroundings in which you find yourself.
Exercise Bands
- 66fit Exercise Band Loop – Light – Yellow
- 66fit Exercise Band Loop – Medium – Red
- 66fit Exercise Band Loop – Strong – Blue
- Physioroom.com Resistance Band Box – Choose Between 5 Levels
- Physioroom.com Exercise Band Loop Extra Strong – Pack Of 5
- Physioroom.com Resistance Band – Latex Band Medium – Pack Of 10
Practical Application Of Exercise Bands
Exercise bands really can be applied to almost any exercise which you can think of. For obvious reasons, they cannot all be considered within this article. Instead, we've selected a key upper body, lower body and core exercise example to give you an idea of how simple and effective they are.
Without further ado, and in no particular order, let us consider the first of three exercise examples:
The Press Up
This exercise is primarily utilised to target the chest and triceps region.
- Holding the exercise band in both hands, position the band over your upper back.
- Lie face down on the floor with your hands slightly wider than shoulder width.
- Raise your body off the floor by extending your arms, whilst keeping your torso straight.
- To execute this movement, lower your body to the floor by bending your arms.
- At the bottom of the movement, push your body up until your arms are extended.
The Squat
This exercise is primarily utilised to target the thigh and gluteal region.
- Position the exercise band under your feet and grasp the ends in both hands.
- Squat down by bending the knees forwards whilst the hip drops backwards.
- Keep your back rigid and your knees facing forwards at all times.
- Continue to decline until your thighs are just parallel to the floor.
- Squat up by extending your knees and hips until your legs are straight.
The Sit Up
This exercise is primarily utilised to target the abdominal region.
- Position the exercise band behind you attached to a secure and stable fitting.
- Lie flat on your back with the band in both hands behind you.
- Place your hands either side of your head and position your knees bent.
- To execute, flex at the waist and raise your torso off of the floor towards your knees.
- Return back until your shoulders make contact with the floor.
Final Word
So there you have it, the benefits of exercise bands and their practical application within a health and fitness setting. The purpose of this article was not only to provide you with a viable alternative to gyms, but to also effectively demonstrate how easy and accessible health and fitness can be to all individuals.
Ultimately, exercise bands negate two of the biggest obstacles individuals face when it comes to exercising regularly: time and money. Although it's nice to be able to visit a gym that offers the latest equipment, this is not the be all and end all. Furthermore, it does not necessarily equate to a better workout session.
For example, one of the most intense sessions I've ever completed was undertaken in a below par university gym, utilising exercise bands and body weight for the majority of the session.
Exercise bands allow you to bring the gym to you, saving both time and money, whilst making the most of the situation you find yourself in. With all this in mind, next time you find yourself in a hotel room with a free hour or two before your next business meeting, make sure you've packed your exercise band.


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With both national and international bodies focusing on hospitals to control energy usage, Crothall is contending with these potential changes by launching two initiatives this fall. First, they are conducting a full survey of the energy and utility uses of their entire customer base. Coinciding with the analysis, they are introducing their GreenChoices program to raise awareness about available sustainable options.
(PRWEB) October 2, 2009 -- Change is coming to hospitals. Legislation in Congress and recent reports from both the U.S. Department of Energy and the World Health Organization specifically target healthcare facilities as wasteful energy consumers. Crothall Services Group is aggressively responding to potential governmental regulations by launching two initiatives this autumn: first, conducting a full survey of the utility uses of all maintenance customers and, second, introducing their GreenChoices program to raise awareness about current green options.
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Under Florida law, Murder 2 is the most serious crime that can be charged by a prosecutor's information. Many times, it is charged before the prosecutor goes to a grand jury for a charge of Murder 1. I believe prosecutor Corey, who is operating from outside that judicial circuit, may not have trusted a Seminole County grand jury with an indictment. Traditionally, grand juries will bring a true bill against a ham sandwich, but in this case, the ham sandwich may have a certain amount of public sentiment on his side. In any case, he may have turned himself in as part of a deal for a Murder 2 charge (if he has the sense)
Special prosecutor Angela Corey has announced that George Zimmerman has been charged with murder in the second degree, and 45 days after his murder Trayvon Martin will finally a chance at justice.
Special prosecutor Corey prefaced her announcement of charges against Zimmerman by saying that cases should be tried not in the courts of media or public opinion. Corey then announced that Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder. She reminded the world that the constitutional victim here is Trayvon Martin. The special prosecutor said that George Zimmerman turned himself in. Corey found that that the killing of Trayvon Martin was not an excusable or justifiable homicide.
What the announcement by the special prosecutor revealed was that investigators weren't able to verify George Zimmerman's story as fact. This is the first step in getting justice for the killing of Trayvon Martin, but will getting Zimmerman charged be enough? George Zimmerman does remain innocent until proven guilty, but will the supporters of Trayvon Martin feel like justice has been served if George Zimmerman is found not guilty? Do the charges against Zimmerman merely raise the stakes?
Zimmerman's recent behavior, starting a website, raising money, and the PR offensive makes a lot more sense now that he has been formally charged. George Zimmerman had to know that these charges were coming. It won't take the political hucksters on the right long to cry out that a miscarriage of justice is being carried out against George Zimmerman. The right wing offensive against President Obama is certain to reach a fevered pitch. The howls of Obama racism got George Zimmerman charged will soon be echoed high and low from every Fox News and talk radio microphone.
The right's politicization of this case has turned what was going to a high profile trial into a racial powder keg. A horrible senseless homicide has become a case with national implications, but while the hate mongers and their candidates try to win votes by playing to the darkest elements of our national psyche, we must not forget that what happened 45 days ago has noting to do with a hoodie or President Obama. What really matters is getting justice for the killing of Trayvon Martin.


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Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media's children's division has set up an International Research Department and promoted François Vallerian to Vice President, Marketing Research, Zodiak Kids from his previous position as Marathon Media's Research Manager.
The Research Lab will provide market information to all Zodiak Kids production companies including Marathon Media (Totally Spies, Redakai), Tele Images Productions (The Basketeers, Extreme Football), The Foundation (Waybuloo, Mister Maker), Zodiak Active (The Qpiz), as well as to its international sales and licensing teams.
The research unit will focus on three different areas:
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Commission qualitative and quantitative studies with kids in Europe and North America.
The surveys, conducted by independent institutes, will assess Zodiak Kids' new developments in order to help creative teams adhere to kids' expectations, and also assess the sales potential of its current productions in key territories.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Track the performance of Zodiak's shows worldwide for its sales team.
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Monitor key market trends worldwide:
International property launches, audience hits, changes in kids' expectations, developing themes, emerging genres, and changes in interactivity, as well as taking a broader look at the evolving relationship between kids & families and media & leisure activities.
François Vallerian takes the helm of the department as VP Marketing Research Zodiak Kids, in addition to his role as Marathon Media's Marketing & Research Manager. Based in Paris, he will work closely with the board of Zodiak Kids: Matthew Frank (CEO, Zodiak Rights), Karen Vermeulen (SVP Global Sales & Co-productions, Kids & Family), Vincent Chalvon Demersay (CEO, Marathon Media & Chief Strategy Officer, Zodiak Media), David Michel (General Manager, Marathon Media & SVP, Marketing Zodiak Media), Philippe Alessandri (CEO, Tele Images Productions), and Nigel Pickard (CEO, The Foundation).
Before joining Marathon Media in 2009 as Research Manager, François Vallerian worked at M6's Research unit for four years, where he was in charge of analysing international audience results and monitoring kids studies.
One of the first surveys commissioned by the new Research Lab was an online panel conducted in the USA on the animated series The Basketeers, produced by Tele Images Productions for M6, by Harris Interactive and Aloa Consulting. The panel revealed excellent results among children 6-11: 77% of them liked the show, and 85% of them judged The Basketeers to be "very different from what they know". They appreciated the mix of action, adventure, basketball and comedy that, according to 65% of them, appeals to girls just as much as boys. These results are very encouraging for sales of the programme in the US.


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Massive Re-Accumulation in Exxon Mobile
When the big boys buy, the do so with a strategy, they execute a game plan, undergo a campaign.
If you think D-Day 1945 6th June was well planned, then you have an idea how the large players approach the accumulation of their favorite stocks.
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On Assignment: Stainless Steel and Cookies
The assignment was to shoot the winners of the holiday cookie bake-off for the food section at The Sun.
The cookies were all non-reflective and textured, ranging from light sugar cookies to dark ginger snaps. The page designer had chosen as her backdrop a shiny, stainless steel tray. To further expand my range of surfaces, she put the cookies in highly reflective foil baking cups.
This brings up an interesting exercise in light control. The cookies are going to eat the light. The steel is going to reflect it in a predictable manner. The foil cups are going to reflect back every light source in the room.
Before I get into the idea of double diffusion, lets back up to the concept of seeing the light source from the subject's perspective.
If you remember, it's the apparent size of the light source that matters. If you are unfamiliar with this concept, go back to the Dohrn piece to bone up.
Here is the lighting setup. Imagine for a sec that you are a cookie on the tray and that the diffusion material (the translucent sheet tented over the cookies) is not there.
When you look up from the tray, you are going to see a big softbox. I was in the studio, and needed mucho watt-seconds for lots of depth of field, so I was using a Profoto head in a softbox.
This softbox, coming from the top of the frame, is going to define the texture of the cookie as it lights it. All nice and smooth - no problems there.
Now, imagine you are the stainless steel platter. Not only are you going to see the big light source, but you are going to do something extra that the cookies do not do. You are going to reflect it right into the camera like a mirror.
And if the photographer gets out of the line of sight of the reflection, the tray will appear black. Not good.
But technically, the reflection of the softbox is not really a problem for the camera. It looks pretty cool, actually.
The problem comes where, on the steel tray, the reflection abruptly stops. We are talking about a near mirror-like surface, after all.
Again, remembering that you are still the stainless steel platter, try to imagine what you would see if the photographer stuck a sheet of diffusion material - in this case, Rosco Tuff Frost - between you and the light source.
You still reflect everything, and you are gonna throw back that softbox at the camera.
But now, instead of a sharp line where the softbox abruptly stops (within your field of view) you have a fuzzy, diffused edge to the light source. (Think of a window behind a shower curtain if it helps.)
Mind you, your reflective properties have not changed. And you are still going to throw back a faithful reflection of the light source. But the diffusion material has altered the appearance of the light source. So it has altered the reflection you are going to throw into the camera.
The final effect, from the camera's point of view, is to radically alter the apparent surface quality of the stainless steel. It is as if I had sprayed the tray with a dulling matte spray.
The quality of the light on the cookies is unaffected. They just need big, soft and directional. So they are happy.
(Hey, how could they not be happy? They are cookies. Everybody likes cookies.)
So now that we have tamed the (predictable) reflections in the stainless steel, what about the more complicated reflections in the foil?
Well, turns out this is pretty good solution for the foil, too.
You have a big apparent light source - the diffusion sheet itself. Which means that the light is spread out over a large area, so the intensity of the reflection will be modest and easy to manage, tonally speaking.
But also, the edges of the apparent light source are nice and fuzzy. So the reflections (technically, they are called "specular highlights") will have smooth transitions at the edges, too.
Let's back up now.
What we have is one hard light. We diffused it with a softbox to make a broad source. Then we diffused that with a sheet of translucent material to control the apparent edges of the broad light source.
Sounds more complicated that it is. Just look at the setup shoot, imagine you are the tray, and it should all make sense.
Here's the cookie photo at 1024-res, so you can see the light reflections - especially the transitions - more closely. That stainless steel looks like stainless steel should.
On a much sadder note, I had grand expectations for one important aspect of this shoot that went unmet. Tragically, while the cookies looked very good, they had been judged about a week before. So they were terribly stale.
So, all things taken into consideration, I would have to give this session very mixed reviews.
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Jerry Lewis
David Thomson on Films: 'Sweet Smell of Success'
April 01, 2011
Nobody had seen or heard anything like the first half of Sweet Smell of Success in 1957. It wasn't just the way the picture went out onto the streets and into the bars of Manhattan, letting cameraman James Wong Howe get his best stuff at dawn and twilight. Film noir had made hay with darkness for ten years, but still, you didn't get a lot of real night in American pictures.
A Limited Defense of Jerry Lewis
September 04, 2010
First, I would like to apologize for bringing up Jerry Lewis on Labor Day weekend, when most of us who fail to derive voyeuristic pleasure from the deranged spectacle of his annual telethon are doing our best to avoid him. In saying that, I mean not to derogate the Muscular Distrophy Association, of course.
Profit Sharing
September 06, 2004
The scene has unfolded at least a dozen times over the past year. In some huge sports arena in a large U.S. city, a second-tier pop singer performs a series of patriotic anthems. After a pause, a burst of horns and the gossamer voice of Frank Sinatra fills the stadium. Start spreading the news ... A maelstrom of red, white, and blue confetti fills the air. Now, a roar surges through the crowd--Rudolph Giuliani has come into view. The standing ovation that greets him might last for a full minute before Giuliani finally cuts it off.
The Rescuer
October 28, 2002
A Race Against Death: Peter Bergson, America, and the Holocaust by David S. Wyman and Rafael Medoff (The New Press, 269 pp., $26.95) Twenty-five years ago, while researching Holocaust history for the Joint Distribution Committee in New York, and as I was preparing to immigrate to Israel, I came across a clipping from The New York Times from 1936.


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Paul Ryan Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the VP Candidate
We're going beyond the horse race and gathering the best stories out there on Congressman Ryan and his positions.
Editor's note: This post was first published Aug. 11, 2012. It was corrected Aug. 12 and updated with new material Aug. 15 and Oct. 11.
Tweet #RyanReads We've had several days to get to know Rep. Paul Ryan on the campaign trail, which means we've also had more time to review Ryan's voting record. We've compiled a few more stories below -- please keep your suggestions coming in the comments or tag them on Twitter with #RyanReads.
Paul Ryan's voting record: Big-spending conservatism, Politico, August 2012
Politico scrubs Ryan's voting record to see how his votes line up with his budget-cutting ways and finds that while he generally takes the party line, he has backed big-ticket legislation including the $700 billion TARP bailout, the 2003 Medicare prescription drug package and Alaska's notorious "Bridge to Nowhere."
Ryan's non-budget votes, Washington Post, August 2012
Most of the focus on Ryan has been on the congressman's much-debated budget. But Washington Post's Wonkblog tallies at least 71 bills or amendments that Ryan has sponsored in his Congressional career. An overview of legislation Ryan has sponsored on issues such as Social Security, health care, and presidential veto powers as well as Ryan's complete voting record from Project Vote Smart.
What is Paul Ryan worth?, Huffington Post, August 2012
Paul Ryan's average net worth has grown since he was elected, from $382,865 in 1999 to $4.9 million in 2011, according to calculations by The Huffington Post's Paul Blumenthal. But that growth had little to do with his political influence and more to do with his marriage to wealthy Washington lobbyist Janna Little.
Want help going beyond the horse race? We're gathering the best stories out there on Congressman Paul Ryan, his positions, and his background. Have other stories to share?
Fussbudget, The New Yorker, August 2012
This sweeping profile is a great introduction to Paul Ryan and his politics. Starting in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin, it lays out the evolution of Ryan's economic beliefs, and his rise through the G.O.P – from his early affinity to Ayn Rand to failed attempts at privatizing Social Security, to his Path to Prosperity budget plan, which would make radical changes in Medicaid and other social programs. The article also looks at the ways that federal-funded projects have helped Ryan's hometown--and notes that Ryan's plan "would drastically reduce the parts of the budget" that are funding exactly these kinds of projects.
Ryan shines as GOP seeks vision, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 2009
A broad look at Ryan from his home-state paper at a time when Ryan's national profile was on the rise. Ryan discusses, among other things, how having gay friends led him to break with his party on a gay rights bill in Congress and his "real passion" -- bowhunting.
The Legendary Paul Ryan, New York Magazine, April 2012
A look at how the Republican party rallied around Ryan's "Path to Prosperity," putting the newcomer's fiscal agenda at the center of the 2012 presidential campaign well before voters had even chosen Romney as their Republican nominee.
On the paradox of Paul Ryan, The American Conservative, April 2012
What does Mitt Romney gain from Paul Ryan? Romney may be betting on a boost from conservatives who view Ryan as a hero for his aggressive stance on entitlements and federal spending, but as W. James Antle III points out, that may not be enough to win over grassroots conservatives. Antle writes that despite his anti-entitlements campaign, Ryan's voting record "more closely resembles that of the Republicans who have lost to Tea Party primary challengers than that of a ruthless government-cutter."
Man with a Plan, Weekly Standard, July 2012
The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes wrote a favorable profileof Ryan in July in the midst of veep buzz. The piece traces his entire career with a particular focus on how, in recent years, Ryan became "the intellectual leader of the Republican party."
How Important is Altas Shrugged author Ayn Rand to Paul's political philosophy? The Atlas Society, April 2012
In a 2005 speech to the Atlas Society, Paul said, "The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand...you can't find another thinker or writer who did a better job of describing and laying out the moral case for capitalism." According to the excerpts and audio of his speech posted on the society's website, he also said that Rand was "required reading" for his interns and staff. But recently, Ryan has said while he had read Rand's novels when he was young, his supposed obsession with her was "an urban legend." "I reject her philosophy," Ryan told Robert Costa at National Review in April. "It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview."
A Closer Look at Ryan's Budget Roadmaps, The New York Times, August 2012
As part of an in-depth look at Ryan's polarizing House Republican budget plan, the New York Times highlights two studies of how the plan would affect Americans. One, a long-term analysis by the Congressional Budget Office of some of Ryan's suggested changes to Medicare and Medicaid, found that, "Under the proposal, most elderly people who would be entitled to premium support payments would pay more for their health carethan they would pay under the current Medicare system." The other, a study by the Tax Policy Centerof the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, found that "the tax cuts in Paul Ryan's 2013 budget plan would result in huge benefits for high-income peopleand very modest—or no— benefits for low income working households."
What's Paul Ryan's foreign policy? Foreign Policy, April 2012
While Ryan has a limited record on international affairs, he has spoken about everything from how to handle China (less hawkishly than Romney) to getting cosier with rising powers India and Brazil. Foreign Policy's helpful overview says the overall picture that emerges is "a bit of a Rorschach test." Ryan says the U.S. should stay deeply engaged-- "America is the greatest force for human freedom the world has ever seen" -- while he has also called for cutting funding for U.S. international aid.
Where the Candidates Stand on Medicare and Medicaid, ProPublica, September 2012
Paul Ryan supports major Medicare reforms that "almost precisely" mirror Romney's, including the creation of a private marketplace where seniors would use federal vouchers to purchase health insurance – a change that would start in 2023. He also wants to repeal Obamacare (an idea not well received at his September speech to the AARP convention).
Obama, Romney, Ryan All Endorse Retraining for Jobless – But Are They Right?, ProPublica, October 2012
Ryan's hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin is a case study for a jobs strategy all candidates, including Ryan, endorse – retraining programs for the "long-term unemployed." However, the government hasn't collected comprehensive data on these programs since the recession. And when we did it, we found that the realities of retraining may not be as rosy as the politics.
Ryan's personal finances and connections
Ryan is wealthy--but not by Romney standards. The congressman reported 2011 assets valued at between $2.4 and $9.3 million, according to an Associated Press report looking at his recently filed financial disclosure form. The money is spread in small chunks over various stock investments and in business interests in Wisconsin and his wife's home state of Oklahoma. You can browse his assets here(.pdf). Ryan also filed an amendmentto his disclosure noting that his wife's mother died in 2010 and the family gained interest in a trust worth between $1 and $5 million.
Paul Ryan's Shrewd Budget Payday, Daily Beast, June 2011
The website takes a closer look at mining, mineral, and energy holdings owned by Ryan -- primarily in his wife's home state of Oklahoma -- and how they would be positively affected by Ryan's proposed tax policies. A Ryan spokesman told the Daily Beast: "These are properties that Congressman Ryan married into. It's not something he has a lot of control over." The piece also reports that relatives of Ryan have received federal farming subsidies.
Paul Ryan has got plenty of friends on K Street, Politico, August 2012
A brief look at the friends Ryan his wife Janna have made on K Street in their years in Washington, among them former Ohio congressman Mike Oxley (of Sarbanes-Oxley fame), who is now a lobbyist for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Janna Ryan, a tax attorney, herself worked as a lobbyist for PriceWaterhouseCooper, the article reports.
Ryan's Unlikely Alliance with Organized Labor Mother Jones, May 2011
Ryan's family construction business relies on union labor. "I grew up in organized labor," Ryan told the Milwaukee Magazine in 2005. "I have a lot of constituents who are in organized labor. I really do not have this 'us against them' mentality." As a congressman, Paul has worked closely with local union leaders and fought to protect the wages of construction workers. While many of his policy plans are directly opposed to what unions want, some unions have continued to support him. Over the course of his career, the Carpenters & Joiners Union has given him $57,500---only slightly less than he has received from Koch Industries, according to The Center for Responsive Politics.
Correction: This post originally said that the Mother Jones article was published in November 2012. It was actually published in May 2011.
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Here is WSJ's Big Interview video with Ryan since all the picks above are text based and not necessarily what Ryan is answering
The Big Interview With Paul Ryan (April 2012) http://live.wsj.com/video/the-big-interview-with-paul-ryan-april-2012/91540F46-B3C4-4843-A202-AECE3B3BC1D6.html
This guy's been in the House since 1999, don't you have anything from between then and 2009 when the earliest one of these pieces was published?
Hey, this story tells us more about Rep. Ryan than we know about o.ur president.
Tell us more about our current Presidents past! We know nothing????? He's hiding everything
Tommy so tell me what is President Obama hiding. Sounds to me like some conspiracy thinking here, is he a Muslim, was he born outside the US of A?
Have you considered doing a side by side comparison of the present administrations numbers are taking us versus Paul Ryans analysis. Could be interesting
Romney has a bllind trust and his wife buys $1000 blouses. Does anyone really believe Romney and co. can relate to and invigorate the middle class?
Jeff, you must be kidding. Pres. Obama has spent millions keeping all of his academic records sealed. Why? Best guess is that he was admitted as a foreign student. HTH.
see http://carolinacrimereport.com and learn about public corruption. We need Pres. Obama's continued leadership and empowerment of the FBI and U.S. attorneys to prosecute corrupt public officials, including judges.
Donna, please help me on whoyou consider to be the middle class.
Donna, please help me on who you consider to be the middle class.
Donna, how do you feel about Michelle Obama spending $6800 on a jacket for the Olympics? (Link below). At least Ann Romney spent her own money!
Here we go again, the President is hiding his academic records, blah, blah, blah. We know more about President Obama than Romney or Ryan. Romney won't show his tax returns, doesn't want to talk about Bain, his time as governor, or his policies for this country (as if he has any). But I can see why he chose Ryan as his VP pick, they both want to enact laws that will benefit their own wallets & the wallets of the other 1% er's. The people saying they know nothing about the POTUS is not because he's hiding anything, but rather you refuse to believe anything that doesn't come from Rush or Fox news.
Tony: Pres. Obama has spent millions keeping all of his academic records sealed. ? Why? He is a smart, very educated man.
He was admitted as a foreign student?
What if he were?
You, Tony, are simply nuts, repeating this kind of argument based on your ignorance.
Anyone who believes in Ayn Rand's philosophy is crazy. (Like she was.)
Tommy: to go on and on about Obama's hiding his academic records… you are showing your absolute stupidity and lack of education.
Check in with the mentally handicapped : they have more common sense than you do.
Tony- George W. Bush academic records sealed. military records "lost." had most post 9/11 meetings at the off limits texas ranch- including holding hands with Saudi prince. how was your conspiracy radar workin' back then?
I meant this to go to Tony, as well:
to go on and on about Obama's hiding his academic records… you are showing your absolute stupidity and lack of education.
All those things are available for you to see online, if they are important to you.
I wonder though, because I really think that you won't know what to do with the information and understand what any of it means, your having barely a high-school certificate?
Check in with the mentally handicapped : they have more common sense than you do.
"early affinity to Ayn Rand…"
That should be "early affinity for Ayn Rand…"
What Paul Ryan has publicly said and written about the influence of Ayn Rand on his thinking is not going to be good for him and Romney in this election. Having said that her writing is what got him into politics; having stated that he requires his staffers to read Ayn Rand; having had Catholic priests condemn his budget as inhumane; having stated that Rand (not the Bible or the Consitution or anything else) was his major influence in writing the budget. Obama and Biden could very easily just mention these and then offer a few ridiculous quotes from Rand to show the public how extreme he is… Dividing the world into two extremes and pitting the "makers" versus the "takers" against one another, Ayn Rand and her evangelists are as guilty of class warfare as anyone else could be.
Mary, please supply a url where I can see the president's academic records.
I have a Ph.D. from Stanford in economics. Good enough, or do I have to point you to my entire cv?
The rest of you are simply deluded. You have drunk the Kool-Aid(tm). More to be pitied than anything else.
why announce vp on a saturday? why agree to release another tax return and wait until just before the election, bringing the whole thing up again? why pick someone that benefited from soc. sec. that now wants to abolish it.. doesn't seem to be trying to win the election to me…
Tony Lima—why don't we do this. Have Mittens show us his tax returns—then the POTUS can show you birther nutbags his academic records.
Let us look at the Ryan record.
Did Ryan oppose any of the 7 GW Bush raisings of the National Debt limit?
Did Ryan seek any of the "irrefutable proofs" that Bush/Cheney and other neocoms said they had?
Does Ryan realize that most of the unemployment happened under the Bush/Cheney era when it was proven beyond a doubt that trickle down does not work, never has worked and will never work?
Does the Ryan economic plan help the wealthy at the expense of the middle and lower economic classes?
Did not Ryan advocate privitization of Medicare when it has been proven beyond a doubt that it costs the consumer far less than privitized medical care?
And finally Didn't Ryan vote in favor of fighting two wars on supplemental budgets? Didn't Ryan vote for giving the rich a huge tax cut, partially paid for from the inheritance Clinton left Bush? Didn't Ryan vote for a second unfunded tax cut, mostly to the wealthy? Didn't Ryan also vote for the Bush unfunded medication plan?
And finally, all of the above costly expenses were kicked down the road for another President to bail this country out of the chasm Republicans put us in.
Conservatives are and were going to vote for Romeny before his VP selection and still are. Why appeal to that side? Where is the beef?
Romney/Ryan/Rand…what a ticket.
The fact that Ryan can be seen as "moderate" by anybody shows how extremist things have gotten. The mainstream GOP is now making Reagan look like a liberal in comparison!
Ryan's selection was most likely heavily weighted to the distaff side by selling wife Janna as a doting Janesville 'mom' of 3 cute little kids. Janna is also a well-connected former Washington DC tax attorney who knows her way around the power-centers of the nation's Capital.
As for Obama grades, et al, he earned a BA from Columbia, worked a few years, then matriculated to Harvard Law. He edited the Harvard Law Review, partially based on his grades. He directed 80 student editors and graduated Magna Cum Laude. That's the next 10% of his class with GPA's as high as 4.749, just under Summa Cum Laude in arguably the nation's most prestigious law school. Almost nobody graduates Summa Cum Laude. In the last 60 years, only 4 faculty members have reached that rarefied status.
The president was also a research assistant for one of the most respected law professors in the country, constitutional scholar, Lawrence Tribe.
87, give or take, Nobel Laureates have graced the halls of the University of Chicago. The list includes Barack Obama. UC literally begged Obama to come on board and even provided him with his own office to write a book before he signed on. He was a 12-year Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Constitutional Law & 2 other courses according to UC's website. He was offered a full-time position as Law Professor, but declined.
Did UC Law get a peek at his academic records. You think?
I applaud the intellectual curiosity of the anti-Obama crowd. Use some of that energy to delve into Romney's worldwide (Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Ireland, Cayman Islands, The Bahamas) papering of money so as not to contribute taxes to this country he purports to love.
Drop him a line with this question - "Mitt, would you release all your tax returns since 2000?"
Go Dennis!
Seems like Paul Ryan has actually read the healthcare legislation. I find that encouraging. The questions he raises are worth thinking about. Is our current level of government spending sustainable, or not? Can health care costs and quality be increased by reducing trial lawyers influence, making insurance companies more competitive, motivating more doctor/patient responsibility etc. or not? Is it not reasonable to discuss his analysis without ad hominem attacks?
Ryan has stated that he does not agree with Ayn Rand's philosophy because it denies the existence of God and reduces man to a mere economic entity.
If it can be demonstrated that increasing capital gains and dividend taxes will hurt employment opportunities and decrease economic growth will "progressives" still insist on "fairness"?
Hey, Hugh! The middle-class CAN'T afford to pay $1000.00 for a blouse, much less $100.00! Especially since they have basically disappeared. THEY WERE the factory workers, the industry employees. With companies not wanting to pay more than a couple dollars an hour, they now have their factories in THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. Isn't it interesting that those SAME CEO's and COMPANY EXECUTIVES continue to make their ABSURD salaries? Yet, an employee making $20.00 an hour is too much?!
"Fiscal conservatives" state they want to be "realistic" and save money we do not have. Yet they do not hesitate to vote for two unfunded wars, medicare senior prescription benefits that do not allow the government to even negotiate the volume discounts that insurance companies are able to do. They were not complaining as George W. squandered the Clinton surplus. But now they are just trying to be realistic. What about the military budget items that even the military wants cut?
The basic tenet of supply-side economics, that more money to the rich will create investment and jobs for the society, does not make any sense to me. The rich already have wealth. That is the definition of rich. Why are they not investing those resources? Probably because there is limited demand because people will not spend when they are not employed or fearful of losing their jobs. The motivation for investment is whether there is a demand for the product or service in order to make a profit, not whether there are resources to invest.
As to the "birther" aguments.. What could be a more ridiculous argument? That there is a conspiracy from 1961 to mask the birth records of a black man in Hawaii in order to eventually become president? Who would have thought that a black man could be elected the president in 2002? Never mind in 1961, 4 years before the first civil rights legislation. Ask the fiscal conservatives what they and their parents thought of this possibility in 1961? Would this conspiracy not work better with the grandson of a US Senator and the son of wealthy oil man/ambassador/CIA director? They (whoever they are) would not be so foolhardy as to base their calculations on so many major changes in the society as have been seen in the president's lifetime.
Dennis Shreefer, thanks!
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So, "Ayn" Ryan is worries about debt. Any stories we can read about how much he's added to it with his votes, or with personal benefits? He did vote for two unfunded wars, two borrowed tax "cuts," and the unfunded prescription drug bill. That's about five trillion.
And since Tony is worried about the President's preschool report card, when will we know more about Bishop Willard's alleged cover up of church related sex abuse, his financial ties to Salvadoran death squads, his Swiss bank accounts, and his tax cheating?
One small addition to romney's list of questionable judgments… In setting up Bain Capital Romney sought funding from several wealthy Salvadorean families, some of which both the LA Times and the Boston Globe, as well as the NYT have reported as having ties to death squads. Romney claims the individuals were vetted, but the family connections are well documented. Some of these families still benefit from their investment in Bain. Romney has spoken publicly about the victims of leftist violence in Latin America, but UN investigations of many instances of violence in the political turmoil found that 85% of the incidents investigated could to be attributed to right wing paramilitaries, while 5% to leftists. Romney is the quintessential 1%er supporting the darker aspects of globalization and the Washington Consensus.
I witnessed on TV when Romney last Saturday introduced his VP: and now let me introduce the next president of the United States Paul Ryan"
Then Mitt hopped off the stage and Ryan started his stump speech seemlessly without any explanation that he is looking forward to being the VP ( not the P)
Then Ryan got off the stage after 15 minutes or so like an eternity and then Mit hopped back on and corrected himself and then the media doggies all chimed in that Obama had done the same mistake. NOT SO FAST
Take a look at what Obama said in 2008:
Obama was thinking on his feet and corrected himself instantly but Romney had to lead by his handlers and Ryan never helped at all which is what the VP is supposed to do.
So who do you think you want to vote for to run this country?
Amazing that we still have birthers out there looking like silly mush brains. And they can read. Oh how they can pivot to avoid the obvious. Sad,though.
The wealthiest (Corp. & Indiv. tax gainers) absolutely are loving this mini distraction fueled by the media. As long as we all stay distracted among ourselves, they will get their way. Social issues are the thing of entertainment and distraction. Women's rights, education, voter suppression, teacher bashing. So emotional.
Control over the Way & Means Committee and the Senate will guarantee ever increasing wealth. That's all that counts.
America's Choice: crony Social Darwinism versus crony Socialism:
Romney please, show your 10 years income tax if there is nothing to hide.
Ryan: please, your plan for medicare and social security is insensitive and selfish. Telling the people that only will affect people below 55 years old is selfish. I won't affect me, but if will affect my children and grandchildren that will only receive a voucher and when the money is gone here comes the "street for the old ones" I don't know you; but I also want my children and grandchildren could have security when they grow old after contributing all their lives to the system.l And I don't want any private company profiting in social security money paid by hard working Americans. Thanks, but no thanks Ryan.
Thanks Propublica for the indepth article on Paul Ryan. So many of the comments are highly emotional and lack civility. Laced with a few thoughtful and logical comments, thank goodness. You loose any credibility when you resort to personal attacks. Middle Americans are fed up with shallow media. To discuss the cost of certain peoples clothing and other personal attacks will not work as the over kill of the last election has caused many to cancel their newspapers and turn off television. If President Obama does not resort to defending his record and continues the personal attack politicking he deserves to loose. Remember it is media that laughs all the way to the bank at election time. Reckless hate baiting on all sides is unacceptable.
Pepper, Obama has endured eight years of nothing but personal attacks on his character. Now, he is just suppose to play nice? I would rather have him do that than roll over and let the right wing and their draconian cuts and budget proposals coupled with tax cuts for the wealthy finish destroying this countries solvency.
14 years of congressional service, and exactly 2 pieces of legislation passed. Two. In 14 years. Before that he drove an Oscar Mayer Weiner mobile. This is preparation? Never mind the "I think a post apocolyptic writer that hated social programs and died cashing SS checks and accepting Medicare for cancer treatment" is his hero crap. This guy appeals to the lunatic fringe. He's anti senior, anti education and anti woman. What on earth was Romney thinking? Did he not realize that elections are won in the moderate middle? Guess not.
Max Baucus—Chair Senate Finance Comm—70% poll for Public option—
Bill hit his comm—- first act—removed public option for debate
shocked me—I trusted him. Zap. Report=he had $1,900,00 in his campaign kitty from health care industry..
The millions spent by thousands of Lobbyists expect favors. Buy them.
We need a Washington revolution and kick all out
Obama lost me with Gay Marriage. Totally disgusted. I am in a position I trust no one in Washington. I know few are very good but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ BUYS ANYONE
NYT had superb article on Wall Street employees going into many many many government jobs in Congress and White House
They left for a much lower paying job.
Conclusion—Wall Street biggies are placing them in positions to make decisions for Wall Street.
Pay under table or? Many have done this. Worked in Wash for few years then back to Wall street into a higher paying job
This is sad sad. RULES MUST CHANGE
NYT had article on Interconnectivity between Board Of Directors in WSA firms
You vote for my pay+pension I vote for yours
5 big banks own 50% of deposits in 7000 banks and 10 own 80%
Restate Glass Steagall—-separate Casinos from local banks
County Banking Systems—local wealth kept local to create more local wealth and jobs
WASHINGTON SOLUTIONS (Congress + White House)
Requires overturning Corp is a person
1. fed fund election—6 mos-3 primary 3 general—free equal tv time—debate a week=12=adequate to evaluate candidates NO $$ =O
2. Since they will not need campaign funds Ban them from receiving anything of a financial value this closes K St.
3. Progressive Flat Tax by group—We have the income to pay our way-do it
We rank #2 as lowest taxed in OECD nations. We have an income of $14,00 billion yet tax 2400 and borrow 1300. Dumb?
Wow, I haven't seen this much petty name-calling since junior high. I can see this election will be conducted entirely rationally, with vocabulary like "mushbrains," "nutjobs," and insinuations of mental capacity and honesty.
You wonder why the rest of the world makes fun of us? You're fighting over which politician has a greater right to secrecy about his past, which should be trusted with more blind faith.
Here's the thing: Both Romney and Obama deliberately and loudly belittle any attempt to investigate their past, and refuse to put rumors to rest, even when they could easily do so. Why would any American even consider supporting such a person to lead a republic?
(As far as the "birther" thing goes, why shouldn't every candidate prove his eligibility? You or I are required to divulge such things at many companies by law, so why shouldn't we hundred billion hiring managers get the same—in 2008, for both Obama and McCain? Both have questions revolving around their "natural citizenship," after all. Or do we not care if the only three requirements for the job are met?)
Yeah, I know. I'm a stupid-head and my mom's really fat. Well played!
Way to go, John. I could say more, but I wouldn't risk the impact of your comments.
Want Jobs Hire Democrats
Net New Jobs Per Year
Rounded numbers
Wall Street Journal 1-19-09
Ford———- 745,000
Bush I——- 625,000
Eisenhower 438,000
Bush II—— 375,000
Per Day In Office
Democrat—-10,125 Days
Republican-13,149 Days
Jobs per day
Carter + Clinotn got 222,000 per month in 12
Three R in TWenty—1980-2009 got 99,000
Here is Paul Ryan's voting record. Kinda important, because it is the only thing that tells us what he'll do, and not what he says:
From the Republican Liberty Caucus of Wisconsin, the page from the site was taken down on Aug 11, 2012.
Paul Ryan on Bailouts and Government Stimuli
-Voted YES on TARP (2008)
-Voted YES on Economic Stimulus HR 5140 (2008)
-Voted YES on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler. (Dec 2008)
-Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending. (Jul 2009)
Paul Ryan on Entitlement Programs
-Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
-Voted YES on providing $70 million for Section 8 Housing vouchers. (Jun 2006)
-Voted YES on Head Start Act (2007)
-Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. (Oct 2008)
Paul Ryan on Education
-Voted YES on No Child Left Behind Act (2001)
Paul Ryan on Civil Liberties
-Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists. (Feb 2005)
-Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
-Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant. (Sep 2006)
Paul Ryan on War and Intervention Abroad
-Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)
-Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
-Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)
-Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days. (May 2007)
Paul Ryan is probably a plus for the democrats, since—apart from the medicare, etc,-he's also on the extreme right of Americans on social issues. If his wife was a victim of a sex crime, he's in favor of having the child. Reminds one of first George v. the Duke. In reverse.
I appreciate your political savvy , backed up with pertinent articles. As you seem to be. As we would like to
They are very helpful to those of us who are not as knowledgeable as we would like to be. However I would appreciate it even more. If you were not insulting . The letters to the University Of Chicago as written by alumni of their magazine, can be arrogant and pedantic in their correction of grammar and spelling. This not a sign of their education
.only their elitism. Let's not fall into this trap and be respectful when we disagree with each other. can you tell I'm a former Montessori teacher?
Thank you for the helpful list of articles on Ryan for those who feel important issues beg researched opinion. Of course your list is not a complete—who has time, and other resources do exist. What has astonished me is the veniality of most comments. Perhaps an option to vote a comment good, bad or inappropriate would enhance this site.
Sadly, only a few readers referred to any of the articles listed; most took space to opine, often ignoring civility. We should each examine our own reactions and opinions. What is triggering such emotions, even rage frequently shown above? Fear of the other? the unknown?
Paul Ryan and Human Rights; Joanne Mariner at The Verdict, 8/13/12
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1975 AMC Pacer "X" with original two-tone tan/brown finish. This car is amazingly original with only 80,000 miles.
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Good, Bad, Ugly: Coolest auction ever
The people at Bonhams and Goodman in Australia were a little behind the ball, when they sent out the press release for a sale in Australia this coming weekend. With only a day's notice, we don't exactly have time to get it into print. on November 19. But we're glad they did, since the sale of a private collection contains over 150 cars from 12 countries, most of them the sort of oddball 1970s and '80s stuff you never, ever see. I don't know who this guy is, or was, but he's my kind of guy. Bonham's says it's the largest private collection ever sold in Australia.
Most of the cars are low mileage, and in Australia, rust isn't an issue. In fact, they've all been stored in a climate-controlled warehouse, and many of them haven't been driven in a couple of decades. Sure they'll need new hoses and tires, and there may be a certain amount of gunk in the fuel lines, but we guarantee these cars worth having. For those of us not interested in bidding sight-unseen, they're still worth a look. Take a look at some highlights, then head over to Bonhams for the full listing.
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Utah football: Secondary stepping it up for Utes
Utah corner Conroy Black knows UCLA is a run-first team, but he hopes Bruins quarterback Kevin Price will test him and his Utah teammates a time or two.
"We do have a chip on our shoulder," he said. "People doubt us, so it's another opportunity to show what we can do."
While Black might have to be patient in waiting for those chances, since the Bruins run almost 65 percent of the time, his eagerness is a testament to the confidence in which Utah's secondary is playing.
Once the big question mark among Utah's defenders, the secondary feels it can hold up its share of the load. The Utes' defensive strength still lies in their run defense and pass rush, but Utah's secondary has done a nice job of getting turnovers and improving its pass coverage.
The Utes rank 27th nationally in pass efficiency (117.06), 15th in interceptions (12) and 87th in passing defense (244.78).
Those numbers aren't bad for a group that was more in rebuilding mode than any other area on the defense, with the Utes losing key players Justin Taplin-Ross and Brandon Burton.
The Utes also had the challenge of preparing for the pass-happy Pac-12 while they hammered out a depth chart.
"We knew going into the season we had a lot of talent there, but they had to develop," Utah defensive coordinator Kalani Sitake said. "There are still some areas where they need to improve and there are three games left, but they've stepped up to the challenge and are good competitors."
The Utes' improvement has come despite losing one of their best players, safety Keith McGill, for the season with a shoulder injury.
Losing him led to the Utes' decision to move Brian Blechen, a freshman All-American a year ago, back to safety after he started the year as a linebacker.
Blechen, who has started the past five games at strong safety, has thrived once again and is second on the team in tackles with 54. He also has two interceptions, a forced fumble and a pass breakup.
The Utes originally moved Blechen to linebacker after he put on a bunch of muscle in the summer and they feared he'd be too slow. However, if anything, Blechen said he feels quicker than a year ago.
"I'm more confident, so I make decisions quicker," he said.
Having Blechen back in the secondary has made the rest of the players better too, Black said.
"I played with him last year, so I knew he was a great football player," he said. "He is a hard hitter, physical player, and that gives us all confidence."
Black, the starting right corner, has been solid all year. One of his two interceptions this season came in the fourth quarter against Arizona, one that coach Kyle Whittingham called the play of the game.
"They are starting to play well as a whole," Whittingham said. "They are playing with the passion and energy we need."
The Utes have also seen the emergence of two promising players in freshman Eric Rowe and junior Mo Lee.
Lee, a converted receiver, has 23 of his 25 total tackles and all four of his pass breakups in his past five games.
"He continues to get better," said Whittingham, who was obviously pleased at yet another successful conversion of an offensive player to the defense. "He was one of the guys who had the least experience with us, and he has done a nice job of getting up to speed."
Black hopes he and his teammates get a chance to show again how they're all up to speed.
"You can get lulled to sleep playing a run, run, run team," Black said. "But that is where the great corners play with good eyes and technical skills. If you do your job and keep your eyes on your man, once you do that, the play action will never fool you."
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