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Each bout is basically in 4 parts with hype before and in between rounds. The first round is for "grappling" where the combatants wrestle for points then round two is for "striking" where the duo kick box for points. Next up, after the victor is determined, the winner sucks and fucks the "prize" inside the octagon-shaped ring with plenty of solid wide angle shots that often include the 'Battle Bang' logo somewhere in frame on the mat, wall, or equipment. Next up, the loser has a suck and fuck encounter with the "punishment" on blue mats in a different location. These fights between the porn studs were nothing special but the sex scenes that follow are just fine and worth a look for the most part.
Bout 1---The Prize: MULANI RIVERA---The Punishment: STACY ADAMS
Sexy, busty, beautiful Mulani lands in the ring with Marco Rivera after his victory. In a green bikini, she drops to her knees for blowjob action. After twat sucking, Mulani rides cowgirl then reverse cowgirl; Marco holds her ankles during a mishing that leads to a massive cumshot load dropped on her chest. Nice after-suck moments---!!!!
Big, black and busty, Stacy lands the loser John Espizedo for action on the blue mats. Straight sex positions echo the other scene with terrific titty fucking. Stacy shines when she rides reverse cowgirl then leans forward to hold John's ankles for quite a ride. Good scene---!!! 1/2
Bout 2---The Prize: JESSICA MOORE---The Punishment: THE MINXXX
Blonde Hungarian, Jessica had hope for a Tyler Knight victory but had to settle for the winner, Derrick Pierce. The duo engage in solid upright action inside the ring with doggy and doggy with Jessica's leg up in the air. Derrick holds her hands during reverse cow then Jessica's legs spread doggy is terrific. Side stuff leads to a facial---!!! 1/2
The Minxxx with her supersized titties gets her boobs sprayed down with oil from the bout's loser, Tyler Knight. The Minxxx had teased the combatants with a dildo that she had carried around outside the ring but the shlong never makes an appearance in this scene that actually seemed rather tender thanks to Tyler, who does a fine job working with the b/b/w. Titty fuck moments make The Minxxx sweat then Tyler puts her through a variety of straight sex positions that lead to a cumshot dropped on her massive right tit. Solid action---!!!
Extras include a cumshot loop, bj loop, sex loop, strip downs, fights only function and 3 trailers. The strip downs are solid with 16 minutes of footage not included in the main feature.
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Prosecutors say no charges will be filed in the case of a Rogers high school student suspended over a Twitter post about a teacher.
The Hennepin County attorney's office said there is insufficient evidence of a criminal offense.
Reid Sagehorn, 17, an honor roll student and a football and basketball team captain at Rogers High School, was suspended until April 22 because of the tweet.
Sagehorn was suspended after he recently responded to an anonymous post online that said he was seen kissing a female gym teacher, according to the teen's father, Curt Sagehorn. The younger Sagehorn tweeted, "Actually, yes," in response to the rumor post, which his father said was meant to be sarcastic.
Elk River Area School District Superintendent Mark Bezek has said Sagehorn violated the district's code of conduct for social media. Bezek did not immediately return a phone message left at his office Friday afternoon.
Ron Rosenbaum, one of the attorneys for Sagehorn's family, said Friday the family is relieved there will be no criminal charges. But Rosenbaum said the family is concerned about damage to their son's reputation.
"They've asked me the question, 'Where does Reid go to get his good name back?' And I don't know what to tell them," Rosenbaum said. He said Sagehorn is now attending another school.
Students have rallied at Rogers High School to reinstate the senior, saying his suspension is an overreaction to the tweet.
Rogers Police Chief Jeff Beahen, who referred the case to the Hennepin County attorney's office for review, said Friday he respects the prosecutor's decision. While a police investigation found no relationship between Sagehorn and the teacher, Beahen said the woman was upset by the allegation and felt victimized.
"Whether you're kidding or joking around, you've got to be very careful when you imply something like that, because it has consequences," Beahen said. "Let's remember there's someone who's been hurt or harmed by this, meaning the teacher."

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KerryG 7 years
The environment is my #1, because if we don't have a livable planet, everything else becomes irrelevant. I also think a lot of the other issues most important to me, like the economy and foreign policy, are intimately connected to environmental issues. We urgently need to reduce our dependence on oil - foreign AND domestic - if we're ever going to get out of these messes we're in.
MandyJoBo 7 years
Health care. I think if we get our country healthy, other things will fall into place.
Cassandra57 7 years
This is really too oversimplified. Still, I'm surprised at how few people are concerned about national security. Am I the only one who remembers 9/11 and the aftermath? Without security, everything else pales in comparison. IMO border and immigration control are closely linked to national security. Health care is important, but I don't want the government involved. I've heard too many stories about national health programs. Fix the economy, stop off-shoring all the good jobs, cut taxes, and people can afford their own health care. (My parents didn't have the sort of insurance we have today; they paid cash.)
BRANDYNICOLE730 7 years
In not particular order: Health Care, Economy, Reproductive Rights, Environment, and Immigration. Too hard to choose a top choice.
starofsorrow 7 years
Exactly, kh61582. I may not be as heavily involved with politics as some people might be, but I DO pay attention, and I DO keep tabs on what politicians say/do whatever. I feel that it is a right that NEEDS to be exercised by everybody, by choosing to vote or not, and if they choose to vote, they should be aware of all the positions that the candidates might have, and understand what is going on. I HATE it when people say "oh, I'm supporting Clinton because she's a woman" or "I'm supporting Obama because he's black". Race doesn't matter. Gender doesn't even matter. What matters is HOW they can do their damn jobs. I'm just tired of all the racist and genderist comments. They should be focusing on why they're the BEST candidate to RUN for presidency, not whatever they've got appearance-wise.
designergirl 7 years
Of course, all issues matter. Health care and education are two of the most important issues for me. However, all the of the candidates address these issues unsatisfactorily to me. No has come up with a really great plan to address this concerns, in my opinion. Being from Texas, a lot of candidates' stances on immigration bother me because they seem to be conceived from mere ideology, not experience with the issue. Whoever becomes elected will have an enormous, potentially deciding influence on the status of abortion in this country, through their appointments in the Supreme Court. Because of this, I do feel that I cannot vote on a candidate that will ban abortion. I do not want the government involved in the decisions and choices I make with my own body. Of course all the issues matter, but in my pessimistic mood towards this country at the moment, I believe that much of issues will not be decided by the president or in the next election, except reproductive rights, which sems to have a higher possibility of changing.
melizzle 7 years
The economy. Taxation.
kh61582 7 years
I realize the majority of those who come to this site are women but the insinuation that women are suddenly supposed to perk up and pay attention because Hilary is running is insulting. That's what's wrong with this country. Everything and everyone is so "socially conscience". I've been into politics for years and I could care less if we have a women president or not. It's about who does the job best and Lord knows Hilary doesn't fit that bill and doesn't deserve anything just because she's a women.
Michelann 7 years
Meumitsuki, you're right about Ron Paul's position. As KathleenxCouture just said, he is personally pro-life, but believes abortion is not a federal issue and should be left to the states. I agree with him on that matter.
ellipsery 7 years
For me, personally, health care is number one. While I consider ALL of the issues above in my decision, I'm really worried about health care right now. I currently have a really terrible health care plan (I have to pay $100 for just one prescription that I NEED), and I have NO dental insurance -- I just can't afford it right now. I know that I have a tooth that is practically rotting out, but all I can do is make sure to keep it as clean as possible. I also need surgery on my gums, but I've had a rough two years; dental insurance just isn't in the budget.
KathleenxCouture 7 years
I voted Other because all of these issues are very important. To also reply to a comment left above: Yes Ron Paul is pro-life but although he disagrees with abortion, he will be leaving the ultimate choice up to the STATES. He is also leaving Gay rights up to the States and has said that he doesn't feel like it should be his decision ultimately to tell people how to live their own lives and although he disagrees with these things, he doesn't discriminate against people who want to do them. I think we need him, IMO he has the best insight on government and foreign affairs and he understands that people don't want the government to interfere with their life as much and he highly regards this attitude. I've done my research, and I'm Voting for ROn Paul, I think he would make the smartest and most citizen friendly choices, as well as help us regain our dignity as a country.
baltimoregal 7 years
Of course they're all important. But without education, the rest will get nowhere.
blondie01 7 years
they are all so important! I couldn't possibly just rank one
Kelly-O 7 years
Add me to the list of those who think there are multiple issues at hand, and we can't pick just one as the most important. That said, I chose the economy, since the other things all feed into that in some way.
liliblu 7 years
I agree with those who say all the issues are important. I want to know where the candidates stand on every issue. Just the other day I got into a discussion with a woman who says abortion is the only issue that she considers when deciding who she will vote for. I thought she was kidding and laughed. She then informed me that the rights of the unborn was the most important issue. I then asked her if she thinks about the children that have been born. What rights should they have? Do they have a right to health care even if they are poor? Education? Money for social services for children who are in the custody of the state. She had no real opinions on any issue other than abortion. People like this are the reason are country is so messed up. I could never vote for Ron Paul. I disagree with him on too many issues. But even he has the good sense to be against the occupation of Iraq.
gooniette 7 years
I'm looking for someone who is socially liberal (don't want the government telling me how to live my life) and fiscally conservative (taxes should be for public services like road and infrastructure maintenance, not pet projects of congressmen).
juju4 7 years
The war, the economy, and the health care system are all huge issues facing our country right now. That's why I voted for "education", as I feel that in order to have the best economy, the best military, the best health care system, etc. we need to have educated citizens.
starofsorrow 7 years
For me, it'd have to be the economy, health care, and the war on iraq, then finally education. Social issues aren't ranked extremely high as they normally would for me, but I guess it's just because I'm concerned with how we're going to fix all the screwups that happened in the past 8 or so years. (I'm guessing there's mrore to be fixed before that, as well. Yay. I'm looking at the candidiates, but none of them seem strong to me, which disappoints me. Hopefully I can make up my mind before the elections!
longhorn_sugar 7 years
health care, economy/taxes, and education
krazykarot 7 years
It was too difficult to choose just one issue, I'd agree that everyone should be educated on all of the issues and not just a few.
emalove 7 years
As a middle school teacher in a public school, education ranks high on my list. I'm also very interested in environmental issues and our economy.
omilawd 7 years
Personally, I'm more concerned with education, economics and national security rather than social issues like gay rights and abortion.
tiff58 7 years
#1 Economy Close #2 Iraq war/other national defense issues #3 small government
meumitsuki 7 years
The economy and personal freedom. More specifically taking power away from the government and putting it into the hands of the people by ridding us of lobbyists that manipulate the tax code which makes us pay more. If we had more of our own money to spend, our economy wouldn't be suffering. Freeing us from lobbyists would also open up revenues for alternative energies and the environment is extremely important to me. Michelin - I don't know much about Ron Paul, but I thought he wanted abortion to become a state issues, not get rid of it all together. Did I misunderstand?
gigill 7 years
We need to take care of the Earth NOW.


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I think you might want to take note of something here. In the six years of moderating and admining this site, I have seen these same threads crop up year after year and we usually see 2 to 3 a year and in EVERY case they have had to be locked because it is ALWAYS the helmet evangelicals who attack and insult anyone who dares express an opinion that as an adult they have the right to choose to not wear a helmet. These people just cant stand it and ALWAYS attack. All I have EVER seen from the opposition is the desire to just be left the hell alone and yes they have called these people helmet nazis and I happen to agree. Some of these people get so damn bent out of shape because they cant convert someone they become fascist in nature.
When they cant convert by insults and attacks and brow beating, their next step is ALWAYS to try to get laws passed that force people to comply with their opinions. If that isn't Fascist and Nazism I don't know what is. Then when called Fascists and Nazis, these people freak out and play the victim role.
Sorry if I lack the patience for this shit. After dealing with it over and over and over in every damn helmet thread, I am sick of it. Not to mention that a real personal pet peeve of mine is people who can`t mind their own business and control freaks. I loath busy bodies and control freaks with a passion This entire country would be so much better off if people would just mind their own business and stop trying to control other people. At least a large part of this fanatical fervor around helmet use is based solely of control freaks trying to satisfy their pathological need to control other people. I hate it and I hate these people.
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This is what I have been talking to Mr. Eastside about. Why people cant express their opinion and he is by no means an exception here, without this kind of vitriol escapes me. They always say the same thing too, "I don't really care what you do, I am just pointing out how stupid your are". Really? If a person doesn't care, then why the angry tone? Why the need to control that other person?
Anyway, that is why I am so done with these threads and I may in fact takes Marshal`s suggestion and close this one too. We are going to have a talk in the admin lounge about this and maybe put a moratorium on these helmet discussion because not one has ever had a good ending. We got rid of the politics section for this reason.
In the time being, people need to understand a few things. There has literally never been one single person posting an opinion that helmets should not be worn. Almost everyone alive understands the benefits of wearing one and no one really needs convincing. Even those who either always wear a helmet or selectively wear one are all sick and tired of the damn preaching. Just shut up already, we get it, just stop and mind your own damn business. As I said earlier, all this incessant preaching does for some is galvanize their resolve to never wear one because they don't want to give into a bunch of damn control freaks. We are at a point where the preaching is having the opposite effect.
So, new rule goes into effect right now. talk helmets all you want, compare brands, review them, whatever. If someone asks whether they should or shouldn't wear a helmet, give them your advice but do it politely and not with the attitude. If a counter opinion is given, leave it alone; its not your place to attack or counter an opinion given. Now, from here on out any more of this insulting, calling people idiots or stupid will get this thread locked and the user will be given a 30 day ban. I am done with reading all of these insults and personal attacks.
The reason some people (myself included) want a law passed regarding helmet use is due to the social implications of head injuries, not the desire to "control" people. That is absurd paranoia.
Let's say Snowboarder X is out on the mountain one day, falls, and sustains a head injury. Let's say it's a traumatic brain injury and that it will limit Mr. X in terms of his cognitive ability for the rest of his life. His health insurance company or his parents' health insurance company is only going to pay a portion of what he needs in terms of care. It is not going to pay benefits to cover 24 hour care, vocational rehabilitation, physical rehabilitation, speech pathology, etc.
To the extent that the insurance company now has humongous bills to cover for Mr. X, how do you think they do it? They pass the cost of it onto everyone else that has the same health insurance. When you require THAT much medical care, we, as a society, pay for each other in the form of higher premiums. The effect may be miniscule if you look at it on a small scale, but if you aggregate all of the head injuries and the cost of care associated with those injuries over a lifetime and then compare that with baseline health insurance premium prices, you'd see a substantial difference.
The best analogy, really, is seatbelts in a motor vehicle. It wasn't always legally required to wear your seatbelt. Some people wore them, some people didn't. Most didn't, in fact. And what happened? Over time, car insurance companies studied accidents, injuries and fatalities and found that those who weren't wearing seatbelts suffered far worse injuries. So they worked in tandem with the car manufacturers, the federal government and state government to ensure that seatbelts would be required. The result wasn't an across-the-board elimination on injuries or fatalities, of course. But the rate of driver-hours to severe injuries is much lower in the seatbelt era. Fewer people get hurt, they get hurt less severely and our car insurance premiums aren't as high as they would be if seatbelts weren't legally required.
That's fascism? That's naziism? No sir, it's not. That's called progress.
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|February 1999
The VPI HW-19 MK-III Turntable
Anthony Kershaw
VPI has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary producing fine analog audio equipment. The audio press has been agog about their products for much of that time, and with good reason. Compared to some of the Euro exotica (eighty pound platters spun magically by floss on a platform spouting the reliability of a rain-soaked Jag), VPI owner and chief engineer Harry Weisfelds designs seem almost simple, even boring. This would be a foolish assumption. The greatest care is taken in every step of Weisfelds design and manufacturing phase, the benefits of which are reliability and enviable customer service married happily to seriously good sound.
As we approach the Millenium, the turntable is in its renaissance. New Jersey-based VPI was instrumental in putting it there. During the eighties, naive generation Xers pronounced the turntable dead and buried. And why not? After all, the CD pushers bellowed perfect sound forever. My mind was changed after a lovely relationship with a Rega Planar Three. What changed yours?
The Rega is the finest entry-level turntable I know, although there are some who think Projects and Synchros might test my resolve on this issue. The good news is that all are inexpensive, but what if you want better and have the funds available? Incremental jumps of thousands can land you in much deeper analog water, joining you inextricably with gigantic mechano sets. There are quite a few turntables that strike a happy median between budget and full-blown, but where to start? Very reputable companies abound, Basis and Wilson-Benesch as examples. However, VPI jumps to mind, and for simplest of reasons. Upgradeability. After ones initial investment for a basic HW-19 Junior table, the audiophile (for US$500.00) can make the significant jump to MK-III status. The upgrade is substantial in hardware: suspension switches from Sorbothane to springs, these supporting a new plinth of Lucite and steel, and a heavier platter. The next step is to convert the MK-III to MK-IV (this includes a heavier platter, new springs and bearing), the extrovert then topping it off with a cherry the SAMA (Stand Alone Motor Assembly). VPIs very happy state of affairs is the perfect cure when suffering from the upgrade bug. With VPI you can have your cake now and eventually eat it, too.
Audiophilias HW-19 MK-III was ordered about a year ago. Piano black was optioned for the finish (a superb look that adds US$200.00 to the base price). Time passed and the Rega remained, serving up music in a small but dynamic package. A couple of months later, Sheila Weisfeld, Harrys charming and equally involved wife and partner, called to say the MK-III was on its way. The huge box arrived unceremoniously in my garage, courtesy of Canadian UPS. Although the box was unwieldy, excitement and anticipation made cartage into the listening room a one-man job. Unpacking was easy and all hardware was placed by VPI in logical order (even the belt comes pre-powdered). A word of advice, though label all packing materials carefully. Once the parts are out of the box, the mayhem of left over bubble wrap, plastic, Styrofoam and cardboard is quite overwhelming!
If you follow VPIs clearly written directions, setup is quite a simple procedure. The manual introduces the table, offers some preliminary remarks, then, in folksy style, guides the buyer through all the steps. To obviate footfalls and the like, VPI suggest placing the table on a wall-mount shelf. I concurred, and used the largest Target manufactures, the PSW1. I experienced no unwanted feedback using this device.
My particular table was shipped with the Audioquest PT6 tonearm, VPIs preferred medium mass, inexpensive option - they feel this particular model is a good match for the MK-III. The Audioquest arm was also in use on Andrew Chasins VPI Aries for some time. Its sound reproduction has given much pleasure. Recently, Mr. Chasin replaced the PT6 with Weisfelds superb JMW-10 tonearm. Only then were the formers sonic shortcomings revealed (brighter treble and constricted soundstage, with less impact and definition in the bass registers). I found the PT6 an excellent match for the MK-III; it was easy to install and sounded smooth, but only after critical adjustments with VTA. I adorned the tonearm with the wonderful Benz Micro Glider cartridge (0.88mV). I thought this a good match and in keeping with the fiscal restraint of the overall setup. It worked a treat. Contrary to Audioquests suggestion, I used their stock phono cable. Their stopgap wire did work well, however.
The large footprint of the MK-III is as impressive as its build quality. The tank-like construction and attention to detail will give the purchaser much confidence in the products longevity. Dimensions with the dustcover are 21½" wide by 16¼" deep by 6½" tall; weight is forty-eight pounds. VPI offer a warranty of two years parts and labor. Operation is simple, giving this reviewer an ease of task not present on many high-end items (some competing tables have platters that must be started manually). Starting the MK-III platter is as simple as depressing the small, sprung button on the plinths left side. The noiseless, precision AC synchronous motor gets the platter up to 33 1/3 in a blink (for 45 r.p.m., remove the motor cover and flip the belt up one notch on the motor pulley).
To clamp, or not to clamp? That is the question, and one answered emphatically by Weisfeld. While clamps are seen rarely on turntables from the British Isles, Weisfeld believes they are the best devices to dampen LP resonance. After spending six months with two of his models, consider me convinced. VPI supplied their three-piece, bottom-of-the-line clamp, which includes a rubber washer, clear plastic puck, and a small, screw-down Delrin knob. It lived up to Weisfelds beliefs (the upper echelon, one-piece VPI clamp yielded little difference on this MK-III setup). With the record at eye level, I could maneuver the plastic knob easily so that the pressure ensured the record was in total contact with the platter. Do not over torque, though, or you may "dish" the vinyl.
There are conflicting philosophies on the thick, Plexiglas dust cover. The manual made mention of using it " to shield against acoustic feedback". A recent chat with Weisfeld suggested a change of heart. Personally, I always think of dustcovers as sources of feedback, to be avoided at all cost. It is best if you do not attach it - simply, use it as cover when the table is not in use (highly recommended to keep the piano black finish somewhat clean).
With a plethora of outstanding turntables and arms available for purchase, the analog lovers world can be filled easily with beautiful sound. When feeding on the ascending food chain of turntables, I have observed an incremental improvement in transparency, bass impact and accuracy, coupled with a smoother treble presentation. These all help in uncovering a more complete musical experience. Nevertheless, entry-level tables, when partnered with a fine cartridge, can deliver an accurate portrayal of instrumental and vocal timbre. If you have listened at length to a Rega Planar 2 or 3, Basis 1400 or VPIs Junior, you may have experienced this phenomenon. The HW-19 MK-III borrowed on superb timbre and paid it back with many of the noted improvements. And while it did not compete in the rarefied air of a Clearaudio or VPIs benchmark TNT, it stood its musical ground admirably.
The benefits of prospective ownership were showcased on the first album I played (for reviews of all but digital, I always choose Reiners miraculous interpretation of Alborada del Gracioso the Classic Records reissue of LSC-2222). In comparison with lesser tables, the MK-III shone a very musical light over the soundstage and captured the string basses of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with better definition - even the notes from their low C extensions could be heard more clearly. It also separated the instruments and the space between them within the vertical and lateral planes of the soundfield. This presentation was typical on many LPs and was very becoming.
One of the real benefits of finer tables is the way they define vinyl truth. Records I once thought to be bright, muddy or just plain bleak, announced themselves as contenders. That most 180-gram reissues sound good on the entry-level tables is not in doubt, but many of the paper-wrapped domestics of the seventies leave much to be desired. Original copies of Carol Kings Tapestry (ODE PE 34946), Joni Mitchells Court and Spark (Asylum 7E-1001) and Diamonds and Rust featuring Joan Baez (A & M SP-4527), sounded very good to excellent, the respective ladies voices sounding rich and resonant. I have always heard these vocalists as but one track in an orgy of over-dubbing. The VPI defined all the tracks and made each album worthy of musical and audiophile interest. These albums do not displace their reissue counterparts, but the lower noise floor quietly offered by the MK-III, resulting in diminished groove noise, pops and clicks, made my involvement in these pressings complete.
More qualities that are truthful could be heard on some journeyman classical issues. Deutsche Gramophone, an archive of enviable artistic reputation, is regarded by many to have produced some of the worst pressings. Incredible performances such as the von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Shostakovich Tenth Symphony (DG 139020), sounded like the Dirigents personality, bright and brash. Interestingly, many other DGs now sounded as good as the legendary performances they enshrined. Two releases by cellist (now conductor) Mstislav Rostropovich sounded divine. His amazing version of Tchaikovskys Rococo Variations (DG 139044) is considered a landmark performance. I have heard this recording on many turntables, and the VPIs rendition was among the best. The recording of the introductory theme sheds some light on the differences between it and lesser tables; a slightly sharp French horn follows the gentle and beautifully phrased opening melody, the sharpness never before having been in evidence. The intonation problem also appeared when it was played on Andrew Chasins Aries turntable (with the PT6 arm). As such, tables like the VPIs - devoid of resonance and with a low noise floor - exacerbate the horn players plight. Score one for accuracy. This very slight horn blemish is the only mark on an otherwise error-free performance. Indeed, Rostropovich is spectacular, relishing the dizzying highs of his brilliant technique and in the burnished tone of his instrument.
Rostropovichs tone is also heard to beautiful effect, although in a subordinate role (second cellist with the Melos Quartet), on the DG release of Schuberts String Quintet in C Major (DG 2530 980). Benjamin Brittens comment about the Quintets slow movement (" the most beautiful musical movement.") is made more apparent by the timbre and interpretation of the players. Score another for the tonal balance. This amazing tonal quality continued on classical records of every conceivable style. The HW-19 MK-III also rocked and rolled, swooned and swayed on Level 42s Running in the family (Polydor 831 593-1) and Bonnie Raitts superb DCC reissue of Nick of Time (LPZ-2025). These records, and many more, gave proof that the MK-III should be considered reference quality, a work of art from inveterate tweaker Weisfeld.
A recent discussion with Mr. Weisfeld over brunch uncovered many facets about this very interesting man. From VPIs significant accomplishments and Weisfelds reputation for astute business acumen, I expected to meet a man with an ego busting through his cape and Canali! No such thing. It was refreshing to hear a real audio visionary without the trappings of eccentric pomposity. In fact, Weisfeld was polite and unassuming, almost shy. Weisfelds products imitate their designer. They are uncomplicated, eschewing the fussiness that so many turntables seem to flaunt. His HW-19 MK-III is the perfect example of a product that flaunts both ease of use and quality of sound, allowing the music lover to experience either the beginning, middle or end of their analogue journey. Very highly recommended. [Look for a follow-up to this review in the coming months Ed]
19 MK-III Turntable
Manufactured by VPI Industries Inc.
77 Cliffwood Ave #3B, Cliffwood, NJ, 07721, USA
phone: (732) 946-8606, fax: (732) 946-8578
Price: US$1250.00 (turntable only)
Source of review sample: Manufacturer Loan
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Lion head terminal, Iron Age II, 9th century b.c.
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu
4.8 x 2.17 in. (12.19 x 5.51 cm)
Northwestern Iran; Excavated at Hasanlu
4.8 x 2.17 in. (12.19 x 5.51 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1963 (63.109.1)
This powerful snarling lion has a slightly protruding tongue. The animal's muzzle is wrinkled and solid spheres form the eyes. The object is one of a pair (its partner is in Tehran). It is cast solid in the form of a lion's head, with a hollow cylindrical neck with four openings near the base and a solid tang below. When excavated, no other object or material was found near the pair to give a clue to their function, although they may have been placed on an article of furniture, perhaps at the top of the uprights of a chair.


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What if I want to use it for something besides cookouts and parties?
There was a time that I worked as a night shift clerk in a small country store in the Matanuska valley. Believe me, I sold a LOT of ice to a LOT of Eskimos!
I always thought it was kinda funny, but they drink Jack Danials on the rocks too!
…and yet, here in the Philippines, I can pull into a roadside 'sari-sari' store and ask if they have any ice?.. They will say yes, but It's not frozen yet! …really!
It's bad when you lose the recipe for ice.
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Lethal debt
The latest wrinkle to political smoke and mirrors is to feed us, the unsuspecting public, 10-year projections:
Reduce the deficit over 10 years;
Balance the budget over 10 years;
Fix so-called entitlement programs over 10 years;
Reduce our national debt by spending more over 10 years;
That big brother can fix everything -- forever.
Ten years!
We may not be a country -- as we love it -- in 10 years.
How about next week?
Or why didn't the pols start last week?
Debt is a lethal situation at any level from the individual through the highest levels of government.
It doesn't take a Philadelphia CPA to figure out that our government cannot continue the frivolous spending on boondoggles like studying the sex life of the fruit fly.
Hello! Is anyone out there?
Bill Hooten Sr.
West El Paso
White elephants
I am amazed at what the citizens of this good city think will change the fortunes of El Paso.
I grew up here, went to school here, attended UTEP and then I learned something. My uncles and aunts learned it back in their day.
El Paso is a great city to grow up in, and the university gives everyone an opportunity to make a life for themselves. However, as soon as you are ready to spread your educated wings, we all head out of town.
My uncles grew up here, but they made a living in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego.
My cousins are all living and working in Austin, Houston, San Antonio (you get the picture).
This has been the trend for years, and still is.
El Paso will always be a nice city to live in, but to make a living, you soon realize you have to go elsewhere.
We can knock down all our El Chuco historical past, and we can build 10 stadiums, but when was the last time we heard anyone say, "We're going to go on vacation to El Paso."
We need business. That will bring people to stay and live here.
A stadium will be good for a few years, but after a while, it will be just another big white elephant in El Paso
Jose Hermosillo
West El Paso
Hope and change
I absolutely panicked when I read the April 15 headlines wherein we are being promised hope and change because the smokestacks and old City Hall are gone.
The last time we were promised this, we lost 6 million jobs, the national debt went up $4 trillion and millions more are on food stamps and support payments.
On El Paso Extra April 14, a city official hinted that the 5.5-acre site wasn't really big enough and that the seats in the new ballpark will be steep to get in the 9,000 capacity.
There is an old saying: "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."
El Paso, wake up and get involved and have a say in what is happening!
John Bock
West El Paso
Marriage equality
New Zealand became the 13th nation in the world to legalize same-sex weddings after voting 77 to 44 in favor of the Marriage Amendment Bill.
After the vote count, Louisa Wall, a Maori and sponsor of the bill, told colleagues, "In our society, the meaning of marriage is universal -- it's a declaration of love and commitment to a special person."
New Zealand joins Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, and Uruguay in having legalized gay marriage.
I believe in marriage equality for all citizens of the USA!
Stephen Curtis Drabner
West El Paso
UMC clinics
What transpired in County Commissioners Court recently showed true leadership again. I felt we are starting to see a bright light on the horizon and fully agree with the court on approving bonds for health clinics.
I have gone to some of these other clinics and I'll tell you the service is mediocre and cannot be compared with University Medical Center because, regardless of insurance, you will not be turned down.
Another good thing is that the growth of our city has a wider range now, and just the thought of having UMC clinics spread even farther is thrilling and is good for El Paso.
I'll say this venture will benefit all El Pasoans at some given time and there will be plenty of money to go around.
Please, leaders, do not stop just because it's long overdue.
Victor Duran
Central El Paso
What a guy
I see in the El Paso Times where Obama has "graciously donated" 5 percent of his salary back to the Treasury.
What a gesture. I would rather see him donate to the taxpayers all the money that was spent for him and his family to go to Hawaii this last Christmas.
As the country goes down the tubes in a financial death spiral, our so-called "leader" is still out campaigning.
We still do not have a budget.
I guess that's all he knows how to do, take vacations and campaign on the taxpayer dollar.
What a deal. Are our D.C. representatives doing anything other than occupying space?
What good are they?
Loy Wells
East El Paso


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Phuket tourist arrivals continue to plummet, grim times
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PhuketWan reports that flights into Phuket nosedived by 24.5% compared to February the previous year, with passenger totals tumbling by 22.87%. February's decline was the greatest in five months of continuing negative figures, heightening uncertainty about March and beyond.
The story goes on to say that the great unmentionable is that not only are numbers falling, people are also spending far less, with some indicators pointing towards a spending fall of between 40 and 60% -- hard times for the retail businesses in Phuket. This followed on from official reports released Friday that overall Thailand is looking at a 20% reduction in international tourism year on year. Also in February, the large Thailand-based online reservation agency, Wired Destinations, went broke -- grim times indeed.
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Hard times for the tourist industry and the people employed within.Guess the upside for tourists is there should be some good bargains about.
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The European Space Agency's next-gen re-entry vehicle is taking shape. Called IXV, it could pave the way to Europe's first independent astronaut mission. This scaled-down prototype, which is scheduled for its first automated launch and re-entry later this year, is deliberately modeled after the nose of NASA's Space… »


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If someone asked if you'd want a bunch of people standing around your front yard, you might say, "no thanks." But a Sisseton couple is asking people to do just that. And for the sake of literacy, they're asking you to consider the same.
"This was a birthday gift to me and a pretty unique one," Jane Rasmussen said.
She's talking about a Little Free Library. It's basically a glorified box sitting in her front yard with books in it. People can take a book out, put another one in and continue the cycle of book sharing.
Nicci Lundeen works for Head Start in Sisseton and came across the little library while walking by the Rasmussen's house with some of her pre-schoolers.
"The kids really enjoyed picking out books and now they know they can stop with their families and exchange or bring their own books or get different ones. They're pretty excited about it," Lundeen said.
Little Free Library is a non-profit organization that started a few years ago in Wisconsin. It's spread to countries around the world. But the Rasmussens' library is the only one registered in South Dakota to date.
The Rasmussens expect more little libraries to pop up in their neighborhood and they hope that they spread throughout the entire state.
"You think about all the small towns in states like South Dakota that maybe don't have a library anymore and this is a way that people could share their books and keep that idea of literacy alive for little kids and all ages," Rasmussen said.
The Rasmussens have enjoyed people spending time in their yard looking at the little book collection. When they registered, they learned they were number 3,012 to do so. They're anxious to see excitement about reading increase as that number does too.
"Oh, I think it's wonderful. Literacy is so important to the kids," Lundeen said.
"It's simple. It's just a simple way to share," Rasmussen said.
The Rasmussens say this movement isn't a competition to local libraries. They hope it'll help them by increasing an excitement for reading.


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The ACP Advocate Blog
by Bob Doherty
Monday, May 18, 2009
How much health care might be purchased with the $31 billion spent annually by physicians on health plan interactions?
I will be blogging this week from ACP's Leadership Day on Capitol Hill, which is ACP's annual event when internists from around the U.S. come to Washington to meet with Congress. As Congress begins to draft legislation to meet its promise to produce comprehensive health reform legislation by the August, there is no better time for internists to make their case to elected lawmakers.
One issue - which is not getting the amount of attention it should - is the enormous amount of money and time physicians spend on health plan interactions.
The issue, if it comes up at all, is usually in arguments over single payer health insurers. Single payer advocates point out, correctly, that the U.S. spends much more on health care administration than most other countries. This is a macro-level debate, though, that doesn't really tell us much about how much it costs physicians, at the micro- and practice-level, to comply with health plans' rules relating to drug formularies, pre-authorizations, retrospective review, et al. One can imagine, for instance, a U.S. style single payer plan that imposes enormous administrative costs on physician practices (think Medicare Part D).
Late last week, the health policy journal Health Affairs released a web exclusive study on what it costs physicians to interact with health insurance plans. These are among the sobering findings.
Physicians reported spending almost a half hour each day, three hours each week, and three weeks per year, interacting with health plans. Primary care physicians spend significantly more time (3.5 hours weekly) than other medical specialists (2.6 hours) or surgical specialists (2.1 hours). Clerical staff spend 7.2 hours per physician each day, for a total of 35.9 hours per week. RN/MA/LPNs employed by physicians spend 19.1 hours per physician per week.
Solo or two-person practices spend 3.5 hours weekly interacting with health plans, significantly more than practices with 10 or more physicians. Physicians spend more time dealing with formularies than any other heath plan interactions.
Translated into dollars, the authors estimate that the national time cost to practices of interactions with health plans is a stunning $23 billion to $31 billion, or $68, 274 per physician, per year. Primary care practices spend $64,859 annually per physician - "nearly one-third of the income plus benefits of the average primary care physician." They note that the "interactions that generate these costs may produce benefits as well."
Maybe so, but the study doesn't address a key policy question: how much health care could be bought if the U.S. were to reduce the amount of time and money that physicians and their staff spend on health plan interactions? Let's say for discussion purposes we could cut in half the average of $68,000 annually and 3.5 hours per week that physicians spend on health plan interactions (even leaving out, for now, the time that their employees spend on these tasks)?
This could be enough to pay the annual health premiums for three families, multiplied by every practicing physician in the U.S, based on average premium cost of $12,000 per family. It would allow each primary care physician to see another four or five patients per week, thereby reducing wait times and easing the primary care shortage. It would increase primary care physicians' incomes by an equivalent of $32,000 per year - more than many of the ideas for increasing primary care pay being considered by Congress.
It would reduce one of the chief frustrations of primary care physicians, which gets communicated down to young people as a reason to stay away from the field. As Star Trek's iconic Dr. "Bones" McCoy might have said, "I'm a doctor, not a paper-pusher!"
Yet I think there is a real risk that Congress not only won't reduce the paperwork on doctors, but add more pre-authorizations and medical review requirements, all in the name of cutting costs.
Today's questions: Does the Health Affairs study accurately reflect your experiences with health plan interactions? What would you recommend be done to lower the costs of health plan interactions, and prevent Congress from adding new ones?
About the Author
Bob Doherty is Senior Vice President, American College of Physicians Government Affairs and Public Policy; Author of the ACP Advocate Blog
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Mo Erlich was the co-founder of the Great Southeast Emporium and Music Hall. Robin Conant was the Genreal Manager, Stephen Dell was the Assistant Manager, David Kam was the Emporium Manager, & Harold Dodson was the Sound Manager.
The opening night act was Jonathon Edwards (only 4 people showed up) but the next night was better.
Billy Joel was an early act but had laryngitus, Waylon Jennings pulled a gun on one of his band members that did some weird drugs...he was very pissed, & Mylon Lefevre was an early act there before he rediscovered God.
There were so many great acts brought into this city thanks to all the people at GSEMH, especially Robin Conant who booked them all and negotiated with them to come to Atlanta. By the way, Manilow wanted a spotlight and no one could watch him reherse!
The Great Southeast Music Hall was an important part of life in Atlanta during the seventies. It was located in the elbow of a shopping center, Broadview Plaza (Lindbergh Plaza).
A bowling alley was downstairs, a two level K mart next door, and Atlanta's first hispanic neighborhood across the street. Like almost everything else here, Broadview Plaza was torn down, and replaced by a more uppity set of stores.
When you went into the lobby of the Music Hall, you noticed the walls. Performers were given a magic marker, and encouraged to leave a message. John Mayall found the ladies room, and said he likes to be near the ladies. The late Phil Ochs said "Impeach Nixon and Agnew". What happened to those boards is a good question.
The auditorium held about 500 people. The stage was only three feet or so above the floor. There was an empty space in front of the stage, and a few rows of bench backs behind that. When the place opened, there were lots of pillows on this floor, with the Music Hall logo. The carpet in this front area was fresh when the place opened, and got progressively grosser as the years went by. Beer was served in aluminum buckets, and inevitably some wound up on the carpet.
The room catered to Atlanta's burgeoning punk scene, as well as audiences for cult acts, touring legends and smaller rock outfits.The club gained international notoriety when Brad Moss, the manager, booked the first U.S. appearance of The Sex Pistols. The performance was said to be horrible. There are stories of Sid Vicious wandering through the apartments around Broadview trying to find heroin.
Eventually, the business model for the Music Hall did not work, and the facility moved to Cherokee Plaza.
Alex Cooley booked shows at the Cherokee Plaza location. This Music Hall was in a movie theater. The Cherokee Plaza Theater was the scene for the world premiere of Son of Dracula . This move did not work, for a number of reasons. The parking lot was too small, and people who wanted a loaf of bread from the A&P were blocked out during shows. Cherokee Plaza is just outside the city limits, on Peachtree Road. In the late seventies, DeKalb county was aggressively fighting drunk driving, and had roadblocks. Many of these roadblocks were outside the Music Hall, which kept many people from attending. Before long, this Music Hall closed.
Odetta blasted the audience for not showing her the proper respect…and Spirit playing on Halloween, and a very young Steve Martin opening for a very young Jimmy Buffett many years ago. After the show, Martin was hanging on to one of those trees that was in the big pots around the front entrance doing a post-show show in the parking lot.
|There was a double bill featuring Barry Manilow and Country Joe and the Fish. Damn, I wish I'd been there!
Other great shows here: Doug Kershaw, Willie Nelson, BB King, Thermos Greenwood and the Colored People, Dixie Dregs, Ronee Blakely (Before the Nashville movie or the Rolling Thunder tour with Dylan, I think) Jimmy Reed and Biff Rose (!), Buffy St. Marie, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Janis Ian, and lots of performances by David Allan Coe (in both the Broadview Plaza and the Cherokee Plaza locations)
Promoter Alex Cooley also remembers the night a young Steve Martin cracked up an audience of about 20 people. After the show Alex recalls Steve Martin inviting everyone to coffee at the Waffle House. "I've had at least three hundred people tell me they were there" he laughs.
BB King performed here in 1979 and Diana Ross was sitting in the audience, also attending the concert in that tiny little theater were:
Diana Ross
Ryan O'Neal
Tatum O'Neal
Kristy McNichol
Eric Clapton
The Pointer Sisters
KC of KC and the Sunshine Band
They all got up on stage with B.B. for the encore.(2)
The club itself moved to 3861 Peachtree Road, N. E. in Cherokee Plaza, then closed.
The building was eventually razed, and the shopping center now houses a Home Depot and a Starbucks.
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1.)^Henry, Scott, Creative Loafing Atlantam 2008-10-03
2.)^LovinDecatur, comments, 2008-09-18, http://www.city-data.com/forum/atlanta/436584-gone-but-not-forgotten-atlanta-4.html#ixzz1MLsPkdGO


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Review: Tylt Energi 2K battery pack
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Battery offers 2,000 mAh of power with an easy to read LED for capacity levels
Backup batteries are gaining ground as one of the devices that, for many users, must be carried around every day. With lives connected to smartphones and entwined with social media, many people end up facing a shortage in battery power from constant use. This means that consumers need to find a battery solution to fit their needs. But with so many options available on the market, which is the right one to choose? One possible solution is the Tylt Energi 2K. Is the 2,000 mAh battery right for all consumers? Find out in our review.


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The lazy daisy flower basket is a free pattern in plastic canvas to print and make for your home. Embellish with flowers and hearts to cheer up any space.
- 1 skein each Jockey Red and White Red Heart 4-ply yarn
- 14 yds. Baby Pink Red Heart 4-ply yarn
- 6 yds. Paddy Green Red Heart 4-ply yarn
- 1 yd. each of 9 various 4-ply colors (for flowers)
- 1 sheet of Ultra-Stiff 12" x 18" 7-mesh plastic canvas
- 1 sheet of Regular 10 ½" x 13 ½" 7-mesh plastic canvas
- 1 round 6" plastic canvas
- Tapestry Needle
- Sewing Needle and Thread
- Various Silk Flowers
- 1 piece of florist foam to fit in bottom of basket
- Graph 1
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SIZE: 9 ½" high (including handle) x 5 ¼" across
- Cut one 35 x 111 holes from ultra-stiff canvas for basket.
- Cut one 7 x 91 holes from regular canvas for handle.
- Cut twelve 7 x 7 holes from regular canvas for large hearts.
- Cut 2 rows off 6" unworked round plastic canvas.
- Stitch basket as shown on graph.
- Fill in blank areas with white continental stitches.
- Sew lazy daisy flowers (using one color in each frame) and stems over white continental stitches.
- Stitch hearts and overcast with matching color.
- Sew on hearts as shown on graph.
- Stitch handle as shown on graph and overcast each heart with matching color.
- Overcast top of basket with red.
- With red whipstitch basket to unworked round bottom.
- Sew on handle with 1 heart down each side
- Cut foam, insert in bottom of basket and fill with silk flowers.
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Sydney – Queensland Reds kept their Super Rugby title defence very much alive with an ultimately comfortable 32-17 bonus-point victory at the Melbourne Rebels on Friday.
Teenager Chris F'Sautia, a late replacement for the sick Digby Ioane, scored the first try and his fellow winger Dom Shipperley, lock Adam Wallace-Harrison and replacement back Nick Frisby also crossed for the Super Rugby champions.
In their first match after the international window, Queensland tired in the second half as the many Wallabies in their ranks began to feel the lingering effects of the hard-fought series win over Wales.
The always game Rebels, hoping to give former Wallabies centre Stirling Mortlock a win in his final home match, hit back in the second half with tries from Kurtley Beale and Lachie Mitchell but never closed to within 10 points of the Reds.
To make matters worse, they lost flyhalf James O'Connor to a hamstring injury in his first match back after recovering from a liver injury which had kept him sidelined for a month.
"The game didn't go to plan, the big send off," Rebels captain Gareth Delve said in a pitchside interview.
"But we showed great character in the second half. In the first half we made too many mistakes and left ourselves with a mountain to climb."
Another Wallabies flyhalf, Quade Cooper, was replaced at halftime by the Reds after setting up Wallace-Harrison's try five minutes before the break.
It was a moment of magic from the least lauded of the playmakers on the field, however, which set up the best try of the night after 26 minutes.
Centre Mike Harris made the most of his pack winning a scrum against the head by chipping over the defensive line and regathering his own kick.
The Reds moved the ball quickly outside to F'Sautia, who looked like he might score a brace on his first start but he was forced to look for support and his pass back inside found Shipperley who crossed in the corner.
Trailing 27-3 at the break, the Rebels laid siege to the Queensland line in the second half and got their reward when fullback Beale snaked over the line in the 56th minute and Mitchell finished well nine minutes later.
The Reds refused to let the Rebels eat further into their lead, however, and went back down the pitch through 20 or more phases before a flat pass from peerless scrumhalf Will Genia put Frisby in to score in the corner six minutes from time.
"We dropped a little bit in that second half which is disappointing but we got that fourth try and that's very important for the competition," said skipper Genia, whose side now return home for matches against the Highlanders and Waratahs in their last two regular season fixtures. – Reuters
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Birthday: February 3, 1811
Rigid or imprisioning structures need to be torn down and replaced with the new.
A struggle or conflict, yet strong potential for triumph over adversity.
Birthday: February 3, 2011
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This May, the squares will explode in a frenzy of popular resistance against the diktat of finance capital — and Frankfurt will be one of our key battlegrounds.
Via the Interventionist Left in Germany
International Solidarity versus Crisis, War & Capitalism
Ready, Steady, Go!
Come to Frankfurt. Join the action days from 16th to 19th May 2012:
Fight the dictate of Troika, EU Commission, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Under the slogan Rien ne va plus! we will block one of Europe's most important financial centers. In thousands we will send a visible signal of global solidarity – against crisis, war and capitalism.
We place our actions and protests in the context of the progressing struggles for self-determination, freedom and dignity all over the world — such as the uprisings and revolutions of the Arab Spring, the social struggles and general strikes in Greece, the indignados movement in Spain and the worldwide protests of the Occupy movement. We are not alone and our voices can be heard all over the world.
During the past few years, capitalism has been through one of its toughest crisis ever and the mother of all questions is back on the agenda: how much longer will the world be able and willing to pay for this system? Even here in Germany, it is time for rebellious movements: loud, resolute, challenging and anti-capitalistic:
"There is no such thing as society"
Currently, the EU has to accept the end of its ideology of unlimited growth and competition. In response to the rampaging instability of the EU system, the IMF, ECB and European Commission have simply declared war on any kind of social security. Margaret Thatcher, the dinosaur among neoliberals, once said that "there is no such thing as society". A strategy that runs like a red thread through recent history, the negation of society was the ideological basis for the military coup in Chile in the early 1970s, and it is a crucial element of the current EU dictates against Greece.
From the point of view of the ruling system, such an approach is only logical: the European project has always been an imperial project — integrative and at the same time authoritarian in terms of domestic policies, and aggressive on a global level in its attempts to reduce trade barriers and to enhance the military effectiveness of the EU as a global player. The EU confers the freedom of movement only to its own citizens. External borders, however, have long been sealed off and restrictive, while brutalizing refugee policies have always been integral part of the European apartheid.
Under these circumstances, people in Greece have never had and will never have a chance. Even the ruling class knows that, eventually, all technocratic attempts to overcome the crisis will fail. Only opposition movements will be able to develop new social and political solutions. Society has to re-invent for itself. The solution, not only for Greece, is the insurgent community.
The euro crisis is also a lesson about Germany's dominance within the EU. That is why we want to put the focus of the action days on defying the principles of national competitiveness and national consensus. Not only is Germany imposing harsh austerity and restructuring programs on countries on the periphery of Europe, but it also benefits from these programs. The massive armament activities of Greece, with Germany being an important business partner, are among the principal reasons for the national bankruptcy of the country, and one condition for the "EU assistance" is for Greece to settle its debts arising from weapon deals. Not even one cent of these billions of euros will reach the Greek people.
Furthermore, Germany is the economic superpower at the heart of Europe and the informal boss of the EU. It makes all the other EU countries feel its dominant position. This arrogance has triggered the ongoing Greek-bashing campaign mainly pushed forward by the BILD-Zeitung, Germany's least serious tabloid, but not only by the tabloid: in February 2010, the CEO of Bosch (a multinational corporation) and other German managers called for the exclusion of Greece from the EU because the country is "run-down and an unbearable burden for the supportive society."
Global Crisis – Global Solidarity
What we are facing is not just the euro crisis and galloping national debts — what we are dealing with is a severe crisis that has been going on for decades and is responsible for the devastating living conditions of an ever-growing number of people, particularly in the Southern hemisphere. People starve to death, die of curable diseases, live on the streets or on garbage dumps. It is more than obvious that capitalism neither satisfies the basic needs of the majority of the world's population, nor respects their right to live in dignity.
This major problem, however, has never been a crucial aspect in global politics. On the contrary, the focus of institutions such as the IMF, World Bank, G8 and NATO lies on "crisis management" and security policy because the global crisis has always been a crisis of imperial dominance and hegemony. From this point of view, the euro crisis, like the war on terror, is only about preserving the current system and making sure that everything works smoothly at whatever price.
In this context, we have to consider the entire picture: the war on Afghanistan and the European process, Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo and the war on refugees in the Mediterranean Sea, the centers of well-being and the regions that live in precarity and lawlessness, capitalist waste economy and the destruction of social and political values through the omnipresent power of the market. Everybody can see that this system is heading straight into a dead end.
However, if we search the reasons for the crisis in misguided economic policies, the greed of speculators or the criminal activities of American rating agencies we do not only kid ourselves but also produce pseudo-criticism of capitalism and enhance the idea that there is such thing as "good capitalism". Taking refuge in the comforting theory that what we are facing is one of the "normal" crises of the capitalist system does not help either, as this has been used to back up a considerable number of recent political decisions on war or imperial expansion. Consequently, if we want radical changes, we have to radically review all explanations that seem too simple, incorrect or even full of anti-Semitic stereotypes.
To talk capitalism means to think globally
Capitalism in the Western industrialized nations means the synthesis of the whole territory, including industrialized agriculture, highways, soulless housing estates, job agencies, commercialized wild-life parks and event management, the human being as an entrepreneur without relationships. The same capitalism in global terms still means: distribution wars, repression, disempowering the population, putting entire regions under a permanent state of emergency.
Thus it is obligatory for everyone who claims the right to individual and social self-determination to question the system as a whole. "Real democracy" will work only without capitalism; there is no longer an alternative. After a long absence, the concept of revolution has been put back on the agenda by the Arab Spring. Not only the political conditions in Tunisia and in Egypt have been turned upside-down, but the society itself. People have learned that basic social changes are possible; they got back the freedom and the dignity to decide on their own futures. And this is only the beginning.
We hope to see you in Frankfurt and are looking forward to it as a next step in international mobilizations after the G8 in Heiligendamm 2007 and the NATO summit in Strasbourg 2009. We all need such events that pool our forces into efficient action because mass civil disobedience promotes emancipatory processes and collective opposition.
The imperial power already retreats from public places as possible spaces for protest and riots. After the announcement that protests will take place against the summits of G8 and Nato on 18th – 21st May , Obama has declared to move the meeting from Chicago to Camp David.
Let's go. Take the square!
/Initiative Libertad! part of the Interventionistischen Linken (iL), March 2012


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What does it take to make Colorado State University the best place in the world to work and learn - in any capacity - if you are a woman? It's been six months since CSU began looking for answers to that question, the question that launched the Ripple Effect.
The Ripple Effect is an initiative that started after President Tony Frank charged Amy Parsons, vice president for university operations, with making CSU just that - the best place for women to work and learn.
To get started on this ambitious goal, Parsons and a team of women from across the university came together and decided that the best place ...


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Earlier this year this incredibly sweet couple hired ALED for day-of coordination and styling for their wedding on July 20th at the Hagadon Event Center in Coeur d'Alene! The bride purchased most of her own decor (and did an amazing job designing it beforehand) and her aunt designed the floral centerpieces. The guests arrived via Coeur d'Alene Resort cruise boats then gathered in the garden for the ceremony looking over the lake. The Hagadone Event Center hosted the cocktail hour and reception.
Here are some iPhone pics we want to share with you before we can share the real deal! Enjoy!


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November 29, 2015
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University in Carbondale now will offer in-state tuition rates for college-bound high school students in two more regional states.
Arkansas and Tennessee will join Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana as states in which new students will be offered in-state tuition to attend the Carbondale school, starting in August.
The cuts mean an annual savings of nearly $10,000 for an out-of-state undergraduate student to attend the Carbondale school.
The move is part of Southern Illinois University's effort to boost enrollment.
The university signed off on the pact involving Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana late last year.
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A highway paving project on Monday is expected to delay motorists for no more than 10 minutes between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Monterey, according to a release from the California Department of Transportation.
Caltrans will pave the Highway 1 on-ramp at Highway 68 East in Monterey as a safety precaution.
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Thundersleet happened; everyone seems to be OK
It could have been worse. The winter storm system that moved through the area today brought thunder, sleet, some slide-offs and a few power outages, but it wasn't as severe as forecast. Crews said most roads were a little slushy during the worst of it, but things were in pretty good shape overall. Drivers are still urged to be cautious. If you are in an accident where both vehicles are drivable and there are no injuries, exchange information with the other driver and then report the accident in person at police headquarters. We have a list of schools that have already announced they will be closed tomorrow, too.
Handling of custody hearings could change
The changing nature of parental relationships is prompting a Springfield lawmaker to propose a change in how courts handle custody disputes. Rep. Kevin Austin introduced a bill that would make fathers who have a judgment of paternity eligible for expedited hearings when there are allegations of violations of custody or visitation agreements. Currently, only allegations stemming from divorces or separations are eligible for an expedited hearing. Violations may include a parent intending to take a child out of state without permission or visiting a child at inappropriate times. The bill will bring Missouri law into line with what the Missouri Supreme Court has already decided, Austin said.
Never fear, movie goers
Even though a Knoxville, Tenn., company bought Hollywood Theatres - including the theater at College Station - no plans are in the works to close any of them. Regal Entertainment Group says the deal includes $191 million in cash for 43 theaters with 513 screens.
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They Said It: Peyton Manning, Broncos weigh in on preseason win vs. 49ers
The Broncos defeated the 49ers 19-12 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Saturday to extend their preseason record to 3-0. Here's what coach Gary Kubiak, Peyton Manning and other players had to say after the win.
On if he's concerned about the offense:
"The biggest thing offensively is we don't have a lot to show for some of the good things that are going on. You hold the ball for 20 minutes in the first half, you're over 50 percent on third downs, you think you'd be scoring some points. That's the thing that's discouraging. I had us in a couple of tough situations that I've got to do a better job with our quarterback. They're things that we can fix. Now there needs to be a sense of urgency. We've got a couple weeks yet to get some things cleaned up. We'll get there."
On Manning's comfort level in the offense:
"I think he's fine. We went back to some no-huddle stuff. Obviously, those are things that he's extremely comfortable with. Under center, two of the sacks, actually, all three of them, happened with him coming out under center. I feel pretty confident from a coaching standpoint we can go fix those things. We're going to continue to do a lot of things offensively and we just have to do some of them a lot better than we did tonight."
On the punt return job:
"I'm concerned with the way we're handling the ball. That's the biggest thing. I like our ability to make plays back there. I think Omar (Bolden) can make some big plays, but we haven't handled the ball very well. We've put the ball on the ground the first punt return, if I'm correct, and fumbled another one. Obviously, we've got to settle down there. Emmanuel (Sanders) is very capable and could be a great, great punt returner. We have to get him back. Protecting the ball is of the utmost importance."
On playing under center:
"I'm pretty comfortable doing that. I've been doing that for a long time. I've been in the shotgun a little bit more as of late, but I've definitely played under center for a lot of my career, so I feel pretty good doing that."
On the up-tempo offense:
"It's whatever's coming in from the sideline. We talked about that during the week, about mixing some huddling and some no-huddling, and that's what we did tonight. We moved the ball well out of both scenarios. Just didn't score touchdowns."
On decisions about the offense:
"This is the Broncos' offense. I don't know about how much negotiation is going on, but I think they're all trying to put us in the best situations for us to move the ball and get down the field. It's our job to do that."
On the defense:
"They have high expectations and they had like zero passing yards in the first half. I don't know if I've seen that in quite some time, so I think they have high expectations, but they want to get better as well. Our offense can feed off them."
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