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NOGLSTP has partnered with MentorNet®, the E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science, to provide on-line mentoring opportunities for its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The NOGLSTP-MentorNet partnership provides NOGLSTP with a national e-mentoring network that unites academic institution, corporate institution, and scientific and technical professional society mentors with LGBTQ+ college and graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and early-career faculty through MentorNet's award-winning One-on-One Mentoring Programs. To participate, protégés must be a NOGLSTP member or a student at a MentorNet participating college or university, while mentors have educational or professional backgrounds in engineering or science. In addition to offering traditional one-on-one mentoring through the transition of college student to workforce employee, the NOGLSTP Mentoring Project hopes to help its protégés to answer questions unique to the career-bound LGBT community, such as:
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We also hope to help the corporate world to fill its pipeline of potential employees with the next generation of the LGBT community's best and brightest science and technology candidates.
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Until now, MentorNet's One-on-One Mentoring Programs focused on matching women and underrepresented minorities with female or male professionals from all sectors as mentors for one-on-one, email-based mentoring (e-mentoring) relationships. Now, NOGLSTP members who are students, can join the program regardless of whether their university is a program participant, and be matched with LGBT mentors.
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The program has proven effective by providing "real world" information, encouragement, advice, and access to networks that are otherwise often unavailable to those underrepresented in the fields of engineering and science. This is why over 90% of participants would recommend MentorNet's e-mentoring programs to a friend or colleague.
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The NOGLSTP Mentoring Project, in partnership with The MentorNet One-on-One Mentoring Program, is a chance to make a big difference in the life of a student in as little as 20 minutes a week.
NOGLSTP members who are science and engineering professionals in industry and government, either currently active, on leave, or retired, are invited volunteer to mentor engineering and science community college, undergraduate, and graduate students, particularly LGBT people, women and underrepresented minorities, who are interested in pursuing a professional future in the fields of engineering and science.
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Mentoring relationships last 8 months. Because mentors and students communicate entirely by email, they can communicate wherever and whenever they choose. MentorNet's research-based programs have proven effective by providing "real world" information, encouragement, advice, and access to networks for students, and particularly for those underrepresented in engineering and science fields. "My mentor always gives me the encouragement that I need," says one MentorNet student. "Sometimes those few words make a big difference to me."
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Note: Inaccurate press stories state that Tesla has applied for another ATVM loan. Those reports are wrong. Tesla has no pending applications before the DOE.
Given the latest buzz about possible changes to the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program, Tesla would like to highlight the invaluable impact its ATVM loan has had on job creation and the acceleration of U.S.-based, gas free, electric vehicle technology:
1) We received our $465 million loan in 2009, the majority of which was directed to expedite development of the Model S sedan. Designed and manufactured in the United States using Silicon Valley technology, Model S will be the first zero-emission, zero gas, purpose-built EV on the market by mid-2012, a timetable we are on schedule to meet.
2) The remaining portion of the loan has helped us expand our electric powertrain-development activities. Tesla has partnered with Mercedes Benz-parent Daimler and Toyota to produce several electric vehicles at increasing volumes. As a result of those agreements, the United States is once again exporting cutting-edge automotive technology to Japan and Germany.
3) Since receiving the loan -- which demonstrated confidence in our technology and business plan -- and based on our continued ability to execute successfully on that plan, Tesla has raised an additional $620 million in private investment capital.
4) Prior to receiving the ATVM loan, Tesla employed 400 people. Since the loan's closure, we have purchased the former NUMMI plant in Fremont, CA. With Tesla's continued expansion at its headquarters in Palo Alto, the opening of new markets around the world, and the recent acquisition of the Tesla Factory in Fremont, Tesla has added over 1,000 new jobs. We project the addition of another 1,000 in the coming year.
5) A loan is a loan. With over 6,000 reservations for Model S, we're looking forward to paying back our loan on schedule. Until then, we will continue to execute on the ultimate goal of building mass-produced EVs at affordable prices. Tesla will not rest until every vehicle on the road is electric.
Thanks for the information.
Can you share any information regarding any collaborations between Tesla and the government to expand charger infrastructure, particularly high speed chargers?
Tesla buys their chargers, or has them made. As I understand it, they are not in the business to build recharging technology: they are in the business of designing and building all electric cars.
The question was about infrastructure. Elon has suggested Tesla might install chargers for free every 100 miles along major routes.
Hi Brian,
I assume that refers to Tesla Level 2 chargers? If that's all that's available along a major route be prepared for a long wait while charging. Much more than what it would take to fill up an ICE vehicle and have a leisurely meal at a roadside restaurant.
I'm sure you agree that what we really need along major highways are Level 3 chargers. Since they are so expensive I was thinking that Tesla would probably need some form of government assistance with such a program.
"Tesla buys their chargers, or has them made. As I understand it, they are not in the business to build recharging technology: they are in the business of designing and building all electric cars."
That's true, but at this early stage of EV adoption, it probably would be in Tesla's self-interest to address the average consumer's legitimate concern regarding inter-city range. After the initial early adopters buy their cars, there will probably be a lull in demand if meaningful steps are not taken to address charger infrastructure.
As I stated in my previous posting, I don't expect Tesla to entirely funded Level 3 chargers on their own, but they certainly should lobby the government for infrastructure. Hopefully, election politics won't inhibit the continuation of government grants for EV infrastructure expansion.
I think this is what Brian H is referring to...
around 33min mark Elon mentions Model S fast charging as independent technology developed by Tesla that they will install at 100 mile intervals on major highways free of charge.
Hope that plan sticks!
I imagine most of that will depend on the resources they get from the sales of Model S.
Tesla doesn't have the resources to do what Elon is thinking of...... yet. IF they get a success from Model S and it's successors (and I believe they will) THEN they have the option to start in on programs like the one mentioned here.
I read Tesla is applying for another government loan. I suppose it's a good idea to get cheap money when it's available, but I'm concerned about some of the political fallout. There is already a lot of animosity about tax payers funding luxury cars. Another government loan is just exacerbating the problem. Should Tesla really be sticking it's neck out like this after Solyndra? How badly does Tesla need the money? You've already received half a billion, plus $7500 off every car you sell. Perhaps it's better to be content with what you've got.
Loan is a loan. That is not a bailout money near-bankrupt US carmakers got or subsidies oil industry is getting that doesn't need to be paid back. Tesla needs to pay that loan back.
Tesla has twice as much money as it needs to bring the Model S and Model X to market as Elon has stated on Tesla's conference call (I think the Q1 call, though I didn't go back to check).
If they are applying for more money, my guess would be that it is to accelerate the BlueStar program and bring us a 30k EV. Remember that one of the requirements for this loan is that you must demonstrate viability without the loan money. The loan is for acceleration of advanced vehicle technology, not for bailing out cash-strapped companies. That's why GM and Chrysler did not qualify.
If Tesla "needed" the money badly, they certainly wouldn't get it. So, again, if they are applying for more money, I bet its to bring us BlueStar faster than they would otherwise be able to do it.
Either that, or they think they'll need to expand their production capacity to meet demand for the Model S next year.
I mean, look at the facts, Elon said he was shooting for 5000 cars in 2012. According to the reservation list, we're already past that 5000 mark in production series alone, nevermind the Signature series. I think this is Tesla saying to the gov, "Holy **** demand is past what we can supply! If you want a few more sure jobs, give us a little extra to get more cars out to people!".
Personally, I think it's a good investment.
1) Seems to be a recycled talking point that is no longer true. They were first to announce a product that would be coming to market, but the Leaf is certainly purpose-built and is out there now, and other not-a-conversion electric vehicles will be competing in 2012.
My next new car purchase will be a Tesla, as soon as I can get a job, get out of debt, and afford to buy things again. I'm very happy that Tesla got loans (not grants, LOANS) to speed their development, because that means that when I CAN afford to buy things again the cheaper cars might be available.
Backtrack: Here is autobloggreen's comment on the matter, including a quote from the original post.
I think "purpose built" means the frame up design, whereas the Leaf was build on an ICE frame. It's splitting some hairs making that distinction, but there's some merit in touting the fact that the Model S is design from scratch as an EV.
9-month later update: loan repayments will begin early, towards the end of this year. Reservations are now about doubled from Sept '11.
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I'm a keen cyclist so try to keep reasonably fit, although a little thing called work seems to get in the way sometimes. I do love a good night out on the town now and again but not every week. I love my music and also play guitar with any spare time I have - my living room rocks when I get going!! :-)
I'm originally from the UK and looking to stay. I work as an Engineering Geologist. I'm looking to explore as much of Australia as possible - it would be nice to have someone special to share it with......
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Books for Akela:
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Rupp, Rebecca. Everything You Never Learned About Birds. North Adams, Massachusetts: Storey Books. 1995.
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Golding, Augusta. Duck's Don't Get Wet. New York: Harper Collins Publishers 1995.
Jenkins, Priscilla Belz. A Nest Full of Eggs. New York: Harper Collins Publishers 1996
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How Good Can the Leafs Be?
If you have kept track of the Leafs off-season you will know that they are vastly improved from last year. They improved goaltending and scoring and kept a good blue-line intact. Many would say the Leafs overacheived last year for such a average team when teams with star power and depth like Carolina finished lower. I think that 6th place is a good prediction for the Leafs because injuries will likely show their ugly face once again.
What the Leafs picked up this year was a 40 goal man in Blake, an excellent goaltender in Toskala, and a enforcer power forward in Bell who could end up on the 1st line.
Now what they lost is a 20 goal man in O'neil a faceoff ace who did nothing with them in Perrault and a useless centre in Travis Green. They lost there back up goalie but now with Raycroft as a back-up we are one of the most solid teams in that position.
What could happen to the Leafs is that Blake gets injured, Toskala cant handle all the games, and Sundin gets injured. Now if this happens then the Leafs might finish as low as tenth.
If this happens then the Leafss could finish higher then 6th. Sundin gets 85+ points, Blake scores 40 goals again, Bell gets 50 points and Toskala gets 30+ wins. I doubt this will happen because this would require everyone staying healthy.
A 6th place finish makes the most sense because Sundin will miss around 5 games. Wellwood and Tucker might miss time again and Blake will likely not get 40 goals again. For your fantasy teams here is what I think the top 5 scorers will be.
Sundin- 84
Wellwood- 73
Kaberle- 71
Blake- 67
Tucker- 61
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|PURPOSE: Present the possibility for treatment of male infertility, spasticity, and neurogenic detrusor overactivity in spinal cord lesioned (SCL) individuals with penile vibratory stimulation (PVS). METHOD: Obtaining reflex-ejaculation by PVS, by using a vibrator developed for this purpose. The stimulation was performed with a vibrating disc of hard plastic placed against the frenulum of the penis (amplitude > or = 2.5 mm). The vibration continued until antegrade ejaculation or for a maximum of 3 minutes followed by a pause of 1 minute before the cycle was repeated, maximally 4 times. RESULTS: >80% SCL men are able to obtain ejaculation with PVS. Pregnancy rates obtained with home PVS and intra-vaginal insemination was 22-62% (4 studies), and with PVS or electroejaculation and intrauterine insemination/in-vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmatic sperm injection 39-64% (9 studies). PVS was demonstrated to decrease spasticity significantly when measured by the modified Ashworth scale. In addition, a decrease of the number of spontaneous EMG events which probably indicate spasms was observed. Increase in bladder capacity at leakpoint following 4 weeks of frequent ejaculation with PVS treatment was likewise demonstrated. CONCLUSION: PVS has proved its importance for SCL male fertility, in the years to come its place in treatment of spasticity and neurogenic detrusor overactivity has to be established.
|F Biering-Sørensen; L Laeessøe; J Sønksen; P Bagi; J B Nielsen; J K Kristensen
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|Title: Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement Volume: 93 ISSN: 0065-1419 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Neurochir. Suppl. Publication Date: 2005
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Infertility, Male / etiology, rehabilitation*
Muscle Hypertonia / etiology*, rehabilitation*
Penis / innervation, physiopathology*
Physical Stimulation / methods*
Recovery of Function
Spinal Cord Injuries / complications, rehabilitation*
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PRESENT: Board Members - Green, Higgins, Lichtenwald, Siemer and Steele
ABSENT: Board Members – None
OTHERS PRESENT: Cindy Winland, Consulting Planner, Cheri King, Community Development Specialist and 3 others.
It was moved by Siemer and supported by Lichtenwald to approve the minutes of the March 20, 2012 meeting. Motion was unanimously approved as presented.
The Chairman explained the public hearing procedures and how the Board decides if the variance request is approved based on the five Zoning Board of Appeals criteria in the Zoning Ordinance. Mr. Steele reinforced that the variance is legally recorded with the property and is not transferrable and does not change, despite the ownership of the property.
a. No. 12-03 – Forward Corporation for a variance to the maximum of 20 foot candles of lighting permitted in a canopy. The applicant is asking for a variance of 27.3, for a total foot candles of 47.3. The property is zoned Regional Commercial and is located at 2029 South Saginaw Road.
Background: Ms. Winland showed a GIS map of the subject property. It is located at the corner of Saginaw Road and Patrick Road, owned by the Forward Corporation. The request is to have canopy lighting over the gas tanks in excess of the permitted 20 foot candles, measured five feet above the ground. They are asking for a variance of 27.3 foot candles for a total of 47.3 foot candles.
Criteria for granting a variance:
(1) Will strict compliance with restrictions governing area, setback, frontage, height, bulk, density or other non-use matters unreasonably prevent the owner from using the property for a permitted purpose or render conformity unnecessarily burdensome?
Petitioner: This property has been used as a gas station for quite some time. The petitioner has noted that they will either have to install lights that will make the site darker at night or replace lighting LED lights that are less expensive to operate.
Staff: LED lighting provides more light and therefore shows more foot candles of light at five feet from the ground. We are not at liberty to change the standard, even though we think the standard is not correct.
(2) The variance will do substantial justice to the applicant as well as to other property owners.
Petitioner: This candle power was adopted in 2004 but there has not been a new gas station open in the city since that date.
Staff: All existing gas stations that would like to change the lighting in their canopy would have to meet these standards. There are LED fixtures that will reduce glare.
(3) The variance requested is the minimum variance to provide substantial relief to the applicant and/or be consistent with justice to other property owners.
Petitioner: They will be reducing the foot candles of the current lights substantially with the new fixtures.
Staff: There are other manufacturers who can meet the standards with their LED lighting. When you change the kind of lighting, you get more light per foot candle.
(4) The need for the variance is due to the unique characteristics of the property not generally applicable in the area or to other properties in the same zoning district.
Staff: There is nothing unique about this gas station compared to others in the community. A search of the police reports over the previous five years indicates that there have been no illegal activities outside the station that could be attributed to inadequate lighting. The most common event is categorized as a "suspicious situation". The property itself is not unique.
(5) The problem and resulting need for the variance has been created by strict compliance with the Zoning Ordinance and not the applicant.
Staff: The ordinance has been changed since the gas station was constructed. The applicant has chosen to change lighting for justifiable reasons, however, there is lighting available that meets the intent of the ordinance as well as the maximum foot candle permitted in the ordinance, and at the same time is adequate for the use, reduces glare, saves energy, and does not bleed onto neighboring sites.
The original proposal was for 84 diode LED's. The manufacturer ran the numbers using 64 diode LEDs and the resulting light is roughly the same as the current lighting. The foot candles that they have right now are more than the foot candles they are proposing, on average.
Mr. Steele asked how the original 20 foot candles is determined at five feet from the ground. Ms. Winland stated she cannot say how the original brightness was calculated. Most communities that regulate light have light zones. The light zone and associated regulations are based on the surrounding uses. In those ordinances, the foot candles vary from 17 up to 65. The average is about 30 foot candles. The city has not had any comment from adjacent businesses.
Representatives of the Petitioner: David Gould, 3435 Winkay Place, Bay City, Michigan, President, Forward Corporation; David Butler, 3205 James Drive, Midland, property manager. The 84 diode lights were the ones that were installed is some of their other facilities and were acceptable in their municipalities. There is some corrosion going in their lights and the manufacturer suggested they replace all of their light fixtures. They have already purchased the 84 diode fixtures. Consumers Energy has a rebate program and these fixtures meet the requirements for the rebate program.
Mr. Butler stated that, item (B), the variance will do substantial justice to the applicant. There has been no new gas station in the City of Midland since 2004 when the ordinance was changed. By changing the light fixtures the glare will be eliminated at night and the light will be more directed under the canopy. There is a stamp of approval from the International Dark Sky Association on these fixtures.
Mr. Gould stated that he has a letter stating that 20 foot candles is very low for a gas station and that the author considers it an unsafe condition. Mr. Butler stated that LSI is the standard manufacturer for gas station lighting throughout the country.
Item "D", if you are driving at night, if you see a station that is dark, you will go toward a better lighted station for safety purposes. For use by a gas station, the lighting has to meet minimum standards. People will avoid a site that is dark. Especially females and younger people will not stop at a darker station at night.
In summary, they have two choices – they either need a variance to allow them to install
energy efficient lighting. Otherwise, they will have to replace their fixtures with the same thing they have. It will not move them forward in any energy efficiency.
Mr. Steele asked how you figure foot candles. Neither Mr. Gould nor Mr. Butler could explain that issue. Mr. Butler measured the lighting in the hallway and he stated it is 20 foot candles in the hallway coming in to the City Council Chambers. They were not aware of another manufacturer for lighting for service stations. The 64 diode would give them a 44.5 foot candle illumination. They have already purchased the other fixtures. They have not installed them yet. The petitioners have contacted most of the other gas stations in town and they are all using the old style of lighting. They would be the darkest station in town, by far.
Mr. Lichtenwald asked that, if they are replacing lighting, could they change the lighting to meet the same number of foot candles they have now? Cindy stated that if you are changing a non-conforming use, you must bring it into conformance if possible, rather than just making it less non-conforming.
Mr. Green asked the hours of operation of that station. Mr. Butler stated 5:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. In the winter, they need more lighting earlier in the day. In the summer, it stays light later at night. The clerks inside the station need to be able to see the customers at the pumps.
The ZBA adjourned for four minutes to take a look at the foot candle lighting in the hallway at 7:15. Mr. Steele and Mr. Siemer adjourned to the hallway. Mr. Lichtenwald, Mr. Green and Mr. Higgins remained in Council Chambers. The meeting reconvened at 7:20.
No one else spoke either in favor of or in opposition to this request.
Findings of Fact:
1. The property is zoned RC.
2. It is on the corner of Saginaw and E. Patrick Road.
3. The existing maximum foot candles is 50.8 and the average is 30.12.
4. According to the petitioner, if they use a 64 diode foot candle, they would have a maximum foot candle of 44.5.
5. The petitioner stated that the hours of operation are from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
6. It is a joint establishment of a gas station and a fast food restaurant on the same property.
It was moved by Higgins and supported by Siemer to approve Petition No. 12-03 based on the findings of fact for an area/dimension variance at 2029 South Saginaw Road for a variance of 27.3 for a total foot candle of 47.3. The property is zoned Regional Commercial.
Mr. Higgins does not feel they met any of the criteria. If anything can be done, the ordinance will have to be changed. Legislating change is not our job. They do not meet any of the criteria.
Mr. Green stated it is not burdensome to comply with the zoning regulations. It would do justice to the applicant. He has no major issue with criteria "c". There is nothing unique about this property. He supports what Jack said – they are not a legislative body. There are other avenues to change the Zoning Ordinance.
Mr. Siemer stated the station is open 18 hours per day and only about five of those are dark. It is not the job of the ZBA to write the regulations, but to administer the ordinance as it has been written for them.
Mr. Lichtenwald agrees with Mr. Higgins and his fellow commissioners. Mr. Steele agrees with all the other Board members. They have to go by the ordinance.
Vote on the motion:
Steele: No
Lichtenwald: No
Green: No
Siemer: No
Higgins: No
The motion to approve Petition 12-03 was denied by a vote of 5-0.
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (not related to items on the agenda)
We have had a request to distribute packets by e-mail. Mr. Siemer stated he would like to get a hard copy. He cannot print it out to the quality that it is sent by the city. Mr. Green stated he can get his by e-mail.
a. 12-03 Review Findings of Fact
Hearing no further business, the Chairman adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Cynthia E. Winland, AICP
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My question concerns the genius behind the U-boats: Karl Doenitz. He was the last Nazi ruler of Germany. Doenitz was tried and convicted at Nuremberg. He got the lightest sentence except those who where found not guilty. But his crimes only reflected those that were committed on the high sea.
Did Admiral Doenitz ever know about, exploit, profit from, or cover up anything about the Holocaust?
I don't want to have any false or idealized notions of this man if he did something that contributed to genocide.
Admiral Karl Dönitz was charged at Nuremberg under three of the four counts: Conspiracy Against Peace; Crimes Against Peace; and War Crimes. He was not indicted under Charge Four, Crimes Against Humanity, which encompassed charges concerning the Holocaust.
Dönitz was acquitted on Charge One but convicted of charges Two and Three. He received the shortest sentence of anyone convicted -- ten years. Released from prison in 1956, he survived until 1980.
You can read about his sentencing here (and in the pages that follow):
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Although Dönitz built and trained the German U-boat arm, the evidence does not show he was privy to the conspiracy to wage aggressive wars or that he prepared and initiated such wars. He was a line officer performing strictly tactical duties. He was not present at the important conferences when plans for aggressive wars were announced, and there is no evidence he was informed about the decisions reached there. Dönitz did, however, wage aggressive war within the meaning of that word as used by the Charter. Submarine warfare which began immediately upon the outbreak of war, was fully coordinated with the other branches of the Wehrmacht. It is clear that his U-boats, few in number at the time, were fully prepared to wage war.[the second quote is pursuant to guilt in war crimes]
Dönitz is charged with waging unrestricted submarine warfare contrary to the Naval Protocol of 1936, to which Germany acceded, and which reaffirmed the rules of submarine warfare laid down in the London Naval Agreement of 1930.
In short, Dönitz was apparently unaware of the Holocaust or, at the very least, was not complicit in the persecution and murder of Jews.
You may also want to check these links:
A short introduction to Nuremberg; and
A list of what charges the defendants were found guilty of and what sentences they received.
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Why They Hate Her
Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left.
Sep 15, 2008, Vol. 14, No. 01 • By JEFFREY BELL
For months John McCain has apparently been hoping to use his selection of a running mate to shake up the presidential race. By picking Alaska governor Sarah Palin, McCain has accomplished that--and very likely a lot more than that, more than he or anyone else could have imagined.
I'm not talking about the widely remarked fact that if Palin performs well, and regardless of whether McCain wins or loses, she becomes a future Republican presidential prospect. Given the end of the remarkable 28-year run of the Bush family--present on six of the last seven GOP national tickets, a record that could stand forever--and McCain's own status as a pre-baby boomer, this was baked in the cake no matter what younger Republican politician McCain chose to elevate.
But even apart from its political implications, the rollout of the Sarah Palin vice presidential candidacy may be regarded decades from now as a nationally shared Rorschach test of enormous cultural significance.
From the instant of Palin's designation on Friday, August 29, the American left went into a collective mass seizure from which it shows no sign of emerging. The left blogosphere and elite media have, for the moment, joined forces and become indistinguishable from each other, and from the supermarket tabloids, in their desire to find and use anything that will criminalize and/or humiliate Palin and her family. In sharp contrast to the yearlong restraint shown toward truthful reports about John Edwards's affair, bizarre rumors have been reported as news, and, according to McCain campaign director Steve Schmidt, nationally known members of the elite media have besieged him with preposterous demands.
The most striking thing in purely political terms about this hurricane of elite rage is the built-in likelihood that it will backfire. It's not simply that it is highly capable of generating sympathy for Palin among puzzled undecided voters and of infuriating and motivating a previously placid GOP base, neither of which is in the interest of the Obama-Biden campaign. It also created an opening for Palin herself to look calm, composed, competent, and funny in response.
In her acceptance speech last Wednesday night, anyone could see the poise and skill that undoubtedly attracted McCain's attention months ago, when few others were even aware that he was looking. But it was precisely the venom of the left's assault that heightened the drama and made it a riveting television event. Palin benefited from her ability to project full awareness of the volume and relentlessness of the attacks without showing a scintilla of resentment or self-pity.
This is a rare talent, one shared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. For this quality to have even a chance to develop, there must be something real to serve as an emotional backdrop: disproportionate, crazy-seeming rage by one's political enemies. Roosevelt was on his party's national ticket five times and Reagan sought the presidency four times. Each became governor of what at the time was the nation's most populous state. It took Roosevelt and Reagan decades of national prominence and pitched ideological combat to achieve the gift of enemies like these. Yet the American left awarded Sarah Palin this gift seemingly within a microsecond of her appearance on the national stage in Dayton, Ohio. Why?
The most important thing to know about the left today is that it is centered on social issues. At root, it always has been, ever since the movement took form and received its name in the revolutionary Paris of the 1790s. In order to drive toward a vision of true human liberation, all the institutions and moral codes we associate with civilization had to be torn down. The institutions targeted in revolutionary France included the monarchy and the nobility, but even higher on the enemies list of the Jacobins and their allies were organized religion and the family, institutions in which the moral values of traditional society could be preserved and passed on outside the control of the leftist vanguard.
Full human liberation always remained the ultimate vision of the left--Marx, for one, was explicit on this point--but the left in its more than 200-year history has been flexible and adaptable in the forms it was willing to assume and the projects it was willing to undertake in pursuit of its anti-institutional goals. For more than a hundred years, the central project of the global left was socialism.
It's hard to credit today, but as recently as the 1940s most Western political elites believed government ownership of business and national planning were the keys to economic modernization. Even when socialism's economic prestige was eroded by the West's capitalist boom after World War II, socialism retained credibility as a means of income redistribution.


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Bill 234, also known as the Responsible Electronic Data Backup Act, would require the government's Office of Technology to set a timeline for the establishment of a protocol to back up critical electronic data.
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The defensive tackle then turned around and was escorted to the locker room before practice got underway.
The reason: a Cowboys team desperate for help in the secondary traded Bass to New England for cornerback Justin Green, a source said.
Green, who began his college career as a running back at Illinois before being switched to corner, spent most of last season on the Patriots practice squad. He was called up for two games but failed to register on the stat sheet.
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"Love is in the air in downtown Placerville," said new Placerville mayor Wendy Mattson. "I got a wonderful crazy idea from something they are doing in Saratoga and the Placerville Downtown Association approved it."
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"Love is in the air in downtown Placerville," said new Placerville mayor Wendy Mattson. "I got a wonderful crazy idea from something they are doing in Saratoga and the Placerville Downtown Association approved it."
The idea is a Love Note — a note of appreciation to whoever you wish to acknowledge. Participating Main Street merchants will display Love Notes in their windows from Feb.1 to Valentine's Day on Feb. 14.
"They can be for a favorite someone; the people who water the flower baskets; someone who gave you great service in town, a special neighbor or whatever, " said Mattson.
The Love Notes come in four different designs and the project is being sponsored by Mattson, Robinson Pharmacy owner Dennis Thomas and the Printing Press. It is free to downtown merchants and the community to participate.
"It's easy to complain and focus on what we don't like, but the majority of residents are here because they love Placerville," said Mattson. "This is a way to come together and express what we appreciate about our community."
At Robinson's Pharmacy, window designer and buyer, Marcella Goodwin plans to string the Love Notes back-to-back on Valentine ribbon and hang them up in a window so they can be seen both inside and outside the store.
Business owner Dennis Thomas said he has given away so many of the Love Notes to participating merchants that Thursday, he had only three of the four designs left at Robinson's.
"We thought of this too late to do it all over town, but next year, if people love it, we hope to expand it to Placerville Drive and Broadway," said Mattson.
Love Notes are available now at participating downtown businesses. Ask for a Love Note, fill it out and leave it at the business. Then, watch love bloom in downtown Placerville.
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RALEIGH In light of the recent uproar over the use of full-body scanners and enhanced pat-downs to screen air travelers, Charlotte/Douglas International Airport Aviation Director Jerry Orr said hed like to fire the federal Transportation Security Administration replace it with private contractors.
Orrs comments drew attention statewide, but so far, the management at Raleigh/Durham International Airport and Piedmont Triad International Airport are not following his lead.
After the 9/11 attacks, TSA took over security-screening services for all but 16 of the nations airports. The 16 that have opted out including the main commercial airports in San Francisco, Kansas City, and Rochester, N.Y. use private screening companies under the TSAs watch.
Its been my opinion since Sept. 11 and before that the airport ought to be running the security process, Orr said on WBT-AMs Keith Larson Show Nov. 23.
If it were up to Orr, far fewer travelers would be subjected to x-ray machines and pat-downs.
We spend an awful lot of time putting an awful lot of people through things that are obviously unnecessary, he said. The process from the very beginning has been to look for things and typically the things they look for are yesterdays threat we need to be looking at people with intent.
Orr said security guards should be allowed to evaluate passengers based on a number of criteria and determine which of them should be selected for extra screening.
If youre looking for a perpetrator, you must look for the perpetrator, he said. If you want to call that profiling, then sure. It certainly raises your opportunity for success.
But Orr knows it is not up to him. He has learned that even if he can opt out of the TSAs screening services, he cant opt out of their x-ray and pat-down procedures.
Even so, he thinks there is room for improvement.
There are 464 TSA employees at the Charlotte/Douglas. Their only responsibilities are passenger and baggage screening.
To put that in perspective, Orr said, we have about 350 [employees] to run the entire airport, which includes perimeter security, the airport police and all of the people who keep this airport running.
In addition to being more efficient, Orr thinks a private company could provide friendlier customer service than the TSA.
Theyre not very flexible. They operate based on protocols, which means they do the same thing to everybody all the time, he said.
Kevin Baker, executive director at GSO, said he has not considered opting out of TSA, but didnt rule out the possibility.
Sitting here right now, I dont think we would go that route, Baker said, but of course you just never know what the future brings.
GSO doesnt have full-body scanners, but travelers who set off metal detectors are subjected to physical searches.
It has not been that big of an issue for us so far Ive heard very few complaints but I have to reserve judgment as to what it will be like in a month or a year, Baker said.
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Every incremental nuisance that is added to the air traveler reduces their likelihood to travel by air by some incremental amount, Baker said.
A spokeswoman for RDU said none of the airports management had expressed any interest in opting out of TSA. X-ray machines already are in operation at RDU.
Bob Poole, director of transportation studies at the Reason Foundation, said TSA has a built-in conflict of interest. The agency is both security regulator and security provider.
It cant be an objective overseer of its own screening workforce, said Poole, who has written extensively on airport security and has advised the four previous presidential administrations on transportation policy.
Private contractors provide screening at all major airports in Europe and Canada, he said. The U.S. is the only country that uses its regulatory agency as a direct provider of screening services.
Poole said the TSA once hired a consulting firm to assess the performance of private screeners and then suppressed the report because it showed private screeners performed as well as or better than the TSA.
Orr put it this way: They make the regulations, they carry out the activities, and then they judge their success.
Poole said he will urge the 112th Congress to seriously consider correcting the mistake they made back in 2001 in creating this conflict.
Allowing airports to opt of out of the TSA may not end the demeaning and degrading harassment of passengers thats going on now, Poole added, because private companies have very little wiggle room and are forced to operate very much like the TSA.
But, he said, it would be a step in the right direction if we had more airports opting out and started moving toward a situation where the TSA didnt have a role in providing screening at all.
Sara Burrows is an associate editor of Carolina Journal.