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Vic Biorseth, Monday, October 26, 2009
The dictionary definition of pro-American is to support the United States of America and her policies; very simple and straight forward. However, even a cursory glance at official government policy in the USA today shows a radical opposition to virtually everything the USA has historically stood for. Supporting current government policy says nothing about supporting the ideals and intentions of the founders and the framers, and the history of America up until now. And it says nothing about the American Constitution, the legal document that literally and legally defines the American government.
Our definition of pro American defends the American Constitution.
You have heard it said that we are a nation of laws, and not just of men.
America is nothing without her Constitution.
The very nature of the American nation is totally dependant upon a government constrained by, and a citizenry both liberated and constrained by, the Constitution of the United States of America. It is a limited government, a liberated citizenry, and a large, strictly private sphere of commerce and business activity that is beyond the reach of government that creates our unique American Exceptionalism. That is what our Constitution does. Or, perhaps more correctly, that is what our Constitution was designed and intended to do.
Open competition in the free market is what built the American nation and made her the greatest wealth producer, government revenue producer and world-feeder in history. Keeping government constrained within the limits set by the Constitution, and maintaining a reasonable private sphere of legitimate, legal and moral activity of free men beyond the reach of government is the pro-American approach.
When the Constitution is weakened or violated or ignored to the point that it no longer matters or makes any difference in American life, then, America will be no different than any other country, and there will be no point in being pro-American.
When American government interferes with or takes command of private business transactions, changes or violates terms of existing contracts, involves itself in commercial enterprises, wages, prices, profits, business decisions, loans, financing, interest rates, manufacturing, banking, insurance, or in any way orders or mandates any formerly private business activity, then America will have become just another dictatorship, and her Constitution will be nothing more than an interesting but dead historical document.
We will have become just another nation of men, and not of laws.
Our definition of pro American supports American moral norms.
Our private and public behavior as individuals and as a people, our civil law, even our Constitution, are dependent upon a common sense of right versus wrong. There always must be some clearly defined and broadly accepted basis for determining right from wrong before we can make even the simplest rule, let alone civil law. From household rules, to social etiquette, to civil laws and even State or Federal Constitutions, there must be some broadly recognized standard within the culture, or we can only make arbitrary and temporary rules that may be changed on a whim. A stable society needs a set of firm moral rules that are widely recognized and broadly accepted. Any distinct and recognizable social order needs some form of continuous tradition in order to continue to be a distinct and recognizable social order.
The complete absence of tradition and social rules of order is a definition of social chaos. The breakdown of tradition and social rules of order is the path to social chaos.
The moral code that underlies the American Constitution, the individual State Constitutions, American civil law at all levels and the private and public behavior of the vast majority of the American citizenry is the Judeo-Chrisitan Ethos, which is born of the Judeo-Christian Religion. At the root of this American national ethos lie the Ten Commandments.
The first three Commandments (four in the most common Protestant counting) define man's relationship with God, or his religion. In American tradition these first Commandments cannot be enforced under civil law, nor should compliance with them ever be discouraged by civil law. Ecclesial law addresses only the concept of immortality of the soul, and civil law addresses only the concepts affecting the mortal or physical life of man. Ecclesial authority knows that it cannot drag any man, kicking and screaming against his will, into salvation, and it does not try to do so. Civil authority in America is prohibited by the Constitution from directing any man into any Church, and is prodded by common sense toward encouraging and enabling men to worship as they please.
The last seven Commandments (six in the most common Protestant counting) define man's relationship with his fellow man, or his morality. These are the Commandments that under-gird all of civil law in America. The argument that we cannot legislate morality is completely bogus and false; that is what America has historically done, and that is precisely what is always needed to be done. Morality is exactly and precisely what must be legislated.
Almost definitively, social moral norms – morality – are divisive as opposed to inclusive, to use the currently popular political terms. Men will either live within and abide by the established and recognized social moral norms or they will not. To try and make a society's morality all inclusive is to act to destroy that society's morality. Destruction of a society's morality necessarily means the destruction of that recognizable society.
From the birth of the American nation, America's clearly recognized national Judeo-Chrisitan morality lies at the root of American civil law and provides the foundation of the unique American culture.
A brief study of history of Western Civilization history will show that, every nation that ever adopted contraception eventually moved on to adopt some form of eugenics and genetic engineering. And every nation that adopted eugenics eventually moved on to adopt abortion. And every nation that adopted abortion eventually moved on to adopt euthanasia. And every nation that adopted euthanasia eventually moved on to adopt genocide.
This is not a slippery slope; it is a cliff. This may be the most definitive difference between American culture and other cultures. Either human life is widely held to be sacred, or it is not. Either human life is worthy of social protection, or it is not. The pro American position is that it is. The anti American position is that HBAACOTE11 and that human populations absolutely must be "controlled" by wise elite rulers. For their own good. Which requires the movement of society toward the inevitable and necessary WBESSWG17 of the whole world.
Our definition of pro American supports the American Judeo-Christian religion.
We submit that America has had from birth and holds today to a common national religious belief, and that religious belief is in Judaism and Christianity in all of their diverse forms.
The primary impetus and motivational force that moves men to voluntarily embrace and adhere to the rules of American social morality involves the discernment of Divine Will, and the desire to accommodate that will. The believer seeks to please God. The only reason for the unbeliever to live within the social moral norm is to avoid disapproval of the larger culture. We all know that many unbelievers are unmoved by social acceptance.
When a moral norm is considered strong enough to be backed by representative civil law, as in laws covering robbery or murder, for instance, the only real reason an atheist may choose to live within the rule of law involves fear of punishment under civil law itself, for the atheist has no fear of God.
The perceived need to encourage and strengthen the moral fiber of the American population in general puts the pro-American position on a collision course with the secularism movement that seeks to control, weaken or even eliminate religion and religious topics from all public discourse, despite our First Amendment guarantee of our freedom of religious exercise and expression. Secularism is an anti-Constitution and anti-American activity.
We have previously argued that the rather stupidly developed separation of Church and state "principle" is un-Constitutional, bogus and concocted, based solely on personal whim and on nothing whatsoever in our Constitution, and should be overruled at the first opportunity by whichever one of the three co-equal branches of government that has enough common sense and love of nation to do it.
The pro American position seeks to simplify and get back to basics. The anti American position always seeks to complexify and obfuscate, almost always with some ulterior motive. The false claim is that, absent the aforementioned "constitutional" principle of separation of Church and state, the government will order people into some Church or other. It's a lie. It has never happened here, and is quite impossible.
Just try to order, for instance, the Baptists into Catholic Churches, or the Lutherans into Methodist Churches, and see what happens next. Americans have never and will never stand for such a thing. Brutal dictatorship would have to be imposed first, with a totally cowed and subjugated populace. It might be easier (but not easy) for American government to shut down all Churches and Synagogues than to order all American citizens into any one of them.
Our definition of pro American supports the Rule of Subsidiarity.
This is almost the exact opposite of any form of totalitarianism or dictatorship. The Rule of Subsidiarity says that the highest practical authority – most affecting our daily lives – rests in the lowest jurisdiction, and comes reasonably close to making the humble citizen the sovereign of the land, and to making the government the servant of the people.
If it isn't in the Federal Constitution, then the Federal Government has no business doing it. If it isn't in the State Constitution, then the State Government has no business doing it. The people most responsible for those things that most directly affect our daily lives should be the most accountable to us, and should face us regularly in our town halls, in the public square, and they should live and interact with us in our own local neighborhoods, and thus be subjected to their own government rules.
We have already spoken about Federal level involvement in such things as public education, national health care and similar things. How on earth did the Federal Government ever manage to create and grow such huge bureaucracies as HUD, just as one example? There is no constitutional mandate for federal involvement any housing or urban affairs outside of the District of Columbia. All of this giant, growing, hyper, super-government is super-expensive un-constitutional nonsense.
The Federal Government has no Constitutional business involving itself in such matters. Nor does it have any legitimate business legislating, regulating or otherwise seeking to change so much as the local weather, let alone the global climate. Perhaps someone in some other nation might not like whatever an American President commands the climate to do. Who is he to change the climate for everyone? These things are not only beyond the scope of our Constitution, they are beyond the scope of simple common sense.
The American Constitution is a thoughtfully argued, carefully crafted and cautiously amended legal document, written in English, that says very specific legal things. It describes the organization and operating rules for the governance of the United States of America. It establishes boundaries beyond which government may not go. It describes what government can do. This is another way of saying that it limits government action and government authority over the sovereign American citizen.
In limiting American government authority, our Constitution thereby defines American individual liberty.
Read it; it's well worth the time and effort.
Our definition of pro American is unabashedly patriotic and filled with nationalistic pride.
There is nothing wrong and everything right with any feelings or expressions of patriotism and nationalism that are not related to Communism, Fascism, Nazism or any other form of Marxism or Leftist ideology. Unlike Socialist countries and dictatorships of various description, America has a long and glorious history involving the creating, institutionalizing, protecting and growing of individual liberty, a very precious, yet little recognized or understood American citizen blessing today.
Remember, and never forget: liberty requires morality.
We the people, who now take this ephemeral thing called Liberty for granted and don't even fully recognize it, probably have more of it at this moment than any citizen in any other developed country. And yet we have less of it today than our parents had, and they had less than their parents had. It has been being un-Constitutionally legislated and regulated and adjudicated away from us for many generations now, and is now in the process of being crushed under a thoroughly Marxist President and a Marxist-controlled Senate and House of Representatives.America's pseudo-sophisticated elite, our highest levels of sitting government, the SLIMC1 and the majority of our leading academics despise America and everything she stands for. They hate her anthem, her flag and all expressions of patriotism; they hold all these things in elitist contempt.
They do not understand us. They have made themselves aliens.
They intend to eliminate citizen Liberty.
Our definition of pro American is divisive as opposed to inclusive.
To use the popular political campaign jargon of today, the Republicans practice the politics of division, and the Democrats practice the politics of inclusion. I submit that this terminology is only truthful regarding those Republicans who are truly pro American, and those Democrats who are truly anti American. The pro American position is divisive at just about every available level.
Religion is, of its nature, divisive. Moral codes, traditions and social norms are, of their nature, divisive. Politics are, almost definitively, divisive. If everyone agreed on everything there would be no such thing as politics and no need for any political activity of any kind.
All people are not the same, nor are all ideals, religions or philosophies the same. There are major differences between America and other nations, between the American people and other people, between the American ideal and other ideals.
Either the American Constitution is a legal document that says very specific legal things, or, it is not worth the paper it is written on. We are either a nation of laws, or we are just another nation of men, like so many others, and all that has gone before in our national founding and in our national history was for nothing.
What kind of an American citizen are you? Divisive, or all inclusive?
Take a stand.
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I shoot mostly B&W and have Ektars, newer Schneiders and a Dagor. there is differences between contrast, but quite a bit of this can be controlled with proper lens shading and filtering. With color there is a noticeble difference in contrast and color saturation between say the Ektars and Dagor compared to the new Schneiders. So if you want consistency in color one mfg or maybe stick to very current lenses.
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In 2011, Deyton Elementary School had 15 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The North Carolina average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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94 Days Until Buckeye Football Means #94 Mike Vrabel
One of the most well known Ohio State coaches is also one of the most well known former Ohio State and NFL player. Mike Vrabel was one of the most versatile college defensive ends during an era in which ends weren't expected to be that way. He was a first team All-American as a senior and went on to be a star in the NFL, mainly playing for the New England Patriots. He had 12 career receptions in the NFL, all of which went for touchdowns. After ending his career with the Kansas City Chiefs, Vrabel retired in order to join the Ohio State coaching staff after the dismissal of Jim Tressel, coming back home to help his former teammate and Ohio State defensive linemen, Luke Fickell.


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Anticipation is very high at this point..the sheer thought I might get to see these fantastic episodes in HD is making me giddy
I haven't received the full set for review yet, but the material I've seen so far is indescribably beautiful. I'm gonna have a hard time coming up with fresh adjectives to represent the quality I'm seeing from CBS Digital.
Yeah, the first trailer was pretty good fx wise, but had some questionable colors for the live action. But the later trailers (that included some of the same footage) were spectacular.
Sucks that this will be the first one I can't get a bit early, and in fact wont beable to purchase for at least a month after its release (stupid medical bills). I will be jealous at each and everyone who gets to watch it....
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Great Lakes Action Agenda
Update: Get involved by attending a Great Lakes Work Group, see 'Work Groups' below for more information.
What is the Great Lakes Action Agenda?
The interim Great Lakes Action Agenda (73 page PDF, 3.04 MB) is a guide to promote successful ecosystem-based management through existing programs and partnerships involving state and federal agencies, municipalities, academic institutions, non-profits, and other stakeholders in New York's Great Lakes basin. The action agenda identifies pressing problems and actions needed to protect natural resources, environmental quality and resilient communities. It helps focus federal and state programs on key challenges faced by this region of the state. Most importantly, it is a tool that agencies, communities and organizations can use to help plan, fund and track projects that help achieve our shared vision for the conservation, restoration and protection of New York's Great Lakes basin.
Status of the Great Lakes Action Agenda
The action agenda is being released as an "interim" document, in recognition of key federal and state initiatives that are currently undergoing significant revisions and refinement, including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan and the U.S./Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, among others. Therefore, this will be a working document at this time, to best accommodate new priorities and be open to new partners as we move forward with implementation.
A Great Lakes Action Agenda progress update was presented via webinar on December 16. 2014. The presentation slides may be viewed by clicking on the following link: New York's Great Lakes Action Agenda Stakeholder Presentation (PDF, 2.28 MB).
Work Groups
DEC invites you to join other regional stakeholders in a first-of-its-kind basinwide partnership to advance key priorities for New York's Great Lakes basin, as identified in the state's interim Great Lakes Action Agenda (GLAA). The focus of these interactive work group meetings will be to identify watershed challenges and specific opportunities to collaboratively accomplish GLAA projects.
All NYS Great Lakes stakeholders are invited to participate - including environmental organizations, academic institutions, state and federal agencies, local government, individuals and other diverse stakeholder groups (business, health, recreation, planning, etc).
Four sub basin work groups will provide a unique opportunity to connect, coordinate and collaborate with other groups and agencies working locally and basinwide.
Please join us for one or more of the following meetings:
Lake Erie Work Group
Wednesday, Dec 2nd
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve
93 Honorine Drive
Depew, NY 14043
SW Lake Ontario Work Group
Thursday, Dec 3rd
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Braddock Bay Lodge
199 East Manitou Rd.
Rochester, NY 14612
NE Lake Ontario Work Group
Monday, Dec 14th
10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Jefferson County
203 North Hamilton St.
Watertown, NY 13601
SE Lake Ontario Work Group
Tuesday, Dec 15th
10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Onondaga Lake Visitors Center
I 690 Exit 7
Syracuse (Geddes), NY 13209
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- SE & NE Lake Ontario Work Groups: Emily Sheridan, firstname.lastname@example.com, 315-785-2382
Goals of the Great Lakes Action Agenda
The action agenda brings together new priorities, as well as existing environmental, social and economic goals previously identified for New York's Great Lakes region, using an ecosystem-based management approach. The action agenda's ten priority goals guide conservation, restoration and protection efforts in New York's Great Lakes basin.
- Virtually eliminate discharges of persistent toxic substances
- Control sediment, nutrient and pathogen releases
- Accelerate the delisting of New York's Areas of Concern
- Combat invasive species
- Conserve and restore fish and wildlife
- Conserve Great Lakes water supplies
- Enhance community resiliency and ecosystem integrity
- Promote smart growth, redevelopment and adaptive reuse
- Enhance recreation and tourism opportunities
- Plan for energy development
Achieving the goals of the Great Lakes Action Agenda
DEC's Great Lakes Watershed Program reports annually on the work of organizations across New York's Great Lakes basin to meet the ten goals of the action agenda.
- New York Great Lakes Action Agenda Highlights 2010-2012 (PDF, 1.7 MB) - Note that the format of the action agenda changed in 2012. Achievements highlighted in this 2010-2012 report are organized by goal in accordance with the previous format.
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The return of Adnan Shukrijumah
Adnan Shukrijumah. Does the name ring a bell? It should if you have been a regular reader of this blog since its inception in 2004.
In August 2004, I reported on the FBI search for the high-profile fugitive and al Qaeda operative billed as the "next Mohammed Atta." There's been a $5 million bounty on his head for six years. He has been reportedly spotted at or near the Mexican border and allegedly has met with Latin American gangs. In 2007, his name came up in wiretaps related to the busted NYC/JFK bombing plot.
Well, he's still on the loose. And he's still apparently hard at work on global jihad.
Rusty at the Jawa Report has the latest on his connection to the recent 2010 NYC subway bombing plot:
Adnan G. El Shukrijumah may have met with one of the men involved in the failed al Qaeda plot to blow up the New York City subway. Press reports do not indicate who Shukrijumah met with, but the plot's leader was a Colorado man named Najibullah Zazi.
Adnan Shukrijumah is a wanted al Qaeda terrorist who was at one time suspected of planning a dirty bomb attack against the US. Shukrijumah was born in Saudi Arabia but raised in the US. At one time alerts were issued that he might try and cross into the US through Mexico. There is a $5 million reward for information on his whereabouts from the FBI.
Zazi may have met Shukrijumah in an al Qaeda camp in 2008. The Washington Post claims that Shukrijumah "is among the top candidates to be al-Qaida's next head of external operations".
This would make sense given that the plot to blow up the subway is said to have been ordered by Saleh al-Somali, al Qaeda's former head of external operations, since killed in a Predator strike (Allahu-akbar!). Zazi originally went to Pakistan to join the Taliban, but was recruited by al-Somali to join al Qaeda instead.
If Zazi met with Shukrijumah, then it would have been in Waziristan. Meaning the the al Qaeda operative was in Pakistan in 2008, and not in Central America as some have speculated.
They don't rest. Neither should we.
Where is America's "force protection" from refujihadis?
November 17, 2015 08:35 PM by Michelle Malkin
America's Reckless Refuge for Jihad
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Putin opens 'military Disneyland' park, helping Obama prove Romney was wrong on Russia
June 18, 2015 06:52 AM by Doug Powers
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As Bulls players begin to trickle in to the Berto Center to prepare for what could be a very special season, CSNChicago.com is getting fans ready to hit the ground running, too.
NBA training camps don't open until the end of the month, but from Monday through Friday up until Bulls' media day, we're discussing everything from Derrick Rose's comeback to the top competition in the Eastern Conference--with a twist.
CSNChicago.com has compiled the insights of anonymous behind-the-scenes league insiders (an assistant coach, a front-office executive, a retired player and an advanced scout), to go along with in-depth reporter breakdowns and complementary statistical analysis to ensure that diehard hoops fans are up to speed when the balls officially start bouncing.
Today's Topic: How much of a threat are the Nets?
Insider's Insight:
The Brooklyn Nets, it's kind of an all-or-nothing year for them, so let's see injury-wise and how their chemistry is, playing together with the additions that they've made and Jason Kidd in his first year as a head coach.
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This source's take on the revamped Nets was short and sweet, and also right on the money. But I'll delve a little deeper into analyzing the team that the Bulls dispatched in the opening round of the playoffs.
Besides rookie head coach Jason Kidd, hired just after retiring from the crosstown-rival Knicks, it's not like Brooklyn brought in a whole lot of unknown quantities. Talent isn't the question, but whether the pieces fit together and how age and/or health affect the Nets are still to be determined. On paper, their likely starting lineup of future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce at the forwards, All-Star center Brook Lopez in the middle and the backcourt of Deron Williams and Joe Johnson might be the most formidable in the league, and with newcomers Andrei Kirilenko, Jason Terry and Shaun Livingston on the perimeter to complement big-men holdovers Andray Blatche and Reggie Evans, depth isn't an issue either. Even Duke product Mason Plumlee could probably be a viable backup center for a lot of teams, but the rookie probably won't see much action on such a loaded squad.
[RELATED: Can the Bulls reclaim the Central Division from the Pacers?]
Boston imports Garnett, Pierce and Terry bring the toughness and championship experience Brooklyn was missing, while Kirilenko provides versatility and a defensive presence on the wing and Livingston's size at point guard could make for some intriguing backcourt combinations (with Terry, an undersized shooting guard, or even freeing up Williams to play off the ball), but each of the veteran additions come with durability concerns or in the case of the former Celtics, are simply aging. Still, with their overall talent level, there's no reason for any player on the roster to be forced to log overly heavy minutes.
The key to Brooklyn's success remains with Williams, who shouldn't be tasked with carrying the scoring load with the potent wing duo of Pierce and Johnson, as well as instant-offense types like Terry and Blatche coming off the bench. If the playmaker can get back to his pass-first, high-assist Utah days, he could have a resurgent campaign after a mildly disappointing tenure since the Jazz dealt him to the Nets. One thing is for sure, with his close friend Kidd, arguably the best true point guard of his era, at the helm, he won't have any built-in excuses and any perceived rifts would cement Williams' reputation as a coach-killer, if it isn't already. Pierce and Johnson are two of the best isolation scorers in the league, but shouldn't have to work as hard for quality shots, though I can envision them being the go-to options in the clutch, given their respective track records for coming through in big moments.
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Garnett's legendary intensity and devotion to defense are expected to transform a soft, porous unit on that end of the floor. The hope is his traits rub off on the laid-back, offensively-talented Lopez (and Blatche, a player whose skin he used to get under when they were opponents), a gifted scorer, but a mediocre rebounder and defensive presence, but Garnett's passing ability—if not the rest of his offensive game, as he's become more limited with time—should also help the team's balance, as the other four starters are used to being their team's focal points. Kirilenko's all-around game could have a similar effect, as he should be the prime defender for elite wing scorers in the conference, such as Miami's LeBron James, New York's Carmelo Anthony and Indiana's Paul George.
With a such a complete array of weapons, everything would seem to be in place for Brooklyn to make a run similar to Boston's back in 2008, when Garnett and Ray Allen joined Pierce on the Celtics. However, the biggest difference, aside from the older personnel is Kidd's lack of experience. Doc Rivers was a former player who didn't serve an assistant-coach apprenticeship before becoming a head coach, but he had an important stint in Orlando and endured tough times in Boston before a combination of good fortune and excellent chemistry blended together for the Celtics' title.
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Kidd has always been billed as a future head coach, but the all-time great floor general didn't have the benefit of even studying the game from the perspective as a broadcaster, which Rivers did before moving to the sidelines. He already has a positive relationship with Garnett, Pierce and Williams (the latter two also share an agent with him), the Nets' three most dominant personalities, but it's a tricky transition going from being equals to having to yell at them, cut their minutes and potentially mete out discipline.
I think Kidd will have a successful debut season and could eventually become one of the NBA's top coaches, but it won't happen overnight. There just seems to be too many variables, let alone strong competition, for Brooklyn to experience such a dramatic culture change and go from underachieving to living up to its potential in one fell swoop, not to mention the team's older players beating Father Time and somehow avoiding the nicks that come with age at inopportune moments.
[RELATED: What is the Bulls' biggest weakness?]
I see the Nets being extremely competitive, hosting a first-round playoff series and advancing to the second round, but when it comes to fending off the Bulls, let alone the Pacers and Heat that might be too tall of a task. Perhaps a bigger concern in Brooklyn should be whether whatever progress they potentially make this season can be sustained moving forward, as Garnett and Pierce, a free agent next summer, aren't getting any younger.
Focusing solely on the Bulls--though the same could be said for the other two teams--the chemistry, continuity and identity that has been forged over years of battling together as a group overwhelms straight-up talent, especially when factoring in the experience and bond with his players Thibs (again, the same goes for Miami's Erik Spoelstra and Indiana's Frank Vogel) has built from past seasons.
From a matchup perspective, we already know that while Joakim isn't Lopez's equal as a scorer, his rebounding, defense and overall high activity level gives his center counterpart issues and although Carlos might not be able to dominate Garnett offensively, KG isn't torching his opponent on most nights these days anyway. Pierce is still very dangerous, but Luol has gradually eclipsed him in recent years, and Jimmy's defensive prowess won't make life easy for Johnson, who will in turn have to work on the other end to prevent the younger player from making significant scoring contributions.
[MORE: Can the Bulls be more efficient 3-point shooters?]
At the point, assuming Derrick is himself again by the time a potential playoff matchup occurs, he's had a lot of success against Williams, whose usual size advantage doesn't come into play, and actually has a quickness disadvantage. When it comes to the benches, as deep and explosive as the Nets' second unit appear to be, the Bulls' top reserves--Kirk, Taj and Dunleavy--are as strong of a group as you'll find and by the postseason, rotations are typically shorter anyway.
Brooklyn doesn't have an obvious answer for Taj's athleticism and defensive presence, Dunleavy's ability to stretch the defense is problematic and Kirk's steady floor generalship, tough individual defense and subtle intangibles become even more valuable in the playoffs, while Nazr provides another capable big body. The revenge factor will be there for the Nets, but the Bulls' focus and determination, even with the likes of Pierce and Garnett on the other side, make a repeat matchup with Brooklyn a more appealing scenario than playing either the Heat or the Pacers in the postseason.
Tomorrow: Should the Bulls still be concerned about the Knicks?


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|Genetic structure of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) in São Tomé and Príncipe (West Africa): implications for malaria control.
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|PMID: 12296959 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The impact of a vector eradication programme, conducted in the 1980s, on Anopheles gambiae populations from the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, was evaluated by microsatellite DNA analysis. Significant genetic differentiation was observed within and between the two islands and between the islands and a population from Gabon, suggesting a degree of isolation between them. Large estimates of long-term N(e) suggested that the control programme did not affect the effective population size of the vector. Heterozygosity tests were also not consistent with a recent bottleneck.
|J Pinto; M J Donnelly; C A Sousa; V Gil; C Ferreira; N Elissa; V E do Rosário; J D Charlwood
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Murder suspect Shrien Dewani has two more legal avenues to pursue if he wants to pursue his appeal against a UK court's decision for him to be extradited to South Africa.
On Friday, the UK High Court ruled that Dewani may return to this country if South African authorities agreed that if he did come back, but was found to be unfit for trial, he could be sent back to the UK.
Dewani is accused of masterminding the murder of his wife, Anni, in Khayelitsha on November 13, 2010 and is the only one of four suspects who has not been sentenced.
In July, a British court dismissed an initial appeal by Dewani, based on mental health grounds, against an extradition order. He appealed again and this resulted in Friday's ruling. However, it did not mean Dewani would definitely be extradited.
On Monday, Justice Department spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said Dewani had two weeks to apply for leave to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. "If he fails at UK Supreme Court he can still approach the European Court for Human Rights, but only on human rights grounds ."
On Monday, Anni's uncle Ashok Hindocha said he did not see a reason for Dewani to appeal.
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The founder and owner of Classic Yachts, John has founded or co-founded more than five companies and served as CEO, president, and chairman of large corporations and entrepreneurial startups. A graduate of San Francisco State University, he has been a guest lecturer at the Graduate School of Business and Economics, California State University Hayward, has served on the boards of Vallejo Business Incubator, and as an executive mentor for the Bay Area Regional Technology Alliance.
Kirk began his 31-year construction career as a carpenter and rose through the ranks to superintendent, construction manager, chief executive officer and board chairman. Among hundreds of successfully completed projects are hotels, office buildings, bio-medical facilities, and motion picture industry sets, stages and production offices. He has won numerous industry awards, including the Pacific Coast Builders Conference "Golden Nugget Award," 2003; The Chrysalis Awards "Best Commercial Interior," 2003; and National "Judges Choice Award—Best Commercial Interior," 2003.
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I am pleased to announce the final release of Cheetah v2.2.2!
This release includes a swath of updates and fixes that are (to be
honest) long overdue (my bad). This includes: Windows becoming a
first-class citizen for Cheetah, proper support for Google App Engine,
multiple inheritance, and a few other fixes and improvements along the
The final release of v2.2.2 differs slightly from the latest RC due to
some fixes to the setup.py code to ensure Windows installation of
Cheetah works fine with or without a compiler installed :)
Along with this release, I've also started work on Sphinx-based
documentation: http://packages.python.org/Cheetah/ (still not complete [1])
* Cheese Shop:
- (source) <http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/Cheetah/Cheetah-2.2.2.tar.gz#md5=e0d89113ab6bb0935d2b67395960264c>
- (source rpm) <http://pypi.python.org/packages/any/C/Cheetah/Cheetah-2.2.2-1.src.rpm#md5=23c4673ff43ee1245251e8ee91258086>
- Binaries also listed: <http://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=Cheetah&version=2.2.2>
- 0000010: [Templates] Failure to execute templates on Google App Engine
- 0000026: [Compiler] Support multiple inheritance
- Additionss of a couple new C modules
- Improvements to setup.py to support building for Windows (thanks abbeyj!)
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- Fix for unicode/utf-8 dynamic compilation error (thanks mikeb!)
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patches a breeze: http://github.com/cheetahtemplate/cheetah
I'm very pleased with how this release worked out, and I'd like to point
out the great work done by James Abbatiello and Mike Bonnet in helping
me get this release out the door.
I hope you all enjoy, and I'm looking forward to v2.2.3 :)
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Slide, Inc.
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Now you pay Spotify $10/month for unlimited access to the entire album. To the entirety of the artist's catalogue. To the entirety of all the included artists' catalogues.
This is obviously and trivially less money than any one of those artists would make previously from you if you liked their music.
What makes you so sure there's less money here?
I remember that we used to pay about $10 per album (with the exception of certain top 40 new releases that cost twice as much that I never bought), and I used to buy about 1 album per month. If everyone who did that switched to Spotify for the entirety of their music consumption, that's exactly the same revenue going into the system as before.
It's even better now. Under the old system, if you liked an artists music you bought it once, and that was the end of the transaction. Especially for new artists with only one or two albums, that's tough. Who goes out and buys an artists' entire back catalog, anyway? Under the new system, if you like the artists music they can keep getting paid as long as you keep listening to it.
Phones are typically replaced after a two-year contract, after which they *might* live for another year on a secondary market. People seem to be stretching their tablet purchases a little further: as long as four years, with again potentially one additional year in the secondary market, though data on this is still in it's infancy. However, that still puts 5 years as the longest life for a tablet, that may be sold as much as a year after the OS release. The result is that I'd really like to see us hold handset makers to a 3 year support life for phones and 5 for tablets, and hold the OS maker (Google/Apple/MS) held to a six year cycle.
Desktops and laptops (and servers), on the other hand, have traditionally been much more likely to be hoarded by consumers for as long as they can make the device go. I've seen desktops pushing the 11 year mark, running an OS that was already 4 years old when the desktop was new. That makes Windows XP's 13-year supported life seem downright short. I like what linux is doing right with with LTS support releases vs standard releases of various distros. That allows them to move the product forward more rapidly, but still provide stability and support for those who need it. However, even those LTS support windows are often laughably short.
Only workers earning an annual income of under $23,660 qualify for mandatory overtime. Many millions of Americans are currently exempt from the overtime rules — teachers, federal employees, doctors, computer professionals, etc.
So let's say they "fix" the computer professionals exemption. If that happens, it defaults back tot he $23,660 rule. How many IT pros do you know that make $23,600 or less?
Disagree, because the probable result here is a lot of people taking a large cut to their base pay with the expectation that they make it up by doing overtime. In other words, it effectively increases the length of the work week without really increasing worker compensation.
It's kinda late now, but MS finally figured out that the major version should update when the runtime changes.
To date there have been 3 versions of the runtime:
The 3.0 and 3.5 series were really about changes to the C# language and then adding all the linq stuff. All this new stuff, including the current 4.5.x version (which should have been named more like 4.1.x ) is still using the 4.0 series, or third generation, of the runtime.
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ORANGE 1970 Boss 302 Mustang by PartywaveWatch
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Appears to be an ex Bud-Jones/driven by Parnelli Jones trans-Am car, a period icon along with Sam Posey's Challenger and Mark Donohue's Camaro.
Well thank you but I still consider my Pshop skills quite primitive compared to what other people on DA create.
i already saw some nice collages in your gallery, no?
with this car you can be the boss on the road
Heck yeah, I wish my Photoshop skills were greater
A collage with the modern one would have been nice maybe
So did I.
Me too And, I had scale models of cars like this back then too, from small Matchbox cars, to larger Corgi, and 1:24 plastic models, etc.
Me too
Thank you
So nice!!
I would drive that down the street in NO TIME
Great shot. I remember seeing these cars on TV and in the magazines back then.


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92% would repurchase
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Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I am usually not a fan of glitzy or glittery nail polishes, I usually get them for my daughter. But I tried this and the whole line on my nails at Sally's Beauty Supply and fell in love. Its such a beautiful deep red, and I LOVE good red polishes. The sparkle didn't bother me at all. I think it helps that it is a red sparkle rather than a silver or gold. I like the red on red effect. I feel the same way about the whole Wizard of Oz line but this is my favorite.
It gives great nail coverage and can be applied in one coat of you are in a hurry. It looks best with two coats but one would work. I plan on buying the whole line and I will probably buy a few bottles of this in case it gets DC'd.
Really recommend this to anyone who loves reds and even those who love a little glitz and glam!!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
meh. I found the colour a bit cheezy. I'm liking Essie thigh-high for the same effect but a little less glitzy. Swapped it out already.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Blue
The colour is gorgeous and you could get away with just one coat but I like to use two to get a more pigmented colour on my nails. I found this dried almost instantly and with a top coat it lasted for a week with no chipping...not even rubbing off the tip of my nail!
This polish is really hard to get off. I have a good nail polish remover but I think the sparkles in the polish like to stay on the nail when the red colour is rubbing away. I usually have to work twice as hard to get this polish off but that won't stop me from repurchasing.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Other, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Green
a classic! THE red nail polish.. i wear it for christmas every year and sometimes as a summer pedi. i think i have one of the bad versions though.. mine shows up much darker than the swatches usually show and i know there is more than one version.
still i cannot stop looking at it when it is on! though sometimes the glitter turns silver on me, which i cannot stand.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Perfect Christmas polish. Super fine red and gold glitter in a red jelly base. This is THE red glitter nail polish. This is opaque in two coats, but I think a third adds depth. Over Nail Tek Foundation II and topped with a coat of Seche Vite and it looks flawless and is dry in minutes. You really can't go wrong with this.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
What a great nail polish! Love it! I wore this on Christmas Eve. It's super pretty. It's a red sort of creamy color with lots of red sparkles (fine glitter) in it. Very pretty and very Christmas-y. I got lots of compliments for my nails.
The staying power is amazing. Maybe the glitter is too much for office wear but this is a great nail polish for more festive occasions. I would definitely repurchase! continued >>
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
Beautiful color when it's first applied. Super dense sparkly red. Exactly what I think of when I think of ruby slippers. But even with a top coat it seemed to lose it's sparkle by the next morning and it became incredibly dull by the next night. It was also harder than most glitter polishes to remove. I won't repurchase only because I honestly won't use this often enough to get through the bottle.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Other, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
I agree with the previous reviewers about the color--it's absolutely gorgeous! But I couldn't rate it a 5 since it just does not dry on my nails. Even if I use a rapid dry top coat and blast my nails with the hairdryer, I'll still get smoosh marks in my nail polish hours later. OPI's Smitten With Mittens is really similar (just a little darker) and dries very quickly so I'll wear that now when I want the look of Ruby Pumps.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Such a gorgeous polish! Pictures do not do this polish justice. This polish had a true red jelly base with red glitter than sparkles amazing in low light. Soooo gorgeous. This is the perfect holiday polish!!
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Dark, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this color for the holidays! It is so festive - in fact, the most festive red I've seen - makes me wanna go wrap a present or two. Such a sparkly red and not just your ordinary sparkles. Ruby pumps is such a perfect name for this polish because the sparkle is just as WOW-inducing as Dorothy's sparkly red shoes on the Wizard of Oz. It may be a little much for the office, but I've definitely found a winner for holiday parties & weekends for late November and all of December! Heck, I might continue wearing this throughout winter - it makes me that happy wearing it.
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