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What price self-defense? Is Jed on right track? Also: Intelligent designs. Plus more.
Re: Jed Babbin's What Are We Prepared to Do?:
Way to go, Jedster! Well said.
-- Martin Kelly
Glasgow, Scotland
Being an outspoken admirer and supporter of the United States, President George W. Bush, Secretary Rumsfeld and the Armed Forces of the United States (living in an environment not always America-friendly), I find reading Mr. Babbin always gives me the reassurance that I'm on the right track with my views. I just wish and hope that his voice is also heard in high U.S. government places. A lady from Texas recently wrote in a letter to the editor of TAS: "Jed Babbin is the gift that keeps on giving. No one says it better." I totally agree.
Jed Babbin for President, seriously!
-- Dieter Steinmann
Jed Babbin aptly quotes Charles Krauthammer that a nation's decadence is measured by how willing it is to defend itself. It called to mind the controversy over the whole "Cool Britannia" efforts of a few years back when PM Blair and his government were promoting the UK as a vacation destination. One of the divisive issues then was the replacement of the Union Jack on the vertical stabilizers of British Airways aircraft by multicolored artworks representing of the countries that the airline serviced. This created enough of an outrage in Britain that the company partially reversed itself, returning to a stylized flag (basically a swath of red, white and blue) with a color scheme that evoked the Union Jack. But the flag itself is still gone from BA jets (although it has been picked up by BA competitor Virgin Airways).
In 1965 Canada forsook the long-used Union Jack/Canada Shield flag for the current maple leaf flag, in an officially announced policy to promote "national unity." While this is certainly a laudable goal, changing the flag didn't seem particularly effective, given that Quebec's secession efforts reached their zenith several years after the flag was introduced. Also around this time the Canadian Ministry of Defense abandoned traditional names for the military branches like the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy and adopted the rather sterile term "Canadian Armed Forces." That can only have weakened Canada's connection with the valorous military service of His Majesty's Canadian subjects during two world wars.
In both these cases I see an abandonment of important elements of national heritage for very dubious reasons. This in turn weakens the process of assimilating immigrants, or more precisely, Anglicizing them in the U.K., making Canadian immigrants Canadian, and Americanizing them in this country. As we now realize, such assimilation is indispensable in fighting home-grown terrorism and creating love of country. As for Great Britain, I agree with Mr. Babbin that the Brits have gotten a wake-up call. It's worrisome that despite the terror attacks we've endured in the United States many of us are still asleep.
-- Paul DeSisto
Cedar Grove, New Jersey
I hope you don't mind if I drop in this one time to respond to some questions asked in your referenced article. You did call for debate. I apologize up front for this getting a little long.
But first, I wanted to say what a delight it was to hear you on Hugh Hewitt's show last week. I thought you were hitting it out of the ballpark whenever I happened to be listening in.
I have been thinking much about the anti-terrorism measures that Tony Blair announced on Friday. I was listening to Blair announce these live, and my reaction was probably closer to the leftists than to yours. I was especially concerned about the threat to close down mosques if they harbored speakers of pro-terroristic speech and the requirement for new citizens to speak English. However, I am also concerned about well-intentioned restraints on speech leaching out in unintended ways. While the suddenly right-of-center Mr. Johnson and I were debating this point on Saturday, I used the exact example that I later read in your article -- that of a student being suspended from school for making a gun form with his thumb and finger.
Jed, I want to win this war. With every cell of my being, I believe that we are in a just war, that military action was needed in Afghanistan and Iraq, and that it will be required elsewhere before this is all over. When my son is recalled, I will proudly say "Godspeed and good bye for now." If my other son didn't have asthma, he would have been in the Coast Guard. I had five uncles who served in WWII, one was captured by the Germans. Two of my three brothers were in the military. A man who worked down the hall from me was on flight 103 over Lockerbie when it was blown out of the sky. A friend of my niece's was killed in the Khobar towers attack. Every other Friday night, I strap on my ballistics vest and Taser gun to go out and help our city's police. In other words, I am no panty-waisted peacenik. The "war on terror" didn't start on September 11, 2001 for me.
However, the thought of some government board regulating what is legal to say sends shivers up my spine. Who shall we trust to define what is acceptable and what is not? Wouldn't it be vastly better if those of us who really long for peace and justice learn to speak in a way that is more attractive than the rhetoric being spewed by the likes of Mohammed Nassem? Winning the war against Islamofascism by criminalizing radical speech seems to me to be as likely effective as winning the war against drug abuse by criminalizing drug use. The latter is clearly not working.
We must eliminate the leaders of this Islamofascist menace by whatever means available. Innocent people will be sacrificed in the cross-fire. This is war. But I am concerned, very concerned, about a handful of people telling others -- then me -- what can and cannot be said. What we will end up with is more ten year old children being suspended from school for perceived "terror threats" within the natural banter that goes on every day in every school yard in the world. I think there has to be a better way.
Blessings on you, Jed. And, again, it was delight to listen you last week.
-- Sharon Johnson
You asked "under Stewart, it should not [be protected]. It should be classified as 'instructional speech' that 'creates a public danger.'" I totally agree.
I remember watching a reporter at Paul Johnson's house, after his head was sawed off. He picked up a note that a neighbor had left at his home and it said "YESTERDAY I WASN'T A BIGOT... TODAY I AM." That pretty well sums up how I feel.
-- Yvonne Sargent
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Jed Babbin asks, with regard to Islamic hate speech:
"Where do we draw the line with sufficient clarity to pass constitutional muster? Where does freedom of speech and religion end, and where does advocacy of terrorist acts begin?"
Perhaps the administration should label this "commercial speech," since much of it involves raising money. To avoid the red tape of the criminal justice system, enforcement should go to the IRS.
Or perhaps Bush can classify this as "political speech," since much of it is directed to recruiting people to adopt a point of view, and to join their struggle for a desired political outcome.
Our courts have long been circumscribing "commercial" speech, and more recently, with Congress, "political" speech. Or what our Founding Fathers knew as, simply, speech.
Whatever you do, please never refer to terror-inciting speech as "obscene," or "pornographic."
-- Dan Martin
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Re: The Prowler's Sinking to a New Low:
Ahhh, the Prowler is always a good read. How odd that the usual group of lefties that chant "Do it for the kids..." are this time around doing it to the kids. Specifically, Mr. Roberts's kids. Have they no shame?
The New York Times has the audacity to dig for sleaze on the Roberts family, but has refused to cover the Gloria Wise/Air America scandal in their own backyard. If by now anyone has doubts as to the bias inherent at the NYT this should certainly clear up the issue.
-- John McGinnis
Arlington, Texas
Re: Dan Peterson's The Little Engine That Could... Undo Darwinism:
I've always believed that Darwin descended from apes. My family tree, however, shows a descent from Adam.
Darwin's theory of evolution follows the Bible's very closely, from atmosphere to creature. However, morphing from one species to another, well, there's the missing link! Ask any Jewish religious scholar: He'll tell you about Noah. Jews believe that Noah entered the ark on all fours. When he left the ark he walked upright and, not only lost his tail but also his body's protective armor as well. That's right, he wasn't hairy but was protected by the same nail covering as remains on man's fingers and toes. And that is why religious Jews, to this day, bury their nail parings, as a remembrance of ancient times.
-- Wolf Terner
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Excellent, well-balanced article. However, experience teaches me that wherever there's such a violent head-butting contest going on, that there's a high likelihood that both sides are wrong in some major way. After all is said and done, we're very ignorant of the origin of life. We assume very much from very little. A shaky platform to stand on at best.
If life was created, then there must necessarily be a creator who was then, of necessity, created, and therefore must have had a creator, who must have had a creator, who... The problem here should be obvious. I'm willing to admit my ignorance, and I wish the rest of you could be big enough to do the same.
It's a pity that in a world so beset with poverty, starvation, pestilence, hatred and war, all this effort can't be put to some more immediately useful purpose.
-- Roy W. Hogue
Newbury Park, California
Two questions:
1. If the amoeba's flagellum is evidence of "intelligent design" because it is so complex and works so well, then is the human appendix, which has no known function except to become infected and kill the owner, evidence of "unintelligent design?" Was it "intelligent design" that made human birth painful and often fatal, when other mammals accomplish it with relative ease? Or on a broader scale, was it "unintelligent design" that allowed dinosaurs and dodo birds to breed themselves into relative helplessness against environmental change?
2. More to the point, would TAS or anybody else give two pins about the correctness of Darwin's theories, if damning his eyes wasn't still a guaranteed vote-getter with the hard core Genesis crowd (a guaranteed bulwark of the right, whatever anyone thinks of their culture)?
-- Martin Owens
Sacramento, California
I want to thank you for printing such an eloquent article. My words are inadequate, I know, but it has long struck me that there is simply an article of faith on both sides, and the vehemence can be striking.
I appreciate Mr. Peterson's ability to articulate in depth exactly how, based on (gasp) science, there may be more to the 'Intelligent Design' side of the debate than the Petri-dish thumpers care to acknowledge.
-- Betti Daniels
Pacheco, California
Let us imagine, like that French atheist scientist whose name escapes me did years ago, a simple two-thousand molecule cell consisting only of two kinds of molecules, one black and the other white (remembering, of course, that the simplest independent living cell, say an amoeba, has millions of thousands different molecules). The next simplifying thing to do is to assume that a special ordering of those 2,000 molecules is required to breathe life into that cell -- say an ordering of one white following one black and so on for all those 2,000 molecules. For that ordering to happen by chance only once you would need some 16 billion years (the age of the universe) and more black and white molecules (10 to the power of 80) than there are in the known universe. By mathematical definition this is the utter impossibility.
Also, the main proof of Darwin's theory of evolution lies in the logical circular reasoning, destroyed by Aristotle some 2,400 years ago. It states that a) an organism survived because it was the fittest, and b) an organism was the fittest because it survived -- a prime example of the stupidest circular reasoning, fit for a basic Philosophy 101 illustration of what Aristotle meant in his theory of logic.
-- Marc Jeric, Ph.D., Engineering, UCLA, 1968
Las Vegas, Nevada
Re: Ralph R. Reiland's Overblown and Overpaid:
The thing I have found most rankling over the years of the "midnight pay raises" is the number of legislators who preen and pride themselves on the years and years they have GIVEN to public service -- as though they were doing some kind of noble charity work. The final obscenity is their retirement pay -- never mind that they rarely earned a cent of what they received for their "public service."
If I ruled this part of the world, we would have some kind of REQUIRED pauperish public housing for our public servants. No Georgetown mansions for the millionaire dilettantes who have taken up politics as a hobby in preference to big game hunting. Teddy Kennedy and his wife would be living in a two bedroom, one bath apartment. And furthermore, he could not visit Hyannisport or any other pied a terre he might own on the side. Except on his two week vacation.
I would teach him and all the rest, the true meaning of public service. They would all file out of their government provided housing at 7 a.m. to ride to work in an overcrowded bus -- no limo with a phone. And they would stay at work until the work was done. Then they would come home to a home cooked dinner prepared by wifey dear. Public servants don't have servants! Their evenings would not be spent at Georgetown cocktail parties, but rather at home, preparing for the next day's work.
They could not wear makeup rivaling that of a Broadway star on the Senate floor. If I decided to make Durbin, Dorgan, and a few others I could name, remove the hair enhancements they fancy, we would have enough to carpet the Senate floor.
In my administration, what you see would be truly what you get. It would not be a pretty sight, but then again, you wouldn't be paying much for it, either. I would not allow their posturing on C-Span. If you wanted to see the Greatest Show on Earth, it would be on Pay TV -- that would help pay their salaries.
-- Diane Smith
South San Francisco, California
Re: John Tabin's Moving on the Mullahs:
Iranian nukes + terrorists + Saudi & Iraqi oil fields = increased sales of bicycles
-- David Govett
Davis, California
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Monterrey, Mexico: Living amid the Rule of Fear
December 10, 2012
For the past couple of years, people from all over the world have been asking me the same question: how bad are things in Monterrey, really? Obviously, they are referring to the drug-related violence and overall instability that have recently given the city unwanted international attention.
There's a saying in Mexico: "cada quién cuenta como le fue en la feria," which roughly translates to "how the tale is told depends on what the narrator has been through." Therefore, my experience will not resonate equally among some others who live in Monterrey, but I do hope it will provide a relatively objective conclusion and answer to the above question.
Since the underlying interest behind the question is learning more about the situation of violence, I will not get into details about how Monterrey has a buoyant economy, entrepreneurial society, growing industrial sector, or is the birthplace of the most important higher education systems in Latin America and the home of hard-working, committed individuals. What I will focus on is how daily life has changed for middle-class citizens as a result of the violence and how societal interaction today is less regulated by a rule of law and more so by a rule of fear.
Mexico Mourns After Casino Royale Massacre
September 8, 2011
Mexico suffered the criminal attack with the highest number of civilian casualties in its near history recently as a group of 10 to 12 armed men entered the two-story Casino Royale in the city of Monterrey, doused it with a flammable liquid and threw Molotov cocktails in the first floor. The exact details are still sketchy and the real death toll might never be established (there are inconsistencies in numbers reported by authorities, witness accounts and morgue registries) but unofficially the number is above 50, most of them women. The full motive behind the attack will probably never be determined, but the local media's investigative reports point toward non-compliance with a criminal gang that had demanded a cut of the business' profits in exchange for "protection."
Gruesome as the attack was, the reason for the elevated number of victims sadly has more to do with institutionalized corruption than with the criminal act itself. Survivors to this tragedy have testified that other than the main entrance to the establishment (which was blocked by the attackers), four non-labelled service doors were locked and the only supposed emergency exit to the place was fake and had a concrete wall behind it. The amount of suffering and emotions the victims must have felt when they thought they would be able to escape the fire and faced a wall in front of them, is horribly unimaginable.
Casino Royale received its license to operate as a restaurant and betting house in 2007, during the administration of Mayor Adalberto Madero, who in 2011 was officially kicked out of the PAN party for corruption charges and tainting the party's image (he was later reinstated due to a technicality). Ironically enough, Rodrigo, José Francisco and Ramón Agustín Madero (Adalberto's cousins) are members of the administrative board of the company that owns Casino Royale.
The matter becomes worse when we learn that during 2011 the establishment had already been subject to two other criminal attacks; the venue was not shut down permanently after the follow-up investigations even though it was not up to code. As if that wasn't enough, videos showing Monterrey Mayor Fernando Larrazabal's brother going into the Casino and suspiciously receiving wads of cash in cell phone boxes were leaked by the local and national media, furthering social outrage.
Today, a city and a whole country continues to mourn. Frustration is at an all-time high and is manifesting itself in different ways. On Twitter users heightened their continued demands for both Larrazabal and Governor Rodrigo Medina to resign. The local soccer teams held minutes of silence before their recent games. Masses honoring the victims have been held and peace rallies are the current talk of the town, though actual turnout has been surprisingly low.
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ROCKFORD — If Rockford were going to have its first full bench-clearing brawl at home in the AHL era this season, it's not surprising it would come against Grand Rapids.
ROCKFORD — If Rockford were going to have its first full bench-clearing brawl at home in the AHL era this season, it's not surprising it would come against Grand Rapids.
The teams just don't get along – but nothing foretold what transpired Saturday, Pink in the Rink Night, for a season-high sellout and well-entertained BMO Harris Bank Center turnout of 6,219.
They didn't get to witness a win; an 11-6 loss, instead. They still got to cheer more than normal, which they did when, one by one, eight IceHogs and five Griffins were sent off the ice with misconducts for fisticuffs midway through the second period.
"This is probably what we needed, as far as a spanking at home in front of a sellout crowd," captain Martin St. Pierre said. "It's a wakeup call. Those are the teams we need to beat and they embarrassed us in our building.
"We get another conference game on Monday (against Texas) and what better way to bounce back. It's supposed to be another good crowd. We kind of just have to forget about this one. It's definitely a learning experience, and, if that's what we need to get the season going, it is what it is."
It all started when Rockford's Kyle Beach and Grand Rapids' Riley Sheahan squared off. Rockford definitely needed a spark, trailing 6-3 and having had five straight minor penalties called against it in the first 11 minutes of the second period.
Fights started breaking out all over. Then the benches emptied. Even Rockford goalie Carter Hutton went flying down the ice to take on counterpart Petr Mrazek.
"Guys are sticking up for each other, and that's a big part with us," St. Pierre said. "Everybody backs up each other. It doesn't matter what your role is on the team."
Beach, Hutton, Shawn Lalonde, Philippe Paradis, Wade Brookbank, Adam Clendening, Rob Flick and Kenndal McArdle were booted out. That left Rockford with seven forwards, four D-men and one goalie.
Even the two coaching staffs exchanged words as they left the ice after the period, with the officials having to get between them.
There were 413 penalty minutes assessed during the teams' previous four meetings. Those were kid-gloves numbers after what went down this time. Rockford collected 139 minutes of penalties; Grand Rapids 91. There were 38 infractions.
The teams meet again Feb. 22 at BMO.
Rockford's previous AHL high for penalties in a period at home was 96 against Providence on March 8, 2008 – its first year in the league. It has had one AHL bench-clearing brawl on the road – April 1, 2012, at Milwaukee.
Dylan Olsen gave 20-18-1-1 Rockford a 1-0 lead, only to have the first-place Griffins (23-12-2-2) notch the next four and lead 4-2 after the first. Rockford drew within two on three other occasions but never closer. Also scoring were Peter LeBlanc, Beach, Jimmy Hayes, Ben Youds and Brandon Pirri, who became the team's all-time AHL scoring leader by passing Jack Skille.
Page 2 of 2 - And, surprise, the teams had words at the final horn.
"I'm pretty disappointed," St. Pierre said. "We didn't really show up to play in the first period. Obviously, they're a good team and took it to us. And we just kept taking penalty after penalty after penalty and shot ourselves in the foot. Guys are frustrated, and it is what it is."
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Not a DiCaprio fan, but the guns on that man do look good in this shot.
Along with the jazz fingers?
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He's a little weird. And also, he looooves hearing himself talk, if you haven't noticed.
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|αB-crystallin regulates oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac H9c2 cells via the PI3K/AKT pathway.
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|The present study was carried out to observe the protective effects of αB-crystallin protein on hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-induced injury in rat myocardial cells (H9c2) and to investigate the mechanisms of these protective effects at the cellular level, which could provide the experimental basis for future applications of αB-crystallin in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Western blotting was used to measure the expression of αB-crystallin in cultured H9c2 cells in vitro. A αB-crystallin recombinant expression vector, pcDNA3.1-Cryab, was constructed to transfect H9c2 cells for the establishment of cells that stably expressed αB-crystallin. A tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay (MTT test) was used to measure changes in the viability of the H9c2 cells at 1, 2, 3 and 4 h after induced by 150 μM H(2)O(2) to establish a model of H(2)O(2) injury to cells. H(2)O(2) was applied to H9c2 cells that were stably transfected with αB-crystallin, and the effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the viability of myocardial cells subjected to H(2)O(2)-induced injury was measured by the MTT assay. The effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the H(2)O(2)-induced injury of H9c2 cells was also analyzed by flow cytometry. The mitochondrial components and cytoplasmic components of H9c2 cells were separated, and western blotting was used to measure the effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria. Western blotting was also used to measure the effect of αB-crystallin overexpression on the expression of the anti-apoptosis protein Bcl-2 and components of the phosphatidylinositol 3-OH kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway. The αB-crystallin recombinant expression vector pcDNA3.1-Cryab successfully transfected H9c2 cells, and H9c2 cells that were stably transfected with αB-crystallin were established after G418 selection. The measurements carried out by western blotting showed that αB-crystallin proteins are expressed in normal H9c2 cells, but the proteins' expression was much higher in pcDNA3.1-Cryab transfected cells (P < 0.01). The MTT assays showed that 4 h of H(2)O(2) treatment induced significant injury in H9c2 cells (P < 0.01), but αB-crystallin overexpression can effectively antagonize the H(2)O(2)-induced injury to H9c2 cells (P < 0.05). The results of flow cytometry analysis showed that αB-crystallin overexpression can significantly reduce apoptosis in H(2)O(2)-injured H9c2 cells (P < 0.05). The results of western blotting showed that αB-crystallin overexpression in myocardial cells can reduce the H(2)O(2)-induced release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria (P < 0.05), antagonize the H(2)O(2)-induced downregulation of Bcl-2 (P < 0.05) and magnify the decrease in phosphorylated AKT levels induced by H(2)O(2) injury (P < 0.05). The overexpression of αB-crystallin has a protective effect on H(2)O(2)-injured H9c2 cells, and αB-crystallin can play a protective role by reducing apoptosis, reducing the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria and antagonizing the downregulation of Bcl-2 expression. The protective effects of αB-crystallin may be related to the PI3K/AKT pathway.
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MADISON, Wis. -- Ohio State clinched one title and kept its slim hopes for another alive.
The sixth-ranked Buckeyes won the Big Ten Leaders Division crown outright Saturday, Nov. 17, beating Wisconsin 21-14 on Carlos Hyde's 2-yard scoring run in overtime. Buckeyes safety Christian Bryant batted down Curt Phillips' pass on fourth down to preserve the win.
Ohio State (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten) is ineligible for the postseason as part of its punishment for NCAA violations under former coach Jim Tressel. The best the Buckeyes can hope for is to finish the regular season unbeaten, then have the teams above them all lose at least once to give them a shot at playing spoiler for the Associated Press title.
"We have a saying, 'A team that refuses to be beat won't be beat,' " Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. "Somehow, someway."
Wisconsin, meanwhile, blew its chance to show it deserves its spot in next month's Big Ten title game. The Badgers (7-4, 4-3) are third in the Leaders Division, but they'll be playing for a trip to the Rose Bowl because neither the Buckeyes nor Penn State are eligible for the postseason. No one else in the division will even finish with a winning record.
"I'm sure winning in Indy and going to the Rose Bowl and winning there would erase all the losses we've had," Badgers running back Montee Ball said. "Because that's our goal."
At least the Wisconsin fans got to see Ball get the major college record for career touchdowns in his final home game.
But he fumbled what would have been the record-breaker with 2:46 left in regulation. Ball held the ball in front of him as he leaped over the pile on the goal line, and Buckeyes linebacker Ryan Shazier met him with both fists and punched the ball loose.
"That's a dumb decision on my part," Ball said. "But I just felt like I needed to get the ball in the end zone."
And the Buckeyes felt just as strongly that they needed to keep him out.
"We knew that he needed two to break the record," Shazier said. "We were not going to allow him to break it on us."
Ball finished with 191 yards on a career-high 39 carries.
The Ohio State-Wisconsin rivalry hasn't reached the heights of "The Game" between the Buckeyes and Michigan. But it is not exactly warm and fuzzy, either, especially not after the previous two games.
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STID definitely did a better job with the main cast than XI did. There were a few scenes where Kirk and Spock actually reminded me of Shatner and Nimoy.
I'm afraid I do have to disagree with this. For me, Pine's portrayal in the 2009 movie was indisputably more Shatner-esque than what we got in STID, from the Kobyashi Maru sequence right through to the bits in the end of the movie where he had taken full control of the Enterprise, he reminded me far more of the (future) capable Starship commander from TOS in his STXI portrayal. By contrast, STID NuKirk felt to me like a step backwards, almost like his entire characterisation had been rewound back to that early bar fight scene from the first movie. I was disappointed with that aspect of STID.
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I read the PDF file of the Academy's archiving report that was posted earlier, and my experience at work to date with digital archiving pretty well agrees with what the Academy's were. That concerns me.
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I read the PDF file of the Academy's archiving report that was posted earlier, and my experience at work to date with digital archiving pretty well agrees with what the Academy's were. That concerns me.
It's purely a business decision. It's great for Hollywood, but bad for theaters. Just think, no need to make prints of movies. Also, this reduces piracy because this prevents prints from being digitized on the sly. With digital films, it's sent via satellite. All this requires expensive infrastructure paid for by theater owners. I'm sure there will be expensive software and hardware upgrades too. I can watch movies digitally at home, why pay $15 to go to a theater?
I am not sure the digital revolution will make piracy harder. If music history is a lesson, it will make it easier.
When the original is analogue any analogue copy will introduce a degradation in quality. Once you have a digital copy (either of an analogue original, or of a digital original) each copy is identical to the original, a pirate paradise.
With videotape I could record an Opera broadcast on TV and see it, but the video and audio quality were not the same as the original TV show.
Now I can record an Opera broadcast on digital TV on a digital medium and see it at exactly the same quality as before. I can also make as many copies as I want without degradation. It really is a very near DVD convenience at no cost. I expect this new technology will deeply affect DVD sales in the long run.
It's probably a child play to record "on the fly" the cinema theatre satellite transmission. Even if it is encrypted somehow during transmission it must be decrypted before projecting the image on the screen. That image sent to the projector is a digital unencrypted film and can be recorded presumably without many difficulties.
In my opinion, the transition to digital will certainly make the preservation of "secrecy" about a new release easier but, in the long run, will heavily damage the "long tail" of cinema revenues (especially DVDs, and possibly even TV broadcasts).
Movies producers might go back to film so that they can postpone the piracy risk to the DVD release phase.
So true about piracy. Correct me if I'm wrong, but all encryption for DVD has already been cracked. I think if it's sent through the air, this might make it easier to pirate. I think it's unfair making the theaters shoulder all the cost of the digital conversion. Maybe movie houses should take a stand and not convert and see what happens? The old movie projectors are still good after decades of use. I don't know how long the digital projection systems will last. There's always planned obsolescence where theaters are forced to upgrade to stay in business.
Another bummer...production and manufacture ended last year for new, film-based movie cameras.
I like how the so-called "experts" commenting at the bottom of that page say they like the visual quality and archival properties of film, but no-one just can't be bothered with the cost!
"Oh, yeah. Film is great and all, but who likes to pay for stuff?"
Well, I have a little system where I save part of my salary for shooting and processing film each month. If a lowly graduate student can find ways of saving money, so can the cheapskate movie studios. I'm not anti-digital, but one will have to pay for the cost of making a picture in either film and processing or buying expensive digital cameras, projectors and software. Choose your poison! :D
Digital's good for beginners on a budget and can open up possibilities that analog can't (I've made some wild abstract photos with my digital camera that required post processing), but overall, I love analog.
I pay a premium for quality, and I also plan to keep the analog flame burning by learning as much as I can about analog photography.
"Illegitimi digitali non carborundum!"
Producers are basically trying to "shift" the costs to cinemas. In the long run, if this process continues IMO this could bring to more producers and less cinema firms, as the production side will become less capital-intensive and the projection side will become more capital-intensive.
That can be good for creativity. Imagine how easily a cartoon could be produced by a team of a few persons, without the need to find a producer with heavy shoulders financially speaking and willing to risk money on the project.
On the other hand, under this hypothesis the cinema as a family business is going to disappear. We can expect the need for large capital requirements and need of scale economies to shape the industry in favour of large "chains" of cinemas, or even an industry integration: cinema theatres owned by film producers, or in fact film producers owned by cinema theatre owners as the latter would be the big guys.
I wouldn't bet on the fast dying of traditional cinema though. Digital at the moment can only offer a certain, not large, resolution. That can be good for TV sets. If you drive and pay for a cinema seat, you can't easily be satisfied with "high resolution" digital screens. Further progress is probably needed before digital can really compete. Maybe we will have a double industry, with film projections thriving side to side with digital projections.
The only "win" scenario I see is independent producers shooting film for art houses. It's the major studio that want the theaters to transition to digital. But somehow I doubt that it would be enough to, say, prop up Kodak.
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It seems that owning a movie theater is a capital intensive enterprise. These cost will be passed on to movie goers which definitely means ticket prices will go up. Currently, movie tickets are too expensive for me and I wait for the release on Netflix. I'm not going to assume that other movie goers are like me. Will tickets get so expensive because of this technology that movie house will go extinct because it's unaffordable for an average cat like me? If I'm going to pay more for something, I'd expected added value which digital cinema does not deliver.


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Quote:Is James Holmes an Atheist? What do we know about him?1)He loves science.It's common knowledge that atheists generally place science as the pinnicale of human studies.
Quote: Does this warrant suspecting Holmes is an atheist.
Quote: The problem is that those who go into this field do so without a well rounded education.
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Quote:2)He was a Phd candidate in Neuro-science.An interest in the mind coupled with the materialist bent calls into question free-will and truth.
Quote:Many who deal with this issues through the atheist paradigm come to unsettling conclusions.
Quote:This fact doesn't mean James Holmes was an atheist, but it suggests he struggled with this question, "what is the real meaning of life?"
Quote: If there is no God...is it all CHAOS?
Quote:*He called himself the "Joker" upon his arrest.This is the point that compels me to think he is an atheist.
Quote:I have argued many times before that the "Joker" seen in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight" is someone who takes atheism to it's logical conclusion.
Quote:Click the links to see the arguments for this point, which I made some time ago: Why the "Joker" is a true believing atheist. Agents of Chaos Why so serious? I know the militant atheists like Bob and Pasta will try to change the subject and whine that I want to round up all atheists and place them in camps and claim I'm a Facist.
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Good lord, the Richard Sherman redemption campaign is still in full force...
He didn't fucking rape a puppy on live tv, he just gave an emotional interview. There's nothing for him to redeem himself from.
Although he certainly put the stakes high for himself not to look like an idiot tonight...
Tell that to the NFL, I didn't make them air yet another package of how he works with disabled kids and graduated from Stanford.
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What does "carfree" mean? For that matter, what does "car" mean?
What does "carfree" mean? For that matter, what does "car" mean?
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What does "we" mean?Originally Posted by Roody
Note: I'm car free by the definition of the current poll because the family car is in my wife's name and I seldom drive it, but not by my own definition.
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But darling, what is your "own definition"? I mean that's kinda what the thread is about, so give us a clue! We already know the poll's definition--what's your definition?Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
"Think Outside the Cage"
Oh, and "we" means "us". That is: those individuals, considered collectively, who are reading the silly thing.
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Car-free doesnt have to have an exact meaning. It can have a range of meanings. Still we can try to have a consensus on the scope of the term.
To me it means not owning a car within your nuclear family or household, and being able to manage most of daily life without resorting to using one. If a supposedly car-free person took a cab to work every day, that would partially defeat the purpose of being car free, so I probably would not call her car free. If she took one once a week, and walked, cycled or used public transit the rest of the time, I might still call her car free. If she rented one occasionally for holidays, I would still not see a problem with the definition. We could quibble on the specific details, but in broad terms that is how I would describe it. You don't own a car and most of the time you don't use one.
Can we agree? Of course not, this is BF.net!
For what its worth, my definition:
car: A personal-use motor vehicle. May or may be extended to include motorcycles, etc., but only implies automobiles.
car-free person: a person who neither owns nor regularly uses a car for personal use
Hard to disagree with your definition. But I'm curious as to why we need to precisely define it.Originally Posted by cooker
Hopefully in defining it, we are not forming some sort of "club" that excludes the car-lite or even the dude who posted here last week saying, "I'm trying to use my bike as much as possible and leave my SUV in the driveway".
I'm glad for this comment, because I always liked your definition. It's simple and fairly precise.Originally Posted by patc
I would include motorcycles as cars since, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, they actually are more polluting than automobiles. Of course, pollution is not the only factor. Motorcycles are two-wheeled and small, and like bicycles they convey a sense of independence and adventure, uniquely combined with practicality, which cars don't share.
"Think Outside the Cage"
In addition to the smaller footprint, motorcycles also require a somewhat lesser commitment of materials (metals, plastics, etc.) to one vehicle. One of my objections to cars is the gross amount of "stuff" that is monopolized for this one vehicle.Originally Posted by Roody
In practice I would not consider a person "car-free" is he/she commutes to work every day by motorcycle, but there are sufficient grey areas there that I am reluctant to lump motorcycles into the term "car" for my use as a car-free advocate.
Why have you revived this discussion, Roody?
You made it quite clear in another relatively recent thread that *you*, as the self-appointed controller of this forum, were not going to change the title of the forum from Living Car Free. That indicated to me that you had very fixed ideas on what the title Living Car Free meant, and it suited you to retain the title. Mind you, I don't think you ever did really explain to my satisfaction your reasons for retention of Living Car Free... but rather blamed me for deciding not to follow through with a name change.
It seems to me now that *you* have asked a pointless question, because, based on that previous thread, the only answer we can agree on is: the one *you* define.
Dream. Dare. Do.
I dont really think its that important to pin down the definition exactly.
Gosh I'm sorry, but I don't recall exactly what you're talking about. But I don't see a discussion about a definition of carfree as being the same as a discussion about the name of the forum. If they are the same, I'm sorry for being redundant.Originally Posted by Rowan
I decided to start this thread because the issue came up in the Poll thread. Some people indicted that they're not carfree because they own a car, even though they haven't driven it for months or even years. Other people don't own a car, but somebody in their household does, and they may even drive it frequently, and by the Poll definition, they are carfree. This issue was confusing to me, so I wanted to find out what people mean when they say "carfree." I don't know that we can (or even should) come to an agreement on a definition, but I wanted to learn more about what people think on the issue. I generally find discussions of definitions to be interesting and beneficial. Even if no agreement is reached, the participants often learn a lot about the topic.
"Think Outside the Cage"
Very conveniently, the thread seems to have disappeared in the database meltdown. But you and I both know there was an extensive discussion on whether the title of the forum should be changed, and that part of that extensive discussion related to Utility Cycling versus Living Car Free.
Maybe I'll put up my original and further reasons why Living Car Free is not appropriate... but I suspect discussion on *this* thread and through the poll is already showing that.
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Save the "darling" stuff for your support group. My definition means not owning/keeping a car in the household. Or any routine use of mooching car rides from others. This definition includes the millions of urban people who use public transportation or walk and who would never consider riding a bicycle anywhere.Originally Posted by Roody
Of course there is no need for reaching consensus on this definition or any other bicycling subject; except perhaps for those who want to have their own opinion (or intelligence) on the subject validated by affirmation from "us."
Thanks sweetie. I think that's a great definition.Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
Personally, I think occasional mooching is OK, but I hate to do it often. For one thing, it's an imposition on friends to be begging rides frequently. For another, I give up some of my independence and mobility when I rely on others. Also, I hate being late, while the moochee may not mind it.
Unfortunately, I have been mooching lately. I just developed arthritis in my knee. I've been taking the bus to work, but the bus isn't running when my shift ends at 11:30 PM, and I really can't afford a taxi every night, so I've been bumming rides. At this point, my knee is good enough that I can start walking home, but I won't get home until almost 1:00 AM. Oh well, the price of getting old is decrepitude, I guess.
Once again I'm forced to agree with you!Of course there is no need for reaching consensus on this definition or any other bicycling subject; except perhaps for those who want to have their own opinion (or intelligence) on the subject validated by affirmation from "us."
Check the title I gave this thread--I wasn't asking for agreement, but for a range of opinions that might contribute to greater understanding of a confusing topic. IMO, consensus is great when a group is deciding to take some action; but since an internet forum doesn't have to act, it doesn't have to agree.
BTW, when I say "us" I mean "me" and "everybody else" who reads this stuff--even "you." I think "you" sometimes read too much into grammar.
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"Think Outside the Cage"
To me, car-free means living your life without driving a car for transportation. It is a temporary state that I have been in and out of.
I have a car, but it has been parked for over a year and a half. For that time, I have been car-free as I have been in earlier parts of my life.
To me the motive is the most important part. A lot of people are car free for purely economic reasons.Such as lack of money or they live in a big city with good public transportation.
Other people are car free because of enviromental reasons and the misuse of limited natural resources.
So on that line of reasoning someone who is "car lite" may or may not be better at saving money or more interested in a small ecological footprint.
So what does it mean to be car-free? Is it not a question of intention or motive more than a matter of actual possesion of a car?
As I recall, a lot of people contributed to that thread, not just you and Roody. And a lot of threads are gone, not just that one.Originally Posted by Rowan
Utility cycling and car-free living are two separate but related concepts. If you want a new forum on utility cycling why not work towards establishing that?
Pin one down exactly? No. Have a simple working definition to clarify discussion, as in a forum? Yes. If nothing else, it deals with the trolls who pop in only to say, "You're not really car-free if....."Originally Posted by lima_bean
Sorry to hear about your knee. Think about it this way: if not for cycling, you would likely be much more decrepit by nowOriginally Posted by Roody
Or the characters dominating the chatter on this list, who think riding a bike and living a lifestyle just like themselves is a necessary requirement to be considered "car-free".Originally Posted by patc
I don't own a car. My significant other, who I live with owns a car. I bike or take bus/train to work. I bike or walk to the grocery stores and do most of my daily life car free. I have grocery panniers and get around town absolutely fine with my bike and love it. But yes I use the car if going out on a snowy night, or picking up 200 pounds of tile at Home Depot, and I chip in for gas and an oil change every now and then.
I may be a poser for the real "car free", but for families who own 2-3 cars I think I'm an excellent example of how you can scale down and save a ton of money with some moderate coordination and planning. I'm not shy about promoting a "one car family" lifestyle to people. Even with a couple kids I think it'd doable with some planning.
I think a trait of car free folks is the adaptation of not RELYING on cars all the time. During our recent snowstorm half the building didn't come to work because their cars were snowed in on side streets. No one even considered other options like walking to the bus stop, calling a cab, studded bike tires, carpooling with a friends snow friendly truck, etc. I see many options of transit, not just cars.
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A forum on utility cycling would be great
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Let's define a person as carfree only if they've never ridden in a motor vehicle. Then we could avoid the divisive issue of who is carfree and who is not. To me, the more interesting discussions are about the infrastructure and lifestyle issues relating to transportational cycling.


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Exploring World Art
Frances Lincoln, Sep 1, 2001 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 120 pages
The Arnolfini Marriage, an Egyptian mummy, a gilded clock, a Japanese puppet, Van Gogh's Irises, a Tibetan conch trumpet, an Eskimo mask, and a meso-American calendar. These are just a few of the treasures from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia featured in this book, an eye-opening introduction to the wonders of world art. The artefacts are organized and explored in five themes: time and space; other worlds; people's lives; fantasy and history; and the natural world.
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The Cubs are known for their famous fans.
Vince Vaughn, Bill Murray, Eddie Vedder, Tom Morello, John Cusack. The list goes on and on. And, within the past 24 hours, two more celebrities have been added to that list.
First it was Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, the Heisman Trophy winner otherwise known as Johnny Football, sporting a Cubs hat in a picture that went viral Friday morning. The picture spread mostly thanks to Manziel's donning of a retro Atlanta Falcons Brett Favre jersey, but you can't help but notice the Cubs cap. It makes you wonder if Manziel is the first to attempt the Cubs hat-Favre jersey combo, considering Brett Favre and Chicago haven't historically mixed.
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Then, it was Ice Cube. Yes, the rapper/actor is getting in on the Cubs celebrity action, too, along with fellow actor Kevin Hart. The two stopped by Wrigley Field on Friday and got these personalized jerseys.
Earlier today, @icecube and @KevinHart4real stopped by w/ @WGNMorningNews. They each got a #WrigleyField100 jersey: pic.twitter.com/j4R1QaGL17
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This time I was surprised to discover a whole new frontier-not just from the tone of the music itself- but I was turned onto some new artists too.
"This music changes the molecules of the brain and emanates a healing quality- a gift to humanity" says El Buho, who studied Latin jazz for years. "I feel that it is my duty and obligation to take this music into the listening world."
I have known El Buho (Gary Gazaway) for many years and I always enjoy his incredible talent, his enchanting horn playing and his infectious, energizing stage presence. This time El Buho consisted of Mike Gordon on Bass (Phish), Jeff Sipe on drums (Aquarium Rescue Unit), Scott Murawski on guitar (Max Creek), and Peter Schmike on keys and Perry Osborne. This combination of players was so powerful; it sounded, looked and felt like they had been playing together for years.
El Buho played in studios and on the jazz circuit for so long that he brings a different perspective on harmonies and melodies through his horn, coupled with the jam oriented sensibilities and strength of the tight drums and ripping guitar, add Gordon's booming bass style with a broad knowledge of jazzy rifts and – lift off.
Gordon and Muraski were locked into each other in a hypnotic give and take that sounded equally as divided as it did one finely fused resonance. My ears, at moments seemed to be attached to two different heads all together.
Sipe, then, is the glue and the brand is super. He is so tight and has the ability to take these guys on all sorts of excursions without leaving the stage. El Buho glides in and around until he seems to soar above the atmosphere inside the sound. I was telling a friends' mother who was at the gig it really was music for people who are into all genres. Except maybe pop. My web designer Keith and I were talking about how Buho really does sound like Miles Davis from Bitches Brew, right before his electric period. I wish Davis had been able to play with this supporting cast.
I was also surprised to have various people ask me which one was Gordon. I guess I assume most everyone has been exposed to Phish. This made for an open mind to what the importance of perspective is from anyone's view of the band.
I asked El Buho what he thought of his project after I overheard many fans tell him they hadn't seen anything like it. I think he was both thrilled and surprised at the transformational outcome from a largely improvisational gig and said, "This music was designed to have a healthy quality, to push the mental facilities, its music to feel better, kind of like Hawaiian music."
They are about to do it all again this weekend in New York at a benefit for Leftover Salmon's banjo player, Mark Vann. Fitting too, given Vann's current illness, The El Buho Project yearns to heal. "Jammin For Salmon" is at B.B. Kings, in New York City on November 18th 8pm-encore.
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Tickets to the 43rd Annual RockyGrass Festival (July 24 through 26) sold-out to the general public the week they went on sale in December. To thank our hometown Lyons community for the ongoing support over the years, Planet Bluegrass has set aside a block of both three-day and single-day RockyGrass tickets to sell exclusively to Lyons locals. These tickets will go on sale on Wednesday, March 4, exclusively at The Stone Cup.Read more: Locals' RockyGrass Tickets Coming Soon
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Dear Editor,
We are in the midst of a controversial (and sometimes painful and divisive) process of making an important decision together about the future of Lyons. By March 24, Lyons' citizens will have chosen by vote whether we are willing to cede five to seven acres in Bohn Park for the purpose of building affordable recovery housing.
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Roads Traveled with Linda L. Osmundson
Yes, Yellowstone and the Grand Teton Mountains are probably the most well known destinations in Wyoming. However, there are other smaller interesting tourist attractions. We travel I-80 often in route to Salt Lake City to see grandchildren but seldom go north on I-25.
Today I'll give you ideas for two-day trips along those routes.
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Kathy passed peacefully on Valentine's Day. She is survived by a daughter, Staci Giovino of Pebble Beach CA and a grandson Truman Storm Keys of Boulder CO, a brother Tim Kelling and his wife Lynda of Longmont CO, sister Sue Ann Frysig and her husband John of
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Yes, another week gone by, with some snow and more to come. The TV states that Colorado snow pack is fifty inches below normal. Maybe we will get some spring snows, which will do a lot of good. Spring is just around the corner, the crocus are out beside my driveway
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The City of Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) Department will increase enforcement of new Voice and Sight Tag Program changes that went into effect on Jan. 1. The changes require off-leash dogs to visibly display current blue Voice and Sight Tags, which demonstrate their guardians have complied with new program requirements. Previously issued green tags are no longer valid.
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I dreamed of visiting many places after graduation, the Rocky Mountain's tree line, twin cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, the Great Salt Lake, Arizona's desert, and both oceans to name a few.
Now, I've seen them all and more. Tears filled my eyes at my first glimpse of the mountains when I neared Denver. I'd never seen anything so close to Heaven. On our first trip to my Minnesotan husband's hometown, he laughed when I asked if a huge lake were manmade like
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Another week gone by. Where does time fly! We are all saying prayers this week due to the severe accident our good friend Rick England was in with driver Iann Clayton up the North St. Vrain by the Stone Mountain Lodge. Both are in the hospital with broken bones.
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A reader and tipster sent in the image below of an advertisement they saw on Facebook. They said, "Check out the attached Facebook ad – they are implying that their website, studentdebtsupport.org, which redirects to Streamline Student Loan, is a part of the College Affordability Act. They also claim in the same ad that "EVERYONE" qualifies for forgiveness, and to ... Read More »
Federal Student Loan Notice Mailer Review
An amazing reader Alicia sent in a new debt relief mailer through my I Buy Junk Mail program. Alicia received a mailer from good old postal permit 1297 in Sacramento, California which promises some amazing student loan benefits including total loan forgiveness. The outsides of the mailer does not say who the sender actually is and my opinion is it ... Read More »
It's Official Now, Student Loan Assistance is the New Debt Settlement
This week has been a big week for the student loan assistance niche. Not only were groups like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal publishing articles about this vertical but a tipster (send in your tips here) just pointed out the Scott Law Group in Washington State is on the hunt for harmed consumers. And let's not forget ... Read More »
Student Loan Rescue Offers Draw Growing Concern and AG Suit
Just recently more press has appeared about the growing market of student loan assistance companies. One article even said, "For the debt settlement industry, all this means a tantalizing gold mine of new customers. "Your entire student loan can be forgiven," Broadsword Student Advantage of Carrollton, Texas, boasts in radio ads. Debt settlement companies, which offer to help borrowers lower ... Read More »
Deaf Reader Sends in Student Aid Center Transcript
An apparent deaf reader sent in the following TTY transcript of a sales pitch from Student Aid Center. It appears the group is charging the deaf consumer a total fee of about $14,000 ($199 x 3 plus $56 per month for 240 months) for a service the consumer could get for free directly from the Department of Education. If that's ... Read More »
New York Goes After Companies Offering Student Loan Assistance
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today that his newly established Student Protection Unit took its first official action by issuing subpoenas to 13 student debt relief companies as part of an investigation into concerns about potentially misleading advertising, improper fees, and other consumer protection problems in that industry. In particular, the Department of Financial Services' (DFS) Student Protection Unit is ... Read More »
Student Loan Assistance Insider Blows the Whistle to Warn Consumers
I've been critical of the wave of student loan assistance companies that are exploding on the scene. Some of these companies are charging huge fees for items the consumer can do themselves. The statement below comes from someone who claimed to work inside one of these companies. The company name is less important than the issues they raise about the ... Read More »
Student Loan Assistance Center Marketing Mailer – I Buy Junk Mail
Susan sent in the following mailer to me from a generic sounding company, Student Loan Assistance Center. She also noticed the letter had the same Judy Pratt signature as other debt relief mailers have. The last one I covered was from the Debt Reduction Department. Click here. For those who may not know, I Buy Junk Mail so be sure ... Read More »
CFPB Takes Student Loan Problems Seriously
Rohit Chopra is not only the Assistant Director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but also the Student Loan Ombudsman there. As an example of how slow government can work at times is the slow pace of solutions for people facing private student loan debt. Currently options are limited and without any long term payment reduction solutions like those available ... Read More »
USAvsDEBT, USDC Student Loan Services and Student Loan Consolidation Center Signup
The Association for Student Loan Relief has shared new member flocking to the association focused on selling student loan relief services to consumers. Current members include AP Student Loan Relief, Action Financial, Debt.org, Student Loan Consolidation Center, American Student Loan Consolidators, US Student Loan Services, USAvsDebt, USDC Student Loan Services, Frontline Debt Services. – Source As always, for consumers who ... Read More »
Misleading Student Loan Mailer to Watch Out For From Student Loan Servicing Center
A consumer just submitted a complaint about Student Loan Servicing Center and included a mailer they received. I wanted to review the mailer for you and show you all the items that raised my concern. It's worth discussing these items so you can be more aware of what marketing messages you may receive so you can evaluate them. If you ... Read More »
Disturbing Student Loan Client Services Mailer to Watch Out For
A reader has just sent in a mailer they received from an entity called Student Loan Client Services. Talk about a generic name. The mailer, which appears to pretend to be an official government mailer, and was sent from postal permit 1297 in Sacramento, California. The reader sent in the new debt relief mailer through my I Buy Junk Mail ... Read More »
Tell Me About US Student Loan Services
A new debt relief company selling student loan debt help has come across my desk. I'd love to hear from you if you've used their service or have been through the sales presentation. The company is US Student Loan Services and is on the web at usstudentloanconsolidation.org. When new companies like this appear I'm really interested in your feedback on ... Read More »
Association for Student Loan Relief Forms. Game On.
For companies interested in selling student loan debt relief it appears a new organization has formed, led by noted debt relief attorney Robby Birnbaum of Greenspoon Marder. The group, Association for Student Loan Relief (AFSLR) is holding their first meeting in Las Vegas on December 12, 2013 at Mandalay Bay. Early sponsors of the association are listed as Greenspoon Marder, ... Read More »
Consumer Assistance Project Agreement for Student Loan Services – Review
Yesterday I had a consumer complaint and a story about Consumer Assistance Project, a company claiming to offer student loan elimination services. After writing my story I received a copy of a consumer agreement that was sent to them by Consumer Assistance Project. What follows is a plain language review of what the agreement says. And this one is a ... Read More »


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Reckless spending from both Democrats and Republicans has brought the American economy to its knees.
The United States is heading toward an economic cliff, and if we don't immediately change course, our nation will be at risk of suffering a financial collapse far greater than what we've seen across Europe.
America borrows almost 40 cents for every dollar it spends; we have more than a 100 percent debt-to-Gross Domestic Product ratio; and the federal government accounts for 24 percent of our nation's GDP.
Our economic growth rate is an anemic 2 percent -- just half the level of most post-recession recoveries. The national unemployment rate sits at 8.2 percent. Worse yet, the real unemployment rate, which includes underemployed workers, is a staggering 14.8 percent.
Now, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that our debt will be double our GDP by 2037. Simply put, the path we are on is unsustainable.
Career politicians from both parties -- who care more about getting re-elected than they do about securing the future of our nation -- got us into this mess, and now it is time to make the difficult and responsible decisions.
That is why I introduced my eight-point Protecting the American Dream economic plan.
I sincerely believe that we can create jobs and get our economy back on track by: defeating the debt and balancing the budget; reforming our broken tax code; deregulating our economy; and reforming and auditing the Federal Reserve.
In addition, we need to reform the financial services industry by ending "too big to fail"; repeal and replace Obamacare with free-market solutions; achieve real energy independence; and end cronyism in our nation's capitol.
Time is running out -- but if we act now, we still can right America's financial ship.
Getting our nation's fiscal house in order is not going to be easy. It will require shared sacrifice and the courage to make the tough decisions that are necessary to put us back on track.
If we are going to succeed in protecting the American Dream for our children and grandchildren, we must all band together to do what's right for the future of our nation.


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Born: 7 November 1903, Vienna, Austria
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Affiliation at the time of the award: Konrad-Lorenz-Institut der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Forschungsstelle für Ethologie, Altenberg; Grünau im Almtal, Austria
Prize motivation: "for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns"
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Lucky 13: Hawks make it 24 straight in win over Avalanche
Daniel Carcillo's road back to the Blackhawks' lineup was a long one. A season-ending knee injury/surgery last January, a knee injury in this year's season opener, then waiting to get another chance to crack this Chicago Blackhawks roster during their crazy undefeated streak.
So his goal with less than a minute remaining in regulation, the one that extended that undefeated streak, was that much sweeter.
Carcillo scored his first goal of the season with 49.3 seconds remaining in the game, and Ray Emery improved to 10-0-0 as the Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 at the United Center on Wednesday. It was another day, another way for the Blackhawks, who have reached the midway point of their season with no regulation losses (21-0-3). Their 30-game undefeated streak, which dates back to last season, is just five shy of tying the Philadelphia Flyers' mark of 35 in a row.
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Jonathan Toews had a momentum-changing shorthanded goal just 2:19 into the third period for the Blackhawks, who now have won 11 consecutive games. The Blackhawks have worked magic in different ways throughout this streak. But considering who they lost just before – and during – Wednesday's game, it was that much more impressive.
Marian Hossa was a last-minute scratch with an upper-body injury. Andrew Shaw took a Paul Stastny elbow to the face in the second period and didn't return for the third. Patrick Sharp was pinned along the boards by Ryan O'Byrne early in the third and, hunched over, skated straight for the locker room.
Coach Joel Quenneville said Hossa was "close to playing tonight," and will hopefully be ready for the Blackhawks' tilt in Colorado on Friday. He didn't think Shaw was too serious. But Sharp, whose shoulder looked like it took the brunt of that hit, may miss some time, Quenneville said. Both Shaw and Sharp will be reevaluated on Thursday. Asked if Sharp's injury could be season ending, Quenneville said, "I don't think so."
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So with players getting injured, the answer came from a guy who went through two knee injuries that kept him sidelined most of the last year. Carcillo, who backhanded the rebound off a Viktor Stalberg attempt with less than a minute remaining in regulation, said it meant a lot.
"I still don't feel 100 percent out there. Body-wise I am, but mentally getting back into the game after missing almost 14 months, it's hard," Carcillo said. "I'm still getting back into the swing of things. It's nice to get rewarded, because it's been a long, hard road, that's for sure."
Toews was happy for the feisty forward, who started tonight's game on the top line in Hossa's absence.
"You can be working for a long time coming back from an injury, and when you don't see any results or breakthroughs, it can be a frustrating thing. But Carbomb's been working hard," Toews said. "A goal like that, I'm sure, feels pretty good."
[RELATED: Good teams find a way to win]
Defenseman Brent Seabrook, who had five of the Blackhawks' 32 hits, said the team kept up with the Avs.
"They have a lot of speed and they challenge us with their speed a lot," he said. "It's nice to come out with a good effort. We managed their speed well and kept our speed going."
The Avalanche were just the fourth team to lead the Blackhawks after two periods; Matt Duchene's goal gave them a 2-1 advantage. And when the Avs got a power play early in the third period, it was their chance to extend that.
But Toews answered, dancing around Ryan O'Reilly and caroming his shot off the post and past Semyon Varlamov to tie it 2-2.
"That one reminded me of Johnny's shorty up in Vamcouver in Game 7," Quenneville said of Toews' heroics two Aprils ago. "(Short-handed goals) can be a big boost for your team and deflating for the opponent. When you get scored on your power play, it hurts."
The Blackhawks inflicted their final damage in the final minute. It's been a long, productive road for the Blackhawks. It's been a long, frustrating one for Carcillo. On Wednesday, Carcillo got to add to the Blackhawks' fun.
"Carbomb's been working his tail off," Quenneville said. "Starting off well and then having to get back to the grind of trying to rehab yourself, conditioning-wise, it's a pain. It's not fun. Today he got more minutes. He was responsible in his game. He was patient at times and still physical. It's nice to see him score. I'm sure he's excited, like we all are."


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one of the most wonderful architecture and great shot!
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Unusual buildings! Nice shot!!
Thank you It's taken at Marina Bay in Singapore. The tall building is Marina Bay Sands and the flower/hand shaped one is the Art Science Museum. Google them if you wish to know more. Have a nice day
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Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
01-23-2013, 12:49 PMIt's not a squirt gun, it's a bubble gun. It doesn't shoot liquid, and the school is completely insane for treating it as a weapon, just as another school punished a kid for pointing his finger and saying "kapow". It's not the object, it's the mindset, which they are trying to eradicate. They want children to hate and fear guns as much as they do.
"We have to be repetitive about this, he said. We need to do this every day of the week, and just really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.In Memory Of My Friend 1st Sgt. Tim Millsap A Co, 70th Eng. Bn. 3rd Bde 1st AD...K.I.A. 25 April 2005
Liberalism Is The Philosophy Of The Stupid
To Achieve Ordered Liberty You Must Have Moral Order As Well
The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years. The cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil.
Another one. This zero tolerance policy needs to be stopped yesterday. They're out of control.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...181022936.htmlI think that black lesbian couples should be allowed to protect themselves from gangsta thugs, Islamic terrorists, and KKK members with guns.
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Tacera for Aged Care Facilities
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Tacera is an IP-based emergency communication system that links residents with healthcare personnel, support systems and internal processes responsible for their care and safety, in real-time. Tacera will empower, rather than overpower, the caregiver with easy-to-use technology, increasing productivity and security.
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Tacera is an IP critical-care and communication system that links residents, in real-time with caregivers and support systems and internal process responsible for their care and safety at all times.
By intelligently combining the full suite of traditional nurse call functionality with the power of IP technology and infrastructure. Tacera provides workflow and critical performance data, enhancing the care delivery process, with measurable improvements to quality of care, efficiency and resident satisfaction.
Furthermore Tacera is specifically designed to integrate with a number of other systems in the market, such as; pattern controllers; wandering trackers; and infotainment solutions; which gives families and caregivers peace of mind that the residents will be protected at all times.
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Residents feel more independent.
Through RF (wireless) call pendant for ambulatory residents. Tacera allows residents to freely move within the facility without compromising in safety.
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Extensive workflows and escalation processes ensure resident calls are connected directly to staff wireless devices. If a carer is busy, the calls will be automatically escalated and redirected to another caregiver in the vicinity, resulting in a more efficient response times, reducing risk and avoiding doubling up on tasks.