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Economist Tomás Sedláček hosts a BookTalks debate with Institute Senior Fellow and economist Robert Nelson and guests from fields of theology, philosophy and economics.
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Senior Fellow Robert Nelson, author of The New Holy Wars talks about the the religious implications between church, state, and environmentalism with Anthony Gill on Research on Religion.
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Economics and environmentalism are types of modern religions. So says Robert H. Nelson in his analysis of the roots of economics and environmentalism and their mutually antagonistic relations in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The present debate raging over global warming exemplifies the clash of these two public theologies.
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Filmed before a live audience on April 18, 2002, renowned author Gore Vidal rejects the blind patriotism expected by government officials and the mainstream media, and investigates U.S. foreign policy throughout recent history, showing how it has contributed to the terrorist crisis. With his famous wit and insight, Vidal also demonstrates the ways in which the War on Terrorism is being used to curtail civil liberties and shred the Bill of Rights.
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I actually posted this salad last January as a guest post for the lovely Ann from Cooking Healthy for Me. But as many of you know, Ann stopped blogging awhile ago. At Thanksgiving, I realized that my salad recipe went down when she did, so I had to fixed that! This salad is a staple at our holiday meals, so what better time to share it with you.
I think the proper chef name for this salad in Panzanella, but in my family we call it Bread Salad. Big chucks of toasty bread, tangy balsamic vinaigrette dressing, sweet tomatoes, crunchy pumpkin seeds…..yum! Even my picky husband will eat this (if I leave off the tomatoes and cucumbers and add avocado and walnuts). See it is versatile too You really can put whatever you want in this salad.
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Mr. Miller Goes to Washington
by Scott Miller
posted Oct 15 2012 11:15AM
Badger Honor Flight
raises money with one goal in mind. To make sure every Wisconsin World War II veteran gets to go to DC to see the monuments in their honor. The 13th Badger Honor Flight was Saturday, and I was on the flight.
What a day.
Badger Honor Flight day begins at Dane Co Airport between 4:30 and 5:30 with the Veterans and their guardians checking in. The BHF volunteers must have been there many hours before that. I arrived just before 5am, and I bet every Veteran was already there. Excited and looking forward to what was ahead. Breakfast served as everyone gets their lanyards with their name and info needed for the flight and the bus you'd be on to get to each site once in DC. Question for those who organize the first food of the day. Where did those muffins come from? Fabulous.
A choir to sing the National Anthem and a few patriotic songs to start the day. Time to get on the charter flight.
79 veterans. 3 of them women. Between the age of 84 and 98. And their guardians. Some sons, some daughters, grandchildren. All with duties to assist 'their' veteran make the most of the day, and the anticipation of sharing in thrill all are about to experience.
I was assigned to sit next to Bob and his son Tom. Two better row mates I couldn't have picked. We exchanged our stories and settled in for the flight.
Upon landing at Washington National Airport, The fire department gave their high honor of a water cannon salute as we taxied into the gate. That was only the beginning.
Deplaning isn't the easiest thing to do with that many in wheelchairs, but I didn't hear a single complaint. Imagine if that was a commercial flight. As we stepped onto the jetway, a representative of every branch of service was there to greet each and every one of us. As we walked down the decorated jetway, one could hear singing. Here comes an "Oh, Wow" moment. Into the gate area and we're greeted with a group singing accapela songs that had to bring back memories for each and everyone. And lining each side of the area were people of all ages, thanking the vets for their service to our country, shaking hands, cheering, clapping, and it went on for 25 yards. To stand and watch the reaction of these WWII vets brought the first tear of the day to my eye. What a great welcome to the nation's capital.
There were 4 buses and each one color co-ordinated. Red. Blue. Orange. And Green. Onto the bus for the first stop, the WWII Memorial. 4 buses, led by a police escort. No red lights, stop signs or traffic issues for us! As we debarked our buses, we were greeted by not only a gorgeous, sunny, warm day, but Elizabeth and Bob Dole. Graciously greeting the Vets one on one, posing for pictures, and thanking them for their service.
Also at this location we saw the Presidents motorcade go by. Not sure where he was headed, but that's a big time motorcade with the number of vehicles that have to be involved.
We saw the WWII Memorial, which I'd never seen. It wasn't there my last trip to DC. Right between the Lincoln Memorial, the reflecting pool and the Washington Monument. Everyone headed for the Wisconsin section and out came the cameras.
Next stop, the Marine Corps Memorial, lunch, then the Korean vet, Vietnam vet and Lincoln Memorial stop.
Along the way of course, I had the opportunity to interact with fellow travelers and answer questions about why Heather wasn't on the trip, or why she won't go thru a stop sign when there's not a car for miles at 5 am. I saw Badger Honor Flight volunteers that I've met at the tailgates and got to interact with them a little bit too.
Thanks to the police escort the visit to Arlington National Cemetery was timed perfectly as we arrived just in time to watch the changing of the guard ceremony.
At this stop I had the chance to wander off on my own and walk quietly thru the endless rows of headstones of those who gave their lives for us and our country. I'd forgotten how massive, and hilly Arlington Cemetery is. But my thought was and is, We are so lucky. Row after row of men and women who made America what it is. Thank a vet. Although I wasn't born in America, I am extremely proud to be an American.
Off to the Air Force Memorial, last stop before it's back to Reagan Airport, and on the way to the gate, more people of all ages thanking the veterans for their service, and at the gate a group that sounded like the Andrew Sisters to entertain as we awaited our flight home.
On board. Another offer of food. And then mail call. BHF volunteers came thru the plane handing out bundles of letters that relatives, friends, schools, churches etc of the veterans had written. Personal thank yous from those in their lives. Very moving.
And to put the icing on the cake, next year when you hear about a Badger honor flight and get the invitation to come out to Dane Co Airport to greet the flight, do it. As the 79 vets and their guardians came down the stairs they were greeted by a band, and a crowd of well over a thousand cheering family members and friends.
The perfect end to a perfect day. Thank you to all veterans for what you have done and continue to do to make America what it is and what it stands for. I know I forget stuff, I should have taken notes.
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Thank you to all those who have served!!! I had the experience to meet two of the men who went on this trip last year. They lived in a senior apartment with my mother. They spoke about their journey one morning at their weekly coffee and doughnut session. The emotional recollection they had was overwhelming. They could hardly speak at times, tears and crackled voices showed the depth of emotion still felt by those who traveled. Clearly it was a healing trip, along with a strong message that their valor was significant and appreciated by many. Kudos to all who contribute, organize, volunteer and just meet the veterans for support!! It has touched my soul! Kathy W
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Hello, Leverage, and thanks for joining Uncyclopedia! Before editing further, please take a gander at our Beginner's Guide. If you want to find out more about Uncyclopedia or need more help with something, check out the following pages:
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Good work with the UnNews, as such you have been nominated for NOTM. Go vote for yourself if you wish and keep up the good work. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 23:01, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
- I second this! :D -- UserTalkContributions 23:11, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
If you would like to create a custom sig, please go to User:Leverage/sig, insert some code (if you don't know what to add or how to code take a look at mine if you wish). Then once that is saved go to preferences and under signature type {{SUBST:nosubst|User:Leverage/sig}} and make sure the box underneath is ticked. Save down the bottom and you have a custom sig :D. Also are you interested in adoption via Uncyclopedia's Adopt a Noob? ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 00:58, October 1, 2012 (UTC)
Nice work on UnNews. You are the reason we still even try.
Allow me to introduce myself. Leverage, this is self. Self, Leverage. How do you do? I am the dumbass who fell for the trick when they said "Hey, who wants to be the UnNews editor?" Your stuff is going to be legendary in the annals of n00b greatness, unless it is later discovered that you are a sockpuppet of User:PuppyOnTheRadio or something (but he's American, and as they say, the civilized man can feign barbarism, but not the other way around). So thanks for your contributions.
May I direct you to the little placard on my editor door here, just for reference. I have no problems at all making sure all of our standards are kept, but I thought you might enjoy playing "Reduce the GlobalTourniquet standards edits" with your own articles by remembering to adhere to them all by yourself. If you manage to, you would be the very first. And again, welcome to our silly little newspaper that I personally make sure everyone takes way too seriously. The most important thing to remember is "funny". But you got that one down pat. -- GlobalTourniquet: UnAstrologer, UnJournalist, shameless narcissistic America-hating liberal atheist award-winning featured writer 14:57, October 2, 2012 (UTC)
Hello noob, read this please
Would you be interested in writing in Uncyclopedia's first ever writing competition just for noobs? If so read this and submit your name! (yeah you can right UnNews for it to, if you wish) ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 11:25, October 4, 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about this, but I'm afraid you can't submit anything until after the 8th. So basically I'm going to remove when you just added because we haven't really started yet. ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 22:40, October 5, 2012 (UTC)
"well happy"
I too was baffled by this and had a notion to edit it to ", well, happy". Remember the reader. If too many are baffled instead of entertained, something's wrong. Cheers. Spıke Ѧ 12:12 7-Oct-12
Jimmy Savile
Liked the story, I just increased the size of the pic and corrected the spelling of Savile's name. As a Brit contributor, I am well aware of the story here so good that you decided to write a news guide on this particular ex-personality! --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 18:27, October 8, 2012 (UTC)
I spelt his name wrong! FML --Leverage (talk) 18:48, October 8, 2012 (UTC)
While the standards should be followed (dates are in the format "Month 99, 9999", titles are clean English (not a copy of the url), author and pub are optional), generally it's up to the author what he wants to do with the source comedically. It is most effectively used to link the reader to the real story, but I (for instance) almost always tell an additional bonus joke in the title. The author is free-form and does not need to be included. I usually put the real story author's name or "Staff" if there isn't one, but you can put "Elbert Schnozz" every time if you think it's funny to.
Oh by the way, if you are not including an author, it is required by the template that you still put the parameter in, ("author=" with a blank space after the =). Otherwise the template puts that ugly placeholder in. -- GlobalTourniquet: UnAstrologer, UnJournalist, shameless narcissistic America-hating liberal atheist award-winning featured writer 15:54, October 11, 2012 (UTC)
I have fixed your signature because one of the links was broken and you aren't a sysop. It is critical when you steal signature code from me you make it applicable to yourself. :D ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 06:46, October 12, 2012 (UTC)
Please be careful with the formatting when editing votes. Several times I have had to post-edit you, as I may have to again on this last one, because you typed your comments after the }}, which puts it totally outside the box. PS--The one comment you made that isn't there, I moved to the talk page of the article (the new UnNews) that it was really about--it wasn't about the vote being conducted on the page where you typed it. Check the Change History. Spıke Ѧ 11:41 15-Oct-12
- OK I get that now. Another question - is this the normal place to reply to your message? Or do I go to your talk?--~Leverage 12:03, October 15, 2012 (UTC)
Good question. It's an individual thing; my preference is to keep question and answer on the same page. After a while, I will Unwatch you, however, so to ask me something else you would have to come to me. Another pro-tip, not based on anything you did: It is very bad ton to delete past conversations; if a controversy breaks out, it can seem as though people are trying to falsify the memory of what was said. Spıke Ѧ 12:28 15-Oct-12
I just love your UnNews
That was featured today, it's very clever. Hilarious AND pushing a message across. Those are the best! Mattsnow 03:04, October 16, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks dude! There's a lot of negativity about on the voting pages, so it's nice to see someone spreading somve love!
- Given the fact we're all volunteers, I think we should support one another. There's no use denigrating anybody, it's not like we're paid to perform lol. Your article reminded me of one I wrote more than a year ago, UnNews:Obama: We're not responsible for drones with US Army emblem's actions. I thought you may like it :) Mattsnow 05:49, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- PS: I added a sentence at the end of your UnNews, feel absolutely free to revert it if you think it's just too stupid :) Mattsnow 06:03, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- I am inching towards noob of the moment glory. your vote can help! [Direct link to my voting page here!] --~Leverage 09:08, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for adding to HowTo:Become an Assassin, it's very good! In fact, it is totally hilarious and I almost pissed myself. It somehow blends well too. I consider it was a colab. I added the 2 "killing sprees" at the end though, I am endeared to them as it took me hours and hours getting it right since I was very poor with English back then (I'm a native French speaker.) Peace Mattsnow 02:31, October 31, 2012 (UTC)
- I am inching towards noob of the moment glory. your vote can help! [Direct link to my voting page here!] --~Leverage 09:08, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- PS: I added a sentence at the end of your UnNews, feel absolutely free to revert it if you think it's just too stupid :) Mattsnow 06:03, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- Given the fact we're all volunteers, I think we should support one another. There's no use denigrating anybody, it's not like we're paid to perform lol. Your article reminded me of one I wrote more than a year ago, UnNews:Obama: We're not responsible for drones with US Army emblem's actions. I thought you may like it :) Mattsnow 05:49, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
Hairy ball theorem on VFH
I guess your vote means you didn't get past the Intro. The rest of the article ventures far beyond the testicle joke. Spıke Ѧ 16:25 4-Nov-12
- No Spike, but you're welcome to think that. I even read more than the intro of the original wiki article, when I'd already read it back in my uni days. i just read the other votes and I see you re-wrote this article. I get that you have tried to leaven the ball stuff with less prurient humour, but the main drive of Kamek's article remains the central pun, right? And nut jokes are made all the way through until Real World Applications, it's not as though it is jettisoned ASAP. --~Leverage 21:16, November 4, 2012 (UTC)
I appreciate the explanation. Spıke Ѧ 01:22 5-Nov-12
I like your addition of the cricketeers. Are these guys actual Guyanans? Spıke Ѧ 13:51 10-Nov-12
- Glad you like it! Cricketeers is maybe a funnier word to use in the article than cricketers actually. And yes, real Guyanans. --~Leverage 15:17, November 10, 2012 (UTC)
I don't know beyond three musketeers. Spıke Ѧ 18:22 10-Nov-12
This article's theme used to be: "I don't know anything about Guyana but assume it is all narcotics and prostitutes." I assumed that the last sentence of the article, linking Murda to narcotics and prostitutes, was based on that theme rather than anything in reality. So this morning I deleted it, ending the article with the pun that was the best reason to have brought Murda up in the first place. If your interest is Guyana rather than cricket, you might know something that lets you confirm or object to this change. Spıke Ѧ 15:59 11-Nov-12
- I don't know much more about Guyana, but I think it's a little snappier like that. --~Leverage 12:37, November 12, 2012 (UTC)
Yup, thanks. Spıke Ѧ 14:27 12-Nov-12
Noob of the Moment October 2012 ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 22:14, November 10, 2012 (UTC)
HowTo:Become an Assassin
Since it was a collab, I of course awarded myself with a 0.5 in the big game of Uncy: the Hall of shame!!! Which means you have 0.5 too. Go to the page for further instructions. Mattsnow 00:07, November 11, 2012 (UTC)
- You are impressive, you already were there! I added our colab to your total. You made an average article great! Mattsnow 00:13, November 11, 2012 (UTC)
HowTo:Be an American in Europe on VFH
Whether or not VFH is a de facto Pee Review, I decided the following Pee Review didn't have to be made to the entire world and have moved it here from the VFH nomination.
- As VFH has become Pee Review, here is mine,
and even with the courtesy of not voting Against. I hope being called "fat, stupid, and ignorant" eight words into this article doesn't bias me, but author is preparing to flog the trite old stereotype of the Ugly American. Okay, Section 1, what has he got: A lame pun on "passport" and making sport of the form to enter--not leave--the United States. 'Zis the first time author realized that travel is expensive? that people in other countries speak different languages? that you don't achieve typographical effects by just prepending spaces? This article breaks no ground, especially when it turns to getting sex abroad (answer: phone-sex). Stock themes, mostly cut-downs, and little cleverness. Spıke Ѧ 13:48 15-Nov-12
PS--Have changed my mind. I would not vote to delete it, but in view of the above, I will vote to keep it off the main page. Spıke Ѧ 18:04 15-Nov-12
Well I put it in vfh a) cos I liked it, and b) cos the article I did put in the pee review has not received any feedback. As for your criticisms:
- I have removed the first line, although more than anything else it was a link to the existing uncyc page on america (where jokes about food abound) and the American (species) ploughs a similar field. Maybe they ought to be changed too if this is played out?
- I also killed the passport line, which I thought was innocent enough, although maybe not funny. It's a Spike Milligan thing.
- I think the stuff on the form makes sense - you think a foreign country's immigration control is horrid until you watch someone go through your own.
- The stuff about it being expensive was simply to make it seem like a real howto, a normal consideration, and set up the jerk off joke. I wasn't satirising the cost of travel as if that was breaking new ground.
- I don't recognise the reference to 'people speaking other languages' - the joke is on English speakers affecting airs once they have started to learn one.
- With the typo effects, are you referring to the "pre" section? I never used one before I came here, I copied the format from another article, spaces included. If you know how to format it better, go for it.
I think what we consider funny is pretty different. I have made changes to some of the specific comments you made, but I still fine your tone agressive, and it just bummed me out. EDIT: I now see you have voted against the article. That to me makes more sense than making comments like that. To me, on Vfh, if you praise someone it will give them a boost, if you propose changes it can make the article better, if you vote against someone you can prevent something you don't like from being featured... but if you just tell someone something isn't funny, I don't see what you get out of it, and I don't see a likely positive effect it will have on a writer. --~Leverage 18:10, November 15, 2012 (UTC)
- You smoothed out the worst of it and I have rescinded my vote against. I still don't think it's pathbreaking but I don't mind it being on the main page. Now, I was not saying that Uncyclopedia should have no calumny against Yanks, nor that it was time to ferret out every slap at Yanks that you may have seen and subject them to some sort of orthodoxy. We routinely allow many different takes on the same thing (Bush or Obama, for example) and do not require any consistency between them. However, neither is the fact that you saw someone do something somewhere an argument for doing the same thing; and
<pre>is appropriate only for stuff like computer code, and not any time you want to indent stuff.
- By the way, I am not saying that any of these stereotypes of Americans is false or can't potentially be funny.
- I am sorry to have bummed you out. But, to get back to our previous discussion, that is another reason why VFH ought not be confused for, or used as, Pee Review. I have no problem with you writing a page that is even less funny than this one, even if it explicitly set out to bash Americans--as Aleister spends so much time bashing capitalism in ways I don't find funny. Except when the question is whether this article is one of Uncyclopedia's best and should go straight to the main page, that is, be our window to the world. I found the original's initial slap against Americans something that would be seriously off-putting if it were an American reader's first contact with Uncyclopedia. Spıke Ѧ 18:25 15-Nov-12
by the way noob
I am offering you this dinosaur sized ninja star ... because you put things into motion ... and kept things in motion ... to get that f***ing content warning to look somewhat reasonable.
So thanks ... and now below there will be some more smaller ninja stars which each represent a featured article that you will publish by the end of next year ... or I will throw them all and you and family members ... there-by ... making you all dead ... being completely your fault.
--ShabiDOO 05:39, November 20, 2012 (UTC) With all my love
Wanna help me with my new project?
I'm doing User:Kamek98/World War III and wanted to collaborate with you on it. Also, sorry I couldn't erase my second vote for that article, I got banned for three days because I nominated another crap article, so sorry. I was going to erase my vote against.--General of All Branches of the Military and the Head of the State Police Eric (talk) 20:46, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
- Eric, welcome back. Now, I have not read your draft, but it is safe to guess that it will be of the Wacky War genre, and I could go out on a limb and guess that it might be as unfunny as the one that got you banned. For starters, you are a kid surely protected by state law from even being bullied, which is to say that an article on war is an article on something you know nothing about. It would be better if you wrote an article about something you knew very well (except, like, your school or your town, because none of the rest of us do). If you must write World War III, please go back to UN:HTBFANJS and reread Section 8, under Stagnant Articles, subject, creating a new war. It is not enough to create your own goofy history of the future, to suppose that Chuck Norris or Eminem are tinhorn dictators, or that Grues overwhelm the world. You should have a comedy strategy--some reason we will read it and laugh--and best of all before you start writing. Finally, if you try to create the page in mainspace right now, you will see that it has been tried twice already in 2012 and promptly deleted by Admins, who have prohibited Anons (not you) from even starting such a project. Anyway, good luck, and I will be talking to you again when someone nominates it on Votes For Deletion. Spıke Ѧ 21:03 21-Nov-12
- I know probably not a lot about war? Go check Wikipedia's Three Rebellions in Shouchun (individual ones), Battle of Dongxing, Cao Pi's Invasions of Wu and each of their individual battles. I know lots about war. I don't wish to make this one a "wacky war genre". Lol.--General of All Branches of the Military and the Head of the State Police Eric (talk) 23:20, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
- If this is going to develop into a spat/love-in, please write on each other's talk pages from here on in. --~Leverage 23:25, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
- HI Kamek. I hardly ever do actual Uncyclopedia articles - I prefer UnNews - and almost everything I write I do on the spur of the moment and in one go, so I'm not used to thinking in terms of a pending project, as it were. But listen, if you continue with it, keep me posted; I'll keep an eye on it, and if I feel like I have something funny to add, I'll do it.
- I know probably not a lot about war? Go check Wikipedia's Three Rebellions in Shouchun (individual ones), Battle of Dongxing, Cao Pi's Invasions of Wu and each of their individual battles. I know lots about war. I don't wish to make this one a "wacky war genre". Lol.--General of All Branches of the Military and the Head of the State Police Eric (talk) 23:20, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
--~Leverage 22:59, November 21, 2012 (UTC)
- Dont you hate it when someone just keeps talking on and on and on, on someone elses talk page with absolutely no regard for what the topic of the conversation is about, and no skill at berevity or salience or kerfloffity? It often gets me so worked up I start to pick at my face and I pick and pick and pick at it until I develop little scars that start to glow in the dark at night time which will keep my roomates awake because one of them is really sensitive to light and needs a fairly dark setting in order to get the sleep that he needs, and I tell you...he really needs his sleep because he is a dentist AND a volunteer firefighter, which any dumbo could figure out requires a lot of ones time, not just time that is, but there is also an emotional factor that one has to consider, when they spend half the day torturing their clients and drugging them with pain killers, and the other half of the day chopping through wood to try and rescue people and then having to remove charred corpses from the mouldering ruins of what was once a totally lovely home...but you know...the best part is...when they need someone to identify the remains of one of the people who burnt to death...he can just pop over to his dental office and do some kind of confirmation like we all know they do and match dental records and then so everyone is happy that they know the identity of the dead guy...and so this is why it's important that my roomate gets his rest, so I really should stop picking at my face...you know? --ShabiDOO 02:08, November 22, 2012 (UTC)
Nomination For Writer Of The Month
You're a really good writer and I think it's about time you earn a Writer Of The Month award. Thus, I have you nominated. I don't normally just be an ass and go disturb someone just for the heck of telling them I nominated them for something, but you're a special case because to hell with what I do. --POP!GoesTheWeasel 08:43, December 2, 2012 (UTC)
- No disturbance at all, thanks for the nod! --Leverage (talk) 13:40, December 2, 2012 (UTC)
- Keep your pace up. I'm seriously thinking that if you keep your amazing persistence, you'll be able to become the Writer Of The Year. When I have enough balls, I'll ask to do a colab with you but for now, remember that you've got a shit ton of people wondering why the hell aren't you Writer of the Month yet. You will be soon, probably. Keep it up, man. --POP!GoesTheWeasel 09:38, December 3, 2012 (UTC)
- No disturbance at all, thanks for the nod! --Leverage (talk) 13:40, December 2, 2012 (UTC)
Can you vote for those that you haven't yet?
VFH is currently at multiple 7, 8, 9-for votes along with some against votes. These would love some of that last for vote. Thanks.--SirPeasewhizzdeNewYork Click here to talk 20:43, December 4, 2012 (UTC)
UnScripts:Tony Handcock: The Sperm Donor
Very good! Just one idea. Perhaps change it back to Hancock but imagine this is an alternative take to the one you are spoofing? May be use 'Handcock' as the doctor has misspelled the patient's name. Let me know but otherwise you have a feature here anyway in my view (and hope). --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 13:14, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- I was just this minute sending this to you, because I thought it would tickle you, given your muffin the mule work! OK, I have made the character's name HANcock, but the others call him Handcock. Do you have the power to move the page? --Leverage (talk) 13:22, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- I have the admin badge..so I can do that for you and rename the page as well. I will add a link for the kids in case they don't understand any of this. --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 13:58, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Now at UnScripts:Tony Hancock: The Sperm Donor. --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 14:00, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- I had another read through. From memory, it's very close to the original. Perhaps you could add a few more differences so that it could have been a sketch that could have existed in a more 'liberal' time. --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 14:15, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- I basically changed the minimum from the original content. You've stumped me a bit with your suggestion. The thing is, the script is so anachronistic, I don't know where to insert modern lines. Could you give me an example and I will see if I can build on it? --Leverage (talk) 11:13, December 6, 2012 (UTC)
- Ok I will look at the article and think this through. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 23:16, December 12, 2012 (UTC)
- I basically changed the minimum from the original content. You've stumped me a bit with your suggestion. The thing is, the script is so anachronistic, I don't know where to insert modern lines. Could you give me an example and I will see if I can build on it? --Leverage (talk) 11:13, December 6, 2012 (UTC)
- I had another read through. From memory, it's very close to the original. Perhaps you could add a few more differences so that it could have been a sketch that could have existed in a more 'liberal' time. --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 14:15, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Now at UnScripts:Tony Hancock: The Sperm Donor. --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 14:00, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- I have the admin badge..so I can do that for you and rename the page as well. I will add a link for the kids in case they don't understand any of this. --RomArtus*Imperator ® (Orate) 13:58, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
- I was just this minute sending this to you, because I thought it would tickle you, given your muffin the mule work! OK, I have made the character's name HANcock, but the others call him Handcock. Do you have the power to move the page? --Leverage (talk) 13:22, December 5, 2012 (UTC)
UnNews:Lame-duck House GOP proposes to make gay marriage mandatory
I moved your UnNews to the above headline, to mince words and remove excess capitals. An excellent take on the real news by you. Spıke Ѧ 14:08 8-Dec-12
- Yes, Leverage writes gud unnews, but how dare you. It was Djme13. :D ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Dec 8 '12 14:41 (UTC)
Then: Leverage also edits gud unnews. Cheers. Spıke Ѧ 14:56 8-Dec-12
I didn't see what you changed (or even that you were not the original author) due to reading a summary only of the last 50 changes on the website. I've complimented the real author now too. Any corrections anyone can make are painless and welcome; it can only help our resemblance to a "legitimate news source" to be as meticulous as we can be. Spıke Ѧ 15:16 8-Dec-12
I wanted to know if you could give me your opinion on?
Spice, HowTo:Get Your Friends To Stop Calling You Gay, and Your cat died?--SirPeasewhizzdeNewYork Click here to talk 21:52, December 9, 2012 (UTC)
Just dropping by for some soup
Hello, and I wanted to come say hello. Which I've done twice now in the same sentence. From just a brief look at your history, and I'll read more of what you've written, you seem a spirit who will help lead uncy into the promised land. I'm glad you latched onto what is a fantastic site, and one that Funnybony has called "a playground for adults". Hello. Aleister 13:07 10Decem12
- Cool. I am starting to find some friendly people on this site. It makes it more fun. --Leverage (talk) 13:12, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Who are you calling friendly? Put up your dukes Gandhi (something I once actually said to Gandhi's grandson, just to have the context-high). Have you hung out with Funnybony? Lots of friendly people here, it gets to be a burden talking to them, you just want to drown them like kittens sometimes. And yes, I must admit it does make it more fun. I'll go away peacefully now. Aleister minutes later
- Cool. I am starting to find some friendly people on this site. It makes it more fun. --Leverage (talk) 13:12, December 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Hey, Leverage, you just spoke to one of the best writers of Uncyclopedia. Lol, but seriously, he is one of the top in having written the most featured articles here. I have a feeling you're going to end up in the top too, though, because you have written a lot of featured articles and the number is still constantly expanding. They say great minds think alike, so I'll see that you and Aleister establish a good friendship. As for now, have fun writing more UnNews and enjoy the great success. --POP!GoesTheWeasel 05:03, December 11, 2012 (UTC)
- He's lying of course, what a weasley guy. I just saw your Pope Twitter page and want to ask if you could please work Mortal Sin into it somewhere. Thanks (if you do) and thanks for considering it (if you don't). The first news report I heard of the pope's twitter account was that he wouldn't write any of them, but they were going to let him push the first button to send the first one. He must be so out of it that he probably actually shit's in the woods. Thanks again! Aleister 16:09 12121212121212
- Hey, Leverage, you just spoke to one of the best writers of Uncyclopedia. Lol, but seriously, he is one of the top in having written the most featured articles here. I have a feeling you're going to end up in the top too, though, because you have written a lot of featured articles and the number is still constantly expanding. They say great minds think alike, so I'll see that you and Aleister establish a good friendship. As for now, have fun writing more UnNews and enjoy the great success. --POP!GoesTheWeasel 05:03, December 11, 2012 (UTC)
- My idea is that it can be a page everyone can add tweets to, although I prefer the idea of it looking like a really shit, mediocre account, full of 'Well, lunch break is over! Back to the grindstone! #WorkSucksIKnow. Moral sin could be fun though. I just want to stay away from child abuse pot shots, unless they are really good pot shots. --Leverage (talk) 23:51, December 12, 2012 (UTC)
The small things count.
"This week you're shocked to hear the Queen receives two parcels full of human excrement every week. Who on earth is sending the other one?" Just slew me, dude. Mad props. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Wed, Dec 12 '12 23:12 (UTC)
Hahahahahahaha! Cool! By the way, I liked your Italian cock job, but I added my own update. I really don't get the Wikia policy on ancient Pompeiian penises. --Leverage (talk) 23:48, December 12, 2012 (UTC)
Funny edit
Hey, your Ripya Kokov link made me lol. One thumb up! I'd give you two but the other thumb needs to be washed. --Bill Melater (talk) 03:41, December 15, 2012 (UTC)
Hey man, i understand. It's Friday. --Leverage (talk) 09:04, December 15, 2012 (UTC)
John Travolta
Hey Leverage, very nice editing!!! One last thing though, the new scientology stuff is funny, but where is John Travolta in all of that...is he narrating all of that? Maybe you just add a few words here and there to make it relavant to him? And the final sentence...might be good to finish the article with JohnTravolta clearly in mind? Just suggestinos from my little opinion :) --ShabiDOO 16:35, December 15, 2012 (UTC)
Cool. I Johned up the last section. I guess the basic joke is that a scientologist is writing the whole article, and gets carried away at the end. I like the last line being basically to catch people in their net. Now can you please vote for this article? :D --Leverage (talk) 17:02, December 15, 2012 (UTC)
Yeah...of course I will. Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!! --ShabiDOO 14:56, December 16, 2012 (UTC)
I agree with your revert on this. The repeat addition of "Some say" as a softener suggests that the editor's criterion is the orthodoxy of one side or the other, and not humor. We should be free to make the most outrageous statements we like, in the tone of an authoritative Reference Source. By the way, I wrote to TheSaiyanKirby that it was presumptuous to make his first edit to this article, adding the paragraph that confronts the serious hot button of whether gayness is voluntary or not. Aleister reverted him, then thought twice about it. This article needs an owner. Spıke Ѧ 22:57 17-Dec-12
- I changed my revert when you told me he was the most promising writer to ever come out of our minor league team, and if I reverted him he'd be so demoralized that he'd go over to The Onion or some fancy New York team and hit .354 with 45 homers. Man, I'm just trying to keep the rookie here. Give him a big bonus, a car and a girl and things, and then let him loose on the pages. Aleister 2:55 18decem12
- SPIKE did you get the original Sodom joke that I changed? Or does it make more sense now? I felt like I was reading a foreign language, and not one I am good at either. --Leverage (talk) 07:44, December 18, 2012 (UTC)
- Needs a makeover and removal some unfunny random. It is also an article that always attracts certain anons to fly-tip with their 2 cents worth and leave a stinking pile afterwards. --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 08:06, December 18, 2012 (UTC)
- SPIKE did you get the original Sodom joke that I changed? Or does it make more sense now? I felt like I was reading a foreign language, and not one I am good at either. --Leverage (talk) 07:44, December 18, 2012 (UTC)
- If I were to rewrite it, I would remove all reference to homosexuality, and just make it about 'gay' in the sense of joyful, as though it is some mythical state of bliss, like nirvana. And then pepper it with puns and innuendos. 'WC Fields defined gayness as "a feeling of joy you feel deep down inside you, right in your tummy," etc. --Leverage (talk) 14:15, December 18, 2012 (UTC)
Leverage, I saw nothing but your revert, which I agree with. I often just look at the last 50 RecentChanges because of my awful metered Internet. The problem with the "Sodom" approach is that it suggests a focus on the morality of homosexuality, which is necessarily more dicey than mocking it more superficially. Spıke Ѧ 09:07 18-Dec-12
I need to know if I wrote this pretty well.--SirPeasewhizzdeNewYork Click here to talk 16:49, December 23, 2012 (UTC)
Hi n00b!
Just wanted to let you know you should check to see if a file name exists before you upload over it. It's usually not a big deal, but sometimes if you upload a file with the same name as a different image, it can impair the funny of the articles that use the image. (Of course, in some cases, such as V., it makes it better, but that's neither here ner there.)
Also, as I have not yet gotten tired of saying even though it's a threadbare joke which has been bashed several feet deep into the Earth's topsoil, Merry Chucking Fristmas! ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Tue, Dec 25 '12 11:21 (UTC)
- Damn it, I thought I'd got good at tiptoeing around the place without making a big dog's mess everywhere. Thanks for your corrections (couple of stupid typos you picked up earlier I noticed) and may god bless you and keep you in his love on this most joyous of days. LOVEYOUBYE! --Leverage (talk) 12:32, December 25, 2012 (UTC)
Writer of the Month December 2012 ~Sir Frosty (Talk to me!) 22:38, January 1, 2013 (UTC)
Foolitzer Prize Winner December 2012 ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Wed, Jan 2 '13 14:42 (UTC)
'i' before 'e' except after Keith
Thanks for fixing the title for me, I wanted to rip my nose off when I noticed the typo. How do you edit the title? Can't figure it out. --Bill Melater (talk) 19:33, January 3, 2013 (UTC)
It's actually the first time I have tried it. It might be a function that they don't let you perform until you have been here a while and proved you are not a sex pest. For me when I read an UnNews story I have WATCH | MOVE | HISTORY | EDIT over to the right hand side. I clicked on move and renamed it. If you don't have that button, you can always ask a Mod to change it for you; I have messed up a few times on article names. --Leverage (talk) 23:34, January 3, 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, changing the title of an article is "moving" it, and folks without rollback can't move stuff without leaving a messy redirect behind. I think one or both of you guys has "rollback" now. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jan 4 '13 5:21 (UTC)
- I've had the 'move' option visible for awhile, but I was hesitant to click on it because I didnt know where I'd be moving the article to. Good to know for next time. --Bill Melater (talk) 08:13, January 4, 2013 (UTC)
Hi there, you awesome person you!
You should come on IRC sometime and let us have a look at you. We've resolved that we need to make our newer members feel like part of the family, and that won't be possible until you come into our deep dark Internet cave and let us devour you whol.... um, get to know you! Yes, that's what I meant to say. ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Fri, Jan 4 '13 8:14 (UTC)
---Given recent events, will I have to log in to the chat room on both sites? And copy and paste all my messages onto both domains? In all seriousness, I tend to think uncyclopedians, wherever there domain be, should be seen and not heard. Look at all the opinionated post-graduate debate going on at that minute. It's all drama. That's also why I don't self-nom any mo. --Leverage (talk) 11:31, January 5, 2013 (UTC)
There's one chat room for both sites. C'mon in some time. Also, the new wiki is up and waiting for you if you want to poke your head in. :D ~ BB ~ (T) ~ Sat, Jan 5 '13 17:28 (UTC)
- He's trying to lure you into a web, like some kind of spider. If you go onto IRC you don't come out. I've never used it. What I'll do is play on both sites, and transfer my main stories and edits to both. It won't hurt, and I feel some good uptone energy over there. It still won't have the search engine positions that Wikia has with this present site, so both of them should be in top shape with everyone's help. I don't see this as a competition, both sites are uncyclopedia now, and it's just a little more trouble to post UnNews items and major edits in both places. You don't self nom? What do you consider your best unfeatured pages? Jeez, you're one of our best writers, just pick a couple and self-nom them, on both sites if you wish. Then we can all vote on both sites. Not very different, just a little more time consuming but well worth it for everybody involved. Aleister 17:49 Uncy's 8th Birthday
I just decided that VfH was a cunt race, (as in 'even if you win...') because all the unpleasant conversations I've had on here have been a result of people taking one of my articles the wrong way or getting their knickers in a twist over me voting against them. I was only kidding about the new site, I am happy to jump over. Wikia lost me when it removed my cock Leverage 20:49, hastily adding his signature
Hi Leverage. Thanks for doing a bit of an Aleister by contributing to both sites! Who is in charge at the UnNews on the Fork? --RomArtus*Imperator ITRA (Orate) ® 13:31, February 4, 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for voting for Fred Basset. --Equilateralperil 02:38, February 9, 2013 (UTC)
When it gets cleaned upped and edited into a final edition, would you consider putting Runnerway Bride on this site too? Or are you a one-site-Johnny? When it's ready and if it were here I'd feature it immediately without even going through feature vote (as I would lots of my pages), but would nom and vote for it. The main reason I'm asking is that this site gets 50,000 views a day, and that page is so good it's the only one I've asked to be possibly transfered here for the reading public (for onlookers, it's one of the best pages I've read on uncyclopedia). There has been discussion here about pages on both sites, which I always do unless it's a collab (Check out Spike's and my, mainly Spikes, Great Library of Alexandria), and I see no harm in it at all. In fact I see no harm in having two sites as long as both are maintained. Doubling our pleasure and search engine results! Thanks. Aleister 13:58 13-2-'13
- Ally, I think it's more or less there so I pasted it. BladeRunnerway Bride Leverage (talk) 13:16, February 21, 2013 (UTC)
And now some wikian has nommed it for feature. I will vote against it again. Aleister 21:11 28-2-'13
Hall ashamed
Can you please list your pages in the hall chronologically, so when it comes time to elect you writer of the year we can see them in order? Thanks. Francis must be nommed, so I'll get to that right now, but the voting is messed up here and lots of good pages are getting like two votes. They would have better luck in a crosswalk. Aleister 13:44 19-3-'13


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1. You think public roads should be replaced with toll booths because taxes are coercion but being forced to pay a dollar every time you make a right turn is freedom!
2. You not only signed up for the Ron Paul Newsletter and his youtube channel, but you also call his 1-900 number.
3. You are between the ages of 15-25, angry, white, male and have a bad haircut. You are a terminal virgin and live at home with your parents in a gated community. Your goal in life is to be a "Blogger" or a professional League of Legends player. You can't wait until Anarchy so you can shoot people.
4. Due to excessive hazing and ridicule that you weren't man enough, you decided to drop out of the Origami Club in High School and join the Libertarian Party.
5. Your personal ad reads: "Seeking Anybody." and zero replies.
6. Your mother knows what kind of Hot Pockets you like most and stockpiles them for you while you rage against the Statists on the Internet.
7. You declare yourself a "Constitutional Defender" and a champion of State's Rights - but hate all Statists - because you have no idea that term applies to self-proclaimed Constitutional Defenders and champions of State's Rights
8. You don't own a business, but if you did - you want the freedom to kick out the minorities of your choosing because you think that is "Freedom". You do not think it's against freedom when because of someone's skin color or gender they are forbidden access to basic goods and services in this country.
9. You are actually a Republican and a Billionaire.
10. The last time you were invited to a party, you were grooving to the lyric, "Put your right foot in, take your right foot out."


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Were I asked to name my favorite animal — and I'm still waiting patiently for that particular query — the list of candidates would certainly include the American pika.
Whether this diminutive mammal — it's about the size of a squirrel, only more adorable — would win, I can't say.
I'm rather partial to the mountain goat, to name one competitor.
Also I have long harbored a peculiar fondness for the fisher.
I say peculiar because I've never actually seen a fisher, which is a sort of weasel, in the wild. It might well be that if I ever do see one I will come away feeling rather cheated, like a man who is told again and again about a certain charming woman and then, when he finally meets her, is chagrined to realize she has the personality of a bobcat that has one foot caught in a trap.
And she has bad teeth besides.
Of course it's conceivable that I wouldn't impress a fisher, either, were one to ever catch sight of me.
Not that I care what a fisher thinks.
Anyway, the pika has the advantage, in my hypothetical popularity contest, of familiarity.
I've seen plenty of pikas.
Which is no real trick, since pikas tend to live where nothing else will.
Or maybe it's just that no other species has quite enough pluck to deal with the deprivations.
Pikas, in addition to looking like something your daughter would beg you to catch and bring home for her, are as tough as wolverines.
The pika's preferred home is a rockslide high in the mountains — the sort of place generally inhabited only by insects, small lizards and clumsy hikers who fall on the rocks and fracture a fibula.
(And the hikers stay only until rescuers arrive.)
If you've walked across many talus slopes in the Elkhorns or the Wallowas I'd wager it's likely that even if you didn't see a pika that you heard one.
If you get within 100 feet of a pika it will in most cases emit a piercing whistle that reminds me of the call of a marmot or a sage rat.
Although in contrast to the behavior of sage rats, I've only rarely seen a pika exhibit the sort of bravado (or maybe it's stupidity) that has left many of the former with a .22 slug in its guts. Pikas apparently have better sense than to stand still in the open, hoping the threat will go away. And for a pika, as for a sage rat, a threat is pretty much anything with warm blood.
And a few things with cold.
As I mentioned, the pika is an unusually hardy creature.
Pikas live year-round in the harsh alpine climate rather than retreating to the balmy lowlands like deer, the wimps.
And unlike reputedly rugged beasts such as the bear, the pika doesn't need to resort to hibernation.
(Which, when you think about it, is basically a synonym for laziness. Yet nobody seems to nag bears about it. Or about anything else, really.)
Although considering a typical adult pika tops out at about six ounces, which is rather more slim than a double cheeseburger, I suppose I wouldn't expect a pika to try to survive for six months on its accumulated fat.
Nor does it help that a healthy pika runs a temperature that in a toddler would send the parents scrambling for the Tylenol bottle. Also pikas have the approximate metabolic rate of Lance Armstrong at the top of the l'Alpe d'Huez.
I doubt, suffice it to say, that a hibernation-ready pika would qualify as either cute or cuddly. The sight of such a bloated pika would, in fact, probably scare me straight back to the trailhead.
The pika actually gets through winter much like a cattle rancher does — by putting up a stock of hay while the sun shines.
(Although the pika, unlike the rancher, actually eats the hay.)
All through the brief summer (and at the pika's preferred altitudes summer is not so much a season as it is an interlude between late winter and early winter) pikas scythe down grass and other plants with their busy little teeth and spread the forage on rocks to cure in the sun.
They store the hay in fissures beneath rocks, and during the long winters the industrious little buggers dig tunnels in the snow to get to their haypiles.
As I said, these animals demonstrate a level of resolve that's hard not to admire.
Given my affinity for the pika I was pleased by a dispatch that recently arrived in my e-mail inbox.
Pleased, but also somewhat perplexed.
The sender was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The agency's biologists have decided that none of the five subspecies of American pika is in danger of extinction, and that none needs federal protection.
What surprised me is that anybody believed to the contrary.
I have a shelf full of Oregon hiking guides, the oldest published in the late 1960s and the newest just a few years ago, and both mention that pikas are frequently seen in the Wallowas.
That's not exactly peer-reviewed science, of course. But the references suggest that pikas, or at least the local ones, have endured rather handily the current accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
(Not to mention other malignancies such as the Carter administration and disco.)
The Center for Biological Diversity is not so sanguine, however, as regards the pika's staying power under the onslaught of a warming climate.
In 2007 the Center petitioned the Fish and Wildlife Service to list some Western pika populations as endangered, and the rest as threatened.
The gist of the Center's case is that the climate will continue to heat up throughout the 21st century, and that pikas in certain areas won't be able to survive in this steamy future.
Which at least sounds plausible, given the pika's already elevated body temperature.
According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, pikas are so sensitive to heat that "death can occur after brief exposures to ambient temperatures greater than 77.9 degrees F."
That's pretty detailed research, right down to the tenth of a degree.
I wonder, though, whether anybody has told PETA about these experiments, which obviously ended badly for at least some of the pikas involved.
I also wonder why the sadists with the fancy thermometer didn't bring along a stopwatch — what do they mean by "brief" exposure, anyway?
Being a curious sort I read the Center's 62-page petition to the Fish and Wildlife Service (well, most of it). The agency lays out a pretty good case — at least to a layman like me who probably couldn't tell a fisher from a pine marten.
The Fish and Wildlife Service, though, cited a couple of facts in its response that seem to me to challenge the notion that pika carcasses will soon be strewn across the West's mountain slopes, like neophyte hikers who try to climb from the Colorado to the Grand Canyon rim in July with no provisions except a single bottle of Evian.
It turn out that pikas, notwithstanding their preference for the sorts of landscapes John Denver was always prattling on about, also have colonized places which are neither in the Rocky Mountains, nor especially high.
Among these are Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, and Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California.
Neither is what you could call a good spot to cool off.
They're both of them handy, though, if you ever decide to satisfy your curiosity about what heat exhaustion really feels like but don't want to hike a long ways.
Although the Fish and Wildlife Service concedes that a warmer climate could cause problems (excessive panting being one, presumably) for pikas in the Great Basin and some other relatively low-lying regions, the agency's biologists also note that pikas don't merely survive, but they actually thrive, in the aforementioned volcanic wastelands.
"Pika persist at these sites," the Fish and Wildlife Service explained in a press release, "because they reduce activity during hot mid-day temperatures by retreating to significantly cooler conditions under the loose rock areas and perform daily activities during the cooler morning and evening periods."
Which sounds almost identical to the advice government health departments dole out to people whenever the temperature goes above 90.
Well, identical except for the part about hunkering in crevices, which in lava beds is a good way to get all scraped up.
That pikas have figured this out by themselves (I presume they can't decipher public service announcements) only adds to my admiration for the species.
I hope, at any rate, that the Fish and Wildlife Service is right about the pika's ability to adapt.
Since the species has already proved it can subsist in lava beds without air-conditioning or cold beer, I'm betting on the pika.
And now that I've pondered the matter, I'm also going to conclude my little contest and award the blue ribbon to the pika.
That ought to give them a reason to hang on.


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The IRS changed the filing requirements so that every tax-exempt organization has to file an annual 990, no matter how small their budget. They promised to drop organizations that didn't file for three consecutive years. They notified nonprofits and the public over and over, again. They extended the deadline to get 990 filings up-to-date.
Now, the list of nonprofits that have lost tax-exempt status for failing to file has been published—and, it numbers 275,000 (about 14% of all nonprofits in this country)! In Michigan, almost 9,000 charities are on the list.
What does this mean to your organization or you, as a donor? An article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (6/8/11) summarizes the ramifications of a nonprofit being dropped, affects on tax-deductibility of donations to dropped groups, and how to seek reinstatement. It also provides a link to the list.
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Performers: Christensen, Birgitte; Lika, Peter; Vinke, Stefan
Conductors: Budday, Jürgen
Ensemble: Maulbronn Kantorei; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
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The Secretary may provide extraordinary protective services for foreign missions directly, by contract, or through State or local authority to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary in carrying out this chapter, except that the Secretary may not provide under this section any protective services for which authority exists to provide such services under subsections (a)(7) and (d) ofsection 3056A of title 18.
(b) Requirement of extraordinary circumstances
The Secretary may provide funds to a State or local authority for protective services under this section only if the Secretary has determined that a threat of violence, or other circumstances, exists which requires extraordinary security measures which exceed those which local law enforcment [1] agencies can reasonably be expected to take.
(d) Restrictions on use of funds
Of the funds made available for obligation under this section in any fiscal year—
(1) not more than 20 percent may be obligated for protective services within any single State during that year; and
(2) not less than 15 percent shall be retained as a reserve for protective services provided directly by the Secretary or for expenditures in local jurisdictions not otherwise covered by an agreement for protective services under this section.
The limitations on funds available for obligation in this subsection shall not apply to unobligated funds during the final quarter of any fiscal year.
(e) Period of agreement with State or local authority
Any agreement with a State or local authority for the provision of protective services under this section shall be for a period of not to exceed 90 days in any calendar year, but such agreements may be renewed after review by the Secretary.
(f) Requirement for appropriations
Contracts may be entered into in carrying out this section only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.
(g) Working capital fund
[1] So in original. Probably should be "enforcement".
Source(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title II, § 214, as added Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 126(a),Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 417; amended Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 139(2),Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 397; Pub. L. 109–177, title VI, § 605(d)(3), (e)(2)(C),Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 255.)
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177, § 605(e)(2)(C), substituted "subsections (a)(7) and (d) ofsection 3056A of title 18" for "sections 202 (7) and 208 of title 3".
Pub. L. 109–177, § 605(d)(3), which directed amendment of section 214(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act by substituting "section 3056A (a)(7) and (d) of title 18" for "sections 202 (8) and 208 of title 3", was not executed because this section, which is section 214 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, did not contain the words "sections 202 (8) and 208 of title 3" and because of the amendment by Pub. L. 109–177, § 605(e)(2)(C). See note above.
1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–236struck out subsec. (c) which read as follows: "Funds may be obligated under this section only after regulations to implement this section have been issued by the Secretary after consultation with appropriate committees of the Congress."
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Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 126(e),Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 418, provided that: "The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and amending section 4304 of this title and section 208 of Title 3, The President] shall take effect on October 1, 1985."
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA)-- Angie Goff reports there's a new trend in traffic among young people: the designated texter.
When it comes to texting while behind the wheel, Perri Eppie, a senior at American University says 'At first you want to disregard it... it's not a big deal but once you have a scare yourself you start to pay attention to it.'
Eppie learned about the dangers after a close call. It's why she's turned to a growing trend amongst friends: A designated texter.
AU junior, Rachel DeMita says a 'If one of us is driving and we get a text message we'll hand over our phone tell them what we wanna say and they'll go ahead and type it for us.'
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Changing Plant Characteristics to Make Biofuels
Gerald Tuskan. Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
A Predictable Change
A new technique can change a
plant's characteristics to make biofuels.
A core objective of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's BioEnergy Science Center is to find ways to wring more energy out of the sugars stored in plants. In addition to developing better enzymes, improved microbes and more effective catalysts, Gerald Tuskan's team of plant biologists is exploring ways to generate more energy from biomass by "persuading" plants to store more sugar and then developing new methods of extracting these sugars.
Most of the sugar found in biomass is stored in plant cell walls as cellulose and hemicellulose. The biggest roadblock to extracting sugar from these cell wall polymers has been the difficulty of using biochemical tools to break down the walls. Tuskan, a scientist in ORNL's BioSciences Division, is working with a dozen Oak Ridge scientists and university collaborators to study the genome of Populus, a group of trees commonly used in both biofuels research and biofuels production. The team is seeking to determine which of the plant's 42,000 genes play a role in the formation of the cell wall and which of those can be modified and regulated to create cell walls that are more easily broken down. "It's important to note that we're not talking about placing 'foreign' genes into Populus," Tuskan says. "We are modifying native genes that make it easier to break down the cell walls. We want to learn when these genes are turned on, how long they are on, and which plant tissues "
Subtle changes
Currently Tuskan and his colleagues have narrowed to about 3580 the list of genes that might play a role in cell wall formation. They employ a variety of molecular techniques to study the genes and determine their respective functions. One of these techniques involves randomly inserting genetic "on" switches into the plant's genome to determine the effect. "Whatever gene the switch lands next to is turned on," Tuskan says. "We are inserting as many 'on' switches as possible to identify."
In about one quarter of the experiments, the technique produces a measurable change in the plant's physical characteristics. While some changes, such as coloration, are obvious to the naked eye, many are harder to discern. "The changes usually involve more subtle characteristics, like the level of sugar polymers in the plant's stem," Tuskan says. To detect these changes, Tuskan's team grows modified plants and then analyzes both their chemistry and their outward appearance. When a change is detected, researchers examine the plant's genome, locate the newly inserted "on" switches, and determine which gene or genes the switches have activated. The approach provides scientists with a good idea of which genes produced the changes. Once they know what a particular gene controls and whether it appears to play a role in the formation of the cell wall, researchers can make an informed decision about whether the gene should be turned "on" or "off" to improve the plant's usefulness for producing biofuels.
One of the challengs the team is addressing using this "on" switch technique involves disentangling the relationship between the molecules of cellulose and hemicellulose; polymers that make up the plant's cell walls; and lignin, a polymer that provides strength and stiffness to the plant's stalk. The standard biofuels pretreatment process involves relaxing the bonds between the cellulose and hemicellulose cell walls and lignin using a combination of high temperatures, dilute acid, and high pressure, so the lignin can be removed. Because the plant sugars are contained in the cellulose and hemicellulose, pretreatment removes the lignin but also has the undesired consequence of degrading the cellulose and hemicellulose, reducing the amount of stored sugar that can be captured.
A Predictable Change.
In search of a process that removes lignin from the biomass without sacrificing sugars, the team is looking for genes that can control the degree of polymerization of both lignin and cell walls. A more highly polymerized molecule has a more complex structure that tends to bind tightly to neighboring structures, making it more difficult to break down. This quality is known as recalcitrance. For the purposes of biofuels research, scientists would like to reduce the lignin's polymerization to facilitate its separation from the plant's cell walls. At the same time, researchers are seeking to increase the polymerization of cellulose and hemicellulose to enhance resistance to degradation during pretreatment. "Our basic goal is to reduce the recalcitrance of lignin and increase the proportion of intact cellulose," Tuskan says."All of our genetics work is being driven toward those two goals."
Selective breeding also plays a role in the team's efforts to develop an optimized strain of Populus. Drawing on the biochemical analysis of the 1100 genetically different trees in their collection, the researchers found that Populus's native lignin and sugar content vary greatly. "We have four individuals out of this collection that yield 87% of their theoretical maximum for sugar yield without any pretreatment at all," Tuskan says. "These are individuals we intend to either put in a breeding program or use for gene regulation research to determine the genetic basis for their favorable genetic characteristics."
Part of a process
A large part of what Tuskan and his team are trying to achieve is driven by the neighboring steps in the biofuels development process. Before they consider what kind of biomass would be suitable for producing biofuels, Tuskan and his colleagues have to examine issues of agronomy and sustainability. "The plants must be efficient in how they use water, nutrients, carbon and space. They need to be able to grow in a wide range of areas in a way that does not deplete the soil of key nutrients. We also want to be sure that farmers can grow these biomass crops in "
Similarly, much of the selective breeding and genetic fine-tuning Tuskan and his colleagues perform is aimed at making sure their final product has the sugar release, deconstruction and fermentation characteristics needed by the microbiologists who will be converting the plants to biofuels. "Our industrial collaborators are the ones most concerned with producing a sellable product," Tuskan explains. "Their short-term target is ethanol, but they are moving quickly toward higher-chain alcohols, like isobutanol or octanol. These fuels are preferable to ethanol because their energy per unit volume is similar to that of gasoline; they do not react with water; and they can be blended with gasoline in the current fuel distribution system."
Tuskan notes that when his group passes along a suitable feedstock to the bioconversion researchers, the process does not necessarily end. "We'll hear from them how well the biomass actually performs in the production process. We know how we expect the main polymers, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin to perform, but there are other compounds in plants that can inhibit the biofuels production process. Before we know if we have a successful feedstock, we will have to see how it performs in an actual bioreactor."
"We hit the ground running"
Looking back at what has been accomplished by the BioEnergy Science Center in a relatively short time, Tuskan believes the center has made remarkable progress. "We really hit the ground running at BESC. Because we put an infrastructure together in a timely way, all the experiments are up and running. Usually with a project this size, there's a longer learning curve and a slow scale-up, but because of our team's experience and the quality of the participating institutions, we have exceeded our project milestones. Everything is in place for a period of genuine discovery."
Citation(2012). Changing Plant Characteristics to Make Biofuels. Retrieved from http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/51cbf08c7896bb431f6a20fc
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April 22, 2009
Dan Woike
All along, USC head coach Pete Carroll and quarterbacks coach Jeremy Bates had a plan to name the Trojans' next starting quarterback.Tuesday, the plan, which included comparable time for the three main competitors, a wide array of situations and plays and a start for each in USC's scrimmages, produced a winner.Sophomore Aaron Corp held off Matt Barkley and a fading Mitch Mustain for the starting spot in the Trojan Huddle on Saturday. Corp will also be the No. 1 quarterback all summer and at the top heading into fall."You have to have a starter for the spring game. We'll have a first group, and Aaron's going to be with them. It's his job to lose," Bates said. "When we enter fall camp, he'll be number one. I told him not to look back. It's for Matt and Mitch to catch him."Barkley seems to be close, and Carroll said he expects Barkley to compete for the starting job once the team opens in August.Carroll said Barkley couldn't win the job now because he doesn't have a full grasp on the offense in the same way that Corp and Mustain do."One of the factors in that decision is we've not enabled him with all of the stuff in the system in terms of the communication. We have to help him with the play calls, and Coach Bates is there with him in the huddle all the time. He's not involved with all the signaling and communications aspects," Carroll said. "He couldn't control a game right now. That's a big aspect that's one of the easier aspects to take care of. In the offseason and through the summer, he'll do his studying to prepare for that so he can come back and compete for the starting spot."Carroll and Bates both said they want Corp to embrace the starting role and not look back. Still, he knows Barkley's not far behind."I'm excited," he said. "It's a great opportunity, but again, I can't get complacent. Matt's right there. I just have to keep working hard."Carroll said he wants to get the quarterbacks on a level playing field, knowledge wise, a few weeks into fall camp, and that's when he'll make his final decision."I think it's going to take us a couple weeks into camp before we can even think about making an assessment," Carroll said. "It'll take a couple of weeks to see what all three guys are doing and where they're at when we come back. "Things can change."Carroll has taken a similar stance on quarterback battles in the past, naming a starter in the spring and saying the competition would remain open in the fall. Each time, the player he named in the spring started the bulk of the next season.Still, this time, Carroll's words carry more weight."This competition feels a little bit different than the other ones. The variables about Matt's emergence here makes it a little bit different," Carroll said. "He's way ahead of schedule. He's way above the level of what other guys have done in this time as a freshman. "Our expectations are he might continue that."Barkley said he's operating under the assumption that he'll get another crack to win the starting nod come August."I'm excited that I get a chance in this thing and that they're considering me. It's going to be a battle like it has been
" he said. "My best is yet to come. I'm not satisfied yet with myself until that number one spot is mine."Bates said he thinks Barkley will be a factor in the quarterback battle when it picks back up."Barkley's right there. He could be playing against San Jose State. He's had a heck of a spring. He's been able to handle everything we've thrown at him as far as all the football," Bates said. "It's been very impressive for an 18-year old who should still be in high school to handle all of that. For him to take a snap - and he's not just taking snaps, he's producing."We're not talking about redshirting him; we're talking about playing him."Trailing both Corp and Barkley, Mustain has the most ground to make up.Bates said he thought all three quarterbacks were given opportunities, and Mustain's drives just stalled at the wrong times."We're not trying to keep anything from these guys. We don't want to be shady," Bates said. "We want to be open and honest with these guys. We want them to know they've all been given a fair shot, and we've been fair with them."After being asked whether he felt he got a fair chance to win the starting spot, Mustain said he met with Bates and had a private conversation."That's something me and him talked about, and I'll keep that with us," Mustain said. "I guess it depends on how you interpret drives or reps or whatever. That's their interpretation. The point is we've just got to keep battling"While Corp's not guaranteed to be starting against San Jose State come Sept. 5, he is the guy Carroll and Bates will look to as a leader for the USC offense through the offseason."We went about this with the thought we were playing a game this weekend, and we had to make a choice of who would go out with the first group, which really tells us who is ahead at this time," Carroll said. "And, Aaron Corp is that guy. He's had a great spring, and he's done everything he's can to maximize this opportunity at this point. He understands the offense. He's moved around well with it."He's made his mistakes, but he's really been able to avoid the costly mistakes. That's what you like to see in your starting quarterback."Tuesday's throwsSeven-on-seven drillsCorp- Complete to Joe McKnight, checkdown.- Complete to Stanley Havili.- Complete to Damian Williams.- Complete to Cooper Stephenson, short touchdown.- Incomplete to Anthony McCoy.Barkley- Complete to Stave Gatena, nice throw in traffic.- Complete to Ronald Johnson.- Complete to McCoy.- Complete to Brice Butler.- Complete to Williams, touchdown.Mustain- Complete to David Ausberry.- Incomplete deep to McCoy.- Complete to Stephenson.- Complete to Butler.- Complete to Williams, touchdown.Corp- Incomplete to Ronald Johnson.- Complete to Butler, touchdown, nice throw and great route.- Complete to Scott Stephens.Barkley- Complete to Ausberry on fade for a touchdown; Ausberry too strong for Brian Baucham.Mustain- Complete to McCoy, touchdown; McCoy makes nice catch after bobbling the pass.11-on-11 drillsCorp- Sacked by T.J. Bryant.- Complete to Butler, big gain.- Complete to Ronald Johnson; thrown high, great catch.- Complete to Havili.Barkley- Fumbled snap, Chris Galippo recovers.- Complete to Brandon Carswell.- Incomplete to Ronald Johnson.- Complete to Butler.Mustain- Sacked by Omari Crittenden.- Complete to Havili.Corp- Handoff to Marc Tyler, big gain.- Incomplete to C.J. Gable.- Handoff to Curtis McNeal.- Incomplete to Travon Patterson deep, deflected by Taylor Mays.- Incomplete, thrown away.Barkley- Handoff to Tyler.- Sacked by Nick Perry.- Handoff to McNeal.Mustain- Handoff to Tyler.- Complete to Cooper Stephenson.- Handoff to Havili, touchdown run.Corp- Incomplete to Butler, dropped.- Complete to McNeal.- Incomplete to Patterson, dropped.- Sacked by Averell Spicer.- Complete to Havili deep, perfectly thrown.Barkley- Incomplete to Williams.- Incomplete to McCoy deep, dropped.- Handoff to Tyler, big gain.- Complete to McNeal.- Complete to Ronald Johnson.Corp- Handoff to Williams, end around.- Complete to Ronald Johnson, touchdown, caught after being deflected by Baucham.Barkley- Complete to Tyler.- Incomplete, thrown away.- Handoff to Tyler.- Incomplete to Jordan Cameron.- Handoff to McNeal.- Incomplete to Cameron.Extra Points• Carroll said he couldn't start Matt Barkley right now if he wanted to."We can't signal a game with him. We can't play with him. If we were playing today, he can't start. He's not ready," Carroll said. "He'd be reading things off his wristbands, and that's not the way we want to send him into his first game. We have a lot of ground to make up, but it's very doable."• Mustain said he was disappointed in the decision, and that's just fine with Carroll."I never want a guy to be slapping backs after he finds out he's not the guy," Carroll said.Mustain said he was not considering transferring because he's too close to earning his degree.• A bunch of players returned to Tuesday's practice. Charles Brown and Butch Lewis both participated, and running backs C.J. Gable and Allen Bradford also participated. Bradford ran some routes out of the backfield, but he didn't get any passes thrown his way. • Everson Griffen missed practice due to illness.• Corp said he already feels a little different since being named the starter Tuesday afternoon."There's more confidence, definitely," Corp said. 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There are many companies giving hosting services. They giving lot's of hosting plan as hosting packages... types of web hosting services. Can anyone explain me different types of web hosting
Web Hosting
Web Hosting Index
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Unix Web Hosting
Unix Web Hosting
Unix Web Hosting is the type hosting provided on the
Unix Servers. Unix Web Hosting is very reliable hosting option. Unix Hosting....
UNIX web hosting and Linux web hosting are the most powerful and reliable
Free Web Hosting
Free Hosting
Free Web hosting or Free Hosting is web hosting service offered.... There are many
hosting companies providing free web hosting services. These hosting... web hosting companies. In a free hosting technical
support is also very limited
Web hosting with shopping cart
Web hosting with shopping cart
If you are looking for hosting your shopping... web hosting company you should
use for hosting your shopping cart... should select a good and reputed
web hosting company. The changes are high
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What Is Web Hosting?
Web hosting is a service provided by big companies.... The companies providing the
space on the internet is called Web Hosts or Web Hosting... on one server 1,000 web sites can be hosted. This makes web
How Web Hosting works?
How Web Hosting works?
 ... the working of Web Hosting
service. We will explain you How Web Hosting works? Web... and
many such websites 24x7. So, its very import for the web hosting
Dedicated hosting
Dedicated hosting Hi,
What is dedicated hosting?
Dedicated hosting is type of hosting where entire server is given to a client.
Client uses the sever for hosting their website.
The dedicated web
Windows Web Hosting
Windows Web Hosting
Windows Web Hosting is the hosting service provided... provide 99.99%
uptime. Windows Web Hosting are mostly provided on Winodws NT... be used on windows environment for web hosting. IIS
server provides a lot
Managed Web Hosting
Managed Web Hosting
Managed Web Hosting is a type of dedicated web hosting
where host will assist in the upkeep of your server. Managed Web Hosting... of Managed Web Hosting web will provide LIVE technical support 24/7/365
Web Hosting Glossary
Web Hosting Glossary
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Web Hosting Glossary, Our hosting directory
provides you the most comprehensive web... for any e-commerce websites. Most of the Unix Web
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Dedicated web hosting
Dedicated web hosting
In this section we will study about dedicated web... web hosting is
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What is Dedicated Web hosting?
The Dedicated web hosting is an type


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