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i love this photo jim! the colours are ace and sums up the spirit of Baildon climbing! I was more worried about the kids throwing stones at me than the drop beneath my feet!
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Evan Turner will play basketball Tuesday evening. It will be the 280th game of his NBA career –- and his first for a team other than the Sixers.
(UPDATE, 9:50 p.m.: Turner scored 13 points off the bench in 26 minutes in his Pacers debut, a 20-point win over the Lakers.)
At the trade deadline, Turner and Lavoy Allen were sent to Indiana for Danny Granger and a 2015 second-round pick.
That's what the Sixers got for Turner: A 30-year-old with left knee issues who will be gone one way or the other before long, along with a second-round pick that figures to be late in the 2015 draft. The maximum the market yielded for Turner was the minimum anyone imagined. It wasn't much, but Sam Hinkie was right to take it. Something is better than nothing, which is what Turner had become for them.
If the Sixers hadn't dealt Turner, they would have let him walk this offseason. They could have extended him a qualifying offer of $8.7 million to make him a restricted free agent, but that never seemed likely. Trade him or open the door and push him through it. Those were the only options.
You could see it coming. In late October, the Sixers declined to offer Turner an extension. Turner responded by saying "Hinkie is not my GM" while offering that he and the team were "going in different directions." As recently as last week, Turner said he was "excited" for the trade deadline. He knew all along that his time was at an end.
The beginning wasn't that long ago. The Sixers took Turner with the second pick of the 2010 NBA draft, just behind John Wall. Wall was the consensus top pick. Turner was the guy you picked after you looked at the rest of the guys and went, "yeah, sure, he must be next." About the rest of the players taken after Turner: Derrick Favors went third, DeMarcus Cousins fifth, Greg Monroe seventh, Gordon Hayward ninth. Turner's new teammate, All-Star Paul George, was taken 10th. Eric Bledsoe went 18th.
That happens every draft. You can look back and reorder it in your mind, but that won't alter the current reality. Turner was the pick. So why didn't the pick work?
It probably didn't help that the Sixers kept Andre Iguodala around after drafting Turner. Iguodala was, and remains, a better version of Turner in every respect. He's a better ball-handler, passer, rebounder and scorer. He's better on the break. He's infinitely better as a defender. As a result, for the first two years of his career, Turner came off the bench. Turner did not like coming off the bench. He viewed himself as the "best player in the draft at the time," not as a role player.
In his third season, after Iguodala was gone, Turner became a full-time starter under Doug Collins. That worked OK at first, then not so OK. Collins would alternately praise Turner for his ability with the ball, then criticize Tuner for not doing enough to get the ball in his hands.
Turner and Collins had an ever-shifting relationship. They were like two tectonic plates pushing against each other while everyone waited for them to crack and crumble and split for good.
But while Collins deserves some blame for Turner's underdevelopment, it's also true that Turner's skill set simply hasn't translated well to the NBA. He has been an average to below-average pro. In Brett Brown's hyperactive system, Turner averaged 17.4 points, 6 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Only the points per game represented a career high, and he was taking 2.6 more shots per game to get it.
Turner averaged career highs in free throw attempts and free throws made this season, which was to his credit. Getting to the line was something he could and should have done earlier in his career. But even with Brown telling his guys to shoot from distance whenever they have open looks, Turner was never a capable three-point marksman. That's a huge problem in a league that places ever-increasing importance on the three-point shot.
In 54 games with the Sixers this year, Turner averaged a career-high 2.4 three-point attempts. He made just 28.8 percent of those. More troubling still: He hit on only 19 of 59 corner three-pointers. And the most troubling of all: He took nearly 20 percent of his shots from the 16-to-24 foot mid-range moat. While Turner made 41.6 percent of those shots, that's the kind of inefficient selection that makes the advanced metrics crowd cringe.
Given all that, it's not surprising Turner's true shooting percentage and player efficiency rating aren't stellar. Turner's 50.4 true shooting percentage with the Sixers this season was the best of his career –- and yet that ties him for 238th in the NBA. He simply isn't a very good shooter. Nor is he very efficient. His 13.3 PER (also a career high) ties him for 191st. After three-and-a-half seasons in Philadelphia, it was obvious that Turner was a mid-level performer who wouldn't return enough value for the Sixers to make a second investment in him.
It will be interesting to see what happens next for Turner. His new coach, Frank Vogel, said he plans to play Turner about as much as Granger, who averaged 22.5 minutes for the Pacers. That's not a lot. It would be the fewest minutes per game Turner has played as a pro.
That's evidently OK with Turner. His agent said Turner was "ecstatic" to get traded to the Pacers. And maybe he is. But beginnings usually feel that way. What follows is less certain.
If you're nostalgic, here's a list of ET moments from his time in Philly. My favorites: 23, 21, 19, 5 and 4. But especially 5.


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The President's Funny Factor
There's no humoring the vilely dishonest press. Will it revisit Kerry's assassination joke?
For a guy who famously does not read the papers, George W. Bush sure knows how the fourth estate gets its kicks. So when the president appeared last week at the 60th annual dinner of the Radio and Television News Correspondents Association to roast himself for the benefit of people whose contempt for him comes with a dental plan, he brought his best stuff.
While screening a slide show of photographs of himself in various amusing positions, the president put up a picture of himself searching for something under Oval Office furniture. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!" he announced.
The journos yukked it up. This they could understand. If Alexander Pope had it right about wit being "what oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed" then the president and the press were finally speaking the same language.
The president concluded on a somber note, with a picture of soldiers in Afghanistan at a site where they had buried pieces of the World Trade Center. It was a stirring moment. The journos clapped their appreciation. Maybe that Bush wasn't so bad after all.
THE VERY NEXT DAY, it was business as usual for the press. Scribblers who delighted in the president's self-deprecating shtick overnight had lost their sense of humor. Out went the laugh line, replaced by the old-line cynicism: the president, headlines screamed, had overstepped his bounds by joking about WMDs.
The Nation's David Corn, who by his own admission passed the evening chuckling and sipping vin blanc, sobered up to spew his signature stream of anti-Bush bile. CNN trotted out a host of huffy emails claiming the president was insensitive to all the soldiers who had died in Iraq. Maureen Dowd took the prize for nuttiest Bush-smear with her suggestion that the president was implicated in the death of David Bloom, the young NBC journalist who died in Iraq and was honored at the dinner. Bloom, insisted Ms. Dowd, "would not have been there without the hyped claims for WMD."
Leave aside Ms. Dowd's warped conviction that journalism exists solely to discredit an administration she doesn't fancy. Ms. Dowd seems to have missed Melanie Bloom's touching ode to her husband, during which she read aloud from a letter he wrote praising the "soldiers fighting to help the people of Iraq." No matter, though; the damage was done.
The Kerry campaign, sniffing blood, issued a faux-outraged press release. Meanwhile, Clinton shill Terry McAuliffe bellyached, apparently without a trace of irony, about decency: "It's inappropriate to the thousands of people who have been wounded over there," he whined to ABC's Good Morning America on Friday. Even that was a mere slip of the tongue compared to the chutzpah of Clinton speechwriter Mark Katz, whom CNN fished out to carp that the president "should not be making light of the situation."
Katz, it is helpful to remember, is the wag who had little trouble "making light" of allegations that Clinton was using the Lincoln Bedroom to raise campaign funds. For a 1997 White House Correspondents' dinner, Katz penned this zinger: "The bad news is that our only child is going off to college. The good news is, it opens up another bedroom." Get it? It's funny because Mr. Clinton was grossly abusing his presidential privileges.
ALREADY IN FULL ATTACK-DOG mode, the press wasn't about to allow these tiresome details curb its fervor. Truth be told, I wasn't too keen on the WMD-bit myself, partly because I preferred the president's line about having the "fab-five" from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy makeover John Ashcroft, and partly because I assumed, correctly it seems, that the media wouldn't be mature enough to handle it. Oh, they'll chime on about how the president has only to admit an Intel-failure for all to be forgiven, but their vein-popping overreaction to the WMD joke proves what bushwa that is: They don't want the president to be sorry; they want him to supplicate.
Mr. Kerry had a different agenda. He wanted to talk morality, mostly because with polls showing that the president is more trusted than he is -- a March 19-21 Ipsos-Associated Press poll found that voters, by a margin of 45 percent to 40 percent, thought Mr. Bush was more honest than John Kerry -- credibility is not on the table. Instead he railed against Mr. Bush's bad taste in jokes.
Mr. Kerry knows all about tasteless jokes. If the surest way to kill a joke is to explain it, then the surest way to have to explain one is to joke about killing. And back in 1988, Kerry had a whole lot of explaining to do. The reason was a howler he told about Vice President Dan Quayle: "Somebody told me the other day that the Secret Service has orders that if George Bush is shot, they're to shoot Quayle," cracked Kerry. Then he wondered, "There isn't any press here, is there?" Indeed, an Associated Press reporter was there, and as a result, today we know this about John Kerry: He may share a Chiracian cheering section with Jerry Lewis, but he's not nearly as funny.
THAT MAY BE A BIG advantage for the president. Likeability is a difficult thing to quantify, but if comfort using humor is any measure, Bush has a clear edge. Hitting joke after joke last week, the president appeared warm and charming -- a guy you could talk to without suffering through a pseudo-populist dissertation on the nobility of New England brahminhood. Better still, he's funny. And in a close election, the fact of squaring off against a Democrat who can hardly get off a punch line without lapsing into finger-wagging pedantry could prove decisive.
What's more, if history is any indication, the electorate loves a good laugh. Ronald Reagan's popularity is a testament to the potential of humor. In fact, Reagan weathered a WMD-like moment in 1988, when, under fire for arms sales to Iran, he joked at a dinner for Washington correspondents that the missing money from the sales had been diverted to the Southern Methodist University football team. Despite the media's grumbling, Reagan stayed steadily popular.
Mr. Kerry, too, has history in mind -- a strategy evidenced by his desperate attempt to drape himself in the Kennedy mantle. He'll fail for various reasons, not least of which is the fact that he's not as funny as JFK was. Consider, whereas Mr. Kerry's Vietnam service has become another cumbersome block in his much-touted personal narrative, Kennedy made the best of his military service by selling himself short. Asked how he became a war hero in World War II, Kennedy once joked, "It was absolutely involuntary. They sank my boat." But then, JFK was distinct in yet another way: He was the last sitting senator to win the White House.
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Web Site Adds Presence to Online Communities for Artists
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Byline: TAMARA McCLARAN
If you build it, they will come. That's what Ponte Vedra Beach artist and photographer Anthony Hodge is hoping about his new Web site, www.jaxart.ning.com.
JaxArt is a free social networking site, similar to myspace.com, specifically designed for Beaches-area artists to promote their work and network. Hodge recently discovered ning.com, an online platform to create a social network, and decided he wanted to offer an alternative to local art Web sites that charge artists for representation.
"As an artist, I am always amazed how many other promotional Web sites are out there that are willing to help artists for a fee," Hodge said. "The difference with this site is that it's free."
The JaxArt site is open to all Jacksonville-area visual artists. There are several art specialties represented, including digital art, oil paintings, multimedia, mixed media, pastels, photography, sculpture and water colors. The new jaxart.ning.com site operates like Myspace, allowing user members to customize and manage their own profiles.
Users cannot make their individual pages private, but can limit access.
Hodge, who also handles publicity for Players by the Sea, learned about ning.com from the Jacksonville Theatre alliance, which has a ning.com networking site with more than 100 members.
There are no limitations or restrictions on artist membership; Hodge said artistic beauty and skill is in the eye of the beholder.
JaxArt and other ning.com sites generate their revenue through online advertising such as Ads by Google. Hodge is hoping the Web site will encourage more networking among local artists. Hodge, who has an individual Web site and Myspace page in addition to a JaxArt page, said artists cannot have too much presence on the Internet.
While JaxArt provides artists with a free online marketing tool, the concept is not new. Approximately two years ago, Steve Carey, who owns Ocean Web Design in Atlantic Beach, developed www.jaxartists.com, a promotional Web site for local artists and musicians. Carey said he has a lot of friends in the art and music community and saw a need for an online artist directory where information would be easy to find.
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Competitive Long-Term CD Rates at OneWest Bank - Available Nationwide
OneWest Bank continues to offer some competitive long-term CD rates. These include a 3.00% APY 60-month CD and a 2.90% APY 48-month CD. The shorter terms are not quite as competitive. Minimum deposit is $1,000. The CDs are also available in an IRA. These rates are listed at OneWest Banks rates page as of the morning of 6/14/2010.
OneWest Bank used to be IndyMac Bank. The FDIC completed the sale of IndyMac in March 2009 to new owners who renamed it OneWest.
One nice new feature at OneWest's website is the online chat service. I used that this morning to ask a few questions about the CD. I first tried to find out if the current rates were likely to change soon. The CSR would not even guarantee that the listed rates would last through the day. She did say that they will lock your rate in for 3 business days to guarantee the rate at the time you apply. As one reader mentioned in my last OneWest post, 3 days is miserly especially for those who prefer to mail in a check. If you want to ensure your deposit arrives within 3 days, you can fund the CD with an ACH transfer or a wire transfer. Also, for those in California, you can open and fund the CD at a OneWest branch.
According to the CSR, there is no hard credit inquiry in the application process. They only use ChexSystem.
When the CD matures, I was told that you have three options to close the CD and receive the funds:
- Send you a check by mail. Regular mail is free. 2nd day mail is $5, and overnight mail ins $10.
- Wire transfer for a $30 fee
- Transfer the CD funds to your OneWest liquid account (i.e. e-Money Marketa)
According to the CSR, the check and wire transfer options require a signed written request. However, option 3 with an internal transfer does not require a written request and it can be done by phone.
Some important CD details are listed in OneWest's Terms and Conditions (pdf). These include:
- Early withdrawal penalty is 6 months interest for terms of 1 year and over on the amount withdrawn
- Withdrawals of available interest are permitted at any time during the term of the CD
- The interest will be credited monthly or quarterly and at maturity
- Interest may be paid to your liquid OneWest account, reinvested into the CD, transferred via ACH to another bank or paid by check
- Grace period at maturity is 7 days
Since OneWest Bank was just established in 2009, it doesn't yet have ratings for safety and soundness at BauerFinancial or at Bankrate.com. At DepositAccounts.com, we give OneWest an overall health score of 4 out of 5 (see our OneWest Bank rates and reviews page). The bank has been a FDIC member since it was established on March 19, 2009 (FDIC Certificate # 58978).
Why Choose OneWest Bank over Ally Bank?
OneWest Bank's 4-year and 5-year CD rates are currently a little higher than Ally's CD rates. The big advantage at Ally is its very mild early withdrawal penalty of 60 days of interest (see my Ally Bank CD review). OneWest Bank has a more traditional penalty of 6 months of interest. This is better than several other institutions which offer top long-term CD rates, but it's not close to Ally.
Ally Bank does not offer IRA CDs, so that may be another reason for some people to choose OneWest. Also, for those in California who prefer to bank at a branch, OneWest would be the only choice. Ally Bank is an internet-only bank.


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New Acne store in Paris
14 Dec. 2011
ACNE OPENS CONCEPT STORE IN PARISAfter a long period of renovation and some months later than scheduled, Swedish brand Acne opened its second store in Paris yesterday evening. The inauguration was accompanied by a big event with models, actors and fashion people attending.
The new Acne concept store is located on Rue Froissart, in the middle of the upcoming shopping area of Haut Marais, only some meters from the famous Merci store and in front of the kidswear shopping paradise Bonton. The shop of 160sqm was personally designed and curated by Acne founder and Creative Director, Jonny Johansson, and combines raw industrial elements with clean Scandinavian influences. The ambiance of the former garage was kept, but transformed into a contemporary space with natural-colored carpets in contrast to rough industrial walls and flexiglass and aluminium partitions. The interior is flocked in bold colors, creating spaces which have a hard shell but are soft on the inside. The ceilings are dark blood red, punctuated by LED lighting.
Surely the most surprising element of this new store is that there are no shop windows at all, and there is only a tiny entrance, which is easily to miss when passing by. By opening this new store, Acne follows its strategy in Paris to open 'hidden stores' (the first one is at Palais Royal), which are becoming known by word-of-mouth recommendation.
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By Eddie Wrenn | DailyMail.co.uk
One of the UKs top UFO experts has given his views on the likelihood of aliens suddenly appearing in our skies - and how the international community would respond.
Nick Pope, who has more than two decades under his belt at the Ministry of Defence, said mass summer events - like the Olympic Games in London - would be a prime time for crafts from otherworlds to present themselves to mankind.
He warned: With the summer of mass events we are all on high alert for terrorism. But we must also cast our eyes further afield and be prepared for even the most seemingly unfathomable.
Popes duties at the MoD included investigating reports of UFOs between 1991 and 1994, and says he began his research as a sceptic, before becoming convinced that the sightings raised important defence for national security and air safety issues.


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Advancing Human Progress: Mayor Frank P. Zeidler's Vision for Milwaukee
On September 20, 2012, UWM's Urban Studies Programs sponsored an Exhibition Opening and Breakfast, "Advancing Human Progress: Mayor Frank P. Zeidler's Vision for Milwaukee," Urban Studies Director, Jasmine Alinder emceed the event. Mayor Barrett proclaimed September 20th "Frank P. Zeidler Day," and presented the proclamation to four of Frank Zeidler's daughters. Jeanne Zeidler, former mayor of Williamsburg, VA, reflected on her father's life as mayor of Milwaukee from 1948-1960, and his many contributions to the city. Mayor Barrett, and aldermen Bob Bauman and Nik Kovac, spoke about Mayor Frank Zeidler's life in public service and his significant legacy for the city of Milwaukee. Bauman and Kovac read selections from Zeidler's poetry.


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Monday, August 11
Posted on August 11, 2014
Local Weather (Subject to Change!) A picture perfect Vermont summer day: sunny skies,calm winds and a temperature of 85 degrees. Guest News We Welcome Back long-time guests Jon and Liza Davidson of Williamsburg VA. Elizabeth Crawford and family are returning after many stays to join the Donaldson Family Reunion, and Robert Schweizer is returning after […]
Thursday, July 17
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Sunrise 5:24am Sunset 8:33pm Local Weather (Subject to Change!) It will be mostly sunny today with high near 80 and a chance for showers in the afternoon. Guest News Basin Harbor is happy to welcome Edward & Joan McGovern from Keswick, VA! They will be joined later in the week by the rest of their […]
Brooke's Top Ten
Posted on April 18, 2014
We asked everyone in the office their Top Ten favorite (very open ended), and this is one of the results we received from Brooke, a member of our reservation team for the past 13 years.


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Marvel Wants Evangeline Lilly for Ant-Man
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Val Kilmer Seems To Have Confirmed His Return For Top Gun 2
First Look At Tom Green's "Monsters: Dark Continent"
Why Ex Machina Flopped On The Big Screen
The Long, Troubled Future History of 'Back to The Future Part IV'
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2011 MotoGP
LCR Honda MotoGP Team has announce that Toni Elias' RC212V prototypes will be branded with the bubbly Effenbert logo at the Catalunya Grand Prix at the Montmeló race track this weekend.
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Playboy publisher and editor, Hugh Hefner, will marry for the third time to his new fiancee Crystal Harris on June 18, 2011 at the Playboy Mansion. Hefner, 84 and Harris, 24 first met at a Halloween costume party at the infamous mansion in the Holmby Hills. His scope does not stop there.
Randy de Puniet set himself up for a promising home race at Le Mans with a fantastic fourth in Jerez on Sunday, following on from a qualifying session in which he placed fifth on the grid. The Frenchman was delighted the result, which also brought a big smile to the face of his LCR Honda Team Principal, Lucio Cecchinello.
"We're very happy with Randy's consistency at the moment. He's really starting to discover the potential of this new bike," said the Italian of his MotoGP rider, who had hailed the satellite Honda as "the best bike that I have ever ridden."
Randy de Puniet's LCR Honda RC212V Lands Playboy Sponsorship Agreement.
Lucio Cecchinello's premier class Honda satellite outfit LCR Honda are all geared up for the new season with a new bike and an exciting new sponsor.
As the team prepare for their fourth season in the premier class working closely with HRC, Cecchinello has reached an agreement with Playboy for the global brand's licensees to act as 'Event Title Sponsors' at individual Grands Prix this season.


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Clouds are visible collections of small particles of water or ice, or both, suspended in the atmosphere. They are one of the most obvious and influential features of Earth's climate system. They are also one of its most variable components. The natural diversity and variability of clouds has intrigued and challenged researchers for centuries.
How Do Clouds Form?
As air currents rise, taking water vapor molecules along with them, they tend to cool. This vertical motion of air currents helps clouds form, by exposing its water vapor to both cooler temperatures and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN-aerosol particles up to one-millionth of a meter in size) also suspended in the atmosphere. There are many types of CCN, ranging from sea salt to windblown dust to industrial pollution. These nuclei are hygroscopic ("water-attracting") while others (oils, Teflon) are hydrophobic ("water-repelling") (Figures 1a and 1b). Since hygroscopic nuclei have an affinity for water, they act as "seeds" to accelerate the condensation process to convert water from its gaseous to its liquid phase.
In the presence of CCN, clouds form in either of two ways: (1) when a region of atmosphere cools to the temperature at which water vapor condenses into water droplets or is deposited into ice crystals; or (2) when sufficient amounts of water vapor are added to a given region of atmosphere, yielding the formation of water droplets (condensation) or ice crystals (deposition).
Clouds and Climate Change
We must also determine to what extent resulting changes in cloud patterns will affect climate as a result of their effects on Earth's "energy balance." If we measure the total amount of solar energy Earth receives from the sun, then we deduct from that number the total amount of sunlight reflected and the heat emitted from Earth, then we arrive at a number referred to as Earth's "energy budget." Because global measurements to date suggest that the amount of incoming radiant energy is roughly equal to the amount that is outgoing, we say there is an "energy balance." But a small percentage change in cloud cover could have a significant effect on Earth's energy balance.
A key to predicting climate change is to observe and understand the global distribution of clouds, their physical properties (such as thickness and droplet size), and their relationship to regional and global climate. Because clouds change rapidly over short time and space intervals, they are difficult to simulate in computer models and, therefore, their contribution to climate change is difficult to quantify. Improving our understanding of clouds and refining our predictive models of their behavior will also aid weather forecasting.
Current global change models are hampered by insufficient understanding of certain fundamental physical processes. NASA's Terra spacecraft will obtain a variety of precise measurements of cloud properties to feed improved climate models. Terra will yield improvements in our knowledge of cloud water droplet and ice crystal content, as well as how the feedback loops between Earth's air, land, and ocean work from day to day.
next: Surface-Based and Satellite Observations
Surface-Based and Satellite Cloud
The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project, begun in the early 1980s, is an effort to take advantage of the visible light and infrared information currently available from existing meteorological satellites by constructing a detailed database of average global cloud cover and cloud types (Figure 3). Although these observations are useful, their spatial resolution is limited to about 2.5 miles (four kilometers), and data are available only at two wavelengths-one in visible light and one in the infrared region of the spectrum. While these data allow estimations of cloud top pressure, cloud coverage, and cloud optical depth (a measure of the amount of sunlight that passes through), they still do not provide the detail scientists need to accurately model the roles clouds play in climate change.
Studies show that observations with a spatial resolution of about 800 feet (250 meters) are needed to accurately resolve cloud distributions. With observations at multiple wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, the size of cloud particles and more accurate estimates of cloud radiative effects can be obtained. In addition, observations taken at several viewing angles are necessary to better define the effects of clouds on climate.
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Terra and Cloud
The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) will enable us to view clouds' features at higher resolution-an improvement that will take scientists from the half-mile range available on satellites today, to as sharp as about 800 feet (250 meters.) Both of these instruments take observations at several wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, enabling cloud droplet size measurements, which are critical to understanding the optical and physical properties of clouds.
In addition to an improved "spectral resolution," MODIS takes measurements at several wavelengths in the heat emission spectra of Earth. These measurements will allow scientists to more precisely determine the contributions of clouds to the greenhouse warming of Earth.
With cameras pointed in nine directions, the multi-angle views of the MISR instrument will observe the angles at which sunlight is reflected from clouds. These observations will be critical to new research on the radiative properties of clouds.
For climate-related studies, the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument will help fill gaps in the parts of the solar spectrum that MISR and MODIS cannot see. CERES together with MODIS and MISR will greatly improve understanding of the links between the variability of net incoming sunlight (shortwave radiation) and net outgoing heat (longwave radiation) and its connection to cloud structure and coverage.
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) provides very high spatial resolution measurements (50-300 feet [15-90 meters]) at a number of visible and infrared wavelengths. ASTER will complement the other instruments by providing sporadic, high-resolution views at specific targets of interest.
Cloud-related studies made possible by Terra should produce more accurate and comprehensive observations of Earth's cloud cover. These observations are important for developing improved models of Earth's climate, both for seasonal and longer-term climate predictions. Terra's data will give us new insights into how clouds modulate atmospheric and surface temperature, atmospheric humidity, atmospheric and oceanic circulation and precipitation patterns, all of which affect our daily lives in fundamental ways, from recreation to fishing to farming.
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by Aurora Bordeaux
Recently, a couple at a Rangers baseball game caught a lot of flack after catching a stray ball and not giving it to a sobbing toddler sitting next to them. The Internet is reaming these folks, and while I admit that they do sort of look like jerks in the footage as they ignore the crying kid next to them, I'm still on their side. 100%.
Why do we have to constantly cater to children, always bending over backwards to avoid smashing their tiny feelings? Is it because they're new to the planet? I understand why parents would need to coddle and cater to their babes—I bend over backwards for my perfect Labradoodle, Bosco—but what makes the world at large responsible for every new person's constant happiness?
The real world doesn't work like that when you're new at something. When you start a new job, move to a new city, or are a freshman in anything, things are hard. You have to work to earn people's respect, and no one is going to coddle you. In the real world, there is no second baseball just because you cry.
If a 30-year old started sobbing, he would be the target of the world's jeers, not the other way around. These people seemed to have caught the ball fair in square. Maybe if the kid's dad didn't have an armful of child at that particular moment, he would have snagged the ball first.
Worst of all, the kid learned that sobbing on television gets the world to give you exactly what you want. A magical second ball appeared from the dugout, just to appease the tortured babe. The kneejerk part of me goes "aww," I guess that's nice, but another part of me wonders what it really teaches kids about crying to get what you want.
The news claims this couple is oblivious, but the anxious look on the woman's face proves otherwise. I think they knew, and despite the primal draw of giving into the crying child, they managed to keep the foul ball within their clutches. I couldn't have done it—the pressure was too great. But, whether they're naughty or nice in real life, I admire their ability to hang on.


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So, we have released our second plugin WP Category Post Lists and I hope it serves you well. One thing about the plugin is, it uses WordPress' default featured image to show the thumbnails. As discussed previously, you can register any size of images you want. While uploading the image, WordPress will automatically check for registered sizes and will crutch the image accordingly.
But, what if you register a new image size? Will the older one get cropped automatically? The answer is NO. It won't. When you try to get the image size then WordPress will show a proportionate HTML resized image of the original or last cropped image. So, what is the solution for that?
Thanks to Alex, a.k.a Viper007, who has provided an excellent solution for this. He has released a plugin called Regenerate Thumbnail which go to the past and resizes all the attachments to the registered sizes.
- It works good for default sizes set from the Admin » Media.
- Also works good for custom sizes registered via add_image_size.
So, the next time you see your thumbnails not being displayed properly, all you need to do is install and run this cool plugin.
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Also, if you are using WP CPL, then I recommend you to run this plugin atleast once after setting the thumbnail size. If you ever change the thumb size, then also it is required to run Regenerate Thumbnail.
Note that, WordPress does fine if the size is already generated via another image settings and you don't need to worry if reverting back to a previous size. It is needed only for newly added custom sized thumbnails.
# Using the plugin:
Very very easy:
- Install the plugin. You can either download and FTP it or search for Regenerate Thumbnail from Admin » Plugin » Add New.
- Now go to Regen. Thumbnails from Admin » Tools.
- Hit the Regenerate Thumbnails button.
- This will take you to a new page. Wait a little bit there until the progress bar reaches 100%.
And you are done. The best part is, the whole process is done via several AJAX requests. So, no more run time error for a huge number of images. It will simply work fine.
Hope it was useful for you! If so, don't forget to comment on the authors page.
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I'm on my computer right now that has internet and I downloaded a game that I want to be able to play on my laptop but I don't have the internet hookup for my laptop yet. Would it be possible to use my flashdrive and transport the game from this computer to the flashdrive to my laptop?
Hi there – thanks for this awesome awesome awesome plugin!!!! One question – my theme auto pulls the first image from each post and sets it as the featured image, so I don't have to manually set a featured image for each post unless I want to.
I noticed that the plugin is not auto set-up to pull the first image as thumbnail. Is this possible to enable on the settings (maybe I'm missing it!)?
If not currently doable, you may want to consider adding this as a feature when you update the plugin – it would be very helpful for those of us who use a desktop blog publishing software (for instance – Windows Live Writer does not currently support setting a featured image for each post), so to add a featured image to a post I have to actually log in to WordPress online rather than use the desktop blog client. Just an FYI in case you didn't realize this hiccup. Regardless, this is a great plugin! And I really appreciate your effort and generosity in sharing it with everyone.
Great article, I just given this onto a co-worker who was doing a little research on that. And he in fact purchased me lunch because I discovered it for him
That's great – I thought I was going to have to go back through all my old posts and re-upload images just to change all the thumbnail sizes…which obviously would have been a serious pain
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Effective Learning Requires Healthy Bodies and Minds, Says Chuck Basch
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Ahead of Dr. Howell Wechsler's annual Tisch lecture on Feb. 12, Basch and Wechsler tell C.M. Rubin, Huffington Post, that health issues prominent among low-income urban minority youth, limit their motivation and ability to learn.
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Arsenal confirm Kerr as Harvey replacement
Arsenal have confirmed that Shelley Kerr will take over from the outgoing Laura Harvey as Arsenal Ladies manager.
The 43-year-old arrives in North London having cut her teeth coaching the Scotland Under-19s national side for the past four years and with a wealth of experience at international level having been capped 59 times by her country.
Naturally proud to be appointed manager of the most successful team in English women's football, Shelley revealed:
"I'm extremely excited to be taking up the position of Arsenal Ladies manager. Arsenal have been at the forefront of the women's game for as long as I can remember and it's a real honour to join the setup.
"I'm inheriting a great group of players and I look forward to working with them all to bring further success to the Club in the seasons ahead."
Meanwhile, Arsenal Ladies General Manager Vic Akers (presumably wearing shorts) added:
"We are extremely pleased to have confirmed Shelley as the new Arsenal Ladies manager.
"She has fantastic experience at club and international level and all the qualities needed to succeed at Arsenal. On behalf of everyone at Arsenal Football Club, I would like to welcome Shelley to the Club."
Shelley's first task in her new role will be to prepare Arsenal Ladies for their Women's Champions League quarter-final with Italian side ASD Torres in March.
Arseblog News welcomes Shelley to the Arsenal fold and wishes the Ladies all the best with their quest for a second European honour.
Great news. She's a lovely lady
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Lovely lady??? Shelley took a couple of sfa coaching courses a was on a few years back. hated me from start start to finish. self obsessed monster of a woman bt decent coaxh and hope she does well for the lady gooners
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You must have done them the same time as me. I thought she was nice. She was friendly and funny.
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Probably she hated you because you can't spell properly
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Why does Womans football have to intrude on my purchase of an Arsenal programme or interest in Arsenal News Sources?
If I am interested in Cycling it dosnt mean I have to also be forced to see Cricket!
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Because this is an Arsenal News website. No-one's forcing you to read this article, and no-one's forcing you to be a complete dick either, yet that's exactly what you're doing.
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The Arsenal Ladies are apart of our club…
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s l little,
when it rains on the rest of us, you must manage to have a halo of sun beating down on you in an endless summer keeping your perfect life perfect.
You lucky bastard.
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Do you think Vic Akers wears full trousers with a tuxedo, or does he go for more of a Little Lord Fauntleroy look?
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The second for sure.
He was the inspiration for Just William as a kid.
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Best of luck to you Ma'am, and lead the Lady Gooners to many more wonderful years of success.
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Whenever I feel low about the men, I think about how good our ladies are.
Thanks for being awesome and good luck to Shells
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I support ALL of Arsenal FC. The succes of anyone related to our great club (no matter what their is role at AFC) is a success for us all and should be supported.
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The only team that is constantly bringing in trophies as of late. Cheers to that. Of course I got my fingers crossed that the men win the Champions League this year. Yes I know.
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Slightly disappointed after realising it was not the Kerr of Victoria's Secret fame.
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Disaster Preparedness Award
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The purpose of the Disaster Preparedness Award is to help libraries prepare for disasters so that they can assist their communities with health information and other recovery needs after an emergency. Approaches can include, but are not limited to, activities that will integrate the library into their community's emergency preparedness, response and recovery plan; equipment that will allow the library to have more flexibility in responding to the Internet needs of the community; and partnerships with city emergency planning groups, hospitals, public health organizations to enhance health information access in library settings.
Partnerships with other libraries, community or faith organizations, state agencies, public health organizations or other community agencies are encouraged. Special consideration will be given to projects involving public libraries.
Network members in the NN/LM SCR (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) are eligible to apply. Network membership is free and open to institutions interested in providing health information. To apply for membership: Network Membership.
One (1) project up to $8,000
Period of Performance
May 1, 2015 – April 30, 2016
Deadline for Applications
April 15, 2015, 4:00 pm CT
To Apply
Potential Projects
The following are examples of possible projects (other creative ideas are encouraged):
- A community preparedness event that would educate the community about the roles of the library and emergency organizations during a disaster;
- Technology to improve library's Internet access for community and emergency responders in a disaster, including purchase of mobile broadband cards;
- Promoting the library's access to emergency management information tools and resources for first responders, public health workforce, health care professionals and the community;
- Creation of a working continuity of operations plan (COOP) for the library, including necessary technology.
Recommended planning resources:
- NN/LM Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - http://nnlm.gov/ep
- NLM Disaster Information Management Research Center - http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/
- Hurricane Preparedness & Response for Florida Public Libraries Web Portal http://hurricanes.ii.fsu.edu/
- "Are You Ready" FEMA Campaign - http://www.ready.gov/are-you-ready-guide
- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security "Ready America" Campaign http://www.ready.gov/
For a list of Disaster Preparedness Award recipients, see NN/LM SCR Funded Projects at: NN/LM South Central Region Previously Funded Projects
Budget Guidelines
Funding will cover (these are examples only and are not meant to be all-inclusive): personnel, equipment, software, Internet service provider fees, supplies, travel and reproduction.
Funds requested to develop print collections of health materials or to purchase access to a commercial electronic health information product may not exceed 5%of the total amount of the project budget.
Food, furniture, medical supplies and indirect costs are not allowed.
If IT/Computer Hardware is proposed, please include the following as part of your cost proposal:
- For technology or computer hardware purchases under $3,000 per item – submit catalog pricing.
- For technology or computer hardware purchases $3,000 or more per item – submit three (3) vendor quotes (valid preferably for 60 days, minimum of 30 days). Vendor quotes are necessary to determine price reasonable for purchase of $3,000 or more. The absence of competitive quotes must be documented and justified. Quotes may include General Service Administration (GSA) price lists. Reference: http://www.gsa.gov.
- For personal appeal items such as cameras, mp3 players, smartphones, and laptop computers, the proposal must address the following:
- Purpose: There is a legitimate purpose for the items, and use of the items by the awardee will be managed in accordance with institutional policy.
- Appropriate Use: Items will not be used in a way that would discredit the NN/LM, the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health or the applicable Institution.
- Cost Effective: Must demonstrate requested items are cost effective and appropriate. For example, will generic brands satisfy the minimum requirements? If not, the proposal/request must describe 1) why it is necessary to purchase branded products, 2) benefits in brand name products. How will items further the mission of the NN/LM and achieve the objectives of the contract?
Please note that this award is made as a cost reimbursement subcontract.
All awards issued under the NLM Contract with the Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center Library are subject to the Government's availability of appropriated funds in compliance of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.232-18, Availability of Funds. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer.
The Use of Appropriated Funds for Educational (Promotional) Items
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed a new policy that promotes the Administration's commitment to act in a fiscally responsible manner by minimizing our administrative costs to perform our mission-critical functions in the most efficient, cost-effective way. It is the Department's policy that appropriated funds not be used to pay for promotional items. Promotional items include, but are not limited to: clothing and commemorative items such as pens, mugs/cups, folders/folios, lanyards, and conference bags that are sometimes provided to visitors, employees, grantees, or conference attendees. Typically, items or tokens to be given to individuals are considered personal gifts for which appropriated funds may not be expended.
More information is located at: http://www.hhs.gov/asfr/ogapa/acquisition/promoitems_att3.html
Reporting Requirements
One semi-annual and one final report. Reports will be entered and submitted to the Outreach Application and Online Contract Reports System at https://outreach.nlm.nih.gov. Users of the System must first create an account before reports can be submitted. Contact the NN/LM SCR for additional information on the Online Contract Reports System.
Development of Training Materials
Successful applicants are expected to use or adapt existing training materials before developing new materials. Consult the Medical Library Association (MLA) Educational Clearinghouse, http://cech.mlanet.org, prior to developing materials. Training materials developed as part of the award should be submitted to the MLA Educational Clearinghouse.
Publication and Publicity
The awardee shall acknowledge the support of the National Library of Medicine whenever publicizing the work under this contract in any media by including an acknowledgment substantially as follows:
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN-276-2011-00007-C with the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.
NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research
As of April 7, 2008, final peer-reviewed manuscripts arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.
The NIH Public Access Policy ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central (upon acceptance for publication. To help advance science and improve human health, the Policy requires that these papers are accessible to the public on PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication.
Authors that publish NIH-supported, peer-reviewed articles in full PMC-participating journals (such as the Journal of the Medical Library Association) have fulfilled their obligations to NIH Public Access and have nothing else to do.
If an NIH-supported peer-review article is published in a non-PMC journal, the final manuscript must be submitted to PMC via the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS). If the author was supported by an NIH contract, and the contract details are not available for selection in the NIHMS, the author should contact the NIHMS Help Desk to have this information added to the system. This lets the NIHMS Help Desk correlate requests with specific manuscript numbers and specific users, and helps us resolve the issue faster.
The NIHMS Help Desk will need the following information:
- Contract number: HHSN-276-2011-00007-C
- Contract title/name: National Network of Libraries of Medicine
- Awarding NIH institution: National Library of Medicine
508 Compliance
The Department of Health and Human Services synopsis of Section 508 accessibility requirements, requires that all Federal agencies are obligated to make all electronic and information technology (EIT) that they develop, maintain or use compliant with Section 508. EIT purchases made on or after June 25, 2001, are subject to Section 508.
Federal regulations and guidelines (e.g., Section 501 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act) require equal access for individuals with disabilities. Therefore, Federal agencies are required, upon request, to provide information and data to individuals with disabilities through an alternative means of access that can be used by the individuals.
The National Library of Medicine is a part of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Recipients of National Library of Medicine funding through the NN/LM must also meet these requirements.
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Jeans are a staple in any modern closet – easily dressed up or dressed down, our love for denim runs deep. But continuous wear often leads to serious tear, so when the day comes for us to part with our best blues, it's hard not to feel a little broken hearted. But don't get down on your lost denim because there are a bunch of clever designers breathing a new life into those frayed threads. From cozy wall insulation [1] to custom-made ottomans [1] to even a sweet new set of high top kicks [2], we've rounded up 7 fun and unexpected ways to recycle old denim jeans!
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There's a war on for your mind, conspiracy zealot Alex Jones tells us, and there's little doubt Jones himself is among the combatants.
But there's also little doubt that Infowars, Jones's well-oiled, paranoia-spewing, alternative-media machine, is fighting a losing battle.
It's not that he doesn't have enough firepower –- figuratively or literally, as it turns out -– to gain a foothold in the struggle. The problem is in his technique – shoot first, aim later, ask questions only if they fit his agenda.
I used to think Jones's biggest problem was that he got in his own way, and that he might be somewhat purposely oblivious to this dynamic in his quest to provide an alternative to the mainstream message that is fed to the masses.
At some point it became clear that Jones has become what he claims to despise – a fear-mongering, paranoia-inspiring, ratings-whoring, less-than-trustworthy source of facts and information. It also became apparent that Jones didn't care, so long as his shtick resulted in a few more page views or Twitter followers.
Which is really a shame because, in practically no time at all, my view of Jones has transformed from someone who was just a few sloppy habits away from having a legitimate anti-establishment media outlet, to a tired circus clown whose old bones are cracking and whose makeup is running down his face.
I've had a short-term, love-hate relationship -– with an emphasis on the latter — with Infowars. For those unaware, Infowars is Jones's multimedia, conspiracy-theorist blitzkrieg that includes blogs, videos and a number of other media formats the Austin, Texas native uses as a vehicle to spread his message.
At first I respected what he was trying to accomplish, which I generally believed was an earnest attempt to unmask information that the government and other public figures don't want you to see or hear -– information that no doubt exists on some level.
But from the start I've had an issue with how Jones, a junior college dropout who has no formal media or broadcast training of any sort, presented his murky cases as though they were iron-clad truth.
The cringe-inducing part of it is that Jones occasionally does an ample enough job of presenting alternative information. It's worthwhile and it's capable of grasping the attention of anyone with an open mind and half a brain.
However, the 39-year-old isn't interested in intelligent dialogue or professional reporting -– he's in the fear business, and business is good. So much so that he has a show on Sirius radio and boasts of the luxurious lifestyle his career path has afforded him.
I'll give Jones some nominal credit -– there's no question he works hard and what he does, however you define his "work." The whole Infowars assault is nothing if not aggressive and, after watching some of his videos and reading his blogs, you wonder when the guy sleeps.
Moreover, some of his material is what would universally be considered pretty good work.
He'll pull out a couple of magazines and note that politician John Doe said this in X magazine, only to say this in Y magazine two weeks later. So what was Senator Doe really trying to say? It would be a terrific question to ask the politician in question point-blank.
Instead, Jones fills in the blanks with his own far-fetched conclusions, thereby negating whatever solid grass-roots work he might have done.
I found Jones, as I suspect a lot of people have, by accident. It was not long after I saw the film, "Zero Dark Thirty," wondering if the movie would shed some light on questions I had about the May 2011 raid that killed terror leader Osama Bin Laden. I went looking for some reviews of the film after learning it had spawned some debate over the use of torture tactics in the search for intelligence on Bin Laden.
One such article mentioned there were conspiracy theories about the raid, and included a link to an Infowars piece on the topic. I was interested to find that Jones thoroughly addressed the topics about the raid I had questioned, and they are the two obvious ones: The chopper that crashed at the Abbottobad, Pakistan compound but somehow resulted in zero casualties or injuries and barely affected the mission, and the U.S. government's apparent decision to quickly dump Bin Laden's body at sea, knowing full well that a failure to show some sort of proof of his demise to the American public would feed conspiracy theories.
Jones had some great material on the Bin Laden raid, including interviews with people who have both built and flown choppers like the one used, who said it was physically impossible for the helicopter to crash-land as safely as the government version of events suggested it did. He also showed numerous interviews with Pakistan residents who witnessed the raid, many of whom reported seeing three helicopters enter the Bin laden compound, and just two leave.
This type of information is solid enough to stand on its own merits, but this is what Jones doesn't get. Alerting us that our BS radar should be up when it comes to the government's story about this isn't enough – it's as though finding holes in the story gives Jones a license to feed his far-fetched "theories" as truth.
In this case, Jones has concluded that the whole Bin Laden raid was a hoax, the whole thing a gimmick to improve President Barack Obama's approval rating in an election year. This is where any credibility he established goers out the window.
Almost all of Jones's outrageous yarns have the same basic flaw. For one, most people are too dumb to consistently remember their role in a sophisticated cover-up or hoax. This is why, when they do happen, they are usually easily discovered, as his work often points out.
Also, people generally are terrible at keeping secrets and, despite Jones's assertions otherwise, the government can't kill everyone who knows one.
Moreover, at some point people get on with their lives -– they have other shit to do and things to think about, and I'm not sure anyone has the time or wherewithal to pull off the grandiose scandals Jones alleges.
This isn't to say the government officials won't lie to you -– because rest assured, they do –- but Alex Jones does, too, so it's a zero-sum game in that regard.
Jones also lost any respect I was gaining for him with his recent behavior on a national stage. In other words, this guy never met a shameless self-promotion opportunity he didn't like.
When he recently got an appearance on CNN with Piers Morgan, he turned the gun-control "debate" into an absolute farce, screaming at Morgan at the top of his lungs and insisting a 1776-style revolution would break out should the government ever enact strict gun control.
Jones looked like a pathetic, attention-whoring muse, and the whole episode was a blight both on real journalism and humanity, but he got his wish. Millions of people who'd never heard of him, now did, and he parlayed the insta-fame from his rant against Morgan into an hour-long interview with Howard Stern just days later.
But for whatever newfound notoriety he has gained, it appears he is just as quickly wearing out his welcome in many circles. Like a schoolyard bully who takes an uppercut from his lunch-money victim, Jones has been absorbing a counter punch lately, but it's one he deserves.
This is especially true in the wake of how he handled the Boston Marathon bombings. Before a regional audience that was already wary of him because of the Piers Morgan debacle, there was almost an advanced backlash in anticipation of the yarn Jones was destined to spin about the bombings.
Sure enough, within hours Jones was showing "suspicious" film of guys in similar-colored sweat suits signaling to each other on the marathon course. Come to think of it, I've seen similar-looking guys at other sporting events. They are called event staff.
As if his "theory" weren't absurd enough, there were a couple of ironies in play. For one, the Boston Marathon bombings were a relatively simple case in terms of who did it. Although the "why" remains something of a question, the high-def videos of brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokar Tsarnaev carrying around bombs strapped to their backs was pretty damning evidence.
Moreover, get this: the investigation into how Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older brother who was killed in a shootout with authorities, became radicalized revealed an interesting fact -– he evidently was a huge fan of Alex Jones and Infowars.
The irony that Jones, who makes a living out of promoting far-fetched theories about grand conspiracies regarding real and imagined acts of terror, might have inspired someone to actually commit an indisputable act of terror, is one that isn't lost on a lot of people.
The mainstream media that he generally uses as a punching bag couldn't help take a few shots of its own when Jones's public-approval rating was at its lowest following the Boston bombings.
When Jones started sending his cronies out on the streets of Boston to gather his "story," they were predictably met with a hostile response, such as the memorable one caught on video below.
Jones's momentum is fading fast, and it's deserved and just as well. Some of his basic tenets are relevant -– mainly, don't believe everything the government tells you. The problem with Jones is, there's no reason to believe him, either.


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Welcome back to the kitchen. Today I want to continue our trend of easy recipes that are so delicious that
you'll barely notice how healthy they are. These warm, longer days have reawakened my hunger for bright,
fresh flavors.
"">But as I seek to lessen the amount
of meat I eat, I'm also always on the hunt for foods that give the same satisfaction and level of flavor as
my old standby recipes. So today I want to share with you a delicious diner salad that you can make either with
grilled steak, or broiled marinated mushrooms.
"">I know it will be hard to convince
some listeners that a mushroom can replace the juicy succulence of a tender sliced sirloin. But I promise you that
a well-prepared portobello has all the chewy, juicy awesomeness of its bovine equivalent… plus it's
much lighter on the cholesterol and guilt.
"">However, if you'll forgive
the pun, I do have one beef with Portobello mushrooms, a bit of a bone to pick with these oversized fungi. You
see, as Americans began to realize how delicious and versatile these big mushrooms are, prices shot up to a bit of
a premium. But the dirty little culinary secret is that portobellos are exactly the same species as those common
button and crimini mushrooms, they are just allowed to grow much larger and priced twice as high.
"MsoNormal"> So white,
brown, or Portobello, don't let the label fool you. But because the Portobello is a mature mushroom and its
gills are exposed, it seems to absorb more marinade. Plus they are so big, it is easy for them to replace a steak
on the plate. Sometimes a little crimini just can't replace the Portobello. So what is the solution for the
value-oriented gourmand?
"">Well the good news is that a grow
your own mushroom kit is super simple and fairly affordable. With only a few regular spritzes of water, you can
have a big flush of portobellos in a couple of weeks. If that's not in the plans, it's still sometimes
worth it to splurge and buy some from the market.
"MsoNormal"> But
enough talk, let's start cooking our balsamic and garlic marinated Portobello mushroom salad with bitter
baby greens and goat cheese. We'll also make some homemade garlic crostini as a side.
We'll use 2 or 3 large Portobello mushrooms for this dish, about 4-6 inches across. It would be best
if we could let them marinate overnight, but an hour will do in a pinch. I like to marinate in a gallon size zip
top bag, because you can suck out all the air and the flavors will soak in evenly.
In a bowl,
preferably wooden, add about ½ teaspoon of salt. Peel and crush in two large garlic cloves using the back
of a wooden spoon. The garlic and salt should mash into a nice paste.
"">Now add about a tablespoon of stone
ground mustard and about 4 tablespoons of sweet balsamic vinegar. I've been out to the garden and gotten a
couple sprigs of fresh rosemary, which I'm going to pull off the twig and chop up a bit. You could also use
fresh thyme, savory, or tarragon.
"">Let's also add the juice of
about ½ lime or lemon. And now we'll also want a bit more sweetness to offset the tart. You could use
honey, maple syrup, or even agave sweetener. But I'm going to use about 1 and ½ teaspoons of brown
sugar. For a little bit of spicy fun I'm going to also add a small pinch of red pepper flakes (which are
optional) and a shot of whisky. This will add smokiness to the marinade, and the booze will cook off. Finally,
let's add a big splash of extra virgin olive oil, three tablespoons or so. Mix all these ingredients
together well and put them in the large zip top bag with the portobellos (remove the mushroom stems and discard if
you haven't already done so). Let all the air out of the bag and set it in the fridge on a plate to soak in
"">When those portobellos have
finished marinating, we can cook them a number of ways. The barbeque grill is just about the perfect way, about 10
minutes per side over a medium high heat. Make sure you brush oil on the grate so they don't stick. Oh, and
I like to flip the shrooms over again every 3 to 5 minutes to prevent burning.
You can baste them with the marinade while cooking. The portobellos are done when
they have shrunken a bit and darkened, and if you cut into them they will be uniformly grey in the middle (instead
of white).
Another great way to cook these is to put
them on a broiling rack in the stove. It would still be a good idea to brush the portobellos with some extra
marinade halfway through broiling them. I think I'm going to use the oven method today.
"text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal">Alternatively, we could even cook them stovetop on a medium heat in a
little bit of olive oil. If you do sauté them, I recommend you slice the mushrooms into ½ inch thick
strips before cooking. OK, let's pull the portobellos out of the broiler and check that they are tender.
They look and smell delicious, so we'll let them cool a bit before slicing them into strips.
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"MsoNormal">To assemble our dinner salad, let's get some salad greens rinsed off. I'm going to
combine some mesclun mix or spring greens with a bit of bitter escarole, chicory, or frisee. These spicier lettuce
alternatives play great with the sweet richness of the balsamic portobellos. I'm going to lay down a bed of
greens for each person.
Let's also hard boil some
eggs, and once they've cooled, we'll slice one egg for each salad. I've got a perfect red pepper
to slice up, which will add some nice color to the salad. Carrots or purple cabbage could also liven the palette.
Lay down the strips of marinated mushrooms. Now let's slice up one green onion and a little parsley to
sprinkle over the salads. Finally, we can top off these beauties with a sprinkling of tangy goat cheese. Oh, and I
suppose if you've got some toasted chopped walnuts lying around, that would taste delicious too.
style="text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal">For dressing I'm going to go super simple with some extra
virgin olive oil and some aged balsamic, plus a grind of fresh ground black pepper. This looks like an absolutely
appetizing salad; light, fresh, and delicious. I like to eat the salad while the mushrooms are still hot, but they
are also great cold.
As a sort of alternative to crutons
for this salad, we can whip up some quick garlic crostini.
"MsoNormal">For these we'll need: 1/2 cup olive oil, 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed, 1 teaspoon
kosher salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, 15 1/3-inch slices cut from a French baguette, and Italian
parsley, minced, for topping.
Mix the olive oil, crushed
garlic, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl and brush lightly on both sides of the bread slices. I like to
use a culinary paintbrush I keep in the kitchen for just this sort of thing. Grill the crostini for 15 to 20
seconds on each side, until nicely marked, then remove with tongs and set aside. Tis is of course assuming you are
using the grill. For broiling, position the rack so the slices are just about 2 inches from the flame and make
sure you watch them closely to turn the slices when the crostini starts to blacken at the edges.
"text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal">Crostini are crusty, garlicky, and oily in an oh so good way. Sprinkle
over with the chopped parsley and maybe even a little sprinkle of parmesan or romano cheese. These will make an
irresistible accompaniment to our Portobello and goat cheese salads. Yum!
class="MsoNormal">Another great way to eat these marinated portobellos is to grill and serve them whole, just as
you would steak. Top with caramelized onions and a side of garlicky mashed potatoes and some sautéed
spinach. This is a real comfort food replacement if you are trying to cut down on meat.
Well friends, that's about all the time we have this week. But
I'd love to hear what you've been cooking. Post any questions, comments, or suggestions online at
href="http://www.kohoradio.com/">www.kohoradio.com. Keep on playing around with new recipes, your tongue
will thank you for it. Cooking local in the KOHO kitchen, I'm