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Moving on then to poetry, Khari now moves to his own drum as a wondrously soulful singer and instrumentalist. His voice kind of reminds us of a more earthy John Legend. Take a look at his video for "Love Has Spoken" above and get wrapped up in that cozy voice for yourself – happy to have come across this treat today!


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HENDERSON, Nev. - The University of Idaho men's golf team climbed to fifth during the final day of the Western Athletic Conference at Rio Secco Golf Club.
Senior Gordon Webb tied for fifth after a final-round 75 gave him a 54-hole total 223 - five strokes back of medalist Paul McDonnell of UT Arlington. Sophomore Aaron Cockerill tied for 16th and earned second-team all-WAC honors for his play throughout the season. Cockerill, who had a final-round 78, finished at 227. Zach Wanderscheid climbed into a tie for 28th with the best round of the day for the Vandals - a 72 for a 54-hole 231. Sean McMullen tied for 33rd with a 234 and Dylan Baker tied for 38th with a 236.
Coach John Means, whose team struggled during the second round, said it wasn't the finish the Vandals had imagined but there were positives in the play of Cockerill and Wanderscheid.
New Mexico State won the team title with an 887 with UT Arlington second at 893. San Jose State was third (900) and followed by UT San Antonio (903), Idaho (910), Utah State (915), Denver (917), Texas State (918), Seattle (930) and Louisiana Tech (933).


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West Caldwell, NJ, April 13, 2011 - Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, today announced that according to Gartner's latest market share database it has been ranked number one for the fourth consecutive year in the combined black and white and color copier segment, earning a 21.5 percent share of the total market for multi-function products (MFPs)*. Ricoh also finished first for the eighth straight year in the color copier market with a 22.1 percent stake. For the black and white copier category, it finished a close second with a 21.2 percent market share. These percentages are calculated using total market share, which includes dealer, direct and retail products (Quarterly Statistics: Printers, Copiers and MFPs, United States: Database, SJ Chae, Amrita Choudhury, Lai-ling Lam, Yulan Li-16 February 2011)."Ricoh Americas Corporation is proud of our continued leadership position in the combined black and white and color copier market in the U.S.," said Shun Sato, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Ricoh Americas Corporation. "Our robust product offerings along with our industry-leading Managed Document Services approach provide our customers with the best solutions to help them meet their goals." Ricoh offers a full range of digital imaging products suited for any workgroup environment from SMB to Enterprise, including color and black and white multifunctional copiers, printers, facsimile systems, scanners, digital duplicators, wide format copiers and digital cameras. Ricoh is also a leading provider of advanced document management solutions and services, specifically Ricoh's Managed Document Services (MDS) program, which focuses on total cost of ownership, business process improvement, security and compliance, and environmental sustainability.Further information on Ricoh's products and solutions can be found at www.ricoh-usa.com.*Total Market Share was measured for multi-function products over $1,000. About Ricoh Americas CorporationRicoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd., the 74-year-old leading provider of advanced office technology and innovative document imaging products, services and software, with fiscal year 2009 sales in excess of $21 billion. Ricoh's fully integrated hardware and customizable services and software help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents.Ricoh Americas Corporation, directly or through its network of authorized dealers, markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America.Information about Ricoh's complete range of offerings can be found at www.ricoh-usa.com.# # #© 2011 Ricoh Americas Corporation. All rights reserved. All other company or product names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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This week, The Leonardo features Jann Haworth. She is an American artist and a sculptor who exhibits her work throughout the world. In addition to her exhibition in Utah, she is holding workshops with the public at the Leonardo during the entire month of January.
You don't want to miss this chance to create a collaborative art work with Haworth. Read our interview with the artist below.
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What inspired you to become an artist?
"My family, on both sides mother and father, have been in the arts—theatre, painters, textiles, music, 'inventors'—for five generations, so I wasn't going to be an artist. I did philosophy and literature as an undergraduate, then one moment picked up the phone, called my Mom and told her I was going to study art. Surprise surprise!"
How do you distinguish yourself from other artists?
"I use materials that are confrontational to the current 'acceptable' fine art materials and look at what most artists do for other rules to break."
What different media do you use for creating your work? What's your favorite and why?
"I use fabric for sculpture, which in the early '60s was unthinkable. I was told by Paolozzi to cast my work in bronze and then it would be acceptable, he thought. I didn't. And currently I'm using vinyl juxtaposed to fine art linen canvas. Trash and fine art. I really like the clear vinyl. It allows me to do two, three and four layered paintings, making the shapes in them shift in relation to one another as the viewer's position shifts. This brings real motion into the work."
What will you be doing during your time at the Leonardo? Why should people come see you?
"At the Leo, I will be doing collaborative work with the public. One piece that is nearly complete is a work that will travel from Salt Lake to London, Liverpool and Hamburg for a show about Stuart Sutcliffe, the 5th Beatle. It is the anniversary of his death, and he was a painter as well as a musician. The show will be of his work and other artists, including myself, who have been asked to create a work about him. My thought was to ask our Leo visitors to do their version of SS based on photos, and then I've reduced them in scale to make a crowd, referencing Sgt. Pepper (I was the co-designer on that cover), and then I put it together much as I did the original Sgt. Pepper cover."
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"Also I am starting a project—STILL no FUNDING—for a mural. The subject is Women's History. This would be a first in the US. I will ask our visitors first: Who would they put on such a mural? Where would they like to see it? I will then teach them how to do portraits using the stencil graffiti technique for portrait that was used on the the SLC Pepper mural on 400 West that I directed."
Do you sell prints of your artwork? How can people get in touch with you?
"If or when I have time to make a print, yes! Getting in touch: Come to the Leo, or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com."
"The Lab" is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Leonardo is located at 209 E. 500 South, SLC. Admission is $14 for adults, $12 for seniors, $10 for youth (6-17) and free for children five and under. More information about the Leonardo and Haworth's workshop schedule is available by calling 801-531-9800 or at theleonardo.org.


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No matter how many videos they watch or how many stops you make, there is nothing like a big nap to occupy your kids for a long time.
Traveling at night means they will be sleepy and it'll be dark. Bring a pillow. Even bring some of their favorite bedtime gear, a stuffed animal or favorite blankie.
If you can manage to stay awake yourself, it's a great time to drive.
The downside is that the kids get a good night's sleep, but mom and dad will be extra sleepy the next day. But sometimes it worth it to have some blissful quiet.
Do you remember what it's like to have quiet time? Us either, but we think it sounds nice.


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Aquí Para Ti / Here for You
Clinic for Latino Youth
Whittier Clinic
2810 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55408
1:30pm - 5pm Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays
Appointments: 612-873-8145
Aqui para Tí (APT) Here for You is a clinic-based development program for Latino youths ages 11 to 24 and their families. APT was created in 2002 to support Latino adolescents, who are often being raised in a culture very different than that of their parents. APT is funded by the Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative of the the Minnesota Department of Health. View the 2012 APT Annual Report (PDF).
Medical Care
We offer complete physical exams, pregnancy tests, treatment of common diseases, pregnancy care testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Our "Centering Teen" program serves Latino teens that are pregnant. Centering Teen combines the strengths of several approaches to help Latino teens receive adequate prenatal care and support. Once the teens deliver their babies, Aqui Para Ti will follow the babies and their teen parents, supporting every need and promoting family and individual growth. The group meets every other Tuesday from 3 to 5 PM in the Conference Room at the East Lake Clinic. There is parking available between the clinic and Rainbow Foods. Centering Teen is a joint effort among Aqui Para Ti Health Care Home, MDH, OMMH, HCMC Midwives, HCMC Doulas, with the support of MVNA and Navigate.
We consult with teens about the following topics:
- Depression, anxiety, or anger
- School issues
- Relationships with family or friends
- Abuse of drugs and/or alcohol
- Worries about height or weight
- Communication between children and parents
We educate teens about:
- Health
- Raising Teens
- Family Planning
- Diet and healthy control of weight
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Pregnancy Care
We refer teens additional services, including:
- Schools
- Exercise programs
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- WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
- Individual and family therapy
- Nurses who can visit pregnant women at home
The cost of a visit at APT is the same as a regular medical appointment. The difference is that for APT appointments, the patient has free access to health education, mental health evaluation, counseling, and referrals to other resources. Our clinics accept any type of medical insurance. If you do not have health insurance, you may meet with a financial consultant to apply for medical insurance or a discount card.
We offer family planning services for free or at a reduced cost to those who qualify.


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I have visited National Parks and have walked an ocean beach. I have hiked the Rocky Mountains and have lived in the heart of a city with millions of people and skyscrapers that are triumphs of modern man. But I've yet to see anything, anywhere as beautiful as a horizon uncluttered, a frosted fence line or a herd of cattle serenely grazing in fog.
I am from rural America. I am fortunate enough to have direct access to life as few Americans know it- slow, dull and lacking in polish. Each time I lift a camera my hope is that I can convey to busy, shiny, exciting metropolitan America how much I appreciate what we have to ourselves out here.
All images in this book were captured between August 2005 and December 2006 while standing on one of the thousands of miles of dirt roads across Kansas and Nebraska.
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I missed your show on the U.S. Navy Destroyer episode.
But the guys down here in Deland Florida caught it.
Welcome to PTF 3 Restoration Pro
They are restoring the boat, that started the "Official" beginning of the Vietnam war.
"Gulf of Tonkin incident."
For the Boy Scouts Sea Cadets program.
They have a 40 mm Bofors, .50 cals. other essentials.
They need a 20 mm Oerlikon? MK-4 or MK-16.
Stopped in and talked with the guys and said I have contact with Will through Gunco.
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Phoenix, Ariz. – Arizona football (7-5) stumbled in a 58-21 loss to ASU (10-2) in front of 72,542 fans, the 12th-largest crowd in Sun Devil Stadium history.
Despite the loss, junior running back Ka'Deem Carey collected his 15th-consecutive 100-yard rushing game, a new Pac-12 Conference record. Carey rushed for 157 yards on 32 attempts. Adding to the offense was senior quarterback B.J. Denker, who threw for 175 yards. Arizona rushed for three scores, each coming from a different Wildcat, with Denker, Carey and Garic Wharton each collecting a touchdown.
Defensively, Jake Fischer led the team with 10 tackles followed by Marquis Flowers and Jared Tevis with eight each. Senior defensive lineman Sione Tuihalamaka had six tackles, including three sacks - the most for an Arizona player since Rick Elmore in 2010.
The Cats had five turnovers on the night, including a 64-yard touchdown return on an interception by Damarious Randall with 7:24 remaining in the third quarter when Arizona was driving, attempting to cut into what was, at the time, a 16-point ASU lead. UA forced one turnover of its own.
Opening the game, ASU was held to a field goal on their opening drive. Unable to score in its first drive, Arizona was forced to punt. ASU was once again held to another field goal by Zane Gonzalez to give the Sun Devils a 6-0 lead.
Despite two strong offensive plays made by the Wildcats on their subsequent drive, they were unable to score. During the drive, Denker completed a pass to Trey Griffey for 16 yards followed by an 11-yard keeper.
ASU continued their scoring with a 38-yard touchdown pass from Taylor Kelly to Darwin Rodgers that gave them a 13-0 lead.
After having gone for the fourth down, Arizona turned the ball over at midfield, which allowed D.J. Foster to continue the Sun Devil scoring with a 14-yard rushing score.
With less than 10 minutes to play in the half, a pass by Denker was intercepted by Alden Darby. On the drive, the Sun Devils were able to score another touchdown to lead the Wildcats, 27-0.
With the Arizona offense back on the field, the Wildcats were able to score their first touchdown of the night after making their way down the field including two long passes, a 23-yard pass to Griffey and 30-yard pass to Wharton. The rushing touchdown by Denker was his 11th of the season and cut the lead to 27-7. Jake Smith made the extra point.
With momentum in Arizona's hands, the defense came up with a big stop with just over three minutes left in the half after a deflected pass by Shaquille Richardson. With the ball back in hand, the Wildcats began the drive with a 28-yard rush by Ka'Deem Carey. Following was a 13-yard run by Denker. With a missed field goal attempt, ASU came up with the ball to end the half.
In their final drive of the half, Kelly completed a 50-yard pass to move down the field. In field goal range, the Sun Devils opened the lead to 30-7 to end the half.
To begin the second half, the Wildcats opened the drive with four rushes by Carey for a total of 52 yards. The momentum led to another Arizona touchdown to make the score 14-30. The eight-yard rushing touchdown by Carey was his 50th career touchdown.
Following a strong defensive effort, the Wildcats were unable to score in their second drive of the half. Denker's pass was intercepted by Damarious Randall and ran for a 64-yard touchdown to make the score 37-14.
A strong defensive effort by Arizona gave the ball back to the offense with four minutes left in the third quarter. In full speed, Carey had three back-to-back rushes for 29 yards. A nine-yard completion to Terrence Miller provided gave the Cats additional yardage. Following was a 21-yard rush by Denker that was then fumbled but picked up by Wharton. The pick up resulted in a touchdown for the Cats.
Immediately following, a four-play drive by ASU and a 61-yard pass to Jaelen Strong gave the Sun Devils another touchdown to make the score 44-21.
On the kickoff return, there was an Arizona fumble giving the ball back to ASU. On the drive, ASU ended with another touchdown after a seven-yard rushing touchdown by Foster.
With a 51-21 lead, the Sun Devils prevented the Wildcats from completing a fourth-down conversion providing ASU's offense another hand at the ball with just less than 12 minutes in the game. ASU continued its offensive momentum with another touchdown by De'Marieya Nelson to end the night's scoring.
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FDA Bill Slightly Reduces Advisor Conflicts of Interest
The Food and Drug Administration reform bill passed by Congress last week freezes the number of conflict of interest waivers that the agency can grant scientists who sit on its food, drug and device advisory panels, and will reduce that number by 25 percent over the next five years. About a quarter of all advisors currently get waivers, according to FDA reports. Consumer groups had pushed to prohibit the practice entirely. "This mild limitation doesn't go far enough," said Merrill Goozner, director of the Integrity in Science Project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. "The FDA can find scientists without ties to industry if it truly wants to, and we will continue to push for banning a practice that gives regulated firms undue and unseemly influence over the regulatory process."
Drug safety advocates did win some major victories in the bill. Besides requiring company and government-funded researchers to register clinical trials in a publicly available database, the sponsors will now have to post the results of those trials a year to 18 months after their conclusion. This will aid researchers who want to sift for safety clues in data scattered among a large number of clinical trials, some of which in the past had been hidden from the public by the firms that sponsored the trials. The legislation also provides additional protection to scientists inside the FDA who want to speak out or publish their own reviews. On the down side, the legislation maintains the FDA's dependence on drug industry user fees, which are primarily earmarked to speed the review of new drug applications, although some of the money will now go to hire more safety experts and review direct-to-consumer ads.
Arnold Fires Game Official for Stance on Lead Ammo
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week forced California's top fish and game official to resign from his post after a consultant's report sponsored by the National Rifle Association claimed the state's endangered condors weren't threatened by lead ammunition, which the official had tried to ban. Game and Fish Commissioner Judd Hanna had backed a bill recently sent to the governor's desk that relied on a scientific consensus that a major factor in the condor's decline was lead poisoning caused by eating the carcasses of animals killed with lead ammunition. Schwarzenegger is expected to veto the bill.
Republican lawmakers pressured Schwarzenegger with a report prepared by Thomas Wright and Richard Peddicord of Dick Peddicord & Co., a consulting firm that works primarily for the shooting sports industry. The study's conclusions were immediately disputed by 44 scientists and activists, who defended Hanna's efforts to pass the law. "Taken as a whole, the chain of evidence from all sources, including peer-reviewed journals, supports the conclusion that California condors are suffering lead exposure primarily due to the ingestion of lead ammunition from game," they wrote. "Lead exposure is the major, preventable obstacle to the success of the condor reintroduction."
Dueling Cell Phone Reports Suggest Funding Effect
Does funding source effect research outcomes? A new study out of the United Kingdom on mobile phone safety found no adverse health effects from short-term cell phone use. The report, funded by the mobile phone industry and the British government, said that further research is needed to determine if long-term use leads to cancer, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's. Meanwhile, the Bioinitiative Working Group, an international team of non-industry scientists, researchers, and public health workers, conducted a meta-analysis of studies on the health effects of electromagnetic radiation and found that "chronic and uncontrolled exposures" to power lines, cell phones, and cordless phones "can reasonably be presumed to result in adverse health effects and disease. Children may be particularly vulnerable." The report led the European Environment Agency to urge immediate reductions in exposure limits to electromagnetic radiation as necessary "to avoid plausible and potentially serious threats to health."
U. Investigates Researcher for Mining Company
In what appears to be a clear breach of academic freedom, the provost of Idaho State University investigated the outside activities of a scientist after a mining company lodged a complaint with the school, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Officials at the J.R. Simplot Co., which has extensive phosphate mining operations in Idaho, contacted the university after math modeler Robert W. Van Kirk received $8,867 from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition to determine the safe level of selenium, a byproduct of phosphate mining, in the Blackfoot and Salt rivers. Van Kirk's study found the safe level was above a proposed federal regulation, but below what was already in most trout, including the endangered Yellowstone Cutthroat trout. After completing its investigation, the university assured Simplot officials that Van Kirk did not belong to the environmental group that sponsored the study, and the study had undergone peer review at the journal where it was eventually published. However, university officials did reassign Van Kirk's co-investigator, his wife Sheryl L. Hill, to another job and said her contract would not be renewed after this year.
Climate Skeptic Refuses to Disclose Funding
Global warming skeptic Patrick J. Michaels withdrew as an expert witness in a high-profile Vermont court case rather than disclose his funding sources, the Society of Environmental Journalists reported. Michaels was set to testify in the auto industry's lawsuit against the state of Vermont over the state's efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars, but withdrew when told by lawyers for the automakers that he might have to disclose his sources of funding. During the trial Michaels had revealed that he was dependent for his livelihood on income from his consulting firm, New Hope Environmental Services, Inc., and that many of the firm's clients provide funding on condition of anonymity. Last year, ABC News and the Associated Press revealed that the Intermountain Rural Electric Association, an electric utility company in Colorado, paid $100,000 to New Hope. Michaels revealed that this disclosure had cost him $50,000 in fees from another Colorado utility, Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc.
Odds and Ends
Cloning expert Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang violated conflict of interest policies by failing to disclose that he was running a private company, Energen, at the same address as his University of Connecticut laboratory, a university audit has found. Yang, who was the first in the U.S. to clone a calf using adult cells, has also been found to have used research grants to purchase supplies from his own company and to have applied for grants from a state program he helped oversee . . . A House Oversight subcommittee chaired by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will hold a hearing on Tuesday to examine whether the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is adequately prepared to safeguard public health in the wake of the temporary suspension of its director, David Schwartz . . .
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Hi there. My team has decided to make a NXT robot that we can control From a PC using bluetooth.
I'm having trouble sending information from my PC to my NXT. If I can do that, I'm sure we'll be able to program some UI for the PC, and get the motors and sensors to work on the NXT side.
So.. If anyone could paste some code doing the following:
PC side:
Open BT connection.
Send and int value (or byte or whatever?)
NXT side:
Recieve int and print it on screen
Please include the import lines that I would need, as I'm often having library problems :/
Just so I don't get a standard answer; I have read the sample codes and the pctools, but I can't figure out how to use them (too complex codes, or non working codes :/). And my classpaths are correct.


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Gardening Articles: Landscaping :: Lawns, Ground Cover, & Wildflowers
Lawn and Garden Tractors (page 3 of 4)
by Michael MacCaskey
The most popular transmission is the hydrostatic or "full hydro." These transmissions are generally the strongest, but they're also the most expensive.
Hydrostatic transmissions have two gear positions, foward and reverse, and the more you press on the accelerator, the faster you'll go. You pay for this convenience in power: the transmission itself consumes one to two horsepower.
Other types of transmissions require shifting. One popular type of tractor transmission is called "variable speed." This transmission features several forward gears and one reverse gear. Like the automatic transmission in cars, lower forward gears are used for climbing and higher gears for cruising. Variable-speed transmissions are not as strong as either hydrostatic or standard gear transmissions.
Another type of transmission, known as "straight line" or "standard gear," is like a stick-shift car. These are simple and strong, but gear ratios are limited.
All transmission types have advantages and disadvantages. Be sure to explain to your dealer how you'll be using the tractor and ask for advice.
Power is transferred from the engine to the wheels and attachments by an automotive-like drive shaft, gears, chains or belts. "Self-aligning" belts are considered to be the most efficient. The drive shaft is the strongest, but it consumes the most engine power and is the costliest to repair.
Frames, Axels, and Bodies
These are the foundations upon which all else is built. One-piece frames, whether of stamped steel or cast iron, have many times the longevity of a frame assembled with bolts, screws or rivets. When the latter come loose or shift, all kinds of things work their way out of alignment.
One manufacturer, Steiner, produces a tractor with a fully "articulated" frame, which means it bends in the middle. It's complex to make such a frame and to make it strong, but it improves maneuverability.
Most tractors are covered by polycarbonate-plastic bodies, which never dent or rust. In some cases, they are heavy and strong, but not always. Ask your dealer if the body is guaranteed.
Turning Radius
Generally, look for the smallest turning radius. A small radius indicates the tractor is more maneuverable, so it's easier to navigate around shrubs, sprinklers, trees and other obstructions. Trouble is, the tractor industry has yet to agree upon one method to measure the turning radius, so some manufacturers exploit it while others ignore it.
Attachments are important if you're shopping for a yard or garden tractor. There are a variety of attachments available, and you'll probably be using several. When shopping for attachments, make sure they are easy to change. The best ones take a matter of minutes without tools; the worst can take an hour and require a toolbox.
Some manufacturers offer rototiller attachments that come with their own engine, which means the tractor is only towing the rototiller. While this system works fine, these attachments cost much more than the nonpowered types and are much heavier, making the tractor more difficult to handle.
Attachments from some manufacturers, notably Toro, are fully interchangeable even with other models from different years. For instance, you could mount a 1975 rototiller onto a new 314-H tractor, and vice versa.


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I´m a tall guy, abeut 6 fod 4`, and all the guitarstraps I own are to short.
Some are gifts and others I had down memory lane
Does anybody in this forum have an idea of, how to extend a guitarstrap, in a way that looks nice and works out well ?
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text: Whats your chess opening? Personally I prefer the Scotch opening. As far as defense goes I am still on the 2 knight and want to move onto either the Scandinavian or the Karacon. The Karacon looks interesting but it looks like a lot fo work to pull off while the Scadinavian is simple but I waste tempo with early queen developement.


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Earth System Governance Project
- Date submitted: 29 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Earth System Governance Project
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Full Submissionrio+20 policy brief Transforming governance and institutions for a planet under pressure Revitalizing the institutional framework for global sustainability: Key Insights from social science research Global environmental protection has featured high on the international political agenda since the United Nations (UN) Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. Yet, despite more than 900 environmental treaties coming into force over the past 40 years, human-induced environmental degradation is reaching unprecedented levels. Human societies must change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change, while ensuring sustainable livelihoods for all. This requires a fundamental transformation of existing practices. If we are to achieve more sustainable development in the future, we have to reorient and restructure our national and international institutions and governance mechanisms. Incrementalism will not suffice to bring about societal change at the level required; the world needs structural change in global governance. The 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development must become a major stepping stone towards introducing a stronger institutional framework for sustainable development. We urge decision makers to seize this opportunity to develop a clear and ambitious roadmap for institutional change and bring about fundamental reform of current sustainability governance within the next decade. This policy brief outlines the core areas needing most urgent action. Summary of key points and policy recommendations - Strengthen international environmental treaties: Governments must engage in structural reforms in how international environmental negotiations are conducted and treaties designed. Present and future treaties must rely more on systems of qualified majority voting in specified areas. - Manage conflicts among multilateral agreements: International economic institutions must advance transitions to a sustainable economy, including by multilaterally harmonized systems that allow for discriminating between products on the basis of production processes, based on multilateral agreement. Global trade and investment regimes must be embedded in a normative context of social, developmental, and environmental values. - Fill regulatory gaps in international sustainability governance: New or strengthened international regulatory frameworks are needed in several areas, including on emerging technologies, water, food, and energy. - Upgrade UNEP: Governments need to engage in negotiations for the up-grading of UNEP to a specialized UN agency, along the lines of the World Health Organization or the International Labour Organization. - Better integrate sustainable development policies within the UN system: Governments need to support overall integrative mechanisms within the UN system that better align the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainable development. - Strengthen national governance: New policy instruments are a promising complement to regulation if carefully designed. But they are not panaceas. - Streamline and strengthen public?private governance networks and partnerships: The CSD and other bodies need a stronger mandate and better methodologies for the verification and monitoring of partnerships. Despite the growing role of non-state actors, there is still a strong need for effective and decisive governmental action. - Strengthen accountability and legitimacy: Novel accountability mechanisms are needed, including mandatory disclosure of accessible, comprehensible and comparable data about government and corporate sustainability performance. Stronger consultative rights for civil society representatives in intergovernmental institutions should be introduced. - Address equity concerns within and among countries: Equity concerns must be at the heart of the institutional framework for sustainable development. High consumption levels in industrialized countries and in some parts of the emerging economies require special and urgent action. Financial transfers from richer to poorer countries are inevitable, either through direct support payments for mitigation and adaptation programmes or through international market mechanisms, for example global emissions markets. - Prepare global governance for a warmer world: Global adaptation programmes need to become a core concern of the UN system and governments. - STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES Recent research on factors that foster the creation and effectiveness of international environmental treaties has led to important insights into how to improve the international governance system. International treaties are most effective when they: - state precise goals, criteria and benchmarks for assessing progress; - are designed to be flexible and adaptable to changes in the problem and context; - have formal procedures to ensure new scientific information is taken up quickly; and - systematically collect information about the effectiveness of the treaty and review this information regularly. Governments can also speed up treaty negotiations by conducting them within existing institutions and by breaking down problems into smaller negotiation packages. Negotiators can sometimes sacrifice substance and stringency to reach ?shallow? but inclusive agreements that can be built on later; e.g., through framework-plus-protocol approaches, tacit-acceptance procedures for amendments, and formalized mechanisms that help develop soft law agreements into hard law. Such measures will lead to an incremental improvement of the system of international environmental agreements. We urge governments to draw on the lessons of past treatymaking exercises to improve their functioning. While incremental change is important, it is not sufficient. More transformative reform is needed urgently. Introducing a stronger reliance on qualified majority voting would be a positive step, since political systems that rely on majority-based rule are quicker to arrive at far-reaching decisions. At the international level, experiences with qualified majority voting are rare and will need to be restricted to clearly specified areas to ensure the support of all countries. One route is the double-weighted majority voting developed in the treaties on stratospheric ozone depletion, which accept majority decisions yet also grant veto power to North and South as groups of countries. MANAGE CONFLICTS AMONG MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS Conflict among different treaties ? both within sustainability policy and beyond ? has recently become a major concern. Here, governments must strengthen the capacity and mandate of environmental treaties (including their secretariats) to collect, disseminate and exchange information on links with other treaties. Treaties with similar objectives need formal mechanisms for joint negotiation and management. Furthermore, the requirement to respect and support the objectives of (other) multilateral environmental treaties should be accepted as a general principle. It is particularly important to manage conflicts between economic and environmental treaties, with reforms of the institutional framework for sustainable development brought in line with the ideal of the ?green economy?. Environmental goals must be mainstreamed into the activities of global economic institutions, while global trade and investment regimes need to be embedded in a normative context of social, developmental and environmental values. Discriminating in world trade law between products on the basis of production processes is critical, if investments in cleaner products and services are to be encouraged. Such discrimination should be based on multilateral agreement to prevent protectionist impacts. Fill regulat ory gaps in internat ional susta inability governance In addition to strengthening existing treaties, there are numerous areas where new frameworks are needed. One is the development and deployment of such technologies as nanotechnology, synthetic biology and geoengineering. These emerging technologies promise significant benefits, but also pose major risks for sustainable development. They therefore need an international institutional framework to support forecasting, transparency and information-sharing on new technologies; further develop technical standards; help clarify the applicability of existing treaties; promote public discussion and input; and engage multiple stakeholders in policy dialogues. Such a framework must ensure that environmental considerations are fully respected. Initially, multilateral action on emerging technologies could take the form of one or more framework conventions. Global water governance also needs a stronger and more coherent multilateral framework, since it remains the remit of several UN agencies and civil society organizations. Global food governance must be strengthend as well. Regulatory challenges here include international management of food safety and nutrition, the coordination of climate change adaptation in food systems, limits on commodity speculation, and standards to guide private regulation such as certification and labeling schemes. Furthermore, energy governance requires strong oversight by global bodies whose activities are currently dispersed and poorly coordinated. Upgrade UNEP and UNCSD International environmental organizations play vital roles in governance for sustainable development, but need further strengthening. Many reform proposals have been submitted in recent decades. Some of the more radical proposals ? such as an international agency that centralizes and integrates existing intergovernmental organizations and regimes ? are unlikely to be implemented and would yield uncertain gains. However, most of us see substantial benefits in upgrading the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to a specialized UN agency for environmental protection, along the lines of the World Health Organization or the International Labour Organization. At the same time, it is important to increase the integration of sustainable development policy within the UN system and beyond. The UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) was created to fulfil this role, but its political relevance has remained limited. Governments must take action to support mechanisms within the UN system that will improve integration of the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainable development. An upgraded, strengthened CSD that includes meaningful participation from all branches of government, is one route to consider. Strengthen nat ional governance ?When designed carefully, new policy instruments are a promising complement to regulation, but they are not panaceas.? The shortcomings of international institutions largely reflect those of domestic policies. An effective institutional framework for sustainable development requires critical institutional innovations at the national level. New policy instruments ? often involving nonstate actors ? have become popular as a means of overcoming problems in implementing regulations, since they are often seen as being more flexible. However, questions remain about their transparency, equity implications and long-term effectiveness. When designed carefully, new policy instruments are a promising complement to regulation, but they are not panaceas. Success lies in developing packages of different instruments, and in evaluating the effectiveness of these in their own terms as well as in relation to alternative options. Streamline and strengthen public?privat e governance networks and partnerships ?...few of the 300-plus partnerships for sustainable development formed around the 2002 Johannesburg Summit have delivered on their promise...? The past few decades have seen tremendous growth in new types of governance, such as public?private partnerships or transnational labelling schemes. Yet the effectiveness of these novel mechanisms remains uncertain. Research indicates that few of the 300-plus partnerships for sustainable development formed around the 2002 Johannesburg Summit have delivered on their promise. Overall, the partnership approach has not met its expectations in contributing to the Millennium Development Goals and furthering participation and implementation. Insufficient funding, ineffective organizational structures, lack of quantitative targets and weak accountability systems have also limited its effectiveness. To strengthen such partnerships, UNCSD and other agencies need a stronger mandate and better methodologies for the verification and monitoring of progress. Labelling and certification schemes can advance sustainable development by enabling markets to support environmentally sound business practices. To be effective, these need multiple stakeholders, appropriate national regulatory frameworks, built-in accountability mechanisms and consumer demand. Governments play a crucial role through regulations that create incentives for certification, focused procurement policies, legitimization of measures and involvement in monitoring sustainability effects. International organizations can also play a powerful role in catalyzing novel forms of private and public?private governance. Novel mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) can contribute to sustainable development when they are seen as supplementary to, rather than a replacement for, governmental action. To ensure equitable distribution of benefits and to minimize the risks associated with them (e.g. to indigenous people or biodiversity), international, national and local bodies must have strong institutional oversight. Governments must work towards improving institutional capacity, increasing representation of local stakeholders, changing the uneven monitoring of claimed benefits, and rebalancing global and local benefits. New types of transnational cooperation among local public authorities (e.g. cities) are becoming important and many such authorities have taken significant action towards addressing the causes and consequences of global environmental risks. Governments must provide a political mandate that recognizes their diverse contexts and guides practical action on the ground as well as supporting collaboration and developing local capacity and financial resources. Despite the growing role of nonstate actors, there is still a need for effective and decisive governmental action, both at the national and intergovernmental level. Governance beyond the state can be a useful supplement but still requires governmental support. Strengthen accounta bility and legitimacy ?...governance accountability can be strengthened when stakeholders gain better Access to information and decision-making...? Both intergovernmental and novel non-state-driven institutions face increasing pressures for improved accountability and Access to decision making. There is no universal formula to increase accountability and legitimacy across all sustainable development institutions. In general, governance accountability can be strengthened when stakeholders gain better Access to information and decision-making, for example through special rights enshrined in agreements, charters and codes, and stronger participation in councils that govern resources, or in commissions that hear complaints. International environmental, developmental and economic institutions must adopt such novel accountability mechanisms more widely. Stronger consultative rights for civil society representatives in intergovernmental institutions can be a major step forward. This requires appropriate mechanisms that account for imbalances between countries and for power differentials between different segments of civil society, and that ensure appropriate accountability mechanisms for civil society representatives vis-�-vis their constituencies. While greater transparency and information disclosure can empower citizens and consumers to hold governments and private actors accountable as well as providing incentives for better sustainability performance, transparency does not always deliver on its promises. Disclosed information is often inaccessible, inconsistent or incomprehensible. Governments and private actors must ensure that disclosure obligations go beyond ?business as usual? to stimulate a change in existing unsustainable practices. Address equity concerns within and among countries The institutional framework for sustainable development must address questions of justice, fairness and equity. Regarding equity within countries, there may be a trade-off between effectiveness/ efficiency and equity. However, this presents a false dichotomy in most complex environmental problems, which are inherently political in nature. Legitimate and transparent democratic processes are needed to allow societies and communities to choose policies they see as being equitable and effective. Poor and marginalized communities are most vulnerable to global environmental change but seldom have a voice in policymaking. Relevant processes should therefore promote participation of the poor in policy preparation, implementation, monitoring and adaptation. At the international level, equity and fairness need to be at the heart of strong and durable international regimes. Equitable progress towards globally sustainable development requires greater action by the richer nations. In particular, governments and societies in industrialized countries need to accept that global environmental change has fundamentally increased global interdependence and (further) transformed the international system. Also the rapidly industrializing countries in the South need to actively determine their role and position on sustainable development governance and to direct their development pathways towards a green economy. Overall, financial transfers from richer to poorer countries at unprecedented levels are inevitable, either through direct support payments for mitigation and adaptation programmes based on international agreement or through such mechanisms as global emissions markets. Novel financial mechanisms like transnational air transportation levies for sustainability purposes could also contribute. The organization of global funding for sustainable development lacks consistency and inclusiveness, with most funding agencies having different interests, rules and general policies. Policy coherence is often weak. Governments and funding agencies need to revisit existing funding mechanisms to increase policy coherence and strengthen the voice of the recipient countries. Prepare global governance for a warmer world Complete mitigation of global environmental change is already out of reach, so the new institutional framework for sustainable development must include governance for adaptation. Research indicates that the adaptability of local communities is stronger when the governance system itself is adaptive. Institutional frameworks with multiple centres and levels of authority may foster the adaptive capacities required. Strong informal networks and public participation in planning, implementation and review are all important and governments and international institutions should support adaptability in local governance mechanisms. At the global level, the institutional framework seems ill prepared to cope with the consequences of massive global change that will affect such major systems as food, water, energy, health and migration, and their interactions. While massive changes, for example in sea level, may not be imminent, future dangers can be minimized if institutional reform is planned and negotiated today. Global adaptation programmes thus need to become a core concern of the UN system and governments. Conclusion ?We need to have a ?constitutional moment? in world politics...? We need to have a ?constitutional moment? in world politics, akin to the major transformative shift in governance after 1945 that led to the establishment of the United Nations and numerous other international organizations, along with far-reaching new international legal norms on human rights and economic cooperation. The 2012 Rio+20 Conference offers both an opportunity and a crucial test as to whether such conferences can bring about substantial and urgently needed change in the current institutional framework for sustainable development. Compiled by: The Earth System Governance Project. Lead author: Frank Biermann Contributing authors: Kenneth Abbott, Steinar Andresen, Karin B�ckstrand, Steven Bernstein, Michele M. Betsill, Harriet Bulkeley, Benjamin Cashore, Jennifer Clapp, Carl Folke, Aarti Gupta, Joyeeta Gupta, Peter M. Haas, Andrew Jordan, Norichika Kanie, Tatiana Kluv�nkov�-Oravsk�, Louis Lebel, Diana Liverman, James Meadowcroft, Ronald B. Mitchell, Peter Newell, Sebastian Oberth�r, Lennart Olsson, Philipp Pattberg, Roberto S�nchez-Rodr�guez, Heike Schroeder, Arild Underdal, Susana Camargo Vieira, Coleen Vogel and Oran R. Young. Assessment Managers: Ruben Zondervan and Andrea Brock. A longer and fully referenced version of this Policy Brief is available at: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/ifsd. The Earth System Governance Project is a ten-year research initiative under the auspices of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, which is sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations University. The Earth System Governance Project involves about 1700 colleagues along with a core network of twelve institutions in the Global Alliance of Earth System Governance Research Centres (www.earthsystemgovernance.org).


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Men's Golf Stands Third in Strong Brickyard Field
The Princeton men's golf team had a strong start to the Brickyard Collegiate Championship Friday in Macon, Ga., standing third in the 15-team field.
The only teams in front of Princeton after Friday were Georgia and North Florida, the No. 5- and the No. 40-ranked teams, respectively, according to the Oct. 4 Golfweek rankings. Eleven of the 15 teams in the field are in the top 100 in those rankings, with the highest-ranked team behind Princeton being Georgia Tech at No. 11.
At 8-under, Georgia holds a three-shot lead over North Florida and a six-shot lead over Princeton. Individually, Georgia's Nicholas Reach leads the field at 4-under, one shot ahead of seven players, including Princeton's Quinn Prchal, at 3-under.
Complete results can be found here, and Princeton's results are below.
3. Princeton 286 -2
T2. Quinn Prchal 69 -3
T12. Bernie D'Amato 71 -1
T18. Greg Jarmas 72 E
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I have been reading about this kid Josh Begley for the past several days, but hadn't looked more into it until now. This article is really interesting in that it reveals that the U.S. Military (or CIA, who really knows anymore) is employing terrorist tactics in its drone strikes overseas. From Business Insider:
NYU student Josh Begley is tweeting every reported U.S. drone strike since 2002, and the feed highlights a disturbing tactic employed by the U.S. that is widely considered a war crime.
Known as the "double tap," the tactic involves bombing a target multiple times in relatively quick succession, meaning that the second strike often hits first responders.


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Can final decisions be made in HOAs or Condos without an open meeting?
On June 25, Daniel Vasquez wrote a blog entitled "Can condo owners attend committee meetings, access committee documents."
This dovetails with a prior blog I posted on May 18, 2012 entitled "HOA board and certain committee meetings must be open (with limited exceptions).".
With very limited exceptions, committee meetings in both condos and HOAs must be open. Mark Benson cited F.S. 718.112 (2)(c)(2). That provision requires committee meetings to be open, with the exception that bylaws may supersede this open meeting requirement for committee meetings that do not take final action on behalf of the board. HOA statutes are slightly different and do not have that exception.
F.S. 720.303 (2)(a) provides as follows:
A meeting of the board of directors of an association occurs whenever a quorum of the board gathers to conduct association business…The provisions of this subsection shall also apply to the [meetings of any committee or other similar body when a final decision will be made regarding the expenditure of association funds] AND [to meetings of any body vested with the power to approve or disapprove architectural decisions with respect to a specific parcel of residential property owned by a member of the community].
This means that HOA meetings of committees vested with the power to make decisions regarding the budget or architectural approval requests must be open. Presumably other committee meetings, related to arguably less divisive issues, are not required to be open.
The policy reasons behind these statutes should be abundantly clear. Mark Benson lamented that statutes even need to exist requiring committee meetings be held "in the sunshine." I agree that this should be common sense. Unfortunately, it isn't.
Is there any legitimate reason why committee meetings of condos or HOAs should be closed to the members (absent attorney client privilege or personnel matters)? I can't think of any.
Even more important, is there any reason why any final architectural or budget decision should be made without an open meeting? A colleague mentioned that a trial court judge (not in south Florida) ruled that an architectural decision could be made without having any meeting at all. With all due respect to that judge, this contradicts the clear intention of the legislature. By this reasoning, as long as the board or committee always makes decisions in secret, they never need to have a meeting. What is wrong with this picture?


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Fourth-seeded women's tennis team was aiming for its second Indoor title in three years.
Fourth-seeded UCLA women's tennis team to face Duke in Monday's championship match in Virginia.
UCLA women's tennis team will take on Northwestern in Sunday's semifinals in Virginia.
Bruin women's tennis team downs No. 17 Texas, 4-2 in Friday's round of 16 in Charlottesville, Va.
Fourth-seeded Bruins have appeared in the last two National Team Indoor finals.
Bruins post second shutout victory in as many days.
UCLA women's tennis team improves to 4-0 on the season with home shutout.
UCLA women's tennis player posts a perfect 4-0 record during ITA Kick-Off Weekend at the LATC.
No. 5 Bruins defeat TCU, 4-1 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on Saturday.
Bruins down San Diego, 4-0 on Friday afternoon to advance to Saturday's championship match.
UCLA women's tennis team wins all six singles matches in straight sets to start the year 1-0.
UCLA's Catherine Harrison took home the consolation singles title on Sunday.


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Favorite Yeast Rolls RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
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These golden brown rolls are light and tender…and easy to make. To cut out the biscuits, we use the top of a drinking glass, and they turn out just fine. I like them warm with lots of butter.—Emma Rea, Columbia, South Carolina
- 2 to 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) quick-rise yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup warm water (120° to 130°)
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. Add water and butter; beat on medium speed for 3 minutes or until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 4-6 minutes. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Roll dough to 3/8-in. thickness; cut with a lightly floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on a greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours.
- Bake at 375° for 11-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to a wire rack. Yield: about 10.
Originally published as Yummy Yeast Rolls in Taste of Home August/September 2006, p35
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"My husband's favorite dinner rolls!"
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"Easy southern roll recipe, however I would substitute milk or buttermilk to make a richer taste. A great basic recipe for quick yeast rolls"
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"Very slightly sweet, great texture and taste! Perfect dinner roll, and easy to make."
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"What a great, easy recipe. Instead of rolling them out, I just divided dough into 12 balls and put them into a 8 inch round cake pan. Within 1 hour, hot rolls were on the table."
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"This is pretty much my go-to roll recipe now--it's very quick to make--1.5 hrs. start to finish. I do not roll mine out, I simply divide the dough into 12/13 pieces & shape into balls. I place them about 3/4" apart as I prefer my rolls to touch so we can pull them apart hot out of the oven!"


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Tiger Woods struggles at Memorial Tournament
Scott Halleran May 31, 2013 10:30 AM
Tiger Woods falls behind at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance. Follow the action live.
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MIGHT AS WELL. wrote it about a week ago for shakespearean literature class. its about shakespeare's take on free will vs. fate, specifically in Macbeth
Throughout the annals of literature, philosophy, and all fields of thought dealing with human nature, one important point of contention has been constant: the predominance of either free will or fate. The importance of this dichotomy extends far beyond simple humanistic musing it has been a prominent subject struggled and debated over in its relation to religion and the extent to which God has control over humanity; the sociological perspective of individualism versus societal determinism; it even takes form in the modern, and still relevant, political, social, and economic debate over the efficiency and propriety of social welfare programs as opposed to the laissez-faire invocation of personal responsibility. Although these various forms of the debate are all very different in their goals and levels of abstraction, they all spring from the basic form of that very human question of just how much control we have over ourselves and our world. One would not expect perhaps the most prolific writer in Western history to stay silent on such a critical question, and indeed William Shakespeare has quite a bit to say on the matter. Throughout his volume of works, and especially in the tragedy Macbeth, Shakespeare firmly plants his flag in the camp of Fate: that the greatest and most important of human actions are truly outside of the hands of even those participating.
In Shakespeares Macbeth, the titular character, ostensibly driven by blinding ambition, murders his King to take the throne for himself, before his reign is quickly brought to an end through his death. A simple tale, one might say: a villain commits a grave offense before getting his just recompense. However, Macbeth cannot fully be called a villain. As loathsome as Macbeth is characterized by his more noble-seeming enemies in the play, as deep as he sinks into violence and paranoia, and as inevitable as his downfall is, Macbeth through it all is the hero of the play. Quite clearly, by Macbeths continued role as hero, there is much more to the story than simply his actions, which taken alone could quickly be judged. Instead, as the tragic hero, Macbeth is meant to be an admirable man led astray by one fatal defect. Here, however, Macbeth is led forward by much more than his commonly cited defect, but by fate itself.
In most all the works of Shakespeare, one finds the author heavily invoking fate. In what is perhaps Shakespeares most well know and popular play to the modern era, Romeo and Juliet, the opening monologue contains one of the most famous characterizations in all of literature: that of Romeo and Juliet as star-crossd lovers(1.1, 6). Here Shakespeare is not simply employing fate as a totally abstract concept, but by tying it to astrology (Waters), which was common to do at the time, marks fate as a proactive force of nature. In A Midsummer Nights Dream the plot is driven by fairies representations of the supernatural interceding in the lives of the characters, ultimately reversing Demetrius feelings for Helena, not an inconsequential feat considering the reader is left to suspect that they live happily married together for the rest of their lives. In Hamlet, the plot and the heros motives are influenced by an even stronger representation of the supernatural: the ghost of his recently murdered father. Shakespeares oeuvre is clearly rife with the acting of fate.
In Macbeth, a similarly supernatural force sets into motion the events which quickly spiral out of the heros control. Not only is Macbeth influenced by the witches The Weird sisters who represent the supernatural, but it seems that he is intimately linked with them from his very first line (Kranz): So foul and fair a day I have not seen(1.3, 36), uttered only moments before his encounter with the witches. This line mirrors the incantation of the witches in the first scene: Fair is foul and foul is fair/Hover through the fog and filth air (1.1, 12-13). Such a clear motif used for the introduction of both the witches and Macbeth points to a much more intimate relationship between them than simple cause and effect: indeed, it points to the irrepressible hand of fate itself. From his very entrance to the play, Macbeth is not a man unto himself, but simply a prop on a stage. He is supernaturally linked to the Weird Sisters, and his encounter with them sets into motion something much larger than himself.
As mentioned earlier, the common interpretation is that Macbeth is a tragic hero led astray by his one fatal defect: ambition. It is not, though, his ambition constantly pushing him forward. Certainly, Macbeths ambition was quickly piqued after hearing the prophecy of the Weird Sisters, but even with the acute desire he held for the throne, he himself was fighting against the murder of Duncan will all this being. In Act One, Scene Seven, Macbeth even attempts to call off the murder, We will proceed no further in this business (1.7, 32), and requires substantial urging from Lady Macbeth in the form of one of the most impassioned and provocative speeches in all of Shakespeare for him to even reluctantly begin to once again consider the murder. Even Lady Macbeth, initially characterized as unscrupulously ambitious and one who would never shrink from murder herself, shows that it goes against even her inclinations to commit the murder:
Alak, I am afraid they have awakd,
And this not done; thattempt and not the deed
Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready,
He could not miss em. Had he not resembled
My father as he slept, I had donet. (2.2, 9-13)
Lady Macbeth here realizes that holding an ambitious which takes murder to fulfill, and truly doing the murder are two very different things. Despite having, that same night, dispensed such a passionate speech decrying Macbeth for his lack of action despite his ambition, Lady Macbeth herself realizes she could never commit the murder. The entire portion of the play set at Macbeths castle reads as Macbeth being pushed forth, against all his inclinations, towards the murder like a cog in a machine.
The aftermath shows that there was nothing truly willful about Macbeths murder of Duncan. Macbeth recalls being physically unable to pronounce Amen while in the Kings room, and hearing voices cursing him. These are not the reactions of a man willingly committing a shameless murder to deliberately usurp power. True, Macbeth did physically commit the act, but with all the supernatural phenomena surrounding the murder, from the prophecy of the witches which set it in motion, to the ominous calling of the owl and Macbeths inability to utter Amen, there is much more going on than simply one mans actions. Nothing about Macbeths true feelings changes immediately after the murder either, as he is immediately and gravely guilty: To know my deed, twere best not to know myself (2.2, 76). With such external force necessary to push Macbeth, against his constantly voiced moral and practical antipathy, and his immediate grief after he finally commits the murder, it is hard to fully accept that he is being driven by his own personal characteristics. There is instead something pushing Macbeth forward, despite his attempts to reverse his course and despite even the cruelly ambitious Lady Macbeths inability to commit the murder where the chance presented itself: it is the invisible but ever present hand of fate itself.
Nor does Macbeth revel in his new role as King after the murder has grudgingly been completed. In fact, he seems to have undergone a complete transformation of character. The formerly noble warrior, for all of whom honor is of the highest importance, resorts to employing lowly street murderers to rid himself of Banquo and Florence, enticing the murders with the most blatant of lies: This I made good to you in our last conference; passed in probation with you how you were borne in hand, how crossed; the instruments, who wrought with them, and all things else that might to a notion crazed say, this did Banquo (3.1, 80-85). How could a man as firm in character as the reader is initially made to believe Macbeth is undergo such a complete transformation if he was truly acting autonomously under his own aegis? Moreover, if such a man were to willingly seize power for pure ambitions sake, would he not relish in the power and status of his new life? But that is far from Macbeths perception of his new life as King:
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this pretty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:25 pm
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Is anyone following this story? Our president is prosecuting a war in Libya that, according to his own Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel and DoD general counsel is
. This story was broken by the New York Times last weekend and deserves to be noticed and discussed.
Ignoring the advice of his top legal advisers, our president has tried to convince the American public that he does not need congressional approval because this is not a "war" or "hostilities" and that it will be over in no time at all. He is supported in this abuse of power by people like Lindsey Graham, who says congress should just "shut up." So we aren't engaged in hostilities? Hmm. If another country flew drones over the US, dropping bombs and attempting to kill our president, you think we might call that a hostile act? Maybe an act of war? Not only is this in violation of the constitution, it is costing millions if not billions of dollars at a time when we're being sold the virtues of austerity measures by our warmongering administration and its mouthpieces.
Is anyone else a little worried about the perpetual state of war in which we exist these days? Or that our president is openly thumbing his nose at both the consitution and his own top legal advisers? Or that if we and congress let this pass, it will set a precedent for future presidents?
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I think it's appalling. I voted for Obama and I am deeply disappointed in his administration. From warrantless wiretapping to Libya, he is continuing many of Bush's most appalling policies thereby making them the status quo for who knows how long. He ran on trying to rebuild our middle class and yet almost all his decisions seem to only support the growing power of corporations in our political system - an outgrowth of which is this state of permanent war.
The saddest thing to me is that I'm still supporting him in the next election because the Republican candidates would seem to be even more extreme. I'm really afraid of what my daughter's America will look like.
Justin managed to look superior and bored and disbelieving all at once. No mean feat for a man who'd just fallen from a tree.
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I'm of two minds about the business in Libya. It would certainly have been wiser of Obama to get Congressional approval for what he's doing; that he doesn't seem to know how to play the separation of powers "game," is one of the reasons he disappoints. On the other hand, I'm not certain what our obligations to NATO are, and since the business in Libya is supposedly a NATO- or UN-run operation, perhaps he's merely living up to whatever the demands of that treaty, all of which poses a stickier problem, constitutionally, than his overstepping the limitation of powers clause.
I think, though, that a great deal of the furor has to do with politics more than anything else. Several presidents prior to Obama have committed the U.S. to "military action" without approval of Congress, if I recall correctly.
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Dick, I think you're right but I believe those presidents did have to get congressional approval for funding. I remember Bush doing it in order to go into Iraq, but it's possible presidents have sidestepped the issue before. If they did, congress should have called them on it then. As many people have pointed out, our obligations to NATO and the UN do not trump the constitution, and the difference now is that the present administration, following in the footsteps of the last one, is completely out of hand. As you said, iluvarake, he is continuing way too many Bush policies but in some instances, like Libya, he is going even further.
Obama first said we were going into Libya as part of a humanitarian effort to protect civilians, we'd be in and out in no time and would have absolutely nothing to do with regime change. Now it's obvious we're going after Gadaffi--in other words, doing the opposite of what Obama said we were there for. There's no more talk about being out "days, not weeks" anymore, but we have not been let in on the "new" goal, which obviously involves regime change, let alone how long it will take or how much it will cost. Yet Obama still insists he has the power to commit the US to yet another war without even going through the motions of getting congressional approval. It's time to draw the line.
I guess the president is giving a speech tonight about Afghanistan. Here's a fun fact about that--even if he withdrew 30,000 troops within the next year (which is way beyond what's likely) we would still have twice the number there as when Obama took office. That's what this Big Pullout is all about, reducing the troops to (at best) only twice the number they were four years ago. And btw, can anyone even explain what we are trying to accomplish there?
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya . . . who knows who's next on the agenda! Welcome to the world of Perpetual War.
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These kinds of issues are constitutionally troublesome, as many scholars have pointed out. (It's interesting that Boehner once tried to have the War Powers Act repealed because he believed it un-constitutional.) I agree that lately the U.S. has got involved in too many armed conflicts--which is what the Korean War was called for the entire length of it. It's a good argument though, that "declaring" war is different from waging battles, which the president has constitutional power to do.
I, too, would like to see some more reasonable justification for the intervention in Libya, but I'm still uncertain whether Obama's actions are unconstitutional.
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I'm not a lawyer, Dick, but I believe the president only has the power to wage battles as the Commander in Chief once Congress has declared war. At any rate, it will be interesting to see what happens next.
I thought at first that Congress had wimped out by voting not to authorize the war in Libya and then voting no on a bill to de-fund it. Apparently, though, the de-funding bill actually authorized some war spending, which the Obama administration might have then claimed was an "implicit" authorization of Libya (an argument President Clinton used re: Kosovo). That's why so many folks who voted not to authorize also voted against the de-funding bill. As Ron Paul put it, the bill, "masquerades as a limitation of funds for the president's war on Libya but is in fact an authorization for that very war. . . . instead of ending the war against Libya, this bill would legalize nearly everything the president is currently doing there."
Wheels within wheels. . . but at least there is a coalition in Congress that is genuinely trying to restrain the president. Let's not forget that at the start of this war, Obama said over and over that regime change was not the plan. But now, according to an article in
Foreign Policy
, "The top U.S. admiral involved in the Libya war admitted to a U.S. congressman that NATO forces are trying to kill Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi. The same admiral also said he anticipated the need for ground troops in Libya after Qaddafi falls."
It's an interesting article, short and pithy.
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