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Andrew Weber at the Law Library of Congress has reported that three types of e-mail alerts are now being sent out to those who request them.
You can now get an e-mail that a specific member of Congress has either sponsored or cosponsored legislation. Another type of alert is a daily summary of the text, cosponsor or action on a particular bill that you're watching. And the third type of alert lets you know when a new issue of the Congressional Record is available at Congress.gov.
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I'd say that nine times out of ten when I see a move that's based on a book, I come away thinking that the book was better.
Not so with "American Sniper," the story of Texan Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL credited with the most kills in U.S. military history.
When I read the book a couple of years ago right after it came out, I thought Kyle did himself a great disservice. He came off as something less than a man to be revered and honored.
On Saturday, my wife and I went to see the movie at the new theater in Kyle, and director Clint Eastwood painted a portrait of Chris Kyle that was much more sympathetic. He made Kyle seem like a good old boy, which may well be what he was before his life ended.
Eastwood has produced an excellent tribute of a movie. I recommend it; skip the book.
The question asked by the headline writer for the op-ed piece in the Sunday New York Times by Susan Pinker is one I've wondered about and sought an answer to: "Can Students Have Too Much Tech?"
I have always thought the more cogent question was: "Can Students Succeed Without A Lot of Tech?"
Pinker draws on her own experience in research and those of colleagues to assert that kids who are given a lot of tech resources use them to -- guess what! -- play games, look at movies, text, etc., etc., everything but study.
Furthermore, "we still have no proof that the newly acquired, tech-centric skills that students learn in the classroom transfer to novel problems that they need to solve in other areas."
So, the news about high-tech purchases for schools is mostly bad.
Here's the good, according to Pinker: "... technology can work only when it is deployed as a tool by a terrific, highly trained teacher. ... To the extent that such a teacher can benefit from classroom technology, he or she could get it."
I'm not sure what that would be, though.
So, before everyone runs out and gives iPads to middle-schoolers, stop! Do the research first!
Among the many, many things I just don't understand is this: How in the world do publishers price their books and ebooks?
The Douglas County Libraries at Castle Rock, Colo., has just released its February pricing comparison for 25 popular works of fiction and nonfiction in both paper and ebook categories. The report compares library pricing versus consumer pricing and prices.
Library prices for paper books are shown for two vendors and consumer prices are shown for Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Ebook prices are for libraries and for consumers. Overdrive is one of the ebook vendors, and, again, the ebook vendors are Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
So, what's so hard to understand?
Well, let's look at an example or two, and you see if you can unravel the mystery:
The book Unbroken is available to libraries for about $15 per copy. Consumers will pay almost $17 at Amazon and a little more than that at Barnes & Noble. The ebook version is $48 for libraries and $4.99 at both book-sellers.
A paperback copy of American Sniper is about $9.60 to libraries, but about $11.50 for consumers. Overdrive will pay $9.99 for the ebook, and Amazon will charge $5.90.
Gray Mountain in hardback is about $16 for libraries, but $85 to Overdrive and $9.99 for an Amazon ebook.
In other words, pricing is all over the place. I can't even begin to find a pattern or paradigm.
But, from what I see here, libraries aren't getting any bargains, either from those sellling paper books or from those selling ebooks.
The library will publish its first-ever book before Christmas, and you can be part of it.
Just write something about or set in or having to do with the people of Wimberley, and send it in and we'll see if it will be fit to print.
Works of fiction, nonfiction, essays, interviews, memoirs, poems -- anything goes as long as it's written and submitted by the deadline, which is Sept. 1, and in the proper format, which is electronic, and meets the length requirements. Maximum word length is 3,000 words.
The book will be called "Wimberley Voices," and it will be a softback.
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Eric T. Talley faces two charges in connection with March 14 incident in which Tyrone R. Morris of Elkhart was shot in the hip at a Marathon Gas station on Hively Avenue.
ELKHART — The Elkhart Police Department has arrested a man in connection with a shooting at an Elkhart gas station.
Eric T. Talley, 26, of Elkhart was arrested on preliminary charges of aggravated battery with a dangerous weapon, a class B felony, and illegal possession of a handgun, a class C felony, according to a news release from the Elkhart Police Department.
Police were called to the Marathon gas station at 290 W. Hively Ave. just after 9 p.m. on March 13, 2014 for a report of a fight.
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Guymon's boys and girls basketball coaches resigned their positions today. Boys coach Tyler Chapman and girls coach Tim Hofferber stepped down from their positions as basketball coaches but continue to work at the school. Hofferber teaches P.E. and Chapman is the athletic director.
Chapman is a 1995 Guymon High School graduate and just finished his seventh year as head coach. The Tigers were 9-12 this season after going 17-7 last year. His teams improved each year until this season going 7-15, 4-18, 8-15, 9-15, 11-13, 17-7, and 12-9 this year for a record of 66-92.
Hofferber finished his sixth season as head coach going 7-16 this season. His teams have been 7-15, 15-11, 15-10, 15-10, 8-16, and 7-16 for a record of 67-78. The Lady Tigers went to Areas in 2008 for the first time since 1994.
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TAKE COVERT ACTION AND SEIZE A COPY OF INTELLIGENCE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE Intelligence veteran Mark M. Lowenthal details how the intelligence community's history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. With his friendly prose, he demystifies a complicated and complex process. Rich with examples and anecdotes, Intelligence also includes bolded key terms, an acronym list, suggested readings and websites, and a list of major intelligence reviews or proposals. This new, fully-updated fourth edition highlights many crucial recent developments in reforms, ethics, and transnational issues, including: the actual implementation of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) reforms and their successes and strains; the ongoing legal, operational, and ethical issues raised by the war against terrorism; the growth of transnational issues, such as WMD; fresh coverage of analytic standards and analytic transformation; more in-depth explanation of geospatial, signal, and human intelligence; a new discussion of the lessons of 9/11; and, the growing politicization of intelligence in the United States, specifically through the declassified use of National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs).
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|Tables, Figures, and Boxes
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|p. xii
|p. xv
|What is "Intelligence"?
|p. 1
|Why Have Intelligence Agencies?
|p. 2
|What Is Intelligence About?
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|The Development of U.S. Intelligence
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|The Intelligence Process-A Macro Look: Who Does What for Whom?
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|p. 56
|p. 60
|Processing and Exploitation
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|Analysis and Production
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|Dissemination and Consumption
|p. 62
|p. 64
|Thinking about the Intelligence Process
|p. 65
|Key Terms
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|Further Readings
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|Collection and the Collection Disciplines
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|Overarching Themes
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|Strengths and Weaknesses
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|p. 106
|Key Terms
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|Further Readings
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|Major Themes
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|Analytical Issues
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|Intelligence Analysis: An Assessment
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|Internal Safeguards
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|External Indicators and Counterespionage
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|National Security Letters
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|Key Terms
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|Further Readings
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|Who Wants What?
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|The Intelligence Process: Policy and Intelligence
|p. 187
|Further Readings
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|Oversight and Accountability
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|Executive Oversight Issues
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|Congressional Oversight
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|Issues in Congressional Oversight
|p. 213
|Internal Dynamics of Congressional Oversight
|p. 219
|p. 227
|Key Terms
|p. 228
|Further Readings
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|The Intelligence Agenda: Nation States
|p. 231
|The Primacy of the Soviet Issue
|p. 232
|The Emphasis on Soviet Military Capabilities
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|The Emphasis on Statistical Intelligence
|p. 237
|The "Comfort" of a Bilateral Relationship
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|Collapse of the Soviet Union
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|The Current Nation State Issue
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|Key Terms
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|Further Readings
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|The Intelligence Agenda: Transnational Issues
|p. 249
|U.S. National Security Policy and Intelligence after the Cold War
|p. 249
|Intelligence and the New Priorities
|p. 251
|p. 251
|p. 260
|p. 265
|p. 266
|Health and Environment
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|Peackeeping Operations
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|Network Warfare (Information Operations)
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|Dominant Battlefield Awareness
|p. 273
|p. 275
|Key Terms
|p. 275
|Further Readings
|p. 276
|Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence
|p. 279
|General Moral Questions
|p. 279
|Issues Related to Collection and Covert Action
|p. 284
|Analysis-Related Issues
|p. 290
|Oversight-Related Issues
|p. 293
|The Media
|p. 295
|p. 296
|Further Readings
|p. 296
|Intelligence Reform
|p. 297
|The Purpose of Reform
|p. 297
|Issues in Intelligence Reform
|p. 299
|p. 311
|Further Readings
|p. 312
|Foreign Intelligence Services
|p. 313
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|p. 318
|p. 320
|p. 322
|p. 325
|p. 328
|Further Readings
|p. 329
|Additional Bibliographic Citations and Web Sites
|p. 331
|Major Intelligence Reviews or Proposals
|p. 335
|Author Index
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|Subject Index
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#21 Mar 4, 2008
I couldn't have had a better son-in-law if I handpicked him myself. Brian was one of the good ones. My prayers are with the family and friends at this time
#22 Jul 14, 2008
Brian was my best friend. I think of him every day. I try to come to grips with the pain he was going through. I myself have pain. Brian was a cool guy. If you were to meet him you would want to see him again. That kind of person. I pray for Brian. I know suicide is a sin. So I beg God to have mercy. This is a difficult subject. But it is what it is. So I pray for my best friend Brian Cunnien. I hope our lord will have mercy. I will pray for this tonight.......and tomarrow....etc..His brother Alan I knew. A very talanted Man. I pray for him too. When I read the stories of the saints I know just what God is capable of. His mercy. Just read about St. Bernadette.....of Lourdes France. wow. .Brian.....Rest in peace my old friend. I will see you again.Love,Michael Podgorski from Maplewood Minnesota
#23 Jul 14, 2008
I want to assure you this was a terrible incident but you will be OK. Brian was my best friend. He was Catholic. As I am. I have prayed intensly for him. But as some time has passed I realize that the people who witnessed this are deeeply affected. I can only imagine. So I will pray for you and the others. Brian was a person that you and others would have liked. A humble, cool, smart, and other attributes, kind of person. Warmest Regards,Michael
#24 Jul 14, 2008
Those were good times.
#25 Jul 14, 2008
It was good to see you again Gary. Take Care. Regards, Michael.
#26 Jul 16, 2008
I feel suicidal. My old friend Brian and his brother Alan both did it. Now I have had something terrible happen and I want to do the same. I am 99 percent sure I will do it. No one will listen to me. It's horrible. I think weird thoughts like Brian had courage. I spent 30 minutes today in church.. It was closed. I found a side door that was open. So I went in. It is a Chatholic church.....empty. I prayed to Jesus and Mary. I can't go on any more. It's weird. Me and Brian will have both ended our lives. We were so connected. I want want to thank everyone who helped.
If I ever meet you in the afterlife I will thank you. My situation is 50X worse than Brians. I wish I could say it's not so.
God bless everyone who posted about Brian Cunnien.
Warmest Regards,
Michael Joseph Podgorski
#27 Jul 18, 2008
Greg and I were talking about you the other day. He was going to give you call but didn't have your phone number. Send me a email [email protected]
Since: Oct 07
South of here but this is home
#28 Jul 28, 2008
Please respond Michael, I pray that you are ok. I didn't see this intil today and am really bothered by this post.
Saint Paul, MN
#29 Aug 6, 2008
This is Steve-Please call me. Please come home if you need to, you are always welcome at our home. We will do anything to help you with whatever you need. Your niece Alison has good news...Uncle Mike loves me! She loves you too and so do we.
Mike I love you-Steve
#30 Aug 6, 2008
Did anyone ever tell him on a regular basis how much he was/is loved and liked. Hearing that never hurts.
Since: Oct 07
South of here but this is home
#31 Aug 7, 2008
Does anyone know how to contact Michael?
#32 Aug 11, 2008
I spoke with Mike's mother tonight and he is doing alot better. I have a favorite quote that may pertain to this...
"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
Since: Oct 07
South of here but this is home
#33 Aug 13, 2008
Thanks for the update. I am so glad that things are going better for him.
#34 Jul 30, 2009
To all those who have loved Brian, please always remember him eternally for his compassion, his gentleness, his caring, and his enormous gift of love. Remember him for the good times and not dwell on the sad times. Be thankful for him having been in our lives as we are all now a little bit better person, a little more understanding, a little more tolerant, a little more forgiving, with a whole lot more appreciation of what we are now missing. Brians soul and spirit lives in us all and will forever. We are truly the fortunate ones but selfishly still want more. Brian chose to end his pain for his own reasons and to watch over all of us as well. We should never forget nor hold anger for the ultimate price he paid for surely he had always wished and struggled to be free. How many times have we all said I could have done more . How many what ifs will never be realized. Only God as Brian's Savior has those answers. Brian is absolutely where he yearned to be and the heavens have been blessed as well. We all miss him dearly and will forever cherish and remain faithful to his memory. May his journey continue to bring him happiness and contentment and may we all meet again someday in Brians world. Peace and Love Brian, your Family
#35 Sep 29, 2010
Michael Joseph Podgorski of San Mateo CA is in jail for broadcasting on Police frequencies from a bar in Burlingame. The events were ongoing for several months and Michael must be stupid or brain dead because you can't do this from the same place and not be noticed. He gets the MORON of the YEAR award!
#36 Sep 28, 2011
You really have no clue as to what REALLY happened moron in Minnesota. Enjoy the upcoming winter...he he he
#37 Oct 7, 2011
Brian Cunnien will never be forgotten!
Saint Paul, MN
#38 Oct 15, 2011
This Was my great uncle. He was a truly great man! know ones why he jumped! My grandpa (his brother) was SO devistated! my entire family comforted him. about a month before Brian tried to contact my grandpa but he left messages and my grandpa did not know how to work his voice mail so he feels terrible, like he could've done something to help! i could never imagine this feeling! I love you brian! You will always be remembered R.I.P.
#39 Nov 17, 2011
ok dieselhead, what does that have to do with Brian, Seriously
This page is for Brian's family and friends to remember and grieve Brian.
not to bash his friends
Luke, you give your dad our love and tell him we ALL wish we could have been there for Brian
#40 Feb 23, 2012
As we quickly approach February 29th...Leap year.... it is very bittersweet to all of us who knew Brian. This is the first Feb 29th since Brian's passing. Even though it's been 4 years now, this is the first "official" 29th. I myself have a very heavy heart, missing Brian and his wit and humor. I hope you are flying with grace with all your angels Brian, we love you and miss you still.
Love, Sue
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I'll bet you didn't know there was an anti-sulfur lobby did you? Sure, you thought, there are those winemakers who try to make wines without sulfur, but they're mostly renegades and eccentrics, mad scientist winemakers-cum-philosophers (all, by the way, terms of endearment from my perspective) who spend more time with goats than with human beings. Some of them make great wine, but they'd most certainly never bother with something ugly like the bureaucracy of food policy, right? They're too busy following their personal vision to make transcendent wines. And thank goodness.
That's what I thought, at least, until I got the press release today from a group of winemakers you've never heard of trumpeting their victory in convincing the National Organic Standards Board to deny a petition that the standard for wines labeled as "Organic Wine" be amended to allow those wines to contain small amounts of added sulfites.
It was quite a victory. One that will ensure that organic wine continues to be reviled, avoided, and generally mis-trusted by consumers for many years to come.
America continues to prove that it has more dogma than sense most of the time.
American wine consumers would be happily consuming organic wine in large quantities today if it weren't for the fact that when organic wines hit the market, and ever since, they have generally been lousy. There are, of course, exceptions to this, but by and large, many of the wines that bear the true USDA Organic seal are bad.
Leaving aside winemaking skill, some of these wines taste awful because they are oxidized and, in some cases, downright spoiled. That's because they don't have any added sulfur, which we have been using for literally centuries to preserve wine. This naturally occurring compound has near-magical properties when it comes to making sure that your wine doesn't turn into vinegar before your customer decides to drink it.
There has been an awful lot of experimentation and debate about sulfur in the winemaking community. A whole cadre of winemakers (mostly European) loosely collected under the banner of "natural winemaking" have striven to make wine with as few inputs as possible both in the vineyard and the cellar, often focusing on the elimination of sulfur dioxide use both in the winemaking process and at bottling.
Most have found that eliminating it completely isn't practical, at least all of the time. Frank Cornelissen, the remarkable winemaker from Sicily whose wines I adore, mostly succeeds in eliminating sulfur from his wines, but admits that they have to be stored and transported quite carefully lest they spoil. Julien Guillot, of Domaine de la Vignes du Mayne in the Maconnais region of Burgundy, mostly doesn't have to add any sulfur. But then sometimes he does.
Making wine without sulfur is unbelievably risky, like walking a tightrope without a net. Some people succeed, and do so brilliantly, but many people don't, or can't. So they add sulfur. You don't need much, sometimes just a little squirt of sulfur dioxide gas right at bottling (it gets absorbed and bound up into the wine, inert and without taste).
Leaving aside the claims that these sulfites cause headaches (which has been disproven scientifically), apart from philosophical grounds held by winemakers like Cornelissen and Guillot, there seems no rational reason in the world that anyone concerned with the quality of wine should want to prevent the use of sulfites in the winemaking process.
Yet here we have some people rejoicing that they've managed to turn their personal philosophies into U.S. food policy. Alice Waters could only dream of doing the same thing, bless her heart.
In denying the petition to allow wine labeled as organic to contain sulfites, the NOSB has denied hundreds of wineries the opportunity to label their wines as organic. Of course, given the deservedly horrible reputation that organic wine has with consumers, one would wonder if they would want to.
But now we don't even have the chance to try to change that reputation. Instead the thousands of wines made in this country from organically grown grapes will not be allowed to label themselves as organic. They will simply be able to say "made with organic grapes" somewhere on the label. But again, many of them don't even bother to do that, fearing the stigma that the "o" word has with consumers.
With the huge boom in organic wine growing over the past few years, which makes me extremely happy, I think a lot more winemakers would make organic wines if they were able to do it in a way they felt allowed them to make a high quality wine for their customers. There's a reason that 99.99% of all the winemakers in the world -- from the tiniest most artisan producers, to the big industrial winemakers -- all use a little bit of sulfur in the winemaking process. It generally ensures that the wine we end up drinking tastes better and lasts longer.
As long as USDA certified organic wine can't include any sulfur, its reputation, and its quality, will remain where it is: in the toilet.
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There is no cost to spectators, so Giles hopes locals come out to watch the event.
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As a casual video gamer, sports games have always been one of my favorite genres. I like being able to play an entire game from start to finish, without having to devote a month of my life to beat the game. My natural love for sports probably also contributes to this preference, but whatever the case, it's safe to say that they've been a staple of my entertainment system for a very long time. Unfortunately, when it comes to innovation in gaming, the sports franchises seem to lag the rest of the field.
I'd argue that this is because of the monopolies that surround most major professional sports, but it may also have something to do with the temptation to release a new game every single year. After being burned too many times, I did finally cut my upgrade cycle from every year to once every 2 or 3 years, but even with less frequent purchases I still notice that there are pieces of each game that seems to be endlessly recycled year after year after year.
Specifically, I'm talking about the commentary in EA Sports games. Whether you're playing NBA Live or John Madden football, having live commentators lends a certain amount of realism to the experience. Sure, their puns are cheesy and sometimes there are glitches where they'll tell you how bad you did on a great play, but overall I enjoy having someone critique my every press of a button.
The problem is though, that after you've played a few games, you start to hit repeat commentary and what was once cute and funny quickly becomes annoying. If EA provided entirely new commentary with each new version of the game, this would be less obnoxious, but in recent years they've added almost zero new commentary and just continue to repeat the same tired expressions from past versions of their games.
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1Pick a few plums you can pick as many as you want but choose the amount wisely or you might not know what to do with them if you pick too many.
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Edward Hopper's life of 43 years with his wife Josephine Nivison was strife-filled, as his diary-like drawings report. With no extraneous detail to detract from the intensity of feeling, the drawings "Edward Hopper's Caricatures: At Home with Ed and Jo," now on view at Edward Hopper House Art Center, conjure up filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's "Scenes from a Marriage." What you get is a stark reality of the couple's toxic tie.
When Hopper sketched out his hard feelings about his wife, he purposely left them out for her to see. Reasons for their unhappiness take in her anger over his success and her lack of it as an artist and his anger over her bad housekeeping. The fact that he didn't like his wife's art didn't help.
In "Chez Hopper—The Eternal Argument," Hopper drew the argument in the form of screeching chickens with frightful beaks.
In "The House that Jo Built." he describes their home upside-down with the doors and windows gone awry, as if their fights blew the doors and windows open.
Clearly, Hopper's sense of alienation that runs through his drawings informed his paintings. In his best known "Nighthawks," you can see the impassive look of bored, lonely figures in a diner and their isolation and alienation not only from themselves, but also from the world around them and easily conclude that the painting is a scene from his marriage.
You might say that Hopper conveyed his sadness again in the solitary figure staring into a cup of coffee in his painting "Night at the Automat."
And, as if to convey more strongly his sense of alienation, in his sketch "Night on the El Train," he shows two figures not only disconnected, but also far apart from one another and in an otherwise empty train.
You can take his paintings as the true story of anyone in our rootless century. But given Hopper's sad private life, the paintings stand like metaphors for scene of his marriage.
At least he used metaphors.
Picasso was also given to air his dirty laundry in public by maligning his string of mistresses in paint. And to he made sure you got the picture he painted them faces angled so sharply, they look like they could cause physical harm to the touch.
Hopper's paintings, then, get his despair across in a more artful way, don't you think?


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Positive? Christianity Says
Don't Kill, That's Positive!
Courtney Haynes
From: "Courtney Haynes"
To: "Positive Atheism" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:50:27 -0600
Dear Mr. Editor,
I must admit when I saw the title Positive Atheism, I thought you'd be more positive than most atheists I've met. I understand your problem with the word heathen, but come on, was that two page synopsis of the word really necessary? Of course just because one's a believer doesn't mean he/she's more moral than a non-believer. There are plenty of hypocrites running out there in Christian religion, and I AM concerned about the bigotry you experience due to Christians. (Just don't make a big synopsis out of the word "concern"). But I think in general Christianity is a good religion. Besides, we're not perfect just forgiven. And I don't know how you can't say anything positive about the Christian religion. It tells people not to kill (at least that could be SOMETHING you atheists could route for). Maybe I misunderstood what you were talking about, but it shows some bias on your part when you can't concede ANYTHING good about Christianity. Sure, I'm not the most unbiased person myself, but all I'm saying is try to ease down on calling people arrogant, foolish, etc. It really doesn't advance your point especially when you throw a fit when some one just infers that you're not living right by using the word heathen. But hey I don't even expect this letter to be sent let alone read. My email never works and since I don't feel like using the spell check, you'll have to deal with it.
Bill Gates
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Courtney Haynes"
Subject: Re:
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:43:13 -0000
I must admit when I saw the title Positive Atheism, I thought you'd be more positive than most atheists I've met.
I don't know what you mean by positive. Gora and Gandhi meant reactive and proactive -- as in refusing to sit there and watch this injustice continue to come upon us. That is what we mean when we use the term Positive and we're sorry if you misunderstood and perhaps thought that we atheists (members of one of the most widely and viciously despised classes in America) should be all namby-pamby about what we endure.
This magazine and website was named after a book by Gora, Positive Atheism, and I even contacted his son Lavanam and asked for permission to name this magazine in honor of his father's work in India. Those elements of Gora's and Gandhi's philosophy that we have retained are described in the "Introduction to Activistic Atheism," particularly the "What Is Positive Atheism?" section.
I understand your problem with the word heathen, but come on, was that two page synopsis of the word really necessary?
What two-page synopsis of the word heathen? The two paragraphs you describe was about three column-inches of text, as newspapers go.
Are we exaggerating, here? Is this really necessary?
Meanwhile, my problem was primarily with the derogatory manner in which he used the word heathen, and I wanted to show how thoroughly ingrained and institutionalized this bias against "the heathen" really is. My example was to attack the definition of the word given by the dictionary, and my hope was that a at least one or two readers would cut him some slack, as an individual, because the very bigotry he practices permeates our Christian-dominated society -- like it or not -- so that it's only natural for some people to go overboard in expressing it.
Of course just because one's a believer doesn't mean he/she's more moral than a non-believer.
No. Most Christians are extremely lovely people -- despite the main gist of what the Christian religion teaches. Fortunately for all of us, most Christians do not read the Bible, but only hear select passages recited from the pulpit and discussed from a post-Enlightenment, humanistic perspective.
There are plenty of hypocrites running out there in the Christian religion and I AM concerned about the bigotry you experience due to Christians.
I will divide what I have to say about this into two sections: first, I will discuss what I think about hypocrisy being caused by bigotry. Please bear with me because this just rolled off my fingertips and what came out surprised even me!
The teachings of the Christian religion lend themselves to bigotry, because the Christian religion, taken at face value, is exclusivistic. Many passages in the New Testament posit an "us" and a "them." Thus it becomes proper to treat members of the "us" differently from the way they treat members of the "them." This, I think, is why the Commandment says, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." It is the neighbor, the "one of us," who gets the special treatment, and it is the "them" who do not (or worse).
Mormonism is even more focused with this "us" and "them" dichotomy, so much so that an entire class of Mormons, called "Jack Mormons," has emerged. Jack Mormons are those who give lip service to the Mormon faith but who are not considered faithful by their more devout brethren. Roman Catholicism is not quite as focused as Mormonism, so it's equivalent of a "Jack Catholic" is not as easily identified (at least there is no name for them).
However, it is not the Christians who are the hypocrites, but the atheists. If it were acceptable to just go ahead and be an atheist without being vilified, without being marginalized, without being discriminated against, without being relegated to second class, without being lied about -- in short, if it were okay to openly admit that you don't see any truth to the Christian religion -- then most of your "Christian" hypocrites would go ahead and admit that they are not really Christians at all, and they'd be done with it. But as it stands, because of the exclusivism and the resulting bigotry, the atheists stay in the closet and pretend to be Christians in order to escape the Christians' bigotry. The Christian majority makes being a hypocrite the easiest option for most people to deal with. Thus the Christian religion gets what it deserves, in my opinion, because its bigotry against atheists forces all the weak-willed atheists unwittingly into the Christian camp, giving what little lip-service they need to survive. So, the Christian religion becomes infested with hypocrites, people who would be much better off admitting they were atheists! -- if they could only get away with it!
|"Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist. I repeat it. Not one man in a thousand has either strength of mind or goodness of heart to be an Atheist."
-- poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in a letter to Thomas Allsop, ca. 1820
I would only change this to read: "... to say they are an atheist," because today, many are atheists and would readily admit it if they did not fear the social repercussions of being openly atheistic in the United States in the year 2001.
There are plenty of hypocrites running out there in the Christian religion and I AM concerned about the bigotry you experience due to Christians.
Lots of people are concerned, but what are most of these people doing about it?
I work full time at it, and I frankly admit that I am clueless as to how to even begin fighting this monster. I know only that I must begin by attacking my own tendencies toward bigotry. Everything else is, at this stage, pure guesswork on my part. I've been an activist since I was a teenager, and I've been struggling toward bringing dignity to atheists in one form or another for over ten years (almost full-time), but I am still completely baffled by it.
But here's what I've done during the past year:
I started by deliberately prejudicing myself in favor of theism -- that is, I am as in favor of theism as I can be without compromising my identity as an atheist and without compromising what I see to be the truth. I do this by deliberately presupposing that all theists have (or think they have) valid reasons for believing the way they do. I derived this from Michael Shermer, who just yesterday agreed to be interviewed on the subject of fighting antiatheist bigotry. Though Shermer is concerned about antiatheist bigotry, he still primarily targets the superstition itself; I am the only one I know of who has drawn a bead on the bigotry, while keeping the superstition aspect somewhat off to the side, though still within the line of fire. But Shermer's book, How We Believe, gave me the first glimpse into realizing that some real solutions to this problem can be found.
The second thing I did was begin to popularize the "weak" definition for the word atheism specifically as a tool against antiatheist bigotry. An atheist, in this sense, is somebody who simply lacks a god belief. In other words, the atheist (most atheists) have not encountered an argument in favor of believing in the existence of gods that is worthy of our assent. Thus, we remain without faith in such gods. We remain atheists, unconvinced by the claims of the theists.
It is the theist who is making the claim, here, not the atheist; thus, it is the theist's responsibility to make a compelling argument. This is because it is impossible to prove a negative (such as "no gods exist"). Thus, we really have no argument except to show why theist's argument is not worthy of our assent.
Thirdly, we have to live, and we do well to try to get along. But why must we atheists live our lives in the closet in order to get along? Why must we lie about the honest thoughts within our minds? I refuse to do this any more. This year, I chose to stop simply leaving a situation when I encounter antiatheist bigotry (such as stopping patronizing a bar, etc.), but will raise a stink about it (and then leave, if I feel I must, but not without first at least showing the people involved what just happened). No longer will I let sideways remarks slide, but will at least point out that I heard a sideways remark or detected some sort of superiority complex.
Fourthly, we humans have a tough road, and there are many problems that we can solve only if enough of us put our heads together and get our hands dirty. Thus, I emphasize that the question of whether or not gods exist is one of the stupidest thing that we can get into a fight over.
Finally, I am just this week beginning to see that some people who act in a hurtful manner don't even realize that they are degrading members of a certain class! Just seeing this is one thing, but how to respond is another matter entirely.
There are no books on how to fight antiatheist bias and bigotry. Until now, no there have been no websites that focus on raising the question, "How should we go about opposing antiatheist bigotry and discrimination against atheists?" What I propose to do, here, is to pose this question and to try a few things, inviting people to scrutinize what I have done and also inviting them to offer their own responses. If you go through the letters in chronological order, you will see this pattern developing over the past several months, with people criticizing my responses, and with people offering their own responses. I have even had requests from people to let them handle some of these letters, and may eventually work it out so that we can do this. But, this is the only organ that I know of that specifically targets antiatheist sentiments and actions.
(at least that could be SOMETHING you atheists could route for). Maybe I misunderstood what you were talking about, but it shows some bias on your part when you can't concede ANYTHING good about Christianity. Sure, I'm not
I simply don't see anything good about the Christian religion that cannot be found in ample measure outside of the Christian religion. In other words, I don't think the Christians have anything on the atheists. But you wouldn't know this to hear some Christians talk. And when Christians talk as if they have one on the rest of us, particularly when they say this at the expense of atheists, they will hear about it from me!
I respect that some people think they have valid reasons for believing that the Christian religion is true or that the Christian religion is good. And I recognize that most Christians are decent, hard-working, kind, caring, responsible, and honest people -- although I must always qualify this observation by pointing out that I don't see anything in the Christian religion that would inspire its members to be "good" people; thus I must conclude that the trait of human "goodness" is natural to being human, not unique to being Christian.
Sure, I'm not the most unbiased person myself, but all I'm saying is try to ease down on calling people arrogant, foolish, etc.
If I think someone is being arrogant, and if I see that their specific motive for contacting me is to express that arrogance toward me -- particularly if they are doing this simply because I am a member of a certain class of people (atheists), and for no other reason -- then I think it would be dishonest of me not to call that person arrogant. This is what I saw in the Rich Zawadzki letter: a man who wrote to "the atheist page" simply for the purpose of expressing his hatred for atheists as a class. I saw this before I was even got to the part where he admits affiliation with Kent Hovind, and I titled the letter to reflect what I saw him doing: "Let's Go To The Atheist Page Just For Laughs!" Several have tried to argue that he was being sincere, but none convincingly. I still see no reason to think that his motive was anything other than to taunt: "Exhibit A" is his repeating the question about atheists doing good.
Meanwhile, if you'll read the more dignified letters from Christians, you will not see me talking about or responding to arrogance -- because that arrogance is simply not there. It is very plain in the Rich Zawadzki letter, though.
... calling people arrogant, foolish, etc.
I remember calling certain ideas and behaviors foolish (I think to take the Bible at face value, for example, is foolish behavior), but I don't think I have called people foolish. I generally don't judge people, but merely describe, assess, or react to certain people's behaviors.
In fact, now that you said this, I searched our Letters section: fewer than a third of the occurrences of the string "foolish" were even my words. In over half the times I used the word (ten or so occurrences in all) I was quoting from the Bible! In the remaining occurrences, I am either quoting back the letter writer (defending myself against a Christian who has called me "a fool" or "foolish") or I'm describing certain behaviors as foolish. The Bible, meanwhile, calls people "foolish," goes to great lengths to discuss various people's "foolish hearts," and flat-out calls people "fools" in many different passages.
My email never works and since I don't feel like using the spell check, you'll have to deal with it.
I usually spell-check the letters, unless leaving it alone is part of the point I'm trying to make (such as a know-it-all who can't write calling me stupid), or unless leaving it alone would bring a better understanding of the situation (such as someone struggling with English as a second language). I also leave them alone if the letter is sufficiently hostile that I have good reason to fear future accusations of tampering with the text for the purpose of changing the context.
At least your letter didn't come with a critter attached to it. I got three of those today!
I have, at least, used the spell-checker on your letter, capitalizing the word Christian and such, though I left the rest intact.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
From: "Courtney Haynes"
To: "Positive Atheism" <email@example.com>
Subject: Re:
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:11:41-0600
Dear Mr Editor,
This is the second time I'm writing this letter. You didn't recieve the first one because when I tried to use spell check an error occurred and erased the email. Oh well. I don't feel like writing my life story like you did, so I'm just going to keep it short. LOL. Just kidding. I am gonna keep it short but I do appreciate the time you took to respond to my letter in a detailed manner so that I could more fully understand where you're coming from. I'm pretty sure if I looked at that letter "Atheist Page for Laughs", that I'd probably still think you were a little hard on the guy. But you raised a good point: You can't judge a website based on one page. Besides, judging from the way you responded to my letter, you sound very positive. Just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate the letter. Keep hope alive, and if there's a heaven I hope I see you there. If not, then oh well.
Inspector Gadget
From: "Positive Atheism Magazine" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: "Courtney Haynes"
Subject: Re: Re:
Date: Thursday, February 15, 2001 7:55 PM
I was experimenting with some ideas on that one, and I'll see what becomes of them.
Also, I was deliberately hard on that guy because he was being such a bigot and because the very arrogance he displayed was cloaked into polite language to become the main feature of a certain recent presidential campaign -- coming from both sides! My first-ever New Year's resolution is to stop being polite to those forms of religion which assume that one cannot be moral unless one believes that gods exist.
Cliff Walker
"Positive Atheism" Magazine
Five years of service to
people with no reason to believe
Material by Cliff Walker (including unsigned editorial commentary) is copyright ©1995-2006 by Cliff Walker. Each submission is copyrighted by its writer, who retains control of the work except that by submitting it to Positive Atheism, permission has been granted to use the material or an edited version: (1) on the Positive Atheism web site; (2) in Positive Atheism Magazine; (3) in subsequent works controlled by Cliff Walker or Positive Atheism Magazine (including published or posted compilations). Excerpts not exceeding 500 words are allowed provided the proper copyright notice is affixed. Other use requires permission; Positive Atheism will work to protect the rights of all who submit their writings to us.


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I have server A and server B. I want server A can see data and changes on specific article on server B . But server B just see its own data . And also I want to update server B's data on both servers and data remain consistent. I want to prohibit the server B to see server A data As simple word I want replication with one way insert on subscriber and two way update on publisher data on both servers. Is it possible ? If it is how? Thanks
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If I understand correctly, you want an insert on A to propagate to B but an insert on B not to propagate to A. If a record that exists on both gets updated on either side, you want that update to propagate. If a record that only exists on B gets updated it stays only on B.
The simplest way to get bi-directional replication going is to use merge replication. It can handle conflicts automatically in is therefore a good choice. See my stairway series for an introduction to merge replication: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/stairway/72401/
The additional requirement of hiding inserts on one node is easy if you can find a common property of those records that all other records don't have. If you think of the typical sale data distribution problem, you have a main database with the complete data set. The PA sales person is only interested in PA data, but if someone updates PA data in the main database she wants to know about it.
Replication allows you to specify a horizontal filter that would include only 'PA' data in the table article. The article about the merge publisher in my series has a brief introduction to horizontal filters.
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Lecco Morris, the new executive director of the Chefs' Consortium, is working with local organizations and chefs to create a new portion of "Uptown Summer," which he describes as "a five-week celebration of youth and sustainability." The Chefs' Consortium is a Hudson Valley non-profit that educates communities about local food, using its member-chefs to showcase the bounty of the greater Hudson Valley and Capital Region. For this project ,Morris said today, he is looking for chefs to help make a difference.
"Uptown Summer" is aimed at making a difference in the lives of underserved children in North Troy. Unity House and The Sanctuary for Independent Media -- the latter is the venue for the multi-faceted summer program -- are local organizations that do a lot of outreach work in that neighborhood and are working together on the project.
"Uptown Summer" participants gain hands-on experience gardening in the Collard City Growers lot, fixing bikes and learning bike maintenance at Troy Bike Rescue, cooking and sharing food in "DIY SnackShops" at the garden and in the Sanctuary Kitchen, and documenting their experiences through digital storytelling and media production techniques with Youth Media Sanctuary. Overall, the program unites resources and connects the sites of these four community programs, all located within one block on 6th Avenue.
From July 8 through August 8, each Tuesday through Friday lunch will be served to children in the program, many of whom are not getting nutritious meals on a regular basis, according to Morris. "We are looking for chefs interested in doing outreach work to prepare a healthy and delicious meal for these kids each of the 20 days," Morris said.
"You're invited to e-mail me or call (518) 256-2070 to get more information on this program or on the work we do supporting healthy, local and sustainable
initiatives the all around the greater Hudson Valley. With the participation of chefs who care about their local community's health and vitality we can make a real difference in the region we call home," he added.
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Statement by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde on the People's Bank of China Exchange Rate ActionPress Release No. 12/133
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Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in reaction to the People's Bank of China announcement on April 13 that the renminbi's trading band against the U.S. dollar in the inter-bank foreign exchange market would be widened to 1.0 percent from 0.5 percent:
"I would like to welcome this important step by the People's Bank of China to increase the flexibility of their currency. This underlines China's commitment to rebalance its economy toward domestic consumption and allow market forces to play a greater role in determining the level of the exchange rate."


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The SecurityID is in the Security Definition message (
The Security Definition will tell you symbol, asset class, exchange, expiration, and anything else you may wish to know.
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Here's the Spotify playlist: NPR Classical 50
Please check out NPR's wonderful site for introduction to each recording.
For the recordings that are not currently avaialbe on Spotify, I have substituted them with the best different recordings of the same composition I can find.
Off every recording I chose the same track that NPR sampled on their site to add to the playlist, like most playlists on this blog, it should just function as an index, you are advised to click the album title in the playlist and listen to the full composition.
Kudos to NPR, and enjoy the music:)
Here's the playlist NPR Classical 50.
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NPR Classical 50 on Spotify
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Think you missed the Wagner BarenboimReplyDelete
Thanks, I have 50 tracks in the playlist, but it was made two years ago on my Spotify UK account, before Spotify launched in the US, so many tracks might be unavailable due to geographical restrictions (an annoying antic in the digital age). I will update this playlist with a US account soon.ReplyDelete
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Cashota has been running for a number of years, with the addition of ROC Bunkers and CASHOTA Monuments, our other award schemes, in the last couple of years.
The main aim of CASHOTA, is to setup an amateur radio station and transmit from historical sites, such as castles and stately homes.
This also includes follies, raths, standing stones, forts, towers, etc within the UK and Ireland, of which there is a rich abundance.
As well as those operators who are known as activators when they setup a station at a site. We also have Chasers. Amateur operators who are collecting activations for one of our awards.
If you have completed your award level and wish to apply for an award, just follow the instructions
If interested in activating a site, then please go to the activation page
If you need anymore information then please go to the contacts page
CASHOTA and its sister award programs are organised and maintained by a group of amateur radio volunteers, for the interest of all our dedicated activators and chasers. And we welcome any interested persons to participate in our program.


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By Cortney Ofstad
April 1, 2013 | Vol. 94, No. 76
Cortney Ofstad/Daily Globe
Layne Stank, of Menominee, flies over a jump during the first ever Snowmobile Drag Race and Hill Climb on Sunday at Big Powderhorn Mountain in Bessemer.
BESSEMER — Drivers from all over the Midwest traveled to Bessemer over the weekend to participate in the first ever Snowmobile Drag Race and Hill Climb on Saturday and Sunday at Big Powderhorn Mountain.
According to Bruce Noren, general manager at Powderhorn, the weather was key in making the event successful.
"We had really great weather today (Sunday)," Noren said. "So that helped."
The event is one of many snowmobile-themed events in the area, and according to Noren, each event is great for the entire community.
"With the Sno-cross event at Blackjack and the ice oval races, i...
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