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The second half proved to be a different story for the Rams. A much better defensive effort limited the number of open shots that St. John's had, and also allowed the Rams to force nine turnovers in the second half (15 for the game). The hot shooting continued not only for Mason but carried over to others as well. Cole Alexander connected on three 3's in the second half finishing with 11 points on the night. Antonio Tate also knocked down a couple of jumpers and was able to get into the lane and draw fouls. Tate finished the night with 11 points also. Mason wound up with a career-high 25 points on 8-14 shooting including five of nine from 3. The Rams also registered their lowest turnover output of the season committing only 12 for the game but made up for it by pulling down 12 offensive rebounds.


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I want to be able to commute part way to school via skiing, but can't carry around full length ski's all day. Has anyone heard of or used a good pair of compact cross country skis?
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The only retail folding skis are from Mountain Approach, and they are touring skis with skins permanently attached, so are more of a snowshoe than a ski, and only really for going uphill in the back country (you fold them up when you summit and then snowboard down).
As for short cross-country skis, there was a fad in the mid-late 90s when 145cm skis became popular for a bit, but I haven't seen anything like that in ages.

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Sir David McVicar is a Scottish opera and theatre director. He attended Netherlee Primary School and Williamwood High School. He studied as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989. In 2007, The Independent ranked him among the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain. He was the guest on the BBC's Desert Island Discs on 5 October 2008. He was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to opera.
- Movies Directed by David McVicar
- Royal Opera House: Le Nozze Di Figaro 2015
- Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci 2015
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- Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare 2013
- Metropolitan Opera: Maria Stuarda 2012
- Metropolitan Opera: Anna Bolena Encore 2011
- Faust: Live from the Royal Opera House 2011
- Royal Opera House: The Marriage of Figaro 2008
- Giulio Cesare - Georg Frideric Handel
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4 Responses to "JCarver finishes 9/799 in WCOOP 31 for $13k"
September 17, 2009 at 1:18 am
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Well Done Jason. Was watching those final 2 tables which you were doing so well in, as you say in earlier post, that its no your best game, guess you may be playing more PLO toruneys now?
What a good result. Congratulations.
December 7, 2014 at 11:31 am
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The ever-popular underfull, a PLO clssiac and a leak I quickly learned to plug.The short-stack strategy is starting to pay off for my but it can be a tedious grind. After a few months of very little poker I found my play to be very rusty and only this month I started breaking even again and went up to $0.25/$0.50 with a measure of confidence.In any case, pot limit Omaha is the game to clear your bonus with I have picked up Stud poker as a cool down game those times playing PLO really gets to my nerves
March 12, 2015 at 3:36 pm
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Kind of gravitated away from NLHE a cuolpe of years ago, Chris. Was playing nothing but LHE, essentially, for a long time, then got into PLO more last spring. Should have added here a cuolpe of other reasons why I think the month went well: (1) most of my sessions — with a few exceptions — were short ones; and (2) I didn't multi-table as much as I had been doing previously.
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The Melbourne Brain Centre consists of a Centre for Translational Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and two new purpose built buildings – at The University of Melbourne's Parkville campus and the other at Austin hospital in Heidelberg..
The Mental Health Research Institute have co-located in the new buildings with researchers from the University of Melbourne, and the Florey Neuroscience Institutes.
Researchers working at the centre will investigate a broad range of conditions affecting the brain, including multiple sclerosis, stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, trauma, depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, epilepsy and motor neuron disease.
Over 700 scientists will work side-by-side in state-of-the-art laboratories next to world class clinical facilities. This power-house of intellectual capacity and research strength will enable the development of more effective diagnostic tools, treatments and ultimately cures for brain and mind disorders.
The size and research strength of the group will position the Melbourne Brain Centre as one of the top five centres for brain research internationally, alongside the Institutes for Neurology and Psychiatry (UK), the Janelia Farm at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (USA) and the Riken Brain Science Institute (Japan).
The Centre will play a key role in attracting leading scientists to come to Australia or retaining talented Australian researchers who might have otherwise moved or stayed overseas.
Funding for the building project was largely provided by the Federal government, the Victorian State Government, through the Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development and the University of Melbourne.


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Python has two build-in types of strings: str holds bytes, and unicode holds Unicode characters. If we only deal with 7-bit ASCII characters (characters in the range of 0-127), we can save some memory by using strs. However, we should be careful if we use an 8-bit character set. In general, it is not always possible simply by examining the bytes to determine which 8-bit encoding is used for a particular string. But the safest way is to use strs for 7-bit ASCII and for raw binary 8-bit bytes, and unicode otherwise.
Note: Good news is that Python 3.x doesn't have a special Unicode string type/class. Every string is a Unicode string.
Python strings are fairly easy to use. But there are so many ways to write them in our code:
>>> # Single quotes >>> print('P"casso') P"casso >>> # Double quotes >>> print("P'casso") P'casso >>> # Tripple quotes >>> print('''...Picasso...''') ...Picasso... >>> # Escape sequences >>> print("P\ti\nca\Osso") P i ca\Osso >>> #Raw strings >>> print(r"C:\myscript.py") C:\myscript.py >>> # Byte strings >>> print(b'Picas\x01so') b'Picas\x01so' >>> type(b'Picas\x01so') <class 'bytes'> >>> type('normal_string')
>>> # Unicode strings >>> S = 'A\u00c4B\U000000e8C' >>> S 'A-B-C' >>> len(S) 5 >>>
Single and double quote characters are the same.
>>> 'Picasso', "Picasso" ('Picasso', 'Picasso')
The reason for supporting both is that it allows us to embed a quote character of the other variety inside a string without escaping it with a backslash.
>>> 'Mozart"s', "Mozart's" ('Mozart"s', "Mozart's")
Python concatenates adjacent string literals in any expression.
>>> masters = "Mozart " 'and' " Picasso" >>> masters 'Mozart and Picasso'
If we add commas between these strings, we'll have a tuple not a string.
>>> "Mozart\"s", 'Picasso\'s' ('Mozart"s', "Picasso's")
A backslash is representative of a general pattern in strings. Backslashes are used to introduce special byte coding, escape sequences.
Escape sequences let us embed byte codes in strings that cannot easily be type on a keyboard. The character \, and one or more characters following it in the string literal, are replaced with a single character in the resulting string object. The object has the binary value specified by the sequence. For instance, here is a five-character string that embeds a newline and a tab:
>>> s = 'a\nb\tc'
The two characters \n stand for a single character - the byte containing the binary value of the newline character in our character set which is ASCII code 10. The sequence \t is replaced with the tab character. The way this string looks when printed depends on how we print it. While the interactive echo shows the special characters as escapes, but print interprets them instead:
>>> s 'a\nb\tc' >>> print(s) a b c
We can check how many characters are in the string.
>>> len(s) 5
So, the string is five bytes long. It contains an ASCII a, a new line, an ASCII b, etc. The backslash characters are not really stored with the string in memory. They are just used to tell Python to store special byte values in the string. Here are string backslash characters:
|Ignored (continuation line)
|Backslash (stores one \)
|Single quotes (stores ')
|Double quotes (stores ")
|Newline (linefeed)
|Carriage return
|Horizontal tab
|Vertical tab
|Character with hex value hh (at most 2 digits)
|Character with octal value ooo (up to 3 digits)
|Null: binary 0 character (doesn't end string)
|\N{ id }
|Unicode database ID
|Unicode 16-bit hex
|Unicode 32-bit hex
|Not an escape (keeps both \ and other)
Some escape sequences allow us to embed binary values into the bytes of a string. Here we have five-character string with two binary zeros:
>>> s = 'A\0B\0C' >>> s 'A\x00B\x00C'
The zero(null) byte does not terminate a string. Instead, Python keeps the string's length and text in memory. Here we have a string with a binary 1 and 2 (in octal) and 3 (hexa):
>>> s = '\001\002\x03' >>> s '\x01\x02\x03' >>> len(s) 3
Here, Python prints out nonprintable characters in hex, regardless of how they are specified. Here we have "Picasso", a tab, a newline, and a zero value coded in hex:
>>> s = "Pi\tcc\nas\x00so" >>> s 'Pi\tcc\nas\x00so' >>> print(s) Pi cc as
If Python does not recognize the character after a backslash (\) as an escape code, it simply keeps the backslash in the string:
>>> x = "Picas\so" >>> x 'Picas\\so' >>> len(x) 8
As memtioned before, Python 3.x doesn't have a special Unicode string type/class, and very string is a Unicode string. So, we do not need to use unichr() any more, we can just use chr() as in the example below.
>>> uro = chr(8364) >>> euro € >>> ord(euro) 8364 >>>
Let's look at the following code for opening a file:
>>> myfile = open('C:\new\text.txt', 'w') Traceback (most recent call last): File ... myfile = open('C:\new\text.txt', 'w') IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'C:\new\text.txt'
The problem is that \n is considered as a newline character, and \t as a tab. This is where raw strings can do something. If the letter r (uppercase or lowercase) appears before the opening quote of a string, it suppresses the escape mechanism. The result is that Python keeps our backslash literally. In other words, backslashes are not handled in any special way in a string literal prefixed with 'r'. So r"\n" is a two-character string containing '\' and 'n', while "\n" is a one-character string containing a newline. Usually patterns will be expressed in Python code using this raw string notation.
So, to fix the filename problem, we can just add the letter r:
>>> myfile = open(r'C:\new\text.txt', 'w')
Or, since two backslashes are really an escape sequence for one backslash, we can keep our backslash by doubling them:
>>> myfile = open('C:\\new\\text.txt', 'w')
Actually, we sometimes need to this method when we should print strings with embedded backslashes:
>>> path = r'C:\new\text.txt' >>> path 'C:\\new\\text.txt' >>> print(path) C:\new\text.txt >>> len(path) 15
As we've seen in numeric representation, the default format at the interactive prompt prints results as they were coded. So, escape backslashes are in the output. The print provides a more user-friendly format that shows that there is actually only on backslash in each spot.
A block string is a string literal format with triple-quotes. It is for coding multiline text data.
>>> Python = """Python aims to combine "remarkable power with very clear syntax", and ...""" >>> Python 'Python aims to combine\n"remarkable power\nwith very clear syntax", and ...'
Though the string spans three lines, Python collects all the triple-quoted text into a single multiline string with embedded newline characters (\n) at the places where our code has line breaks.
If we print it instead of echoing:
>>> print(Python) Python aims to combine "remarkable power with very clear syntax", and ... >>>
We can access strong components by position because strings are order collections of characters.
Python offsets start at 0 and end at one less than the length of the string. It also lets us fetch items from sequences such as strings using negative offsets. A negative offset is added to the length of a string to derive a positive offset. We can also thing of negative offsets as counting backward from the end.
>>> S = 'Picasso' >>> # Indexing from front and end >>> S[0], S[-1], S[-4] ('P', 'o', 'a') >>> # Slicing: extract a section >>> S[1:3], S[2:], S[:-1] ('ic', 'casso', 'Picass')
The basics of slicing are straightforward. When we index a sequence object such as a string on a pair of offset separated by a colon, Python returns a new object containing the contiguous section. The left offset is taken to be the lower bound (inclusive) and the right is the upper bound (noninclusive). In other words, Python fetches all items from the lower bound up to but not including the upper bound. Then, it returns a new object containing the fetched items. If omitted, the left and right bounds default to o and the length of the object, respectively.
The last item is very common trick. It makes a full top-level copy of a sequence object which is an object with the same value but a distinct piece of memory. This isn't very useful for immutable objects like strings but it is very useful for objects that may be changed in-place such as lists.
Slice expressions have an optional third index as a step or stride:
That means "extract all the items in X, from offset i through j-1 by k."
>>> S = 'Edsger Dijkstra' >>> S[1:10:2] 'dgrDj' >>> S[::2] 'Ese ikta'
A stride of -1 indicates that the slice should go from right to left. The net effect is to reverse the sequence:
>>> S[::-1] 'artskjiD regsdE'
With a negative stride, the meanings of the first two bounds are reversed. In other words, the slice S[5:1:-1] fetches the items from 2 to 5, in reverse order:


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The retailers have listed six Sandy Bridge processors for sale, including the 2.8GHz Core i5 2300 ($185), 3.10GHz 2400 ($195), 3.3GHz 2500, 3.3GHz 2500K, as well as the 3.4GHz Core i7 2600 ($300) and 2600K. If you're curious, the 'K' versions feature an unlocked multiplier for easier overclocking. We don't see a price for these yet, but you can expect to pay a premium.
Lowyat.net also discovered a few photos of Sandy Bridge chips and motherboards on Compuzone's Facebook page, but they appear to have been removed or blocked from public view. We're not sure if the retailers have received clearance from Intel, but it wouldn't be the first time a major tech product was launched prematurely -- especially in Asian markets.


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Yesterday, which was the last day he had until the bill automatically became law via Secretary of State Jesse White's office, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill that would trigger pension reform for the Chicago Municipal Employees and Laborers pension funds. Although it would allow the Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago City Council to raise property taxes this year, it is a move that Quinn frowns on and that may not be necessary in 2014. In terms of how the new law will impact the affected employees:
• Starting in 2015, they will contribute ½ of 1 percent each year for 5-years (raising the contribution from 8.5 – 11 percent by 2019);
• They will not receive compounded annual cost-of-living adjustments. They will receive the lower of either a 3-percent increase of an increase that is half of the consumer price index;
• They will not receive any retirement benefit increases in 2017, 2019 or 2025; and
• They will also have to wait for 2 years after they are retired to become eligible for cost-of-living increases.
There is a lot going on in the background in what looks like a fairly straight-forward law enacting. As is typical, an issue of governance is actually a layered drama of political subplots. Such as:
• This became possible because of what may seem as an unrelated bill signing that allows the City of Chicago to increase the monthly surcharge on cell and landline phones from $2.50 to $3.90 and increase the transaction fee for prepaid cell phones from 7 to 9 percent;
• The additional $50 million generated by the phone bill increases will allow the City of Chicago to wait an additional year to consider raising property taxes;
• It buys the City of Chicago time to come up with additional revenue sources to reach the goal of putting $750 million into the Chicago Municipal Employees and Laborers pension funds over a 5-year period;
• Neither the governor nor the Illinois General Assembly (especially members of the House) can be blamed for enacting a Chicago property tax increase during an election year;
• It allows Quinn to campaign on his aversion to raising property taxes; and
• It doesn't pit Governor Quinn and Mayor Emanuel against each other on the issue. It actually brings them closer together because Quinn's November 4th opponent, Bruce Rauner, immediately attacked Quinn for signing the bill and said that if he had been in Quinn's shoes, he would have vetoed the bill.
Beyond the governance issues related to Quinn signing the bill, just signing the bill may help Quinn from a political perspective. It allows Quinn to go on the attack even more on Rauner to reveal exactly what his solution would have been. But there may be more impact if it causes a louder roar from the media for Rauner to lay-out how he would have addressed this issue, the state pension reform bill currently being challenged in the courts and pension reform plans that impact other Chicago unions, Cook County employees and other municipalities throughout the state facing pension funding issues. This isn't just a Chicago thing and Rauner's answers on what he would have done will be analyzed by a lot of concerned union members and non-union members (aka voters) throughout the entire Land of Lincoln.


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Alkermes is cutting 150 jobs, or 18% of its workforce, in light of Eli Lilly's decision to ax development of the firms' inhaled insulin product, AIR® Insulin. The company is also closing its commercial manufacturing facility in Chelsea, MA. Alkermes will bear related charges of between $20 and $25 million.
On March 7, Eli Lilly reported that it would no longer develop AIR Insulin, which was already in Phase III trials. Eli Lilly said that while there were no safety issues with the product, the firm did not believe that it had sufficient commercial potential. In fact, last year Pfizer decided to abandon its inhaled insulin treatment, Exubera, after the product failed to meet market expectations.
Alkermes expects to take a restructuring charge in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 in the range of $5 to $10 million associated with workforce reduction and facility expenses. In addition, the company anticipates an impairment charge of up to $15 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 related to fixed assets at the Chelsea facility. Alkermes says that it will see cost savings from this move in the range of $15 million to $20 million in fiscal 2009.
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Marta Lesniak was honored as a member of the 2012 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team on Saturday.
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FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. (SMU) - Marta Lesniak was named to the 2012 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team, the International Tennis Association announced at its ITA Awards Luncheon hosted by the United States Tennis Association on Saturday.
Lesniak joins Nicole Gibbs (Stanford) and Beatrice Capra (Duke) as the only Division I all-star honorees.
The Poland-native finished the season ranked second in the Campbell/ITA NCAA Division I singles rankings, after going 17-3 during the season. The highlight came when she won the USTA/ITA National Indoor Collegiate Championship with a 7-5, 6-1 victory against No. 26 Joanna Mather of Florida at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Lesniak won five matches in four days en route to the title. She topped four opponents ranked No. 26 or higher, including two ranked in the top five.
Lesniak finished at SMU with a career record of 102-18, good for third all-time in wins and second in winning percentage in school history. She becomes the first SMU player to receive a major performance-based national award since Jennifer Santrock won Volvo/ITCA Player of the Year in 1989.
The 29th ITA Collegiate All-Star Team includes the nation's top-ranked men's and women's players from the year-end Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings at the NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and NJCAA levels, as well as winners of the 2011 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships and 2012 NCAA Division I Championships.


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"Real conservatives value evidence"
My sense is that this title is incorrect.
How I see it, real conservatives value their pre-existing beliefs in specific wishful ideology of "free markets" and that "it is arrogant to believe that man can change the planet." These are just a couple of common themes I see coming from conservatives rejecting the science of climate change. In short, the threat of climate change and the implications for addressing it don't fit their values and how they view the world.
Acknowledging climate change means that humanity must work collectively to address it -- but collective action conflicts with conservatives' values of "individualism" and "freedom" from government. Thus, accepting climate change as real flies in the face of what is near and dear to their hearts. In sum, reality doesn't fit their beliefs about how the world SHOULD be, if their ideology is valid.
There are three key values that are central to conservatives: Economy, freedom, and family. Until climate "alarmists" tie the issue to these three values -- noting how climate change IS already impacting the economy, hurting people's freedom, and a THREAT to family, we'll continue to see conservatives deny the evidence.
- 6:49 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Barry, all we have to do is look at West Virginia as an example of environmental
Their open hatred for environmental regulations, federal government or any form of government involvement in their state is well known. Then when they have a huge environmental disaster who do they come crying too? The Federal Government that they hate!
Conservatives have one objective and it is greed. They care nothing for their fellow man, community or environment. Everything they do is about their own personal gains.
- 7:09 a.m. May 25, 2014
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I remember when conservatives believed we had some responsibility to the environment. It was just before the Koch brothers started pouring money into elections.
- 7:46 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Excellent and well reasoned.
- 8:07 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Interesting article. What caused the ice age? What caused the ice age to end? There are some theories but no one knows, not even scientists. What we do know is the climate always changes and we know that man's use of coal or any other fossil fuel did not cause the ice age or the end of the ice age. We also know that the climate is still changing and that is because natural climate cycles have already turned from warming to cooling regardless of what the cooling deniers claim. Global temperatures have already been declining for more than 10 years, and global temperatures will continue to decline for another two decades or more. Then another cycle will cause change again, as it always does! In the meantime there is climate change money to be made at the expense of the poor of the earth, as always!
- 8:16 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Great piece, thanks for printing it. I'm going to start calling myself a genocidal luddite hippy from now on.
- 8:30 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Yeah those Koch Brothers who donated to Bill Clinton's campaign. These guy are beans compared to The Fords, Rockefellers and Rothschilds. But since they own the mass media, of course they arent going to talk about them at all.
- 10:13 a.m. May 25, 2014
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"We also know that the climate is still changing and that is because natural climate cycles have already turned from warming to cooling regardless of what the cooling deniers claim"
There is no cooling. We just had the warmest decade on record (and tied the warmest April on record globally). The most you can say is that there's a pause (I'm sure if you cherrypick a particular number of years you can find a statistically insignificant downward slope). You're right to note that natural cycles are in a cooling mode (like the weakest solar cycle in a century and our string of La Nina years outnumbering El Nino ones 4 to 1 over the past half dozen years), but... why have we only paused then? Perhaps there's a positive forcing balancing the negative natural forcing over the past dozen years.
- 10:16 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Scientists understand the Earth's climate pretty well Mountainman. There is
air trapped in ice cores that date back millions years.
But, conspiracy believers won't believe it anyway or listen to anything that disagrees with their positions.
If even 50% of climatologists came around and said global warming is not caused by mankind I would accept the science and unsettled. It may be unfinished but it's been conclusive for a long time. We are changing the weather.
The geology of the moon is unfinished for example, but we're sure it's not made of cheese.
- 10:24 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Dear Prof. Bickmore,
Thanks for your well reasoned and sensible article.
by doing so you are outing yourself,
and have declaring yourself one click (Left - because it's about preserving our environment, you are now out of step with the self-called "REAL" conservatives.
The puritan Tea-Publicans will hence forth label you as a RINO,
and will chase you out of their party.
There is NO room for anyone interested in the environment in the Tea-Publican party.
Let them go,
Let them have their way.
Welcome to the REAL world Prof. Bickmore - Independent and Unaffiliated.
- 10:27 a.m. May 25, 2014
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Mountanman - natural climate changes occur at rates hundreds or thousands of
times more slowly than the climate change we're now causing by pumping CO2
into the air.
If you look at the air/land/ocean temperature graphs for the past hundred years you'll see that in fact temperatures have been rising, and accelerating.
From where do you get the projection that "global temperatures will continue to decline for another two decades or more?"
And in terms of "climate change money," dealing with droughts, floods, storms, and habitat loss is infinitely more expensive than the relatively simple steps that we should be taking to wean our economy from fossil fuels.
The real "money to be made" is by fossil fuel interests who are employing the exact-same tactics, and hiring the exact-same PR firms, that the tobacco industry did to keep us from enacting public policies about tobacco for decades after the science was conclusive that tobacco was bad for you.
- 11:19 a.m. May 25, 2014
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By acknowledging Global Warming,
Prof. Bickmore can't be a REAL conservative,
or a TRUE patriot...that how the puritan Tea-Publicans operate.
- 12:47 p.m. May 25, 2014
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I believe the BYU professor knows more about climate science than you do. I'm pretty sure he's familiar with whatever science you believe shows global cooling, yet he and most other climate scientists are extremely confident that human activity is causing climate change.
How is it that there is climate change money to be made at the expense of the poor? According to Lawrence-Berkeley Labs study in 2012, weather- and climate- related insurance losses are about $50 billion a year now. That's why the insurance industry funds climate change research. These are not academics using government funding, they are business people.
That $50 billion in losses per year is not being absorbed by the insurance industry; it's being passed on to people who buy insurance or rent houses that are insured or buy products from companies that are insured. It seems to me that the costs to the poor of climate change may well be higher than the costs of a revenue-neutral carbon tax.
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One fact that is hard to miss in the climate change "debate" is the
psychology of those on either side.
On the one side you have people who are relatively free of bias (or can at least put their biases aside to a healthy degree) who look at the science, connect the dots – pump a lot of greenhouse gas into a closed system and the planet warms up… makes sense – and generally recognize how difficult it is in our modern age to sustain a scientific consensus approaching anywhere near 90%, especially in the face of so much moneyed interest trying to disprove it, not to mention the constant challenges from newly minted PhD's looking to make a name for themselves by disproving the consensus view.
On the other side – the cynical moneyed interests aside – are people for whom the implications of human caused climate change run head long into a preconceived and often cherished worldview (usually religious). For some, the cognitive dissonance is simply too much to handle and given the value many people place on religious beliefs, the science loses (i.e., is abandoned).
- 1:16 p.m. May 25, 2014
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OK, real conservatives are definitely better than "Conservatives," but
they're still predisposed to protect the rich and powerful at the expense
of everyone else.
"Some real conservatives . . . have proposed excellent, minimally invasive strategies for dealing with climate change, such as a revenue-neutral carbon tax . . . "
FORGET the carbon tax, and just double the tax rate for higher earners. "Minimally invasive" is still invasive.
If we doubled the tax rate for the highest earners, it would be 70% . . . still short of the 77% in 1969 when we went to the moon, fought the Viet Nam war, fought the cold war, and STILL balanced the budget because we had adequate revenue.
A carbon tax would hurt the middle class, and the middle class has already been harmed enough by 30 years of Reaganomics.
Al Gore wants a carbon tax too, and the reason is to make fossil fuels prohibitively expensive and thereby induce private industry to look for affordable green energy alternatives.
We have an unnecessary middle step there. We should instead approach it like we approached the space race. Just raise taxes for high earners, and let the government outsource development to private industry, while coordinating and overseeing the process.
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"natural climate changes occur at rates hundreds or thousands of times more slowly than the climate change we're now causing by pumping CO2 into the air."
Technically there are some exceptions with extreme shifts in shorter periods like a shutdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (also referred to as the thermohaline circulation, see: Younger Dryas for an example of that kind of rapid change). So the current rate of change is more like "very rare" rather than unprecedented.
"From where do you get the projection that "global temperatures will continue to decline for another two decades or more?""
He might've read something on the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO),something that is due to be in a cool phase soon. It's a natural forcing that has cycled in the past half century of temperature records so it's not going to throw anyone off guard who studies climate.
"weather- and climate- related insurance losses are about $50 billion a year now. "
Care is needed in separating the climate change component in that (like the extra storm surge from higher sea level) rather than attributing it all to it.
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I didn't mean to attribute all costs to climate change. I know of no more refined data on this point. But, as the real costs have doubled over time, I think its fair to say that some of it is climate change related.
- 2:37 p.m. May 25, 2014
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Dr. Bickmore, what warming? What climate change?
The real evidence is on the skeptic's side. The climate models on which doomsday predictions are based have been wrong so far. Despite the slight increase in CO2 over the past decade and a half, global temperatures remain flat and climate remains in its historic bounds. So far, the skeptics are right!
The climate changes humans have adapted to in the past two millennia have been much bigger than what's happening now (which is nothing). Roman warm period, little ice age, and now recovery -- we've adapted. So the conservative's assertion you scoffed at is exactly right.
The IPCC isn't exactly an unbiased or supremely credible scientific source. You may as well cite Putin about international relations. Where money and power are at stake, corruption is inevitable, and the proposals coming out from the IPCC and cohorts are all about consolidation of power and money. And that's why so many conservatives with noses keen to political shinanigans are skeptical about global warming. And scientists who can cut through the fog of peer pressure are, too.
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It's interesting how many of the comments here either 1) dismiss all
conservatives as greedy jerks whose ONLY goal is to protect the wealthy, or 2)
promote right-wing conspiracy theories and debunked pseudo-science that could
easily be looked up on the Internet. Look, the world isn't that simple.
To my liberal friends: Do you really want to help drive people like me out of the Republican Party? Is that really a healthy situation for the country? Or would you rather have people like me stick around and try to drive the extremists back into the attic? Broad-brush dismissals of all conservatives as greedy jerks who hate the poor just make you look like the right-wing extremists you despise. That is, it makes you look like you haven't bothered to get to know many conservatives, and you are incapable of nuanced thinking.
To my Republican friends: Objections like, "climate changes naturally all the time" are just absurd. Do some homework, and stop listening to anti-intellectual blowhards like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. My impression is that those guys talk so much every day that they couldn't possibly have time to study any issue carefully.
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Here is the data you desire. The problem is that as climate-related risks have risen, so have populations and assets in disaster-prone areas, so some of the rising disaster costs are just due to the fact that there is more costly stuff to destroy. However, we have also gotten better at building things to withstand disasters, so that would tend to lower disaster costs. Munich Re (the re-insurance giant) released a study of disaster costs over time, and showed that non-climate-related disaster costs (e.g., from earthquakes) were going up at a much slower rate than climate-related disaster costs (e.g., floods and hurricanes). A friend of mine wrote a nice article about this recently. I don't think the DN lets us post links in the comments, but if you Google "dana nuccitelli guardian roger pielke" it should be the first hit.
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Defensive end Anthony Spencer formerly from the Dallas Cowboys would be a nice addition to the defensive line of the Oakland Raiders. The reason is mostly due to the fact that Spencer is currently a free agent; however, he is coming back from a season-ending injury.
As reported by Bleacher Report on Tuesday, Anthony Spencer is currently a free agent this off-season due to a season-ending injury in 2013. However, the Raiders should try to add Spencer to the defensive line who would make for a good rotation on the pass rush.
Spencer was an outstanding defensive end for the Cowboys since 2007. In 2012, he got 11 sacks, and, despite the injury, Spencer has a lot to show for at 30 years of age.
Anthony Spencer's injury involved a bruised bone on his left knee. During the 2013 preseason, he underwent surgery to fix the bruised knee.
Spencer came back to play in 2013 against the Kansas City Chiefs and got two tackles and one quarterback hurry. However, he experienced pain with the same knee, and his season ended with micro-fracture surgery.
According to the Bleacher Report, Spencer has a lot offer once he is fully recovered. It that's the case, the Raiders should add him to the roster as a nice backup to the defensive line.
Let's face it, the Raiders have it tough when playing against quarterback's in the divisional AFC West. It would be ideal for Oakland to rotate a defensive line with massive pass rushers against the likes of Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, and Alex Smith.
The Oakland Raiders already signed free agents Justin Tuck from the New York Giants and LaMarr Woodley from the Pittsburgh Steelers this off-season. Adding Anthony Spencer to help with the rotation would be a wonderful thing.


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A return to Good Code
By Jasone Tee
Stop doing this:
public boolean foo() {
if (true) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
It always amazes me when I dig into an open source project, and I see code written by supposed experts, and reviewed by seasoned professionals, and nobody slaps the wrists of the developer who shoves return statements right in the middle of a method.
Tell me, how hard is it to do this:
public boolean foo() {
boolean flag = true;
if (true) {
else {
return flag;
This is Java 101. Actually, it's not even Java 101. It's grade school Java. If a method returns a value, you declare that value as a variable at the start of the method. Then you do things that will give that variable the appropriate meaning. And then, on your last line of code, you return that variable to the calling program. And doing so is more than just about writing good code. It's about being polite.
Have you ever tried to troubleshoot some code that has return statements thrown around all over the method? It's impossible. In fact, the first step in troubleshooting such a method is to rework the darn thing so that it doesn't have a bunch of return statements in it. And it can always be done. There is no method that can't be re-written to have just one, single, easy to identify return statement at the end of it.
Sure, bad programmers have a million different reasons as to why they must program poorly. "I just wanted to avoid a bunch of superfluous conditional statements that the code might have to go through later on." Well, first of all, computers are darned good at quickly evaluating a few conditional statements, so short-circuiting a method to avoid a clock cycle or two is simply ridiculous. And besides, if there's a bunch of superfluous conditional statements that end up getting bypassed, maybe that's a good indication that your 'superfluous' code should be rewritten, perhaps factored out into a different method that isn't superfluous?
The bottom line is that there's no excuse for writing bad code or being a lazy programmer, especially when writing good code isn't that much more difficult. Stop writing methods with a million return statements in them. A method in Java can only return one thing, and correspondingly, a method should have only one return statement in it.
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Valentine's Day is just around the corner and that means a plethora of new weddings will be taking place on the most romantic day of the year. According to a Feb. 1 post on Wetpaint, there are still celebrities who can keep a marriage together for decades. More than you might think even managed to marry their high school or college sweethearts! In honor of Valentine's Day, let's meet a few.
Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson met his wife, Ashton Meem in high school and again while at a party. Though they dated throughout high school, they attended different colleges. Later, Ashton transferred to NC State to be near Wilson. They married in 2012 just months before he was snatched up in the NFL draft.
Robin Thicke met his future bride at a teen night club while they were in high school. They dated through high school and while Paula was attending the University of Southern California. Their wedding took place in 2005. The couple now has a son, Julian, 5.
Elizabeth Banks of "The Hunger Games" fame met Max Handelman on her first day in 1992 at the University of Pennsylvania. They married in 2003 and had their first child through a surrogate in 2011.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met Priscilla Chan during a Harvard frat party back in 2003. Chan completed her medical degree from UCSF in 2012. They surprised friends and family by marrying in their home under the guise of a "graduation party."
Snoop Dogg Lion went by Calvin Broadus back in high school where he met his future bride, Shante Taylor. Their first child, Corde, arrived in 1994 and their second, Cordell, in 1997. Their wedding took place after that and was followed by baby number 3, Cori, in 2000. Though they divorced in 2004, the couple renewed their vows in 2008.
Rocker Jon Bon Jovi met the love of his life in high school. He and Dorothea Hurley dated four 4 years of high school and for years after before finally eloping in Las Vegas when they were 27. Four kids and 30 years later they are still in love.
Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson met in while attending Morehouse College. They married in 1980 and never looked back. They have 1 daughter, Zoe.
Ron Howard was smitten with Cheryl Alley in high school and in spite of his parents to keep them apart, spent as much time with her as he could. He even lied about joining the cross country team so he could see her more than the twice-per-week limit his parents established. They wed in 1975 at the age of 21 and have 4 kids.
Jeff Daniels and Kathleen Treado met in high school but waited until they were 24 to tie the knot. They wed on a Friday the 13 to honor the number 13 Daniels wore on his baseball jersey. The couple has 3 children.
True love can strike at any age and these celebrities are living proof of it. Wishing them and you a Happy Valentine's Day!
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Waukesha woman accused of jewelry theft on heels of drug theft case
A Waukesha woman, already facing charges in a burglary and theft of painkillers at a co-worker's house, has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 worth of jewelry from her estranged family members.
Amanda L. Michell, 35, was charged Friday with theft of the jewelry and is due in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing.
According to a criminal complaint, Michell entered through an unlocked door to a family member's Brookfield home when no one was there and stole jewelry from a safe. The homeowners suspected someone they knew committed the theft because one of their two large Mastiff dogs is not friendly to strangers.
Michell and her boyfriend pawned the jewelry, police say. The homeowners told investigators they used the jewelry as an investment tool and that the total value of the stolen items was $121,292.75.
Michell told police she was desperate for money to take care of her children and denied that she stole to support her drug habit, according to court records.» Read Full Article
Sister of man convicted in Waukesha Citgo homicide fined for bringing marijuana to court
Shakendra Thomas came to Waukesha County Circuit Court in February with an important responsibility: to testify on behalf of the state in Darrin Malone's murder trial, which was linked to a local gas station homicide.
What she left with, more than four months later, was an $800 fine.
That's because Thomas, 22, was arrested on an open warrant shortly after she left the witness stand Feb. 15 and was carrying marijuana. She pleaded guilty to an amended misdemeanor charge of possession of THC earlier this month, according to online court records.
On June 20, Judge Lee Dreyfus ordered Thomas to pay an $804.05 fine as punishment for the offense. Court records indicate Thomas has until Dec. 15 to come up with the money or provide the court with proof that she's completed 50 hours of community service.
If she doesn't pay or complete the work, she'll have to spend 20 days in jail with work-release privileges, Dreyfus ruled.» Read Full Article
Waukesha Plan Commission doesn't bite at proposed doggy day care, cites noise concerns
Dogs just might be man's best friend — except when they're barking.
At least that was the general sentiment from the Waukesha Plan Commission on June 22, when the panel unanimously voted to table discussion on a proposed doggy day care, in a commercial/industrial area off Sunset Drive, after several commissioners voiced concerns about how the steady din of barking dogs would affect a nearby residential neighborhood.
The vote means the business will be discussed again at an upcoming commission meeting. The next plan commission meeting is scheduled for July 13, but an agenda for that meeting has not been set as of Monday afternoon, June 27.
Pups in 'Paradise'
Owner Lindsey Chiaverotti proposed to house the business, dubbed Doggy Paradise, in the front end of an industrial building at 2510 W. Sunset Drive.» Read Full Article
Waukesha police report: June 30, 2016 issue
1 Staff at the Waukesha branch of Wisconsin Community Services, 414 W. Moreland Blvd., reported around 8:47 a.m. June 17 that a man at their facility — with a record of prior drunken driving offenses who was free on bond — was driving with a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration. Police took the man into custody and called HAWS to remove a dog from the man's car.
2 A resident in the 1300 block of Fleetfoot Drive told police around 11:10 a.m. June 17 that someone had scratched and dumped sugar all over her car. According to a police report, the woman said she believes she knows who did it.
3 An anonymous caller told police a man flashed a revolver after the caller did not allow the man to merge his car in front of the caller's around 1:49 p.m. June 17 near Roberts and East North streets. The man did not additionally threaten or follow the caller, according to a police report.
4 A man told police he was being "sarcastic" when he told a social worker he had hidden a gun in a Waukesha park and was thinking about using it to kill himself around 3:23 p.m. June 17. The man, a resident in the 1500 block of Summit Avenue, said in a police report he told the social worker he had a hidden gun because the social worker "was annoying him." Officers searched the man's home and found no evidence that he owned a gun, the report said.
5 A resident in the 2400 block of Springdale Road told police she was missing 15 hydrocodone pills after contractors completed some work in her apartment around 5:30 p.m. June 17. A police report did not indicate whether any of the contractors were suspected of the theft.» Read Full Article
Carroll's new Lowry Hall gets final OK from Waukesha Plan Commission
One building down, another to go.
That seems to be the attitude at Carroll University, where construction on the college's new science center is nearing completion while the school prepares for the impending demolition — and eventual replacement — of Lowry Hall.
All that planning and work passed another milestone June 22, when Waukesha's Plan Commission unanimously granted final approval to the site and architectural plans for the project, a three-floor, 36,000-square-foot nursing center.
Construction on the new Lowry Hall is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks, said Carroll's senior Public Relations Strategist Jess Owens.
That building and the nearly complete science center, at the corner of North Barstow Street and West College Avenue, are a part of Carroll's three-phase, multi-year, $50 million campaign to improve its science facilities.» Read Full Article
Waukesha native's Smart Program Training targets dementia progression
Dr. John DenBoer came home on a mission.
DenBoer, a Waukesha native, has developed a system of cognitive exercises that help prevent or slow the rate of dementia. That system was the subject of his presentation at Avalon Square Senior Living home in downtown Waukesha on Friday, June 24.
The Avalon is a special place for DenBoer, whose grandmother lived there for the last 20 years of her life and where he spent a lot of time as a young boy. He began his presentation with a dedication to her.
"In a lot of different ways we're celebrating her today," he said during the presentation. "She was a really special figure in my life."
New-and-novel approach» Read Full Article
OwnersEdge gives Green Bay business owner an alternative to selling
For five days, Steve Elias didn't even open the unsolicited acquisition offer.
Although he wanted to sell his three Green Bay businesses, Elias worried about how a new owner — particularly one looking to consolidate within the industry — might treat his 70 employees. So instead of responding to the sender, Elias remembered a presentation he had heard several years earlier and picked up the phone.
Six months later, Elias is still running his companies, but they've been sold to OwnersEdge Inc., a Brookfield-based employee stock ownership plan holding company that is looking to invest in and build companies in the Midwest.
The presentation Elias remembered was made by Lisa Reardon, president, chief executive officer and chairwoman of OwnersEdge. Reardon had talked about business owners' succession planning, and about how her company sought diversification through acquisitions of companies with leaders such as Elias who want to continue running their businesses.
"Quite honestly, nothing's really changed for me," said Elias, president of Baycom Inc., a provider of wireless voice, mobile data and video equipment to public safety and commercial clients.» Read Full Article
Plea hearing set for Waukesha man accused of pointing unloaded assault rifle at police
The case against a Waukesha man who reportedly pointed an assault rifle at local police in January, in an alleged attempt to bait officers into killing him, could soon come to an end.
Dean Stamm, 51, appeared in Waukesha County Circuit Court Monday, June 20, when his attorney, Matthew Huppertz, requested a plea and sentencing date, according to online court records. That hearing is scheduled for Sept. 1.
Stamm stands accused of six felony and six misdemeanor offenses for allegedly pointing a laser sight and an unloaded assault rifle at several police officers who arrived at his home in the 200 block of Douglas Avenue Jan. 24 to perform a well-being check on him.
Stamm's girlfriend requested the check because she was concerned Stamm — who was depressed and had been drinking that day and had easy access to his assault rifle — would kill himself, according to a criminal complaint.
Stamm said in the complaint he wanted the officers to shoot and kill him, a scenario he reportedly described as "suicide by cop."» Read Full Article
Waukesha's water diversion application wins unanimous approval
Waukesha will get its water.
In a historic vote, the representatives of the governors of eight Great Lakes states voted unanimously Tuesday afternoon, June 21, to approve Waukesha's request for Lake Michigan water.
"The vote today means the city can now move forward in providing a reliable, sustainable, and safe supply of drinking water for its residents," said Mayor Shawn Reilly following the decision. "We fully respect the specific conditions spelled out by the states and provinces as part of this approval and we are committed to compliance."
The city filed its water diversion application in 2010 in an attempt to meet its long-term water needs and comply with radium restrictions. A lake water supply would replace 10 wells, including seven deep wells drawing radium-contaminated water from a depleted sandstone aquifer.
Waukesha is under a court-ordered deadline to have radium-compliant water by June 2018.» Read Full Article
Mother of girl charged in Slender Man stabbing struggles with daughter's fate
Waukesha — The day after their daughter's 12th birthday sleepover, Angie Geyser and her husband, Matt, found themselves in a Waukesha police station, hoping to pick her up and take her home.
Officers had shown up earlier at their house looking for their daughter, Morgan, who had gone with her friends to a park after breakfast.
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"They wouldn't tell us anything," Geyser said, except that one of the girls was hurt, and Morgan and the other girl weren't with her. The parents were told to wait, and an officer stayed until they received notification that Morgan had been found, was OK, and that police just needed her to clear up some questions.
The Geysers headed to the station, assuming that whatever had happened, they would probably have to punish Morgan. Their thought was to cancel a trip to a Star Trek convention.» Read Full Article
Waukesha police report: June 23, 2016 issue
1A train conductor reported seeing a possibly intoxicated woman walking south on the railroad tracks around 7:14 a.m. June 10 near White Rock and Perkins avenues. The conductor told police the woman "barely moved" for the train as it passed her. She wasn't drunk or injured when police found her, according to an incident report.
2A rock was thrown through a third-story Carroll University dormitory window around 10:51 a.m. June 10 in the 300 block of West College Avenue. No suspects or leads were mentioned in a police report.
3A regular customer at a local Mobil gas station, 1709 Summit Ave., reportedly stole an unspecified number of lottery tickets around 2:22 p.m. June 10 from the convenience store. According to a police report, the man, who was not identified, was caught on a surveillance camera stealing the tickets.
4An intoxicated man was shouting at residents who were walking by him around 2:23 a.m. June 11 in the 900 block of North Barstow Avenue. Officers arrived and found the man to be "heavily intoxicated," according to a police report. A cab took the man home.
5Officers delivered several pizzas following a traffic stop around 4:48 p.m. June 11 near Highland Avenue and East Moreland Boulevard. A police report, which did not specify the reason for the traffic stop, said two officers helped a pizza delivery man transport several large pizzas to their destination to "ensure they did not go to waste." The report said the pizza company was thankful for the officers' assistance.» Read Full Article
Waukesha's iconic Gasthaus restaurant to close this weekend
The iconic Gasthaus restaurant, which has operated for more than three decades in Waukesha, will close by week's end.
The German restaurant abruptly announced the closure in a June 18 Facebook post, less than two months after Waukesha officials reviewed a proposed development at the Gasthaus site at the corner of Silvernail Road and Grandview Boulevard.
"It is with great sadness that we have to inform everyone that Weissgerber's Gasthaus will be closing its doors for the final time at the end of Saturday June 25, 2016," the post read. "We want to thank all of our loyal guests for 33 years of business."
'With a heavy heart'
The family released a statement regarding the restaurant's closure Monday afternoon, June 20, that read in part: "After a long and painful period of uncertainty about the future status of the Gasthaus, it is now confirmed that the sale of the Gasthaus is actually, and inevitably, going to happen.» Read Full Article
11th-hour effort aims to kill Waukesha water plan
request for a Lake Michigan water supply is attempting to get the attention of the eight Great Lakes states' governors before they or their delegates meet Tuesday in Chicago for a final vote on the city's unprecedented plan.A chorus of voices opposed to Waukesha's
Critics raising concerns this month include U.S. and Canadian advisers to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, mayors of U.S. and Canadian cities within the Great Lakes basin, and conservation and environmental organizations from the region.
Late last month, the Michigan state Senate adopted a resolution opposing the request.
Waukesha is asking the eight states to approve a $207 million plan for diverting lake water across the subcontinental divide between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins and returning an equal volume of water as fully treated wastewater to Lake Michigan via the Root River.
Opponents are attempting to create last-minute doubts about the merits of the proposal since they failed to halt the request in two earlier rounds of technical and environmental reviews by Wisconsin and Great Lakes officials.» Read Full Article
Waukesha School District approves new principals at Lowell & Hawthorne
The new school year has yet to begin, but some schools will have a change in leadership when classes do resume.
The Waukesha School Board approved new principals for Lowell and Hawthorne elementary schools that will begin at the start of the 2016-2017 school year.
Rachel Hermann will be the new principal of Lowell Elementary School. She has been the secondary literary and humanities coordinator for the district for the last five years, and will replace Amy Riesbel, who will be taking a new position as the district's summer school development and data communication liaison.
Hermann is a longtime educator, having worked for seven years as an English teacher in various districts. She has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and recently received her principal and director of instruction license from Carroll University.» Read Full Article
Carl Zach Cycling Classic rolls into Waukesha June 19
Residents should keep an eye out this weekend if they decide to spend some time walking around the city enjoying the summer weather: Bicyclists from around the globe will be speeding through the streets.
That's because the Carl Zach Cycling Classic rolls into town this Sunday, June 19. Races will begin at 11:00 a.m. just west of Couri Insurance downtown, 379 Main St., and run concurrently until 8:30 p.m.
The Classic is a stop on the Tour of Americas Dairyland and routinely attracts hundreds of national and international athletes.
This year, the event will also feature a "Dad's Day Downtown" celebration in honor of Father's Day.
"We are excited to help bring world-class cycling to Waukesha," said Jerry Couri, president of Couri Insurance Agency and title sponsor of the Classic. "When we have the opportunity to show off our great city to people from around the globe, it's a win-win."» Read Full Article
Waukesha celebrates nation's and city parks' anniversary this time
As usual, there will be no shortage of events for Waukesha residents this Fourth of July, and the festivities will celebrate more than just the anniversary of the nation's Independence Day.
The annual Fourth of July parade will also commemorate the 90th anniversary of the city's parks, recreation and forestry department. The parade's theme is "Here's to 90 years."
"We're excited to celebrate Independence Day in a big way in Waukesha along with the 90th anniversary of Parks, Recreation and Forestry in the city," said Joanna Adamicki, special events coordinator for the parks, recreation and forestry department. "It's always fun to see families and organizations come together and create a float for the parade."
Parade's place
Lineup begins at 10 a.m. at Cutler Park, with the children's marching and float judging following at 10:15 a.m. The parade will begin around 11 a.m.» Read Full Article


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One of last year's most memorable images from the Park City Marathon was that of Michael Porter approaching the finish line flanked by his two sons, Matt and Nathan.
For Porter, who has run the Park City Marathon every year since it started 18 years ago, sharing that moment with his sons was special. But, he recalled, it almost didn't happen.
"It was a really strange event," he said. "[Matt] darted out of the start as fast as can be, but he got lost on the track. So, at about Mile 18, I think, he got misdirected and had to backtrack. Nathan and I were pretty close and we all met up at Mile 20.
"Then I locked up, my legs, first time it's ever happened. So they waited for me as I hobbled across the finish line."
This year, Porter was on his own as Matt was unable to participate, but still attended the race to cheer on his dad.
"An injury kept me out this year, but I'll be back next year," he said.
Porter crossed the finish line in 4 hours, 44 minutes and 48.8 seconds this year. After doing most of his training in San Diego, where he works, the Alpine, Utah, resident said he was noticeably slower up in the mountains.
"I live in Alpine, but I'm working in San Diego, so I commute every other week," he said. "I spend most of my time and training in San Diego, so I did notice a difference in the altitude. I was going about a minute slower per mile than I normally do during my training.
Porter said he didn't mind the slower time he doesn't necessarily run these marathons to reach a certain time barrier.
"He just likes to eat his ice cream every night," Christine Porter, Michael's wife, laughed.
"I do like my ice cream," Porter agreed. "This is sort of to keep it in check and to stay healthy. When I'm running and healthy all year long, I'm happy and more productive."
When asked if he'd return in 2015 to claim his 19th Park City Marathon medal, Porter said he certainly plans to be back to run the scenic Park City course.
"Across the world, they know how beautiful Park City is the course, the people, the architecture, the destination that it is," he said. "This year, it was exceptionally green, I noticed. It's just fabulous to be here I'll be back next year."
Park City's Danny Connolly, another marathon regular, finished fifth overall, turning in a time of 3:00:05.0. Though he was a little disappointed in his time, he said he really enjoys supporting the Mountain Trails Foundation.
"It comes down to I like to support them with everything I buy raffle tickets, I'll do the donation stuff and also the entry fees," he said. "I think it's great they maintain the trails so we can do this kind of stuff. My wife mountain bikes, so she's in on all the trail stuff, too. We just think it's really cool that they do this. As long as we live here, I'll probably do it every year I'll be in town anyway, so might as well do it."
Next year, though, he hopes to be able to turn in a faster time. The weather conditions got to him this year, he admitted.
"This year's race, there was no cloud coverage, so I think that sun got me a little bit the second half," he said. "I had a great first half and I was with everyone, but they were able to break away.
"It is what it is. To not even get under three [hours] was a little frustrating. I was hoping to get 2:51 again or whatever, but I didn't push too hard during that second half."
Connolly added that this year's event was even bigger than last year's, a trend he's noticed the past few years.
"I've seen it get bigger every year not only more competitive, but more tents, more of a showing, more of a crowd," he said. "There were more spectators along the course this year."
Jason Howe of Salt Lake City finished first overall with a time of 2:42:39.2. Five minutes later, Gary Krugger of Flagstaff, Arizona, crossed the line in second place. Park City High School cross country coach Steve Cuttitta claimed third place with a time of 2:52:11.2 and Park City's Sebe Ziesler finished fourth in 2:56:19.9.
Kristi Rossi of Hillsborough, California, won the women's marathon with a time of 3:12:22.5. Kimberly Cowart of South Jordan, Utah, finished second (3:13:58.5) and Marti Schuham of Winnetka, Illinois, took third place in 3:18:50.3.
Next up for Porter is a full Ironman competition in Florida in November. He said he's excited for the new challenge.
"It'll be my first time," he said. "I've done a half Ironman, but this will be my first full. It's a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike and a full marathon. I'm using this [the Park City Marathon] to train for that."
For Connolly, the next challenge will be the Mid-Mountain Marathon, the last of the three Triple Trail Challenge events. Connolly is a repeat Triple Trail Challenge winner and would like to make it a three-peat in 2014.
"I keep saying, 'Oh, maybe I won't do it this year,' but it all comes down to that Triple Trail Challenge," he said. "I love doing that. I'm defending it this year for three in a row and I'm looking forward to it."
He's not exactly sure where he stands in the TTC rankings at the moment, but he's confident in his chances to claim the title again at the Mid-Mountain Marathon in September.
"A few guys were faster than me at this event, but I don't think they're in on that [the TTC]," he said. "So I think I'll still have a shot at it this year. We'll see at Mid-Mountain."
For full results from Saturday's Park City Marathon and Half Marathon, please see the Scoreboard section beginning on page B-4 and continuing to page B-5.


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Articulator Manipulator
In the world of cults and high-control groups, the meaning is applied similarly.
Danny's "dubspeak" deliberations: http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=DannyHaszard&uid=114923327&tab=weblogs
Jehovah's Witnesses in their Theocratic Ministry School are taught how to cleverly use posture, hand movements, expressions and other devices to sound ARTICULATE. When you combine this talent with one or more forms of MANIPULATION, such as mind control (as commonly defined by mind control watchdogs Robert J. Lifton, Steven Hassan and Margaret Singer), a powerful force for creating deception arises. A whole new world that appears freaky or cultish from an outsider's standpoint suddenly becomes PLAUSIBLE from the naive listener's point of view. He/she has been FOOLED by the articulate manipulator.
More Sources:
from FactNet:
Mind Control: Definition of Information
Excerpts from Cults In Our Midst By Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer
How does mind control work?: A technical overview of mind control tactics
Mind Control Tactics
from Steven Hassan's site:
Steven Hassan's BITE model of mind control
Essay on Sri Chinmoy by a former member on manipulation
Methods taught by the Moon organization
"There's no such thing as 'mind control.'"
Amway Motivational Organizations
and additionally from Free Minds, Inc:
of the Persuasion Techniques Used by the Watchtower
Counseling--- November, 1997. -Introduction -Lifton's Criteria for Thought Reform -Milieu Control ... membership. According to Robert Lifton (1961), a psychologist who examined American
2. Eight Marks of a Mind-Control Cult
In 1961, Robert J. Lifton wrote the definitive book on the ... the Communist Chinese. Lifton outlines eight major factors that ... Loading the Language Lifton explains the prolific use of...
3. Watchtower Indoctrination Process
reprint of the Jul/Aug. 1987 Bethel Ministries Newsletter The Watchtower Indoctrination Process A Psychological and Sociological Examination
4. The Freeminds Store - Publications About Jehovah's Witnesses
The Watchtower Store offers books published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society as well as books about the Watchtower, both pro and con.
5. Chapter 7 Understanding Cult Beliefs and Tactics
Releasing the Bonds by Steven Hassan Portion from Steven Hassan's second book, Releasing the Bonds: Empowering People to Think for Themselves
6. Study of the Persuasion Techniques Used by the Watchtower
Introduction -Lifton s Criteria for Thought Reform -Milieu Control -Mystical Manipulation -Loading the Language -Doctrine over Person -The Sacred Science -The Cult of Confession
7. Mind Control or Brainwashing Among Jehovah's Witnesses?
Bethel Ministries Newsletters Mind Control or Brainwashing? Understanding Mind Control Among Jehovah's Witnesses by Randall ... particular technique of mind control.
8. Understanding Watchtower Phobias: How and Why the Watchtower Uses Fear to Control ...
the Watchtower Uses Fear to Control Its Members by Randall Watters Nothing is so much ... explained by the effort to control others' actions and behavior, understanding the victim's plight...
9. Deprogramming and Exit-Counseling
years, as explained by Steven Hassan in Combatting Cult Mind Control. Steven is himself a former high-ranking official in the Unification Church (Moonies). He was deprogrammed...
10. Opening the Closed Mind of Jehovah's Witnesses
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