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by Sally Covington
Covert Action Quarterly, Winter 1998
Speaking truth to power is all well and good, but applying the dictum, "money talks, " conservative foundations have long been bankrolling like-minded thin tanks and advocacy groups. Together, they have effected far-reaching changes in US social, political, and economic policy.
Proclaiming their movement a war of ideas, conservatives began to mobilize resources for battle in the 1960s. They built new institutional bastions; recruited, trained, and equipped their intellectual warriors; forged new weapons as cable television, the Internet, and other communications technologies evolved; and threw their resources into policy and political battles. By 1984, moderate Republican John Saloma warned of a "major new presence in American politics." If left unchecked, he accurately predicted, "the new conservative labyrinth" would pull the nation's political center sharply to the right.'
Today, that labyrinth is larger, more sophisticated, and increasingly able to influence what gets on-and what stays off- the public policy agenda. From the decision to abandon the federal guarantee of cash assistance to the poor, to changes in the federal tax structure, to interest in medical savings accounts and the privatization of Social Security, conservative policy ideas and rhetoric have come to dominate the nation's political conversation, reflecting what political scientist WaIter Dean Burnham has called a "hegemony of market theology."
Spearheading the assault has been a core group of 12 conservative foundations: the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Carthage Foundation, the Earhart Foundation, the Charles G. Koch, David H. Koch and Claude R. Lambe charitable foundations, the Phillip M. McKenna Foundation, the JM Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Henry Salvatori Foundation, the Sarah Scaife Foundation, and the Smith Richardson Foundation. In 1994, they controlled more than $1.1 billion in assets; from 1992-94, they awarded $300 million in grants, and targeted $210 million to support a wide array of projects and institutions.
Over the last two decades, the 12 have mounted an impressively coherent and concerted effort to shape public policy by undermining-and ultimately redirecting-what they regard as the institutional strongholds of modern American liberalism: academia, Congress, the judiciary, executive branch agencies, major media, religious institutions, and philanthropy itself. They channeled some $80 million to right-wing policy institutions actively promoting an anti-government, unregulated markets agenda. Another $89 million supported conservative scholars and academic programs, with $27 million targeted to recruit and train the next generation of right-wing leaders in conservative legal principles, free-market economics, political journalism and policy analysis. And $41.5 million was invested to build a conservative media apparatus, support pro-market legal organizations, fund state-level think tanks and advocacy organizations, and mobilize new philanthropic resources for conservative policy change.
The strong role that conservative foundations have played in shaping national and state policy debates reflects not only impressive cash reserves, but also a sophisticated funding strategy:
* Their grants are overtly and unabashedly political. They single out and support aggressive and entrepreneurial organizations committed to government rollback through the privatization of government services, deregulation of industry and the environment, devolution of authority from the federal to state and local governments, and deep cuts in federal anti-poverty spending.
* They work to build strong institutions by providing general operating support rather than project-specific funding. This unrestricted money allows groups considerable flexibility to attract, train, and keep talented people, launch special projects, and develop their databases and skills.
* They recognize that national budget and policy priorities significantly impact what happens on the state, local and even neighborhood levels, and fund accordingly.
* They emphasize marketing and communications techniques, funding grant recipients to flood the media and political marketplace with conservative policy ideas and to communicate with and mobilize their constituency base on behalf of these ideas.
* They emphasize networking with other groups around a common reform agenda. They invest in the recruitment, training, placement, and media visibility of conservative public intellectuals and policy leadership.
* They fund across the institutional spectrum, recognizing that institutions or programs that support conservative scholarship, rapid-fire research and advocacy, lobbying, strategic litigation, leadership development and constituency mobilization are all important components of an effective policy movement.
* They have made long-term funding commitments, providing large grants over a multi-year and, in some cases, multi-decade period Long-term funding has financially anchored conservative institutions and enabled them to take the political offensive on key social, economic, and regulatory policy issues.
* They concentrate their grants, with 18 percent of the grantees getting more than 75 percent of the funding.
A significant portion of the conservative foundations' largess has flowed to a small group of think tanks that according to a sociologist "were particularly critical in the shift of the economic debate to the right [and] provided much of the groundwork for the radical change in policy taking place from 1978 through 1981." Well endowed with the financial and human resources to market their policy ideas, these institutions have effectively repositioned the boundaries of national policy discussion, redefining key concepts, molding public opinion, and pushing for a variety of specific policy reforms. Through the constant repetition and dissemination of conservative policy ideas, they have provided a philosophical underpinning for many of the most important fiscal and social policies developed and implemented over the past 16 years. And in the end, they have succeeded in making "positive government action in social welfare and economic development policy seem off limits and inappropriate."
Supply Side Swipe
The ramifications of conservative funding streams have been profound. In terms of political process, the existence of powerful and well-funded conservative "counter-institutions" raises the specter of what some have called "supply-side' politics. Political scientist Samuel Kernell has suggested that when aggressive marketing is linked to modern means of communication, consumer marketplace irrespective of existing demand. This "supply-side politics, he contends, is "so psychologically powerful as to determine what voters will think they want.
One of the most impressive supply-side successes has been shaping national economic policy As Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency, conservatives saw and seized their opening. Four private institutions-the National Bureau of Economic Research, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, American Enterprise Institute, and Center for the Study of American Business-led the push for "trickledown" policies. Large tax cuts-they argued, using everything from sound bites to scholarly journals-would generate revenues by stimulating the national economy
Supply-side economic theory laid the basis for what became the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, a piece of legislation that reduced federal income tax rates by 25 percent over a three-year period. This deep and sweeping tax cut not only meant a cumulative loss of $1 trillion to the Treasury Department by 1987, it also helped to create unprecedented federal deficits during the 1980s. The federal deficit was then used politically to justify "a frontal assault on the revenue base of the modem welfare state" by creating a zero-sum legislative environment, pitting individual programs against each other in the fight for revenues while rendering an expansion of federal social policy extremely difficult.
James Galbraith was one of many who tried in vain to debunk trickle-down theory as "reactionary and deeply implausible," saying that "it springs from a never-never land of abstract theory concocted over 25 years by the disciples of , Milton Friedman and `, purveyed." But with few research and advocacy institutions having the money and clout to focus policy attention on such matters as wage stagnation, rising inequality, real and hidden unemployment, and poverty, the "conservative fiscal consensus" triumphed. The government's main economic management task devolved to balancing the budget, with debate centering on how many years that goal should take. There is "a common ground on economic policy," lamented Galbraith, "that now stretches with differences only of degree from the radical right to Bill Clinton.'
This conservative victory established a strategy model, set the stage for some of the most aggressively anti-poor legislation in a century, and ushered in a right-wing revolution likely to dominate both policy forums and the popular debate for years to come.
The War on the Poor
As conservative grantees hammered home on the revenue side of national fiscal policy, they did not neglect the expenditure side. Indeed, it is in the particular area of federal anti-poverty programs that conservative grantees have launched their most sustained and vitriolic attacks. In the early 1980s, the Manhattan Institute sponsored and heavily promoted two publications that urged the elimination of federal anti-poverty programs. George Gilder's book, Wealth and Poverty, contended that poverty was the result of personal irresponsibility coupled with government programs that rewarded and encouraged it; Charles Murray's Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 extended the argument, stating that AFDC and other anti-poverty programs reduced marriage incentives, discouraged workers from accepting low-wage jobs, and encouraged out-of-wedlock births among low income teenage and adult women. These books were followed by Lawrence Mead's Beyond Entitlement: The Social Obligations of Citizenship, which blamed governments for perpetuating poverty by failing to require welfare recipients to work.
Other conservative grantees have used their funds for more than a decade to capitalize on and extend the works by Gilder, Murray, and Mead, spreading conservative political rhetoric and policy opinion through major media and conservative controlled print and broadcast outlets. They have redefined the problem by arguing that poverty is a relative concept, that the poor are significantly better off than is popularly understood, that moral failure causes the poor to be poor, and that government action has perpetuated rather than alleviated poverty by coddling the poor and entrapping them in a system that debases and clientizes them.
The 15-year conservative campaign to demonize the poor and eviscerate the government programs that minimally support them culminated in the passage of welfare "reform" in 1996. That legislation dismantled the Aid to Families with Dependent Children, eliminating the only federal program guaranteeing cash assistance to poor women and their children. The antipoor crusade also led to significant cuts in federal anti-poverty spending, with programs serving the poor absorbing a full 93 percent of the 1995 and 1996 budget cuts, even though those programs constituted only 24 percent of all entitlement spending.
The conservative attacks on poor people, affirmative action, and government programs serving low-income constituencies-and their constant reaffirmation of market efficiencies without recognizing market inequities or failure-has not only led to an array of specific policies, but has also inhibited the development of alternative policies to address growing concentrations of poverty and inner-city decline, the social costs of which are astronomical.
Despite recently reported gains in the incomes of poor Americans last year, the nation remains an economically and racially divided one, with more than 40 million Americans lacking health insurance, an appalling 20 percent child poverty rate, a rising prison population, the disappearance of jobs in inner city neighborhoods, and sharp and continuing inequities in education and educational opportunity. Although such economic inequities and social divisions might be expected to raise serious questions about the nations political ethic, the current institutional forces during federal and state policy debates almost guarantee that these will not even be asked.
Marketing the Product
The proliferation and continued heavy funding of policy institutions such as the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Heritage Foundation threatens to tilt the debate even further to the right on key policy issues and options. These groups flood the media with hundreds of opinion editorials. Their top staff appear as political pundits and policy experts on dozens of television and radio shows across the country And their lobbyists work the legislative arenas, distributing policy proposals, briefing papers, and position statements.
Given the growing political importance of the media, conservative policy institutions have clearly stated the need for strong marketing and communications. "I make no bones about marketing," said AEl's former president, William Baroody: we pay as much attention to the dissemination of the product as we do to the content. we're probably the first major think tank to get into the electronic media. We hire ghost writers for scholars to produce op-ed articles that are sent to the one hundred and one cooperating newspapers-three pieces every two weeks
In the late 1980s, the Heritage Foundation made the same point in an article advising others how to start and run an effective think tank:
The easy part is getting your message right. The real test is getting your message out. .. Everything you do, every day, must involve marketing in as many as six dimensions Market your policy recommendations, market the principles and values behind them, market the tangible publications and events your organization is producing, market the think tank concept itself, then market your specific organizations, and never stop marketing yourself and the other key individuals who personify the organization. "
A decade later, the marketing strategies of conservative institutions are even more sophisticated and aggressive. The Hoover Institutions public affairs office, for example, links to 900 media centers across the US and 450 abroad. The Reason Foundation, a national public policy research organization that also serves as a national clearinghouse on privatization, had 359 television and radio appearances in 1995 and more than 1,500 citations in national newspapers and magazines. The Manhattan Institute has held more than 600 forums or briefings for journalists and policy makers on multiple public policy issues and concerns, from tort reform to federal welfare policy And the National Center for Policy Analysis reports that "NCPA ideas" have been discussed in 573 nationally syndicated columns and 184 wire stories over the 12 years of its existence
Relying not just on the mainstream media to disseminate their ideas, conservative institutions have created a variety of conservative-controlled media outlets and projects, newsletters and policy journals, web sites, and television and radio broad casting networks. The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy for example, launched a strategic venture in 1995 to co-publish with William F Buckley's National Review, the National Review West, that goes out to 80,000 political conservatives in the Western states. The Free Congress Foundation, in addition to its National Empowerment Television, is publishing NetNewsNow, a broadcast fax letter sent around the country to more than 400 radio producers and news editors, and the Heartland Institute's PolicyFax, which makes a variety of easy-to-read policy reports available free to journalists and legislators.
Conservative foundations also provided $2,734,263 to four right-of-center magazines between 1990 and 1993, including the The National Interest, The Public Interest, The New Criterion, and The American Spectator. Over the same time period, however, four left-of-center publications- The Nation, The Progressive, In These Times, and Mother Jones-received only $269,500 from foundations. Based on such funding disparities, one journalist concluded: "America's conservative philanthropies eagerly fund the enterprise of shaping opinion and defining policy debates, while similar efforts by progressive philanthropies are, by comparison, sporadic and half-hearted.
"Think tank" journals also fit nicely into the conservatives' broader communications strategy by providing publishing opportunities for conservative thinkers and policy advocates. These in-house publications, as journalist Lawrence Soley has noted, "bear names that closely resemble those of [more] legitimate journals, " masking the "academic anemia" of think tank staff while giving them apparently impressive publications records. AEl's William Schneider, for example, published 16 articles in the Institute's Public Opinion-but not a single article in Public Opinion Quarterly.


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Recent hire leaves UT System after outcry
Special adviser Rick O'Donnell is no longer employed by University of Texas System, effective immediately. He said it was not his choice.
UT System spokesman Anthony de Bruyn said Tuesday would be the last for Rick O'Donnell, whose hire sparked an outcry from top officials, university alumni and lawmakers about his ties to the Texas Public Policy Foundation and some of his academic papers critical of university research.
Six weeks ago, the system hired O'Donnell as a "special adviser" to the UT System board of regents breaking a hiring freeze for the $200,000 salary. After his ties to the controversial ideals promoted by the policy foundation were revealed, there was an outcry against his critical views on the value of academic research.
The San Antonio Express News revealed in recent reports that many of O'Donnell's papers contained errors and were poorly cited.
At the end of March, the board decided to "reclassify" and eliminate his position at the end of the fiscal year after fears that the hire would change the direction of the top tier universities in the state. The reclassification moved O'Donnell's duties under Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa.
In a statement O'Donnell said, "I want to thank the Regents for the opportunity to work the last six weeks on the central question that has driven all my higher education work during my career: trying to discover ever better ways to ensure that as many students as possible have access to the highest quality college education at the most affordable cost."
"As I outlined in my letter yesterday [attached], I know there are many inside the universities, the hard working people who serve students and taxpayers, who deserve our praise and support. My experience in public life, including as a head of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, has taught me that reform of complex systems is difficult and the forces of the status quo are always strong. While it was not my choice to depart at this time, I am hopeful that the commitment to improving the productivity of the U.T. System will continue for the sake of taxpayers and the sake of students."


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On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:44:40 +0000 (UTC), andrew wrote:
> My thoughts were: I compile a lot of stuff and would like to keep the
> non-repository versions in /usr/local.
I play in different distribution and different releases of the same
I had to make a /local/(bin,src,doc...) to hold common files to use
across different distributions/releases.
Example, you might have installed the newest release along side of your
current "Production" install.
You might not want the New /usr/local/RealPlayer to overwrite the
Production /usr/local/RealPlayer contents.
My solution is to install everything into /, share swap and keep
common things in other directories.
Some will insist on having /home separate. I have found different
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My solution there is to install /home under / and link common files
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If you're a frequent user of Photoshop Touch and you happen to have a 7-inch tablet lying around, then pay attention to this next bit of news. Adobe has pushed out an update for the photo editor, and one of the biggest features added in this update is support for 7-inch screens. However, just having a 7-inch tablet doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be able to use Photoshop Touch on it.
That's because Adobe requires that the resolution of the display be at least 1024x600, so if the resolution of your screen isn't at least that, you're out of luck. While support for 7-inch screens is certainly big (especially for the Nexus 7-owning masses), it isn't the only new feature to be found in this update. For instance, Photoshop Touch users will also be getting two new effects to play around with: Lens Flare and Stamp Pattern.
Adobe has also implemented smoother brush strokes with this update, along with with an improved grid layout for projects. After applying this update, you'll be able to access shortcuts for the last five colors you used by swiping down on Color. Finally, Adobe has delivered a number of unnamed bug fixes with this update, so if you've been experiencing some bugs as you use Photoshop Touch, there's a chance they've been squashed.
All in all, it seems like a pretty good update for Photoshop Touch users. Support for 7-inch screens is obviously something a lot of users will get excited about, but the changes Adobe has made to brush strokes and colors will definitely be appreciated as well. The update is available right now on the Google Play Store [download link], so if you use Photoshop Touch, be sure to give it a spin!


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Wow, i need to find something else to do next summer. There was pretty good swell up until and on Memorial Day and then all of a sudden it just went flat all summer except for some wind swell here and there. Now its all picking up again around Labor Day.
I know this always happens but this year just seemed a lot worse than the last few. Hurricanes need to start sooner like in July next year.
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Aug 24, 2012, 04:06 PM #21Senior Member
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so is Joyce about to vanish on us???
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who knows...one day at a time....waist high sets every now and then and glassy fun this morning here.
National Hurricane Center said this about Joyce on their 11:00 a.m. discussion:
Joyce is being affected by about 20 kt of south-southeasterly shear...and it is embedded in a dry mid-level environment. These parameters are not expected to change appreciably during the next couple of days...and the prospects of regeneration and strengthening appear low at this time. The NHC official forecast holds the cyclone as a remnant low through the 5-day forecast...but it is entirely possible that the low could dissipate at any time.
Doesnt exactly sound promising.
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fackk.. so much for thinkin about drivin 12 hrs south
why are the surf gods mad at us again?
well looks like we've lost Joyce.... what a b.it.ch.
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Terrible forecasting SI. I think it's time to step your forecasting skills, all summer you have predicted surf 5 days out only to have it fizzle. Models, numbers, experience, knowledge, gut instinct and basic understanding of the ocean should make for better forecasting. Just using models in forecasting is lazy and misleading.
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Aug 25, 2012, 01:27 AM #29
sniffer, you sniffing your own butthole? The only thing "lazy" is your dumb ass relying on a good, FREE website for all your forecasts. It's like getting mad at a fortune cookie for getting it's prediction wrong. Weather changes unpredictably so wave models change. Learn how to forecast for yourself. Plus, it's been my experience, especially this past year, that the predictions have been more accurate than ever.
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Maybe I should paint something.


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SAUGERTIES — A Saugerties police officer was taken to the hospital Sunday afternoon after getting into a car crash while responding to a 911 call, Saugerties police said.
At 1:22 p.m., an officer was responding to a call of a woman who was being forced into a vehicle at the corner of Route 212 and Glasco Turnpike.
While on the way, the cruiser and another car crashed near 333 Route 212, police said.
The officer and a person from the other vehicle were taken to the Broadway Campus of the HealthAlliance Hospital by ambulance.
They were treated and released, officials said.
The crash is being investigated. The name of the officer was not released.
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As a first year, I became involved with the Public Interest Law Association (PILA) because of its focus on helping both law students committed to public interest and on public interest in the legal community at large. The following year, I became co-chair of the organization and planned the annual PILA auction that raises money for scholarships for students working in public interest jobs over the summer. That same year I also served as co-chair of the Women's Law Caucus where the focus was, obviously, on women's issues in the legal community. During the summer after my second year, I worked at the Department of Justice, Immigration Court as a summer law intern. Finally, during my last year, I enrolled in a clinic and received credit for working at the Political Asylum and Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project, a non-profit legal assistance for asylum seekers.
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BANGKOK: Thailand's junta has pledged leniency in the cases of babies born to surrogate mothers, as it looks to toughen rules in the lucrative but largely unregulated industry following a series of scandals.
Dozens, possibly hundreds, of foreign couples are thought to have been left in limbo after entering into surrogacy arrangements through clinics in the kingdom.
Army chief General Prayut Chan-Ocha, who seized power in a coup three months ago, said in his weekly televised address late Friday that the military rulers would move quickly to find "sustainable solutions."
"We are concerned that Thai women who are already surrogates will not dare to consult doctors at hospitals while they are pregnant because they are afraid that they would be prosecuted," he said.
"The clinics that hired them or asked them to do it have been closed, so it is dangerous for the babies," added Prayut, who was on Thursday picked as prime minister by the new junta-appointed legislature.
"I have already ordered leniency on a case-by-case basis."
Commercial surrogacy is officially banned by Thailand's Medical Council, but until recently even top fertility clinics were believed to offer the service.


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The Second Coming
by William Butler Yeats
The Second Coming Memory and The Past Quotes
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And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? (lines 21-22)
It's like the oven bell going off. Ding! "Your Antichrist is ready!" The speaker has a very fatalistic view of the approach of the "rough beast." It hasn't come because we summoned it, but rather because its hour has arrived. Its appearance is fate, and there's no way society can avoid it.


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Where the Multi-Millionaires Live
For wealth management firms, Ferrari salesman and gold diggers of both genders, knowing where the millionaires live can be a useful statistic.
This week, the IRS released its stats on which states have the largest number of residents with a net worth of $2 million or more. They are:
California – 329,000 (or 1.2% of total adult population)
New York – 160,000 (or 1.1% of the adult population
Florida – 155,000 (or 1.2% of total adult population)
Texas – 100,000 (or 0.6% of total adult population)
Illinois – 83,000 (or 0.6% total adult population)
New Jersey – 71,000 (or 1.1% of total adult population)
Pennsylvania – 57,000 (or 0.6% of total adult population)
Massachusetts – 51,000 (or 1% of total adult population)
Ohio – 50,000 (or 0.6% of total adult population)
Virginia – 49,000 (or 0.8% of total adult population)
There are two take-aways from the list, which is from 2007 (the latest data available). First, it largely tracks population. Eight of the top 10 richest states are also among the top 10 most populous. ( Georgia and North Carolina are top 10 by population but not by wealth. New Jersey and Virginia 11 and 12 by population).
The second is that the number of multi-millionaires may be very different from the concentration of multi-millionaires, i.e. the number of rich people per capita. (Ferrari salesman and wealth managers call this "high-net-worth density.") For that ranking, Wyoming holds the top spot, with only 6,000 multi-millionaires accounting for 1.5% of the state's population. Ranked second was Connecticut, with 1.3%, followed by New Hampshire, Vermont and then California.
How do you think the wealth map has changed since 2007? Will California or New York gain or lose?


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Weed Whacker Inventor Dies at 85
A serial entrepreneur who symbolized American ingenuity has died.
George C. Ballas Sr., a Houston dance instructor who invented the weed whacker while sitting in a car wash, died of natural causes on Saturday. He was 85.
Ballas launched the Weed Eater company in the early 1970s after he was inspired by car-wash bristles to use spinning wires to cut hard-to-reach corners of a lawn. His early model was little more than a tin can laced with fishing line. He later sold the invention to Emerson Electric for an undisclosed amount.
An Arthur Murray dance instructor who had served in the military, Ballas had previously founded a 43,000-sqaure-foot dance studio with more than 100 instructors, which he sold in the mid 1960s.
Yet, from the 1970s on he became known as the "Weed King," in recognition of his contribution to lawn care.
Ballas is survived by his wife, five children and seven grandchildren.


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This savory-sweet herbal infusion combines cocoa peel with peppermint, spearmint and mate.
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Peppermint and spearmint have similar flavors, but peppermint is a bit stronger, while spearmint is cool and subtle.
Spearmint is native to Europe and southwest Asia but is now found throughout the world.
Yerba maté is the national drink of several South American countries.
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$1m in superannuation not enough at 65
- From: News Corp Australia Network
- September 24, 2013
AUSTRALIANS will need to work longer and contribute more money into their superannuation funds unless they want to run out of money in retirement.
New research has found a 30-year-old worker on an average salary of $60,000 a year will have an estimated $1.1 million in superannuation by the time they turn 65 in 2048.
But that won't be enough.
To afford a comfortable retirement a 30-year-old male will need $1.58 million and a female $1.76 million.
Despite the nation's nest egg swelling more than fourfold to $7.6 trillion within 20 years, superannuation experts warn the mandated employer contribution will need to be further increased to 15 per cent and the retirement age lifted to 68 years within the next decade.
In its sixth biennial report into superannuation, consultancy firm Deloitte warns the Coalition's decision to delay the planned increases in the Superannuation Guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent for two years will cost retirees about $80 billion in lost income over the next 20 years.
Increasing the cap for contributions above the $25,000 threshold is another key reform needed to allow workers to top-up their retirement fund as 50 per cent of retirees are expected to live past 86 years by 2023.
Life expectancy now is 87 years for women while men only live to 84 years on average.
Deloitte partner and key author Wayne Walker said the superannuation system needs a major overhaul or Australians may need to work until 68 or even 70 years just to make ends meet.
"The concern is that current policy settings, including caps and drawdowns, and the Superannuation Guarantee (9 per cent to 12 per cent) increase, will not deliver the lifestyle that the majority of those retiring in the next 20 years are seeking," he said.
"The reality is that many Australians will need to work longer and where possible contribute more."
Research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia shows a retired couple currently needs $500,000 to live a modest lifestyle, while $860,000 is needed to have a comfortable lifestyle that includes holidays and eating out.
Deferring the retirement age to 67 years will boost Australia's asset pool by $400 billion while pushing it to 70 years would add another $1 trillion to the nation's retirement funds within 20 years, the report said.
Mr Walker conceded these decisions will cut real-time spending in the economy in the short-term and lifting employer contributions will hurt some businesses.
"But given there will be fewer workers paying tax - the ratio is tipped to fall from its current setting of 4:1 to less than three workers for each retiree - the country will need more self-funded retirees to lessen the burden on the public purse," he said.
Retirees should also be encouraged not to take lump sum payments and instead look at taking their superannuation as an income stream or annuity to address the changing demographic situation, Mr Walker said.
Making people take more responsibility for their retirement savings and better education are also needed to prepare Australians for post-retirement life, the report said.
This surge in the nation's retirement pool is tipped to lift the Self-Managed Super Fund sector to $2.23 trillion by 2033 while the industry sector will have assets of around $1.93 trillion.


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All three should be in. None of them will.
This is going to be a really interesting hall of fame ballot. We have the best hitter and the best pitcher of their eras who are both arguably top 5 all time in Bonds and Clemons up this year. Their numbers are insane, 7 MVPs for Bonds and 7 Cy Youngs for Clemons. Bonds is all time HR leader and top 5 in RBIs, Runs, On Base, Slugging, OPS, etc.. Clemons is top 10 all time in wins, 3rd in Ks, both are top 5 in WAR. Sosa had 3 seasons with 60 plus homers and 600 plus homers.
all 3 of course are linked with steroids. do you hold it against them and take a stand that nobody linked with roids makes the HOF? Do you assume that Bonds and Clemons were clean for the first half of their career or so when they already put up HOF numbers? Or do you hold it against MLB and the players union for turning their back on the PED issue and allowing players to juice without any potential ramifications?
i personally would vote for Bonds, Clemons and Sosa. they never failed a steroid test when they played, mostly because there weren't any roid tests for most of their career. I see Palmiero and Manny Ramirez as different because they both put up HOF numbers but failed tests when their were rules against it.
Clemens gets in i think. I dont think the other two do.
If they don't vote them in they basically are putting a rug over the entire steroid era and acting like it never happened.
Bonds and Clemens are arguably the 2 greatest players at their respective positions in the last 50 years, steroids or not they belong in the HOF.
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its interesting that so far, everyone here agrees that they should all be in. Bonds was the best player I have ever seen, and its not even close. Clemons is probably the best pitcher i ever saw.
sosa had a crazy run and brought more excitement to the game than almost anyone has. baseball had no problem collecting all of the money that sosa and mcgwire brought in during their magical summer, but now they have basically been forgotten about.
Bud Selig knew what was going on, so did the managers, general managers, talent scouts, etc...they didn't care. we have to remember that during the mid 90s, baseball was recovering from the strike that forced the 1994 World Series to be cancelled. baseball was losing fans at a pretty quick rate. the steroid era brought them back and more, it made baseball the coolest sport for the first time in a long time.
to me, baseball created these Frankenstein monsters, ignored what they were doing when they did it, and than only when the information went public did they decide to turn their back on what they created and try to take away their accomplishments.
i also can't stand the old timers who were all on amphetamines and anything else they could find to give them a little extra kick ripping on the players who used roids, when they know damn well that they would have done the exact same thing if given the opportunity.
if baseball didn't have a rule that they enforced against roids, than how to punish the players who may have used? If PEDS were so bad, than the guy who should never get into the HOF is Bud Selig for not banning and enforcing the ban earlier. he is the guys who was guilty, not the players
Yes, on all three. I would also put Pete Rose in. The homerun craze with McGwire, Sosa and Bonds was a hightime for baseball and baseball history and you can't take that stuff away from them. Weren't they originall doing creatine when it was okay in basketball and football but disallowed in baseball? I don't really care about steroids in sports and think you have to focus on what happens on the field ONLY. Speculation is for us fans to argue about and I recall when Brady Anderson hit 50 homeruns and Brett Boone going from average to supreme power hitter. Was it related to steroids? Don't know and don't care.
Speaking of Bonds, when he put that arm brace on and stood on the plate he was the best hitter of all time. Better than Babe Ruth or anyone that has ever lived. You couldn't pitch to him as he was fearless and would kill anything he could reach. I'm surprised everyone doesn't wear one of those things.
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Sometimes, you just want some PIE... my friends Hector and Baron are investigating some really interesting things right now, so I thought I would do my part and pass on their messages to you:
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Marcelo in the Real World Chapter 16 Summary
- Wham, bam, two-page chapter: Marcelo's in his tree house trying to figure out what to do about the picture.
- He's also thinking about suffering. Specifically, he's pondering the girl's suffering versus that of the kids at Paterson. He decides the girl has suffered more.
- He's also beginning to realize that his dad has been keeping some secrets.
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You guys, I know we keep saying it over and over but now it's my turn . . . OMG, OMG, OMG Jennifer Aniston is engaged! Maybe I was the only person in the world holding out for her to reunite with Brad Pitt but now that I see just how glowing she looks with Justin Theroux--I'm all about "Justifer" (what do we think? Too soon? Not necessary? Works?). But I was thinking about why we all rooted for Jen to find love.
Sure, we watched all those highs and lows of her love life post-Brad but I have another theory.
We all went through quite a journey with her alter ego Rachel Green on Friends. She was with Ross, she was on a "break" with Ross and she was never quite sure who her soul mate (AKA lobster) really was until the very end.
If you recall, Rachel first ran into our living room wearing a wedding dress after jilting her groom at the alter. She just didn't love Barry and made the brave choice to find herself instead. Remember this scene (we meet Jen/Rachel at the 2:30 mark)?
And from then on we were glued to the screen each week for another ten years to find out what would ultimately become of Rachel's love life--namely with Ross! Jen and Rachel were so closely tied together for so long (at least in my mind)--and I know that you guys loved Friends as much as I do. So, I just can't help but look back at some of Jen's (well Rachel's) greatest moments on her quest to find true love and happiness on Friends while we celebrate how far she's come in her own love life!
1. The Blushing Bridesmaid
Ugh, what was worse than wearing a Pepto Bismol pink bridesmaid dress? Oh you, know, just wearing it to the wedding of the groom you left at the altar and your former maid of honor. What's amazing? Having your new, albeit slightly awkward, boyfriend stand up for you when no one can believe you would actually show your face at said wedding! Watch this memorable scene here!
2. Rachel Finds Her "Lobster"
Okay, I just watched this clip about 30 times in a row. Get out some Kleenex and relive the moment Rachel realizes that Ross is her "lobster." The gang watches a lost prom tape that shows Ross ready to step in and take a young Rachel to prom when it looked like she might be stood up! Present day Rachel is so moved that they finally kiss and the rest is history . . . feel free to click on this link over and over today!
3. Ross Does a Bad Bad Thing
Seriously, they were on a break for less than an hour when Ross cheated on Rachel with the girl from the copy place! This fight breaks my heart every time and makes me so furious with Ross all over again!
4. Ross Says Rachel's name . . .
While marrying Emily--who I personally never really cared for. Did you?
5. Ross and Rachel Tie the Knot!
In Vegas! While drunk out of their minds! And, it's just Ross' third marriage, no big deal. But how many of you wanted this blessed union to stick? PS--Jennifer Aniston is the only woman in the world that can make a Sharpie mustache paired with a bouquet look hot!
6. Ross and Rachel Have a Baby
It's pretty cliche, the maid of honor and the best man getting together--but that's just what Ross and Rachel did while stuffing envelopes for Chandler and Monica's wedding. And thus baby Emma was born. Watching Ross and Rachel sing her to sleep with a rousing rendition of "Baby Got Back" is one of my favorite moments on the show that you can watch here!
7. Rachel Gets Off the Plane
And Ross and Rachel FINALLY get together for good. You guys voted for the final episode of Friends as the "greatest ever" series finale and I'm pretty sure it's because of this heart stopping scene where Rachel decides to give up a chance to work in Paris to finally be with Ross for good!
Awww--memories! Why are YOU happy for Jennifer? And what was your favorite Rachel/Ross moment on Friends?
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Jordan Peak creates the first imprint on Assembly Records with his 'Gooseneck EP'.
Title track 'Gooseneck' is a muscular peak-time workout that focuses around a solid lock groove bass line and a variety of intermittent chopped vocals. The spoken diva sample provides the only interval from the relentless hook and spine tingling cymbal line. With massive crossover appeal, this floor-friendly offering would be no less at home on terraces as it would at the more upbeat of house night.
'Playground Rules', in contrast combines low-fi bass tones and hypnotic vocals with lashings of loose percussion. This groove lead composition perfectly reflects early Chicago and New York in its arrangement whilst utilising sounds geared towards today's modern systems.
'You Make Me Better' is another sophisticated deep house cut armed with multi-layered vocals, a subtle bass line and flashes of Rhodes. Overall this track has a more soulful vibe but still displays Jordan's obvious ability to keep his audience engaged with persuasive percussion.
Jordan describes his sound as "a mixture of organic drums and synthised melodies combined with a healthy dose of low end frequencies; deep, hypnotic, far-out grooves which join the dots between house and techno".
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Son of a Biscuit- I Was Robbed! Craft Wars Recap: Trick or Trowel
Yes. That was me on Craft Wars last night. And yes, I was robbed. Okay, okay. Not really. My competitor Ashley made an absolutely ADORABLE Halloween candy monster. LOVED it. I really did. I just decided to take on the idea Tori presented with our challenge that crafters are always stereotyped as "too cutesy" and that we should try and make a lawn decoration that would "scare our neighbors away." Quite honestly, I usually DO do cutesy (or funny) so I was kind of excited that the project I made really did look kind of spooky. If you haven't seen my video reaction to watching the show, please scroll down to the blog post just under this one- no REALLY. WATCH IT. My kids think we are HILARIOUS and my daughter has a cameo telling off Mr. Glitterville. (Oh and, for the record, Pattye says we were 100% robbed. LOL).
So let me address some of my favorite moments of the show:
My "I Win the Silver" Party
After insisting that my kids compete in swim meets all summer even when they're freaked out when they don't win, how could I NOT have all my friends join me at a viewing party... even though I knew it meant standing there while they watched me NOT win. I always lecture my kids that in our family, winning is secondary to putting yourself out there and trying new things so I realized I should practice what I preach. I'm so glad my friends helped push me toward doing it. Check out the AMAZING trophy they made me. I am scared of it AND I love it. If you haven't been reading my blog recaps, you might not get the references but there is a cut up teddy bear inside, a fluffy bird representing Tori's chicken Coco (complete with pink bow) and the doll heads that terrify/fascinate me in crafting, lots of glitter. I died. They even gave me an extra "k" in case I want the trophy to read "Krafty Kangela." It's the best thing EVER. (Thank you Marion and kids!). Anyway, we all boo'ed the judges and other competitors and cheered when I came on screen. All in good fun.
Although, I must admit, this whole time, I keep thinking about what Jerry Seinfeld has to say about people who come in second. So don't let me kid you, I wanted to WIN. Now I'm the winner of the losers ;):
Those judges are BLIND
Actually, no. I'm not going to lie, I was a little shocked at how REAL the critique part of the show was. Usually crafters are all warm and fuzzy ("awww. Love those googly eyes!") but these judges? They JUDGED. Oof. But this is a totally subjective show. And come ON. If it was always TOTALLY obvious who would win on these reality shows, who would watch? How boring. As an avid consumer of bad reality TV and the kind who is sometimes gleeful when someone gets voted off, karma was probably looking forward to my turn. And besides, a little birdie I know was actually WITH judge Jo Pearson yesterday in a bar filled with people whom I admire. They allegedly/maybe/possibly boo'ed Jo in person for her decision on this episode (hee hee) and she was funny and gracious about it. AND Mr. Glitterville- I tweeted him my recap video and he graciously retweeted it and was funny about it too. How can I not continue to love his glittery dimpled self? I'm just shocked that it was Miss P.S. I Made This who was in my corner. I would have never guessed!
I High-Five Tori Spelling!
This was the best surprise of the show for me. Ha ha! I don't even REMEMBER doing this. At. All. (And let's not discuss my many weird expressions and the double chin look I am sporting- if I had won the 10k, I'd be considering a chin-tuck right about now- watching yourself in HD is BRUTAL). Everyone keeps asking me what Tori Spelling was like and here's my best story about "meeting" her. When we first came on set, camera's rolling, there she was and, I have to admit, I kind of geeked out a little. Right away, she starts telling us about the Pop Challenge and I swear to you, she was looking RIGHT at ME the whole time. And smiling and giving me eye contact. In short, I had some kind of creative vibe that was speaking to my soon-to-be BFF Tori Spelling. She was kind of into me and I could feel it. Maybe she liked the DIY flowers on my shirt? Until she very, very politely waved for me to move over a tiny bit. I was standing right in front of the guy giving her cues. Hence the apparent focus on my side of the room. Oh. Sad horns. Dreams of being invited to Stella's and Hattie's next birthday, dashed on the spot.
That's it for favorite moments although I had a million. I wish you could have heard ANY of the incredibly funny and inappropriate comments Pattye made all day as she toiled away under the tyranny of my crafting dictatorship. But please feel free to ask, I could answer questions about the weirdness of being on a reality crafting show all day long.
If you still absolutely HATE the show and think it's putting crafting in a terrible light, I do hope you'll read my response to that idea here: Let's Talk Craft Wars, Shall We? If you like the show and hope to be a contestant on it some day, you can read my audition do's and don'ts here: How to Get on Craft Wars
Thank you EVERYONE for all the amazing emails, Tweets, Facebook messages and posts that you have posted in support of me this week. It never ceases to amaze me what a strong force of nature online crafters are and how comforting it is to find people who share your same crazy, passion for glitter and glue. If we continue to direct some of that energy and passion to TLC about this show, I think we can absolutely help shape future seasons and, more importantly, send the message to networks that crafting needs to find it's way back on to television.
P.S. I still don't think I know what a "trowel" is...


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Selena recording a duet with Justin Bieber!
working him.
"I don't know. You know, with my friends, I always make sure that I try to keep like family and business separate because it doesn't really go well sometimes... I don't know about that. We'll see," she said when asked if she would go for collaboration. "Ultimately I'd like to slow everything down and just do acting for when I'm older. But right now I have a passion for music. I'm young and I love travelling and I'm kind of embracing all that," she added.
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West Point Crab Carnival
October 4 - 4, 2014 Always the first weekend in October. The annual West Point Crab Carnival promises more wonderful hometown family fun for locals, ex-locals, wannabe-locals and visitors from all over Virginia and from around the country! Enjoy seeing old friends, eating great food, listening to excellent tunes, playing fun games, and browsing arts, crafts, antiques and merchant booths to your heart's content. Of course there is a crab parade! This is our favorite event of the year! When you come don't forget to try the crab cakes, fried crabs, softshell crabs, crab soup, steamed crabs, and of course crab fritters. Dont forget to see us at our booth in front of the Post Office right next to our alpacas.
Linda Harvesting Honey
Its been a slow time coming this year but we finally have honey that is ready to be harvested.
Building Our Hay Barn
We are excited about having a barn to store hay after this and get more room in the alpaca barn.
St. Stevan's Strawberry Festival
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We will be at Stratford Hall Wine Festival this weekend. This is a great two day event at a historic plantation on the Potomac River. The weather is supposed to be great this year so bring the whole family out.Of course there will be wine tasting but also many food vendors, rides, facepainting, and craft vendors. For more info go to.. http://www.stratfordhall.org/event/6th-annual-stratford-hall-wine-festival/
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We added another three acres this Sunday to the alpacas. It was a lot of work getting the stumps up and the soil ph correct. After seeding and spraying with fish the grass came up great and the alpacas love it.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
"Niger Delta - The Black Gold Film" - Behind the scenes
Vivica Fox, Billy Zane, Tom Sizemore, Eric Roberts, Michael Madsen, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Sarah Wayne Callies, Larry Minetti & Mbong Amata in Nigeria's most anticipated movie yet. The chronicles of the Niger Delta crisis is brought to the big screen. Filmed on location in Nigeria and Hollywood, CA, Niger Delta features an array of stars from both Hollywood and Nollywood in the first of its kind for a Nigerian movie directed by acclaimed Nigerian director Jeta Amata.
The suspense drama will be released in 2011 and it's produced by Jeta Amata Concepts, Rock City Entertainment, Wheels Entertainment, Starkid Inc & Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions
More pics when you continue...
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Alica says...
I'm not too excited about this...I have a BAD feeling about this.
why does Hollyood always try to cash in on everything?
i bet you the Nigerians will be playing the role of the thugs or the small characters.
and you know how Hollywood/Americans have to try to over stereotype or exaggerate.
not looking forward to it at all, im ready for the baloney that will be in stores for ALL to see.
- December 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM
Pls where are the Niger Delta pics?
where are the scenes from Nigeria?
Can we see a clear pic of Vivica or is that too much to ask?
Thank you very much.
- December 30, 2010 at 5:52 PM
I dont know..My question is how big a role are Nigerians playing in this?
I hope they dont let the Hollywood industry take over the production though..And since we're at it, maybe some other good aspects of Nigeria should be shown...Not only the Niger/Delta ish because that's what the foreigners and people on the other side will see...Well I guess that's the point of the movie so whatves..We're getting there anyways.Its ok.
- December 30, 2010 at 9:49 PM
call me crazy..but i still prefer the movies with our local heroes, and village scenes...i didnt like bursting out..it was way too contrived for me...i understand the producers are trying to improve their production and filming, but i still like the locally made movies...to me they are truly original..i have had enough of hollywood cookie cutter movies...i am totally over them...pls give us home grown movies..and dont let hollywood usurp our culture...i have been in America long enough....to understand that our culture is richer..we need to appreciate it.
- December 31, 2010 at 3:54 PM
http://www.celebregion.com/2011/01/new-movie-alertniger-delta-black-gold.html. There are a few Niger-Delta pics and Vivica Fox also. Let's hope they have a positive story to tell.
- January 5, 2011 at 2:49 PM
I do think that making international movies and telling stories about the 3rd world is good. The world is diversifying and we should grow with the world. Its a good opportunity for Nigerians to have their stroy told to the entire world; however, I do agree that some Nigerian stars should mix with the Hollywood stars. Enough of that home video gibberish. Its a complete joke. We should move on and maybe this will help corruption if the story is heard by people. Eg: Hotel Rwanda.
- February 3, 2011 at 9:44 PM


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Thomas Price has been fixing motorcycles at Custom Cycle and Machine in Cedar Park, Texas, since 1986, but he started at a parts counter.
He owned a PG&A store for 15 years before deciding he'd rather turn wrenches.
"I did the retail thing for 15 years," he told Impact News. "But I would much rather be doing machine work than selling parts. I just wanted to concentrate on this store."
Price, who started riding as a teenager, says there's plenty of repair work to keep him busy.
"There are never enough hours in the day to get all the work done," he says. "It might be a good thing that a lot of people don't know I'm here [in a residential area] because I can't handle much more than I'm doing now."
Custom Cycle and Machine only works by appointment, and takes them over the phone. Price is working on a Web site he hopes to launch soon.
In addition to repairing bikes, Price uses his garage as a classroom for the motorcycle course he teaches at Austin Community College. Each semester, he invites 10 students to work in the shop in the evenings.
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Today is Tuesday, May 15, the 136th day of 2012. There are 230 days left in the year.
Today's highlight:
On May 15, 1972, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot and left paralyzed by Arthur H. Bremer while campaigning in Laurel, Md., for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Wallace died in 1998; Bremer was released from prison in November 2007 after serving 35 years of a 53-year sentence for attempted murder.)
On this date:
In 1602, English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold and his ship, the Concord, arrived at present-day Cape Cod, which he's credited with naming.
In 1776, Virginia endorsed American independence from Britain.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed an act establishing the Department of Agriculture. Austrian author and playwright Arthur Schnitzler was born in Vienna.
In 1911, the Supreme Court ruled that Standard Oil Co. was a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and ordered its breakup.
In 1930, registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport (a forerunner of United Airlines).
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, whose members came to be known as WACs. Wartime gasoline rationing went into effect in 17 Eastern states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles.
In 1963, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper blasted off aboard Faith 7 on the final mission of the Project Mercury space program.
In 1970, just after midnight, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Jackson State College in Mississippi, were killed as police opened fire during student protests.
In 1972, the United States returned the prefecture of Okinawa to Japanese administration.
In 1975, U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. (All 40 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the operation.)
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan told a gathering of out-of-town reporters at the White House he did not consider himself "mortally wounded" by the Iran-Contra affair. (The president got to relive his radio-announcer days when he complied with a reporter's request to read aloud a promo for Nashville station WSM.)
In 1991, Edith Cresson was appointed by French President Francois Mitterrand to be France's first female prime minister.
Ten years ago: The White House acknowledged that in the weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush was told by U.S. intelligence that Osama bin Laden's terrorist network might hijack American airplanes, but that officials did not know suicide hijackers were plotting to use planes as missiles. Financier Martin Frankel pleaded guilty in New Haven, Conn., to 24 counts of securities fraud and racketeering, admitting that he'd looted insurance companies of more than $200 million. (Frankel was later sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison.)
Five years ago: The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who'd built the Christian right into a political force, died in Lynchburg, Va., at age 73. Yolanda King, the firstborn child of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51. President George W. Bush chose Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a war czar. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern became the first Irish leader to address the joint houses of the British Parliament. Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy from the Academy of Country Music.
One year ago: Thousands of Arab protesters marched on Israel's borders with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza in an unprecedented wave of demonstrations, sparking clashes that left at least 15 dead. Finland scored five late goals to beat Sweden 6-1 and claim its second title at the ice hockey world championship played in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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IHearChains wrote:peyton wrote:there is no way to make a throw underneath it go anywhere...it makes for poke and hope golf
Hugging the left side for a big turnover might be poke and hope. But who says the preferred shot has to be the same as before?
There's a fair line on the right or middle, you can just rip your forehand (or LHBH) low along the right side or through the middle, where the window under the arch is wide open.
Isn't disc golf supposed to be challenging?
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Dr. Audirsch's Personal Profile
Spouse: Alicia M. Audirsch
Children: Beretta, our dog
Hometown: Winnfield, LA
Current church: Still in the visitation stage
Current ministry: Pulpit Supply
Why did you come to BPC? I always wanted to teach at a Baptist college.
Courses you teach: General courses on the Old Testament, Old Testament Theology, Biblical Archaeology, and Biblical Hebrew
Interesting family facts: We are avid New Orleans Saints fans
Hobbies & interests: Traveling, Photography, Reading, and Running
Most influential persons in your life: My Grandfather and Father
Favorite BPC memory: Preaching in Chapel
Favorite preachers: I like the vintage Adrian Rogers' sermons and, more recently, Tony Merida
Favorite authors: Academic writers: Rolf Rendtorff, J. Gordon McConville, Moshe Weinfeld, David Gunn; Fiction writers: Vince Flynn
Favorite music groups: No specific groups, but I love all genres except Country
Favorite movies: Tombstone, the Jason Bourne movies, and the Harry Potter movies
Favorite TV shows: 30 Rock, The Office, and The Mentalist
Favorite restaurants: Bear's BBQ
Favorite vacations spots: Paris, London, and Rome
Surprising facts that students don't know about you: I used to be a graphic designer
Former vice now given up: Going to the New Orleans Saints games
Pet peeves: People who talk during movies
What books, besides the Bible, have influenced you the most and why? Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns. He does an excellent job of placing the Hebrew Bible into its context of the ancient Near East. Moreover, he makes his argument applicable for the church.
Ministry passion: Working with the homeless
Favorite thing about teaching: Mentoring students
Life-changing Bible verse: "Fear God and keep his commandments for this is the duty of man," Eccl 12:13
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By Zack Colman - 11/20/12 01:30 PM EST
Reuters takes a look at how some cities are boosting coastal defenses to manage storms.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration says the cost of transporting coal rose 50 percent in the past 10 years, notes EnergyBiz.
A group of more than 130 scientists from Iowa colleges and universities fingered climate change for this year's drought, The Associated Press reports.
The State University of New York at Buffalo is shuttering its natural gas industry-backed hydraulic fracturing institute, Bloomberg reports.


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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina Part 3, Chapter 12 Summary
- The peasant women begin singing, and Levin feels enveloped in gaiety. After they leave, Levin feels a painful yearning due to his solitude, physical idleness, and alienation from the world.
- By this point, all the peasants have forgotten that they tried to cheat Levin.
- For the first time, Levin feels a full yearning to live the peasant life—social and full of hard work.
- Levin is lying on a haystack, looking at the stars, and there he spends the night.
- He resolves to renounce his old life and his useless education, but gets hung up on the best way to achieve that. Is it by marrying a peasant girl?
- In the early morning, Levin hears the tinkling of little bells signaling a carriage. He sees the carriage and glances inside.
- A young girl who just woke up looks at Levin. Her eyes light up at the sight of Levin.
- It's Kitty, who is probably on her way to see Dolly.
- All the resolutions Levin made last night disappear. He recalls them with disgust. No matter how good that other life of the peasantry might appear, Levin can't abandon his current life because of his love for Kitty.


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Age-discrimination lawsuit against HP
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Man arrested in connection to Airbnb burglary
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Peter deCourcy Hero, who transformed Silicon Valley philanthropy, has died
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State Supreme Court upholds California teacher tenure law
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School board approves big teacher pay increase
Teachers in the Mountain View Whisman School District can rejoice, after school board members unanimously approved a new contract that includes a major pay increase across the board, along with a guarantee that class sizes will be reduced in the coming years.
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Landlords rattled by specter of rent control
With favorable polling and two separate rent stabilization measures going before voters this November, the possibility that Mountain View will enact some form of rent control is causing angst among some apartment owners. Sunday, 9:05 PM | 52 comments
Editorial: Public interest not served by police department policy
The Mountain View Police Department's creation of a wall denying access to traffic-accident information to the public and the press is more than puzzling. It's also legally misguided, despite department officials' claim that general secrecy about the incidents is required by law. It is not. Monday, 1:54 PM | 8 comments
Traffic accident data tough to get from police department
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Stevenson school design overhauled again
The Mountain View Whisman School District spent months considering five options for building new facilities for Stevenson Elementary, home to the district's parent participation (PACT) program. But soon after the board endorsed an alternative, district officials are saying that a total revamp of the plan is needed to house the district's preschool and deal with traffic concerns. Friday, 1:57 PM | 21 comments
Bringing Bernie's agenda to Mountain View
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Two vie for county school-board seat
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Wii music turns Koyaanisqatsi jaunty Mar 24 2016
Koyaanisqatsi isn't quite as haunting if you replace Philip Glass with the music from the Wii Shop Channel. pic.twitter.com/PkN9X4ucMZ— Andy Kelly (@ultrabrilliant) March 22, 2016
In this clip from Koyaanisqatsi, Andy Kelly replaced Philip Glass' score with music from the Wii Shop Channel. As he notes, the movie doesn't seem quite as haunting now. (via @daveg)