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Zarine who is quite excited and looking forward to the premiere says, "I wish we would have 18th century theme at the premiere and would love to wear something of that era like I have worn in the film."
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|CHEM 406: Chemical Kinetics
|Theory and characterization of chemical rate processes. Recommended preparation: Two semesters of undergraduate physical chemistry.
|CHEM 407:Chemical Thermodynamics
|Thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics and their application to chemical problems. Recommended preparation: Two semesters of undergraduate physical chemistry.
|CHEM 408: Advanced Physical Chemistry
|Topics in physical chemistry, intended for entering graduate students, giving background tools appropriate for graduate research in areas of chemistry other than physical chemistry. Illustrations from the contemporary chemical research literature will be emphasized. Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, quantum chemistry and computation, spectroscopy, and chemical kinetics and dynamics. Recommended preparation: One year of undergraduate physical chemistry.
|CHEM 410: Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
|Principles and applications of analytical instrumentation including optical spectroscopy, photoelectron and ion bombardment spectrometry, NMR and magnetic resonance imaging.
|CHEM 412: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I
|Chemistry of inorganic systems, with emphasis on spectroscopy, magnetism, and stereochemistry of transition metal compounds.
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|Chemistry of inorganic compounds, with special emphasis on mechanisms of reactions.
|CHEM 414: Organometallic Reactions and Structures
|Developments in the understanding of bonding and structure in organometallic chemistry and the relevance of organometallic species to chemical catalysis.
|CHEM 415: Principles of Instrumental Analysis
|A one semester lecture course in chemical instrumentation including measurement basics, atomic and molecular spectroscopy, electroanalytical chemistry, and separation methods. Offered as CHEM 315 and CHEM 415.
|CHEM 417: Radiochemistry
|Radio activity and its applications, beginning with basic theory and techniques and extending through applications in chemistry, biology, engineering, and medicine.
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|CHEM 425: Physical Methods for Determining Organic Structure
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|CHEM 428: Introductory Biochemistry
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|CHEM 430: Advanced Methods in Structural Biology
|The course is designed for graduate students who will be focusing on one or more methods of structural biology in their thesis project. This course is divided into 3-6 sections (depending on demand). The topics offered will include X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, cryo-electron microscopy, and computational and design methods. Students can select one or more modules. Modules will be scheduled so that students can take all the offered modules in one semester. Each section is given in 5 weeks and is worth 1 credit. Each section covers one area of structural biology at an advanced level such that the student is prepared for graduate level research in that topic. Offered as BIOC 430, CHEM 430, PHOL 430, and PHRM 430.
|CHEM 433: Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development
|This course provides an overview on how principles in chemistry and biology are integrated to facilitate drug development. Primary emphasis will be placed on the development of organic molecules as drugs and metabolic enzymes as drug targets. Subjects pertinent to the introduction of medicinal chemistry, evaluation of drug efficacies in vitro and in vivo, and drug metabolism will be covered. Offered as CHEM 333 and CHEM 433.
|CHEM 435: Synthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry
|This course is designed to give students a practical knowledge of reactions and tactics that are currently used for organic synthesis. The use of tactical combinations of reactions is also covered.
|CHEM 436: Complex Molecular Synthesis
|The goal of this course is to provide an appreciation of the logic and strategical issues associated with modern organic synthesis. This is accomplished via in-depth analyses of notable syntheses drawn from the literature.
|CHEM 439: Bioinorganic Chemistry
|An introduction to metal ions in biology and medicine. Topics of emphasis include metalloenzymes, inorganic elements in pharmaceuticals, and physical methods of characterization in biology. Course material will be presented through a seminar format, and will involve extensive class participation, student presentations, and literature research reports. Offered as CHEM 339 and CHEM 439.
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|CHEM 440: Solar Energy Conversion
|This is a multidisciplinary course from a chemist's point of view. This course teaches the background necessary to read and understand the scientific literature on solar energy conversion, and includes some basic device physics, materials chemistry and chemistry. Topics provide an overview of the field and includes: Global energy perspective, principles of photovoltaics, crystalline solar cells, thin-film solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, organic solar cells (with emphasis on polymer-based solar cells), photoelectrochemical cells and artificial photosynthesis for fuel production, and semiconductor nanostructures and quantum dots for solar energy conversion. The course includes three laboratories and a demo using state-of-the-art equipment, as well as presentations of recent research articles by the graduate students. It is recommended that students have experience with thermodynamics. The following CWRU courses would meet this expectation: CHEM 301, CHEM 335, ENGR 225 or PHYS 313. Offered as CHEM 340 and CHEM 440.
|CHEM 441: Functional Nanomaterials
|This course is designed to introduce important concepts on the fundamental physical and chemical properties of technologically important nanometer scale materials. The course will cover an overview of the scientific principles pertaining to new properties at the nanoscale; synthesis and characterization tools; and existing and emerging applications of nanomaterials. It will center on current research developments on major classes of functional nanomaterials, including plasmonic nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanomagnets, carbon nanotubes, nanocatalysts and hybrid inorganic/organic nanostructures. In addition an emphasis will be placed on understanding the broader societal, economical and environmental impact of the scientific and technological advances brought forward by nanotechnology.
|CHEM 445: Electrochemistry
|Basic electrochemical properties of electrode-electrolyte interfaces and processes occurring thereat. Fundamental background for work in corrosion, electrodeposition, industrial electrolysis, electro-organic, batteries, fuel cells, and photoelectrochemical energy conversion.
|CHEM 446: Quantum Mechanics I
|Physical and mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics, including approximation methods and Hartree-Fock theory and time-dependent systems; application to problems in atomic and molecular structure and spectroscopy.
|CHEM 447: Quantum Mechanics II
|(Continuation of CHEM 446.) Ab initio, semi-empirical methods, configuration interaction, time-dependent phenomena, and principles of group theory.
|CHEM 448: Statistical Mechanics
|Systematic development of equilibrium statistical mechanics with emphasis on the properties of the gaseous, liquid, and solid states of matter. Introduction to non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.
|CHEM 450: Molecular Spectroscopy
|Rotation, vibration, and electronic spectra of simple and complex molecules.
|CHEM 460: NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging
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|CHEM 475: Protein Biophysics
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|CHEM 492: Modern Chemistry for Innovation II
|Continuation of CHEM 491, with an emphasis on current and prospective opportunities for Chemistry Entrepreneurship. Longer term opportunities for Chemistry Entrepreneurship in emerging areas, including (but not be limited to) biomaterials, pharmacogenomics, biocatalysis, and drug discovery.
Prereq: CHEM 491.
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|This course provides the tools scientists need to determine whether a technology is ready for commercialization. These tools include (but are not limited to): financial analysis, market analysis, industry analysis, technology analysis, intellectual property protection, the entrepreneurial process and culture, an introduction to entrepreneurial strategy and new venture financing. Deliverables will include a technology feasibility analysis on a possible application in the student's scientific area. Offered as BIOL 493, CHEM 493, and PHYS 493.
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|CHEM 509: Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry
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The article by Murray et al on staphylococcal septicemia in association with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), which appeared in the July Archives (137:844-847, 1977), prompted us to report on the case of one of our patients who had a similar problem.
Report of a Case.—
A 46-year-old man, who was receiving combination chemotherapy for histiocytic leukemia, was admitted to the hospital June 17, 1977, with symptoms suggestive of gastritis. His vital signs were normal, and there were no important physical findings except for pallor. Laboratory data were unremarkable other than marked anemia, for which he was given packed RBCs. He developed a temperature of 38.3 C and chills on June 24. Blood cultures grew Staphylococcus aureus, and he was given nafcillin sodium and gentamicin sulfate. On June 27, multiple purpuric lesions were noted on the trunk and extremities, and subconjunctival hemorrhages developed. Three days later, a holosystolic murmur
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Al Jean - Still Excited for The Simpsons, 20 Years Later
by Tara Bennett
Date: 25 September 2008 Time: 01:47 PM ET
Here's s startling fact – Sunday night Fox will usher in the 20th season premiere of Matt Groening's unsinkable animated hit, The Simpsons. That means that this spin-off of a Tracy Ullman Show skit has been on the air for 19 years and has amassed a whopping 420 episodes under its shorts…it's mind-boggling, perhaps even "unpossible!"Yet it's true, and the cast and creative team together has 24 Emmy awards, a Peabody, and a Golden Globe nomination (for The Simpsons Movie) to prove it. It's now the longest running animated series in the history of U.S. television and watch out Gunsmoke and Lassie, the cast is signed up for three more years. Executive producer Al Jean has been with the show from the start and is embarking on his eighth season as showrunner. Wednesday he chatted with Newsarama and some other media outlets about what fans can expect this season, highlights of the show's entire run and if there are plans for The Simpsons Movie Part Deux.


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Friends and family of a Flower Mound teen are mourning his death after the 17-year-old suffered from a flu that turned into pneumonia and a staph infection over the holidays.
Max Schwolert was visiting relatives in Wisconsin when he fell ill on Christmas Day and was hospitalized, reports WFAA-TV (Channel 8). Four days later, he died.
"It really kind of hit him on the night of the 25th," Max's aunt, Michelle Schwolert told Channel 8. "[We] took him to the hospital, and from there it was very quick. There was a point of no return."
The teen was a healthy athlete, family and friends said. He played basketball in a league at Faith Lutheran Church, where his father is a youth pastor and played golf with his team at Marcus High School.
Friends have made memorials near the church, saying "Live to the Max." His friends say this has shown them not to "take life for granted."
"Now that you have everyone listening, what do you do with that?" said Colleen Mauboules, a friend of the family. "And that is Max's legacy."
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Margaret, though only one of many possible protagonists in this novel, is the one who really stands out in our minds. She's undoubtedly at the heart of the action, and is also the most deeply developed, richly depicted character we encounter. Margaret is also the main psyche we explore here and, through her eyes, we see the main philosophical difficulty of the novel: how can one possibly reconcile the idealistic, castle-in-the-air fantasies of liberalism while also dealing with the down-and-dirty nuances of everyday life? Margaret's increasingly complex stance in between these two modes takes readers through the central journey of this text.


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Tkachuk Reaches Another New Milestone
Blues' forward recorded his 1,000th career NHL point Nov. 30 in Atlanta
Sunday, 11.30.2008 / 4:20 PM CT / St Louis Blues - Features
By Chris Pinkert - St. Louis Blues
|Tkachuk scored the 1,000th point of his NHL career in Atlanta on Sunday. (Getty Images).
Just six months earlier, the same thing happened when Tkachuk scored career goal No. 500 in the 2007-08 season finale against Columbus.
Talk about a little déjà vu.
Tkachuk's goal, scored 15:03 into the second period Sunday vs. Atlanta, was the 1,000th point of his NHL career, a milestone only 71 players have reached before him. It also evened the score at 2-2 against the Thrashers.
"I would love to have done it at home, but it was nice seeing the reaction of having the players come on the ice," Tkachuk said shortly after scoring the goal. "I'm just glad I tied the game."
The goal gave the Blues some life as they battled back from a one-goal deficit to beat the Thrashers 4-2.
In addition to the congrats from his teammates on the ice, Tkachuk received a standing ovation from the crowd at Philips Arena, where he played briefly as a member of the Thrashers in the 2006-07 season.
"If you looked at how he's scored most of his goals in the NHL, they've all been in front of the net, two feet in front of the net, him laying on his butt after the puck goes across the line," Blues coach Andy Murray told the St. Louis Post Dispatch. "That's how I picture a Keith Tkachuk goal. It was kind of special to be a part of."
Tkachuk was first acquired by the Blues on March 13, 2001 in a trade with Phoenix that sent Michael Handzus, Ladislav Nagy, Jeff Taffe and a 2002 first round draft choice to the Coyotes. He has remained in St. Louis ever since except for a brief 18-game stint in Atlanta at the end of the 2006-07 season.
His 362 points in a Blues uniform ranks him at eighth all-time in Blues history.
"I've played a long time, and this just means I'm just getting older," Tkachuk told the Associated Press after the game. "I appreciate the game more as I get older. I've been fortunate."


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The airline's new schedule, which is slated to take effect from March 30th 2014, will no longer see Adelaide-HK flights routed via Melbourne, or Cairns-HL services via Brisbane.
However, flights between Adelaide and Hong Kong will be scaled back to four direct flights per week, rather than the daily service via Melbourne, although the airlines expects the non-stop flights will increase the number of available seats by 14 per cent.
"While the timing of the flights is subject to confirmation, Cathay Pacific intends to improve connection times and increase the number of short same day connections including to China from Adelaide", the airline says.
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Definition of retroflex in English:
(also retroflexed)
1 Anatomy & Medicine Turned backwards: a retroflexed endoscope
More example sentences
- The retroflexed view confirmed a loose wrap with prolapsing gastric folds.
- The retroflexed view in the stomach demonstrated findings consistent with a slipped fundoplication.
- Scarring from adhesions as a result of endometriosis or fibroids can also cause the uterus to shift to a tilted or retroflexed state.
1.1 Phonetics Pronounced with the tip of the tongue curled up towards the hard palate: the retroflex /r/
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- Sicilian, phonetically characterized by the presence of retroflexed consonants, not only keeps all the vowel sounds clear and loud but introduces an epenthetic [i] in some consonantic groups.
- It is phonologically impossible since Tamil has no [z] sound and since the retroflex approximant sometimes romanized < z > cannot appear in initial position.
- Waymamba taught us the sounds of Yolngu Matha, the retroflexed T that sounds like an 'rt', like watu, dog, the elusive 'ng' that emerges from the back of the throat, heard in the word Yolngu, and the glottal stop that sounds like a hiccup.
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Nice sprinkling of snow. Just enough nto be a minor nuisance.TraceyNice easy 3. Hope it went well. Have a good run tomorrow.GrahamShame about the snow but there's nopoint in taking un due risks.JJ
Graham,That's disappointing but there is always another race.
15.3k done for 62k this week, just short of 40 miles but good enough. 195k so far this month so on track for 240k + for the month. Time to introduce some pace work, hoping the weather will permit it this week.
Tracey - does Andre run independently or do you have to jolly him along?
Graham - what a pity, and you were so looking forward to it. But the right decision, I'm sure.
Ran 4.8 miles today, - to the town lake, twice round it and back home. Was bitterly cold, lake was frozen though not all over. However, for the last mile and a half I had the bitter NE wind behind me and warmed up enough to take off my headband, and even my gloves.
Traceyhave a good one tomorrow - best of luck
Grahamthat was not good timing!! We had a flurry here but nothing significant.
Mick6good going - all on track. Distance look so much bettter in km!!!
Forced to stay in and watch the rughy again !!!
Still snowing off and on but a bit of sun inbetween too. Off to the Newcastle v Southampton match soon. I got a couple of free tickets courtesy of Rungeordierun. He'd been given them as a gesture of support from the Newcastle United Supporters Trust and he kindly thought of me to use them as thanks for my help so far in planning his run (he has a season ticket himself). It's ages since I went to a League match so really looking forward to it. Polar explorers probably wear less than I'll be going in though!
Run done. 3.09 miles in about 40 minutes. A lot of work to be done before I can think of being anywhere near my target time of 29:34 for 5k. Anyway, it's a start. I'm pleased that I can feel that I'm running better (all the core and posture work plus the RS input. I wore Asics 2000 which we've got as trial shoes at the mo and really liked them to run in. Probably slightly more support than I need (and I must get my gait assessed after doing all the core work, etc) but I felt as though the footstrike was further forward and the transition's good.
Good morning
K2a good start - as Chairman Mao said " a journey of a 1,000 miles begins with a single step" - and your foot equipment sounds pretty good as well.
TraceyI have a mental image of a plucked turkey on someone's head chasing after Andre
Columbawe are closer to the start of the NE wind here - and it's bliddy freezin!!! (see Graham's words on getting dressed for the match!!)
Grahamremember - "allez les noir et blancs "
It was the aforesaid bliddy freezin this morning - bone dry with dusty snow blowing around and not sticking to anything.A hard day's decorating yersterday left me a bit still in the legs but it soon wore off leaving me with just the cold and the wind to contend with
12.11 mile sdone in 1:44:29 (8:38m/m) with avHR 131 (66%WHR) and a max of 142 as I controlled effort
Avg HR
Max HR
oh well that didn't work very well did it???
12 miles was all I had in the legs as I tried to push on despite the good avHR.However it puts me on target for where I want to be by the end of February.
I am still not convinced my Garmin is giving me accurate HR information but on the basis of Ilike what I see it will do!!!
Tracey - I love that! I can just picture it!
"Bone dry with dusty snow blowing around and not sticking to anything" (TS) - that's what it was like here this morning, too. Snow seems to have blown away now, though.
But still freezing.
Hi, I don't mean to butt in rudely, but I just wondered if anyone here has had sciatica. I got it about 9 years ago due to overdoing things hugely in the gym. (I don't go any more.) Really bad it was, and took around 8 weeks to go away. It has never come back again since then, except around 3 weeks ago I suddenly got it, but not as badly. I mean it didn't go right down to my foot as it had before. But this time, as before, my main problem was sitting. That's when it bothered me and only then. Wanted to keep stretching out my right leg. Not sure what caused it this time except that I had been sort of jumping on and off the pavement because of snow, avoiding the slippiness on the pavement, but then a car would come and I'd jump back on to the snowy pavement again.Anyway, I stopped running but did plenty of walking. I went to my doctor about 10 days ago. (He's an excellent, competitive off-road runner in his mid 50s, as it happens so he's sympathetic to running - but not on roads!). He told me I'd hurt my back and confirmed it was sciatica. He advised only walking for 3 or 4 weeks, and no weights, etc. and prescribed me a box of 100 good painkillers (Free in Scotland, btw.!)I haven't taken even one as it didn't get that bad to have to, but sitting was still the worst, but only a bit uncomfortable. But now I'm practically pain free, even sitting on the worst chair doesn't bring it on any more. And now - at last! - my question is: do you think I really should wait another 2 or 3 weeks as recommended, or just start gentle running again tomorrow or something? (I'm 75.) My usual is about 4 and a quarter miles 4 or 5 times per week plus plenty of walking. And sometimes I try to do interval training or just run fast and slow during a run.Sorry this has turned out to be so long!
Traceyvery well done -surprised you didn't run faster to get away from JJ's hugs
ColumbaIt turned to hail this afternoon so I was lucky !
also ransorry no sciatica around here but I guess the doctor was giving a timesacle to allow the inflammation to disappear completely. starting back too soon may just aggrevate the condition again and then you are back where you started
Trying again
Mile Time Avg HR Max HR
01 9:34.6 115 131
02 8:49.8 128 135
03 8:35.3 129 137
04 8:34.7 131 141
05 8:17.7 131 142
06 8:21.1 134 140
07 8:16.5 135 142
08 8:37.7 134 139
09 8:27.7 136 142
10 8:32.9 136 140
11 8:50.1 134 139
12 8:34.1 136 140
.11 0:57.6 140 142
works this time - copied table from Garmin Connect to plain text in Word and then copied it direct into the thread - saves time when there are a few miles to record
TWells 1/2m today and only 1900 runners turned up out of 2800 entries. Ity's such a shame when so many folks were turned away because the race limit was reached early. Did 31 mins of 300m run and 100m walk. Didn't count the number or pace.TraceyLovely to see you. Shame you were off colour. Sorry I wasn't at the start or finish but as you could see I was diverted elsewhere for other duties. Hope you enjoyed seeing my doodle. CealEric ran 1:53 and was first M70. Not sure I could beat that if I was fit.Also ran.I think you ought to wait until you are pain free before re-starting but I would try some power walking to start getting you back into things. It has less impact. You may want to add some gentle exercises a couple of times a week that will strengthen the back muscles. Planks may work. When you re-start running I would want to do 300-400 miles of slow running to rebuild gently. At 75 you will almost certainly want to recover properly from from any exercise before you do the next session otherwise overuse injuries are likely to keep cropping up. Stick around and keep us posted on progress.JJ
Many thanks for your advice Johnny J and Torque Steer. Just impatient as I feel fine now really, and aged about 28 Some say that if you can believe in something enough with all your heart and mind, it will come true....
Oh well, what can I expect when I've only done 10 miles each of the last two weeks?
Also_ran - Hi and welcome. I beat you on age but not in running I suppose. I don't beat anyone there.
I seem to remember a touch of sciatica a few years back and was told it was due to a trapped nerve somewhere in the bum, something to do with the piriformis muscle and I had to do some special stretches to deal with it. I haven't had it since so I guess they were successful.
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National Night Out will be observed in Hawley, PA Tuesday night, August 6th. Hawley Police and Hawley Council welcomes the public to a free barbecue at 6 p.m. This year, free hamburgers and the trimmings will be served at the bandstand in Bingham Park (rather than at Borough Hall).
Hawley Police will also have free literature and other hand-outs promoting crime prevention awareness. Residents are encouraged to keep their front light on Tuesday evening in a symbolic gesture of "taking back the night" from crime.
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disapproval, disapprobation, criticism, censure, blame, condemnation, fault-finding
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1British Make (a garment) waterproof again.
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I'm looking for a helmet that's comfy, light, and looks good. I've gotten it down to the Pro Tec Bucky Lasek Classic and TSG Evolution. I've heard good things about both but which do you think is better? Any other good helmet suggestions are appreciated ... more »
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The Good: Strong, looks sick as fuck, I love the geometry, light, made in 'Murica, full chromoly.
The Bad: Paint chips easily but mine isn't as bad as everyone else's seems to be. Other than that nothing.
Overall: Really good frame with amazing geometry. It's really strong and the colors are really, really sick. It's made in America. Overall an amazing frame. If you like the geometry get it!
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You're just goofy. I'm right foot forward but footjam with my left. It's not a big deal.
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Just don't get folding ones and they'll last you for a while.
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I'd say get a 20.5
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Get a 2.25" Fit FAF in the front and a 2.30" Fit FAF in the back. Best tire setup.
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My friend had it and it slipped like crazy.
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I'm rocking the Etnies Brake shoes and I'm really liking them.
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20.25" Top Tube Length 75.25° Head Tube Angle 11.6" Bottom Bracket Height 71° Seat Tube Angle 13" Chain Stay Length 9" Stand Over Beefy Tubing Heat Treated Everything Full CrMo Double Gussets Made by S&M No Brake Mounts Micro Drop Outs Integrated ... more »
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MIDDLEBORO — Members of the North Congregational Church Youth Group will be hosting their annual Italian dinner on Saturday, April 6. The yearly event is the group's principle fund raiser, with the proceeds going to their mission trip into Boston during April school vacation to help the poor and needy in the city.
This year's dinner is the fourth in their history, and also the fourth spear-headed by local chef Jerry Bardwell. Mr. Bardwell, a member of NCC and also a parent of one of the teens, will not only be preparing and cooking the delicacies for the dinner, but will give the members of the youth group the opportunity to learn the ins and out of the restaurant business during the process. From purchasing the food and planning the event, to a day-long session of preparation, cooking, serving and the eventual clean up, the NCC youth are integral members of the fundraiser team.
Tickets to the April 6 dinner are $18 each and can be purchased by calling 617-835-8504. A salad with fresh greens will compliment a choice of either chicken or eggplant parmesan, and will be topped off with the tempting favorite of chocolate trifle. The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is open to the public.
NCC is "The Yellow Church" located at 38 Plymouth St. in North Middleboro. Parking is available in the lot or around historic Titicut Green, and the church is handicapped accessible. For more information about NCC, visit www.northcongregationalchurch.com.
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Friday April 17, 2009
CARROLLTON, Ga. – Laura Coble of Augusta played 21 holes before defeating two-time defending champ Mariah Stackhouse of Riverdale for her seventh-career victory at the Georgia Women's Match Play Championship, which took place April 15-17 at Sunset Hills Country Club. Coble, whose last victory in the Women's Match Play came in 2005, birdied the par-5 18th hole to force the sudden-death playoff.
Stackhouse, 15, hit 20 greens in regulation during the match but failed to connect on her approach to the 21st hole's green and could not get up-and-down for par. After Coble lagged her birdie putt to within a foot, the hole and the match were conceded.
"I was so nervous all day today," Coble said after the match's conclusion. "[Stackhouse] is such a quality young lady and a great player. She's going to win a lot of events in her career."
Coble's day began on a bright note, as she birdied her opening hole and took an early 1-up lead. Stackhouse answered on the par-3 second hole though, sinking a ten-foot birdie putt. After both players exchanged pars at holes three and four, Stackhouse won Nos. 5, 6 and 7 to turn the match in her favor. However, Coble bounced back making a nine-foot birdie on the eighth hole. After each carded par on number nine, Stackhouse led the match, 2-up, at the turn.
"It was hard being down at that point," Coble explained about her position at the turn. "I knew that Mariah wasn't going to make any mistakes so I just had to hang in there and try to scratch away at her lead every chance that I was given."
Stackhouse opened the inward nine with a birdie to extend her lead on Coble but she fell victim to three-putts on holes 12, 13 and 16 to see her lead vanish. Stackhouse was able to settle down in her short game though and posted birdie on the 365-yard 17th. Heading to 18, both players drove their tee shots into the fairway. Coble was first to play her approach and her shot came to rest just off the back edge of the green. Stackhouse pulled her approach left and landed just short of the green-side hazard. Stackhouse chipped to the green and left herself a lengthy downhill putt for birdie. Coble connected on her birdie opportunity and Stackhouse slid her putt just right of the hole and the players headed to the first tee for the sudden-death playoff.


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What is Free Trade?July 29th, 2006
The girl with the nose ring and tropical-fish hair was glaring at the guy in the polo shirt with the potbelly and combover. "If I have something to sell," she continued, "and you would like to buy it, should there be anyone else involved? Let's say I make shoes. I buy raw materials, pay for a workspace and equipment, produce, package, and deliver the product with my own labor. Neat as a pin! I pay taxes on my income, and I charge sales tax, but other than that, there's little governmental involvement."
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Then the most serious test period of Anderson's life begins.
The 6-foot-10 sophomore forward will participate in portions of the NBA predraft camp at Orlando, Fla., beginning May 27, before working out for 10 NBA teams during a two-week tour of the country.
On June 14, Anderson will be back home in El Dorado Hills to begin final deliberations with his family to decide by the June 16 deadline whether to keep his name in the draft or return to Cal for his junior season.
"I'm amazed how calm he is about this," his mother, Sue Anderson, said. "I can't believe it. He's really working hard, but he sleeps through the night."
"I'm kind of just trying to live life normally right now," Anderson, 20, said. "I've just got to think of it as a blessing. It all needs to be fun. It's actually exciting, if anything. It's awesome to hear the feedback I'm getting from (NBA) teams.
"Once that (decision) day comes, I'm sure I'll be feeling butterflies."
Anderson said he is no closer to making a decision than he was six weeks ago when he declared himself one of 69 underclassmen eligible for the draft.
"It's really just a matter if I'm comfortable with what they're saying," he explained. "If they tell me there's a guaranteed (draft) spot, and I'm comfortable with that, then I'm going to look hard at that."
Of course, there are no true guarantees until draft day on June 26.
"That's the scary thing about it," he conceded.
Anderson will undergo a physical including being weighed and measured at Orlando, and will complete drills that test strength, quickness, speed and agility. But he has decided against playing in the camp, opting instead to show his on-court skills during individual workouts with teams.
Anderson said his tour itinerary is not yet complete, but that he expects to visit primarily teams drafting in the 15 to 25 range of the first round. That could exclude both the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors, slotted for the Nos.12 and 14 spots, respectively.
"We have an idea of the teams that are really serious about picking me," he said.
For Anderson, who averaged a Pac-10-leading 21.1 points along with 9.9 rebounds this past season, life has been hectic since the Golden Bears' season ended March 24.
Cal fired coach Ben Braun, replacing him with former Stanford and Warriors coach Mike Montgomery.
"He's an awesome guy. I'm excited to play for him," Anderson said. "He's given me feedback and advice. Of course, he might be a little biased."
For a period of a month after the season, Anderson worked out three or four times each day, completing Montgomery's offseason assignments, and spending time with his own Sacramento-based trainer, Guss Armstead.
Armstead, who has worked with NBA players including Andre Miller, Matt Barnes and Kevin Martin, has helped Anderson with ballhandling and developing a better midrange shot off the dribble.
"I think he'll surprise people in those (workout) settings because his skill set is so high," Armstead said. "I think he's the most underrated player in the country. But the process will help Ryan. It's a win-win for him."
Anderson's immediate challenge is getting a grip on the game's most basic implement.
"The NBA ball is unbelievably slippery," Anderson said, laughing. "My shot isn't quite there right now. It's really that ball that's messing me up."


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Triad Rite-Aid store robbed, police say
UPDATED 11:24 AM EST Nov 22, 2012
City police are investigating the Wednesday afternoon robbery of a Rite-Aid store.
It occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the 3600 block of Reynolda Road.
Store employees told police that a man entered the business, said he had a gun and requested drugs.
"A gun was never displayed or seen by personnel," police said in a news release. "The suspect possibly left the area in a red pickup truck."
No injuries were reported.
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Stolen from Metafilter - GALACTICA SABOTAGE:
It's a scene-for-scene recreation of one of the greatest music videos of all time, the Beastie Boys' SABOTAGE, with all images coming fromt the TV show BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
Here they are side-by-side:
I love the Internet.
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Apr 24, 2011
My Easter lesson for this year.
Always remember that Christ died for all, including the church lady you pissed off on Easter Sunday because you took the parking spot that everybody but you knew was reserved for her.
Apr 22, 2011
Every day a holy day.
Every day ought to be a day when the Light of Christ is born in our hearts; every day ought to be a day when it is resurrected in our lives; every day ought to be a day when we "bear the cross" and try to crucify whatever keeps us in bondage.
– Max Carter, "Quakers Strive to Live 'Holy Days' Every Day," washingtonpost.com
Mar 14, 2011
'You are very big, and I am very small.'
We don't start with adoration because God needs us to tell him what He's like. He doesn't need to have His ego boosted, and He doesn't need to be softened up or put in a good mood, like some prickly, insecure boss in middle management.
When we praise God, it's for our sakes, 100%: to remind us Who we're talking to — and to remind us who we are. It's like the story of the old man who walked into the chapel every day, and just sat there for 10 minutes, and then went out. He did this for years and years. The curious priest finally asked him what he was doing every day, and the old man explained, "Well, I sit down, and I say, 'God, You are very big, and I am very small.'"
Mar 13, 2011
'Trimming the soul and scrapping the sludge.'
Lent is the time for trimming the soul and scrapping the sludge off a life turned slipshod. Lent is about taking stock of time, even religious time. Lent is about exercising the control that enables us to say no to ourselves so that when life turns hard of its own accord we have the stamina to yes to its twists and turns with faith and hope. … Lent is the time to make new efforts to be what we say we want to be.
Mar 9, 2011
Ashes to ashes.
The cross, with which the ashes are traced upon us, is the sign of Christ's victory over death. The words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return" are not to be taken as the quasi-form of a kind of "sacrament of death" (as if such a thing were possible). It might be good stoicism to receive a mere reminder of our condemnation to die, but it is not Christianity.


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Alright, hands up anyone off to a spring/summer wedding. The chances that a good number of maulers would be lifted on reading this are extremely good indeed. Spring and summer weddings are an inevitability; they are the cliché of clichés. Just as thousands of perspiring tourists descend upon poor Venice every summer, thumping along the preciously perched structures like a herd of Wildebeest marching across a spider's web, thousands of people will choose to have an 'in season' wedding; "Shall we do it in winter darling? It'll be novel!" "No darling, let's congest the precious and few summer days…everyone expects us to." It is true – we do expect, often with bated breath, at least a few invitations for nuptials in the sunny season. For most people in the UK, incapable of flying a couple of hundred people off to the Caribbean or the Maldives in the less clement months of December or February, the marriage can be given no greater head start than the perfect spring or summer wedding; the pleasant church surrounded by blossom, the magnificence of a garden marquee and the utter embarrassment of drunken relatives tripping into the pool.
As the days lengthen across the Northern hemisphere, the gentle sound of gold and silver lettered envelopes tumbling to the floor reaches a crescendo. Should you find the functions mounting up and encounter a clash, fear not. There is a sure-fire way to guarantee your attendance at the most worthy function. Stand in the corner of a large room and throw the clashing invitations, one by one, to the other side. The sturdiest invitation will be that which reaches the other side, or comes closest to it. This is the invitation that should take preference over the other.
Once you have chosen the wedding which, you feel, would most suit your attendance, it is time to give some thought to clothing. Most chaps I know consider a wedding to be 'someone else's day', thus shunning the philosophy of the peacock; they dress arbitrarily and even poorly with the excuse that dressing well would somehow upset the bride and groom, especially if you were better dressed than they. Whilst I can appreciate the sensitivity, this is absolute nonsense. The bride and groom are far more likely to clasp your hands warmly in gratitude that someone took their well planned and painstakingly produced function seriously and dressed up accordingly.
It's a wedding, not a conference
One of the most awful realities of dressing for weddings is that people believe a suit – no matter what type of suit, as long as the trousers match the jacket – is king. Whilst the average suit is a very practical and certainly inoffensive form of clothing, it can also be rather dull and pedestrian. I attended a wedding in a black short jacket, spongebag trousers and patent Oxford shoes only to find the other men had shuffled along in crumpled four button suits and scruffy loafers.
Ironically, some of the worst formally dressed chaps brushed up well later on when they put on their 'glad rags' which was even more saddening as it revealed their interest in clothes was merely superficial. I think a pair of smart trousers and a contrasting jacket are perfectly acceptable and far more interesting; a blue blazer with caramel trousers and burgundy Oxford shoes will look urbane and chic, and yet at the same time appropriate 'costume' for a wedding. For to me, weddings are a theatrical event that in the past called for the most theatrically grand items of day wear; the morning suit and top hat.
Knowing when to stop…
That last point about morning suits and top hats brings me neatly around to the issue of limits. Having thrown the licence to dazzle and be individual in the air, I think it only sensible to consider the limitations that exist in deciding upon the wedding wardrobe. Firstly, think theatrically but set barriers – there is a fine line between harmonious wedding habiliments and absurd clownishness. By all means be a little experimental and daring but, if you find yourself treading the path of excess, remember the Coco Chanel motto; "always remove one item before leaving the house."
'The only link between Art and Nature'
Weddings are a wonderful excuse to wear a buttonhole. I have been known to dabble in orchids, chrysanthemums and black roses (really a very deep red; alluring and frightfully luxurious, though they sound funereal) but the key thing is to buttonhole honestly and appropriately; my chrysanth' had to match my ivory and blue striped tie and ivory waistcoat or at least depart from it so completely that it did not clash. Another thing to remember is that rarity of flower is not the ultimate; the highest quality rose or carnation will provide greater flourish than the dank and weeping orchid.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Wells Fargo on Monday said it has launched a new service to let customer receive text messages to serve as receipts for banking transactions, making it the first bank to offer that option for alerts.
The text alerts are being made available at 12,000 ATMs around the country, the bank said. The service was launched earlier this month and includes the Bay Area.
"Today almost half of all receipt eligible transactions at the ATM result in customers selecting an e-receipt or not printing a receipt," said Alicia Moore, who heads up ATM Banking for Wells Fargo.
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo in June 2010 became the first bank to offer electronic receipts at its ATM locations nationwide. Under these options, customers are able to receive their ATM receipt through a regular email address or at a private mail option within their online accounts at Wells Fargo.
"Banking has gone through several technological waves," said Ken Thomas, a Miami-based independent bank analyst and operator of BranchLocation.com. "The first was in the 1970s, with the first ATM. Over the years, people have talked about a society without bank branches. Then we had debit cards, online banking, and banking on smart phones. So this is the latest."
By circumventing a paper receipt, the new text alert option is a way for Wells Fargo to tout its environmental credentials.
"We're offering more options for to our customers to reduce waste and preserve resources where we can," said Mary Wenzel, Wells Fargo's head of environmental affairs.
Yet this also enables the bank to slash expenses.
"Every time you remove a piece of paper and replace it with a text message, that saves money," Thomas said. "It may be a savings of a penny or two with each receipt, but that adds up over millions of transactions."
Options such as text alerts or other services conducted by smart phones or other mobile devices -- such as depositing a check by transmitting its image via a smart phone -- are ways of banks to demonstrate they are in touch with the needs of our increasingly mobile society.
"You have the image of the stodgy banker, and these kinds of services are a way for banks to show they are more high-tech," Thomas said.
Contact George Avalos at 408-373-3556 or 925-977-8477. Follow him at twitter.com/george_avalos.


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HOUSTON (AP) -- Former Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford has been sentenced to 110 years in prison for orchestrating one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.
The sentence was handed down Thursday by U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston.
The financier learned his fate during a court hearing in which two people spoke on behalf of investors about their losses.
A jury in March convicted the 62-year-old Stanford on 13 of 14 fraud-related counts for taking more than $7 billion from investors.
The jury also cleared the way for U.S. authorities to seize millions in bank accounts connected to Stanford.
Prosecutors say Stanford orchestrated a 20-year scheme that took billions through the sale of certificates of deposit from his Caribbean bank.
Stanford's attorneys argued he was a legitimate businessman.


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Rick Scott was elected Governor of Florida in 2010 by a razor-thin margin that many attribute to his strong support from the Tea Party movement. A large portion of that support was garnered through his highly public opposition to President Obama's Affordable Care Act. However, with the small exception of my Congressional district electing batshit crazy Tea Partier Ted Yoho in 2012, it appears that the Tea Party is on a bit of a retreat in Florida and so, with Charlie Crist now looking like a very formidable opponent for the 2014 gubernatorial race, Scott is systematically reversing his position on a number of issues away from the crazy and toward both the human and the humane.
A huge step in Scott's attempted move back toward humanity took place early yesterday evening, as he announced his support for Florida participating in expansion of Medicaid under the ACA. He even resorted to the death of his mother to justify the move:
The governor said he gained new perspective after his mother's death last year, calling his decision to support a key provision of the Affordable Care Act a "compassionate, common sense step forward," and not a "white flag of surrender to government-run healthcare."
However, the representatives of Professional Crazy were not amused by this development. From the same AP article:
"I am flabbergasted. This is a guy who, before he was a candidate for governor, started an organization to fight 'Obamacare' in the expansion of medical entitlements. This is a guy who said it will never happen on his watch. Well, here it is," said Slade O'Brien, Florida director of the conservative group Americans for Prosperity.
In other words, AFP notes that Scott was just one more of their huge investments that produced very poor returns.
And McClatchy brings us the Tea Party response, thankfully translated from the original jibberish:
"This is just another example of Republicans lying to Floridians," said Everett Wilkinson of Palm Beach Gardens, calling Scott "the Benedict Arnold to the patriot and tea party movement in Florida."
Of course, Florida's Grifter in Chief (who still holds the record for the largest federal fine paid by a company for Medicare fraud) wouldn't make this move if he couldn't further enrich his old HCA co-conspirators or other corporate fraudsters, and so he has engineered a new opportunity. From the AP article: Continue reading
The biggest national story emanating from the August 14 primaries held in several states was the upset by Tea Party political novice Ted Yoho of Cliff Stearns, a twelve term Republican incumbent. Florida Congressional districts were realigned this year and Cliff Stearns chose to move into Clay County in District 3 after he learned he would face another Republican incumbent if he remained at his long-standing Marion County address. Stearns' move into Clay County was not smooth, as he became embroiled in a scandal in which he was accused of trying to buy off another candidate there. Despite the fact that Stearns had placed himself at the heart of Republican attacks on Barack Obama and liberal causes by staging "hearings" into Solyndra and government funding of Planned Parenthood, he clearly was not seen as conservative enough by the small band of die-hard Tea Partiers in his new district.
Yoho's ousting of Stearns, however, especially when it is coupled with other national trends, does not mean that he will coast to a win in November. First, it should be noted that the new district is dramatically different from the one which Stearns won repeatedly. While Stearns enjoyed large Republican registration advantages during his career, the new District 3 in Florida is almost exactly 50-50 when it comes to Republicans and Democrats. Figures at the close of registration just prior to the primary (pdf) show there were 175,138 Republicans and 176,788 Democrats in the district. There were also 66,082 voters registered with no political affiliation and when all registered voters were counted, the district came to 431,601 voters.
For his surprising victory, Yoho received a total of only 22,273 votes. That was only 34.4% of the Republican votes cast. Yes, because Florida's primaries were structured this year to not have runoffs, Yoho won even though 65.6% of Republicans who voted cast votes against him instead of for him. That also means that only 12.7% of the district's registered Republicans (and only 5.2% of its registered voters) voted for Yoho. It seems possible from at least some of the coverage of this race to believe that the Tea Party Republicans were the most engaged during the primary. If the Tea Party was more engaged than other factions of the Republican party for the primary, then Yoho faces the twin challenges of bringing the other 65% of his party into his favor and stimulating Republican turnout in a district which is evenly split between the major parties.
Larger national trends are likely to have a huge impact on that second question of turnout. When even Dana Milbank is beginning to believe that Republicans' outrageous positions and actions might provoke divine intervention (but Milbank completely missed that Isaac has been predicted to hit Gitmo on the way to the Republican convention in Tampa), the nation seems to be teetering on the edge of realizing just how crazed extreme Republican positions are. Especially important here is the continued candidacy of Todd Akin, who could force national attention onto the depravity of banning abortions even in the case of rape or incest. Also to be factored in is that Yoho now has the added burden of a Sarah Palin endorsement.
Yoho fits perfectly within the crazed realm of Tea Party Republican extremists. On his website he rails against socialism, endorses Ryan's Medicare plan, promotes his anti-abortion position, advocates "Drill, Baby, Drill" even though tourism in the Panhandle has barely recovered from the BP spill and even throws his support to the Fair Tax initiative.
Democratic challenger J.R. Gaillot, while facing a very large uphill battle on name recognition after Yoho's victory garnered national attention, seems poised to take advantage of some of these factors which could weigh down Republicans in November. His positions are far from extreme: he is pro-choice, favors strengthening Social Security and Medicare and favors reform of Wall Street. He also is a strong advocate for equal opportunities for women and the Lilly Ledbetter Act. Despite these entirely reasonable positions, Gaillot chose to define himself as a "Blue Dog/ Old School Democrat" on Twitter (Gaillot followed me this morning and re-tweeted some of my tweets from election night, and that served to remind me that I had planned to write this post last week). While that won't endear him to me and perhaps many of my 58,619 fellow Democrats here in the more liberal Alachua County which is home to the University of Florida, it may serve him well with the rest of the more rural Democrats and voters with no party affiliation in the rest of the district.
On the surface, Gaillot also seems more suited to a Congressional position, as he is the son of a life-long diplomat and speaks several languages. That seems to have prepared him for Washington a bit better than Yoho's previous profession that required him to wear gloves that go to the shoulder, although it wouldn't surprise me for Yoho to follow his "pigs at the trough" ad with one where he uses those gloves to "clean up" Washington.
The elections from earlier this week may well go down in history as a watershed event in which voters finally began to understand, and then to overwhelmingly reject, the most extreme elements of Republican views that take the "pro-life" movement into a completely indefensible realm, demonize collective bargaining and promote institutional racism. Developments reported today in Florida indicate that this re-awakening may be spreading, with a survey of Republican voters indicating that they favor withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and Iraq over cuts to Social Security or Medicare when reducing the deficit and with the Tea Party scolding Governor Rick Scott over his failed campaign promises to institute ethics reforms.
Note first the remarkable result in Ohio. In a state that provided Barack Obama an election margin of only 51% to 47% over John McCain in 2008, the restrictions on collective bargaining by public employees put in place by Governor John Kasich and a Republican legislature were voted down by a margin of 61% to 39%:
With a beer in his hand and a smile on his face at the We Are Ohio celebration at the Hyatt Regency, Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern said public workers should not be the scapegoats for the state's economic problems. "That is the lesson John Kasich must remember after tonight, and if he doesn't, he'll be a one-term governor.
"If you overreach, the people will respond. There is no one tonight who could suggest this was about Democrats versus Republicans," Redfern said, noting the wide margin of defeat. "This is literally about what is right and what is wrong, and what Ohioans feel is important."
The outcome of the so-called "Personhood Amendment" in Mississippi is no less striking. In one of the most conservative, anti-abortion states in the nation (won by McCain 56% to 43% in 2008), we learned that just as Kasich and his cronies over-reached on collective bargaining, the Pro-Life movement over-reached in Mississippi, as the measure was defeated 58% to 42%:
Objectors also raised the specter of legal challenges. Most of all, many said, the amendment allowed no exceptions for abortions in cases of incest or rape – a claim not disputed by proponents, who are trying to end abortion in the state.
In a statement from the anti-initiative group Mississippians for Healthy Families, spokeswoman Valencia Robinson said, "… (W)e were successful because Mississippi voters ultimately understood that there is no contradiction in being pro-life and standing in opposition to an initiative that threatened the health and very lives of women."
And in Arizona, voters recalled Russell Pearce, the author of SB 1070, the "papers please" extremist anti-immigration bill. Pearce lost to a more moderate Republican by a margin of 53% to 45%: Continue reading
Last week, when analysts were contemplating a debt downgrade, they put a price tag on it: $100 billion.
A downgrade of the United States' AAA credit rating is a bigger risk than a default and could over time add up to 0.7 percentage point to bond yields, members of a U.S. securities industry group said on Tuesday.
"That's on the order of $100 billion over time that we will add to our funding costs," said Terry Belton, global head of fixed income strategy at JPMorgan Chase. He was speaking on a conference call organized by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, also known as SIFMA.
Over time, he said Treasury yields could rise 60 to 70 basis points on a credit downgrade — "a huge number because we're talking a permanent increase in borrowing costs."
That would make it more costly for consumers and business to borrow money and could land the economy back in recession.
That's a big number though.
A better way of thinking of it is how much every American will have to pay. That $100 billion among 310 million Americans works out to be $322 for every man, woman, and child to pay for the TeaBagger's little temper tantrum.
To put that in perspective, that's more than the 2008 Bush tax rebate gave to taxpayers (rebate checks started at $300/person).
So the TeaBaggers are now taking away whatever benefit we got from Bush's last tax cut.
KagroX, who just got named one of Politico's top tweeters yesterday, just asked this question:
Has there ever been a populist movement cheering for default & austerity?
We've seen default situations around the world, and austerity programs imposed as a result. But popular political movements in FAVOR of it?
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Wrong to describe as populist movement calling for austerity. I think it's partially populist partially astroturf calling for chaos.
Take a look, for example, at who Yochi Dreazen claims is riding herd on the TeaParty ideology at the moment.
Addington has taken on a new role as enforcer of tea party dogma during the intensifying partisan bickering over the debt ceiling. From his perch as the Heritage Foundation's vice president for domestic and economic policy, Addington is throwing verbal thunderbolts at House Speaker John Boehner's current debt-ceiling proposal, which he argues will pave the way to tax increases.
The merits of Addington's arguments about the need to oppose Boehner's proposals are in some ways less interesting than the simple fact that Addington is the one publicly making them.
And while I'm sympathetic with those who express horror that our torture architect is now whipping the pro-default vote, I think it worth looking more closely at what Addington said to whip the vote.
This man, after all, championed two unfunded wars. In fact, as he and his boss were putting the final touches on the lies that would justify the second, illegal war, his boss overrode the Treasury Secretary's fiscal concerns about one of several tax cuts, stating, "Reagan proved deficits don't matter." And that guy–one of the guys involved in blowing up the deficit with wars and tax cuts–had this to say:
The government has racked up $14.294 trillion in debt — thought of by no-one as a little credit card debt. The spend-tax-and-borrow crowd, currently headed by President Obama, has been in charge in Washington too long. They have mortgaged the futures of our children and grandchildren. Our government is so deep in debt that the share of debt of a baby born today is $45,000.
It is time for the spend-tax-and-borrow crowd to stop. As the President indicated, conservatives want deep spending cuts. In contrast, President Obama wants more taxes, a terrible idea. First, the government already takes too much money from the pockets of Americans in taxes. Second, if Americans give the government more money in taxes, the government will just find ways to spend it, rather than using it to pay off the public debt. Third, raising taxes reduces investment, which cuts economic growth and kills jobs.
So the Heritage Foundation, which of course first invented the legislation–health care reform–that ultimately set off the TeaParty, pays the guy who said, "We're one bomb away from getting rid of that obnoxious [FISA] court," the guy who wielded his pocket Constitution like a sword as he did battle to shred it, to attack those who "spend-tax-and-borrow," ignoring all the time that the folks who have been in Washington too long are those who "spend-cut-and-borrow." Addington's own people.
Meanwhile, the grassroots part of this? They mustered about 50 people for a rally in DC yesterday, one which many of the TeaParty members of Congress attended. And yet as a desperate John Boehner tried to wield what weapons he had to win votes (the TeaPartiers already led him to get rid of the all-important pork he might have used to persuade the TeaPartiers, and Boehner seems to have given up his former ways of distributing checks on the floor of Congress as bribes), one after another TeaPartier refused to budge, even in the absence of any remaining grassroots movement.
In other words, the TeaParty grassroots movement that used to exist is just the excuse, at this point, for those trying to finish the job they started in 2001 redefining our government.
With the chaos that default will cause, think how much easier it will be to convince voters they need a unitary executive?


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Hi, I am testing the Feedback feature. It seems to record all the emails I receive from the Contact Form but when I try the export feedback as CSV, selecting "All posts", it gives me a blank page.
I don't understand why it lists all my posts here in the selection dropdown because I have only one Contact Form which is on a page and not even on a post
Also this is a multi-user site, and the Weaver II theme.