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SIKESTON -- Billy D. Williamson,76, formerly of Essex, died Oct. 30, 2008, at his home.
Born June 9, 1932, in Essex, son of the late W. J. and Mary Anna Fortner Williamson, he had lived in Essex for many years before moving to Sikeston 38 years ago. He was retired from Triangle Manufacturing in Sikeston and was of the Baptist belief.
On Sept. 26, 1953, in Dexter, he married Carol B. Uhland who survives of the home.
Other survivors include: two sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Johnna Williamson of Salem and Jeff and Vonnie Williamson of Matthews; two daughters and sons-in-law, Vicki and Johnny Rodgers and Tammy and Terry Sloan of Sikeston; two sisters, Rachael Smith of Dexter and Jean DeJournett of Essex; and 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Marion Williamson, Parvin Williamson, Marvin Williamson and his twin, Bob Williamson; and two sisters, Lorene Barker and Ruth Fulkerson.
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It looks like someone forgot to read her Devon Energy talking points…
Yesterday, Governor Fallin traveled up the turnpike to address the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce. During a Q&A segment, someone asked her a question regarding the 10 Commandments monument controversy. After rambling for over a minute, she closed with this statement…
"You know there are three branches of our government. You have the Supreme Court, you have the legislative branch and you have the people – the people and their ability to vote."
Seriously, guys, I'm not making this shit up. Check out the video clip via The Tulsa World:
That's a sound some Oklahoma lawmakers want you to hear before kickoff at high school playoff games.
On Monday, The OSSAA updated / clarified their policy on public prayer at playoff sporting events. The organization basically confirmed a policy decision made in 1992 that determined praising the almighty over an intercom at OSSAA-sanctioned playoff events is not allowed because it violates federal law and some 226-year-old document called the Constitution.
This, of course, irked members of our Legislature's Derplahoman Caucus. They want to go all OKC Thunder on us and have mass public prayer at playoff events, because you know, the almighty and powerful supernatural being who created this amazing universe really needs to worry about the outcome of a Jenks – Union title game.
Via a press release by state Rep. Bobby Cleveland.
I'm a big fan of the Chicago Cubs. Knowing that, imagine my surprise to learn yesterday the team's new manager Joe Madden is not only the former mayor of Luther, but also an enterprising copper thief.
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A former Luther mayor and town trustee is accused of directing state inmates on work release to steal copper from tornado sirens, Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel said Thursday.
Sheriff's deputies arrested James Smith, 66, Wednesday on several complaints of copper theft from a tornado siren, according to jail records.
Smith, who served 12 years in Luther's city government, directed three Department of Corrections inmates on work release to strip copper and aluminum wire from six tornado sirens during a town cleanup in October, Whetsel said. The sirens were not in use at the time.
Geeze, I hope the sirens were not in use at the time. What idiot would steal copper from a tornado siren at noon on a Saturday? Wouldn't that be awful? We'd have to send the inmates to Wava to get hearing aids.
The story continues…
One easy way to tell if a business is legit or not is to check its website. If you see a Better Business Bureau logo prominently displayed front and center, be careful. In today's online world, a reputable business doesn't need the backing or endorsement of the BBB. They have Yelp! for that. It's the ones who do need that BBB seal of approval that you should watch out for.
I bring this up because of the guy pictured above. His name is Rick Brinkley. He's a state senator from Owasso and the former CEO of the Eastern Oklahoma Better Business Bureau. I guess you can say Rick is your typical Oklahoma politician. He loves guns, worships Jesus and is being investigated by the OSBI on allegations he embezzled funds from his employer.
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Sen. Rick Brinkley, R-Owasso, has hired an attorney and is denying wrongdoing. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been looking into the accusations since January…
Brinkley, 53, repaid the Better Business Bureau in Tulsa $49,693.94 on Jan. 7, from campaign funds, according to his latest campaign contributions and expenditures report.
His attorney said that was a mistake and that he meant to use a personal check to pay the Better Business Bureau. Brinkley in April reimbursed his campaign because of the error. The attorney did not give an explanation for why Brinkley wrote the check in January.
Brinkley was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and serves as chairman of the Senate Pensions Committee and vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
Yeah, nothing to see here. The vice-chairman of the Oklahoma Senate Finance Committee, the group that oversees our state budget and all that fun stuff, accidentally issued a $49,000 check from the wrong bank account. That happens all the time! Who doesn't get their bank accounts confused when writing a check for $49,000?
Brinkley tried to explain his mistake to Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World:
Over the weekend, we received word through the Ogle Mole Network that a pair of Republican state Reps – Dan Kirby and James Leewright – got into a run-of-the-mill bar fight last week at The Barrel on N. Western. No arrests were made or charges filed.
The altercation "allegedly" occurred the night of Tuesday, May 7th, during a "Sine Die" party hosted by prominent lobbyist Gary Huddleston. It's an annual boozefest where lawmakers, lobbyists and other politicos gather to celebrate the end of the legislative session, and how they're screwing over everyday Oklahomans for the sake of the religious right, energy industry, and other corporate interests.
I spoke with one Ogle Mole who witnessed the fight. The Mole claims Rep. Leewright, a freshman state rep from the Tulsa area, was standing with a group of girls outside the restrooms, chumming it up like some big shot. At the same time, Rep. Dan Kirby walked out of the men's room. Apparently something happened and / or words were said, and before you know it, a little squabble broke out.
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In Defense of Betty
Before we begin discussing this week's episode of "Mad Men," I wanted to back up for just a minute, and address the barrage of criticism that's been aimed at Betty in the commentary about last week's outing.
Everyone knows that there's a lot of hostility out there toward Betty. But I thought last week's commentary was especially blinkered in its take on Betty's behavior — almost stubbornly unwilling to consider that Betty might be anything but an object of ridicule and contempt.
First there was the scene toward the end, when Henry tells Betty that he plans to run for elected office, and that he "can't wait for people to meet [her]." For a lot of commentators, Betty's response was (typically) self-centered, superficial, and entirely unsympathetic: Betty was excited for Henry precisely to the extent that his political career would enhance her own status, and looked forward to basking in reflected glory. Over at Slate, for instance, they have Betty happily "try[ing] on cute dresses" while she urges her husband to "up his public profile."
Maybe it's all in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. But as I alluded to last week, I saw something just entirely different on my TV screen. I saw Betty thinking of Henry, not herself, genuinely proud and supportive of him — right up until the moment when he reminded her that it necessarily would be about her, too, and that she would be entering the public eye with him. And then I saw a moment of true existential dread, as Betty thought about subjecting herself to that pitiless gaze.
Betty, after all, is a former model, and she's lived her life almost entirely as an object of the male gaze, valued by others (and then, inevitably, by herself) only for her appearance. And then, finally, I thought we were seeing a few tentative steps in a new direction: at least a partial coming to terms with what's now a modest weight gain, a foregoing of the trademark blond hair. It was as though Betty was just starting to indulge the idea that there might be a life for her as something other than a knock-off Grace Kelly, that there might be some freedom for her, too, in the air. But not so fast, Betty. And so we leave her holding that tiny, narrow dress up to herself in the mirror, knowing exactly what it will mean — what it will cost her — to constrict herself into that form and that role once again. For me, that was one of the saddest scenes of "Mad Men."
The other scene that had the commentators out with their sharp Betty-knives was the one where — well, that would be the one where Don didn't show up for what must be regularly scheduled but rare time with his children, and also didn't bother to pick up the phone to explain his absence, so his kids were just sitting there wondering why their father wasn't there as promised, and then Betty – the nerve! — called Don, quite heedless of the fact that she was interrupting his drinking and his furtive phone calls about his mistress, and spoke harshly to him. What a shrew!
In fairness, the commentators were split on this one: Is it that Betty enjoys belittling Don and his new life because she's so bitter and nasty, or is it that Betty is such a terrible mother that she just can't wait to unload her kids? I'd like to suggest a third possibility: that Betty, like so many divorced women before and after, has every right to be furious at her ex-husband for failing to live up to even the exceedingly minimal obligations he has undertaken with respect to his children. On this one, I'm plain exasperated: Who hears that classic phone call, so common as to be cliched, from the mother with custody to the ex-husband who doesn't show up on Sunday afternoon to take his kids to the zoo as promised — and feels sorry for the man? You have to be almost blinded with hostility toward Betty not to at least consider some other perspectives here.
All of this goes to something that has troubled me for a while — this pervasive hostility toward Betty, kind of startling in its intensity. I get that Betty is unlikable; I don't like her, either. She's emotionally distant, even from her own children; she's often peevish and self-centered; and her lack of self-esteem can make her mean. But I still find her sympathetic, and even tragic in some aspects. I've always thought that the whole point is that Betty is a victim of her time and circumstances, of the very narrow, constricted gender roles (remember the ill-fitting dress she's holding up against herself as she contemplates being a political wife) that she and women like her were forced — expected, if that seems less loaded — to assume. Those roles were deforming, and, sure enough, they've deformed Betty.
But that's how it works, and that's how you make a show about sexism: You show the deformities. Because otherwise, you're selling it short; you're not acknowledging the worst consequences of that era's brand of sexism. The fact that we all seem stuck blaming, even hating, the victim makes me wonder just how far we've come.
Pam Harris is a Georgetown Law professor. Check back in later tonight as she joins our other experts and academics analyzing the newest episode of "Mad Men."


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Someone who ditches their friends on a regular basis to "hang out" with their significant other.
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Ladies are the Borg
Ladies are complicated! Happily, we fellas have Gobhoblin on the Men's Rights subreddit to explain them to us. Turns out they are all one giant HIVE BORG MIND. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTRELLE!
EDITED TO ADD: Thanks to Ami Angelwings for pointing this quote out to me. I mean, thanks to all women.
Posted on February 13, 2012, in crackpottery, evil women, I'm totally being sarcastic, misogyny, MRA, oppressed men, reddit, the enigma that is ladies. Bookmark the permalink. 178 Comments.
Oh man. Guys, now you have me imagining a dystopian world were all of Meller's cyber cuties develop a hive mind and rise up, aggressivly re-decorating the world to be fluffy, lacy, and pink.
Nah, I am actually a toadstool Ersatzmoons
Don't be silly. All women agree that my dog, who is a mutt, is the best dog ever.
All women concede that pugs are super-adorable too, though.
My hive-cat kept trying to steal the paperwork as I was doing the hive-taxes! Yes, the borg handles the $MONEY$ in this house! All the monies are the hive's!
All women are loving this hivegasm and think that next Brandon appears with his "most men" all women should bombard him with statements about all women.
Next TIME.
Though since all women share a hivemind, all women need not worry about syntax, grammar, or clarity since we all know what we are thinking.
Hmmmmm, do we suppose that explains the terrible writing style of the MRAhiveminds?
Kirby – Plus, the subject in question is "hmm, do all women everywhere think exactly the same things?"
I feel like most small children and certain housepets can form a confident answer to that question.
It's just another attempt by Meller to play the "My superior man-brain can't understand your silly little lady-brains." game.
He consistently fails to realize this has no effect but to show him for the pompous dimwit he is.
All women wanted to pop in and say the best thing to do with beets is roast them, peel them, slice them up, brush them with olive oil, put swiss cheese on top (the good kind, not the dreadful processed stuff) and stick them under the broiler for about four minutes, or until the cheese starts to turn brown. All women think beets are pretty tasty this way.
Oh, and all women wanted pizza for dinner but are having fake chicken nuggets because the pizza takes too long.
Next TIME.
I actually preferred the sentence pre-correction: "The next Brandon appears" suggests each successive Brandon post is written by a newly minted Brandon-clone. It probably works like in The Prestige.
That would be much more interesting than anything Bran has ever written here😀
Suddenly, a wild Brandon appears! Brandon uses "back down from original extreme claims to much more modest ones, and pretend that's what he was arguing all along." It's not very effective.
Wow! You could totally make that into a pokemon cartoon! How does a wild brandon get caught? And what kind of trainer would want a brandon?
Oh Lord! I think I'm just going to let that line of thought drop now…
All women are eagerly anticipating the bitter and lulzy screeds of MRAs and MGTOWs in response to Valentine's…err… Vagina day tomorrow…
Every woman in the world was watching old "Frasier"s on Netflix this morning while scanning artwork, and there was a bit where Roz and the station manager guy were griping about the opposite sex. They started out trading typical battle-of-the-sexes complaints, but they kept going back and forth until it devolved into the two of them making faces and hollering, "WELL, MEN ARE LIKE THIS! DOY DOY DOY!" "YEAH, WELL, THIS IS WOMEN! YEEE YEEE YEEEE!"
This is what every MRA post now looks like to all the women in the world.
All women can speak for themselves. All women are having beef short ribs with teriyaki glaze and sauteed mushrooms, and a side of steamed Brussels sprouts.
Are all women jealous?
In all seriousness…MRAs really don't think women are fully human, do they?
Kristin: All women were sad on Friday that they missed dogs being walked on Friday because they had to be in early and the puppies were going to the show after they went to work.
Yay Kristin! I wish you the easiest birth.
Now, all women are about to get published, sit back, and watch the tenure and the government grants roll in.
MRAs told it first! All women are living on government money!
And good luck Kristin, from all women. May you bring home a cute little addition to the hive-mind or a little alpha-to-be.
All women completely understand the feeling as all women went to over 42 weeks recently. All women know due dates are just a guess though and know it goes faster if you make plans for nice things to do for the next few days (massages are really good,all women hear and acupressure can encourage babies to come out)
I always suggest going up in a hot air balloon to get the baby out.
I always suggest going up in a hot air balloon to get the baby out.
If someone takes you up on this advice can you convince them to broadcast the birth?
All women love the oatmeal wheatgerm chocolate chip cookies from Specialties bakeries in California.
(Actually that one appears to be true.)
All women made green curry for dinner, and now their hands burn from cutting up the chillies. All women are however much too stubborn to wear gloves while doing so.
Alll women hate sag paneer because it makes spinach all overcooked and soggy! All women love Indian food in general, but prefer spinach to be as close to raw as possible.
judging from the way the comments are going, clearly women build consensus like the geth.
all women have been drinking sparkling wine all evening whilst enjoying the thread and we hope the posters are all enjoying the little sparkling buzz it has provided all of us (ozymandias, sorry).
@kristin, all women send you big luck hugs and want you to know the boredom is really all about to change FOREVER xxxx
All women are too poor for sparkling wine, suffering from period pain, and hating Valentine's Day. All women are also vegetarian and prefer very large fluffy dogs such as Newfoundlands and Great Pyrenean Mountain dogs.
@sorka, all women feel your pain and offer you sparkling wine in return x
p.s sparkling wine is not a valentines thing, it's a personal….AND NOT HIVE MIND AAARGH NO I'M MELTING………………
BigMomma: All women do not compute… All women detect individual personality… Also tipsy off sparkling wine so early in the day… all women "hic" collectively… preparing for meltdown…
I should tell you that all women drank a bit too much yesterday and therefore woke up a headache on the morning. But rest assured, gentlemen, that no women danced on a pole (our commun reputation is safe! ^_^')
If someone takes you up on this advice can you convince them to broadcast the birth?
The idea is that you go up for a bit and then come back down. After that, apparently the baby goes "okay okay, I will go and be born damn it."


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Monica Friedlander's emotions oscillate between recollections about her father. Her somber face cracks a smile when Friedlander discusses the bedtime stories her father, Erwin, told her about stars when she was growing up.
"He used to say 'See that star right there? It might not even be there anymore,' " Friedlander said with a grin.
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"That was the first time I saw the emotion," said Friedlander, about her father's experience during the Holocaust. "He talked about it and was open but in a nonemotional way. That was the first time I realized what he lived with his whole life."
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An only child, Friedlander hasn't shared her father's stories with many people. It was not until she moved to Livermore two years ago and began attending a survivors group at Congregation Beth Emek that she began to open up about her father.
As a teenager, Erwin Friedlander spent close to three years in a labor camp in Romania, where he worked 12-hour days, was beaten every day and allowed to return home at night but had to return the following day and have a small brown notebook stamped by a Nazi soldier every day or be shot on sight.
Friedlander's mother, Jo, spent the years during the Holocaust moving from place to place in Romania to escape the Nazis' persecution.
"It was an opportunity to tell my father's story," said Friedlander, who works as a science writer. "I feel very proud of my parents and how they led their lives after the war."
Erwin Friedlander, 78, survived the Holocaust and lived through Communist-run Romania after the war to become a renowned nuclear scientist who founded the Cosmic Rays Lab in Bucharest and was the youngest member elected to the Romania Academy of Sciences before immigrating to the United States in 1975. Friedlander and her mother followed the following year and eventually called the Bay Area home, where her father worked at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
"I didn't go through it, but I experienced it through my parents and heard their cries," said Friedlander. "I was as close as you could be to an eyewitness and now that they are not here I have to be their voice."
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The significance of the Sunlight Trap lies in its potential applications. Water could be placed in between the two mirrors in that small space where the sunlight is concentrated to turn it into steam, that could be used to turn turbines and produce electricity. De Luca adds that the setup could also be used to purify and desalinize sea water using no other machine for the process, made possible by the vaporizing water that would leave the salt on the surface of the device. While there are no concrete plans regarding its practical applications, De Luca believes it could be tested in large scale where there's ample sunlight.
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This exclusive city and conference hotel is located close to scores of shops as well as an abundance of restaurants and bars. Public transport services depart from stops directly in front of the hotel and there are 2 airports to be found close by (6 km and 50 km from the hotel). The hotel was built in 1995 and was completely renovated in 2006.
It is made up of a 6-storey main building with a total of 105 rooms. There is a 24-hour reception, a lobby, a safe, a currency exchange desk, a cloakroom, a newspaper stand and a lift. It has a TV room and an air-conditioned à la carte restaurant with a separate non-smoking area. Moreover the building contains a conference room, a free Internet connection, room and laundry services (with charge) as well as a car park (with charge). Each room includes individually regulated air conditioning and heating, comfortable beds with high-quality health mattresses and extra pillows for higher comfort, satellite TV, a direct dial telephone, personal bathroom and toilet, a hairdryer, a personal safe suitable for laptops and a radio alarm clock. There are several complimentary services included such as wired or wireless Internet access. For all guests who are looking for relaxation after a busy day, as well as for those who prefer active relaxation, the hotel offers the services of its new spa centre, offering the following services: salt cave, gym (free of charge), Finnish sauna and massages. All hotel guests have free entrance to the salt cave and gym. A full buffet breakfast is served daily.
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- Clausen et al., "Mapping the Conformation Space of Wildtype and Mutant H-Ras with a Memetic, Cellular, and Multiscale Evolutionary Algorithm," PLoS Comput Biol 2015
- Sapin et al., "Evolutionary Search Strategies for Efficient Sample-based Representations of Multiple-basin Protein Energy Landscapes," IEEE Bioinf and BioMed 2015
- Hashmi, Shehu, "idDock+:Integrating Machine Learning in Probabilistic Search for Protein-protein Docking," J Comput Biol 2015
- Veltri et al., "Improving Recognition of Antimicrobial Peptides and Target Selectivity through Machine Learning and Genetic Programming," IEEE/ACM Trans Comp Biol and Bioinf (TCBB) 2015
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– Tue Feb 2, 9:39 pm ET
WASHINGTON – The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day has been cooperating with investigators since last week, discussing his contacts in Yemen and providing intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, officials said Tuesday.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's cooperation could prove to be a national security victory and a political vindication for President Barack Obama, who has been under fire from lawmakers who contend the administration botched the case by giving Abdulmutallab the right to remain silent, rather than interrogating him as a military prisoner.
In the days following the failed bombing, a pair of FBI agents flew to Nigeria and persuaded Abdulmutallab's family to help them. When the agents returned to the U.S., Abdulmutallab's family came, too, according to a senior administration official briefed on the case. The family persuaded Abdulmutallab to work with the FBI, believing he would be treated fairly in U.S. courts, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
FBI officials continue to question Abdulmutallab, working in collaboration with CIA and other intelligence authorities, the official said. Obama has received regular updates on the interrogation, according to the official. A law enforcement official, also speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case, said Abdulmutallab has provided information about his contacts in Yemen, where an al-Qaida branch has claimed responsibility for the failed attack.
Before the attack, the U.S. regarded the Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula largely as a threat to Yemen's stability, not within U.S. borders. Depending on how much he knows, Abdulmutallab's cooperation could help authorities better understand the organization.
While the interrogation continued, White House and intelligence officials quietly seethed as political rivals accused them of putting lives at risk. That criticism peaked last weekend when Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, in the weekly Republican address, accused the administration of having "a blind spot when it comes to the war on terrorism."
Collins said the administration "undoubtedly prevented the collection of valuable intelligence about future terrorist threats to our country."
Abdulmutallab's cooperation, renewed after he stopped talking in the hours after his arrest, is the latest twist in a case that exposed repeated missteps within the U.S. intelligence network. Authorities had plenty of intelligence to stop the attack but failed to piece it together, even after Abdulmutallab's father walked into the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria and warned that his son might be dangerous.
Authorities had hoped to keep Abdulmutallab's cooperation secret while they continued to investigate his leads, but details began to trickle out during testimony on Capitol Hill, where FBI Director Robert Mueller and National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair confirmed authorities continued to get intelligence in Abdulmutallab's case.
"It is also my understanding that Mr. Abdulmutallab has provided valuable information. Is that correct?" Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., asked.
"Yes," Mueller replied.
"Thank you," Feinstein said, "and that the interrogation continues despite the fact that he has been Mirandized?"
"Yes," Mueller said again.
Despite the cooperation, it was unclear whether Abdulmutallab had reached a plea deal with prosecutors. It's not uncommon, particularly in cases in which the government has strong evidence, for suspects to cooperate without a formal deal in hopes of getting favorable treatment later.
In Detroit, U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade declined to comment. A message seeking comment was left with Abdulmutallab's lawyer, Miriam Siefer.
Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, politicians and the courts have wrangled with the thorny question of how to treat suspected terrorists. The Supreme Court has not weighed in on whether the government has the right to hold a civilian as a military prisoner, and both times it appeared the court would get the chance to decide, President George W. Bush opted instead to bring the cases in civilian criminal courts.
Also unsettled is which system is better for gathering intelligence. The Bush administration, which authorized secret CIA prisons for interrogations, also repeatedly used the U.S. court system to prosecute terrorists. Some detainees at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have provided valuable intelligence, while others have refused to cooperate.
Some suspects in the criminal system refuse to talk once they have a lawyer. Others, like Abdulmutallab, can be persuaded to keep talking.
Republicans did not concede the point and in a sign that Democratic national security policies will likely be an issue in this fall's midterm elections, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., said the administration "gave terrorists a six-week head start to cover their tracks."
"We will never know what lifesaving information on coconspirators and future plots we missed out on," Bond said in a statement.
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I thought the story was that the father volunteered the lead information on his son without any coaxing. In any regard he told them long before he was approached.
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There is a deal in there somewhere. Isn't that how it works with this administration...let's make a deal.
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Obama u da man! lol.Put all the partisan bullshit aside and catch these mofo's.
And as far as plea bargain goes; the only plea bargain he should get is a starving rat in a coffee tin strapped to his gut until he spills some more pertinent info.
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strange how the FBI are now telling everyone who wants to hear about this supposed success,am I just being cynical but do you think that these revelations about the underwear bomber singing have anything to do with the pounding that the Administration have been taking from all sides in the media?
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Hey Deehgee,
Brilliant rebuttal, Bravo!
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Looks like a federal cover-up for not turning over this somali cave jihadi to the DOD instead of the feds.
Anyone who attempts to draw an inference from this window dressing that water boarding does not work is an idiot. First we have no proof yet anything this jihadi said will lead to other arrests. Most jihadis don't have a father that turns them in. Most jihadis are "dead enders" who must be killed or jailed for life in a Guantanamo.
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I'd rather be an inbred conservative than a ghetto slug who was the product of a 3some and addicted to rock in the womb. Do you guys trade food stamps for heroin too?
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wheres your fathers? do you even know who they are?
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Well a beating vid because you'd be toast after 1 head kick
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You mean "lick". Better stick to your fag videos. Don't mess with real men.
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face it, you'd get beat down even by nancy grace unless you brought a weapon LolZ
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And all the wingnuts say the only way is to torture.
Looks like NOT torturing worked well, only the morons will say otherwise.
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HOw the fuck do you know what they've done to get him talk???
Just because they didn't tie his nuts up with electrical cables and pour water up his nose and take pictures of it doesn't mean they didn't give him some serious shit to deal with.
Plus, they are calling this a national security victory and political vindication for Obama?!?!
You have to be shitting me!
First off the FAILED attempt is what got him in custody or else hundred would be dead.
2nd, His FAMILY warned officials that he W More..
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You're the fuckin' joke.
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Comment of user 'Zardoz003' has been deleted by author (after account deletion)!
Yep I count three levels of fail. All the "victories" are based on 3 different fuck ups.
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droogs is a sooper dooper cia agent by day, bolshevik emperor weiner washer at night
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They're gonna get zero from this kid. This is just some parents well off, empty life kid who was looking for a cause. The dude looks like he could barely tie his own shoelaces together. Only good thing this shmuck is good for is to be used as political leverage, nothing more. If ANY government agency thinks this kid is a intelligence gold mine then they should quit smoking the DEA confiscated weed.
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torturing prisoners is not allowed in civilized societies
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I wonder if he's got warnings yet? The guy talks his racist shit on every post. At least he keeps it on the internet, I'd hate to see another fag featured on a viral video
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getting his ass kicked brutally)
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This is a discussion on RE: bandwidth shaping - VMS ; Hi, I had this problem that I wanted to ftp files over a wan link too and from a VMS box running multinet. I use a linux redhad box on one side and the vms box is on the remote ...
I had this problem that I wanted to ftp files over a wan link too and
from a VMS box running multinet.
I use a linux redhad box on one side and the vms box is on the remote
to get a file from VMS to linux (command run on linux)
wget --limit-rate=62k --glob=off
to put a file on VMS from linux (command run on Linux)
curl --limit-rate 62K --data-binary -T --globoff -T "file.name"
Can anyone tell me why this work only when there is 2 -T's
thank you
Phillip du Plooy
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>>> firstname.lastname@example.com 2006/03/30 04:35 PM >>>
I think the problem is the vertion of wget that I use. It must be
above 1.9
Thank you
Phillip du Plooy
>>> firstname.lastname@example.com 2006/03/30 04:22:15 PM >>>
The 2gig limit could be any place that a signed 32 bit number is used
to keep track of the number of bytes. The first place that I would look
would be wget; next check to make sure that the disk has enough free
space and that it can handle a file that big. Are the disks ODS-2 or
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From: Phillip du Plooy [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 4:41 AM
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Subject: RE: bandwidth shaping
I still sit with a problem here.
The WAN link is a diginet line, only about 200 km long. It has low
latency. The amount of acks is killing it if I make the window small.
I tried wget for OpenVMS but don't have a C++ compiler.
Now I want to backup the file using OPENVMS backup. (file to big to
zip) then wget ( I use the --limit-rate=62k to limit the download to
500 kilobits/s) it to a linux box and then ftp it up to my OpenVMS box.
But wget stops at 2097100k of a 5 gig file.
Both VMS boxes runs Multinet. The remote server is a DS10 running
OpenVMS V7.2-1 and MultiNet V4.1 Rev B . GNU Wget 1.8.2 on Linux
version 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
Why the 2gig limit? Where is it OpenVMS, Multinet, Linux or wget?
Thank you
Phillip du Plooy
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>>> firstname.lastname@example.com 2006/03/16 02:14:13 AM >>>
Hi Phillip,
I suggest you follow Richard Whalen's advice:
>If you just want to do it for FTP sessions (and not in general), the
>MultiNet FTP client has a WINDOW-SIZE command.
We had a similar problem -- frequent FTP transfers between two remote
affecting performance on a relatively slow line which connected a dozen
so printers and about 30 TELNET sessions. Each time the FTP ran, the
performance became intolerable (the rest of the time it was fine).
We run some tests to find out what impact the FTP window size would
have on
overall network performance, using PING as a crude test.
Window Ping Statistics Duration
Size count, min/avg/max (seconds)
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32K 94, 69/682/902ms 91
8K 96, 71/233/375ms 92
6K 107, 67/145/315ms 104
4K 191, 68/128/342ms 188
2K 415, 67/ 81/162ms 413
You will notice in the above table that reducing the window size to 6K
reduces the network degradation by a factor of 3 (i.e. PING response
was significantly improved) without significantly increasing the time
required to send the file.
So we reduced the window size to 6K and the users were happy.
I suggest you perform similar tests with your own network. The
documentation explains how to set the window size; we did it using the
MULTINET_FTP_WINDOW_SIZE logical name.
Jeremy Begg
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My love affair with cupcakes has brought me to literally going to no end to make sure I've tried the best. I also love a great carrot cake so I've tried many recipes and by far I found one that I just love. maybe you've heard of a show called Barefoot Contessa well with some helps from the reviews on the Food Network website I went with a tweaked recipe of hers.
What You Will Need:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/3 cups vegetable oil
- 1 cup apple sauce
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 extra-large eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. of nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 3 cups grated carrots (less than 1 pound)
- 1 cup raisins (soaked in hot water)
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
How To Do It:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Beat the sugar, oil, and vanilla together in the bowl of an electric mixer.. Add the eggs, 1 at a time. In another bowl, sift together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low speed, add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Add the grated carrots, raisins, and walnuts to the remaining flour, mix well, and add to the batter. Mix until just combined.
I suggest you soak your raisins in hot water for 20 minutes to soften.
Bake for 22 minutes.
Cream Cheese Frosting & Toasted Coconut Topping:
- 3/4 pound cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 pound confectioners' sugar
Mix frosting together but keep it cool, put it in the fridge if you're not using it right away. I added a coconut crust and simply toasted the coconut in a frying pan on med. heat on my stove top. The coconut slightly crystallizes so make sure you sift it often. Don't overcook!
Note: I used all organic ingredients in this recipe.


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Mike's new bass provided an element the band didn't even know it was missing, and this show is the first joyous exploration of that element. If you're a Phish fan you should have the album 'Slip Stitch and Pass,' which is a defining document for the band. The Wolfman's > Jesus, Mike's > Lawn Boy > Weekapaug, and dramatic Cities opener are (unsurprisingly) the must-hear portions; Wolfman's Bro is the slinky, slimy highlight, a first-of-its-kind funk jam that establishes the template for the rest of the year. This is one of those few historically-important Phish shows that remains a great listen, and along with the 'Remain in Light' set it kicks off an astonishing growth period for the band.


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SIKESTON - Landon Garvin Sterling, 88, formerly of Anniston, died at 12:20 p.m. March 30, 2004. at Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Born Sept. 4, 1915, in Camden, Tenn., son of the late Matthew Thomas and Leona Smith Sterling, he lived in Mississippi County most of his life before moving to Sikeston in 1995. He was of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church belief.
Survivors include: two sons, William Sterling of Sikeston and Eugene Sterling of Caruthersville; five daughters, Opal Brooks of Gideon, Wilma Lee Ortega of Las Vegas, Phyllis Marks of Sikeston, LaDonna Brooks of Kennett and Dorothy Patrick of Charleston; and 35 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, one son, five brothers and two sisters.
Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. today at Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday. John Stepp will officiate.
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A new National Association of Realtors® collaboration with the U.S. Department of the Treasury will help Realtors® better assist homeowners who are struggling to sell their homes in a short sale.
In the February 21st edition of the President's Podcast, 2012 NAR President Moe Veissi discusses two important issues facing REALTORS®. First, he corrects misinformation that members may have heard about a 3.8 percent tax in the new health care law, and reiterates that it is not a transfer tax. Second, he provides an important update on the rally that REALTORS® are holding to...
National Association of Realtors® President Moe Veissi expressed opposition to elements of President Obama's budget proposal that would limit itemized deductions, including the mortgage interest deduction, for thousands of families.
Home of the REALTOR® Party: An energized movement of real estate professionals fighting to keep the dream of homeownership alive for this country.
Home ownership continues to be a sound investment over the long term. In the October 2010 white paper "The Long-Term Value of Home Ownership in the U.S.," the National Association of REALTORS® offers a historical look at the social and economic effects of home ownership over the last 50 years.
President Moe Veissi discusses an important issue that could cause the cost of home ownership to increase, and why he is urging members to contact their member of Congress and tell them to do no harm to housing.
National Association of Realtors® President Moe Veissi released a statement today thanking Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for his comments in support of homeowners and the struggling housing market in testimony today before the House Budget Committee.
The National Association of Realtors® commends President Obama for pledging to assist homeowners and the struggling housing market, because restoring the health of the housing market is critical for the nation's economic recovery.
NAR commends President Obama for his remarks in support of homeowners and the struggling housing market during tonight's State of the Union address. As leading advocates for homeownership, REALTORS® know that restoring the health of the housing market is the only way to achieve a broader economic recovery.
The National Association of Realtors® estimates that one job is generated for every two home sales. Using that ratio, 1,000 home sales generate 500 jobs.


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Pretty and personal, this wedding captured beautifully by Sweet Heirloom Photography is simply making my Monday morning. And how could it not with a couple so adorable and details so charming? It's the type of soiree where the couple's personality seeps through every last moment, and really what's better than that? See it all here.
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American English: /ˈsədnli/ British English: /ˈsʌd(ə)nli/
Translation of suddenly in Spanish:
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- He was looking better than he had in a long time, so it was a terrible shock that he died so suddenly.
- Friends of a young mother who died suddenly are gearing up to raise cash for her son.
- Auden spent much of the last years of his life in Oxford, and died suddenly in Vienna.
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text: HI Michael, As an "old-timer" on the SMI, I appreciate your "searching for the truth". But, on the other hand, it appears to me (and maybe to others), that in your zeal to find the truth, you are being more concerned with legalistic aspects of parsing small pieces of the SMI and ASN.1 definitions than understanding the intent of the documents. Also, there is the balancing of the "current practices" with the text in the definitions. After all, the definitions are suppose to be the codification of existing practices, and not the other way. Finally, it appears to me that it would be more helpful if you were to describe the consequences (the first, second, third, etc order affects) of alternative interpretations. The interpretation of the semantics of the IMPORTS clause is difficult because there are dependences, and they affect the strategy that would be taken in writing a MIB parser. Please note, and I'm sorry if it sounds like a broken record, that the MACRO definitions in the SMI are NOT valid ASN.1. Once you understand this, then I believe that it makes understanding the SMI easier. Also key in understanding the SMI, is that there were some misunderstandings of ASN.1 by the original authors of the SMI, and the editors of the current SMI tried to find the proper balance between a "total rewrite" and just "typographical" fixes. I believe that the current SMI is quite a bit more 1) complete, 2) unambiguous, and 3) self-consistent than earlier versions. However, there are still problems with the text of the current SMI. Where those problems are identified, it would most benefit the community of users of the SMI to document the problems and provide alternative fixes with the consequences of those fixes. At 10:47 AM 1/29/2003 -0800, Michael Kirkham wrote: >On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Randy Presuhn wrote: > >> > IMPORTS >> > someObjectIdentity >> > FROM XYZ-MIB xyzMIBidentity >> > someObjectIdentity >> > FROM ABC-MIB abcMIBidentity >> > ; >> >> (I assume that by xyzMIBidentity you mean the object identifier value >> for that module, and not just the valuereference.) > >I actually did mean just the valuereference. In my poking around various >discussions about ASN.1 a while back, looking to resolve various grey >areas in the specs (both SMI and ASN.1 in general), I came across some >notes from other folks who support this (though I believe it might have >been an actual ASN.1 discussion, not an SMI discussion. But where the SMI >is silent, I tend to assume ASN.1 rules apply.) > >> > 3. What if you have a situation where both 'XYZ-MIB' and 'ABC-MIB' not >> > only contain definitions called 'someObjectIdentity' that you are >> > importing, but their MODULE-IDENTITY statements also happen to have the >> > same descriptors? Certainly, then, just specifying the MODULE-IDENTITY >> > descriptors doesn't succeed in removing ambiguity, so you would need to >> > specify a sufficient number of components to do so. >> >> Actually, I think the obnoxious case is the other way around: the two MIBs >> have the same module name, so the only way to distinguish them would >> be to reference them by object identifier value in ASN.1, but we've kinda >> precluded that anyway. > >Right. Sorry to not be clear: the XYZ-MIB and ABC-MIB I'm talking about >here are what they are being called locally, in the above IMPORTS >statement, instead of their actual module names. So in reality what I'm >talking about in 3. here is a situation where one module wants two import >the same descriptor from two other, different modules that have the same >name AND the same descriptor for their MODULE-IDENTITY statements. >That's a *really* obnoxious case, though not a problem if only absolute >OIDs are allowed instead of the MODULE-IDENTITYs' descriptors. > >> Though this might be a useful extension to the SMI, I think the language as >> described in RFC 2578 doesn't support it. > >I think the language described in RFC 2578 doesn't really talk about it. >I'm inclined to believe it's legal in ASN.1, but it's tough to choose >between "SMI is silent, so follow ASN.1" or "SMI is silent, so ignore >ASN.1 completely". (These choices would all be much clearer if the SMI >specs were fully self-contained.) > >-- >Michael Kirkham >www.muonics.com Regards, /david t. perkins


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APR 02, 2014 - TechRadar
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Apple is known for making stealth purchases, but the company's rumored latest just got some air time. Japan's Nikkei filed a report today claiming Apple's next acquisition will take place in Japan, with a majority buyout of the company that produces controller chips for smaller LCD panels, like those used in smartphones.In a deal said to be valued at 50 billion yen (about $482m, £290m and AU$521m), Apple apparently hopes to consume Renesas Electronics' 55% stake in Renesas SP Drivers, a joint venture with Sharp and Powerchip.Renesas SP currently dominates nearly one-third of the global
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Human trafficking by the numbers
I had an interesting conversation last week with actress and director Mira Sorvino, the U.N. Goodwill Ambassador who has made it her personal mission to raise awareness about human trafficking and sex slavery. She says this has grown into a highly profitable international business that rakes in $500 billion a year.
It rivals the drug trade and is becoming increasingly attractive to border-area drug gangs because the penalties for getting caught are far less severe, and the profits can be enormous. Sorvino says a kidnapped or coerced girl held in captivity and forced to perform sex for money can earn her captor $250,000 a year.
No wonder there continue to be hundreds of ads for "massage" services involving sexy Asian girls on Backpage.com and other sleazy internet venues.
If police catch the girls involved in the sex trade, they typically go to jail. Chances are very high their captors/pimps won't be caught or punished. Chances are even slimmer that the customers who exploit these girls will suffer any repercussions, even if what they're doing constitutes statutory rape. That's because, in our society, we've been lulled into believing young women enter prostitution voluntarily, as if this is something they want to do. And we've somehow convinced ourselves that they are the bad people in this equation.
Here are some interesting facts from the foundation and Polaris.org worth considering:
- 100,000 — number of U.S. kids exploited annually in the commercial sex industry.
- 13 — the average age when a child is first exploited
- 70 — percentage of victims reporting physical or sexual abuse in their home
- $1.5 million — estimated revenue a pimp can get from a five-girl prostitution ring
- 1,900 — 2012 calls from Texas to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center
- 9 — bills passed in Texas to protect victims and prosecute traffickers
- $1.9 million — grants to the Dallas Women's Foundation in the last four years to support prevention, victim assistance and advocacy in North Texas.


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A toast to football
Deakin's special place in the Australian game.
As another AFL finals season approaches it is timely to remember the place of Deakin researchers in helping shape and record the game in its modern manifestation.
And also the place of Alfred Deakin in celebrating the game's 50th anniversary.
As recorded in The Australian Game of Football Since 1958 published by Geoff Slattery Publishing, at the function before the national carnival in 1908, the then Prime Minister gave the toast to Australian football:
"My days of football are past so many years that, although the memories are not clouded, I have perfect recollection that the game as I played it was conducted under rules rather foreign and much more literal than those which you now enjoy.
"But at that time, as now, I venture to think that the spirit which animated us was of no discredit to this country and no bad training for the youths of this country.
"The games of football that I have played since then have been many and various, and they have carried on in other fields, but I have yet to find the game that carries as much pleasure, as much harmless excitement, and as much stimulus as the Australasian game of football. The true sportsman, pitting himself at his best against an opponent under the rules of fair play, is the manifest man who walks this planet today.
"The sense of fair play that is first in the breast of every player is, I am sorry to say, not always the first in the breast of the man who is applauding merely for his own side. The task of football in the future is, I hope, not only to educate the players, but to educate the spectators to the same high sense of fair play.
"In this country we are bound to remain, as we always have been, a sporting people. I venture to believe that the element added to our national life by our sporting instincts is one not of the least honourable, but often one of the most efficacious. After all, a healthy mind rests upon a healthy body.
"The Australian game is becoming an Australasian game. And it may yet have an even wider scope as far as its education and practice are concerned.
"The game is Australian in its origin, Australian in its principle, and, I venture to say, essentially of Australian development. It and every expression of the sporting spirit go to make that manhood which is competent for a nation's tasks. The fellow who can play an uphill game, and lose it with courage and good temper, is better fitted for the contests the world has in store for him.
"When the tocsin sounds the call to arms, not the last, but the first, to acknowledge it will be those who have played, and played well, the Australasian game of football before they play the Australian game of nation-making and nation-preserving."
Deakin, the University as distinct from the Prime Minister, is contributing much to the shape of the modern game.
Professor Chris Hickey from the School of Education and Associate Professor Peter Kelly from the Alfred Deakin Research Institute have written the landmark book The Challenge for the Body Mind and Soul of AFL Footballers.
Dr Paul Gastin has been working with both AFL footballers and those at the grassroots on a number of projects.
Dr Kim Toffoletti's current research projects looks at the place of women in Australia football.
Dr Pamm Kellett has written extensively on umpires in Australian football.
To view the host of Australian football stories associated with Deakin, click on the related stories link on this page.


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Vignettes of Political Color at the RNC
There is no shortage of style and color at political conventions. Even though the scheduled events are staged, there is still individual beauty in both the costumes of the participants and spectators, and of the setting itself. Here are a few vignettes from the Republican convention in Tampa:


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Cardiac Arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart develops an arrhythmia that causes it to stop beating. This is different than a heart attack, where the heart usually continues to beat but blood flow to the heart is blocked. There are many possible causes of cardiac arrest. They include coronary heart disease, heart attack, electrocution, drowning, or choking. There may not be a known cause to the cardiac arrest.
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MAR 26, 2013 - New Statesman
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A videogame that dares to address the banality of racist violence. Just a few minutes in to BioShock Infinite is a scene that pulled me up short. Your character, Booker DeWitt, has been transported to what looks like a vintage all-American paradise, a city floating in the sky. Strolling through a carnival, he is asked to take part in a "lottery" and handed a baseball. The stage curtains pull back and there stand a white man and a black woman, bound and tied to stakes. That baseball you're holding? You're supposed to stone them with it.
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Each day, we comb through pages upon pages of crime reports from the Wichita Police Department. Below is a quick glance at some bits and pieces from those sheets.
These reports are designed to give you an idea of what residents and police are dealing with around town.
You can read all of the sheets by going here: WPD Media Reports (click on the "Media Reports" tab)
It was cold...figured we'd have at least one of these...
8:01 am
A 63/f says someone stole her car after it was left running in the 2400 block of S. Mead. It has not yet been recovered.
Punctured pond…
8:52 am
A 50/m says he found the gate around a pond area in the 1000 block of N. Main forced open. He says the pond pump and liner were damaged.
Pot at school…
9:30 am
A 37/m reports a student being in possession of marijuana while at school in the 5300 block of N. Hillside (Heights High).
Similar situation reported at 900 S. Edgemoor (Southeast High) a 10:30 am. That student was given a notice to appear in court.
Tire sliced…
9:39 am
A 52/f says someone vandalized her Ford Escape by placing a razor blade in the driver's side rear tire. The tire needed to be replaced. She has no idea who would have done it.
10:28 am
A 72/f says someone pried open the front door to her home in the 1100 block of N. Sandplum - while she was home. She says the person took some things and pushed her out of the way as he was leaving. He then jumped into the passenger seat of a car that took off. She was not seriously hurt.
From her shopping cart…
10:49 am
A 40/f says someone stole something out of her purse while it was in her shopping cart in the 500 block of E. Pawnee. No witnesses, no evidence.
Student threatened, school worker attacked…
11:00 am
A 14/f says a student attacked her and threatened to slit her throat. That student then battered a school employee as he was being escorted from class. This happened at Robinson Middle School. No injuries. The student was arrested.
11:20 am
A 49/m says his wife called him from a store in the 11400 block of E. Kellogg the night before and asked what he wanted for dinner. He says she never returned home and he has not been able to get ahold of her.
Antique guns stolen…
1:30 pm
A 35/m says someone came into his home by forcing their way in through an unlocked rear window. The intruder then stole his property (including several antique guns), then left through the back door. Footprints in the backyard lead to someone's home, but it isn't clear if that person is suspected in the case.
Almost got away with it…
2:23 pm
A 32/m reports a person shoplifting from a store in the 7700 block of E. Central. The person was paying a lower price for items by using a different UPC Code. The thief was caught and arrested. The property was returned.
Loading groceries…
3:51 pm
A 78/f reports someone stealing her property from her shopping cart as she was loading groceries into her car. This happened at 21st and Amidon. The property is not listed, but we assume it is either a purse, wallet or phone.
Revenge trim?
5:29 pm
A 72/f says her neighbor came into her yard and trimmed her tree without her permission. She says this happened after SHE trimmed HIS tree without his permission because it was hanging over into her yard. She says the tree is still alive.
BB gun shooting…
7:49 pm
A 35/f says her son was shot in the lower back with a BB gun by three people. The BB gun and photos of the injury were submitted to police.
Kicked in…
8:05 pm
A 38/m reports coming home in the 3000 block of S. Custer and finding his front door kicked open. Someone got inside and stole some of his property. Police were able to lift a shoeprint off the door as evidence.
MMMmmm Donuts…
8:14 pm
A 23/m says someone keeps driving erratically and doing donuts in a business parking lot in the 4700 block of S. Santa Fe. He's worried the driver is going to damage other cars in the lot.


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Google Policy Fellowship
The Google Policy Fellowship program was inspired by Google's Summer of Code with a public policy twist. The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on these issues, and exploring future academic and professional interests.
Fellows will have the opportunity to work at public interest organizations at the forefront of debates on broadband and access policy, content regulation, copyright and trademark reform, consumer privacy, open government, and more. More information about the host organizations and the areas of focus for the fellows are outlined here.
Fellows will be assigned a lead mentor at their host organizations, but will have the opportunity to work with several senior staff members over the course of the summer. Fellows will be expected to make substantive contributions to the work of their organization, including conducting policy research and analysis; drafting reports and analyses; attending government and industry meetings and conferences; and participating in other advocacy activities.
Specific Eligibility Criteria
- In order to participate in the program, you must be a student. Google defines a student as an individual enrolled in or accepted into an accredited institution including (but not necessarily limited to) colleges, universities, masters programs, PhD programs and undergraduate programs. Eligibility is based on enrollment in an accredited university by January 1, 2013.
- You may be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student. You must be eligible and authorized to work in the country of your fellowship. Google cannot provide guidance or assistance on obtaining the necessary documentation to meet this criteria.
- You must be 18 years of age or older by January 1 of the fellowship year to be eligible to participate in Google Policy Fellowship program.


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The Civil War
The Civil War Timeline
How It All Went Down
Lincoln Wins Close Race
Abraham Lincoln wins a four-way race for President of the United States. Although he does not win a popular majority and is not even on the ballot in nine southern states, he earns enough electoral votes to beat all other opponents.
South Carolina First to Secede
South Carolina officially secedes from the Union, becoming the first state to do so.
Mississippi Secession
Mississippi secedes from the Union.
Florida Secession
Florida secedes from the Union.
Alabama Secession
Alabama secedes from the Union.
Georgia Secession
Georgia secedes from the Union.
Louisiana Secession
Louisiana secedes from the Union.
Texas Secession
Texas secedes from the Union.
Lincoln Inauguration
Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth President of the United States. In his Inaugural Address he gives a stark warning to the South: he will not tolerate secession.
Confederate Constitution Signed
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is signed in Montgomery, Alabama.
Civil War Begins
Confederate forces under General P.G.T. Beauregard bombard Major Robert Anderson and his Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War officially begins.
Union Surrender at Ft. Sumter
RANGEEND_SUMTER Major Robert Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter to Confederate forces after two days of bombardment.
Virginia Secession
Virginia secedes from the Union.
Arkansas Secession
Arkansas secedes from the Union.
Tennessee Secession
Tennessee secedes from the Union.
North Carolina Secession
North Carolina secedes from the Union, the eleventh and last state to do so.
Lincoln Requests Army
Lincoln addresses Congress and requests the enlistment of a Union Army. Congress authorizes a call for 500,000 men. It is clear now that the war will not be short.
First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run pits Union General Irvin McDowell against the new Confederate army. McDowell is defeated causing a panicked retreat back to Washington, which is about forty miles away. The withdrawal is hampered by the large numbers of spectators who are there to see the battle.
Moniter vs. Merrimack
The Confederate ironclad USS Merrimack battles the Union ironclad USS Monitor in Chesapeake Bay. The battle is a draw but it makes wooden ships obsolete and ushers in the era of steel warships, changing naval warfare forever.
Battle of Shiloh
Union General Ulysses S. Grant's forces are surprised at the town of Shiloh in Tennessee. The ensuing battle results in 13,000 Union and 10,000 Confederate casualties, more than in all previous American wars combined.
Robert E. Lee Assumes Command
General Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
The Seven Days
Over the course of seven days of fighting, General Robert E. Lee attacks George McClellan's Union Army of the Potomac near Richmond, Virginia. Huge casualties cause McClellan to withdraw north towards Washington.
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Second Battle of Bull Run is a resounding victory for Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. Union General John Pope is blamed for the loss and is relieved of his duties after the battle.
The Battle of Antietam is the bloodiest day in United States history. Over 26,000 men are killed, wounded or missing in action on both sides. Though officially a draw, the battle stops General Robert E. Lee's invasion of Maryland and he retreats back to Virginia.
Preliminary Emancipation
Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which declares his intention to free all slaves in any new territory captured by the Union Army.
The Union Army under General Ambrose E. Burnside suffers a horrible defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia. Fourteen individual assaults on an entrenched Confederate position cost the Union 13,000 casualties.
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. It frees all slaves in territory captured by the Union Army, and orders the enlistment of black soldiers. From this point forward, the Civil War is a war over slavery.
Military Draft
Congress enacts the first draft in American history, requiring every man to serve in the army unless he can furnish a substitute or pay the government $300. These escape provisions are wildly unpopular with workers and recent immigrants, and lead to draft riots in New York and other northern cities.
Over the course of three days, General Robert E. Lee divides his army in the face of a larger enemy, and manages to defeat the Union Army led by "Fighting" Joe Hooker. The North suffers 17,000 casualties, the South 13,000.
Stonewall Jackson Dies
Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson dies from wounds sustained when he was mistakenly shot by his own troops at Chancellorsville.
From July 1 to July 4, the Union Army under General Meade defeats Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, Gettysburg is a turning point, and marks the farthest advance of the Confederate Army into northern territory.
Pickett's Charge
On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee orders General George Pickett to assault entrenched Union positions. In what would become known as "Pickett's Charge," More than half of the 12,000 Confederate soldiers who participate in the charge are slaughtered as they walk slowly across a 3/4-mile field into a hail of gunfire.
Far to the West on the Mississippi River, General Ulysses S. Grant takes Vicksburg after a long siege. At this point, the Union controls the entire river, cutting the Confederacy in two.
Draft Riots
When the government attempts to begin conscription, riots break out in New York and other northern cities. In New York, 120 men, women and children—mostly black—are killed before Union troops returning from Gettysburg restore order.
Battle of Chickamauga
Union General William Rosecrans is defeated by Confederate General Braxton Bragg at the Battle of Chickamauga, in Tennessee.
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delivers the two-minute Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery at the battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Grant Takes Command
Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant commander of all Union armies, ending his long search for a decent general to command northern forces. General William T. Sherman takes over as commander in the West.
Virginia Campaign
Beginning a drive aimed at ending the war, Ulysses S. Grant and 120,000 troops march south towards Richmond, the Confederate capital. Over the course of the next six weeks, a brutal war of attrition results in the deaths of nearly 50,000 Union soldiers.
Siege of Petersburg
RANGEEND_VIRGINIACAMPAIGN With the beginning of the Siege of Petersburg, south of Richmond, the mobile war of the past month ends, replaced by a nine-month siege.
Battle of the Wilderness
During the horrific Battle of the Wilderness, thousands of men burn to death as the woods in which they were fighting catch fire.
Battle of Spotsylvania
Continuing his advance, Union General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces at Spotsylvania. Grant loses more soldiers than Lee. Still, General Lee is forced to retreat south.
Battle of Cold Harbor
The bloody battle of Cold Harbor is a disaster for the Union. General Ulysses S. Grant makes a series of tactical mistakes that result in the deaths of 7,000 Union in twenty minutes.
Siege of Petersburg Ends
RANGEEND_PETERSBURG The Siege of Petersburg ends as Ulysses S. Grant's army breaks through Confederate lines and marches towards Richmond.
Fall of Richmond
The Union Army captures Richmond, Virginia, which is nearly leveled by shelling and fire.
Sherman Burns Atlanta
Union General Sherman captures Atlanta and burns it to the ground.
Sherman's March to the Sea
Union General Sherman begins his famous March to the Sea, cutting a swath of destruction 300 miles long and 60 miles wide through Georgia. "All war is hell," he comments.
Battle of Nashville
The Confederate Army of the Tennessee is crushed by the Union Army of the Cumberland in Nashville. The war in the West is nearly over.
Savannah Captured
RANGEEND_MARCH_SEA Savannah is captured, ending the March to the Sea. Union General Sherman offers the city to Lincoln as a Christmas present.
Thirteenth Amendment Ends Slavery
The United States Congress approves the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which will abolish slavery.
Second Lincoln Inaugural
Lincoln is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States.
Lee Surrenders
General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse in the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The war is over.
Lincoln Shot
Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Dies by Assassination
Lincoln does not regain consciousness after being shot at Ford's Theater. He dies from his wound.
Johnston Surrenders
General Joe Johnston, leading the largest Confederate Army still in existence, surrenders in North Carolina.
Slavery Abolished
The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified by the States. Slavery is abolished.


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by Allen Ginsberg
Howl Theme of Visions of America
Many writers have explored America from the top down. They have focused on what the most renowned and respectable people do – the crème de la crème – and assume that it represents the country as a whole. Ginsberg works from the opposite direction: from the bottom up. His "best minds" are the people who fall asleep drunk on the subway and travel across the country in stolen cars. That's because, in Ginsberg's view, America has been flipped upside down, and democracy and the common man have taken a backseat to profits, politicians, and policemen. This perspective can sometimes seem very narrow and limited, but it's important to remember that Ginsberg witnessed a broader slice of America by the age of 29 than many people do in their entire lives. Howl is a chronicle of a wide range of American experiences.
Questions About Visions of America
- At what points does the poem bring up events in American history in the 1950s?
- As a political philosophy, Communism emphasizes international class identity over nationalism. Is the speaker of a poem a Communist? If so, can he still be an American?
- Does the speaker believe that America is doomed, or does he merely feel the country has gotten on the wrong track?
- Do you agree with the view that dissent is patriotic? Is Ginsberg patriotic for declaring his views so openly? What effect has Howl had on free speech in America?
Chew on This
The speaker of Howl does not have a problem with America in particular. Rather, in keeping with his Marxist views, he denies the value of the modern nation state as a concept.


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Science fiction, fantasy, comics, romance, genre movies, games all drain into the Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful articles about disreputable art—media and genres that are a little embarrassing. Irredeemable. Worthy of Note, but rolling like errant pennies back into the gutter. But the writers at the Cultural Gutter (http://theculturalgutter.com) know that being canonized isn't all it's cracked up to be. Maligned genres and media allow for… (more)
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